It's been a while since I rambled here
It was supposed to snow last night, but I haven't checked outside yet. I'm resisting the disappointment if it didn't. Forecasts are wrong all the time, of course, but it tends to make me sad when they promise snow and Mother Nature doesn't deliver.
I can hardly believe that it's almost Christmas. Not that I'm not ready for the holiday. I have all of my shopping and mailing done, all the presents wrapped, and I even have a surplus of tasty cookie ingredients, just waiting to be be baked into something spectacular. ♥ It's just that, after Christmas, it'll soon be 2009, and I'm not prepared for a new year yet.
Even though I don't celebrate New Year's Day, it still seems that the holiday is a weighty responsibility. Every year I try not to make resolutions, as I only break them, but every year I manage to promise myself a few things, anyway. I always promise to be healthier, to write more consistently, to submit or even publish something. Gah. The only decision made at the end of '07 that I'm still sticking with is the resolution to write down all of the books I've read. Maybe this coming year I'll do movies as well - that should be easy enough to keep on top of.
Speaking of movies, tonight I'm going to see Eagle Eye at the dollar theater. I've heard mixed things about this movie, and frankly, I don't care. My only goal is to see Shia LeBeauf, which will be easy, as he's the star. What I'm nervous about is that I'm going with a coworker. So now I've worked at HPB for a year and a half, and this is the first time I've socialized with any of my coworkers at a non-work function. I'm not too good at this. I've been invited out before, but usually the timing was bad or I was feeling panicky and asocial, so I never went along. But this was different. Kathleen planned this *because* I like Shia LeBeauf. She's a fan, too, and figured that we'd have fun giggling over him if nothing else. Anyway, that being said, there was no way I could back out. Not that I want to, really. It's just a habit of mine, I guess, to keep my distance until forced to do otherwise.
I haven't hung out with coworkers since working at Waldenbooks, and then it was only three people. These days, I mostly hang out with Tom or Lisa. I'm seriously out of practice.
In other news, I dragged myself out of bed an hour early so that I could write. Be proud of me; I am. Or rather, I will be once I actually work on my story. That being said, this isn't my story, so I should probably shuttle off. Have a lovely day, everyone! With or without snow.
I can hardly believe that it's almost Christmas. Not that I'm not ready for the holiday. I have all of my shopping and mailing done, all the presents wrapped, and I even have a surplus of tasty cookie ingredients, just waiting to be be baked into something spectacular. ♥ It's just that, after Christmas, it'll soon be 2009, and I'm not prepared for a new year yet.
Even though I don't celebrate New Year's Day, it still seems that the holiday is a weighty responsibility. Every year I try not to make resolutions, as I only break them, but every year I manage to promise myself a few things, anyway. I always promise to be healthier, to write more consistently, to submit or even publish something. Gah. The only decision made at the end of '07 that I'm still sticking with is the resolution to write down all of the books I've read. Maybe this coming year I'll do movies as well - that should be easy enough to keep on top of.
Speaking of movies, tonight I'm going to see Eagle Eye at the dollar theater. I've heard mixed things about this movie, and frankly, I don't care. My only goal is to see Shia LeBeauf, which will be easy, as he's the star. What I'm nervous about is that I'm going with a coworker. So now I've worked at HPB for a year and a half, and this is the first time I've socialized with any of my coworkers at a non-work function. I'm not too good at this. I've been invited out before, but usually the timing was bad or I was feeling panicky and asocial, so I never went along. But this was different. Kathleen planned this *because* I like Shia LeBeauf. She's a fan, too, and figured that we'd have fun giggling over him if nothing else. Anyway, that being said, there was no way I could back out. Not that I want to, really. It's just a habit of mine, I guess, to keep my distance until forced to do otherwise.
I haven't hung out with coworkers since working at Waldenbooks, and then it was only three people. These days, I mostly hang out with Tom or Lisa. I'm seriously out of practice.
In other news, I dragged myself out of bed an hour early so that I could write. Be proud of me; I am. Or rather, I will be once I actually work on my story. That being said, this isn't my story, so I should probably shuttle off. Have a lovely day, everyone! With or without snow.