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!