Closing Time

Today I am officially closing a chapter. As I talked about a bit here, and most of you know by now, I quit my job two weeks ago, and today is my last day. This morning, I headed over to the local UPS store and shipped my trusty Toshiba laptop, Blackberry, Mi-Fi card, and access badge back to Fort Worth. It's officially real now, but, still doesn't feel entirely real. It has been weird not being chained to a Blackberry all day, yet weird in a really, really nice way! At any rate, this chapter, which I will henceforth refer to as That Time When I Traveled All Over the Country Selling the Railroad, is complete. I feel like I am closing this one on a high note, and I am more than ready for the next, as to be named chapter.

I am taking today and tomorrow "off", and then will be starting on my first writing assignments! I won't be able to share much about them here because of confidentiality and such, but I am really excited! Other than shipping stuff at the UPS store, I spent the morning at the grocery store, dry cleaners, and gym. I cooked my very first pork loin in the crockpot, with which I have now made into delicious smelling pulled pork. I have done three loads of laundry. I have had an ongoing battle of wills with Lucy, who, after recovering nicely from her "lameness", now has a corneal ulcer. Awesome, pup, super, super awesome. I promise there aren't many things more fun than putting eye drops and ointment three times a day in the eye of a dog who would rather give up all the food and toys in the world than to let you do that. Major sarcasm font, friend, major.

I have also been planning my week with my beautiful new Erin Condren planner! I am still a little amazed that I spent as much as I did for a planner, but, so far, I am loving it! I am sure after it has gotten some real usage, I will update y'all to let you know what I think about it (if I think it is worth the price tag, so on and so forth), but for now, here is a picture!

So, there's that, friends! A dang good Monday if there ever was one (well, aside from the puppy meds). All things considered though, it's nice to be very pleased with the way a Monday has shaped up. Hoping all of yours were just as great!

Monday Things

Last week was a busy one, as the next two weeks will be also for me. I was in DFW for part of the week, which wasn't too bad - I got to see one Michelle Pierce, and drink watermelon margaritas and eat peanut butter chocolate molten lava cake, but I missed the hubs and Lucy terribly, as one often does when one is traveling. Alas, I made it safely home Thursday night to a hubby who was waiting to pick me up at the airport, and we proceeded to have a delightful weekend together, which made up for our time apart!

Friday, I worked, of course, and Harris was able to go enjoy a round of golf and some burgers a la 80/20 with a buddy of his. Friday was a terribly busy day for me - between being out last week, and preparing to be out this week, I was up to my eyeballs (probably higher, even) with things to do, and people needing things from me. Glad that is behind me for the time being.

Saturday and Sunday were both dreary, rainy stay at home kind of days, but we certainly made the most of it. We used the brief respites in the rain to take some long walks, go to the gym, run a couple errands, go to the DMV to make Harris a legal Virginia citizen, and the like. Okay, so maybe all of this was not done when it wasn't raining because those times were brief, but we did do them all, and that is what really matters.

This morning, I am flying up to NYC to meet my boss and one of my coworkers for a whirlwind trip in the Northeast. First stop NYC, then New Jersey, then Rhode Island, and then home from Boston Thursday night. Phew. Somebody please alert Jay Z (anyone else know he formally dropped the hyphie in his name?) to my imminent arrival. I expect to hear him rapping immediately upon landing.

Happy Monday!