oh, sweet blog, how i've missed you (aka: highlights of this past week)

has it truly been so many days?? perhaps facebook really is sucking my brain out of my, well, face. i don't know. is there a better reason for being away so long? brain-sucking can get pretty serious...

a.ny.who. i've been pretty much a crabby patty lately. i've been equal parts nit-picky, shoulder-shruggy, and just plain negative. not really sure why either. it's one of those weird things where i'm actually hoping it's hormonal so it doesn't mean my brain is breaking.

(two brain mentions in one blog...does that mean i have brain...on the brain..? i am a riot...)

last thursday saw me reuniting with a bunch of mfa peeps whom i have missed and realized just how much when i saw them again. it was an evening of wonderful conversation, some recitations in other languages (thank you, dr. locklin), and just the warm and cozy feeling of suzanne's home. it is like a poet's paradise.

so then perhaps it started friday.

i slept terribly. i woke up early only to have the day ensue in a likewise (read terrible) fashion. there was much being asked of me. much multi-tasking. much craziness. of note, toward the end of the day i snapped at my boss. totally uncalled for. but i snapped. as did he in rebuttal. this was followed by quick but heartfelt apologies and a quiet rest of the afternoon. who yells at their boss?? (sigh)

then i had to drive up to torrance to have dinner with the fam. which i usually don't mind. but when ben called to ask me when i was coming up and i said, "i just have to go home and change and i'll be on my way," it was all i could do not to sob into the phone. i wanted to plead. and beg. just to get into bed and cry a bit, be cozy and lose myself in a good book.

alas.

then saturday saw lauren's baby shower and an ntma dinner. the shower was in this adorable home in claremont and it felt so good to be around all of my friends. it seemed to balance out all of the family time/business dinner stuff that was clouding my head. we chatted for a couple hours pre-shower and then sat around, ate, etc. i can't imagine anything more fun than having a baby shower. not that it is in my imminent future. but wherever it is in my future, i know it will be beyond compare in the awesome days of my life dept.

and then came the ntma dinner. which was really fine. but you know when you're just not in the mood? y'know, the kinda mood where you could easily bite your boss's head off? (sigh) so off we went. into a sea of "tell me what you do again" "it's so good to see you" "well it was great meeting you." my brain (that's time 3!) sounded like this all night:

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

i was exhausted...

BUT THEN.

OFF IN THE DISTANCE.

JUST BEYOND THAT FOGGY CORRIDOR.

(i just wanted to use corridor...i'm not even sure that makes any sense)

there was sunday. the day of rest! halle-freakin-lujah! and we rested. and we redecorated. and we shopped at crate and barrel. does it get better? i love me some serious c & b. (so come over! our house is super cute now...it kinda looks like we know what we're doing!)

and now it's today. soon to be tomorrow. this week i'm getting my hair cut. my request is that you comment with your vote:

long or short

i will tally the votes and take all suggestions into serious consideration. perhaps it will warrant before and after pics. or not. as i previously mentioned...not even paul mitchell...


p.s. benny, as you slept so sweetly, and as i began this semi-pointless and rambling blog, tiggy attempted to hump your leg. i'm pretty sure he mistook it for a pillow or just blankets. nevertheless, i pushed him away. i couldn't allow him to degrade you that way. well, without you even knowing, at least. but don't worry. he is sleeping on you this very second. i think he's already forgotten our shameful encounter :)