Somewhere in the middle of the house
Sunday, February 19, 2006
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Happy Valentine's Day
I cannot believe that it is 8:15 p.m. and I have a) gotten home b) eaten c) taken off my work clothes d) not plugged in my laptop to work more e) Taken off my makeup. Amazing day.
I kind of sort of think Valentine's day is a bit cheesy. I mean shouldn't everyone show the people they love that they love them everyday? It used to be my favorite holiday. My mom would always get us awesome presents and make us all kinds of goodies... she still in fact gets us presents. We received ours just the other day... But it seems almost like Valentine's day in past years is more of an obligation, an explosion of commercialism. Everyone advertises it so that every one feels obligated to be romantic, when really, shouldn't it be more of just a gentle reminder to spend time with your loved ones or tell them you love them? Ahh...I don't know. It's an ok day I guess but in reality, I'd much rather be surprised with a small present or flowers or a night out on a random day of the year than a day when that's what you HAVE to do. I still like the general day of love concept though.
I've been pretty busy lately... as in I leave the house at 7 a.m., get home at 8 p.m. And work 6 hours on Saturdays. At least I like what I do. But I have to say it's getting pretty exhausting and it's only February!
Some highlights as of late are:
-Tim DID surprised me with a valentine's day present. He gave it to me early before our pre-Valentines day dinner on Saturday (although he broke our pact...usually we just go out to dinner and do the cards thing...no presents...not that I'm complaining). Anyway, he bought me an ipod. I know, we are like 3 years behind the times but it's awesome anyway. Can't believe we've been without one for this long!
-I surprised Tim today with Billy Joel tickets (I couldn't just be the recipient of a present!) and a taco dinner (his favorite).
-Our friends are coming into town for spring training...yea for visitors! Too bad it's still busy season at the time of the visit...
-One audit of the year is finished. I managed to make a lot, A LOT of rookie mistakes but I feel like I learned a lot and I met a really famous person which was cool.
-I love the Olympics.
-Tax refund. Sweet!
-The weather. Holy crap it's awesome here.
I can't think of anything else...except for the million and two things I have to do since I'm not working tonight, including 1) managing money, balancing checkbook, paying bills 2) responding to emails that I've had for two months 3) sending stuff to people that I meant to send three months ago 4) laundry 5) dishes 6) Three words: disgustingly dirty house.
Actually, none of that will probably happen. In reality, I'm going to pretend to do that and really post on my blog, then I'm going to go eat ice cream with Tim and then spend the rest of the night with him... and sleep, yes sleep. I totally need to sleep.
Anyway, I hope everyone else has an awesome Valentine's day! Enjoy the day of love...
I kind of sort of think Valentine's day is a bit cheesy. I mean shouldn't everyone show the people they love that they love them everyday? It used to be my favorite holiday. My mom would always get us awesome presents and make us all kinds of goodies... she still in fact gets us presents. We received ours just the other day... But it seems almost like Valentine's day in past years is more of an obligation, an explosion of commercialism. Everyone advertises it so that every one feels obligated to be romantic, when really, shouldn't it be more of just a gentle reminder to spend time with your loved ones or tell them you love them? Ahh...I don't know. It's an ok day I guess but in reality, I'd much rather be surprised with a small present or flowers or a night out on a random day of the year than a day when that's what you HAVE to do. I still like the general day of love concept though.
I've been pretty busy lately... as in I leave the house at 7 a.m., get home at 8 p.m. And work 6 hours on Saturdays. At least I like what I do. But I have to say it's getting pretty exhausting and it's only February!
Some highlights as of late are:
-Tim DID surprised me with a valentine's day present. He gave it to me early before our pre-Valentines day dinner on Saturday (although he broke our pact...usually we just go out to dinner and do the cards thing...no presents...not that I'm complaining). Anyway, he bought me an ipod. I know, we are like 3 years behind the times but it's awesome anyway. Can't believe we've been without one for this long!
-I surprised Tim today with Billy Joel tickets (I couldn't just be the recipient of a present!) and a taco dinner (his favorite).
-Our friends are coming into town for spring training...yea for visitors! Too bad it's still busy season at the time of the visit...
-One audit of the year is finished. I managed to make a lot, A LOT of rookie mistakes but I feel like I learned a lot and I met a really famous person which was cool.
-I love the Olympics.
-Tax refund. Sweet!
-The weather. Holy crap it's awesome here.
I can't think of anything else...except for the million and two things I have to do since I'm not working tonight, including 1) managing money, balancing checkbook, paying bills 2) responding to emails that I've had for two months 3) sending stuff to people that I meant to send three months ago 4) laundry 5) dishes 6) Three words: disgustingly dirty house.
Actually, none of that will probably happen. In reality, I'm going to pretend to do that and really post on my blog, then I'm going to go eat ice cream with Tim and then spend the rest of the night with him... and sleep, yes sleep. I totally need to sleep.
Anyway, I hope everyone else has an awesome Valentine's day! Enjoy the day of love...
Saturday, February 4, 2006
A special day indeed
Today is my mom's birthday. I won't reveal her age, except to say that she's still very young... probably due in part to the fact that she's married to my dad who will always be a child at heart. (I don't think his true age will ever show and I think that has to rub off on my mom).
Anyway, I wish that we could've been there to spend it with her but I think she knows that we were thinking about her all day and hoping that her birthday was wonderful.
Love you, mom!
Anyway, I wish that we could've been there to spend it with her but I think she knows that we were thinking about her all day and hoping that her birthday was wonderful.
Love you, mom!
Thursday, February 2, 2006
Screaming inside
If I have to look at a computer screen for one more second today or think about fixed assets (in particular TOOLING assets) I am going to scream.
Today was one of those days where it just seemed like problems just kept cropping up. A day of problems. Never ending problems. You fix one, another one occurs. You spend 5 hours trying to figure out one just to spend the next two trying to figure out how to present it and document it. And then you try to comprehend the language of someone who has an accent only to discover that comprehension is basically impossible. The process is interesting and somewhat fun but you hit a point when you realize that all day you were basically stuck in some kind of problem rut...and that can get frustrating.
So, yes, scream.
And then I wonder, does anyone ever figure it out? Life, I mean? Problems at work are like a puzzle...there is always a solution, you just have to talk to people to understand what's going on and then you have to look at the problem and figure out the best way to solve it by the rules. But life? Life seems more complex. Or is it really just simplistic and people make it complex? Sometimes I just don't think I have it all figured out yet. And I like to figure stuff out. I like stuff to be solved. I like to put the pieces together and have 'ah ha' moments. Sometimes I think I would like for life to be like the GAAP guide we use in accounting...cut and dry-all rules and instructions spelled out in about four million words-lengthy but it leaves no room for question or error. But I don't know-maybe the unknown, the not really ever having it all figured out is just all part of the journey and to completely figure it out would be to make it less interesting.
(Sidenote: I lied. I just looked at a computer screen for 5 more minutes today. But added to the 10-11 hours I've already been looking at the screen really doesn't make 5 minutes seem all that significant. Although I think my head and eyes would fight me on that point right about now).
Today was one of those days where it just seemed like problems just kept cropping up. A day of problems. Never ending problems. You fix one, another one occurs. You spend 5 hours trying to figure out one just to spend the next two trying to figure out how to present it and document it. And then you try to comprehend the language of someone who has an accent only to discover that comprehension is basically impossible. The process is interesting and somewhat fun but you hit a point when you realize that all day you were basically stuck in some kind of problem rut...and that can get frustrating.
So, yes, scream.
And then I wonder, does anyone ever figure it out? Life, I mean? Problems at work are like a puzzle...there is always a solution, you just have to talk to people to understand what's going on and then you have to look at the problem and figure out the best way to solve it by the rules. But life? Life seems more complex. Or is it really just simplistic and people make it complex? Sometimes I just don't think I have it all figured out yet. And I like to figure stuff out. I like stuff to be solved. I like to put the pieces together and have 'ah ha' moments. Sometimes I think I would like for life to be like the GAAP guide we use in accounting...cut and dry-all rules and instructions spelled out in about four million words-lengthy but it leaves no room for question or error. But I don't know-maybe the unknown, the not really ever having it all figured out is just all part of the journey and to completely figure it out would be to make it less interesting.
(Sidenote: I lied. I just looked at a computer screen for 5 more minutes today. But added to the 10-11 hours I've already been looking at the screen really doesn't make 5 minutes seem all that significant. Although I think my head and eyes would fight me on that point right about now).
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