my little neck of the woods
also, i sprained my right thumb quite badly skiing on saturday evening. made me mad and embarrassed--on my first time off the coach's lift! *pout* however, this will not break me. despite the fact that my thumb was swollen to 3x its normal size, i will ski again!
it is, however, making life difficult at the moment--it's hard to type, lift things, turn the ignition key, etc. j even had to help me get my dress on for the oscar party on sunday. which was *fun*--i need more occasions to dress up, to be sure. j & h looked positively drool-worthy in their tuxedos, we had yummy snacks & hors d'oeuvres & everyone sipped wine & sat around looking glamorous. yay for dress-up! i wore elbow-length gloves to avoid the whole splint-or-no-splint debate, and had hoped that my hand would be back to normal by now. however, when it's splinted & i don't use it, the swelling goes down, but when i take the splint off & use my hand, it swells again. j thinks i need to go see a doctor; i am resistant, mostly b/c i don't actually *have* a doctor. i meant to find one, i just never got around to it. now i have to go ask around for recommendations & hope someone that someone likes is taking on new patients. it's generally a PITA and i just want this to go away & get better on its own. i know; not bloody likely.
anyway, since our skiing evening got short, we went home & made a yummy dinner & watched 'millions.' if you have not seen this movie, it's a cute kind of mindless story based on real events about a boy in england who came upon a suitcase full of money & how he decided to spend it. good for watching with kids, i expect, if one had to find things for just such an occasion...
more things going on at work this week than i can adequately describe here. feels good to be somewhat busy. move to the new building (from 7 to 5) is working out okay, though i wish there were more chances to interact with people. i'm holding on to the possibilities. toured the usability lab on-site here on monday with a human factors guy who works on a team of 12 people. didn't even know we had a lab, or a team of 12, until then... so i'm amazingly jealous & envious, but am in no way plotting the shocking disappearances or untimely demises of the people working there who have MY JOB(s). no, not at all.
considering poking around on craig's list to see what i can see about getting a cheaper apartment when my lease is up. saving $$ would be good for both the student loans and the downpayment on a house, no matter where that might happen to happen. hard to picture what the next 12 months of my life will look like. all i know is i'm ready for spring, sunshine & warm weather... even just sitting here by the window is a much better deal than my old cube, even if this one is much smaller. really trying hard to think of my job in a relative way this week, ie, in comparison to all the crappy stuff i could be doing, whether from necessity or lack of educational opportunities, my job isn't so terrible and i should just recognize it as a current stop on the way to whatever will be next. this helped yesterday; this & the sunshine together are helping today. maybe anonychihuahua is right; maybe i really do need to invest in one of those sunshine-mimicking lamps for next fall. apparently my SAD is pretty operant right now.
blah, blah, schmur, schmur; i'm stopping now. *you* enjoy *your* day. and if you have experience you'd like to share about the healing times of sprained thumbs (the first-aid person said it was a very typical injury, called it 'skier's thumb'), i'd be much obliged...
it is, however, making life difficult at the moment--it's hard to type, lift things, turn the ignition key, etc. j even had to help me get my dress on for the oscar party on sunday. which was *fun*--i need more occasions to dress up, to be sure. j & h looked positively drool-worthy in their tuxedos, we had yummy snacks & hors d'oeuvres & everyone sipped wine & sat around looking glamorous. yay for dress-up! i wore elbow-length gloves to avoid the whole splint-or-no-splint debate, and had hoped that my hand would be back to normal by now. however, when it's splinted & i don't use it, the swelling goes down, but when i take the splint off & use my hand, it swells again. j thinks i need to go see a doctor; i am resistant, mostly b/c i don't actually *have* a doctor. i meant to find one, i just never got around to it. now i have to go ask around for recommendations & hope someone that someone likes is taking on new patients. it's generally a PITA and i just want this to go away & get better on its own. i know; not bloody likely.
anyway, since our skiing evening got short, we went home & made a yummy dinner & watched 'millions.' if you have not seen this movie, it's a cute kind of mindless story based on real events about a boy in england who came upon a suitcase full of money & how he decided to spend it. good for watching with kids, i expect, if one had to find things for just such an occasion...
more things going on at work this week than i can adequately describe here. feels good to be somewhat busy. move to the new building (from 7 to 5) is working out okay, though i wish there were more chances to interact with people. i'm holding on to the possibilities. toured the usability lab on-site here on monday with a human factors guy who works on a team of 12 people. didn't even know we had a lab, or a team of 12, until then... so i'm amazingly jealous & envious, but am in no way plotting the shocking disappearances or untimely demises of the people working there who have MY JOB(s). no, not at all.
considering poking around on craig's list to see what i can see about getting a cheaper apartment when my lease is up. saving $$ would be good for both the student loans and the downpayment on a house, no matter where that might happen to happen. hard to picture what the next 12 months of my life will look like. all i know is i'm ready for spring, sunshine & warm weather... even just sitting here by the window is a much better deal than my old cube, even if this one is much smaller. really trying hard to think of my job in a relative way this week, ie, in comparison to all the crappy stuff i could be doing, whether from necessity or lack of educational opportunities, my job isn't so terrible and i should just recognize it as a current stop on the way to whatever will be next. this helped yesterday; this & the sunshine together are helping today. maybe anonychihuahua is right; maybe i really do need to invest in one of those sunshine-mimicking lamps for next fall. apparently my SAD is pretty operant right now.
blah, blah, schmur, schmur; i'm stopping now. *you* enjoy *your* day. and if you have experience you'd like to share about the healing times of sprained thumbs (the first-aid person said it was a very typical injury, called it 'skier's thumb'), i'd be much obliged...