Tomorrow will be my first Thanksgiving in a long time with my little sister, my first with her husband, and several friends who have just moved out, and my last Thanksgiving with the friends who we've had Thanksgiving with every year since moving out here 8 years ago, as they are moving across the country next month.

Took my floating holiday so I ( Read more... )

1. 自信がない ( Read more... )

I feel very productive today. It's only 8:30 AM and I've already live-streamed Miyavi's birthday concert, and had a phone call about a prospective full time translation gig.

I'm working from home most days, which is really nice, since it saves me about 4 hours a day in commuting time ( Read more... )

So, apparently Felicity is going to be retired this year. Samantha and Kirsten have already been retired - Samantha was the first to go, around 2008, which shows you how closely I've been paying attention to American Girl news. Then again, what would I? I'm far too old ( Read more... )

I just wanted to thank everyone for all your kind words, it really means a lot to me. Thanks.

So...I was laid off yesterday. (As were some other people in the company) It was completely out of the blue. I had no idea this was coming ( Read more... )

Our cat Thunder reached the end of what my step-mom called his 'sweet cat life' this weekend. It was good, long cat life, 20 whole years bringing comfort and joy to our family. He came into my life with my step mother and sister, when I was 10 years old, an intelligent and mischievous looking cat with a handsome face, a long soft coat of bright ( Read more... )

This was a fun weekend. On Saturday we had breakfast and did Hip Hop Abs (LOL), and then I went over to Rob's to have lunch and watch 'Robin Hood' with Errol Flynn. I'd never been to the Sunset before, and I really liked it. It felt real California to me, as opposed to San Franciscan. Something about all suburban it was, and all of the Spanish ( Read more... )

Also hopefully in my weekend future:

Cupcake Party

Banana Marscapone Souffle Pancakes