Day 7

Another finished project under my belt...

Dino baby legs and freezer stenciled onesies to match.  The orange onesie is from my kitchen experiment the other day.  I heart RIT dye.  These are for my coworker.



I haven't gotten much done this week but I refuse to feel guilty for it.  Its tough work trying to decompress from work:  takes many naps and much junk food.  :)

Going shopping with a pal this afternoon.  Getting last minute Vegas stuff hopefully.  I need a pair of flip-flops.  Thank you Atticus for chewing all my other pairs into oblivion.

For me, Vegas is a vacation from being overinhibited, in the highly overinhabited yet uninhabitable city of complete uninhibition. ~ Tammy Bloemzaken

Look what I made!

My coworker, Donna, requested a medical kit to keep all her diabetes supplies in.

Well, here it is!

Front view:  there are two buttonholes to use depending on how much stuff is inside.



Opened up



Med Center - places for pills & insulin in pockets on the left.  Sharps on the right.

The left pockets now open.  I figured out how to make the pockets hold bigger things.

A vinyl window that will (eventually) show her medicine list and any emergency medical information etc she would like added.



The back view - a zippered pocket! 



I think this pocket is my favorite thing.  It wasn't on the original specifications she gave me.  But it turned out pretty neat.

Thats it folks!

I was going to actually make this into a tutorial, but I kept forgetting to take pictures along the way, so I just decided to show the end result.

Anyways, something else to cross off my list for this week!

Both optimists and pessimists contribute to our society. The optimist invents the airplane and the pessimist the parachute. ~ Gil Stern

Day 4

My vacation seems to be flying by....measured mostly in naps and general laziness.

I'm okay with that though. 

Today I've been pretty productive...

Cleaned kitchen

Made pasta salad

Ate pasta salad

Fixed Vacuum cleaner (it only took cutting off 10 years of hair and grossness off the floor tool.  Gag me.)

Used my newly fixed vacuum and marveled at my ingenuity. 

Creativity experiment (thank you, MADE!):

Its currently in the washer...we'll see how it goes. 

And its barely 11am. 

I'm taking a break by watching old episodes of the Office. 

Zumba tonight...gotta store up my strength.  Maybe I'll take another nap...

There's nothing to match curling up with a good book when there's a repair job to be done around the house. ~ Joe Ryan

Day 2

Day 2 of vacation and already I feel better. 

Day 1 was filled with shopping and eating and sleeping.  My poor friend Katie (who I'm going to Vegas with) got to be on the receiving end of my work-related word vomit.  But man if I didn't feel better afterwards. 

Did I mention I slept?  12 hours worth.  It was awesome.

This morning I put all my Christmas stuff away (yes, finally!  Don't judge....), dusted, vaccuumed, read a book, drank a lot of coffee, and then was super bored by 9am.  I can finally get to my fabric stash though (previously blocked by a leaning tower of Christmas boxes), so I'm set to go to Joann's tomorrow and get creative. 

My only worry is my vacuum.  Today while cleaning it smelled funny.  Not quite hot, but not quite right.  I mean, it IS 10 years old now (it was a housewarming present from my sister when I first moved out - yes, Michelle, using the same Kenmore!!!), but still.  I love that vacuum.  And I really don't want to buy another one.

Off to Zumba!

My new Zumba shoes.  They make my small feet look huge.  But totally worth it.

A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in.
~ Robert Orben

The last day

One more work day before my vacation starts.  One more long 12 hour shift. 

I've had a tough couple weeks.  I'm still convinced something is wrong with me - I am always tired.  Even when I sleep 8 hours, I wake up ready to take a nap.  My motivation went back down to nil.  I've been out and about doing a lot of social things like coffee dates and zumba and going-away parties and birthday parties and baby showers and still....I feel like I'm just going through the motions of living.  Its weird.

I'm pretty sure my job is partially to blame.  Its hard to stay positive in a position in which people are constantly trying to break your spirit.  I had a small unprofessional breakdown last week which my supervisor happened to witness....only cause it was aimed at him.  Whoops.  I still feel a little bad about that.  Not what I said, but the fact that I couldn't bottle up my frustration anymore. 

So job stress leaks into personal life.  And then personal life has this black cloud hovering over everything. 

Oi.  So negative.  Not usually like me. 

And its funny - when I look back, I've had a lot of good happen to me recently.  I'm building new friendships, I've gotten a lot of compliments from people on various things - both professional and personal, I'm trying new things, etc etc etc.  Even Atticus seems to be taking everything in stride.

I really need a vacation. 


I like this picture...not sure why.  Its a little depressing. 























"You're going to catch a cold
from the ice inside your soul
So don't come back for me
Don't come back at all."
~ Christina Perri

Struggling

I'm still struggling with motivation recently.  I thought maybe my thyroid was acting up again, but according to blood tests I just had taken, its within normal limits.  I don't know what it is...

Too much rain?

Too much Hulu-watching?  Haha...maybe.

I went out on St Patricks day with some friends to try to get out of my funk.

Here I am looking green:

Didn't really help the funk but it was fun.

Today I was trying to catch up from not doing anything all weekend.  *shakes head* 

"Snickerpoodle" biscuits.  Really, just apple cinnamon oat biscuits.

Some sort of yummy chicken with a name I can't pronounce.  Don't be too impressed, it came in a kit in the freezer section.

I have two 12 hour shifts over the next two days.  I've come to the conclusion that overtime always sounds like a good idea until I go to actually do it.

Hoping this weekend will be a little better.  Just one more week til I'm on vacation, and two more weeks til I'm off to Las Vegas!

All the things one has forgotten scream for help in dreams. ~ Elias Canetti

Cause and Effect

Rain

plus

equals

muddy feet

and

muddy face

Wherever you go, no matter what the weather, always bring your own sunshine.  ~ Anthony J. D'Angelo