mish mash
ive got a lot of things floating around in my head, so go ahead and be prepared for randomness.
i am incredibily pained by being so far away from home this week. i have missed a funeral today that i for one, did not expect would be happening not so soon, not in the forseeable future, and not one that when that i would have expected to miss at anyrate. another reminder that life is fragile and short. it just feels hard to have to sit and cry here and not be able to share it with the others that are feeling the same way. i just cant believe it, i am still in shock.
i did so many dishes tonight its out of control. but i really felt like if they were still piled up tomorrow i wouldnt be able to handle it. i cooked carrots+parsnips today with maple and nuts. it was like wannabe sweet potatoes and they would have been so much better. but, at the same time, i did eat them and thats what matters. i am expanding my foods even more. so i will force myself to eat that stuff little by little the whole week and hopefully i can figure out how to do something different with it. i think brooks will eat the rest of the carrots alone. plums were on sale, so plum craziness coming up. peaches were on sale, but you know what the grocery is like on sunday night.. crap, so there were no good peaches left and i am lucky i even got one thing of strawberries. i kind of wish i had more peaches.
i start work in the morning, and i need to fill out paperwork still yet tonight. i am nervous about all this stuff, i am worried about encountering cultural problems brooks was able to avoid by being a transfer instead of an irish employee. we shall see. there is not much to be worried about really, i have met my group, i have several friends that will be nice to me when i am there, brooks will be in the same building, i already know my way around. but still, new job jitters. i wont get to do work for like the first week because they have intense, documented training. i just hope i can get through the day with as few issues as possible and look forward to going back for a second day.
Tipperary won the munster cup in hurling today and we watched it from home instead of from the bar, but that was ok with me.
i pulled a muscle in my leg. i did the jillian workout everyday this week except saturday and i am very proud about that. today i didnt feel like i wasnt going to make it, but instead just felt like i got my ass kicked. i am planning to stay on workout 1 for the next week and then i will re-evaluate if i want to move up to level 2. i think it is going to be harder to force myself to do it everyday this week, must must must!!
i bought the remainder of my wedding party gifts today and that is a big weight off my shoulders. however, more stuff to bring back in the suitcase and this stuff is pretty fragile+expensive. not the kind of stuff to just have suitcases full of especially when it has to be checked. grr. what can i do? shipping would be just as risky, expensive, and take too long. i guess the effort required to get it there is part of what will make it special. still need gifts for the two little boys, who knows what they would like?? i guess toys. so still working on that but i have little hope to get anything in ireland. still waiting to figure out of the salon can figure out all the hair and makeup on our schedule, hope so!
i wonder what we will do next weekend, i wont have limitless time to sit at home to plan it out. but i expect we can still do something cool. i am really into camping right now and wish i could just run out to get some more camping gear, but cant, bummer. i am almost to the end of book one of War and Peace.
good luck to me tomorrow, i should be sleeping already.
i am incredibily pained by being so far away from home this week. i have missed a funeral today that i for one, did not expect would be happening not so soon, not in the forseeable future, and not one that when that i would have expected to miss at anyrate. another reminder that life is fragile and short. it just feels hard to have to sit and cry here and not be able to share it with the others that are feeling the same way. i just cant believe it, i am still in shock.
i did so many dishes tonight its out of control. but i really felt like if they were still piled up tomorrow i wouldnt be able to handle it. i cooked carrots+parsnips today with maple and nuts. it was like wannabe sweet potatoes and they would have been so much better. but, at the same time, i did eat them and thats what matters. i am expanding my foods even more. so i will force myself to eat that stuff little by little the whole week and hopefully i can figure out how to do something different with it. i think brooks will eat the rest of the carrots alone. plums were on sale, so plum craziness coming up. peaches were on sale, but you know what the grocery is like on sunday night.. crap, so there were no good peaches left and i am lucky i even got one thing of strawberries. i kind of wish i had more peaches.
i start work in the morning, and i need to fill out paperwork still yet tonight. i am nervous about all this stuff, i am worried about encountering cultural problems brooks was able to avoid by being a transfer instead of an irish employee. we shall see. there is not much to be worried about really, i have met my group, i have several friends that will be nice to me when i am there, brooks will be in the same building, i already know my way around. but still, new job jitters. i wont get to do work for like the first week because they have intense, documented training. i just hope i can get through the day with as few issues as possible and look forward to going back for a second day.
Tipperary won the munster cup in hurling today and we watched it from home instead of from the bar, but that was ok with me.
i pulled a muscle in my leg. i did the jillian workout everyday this week except saturday and i am very proud about that. today i didnt feel like i wasnt going to make it, but instead just felt like i got my ass kicked. i am planning to stay on workout 1 for the next week and then i will re-evaluate if i want to move up to level 2. i think it is going to be harder to force myself to do it everyday this week, must must must!!
i bought the remainder of my wedding party gifts today and that is a big weight off my shoulders. however, more stuff to bring back in the suitcase and this stuff is pretty fragile+expensive. not the kind of stuff to just have suitcases full of especially when it has to be checked. grr. what can i do? shipping would be just as risky, expensive, and take too long. i guess the effort required to get it there is part of what will make it special. still need gifts for the two little boys, who knows what they would like?? i guess toys. so still working on that but i have little hope to get anything in ireland. still waiting to figure out of the salon can figure out all the hair and makeup on our schedule, hope so!
i wonder what we will do next weekend, i wont have limitless time to sit at home to plan it out. but i expect we can still do something cool. i am really into camping right now and wish i could just run out to get some more camping gear, but cant, bummer. i am almost to the end of book one of War and Peace.
good luck to me tomorrow, i should be sleeping already.