Feeling… excited about leaving on my cruise on Friday. I am not sure I am going to survive the next four days at work! The best part is that I’m going with four girls I completely love and adore, and who totally get me. It’s so crazy because thinking about my life last year and how lacking it was in local girl friendships and now I’m going on vacation with girlfriends! The ship doesn’t stop anywhere, just does a little loop in the Gulf of Mexico, but it’s going to be a really fun weekend. Hurry up, Friday!
Writing… a love story. The story I’m writing for #NaNoWriMo is a contemporary love story, one of those feel-good romances that are slightly predictable but still really cute. At least that’s my goal! It’s a fun thing, writing a romance, and I’m enjoying the process. (Even those days when I’m all, WHAT AM I DOING. I CAN’T WRITE STORIES. I SUCK AT EVERYTHING. GAH. I hear this is quite normal.)
Reading… Lucia, Lucia by Adriana Trigiani. It was Nora who first clued me in to this author and I’m so glad she did. I’ve read two books by her and both were amazing. She’s such a beautifully descriptive writer.
Listening… to football right now! We have a full house for the game. Well, sort of. My brother came over for the games, and my mom and her boyfriend are also hanging out. As I write this post, the Denver/San Diego game is on and since I love everything Peyton Manning, I’m a happy camper.
Eating… a delicious brownie! My mom made them for our little get-together and they are the best little treat! (I may have brought one to work today for an afternoon pick-me-up.)
Wishing… I could take the whole week of Christmas off. We get Christmas Eve and Christmas Day off, and I was really hoping I could take the Monday before and then the Thursday and Friday after, but I won’t have enough PTO for that. I could take off the Thursday and Friday off, but I would wipe out my PTO so I’m debating if it’s worth it. I don’t have any major plans, but it would just be a really nice break from work.
Enjoying… new responsibilities at work! Starting this month, I’ll be writing for six different clients, which equals to a little over 50 pages a month. (The pages are around 250-350 words, to give an idea of what that entails.) I’m also going to be helping out with a big editing project for our biggest client, which will be an interesting challenge!
Drinking… Dr. Pepper. Because it’s good. And bad for me. But still good.
Learning… That it’s okay to have “moments,” even as an adult. Sometimes, you just have to have a whiny, pity party for yourself. And then you give yourself a reality check and realize you’re being silly and immature. But moments happen. It’s okay.
Thinking… about going soda-free in December. I started off this year with a 30-day soda fast and I think it would be a good idea to end it doing the same thing. I’m no longer addicted to soda and I do fine without it, but I still drink it way too often.
Loving… game nights with friends, keeping in touch with my old coworkers, coffee, my job, Reese’s eggs, finishing great books, and watching dachshunds race against one another.
What’s one lesson you’ve learned recently?
So glad you love Adriana’s books! I really hope she comes back to STL now that she has another book out/coming out =) I need her to sign that one, too, obviously.
A brownie sounds divine right now.
Also: YAY CRUISE WEEK!
I’m learning to listen to my kids. Like, listen when they tell me stories or try to explain a tv show (Henry, three, loves to tell me about Spongebob and I hate spongebob so I’m always tuning it out). Slowly, but trying.
I’m currently eating an out of this world grilled cheese sandwich that has goat cheese, feta cheese AND marble cheddar cheese on it. Yum!
I am REALLY lucky that my work closes between Christmas and New Years and I don’t have to use PTO for the extra days off! That said, I’m working A LOT of overtime, evenings and weekends these days so that is kind of there way of giving back to us after we work our butts off all fall, but I’m still ridiculously happy about it because it means I can save my PTO for other vacations!
Have fun on your cruise – I didn’t realize it was coming up so soon!!
I am so glad you have met some new girlfriends in the past year! Your little weekend getaway sounds like so much fun!
A lesson I have learned this week is that just when I think I am doing better with living in Charlotte, I have another tough spell, like the one I am in the midst of right now. I have done a lot of crying between now & when I got dropped off at the airport yesterday morning… I am NOT happy to be back in Charlotte. 🙁 I guess I just have to accept that I am going to keep having these set backs.
Now I want a brownie! 😉
I’ve been learning a lot of interview-related lessons lately: what to wear, what not to wear, what to say, what not to say, trick questions, etc. Job searching sucks, but it’s a necessary life skill that we all have to learn.
I always have that debate about Christmas too – I am in the negative for PTO right now (and would like to not start the new year that way too!) so I probably won’t take that Thursday and Friday off, but I wish it weren’t in the middle of the week this year!
Wooo cruise!!!
Ooh, a cruise! Have a great time!
As far as taking the time off for Christmas, if your PTO renews with the new year and you have enough, I say go for it.
I WANT SOME DR. PEPPER. I just decided to go soda-free for a month (or to try, at least), so this sounds extra appealing at the moment.
Enjoy your cruise & report back with lots of photos!
This was a wonderful little update into your life! I’m so excited that you’re on your cruise right now. YAY TRAVEL! Sorry I’ve been so absent. Trying to catch up on a few of your posts now, I miss the blog world! <3