I'm sleeeepyyy

Not too much to report today. I went to Target and Walmart to return some things. My mom gave me a Walmart gift card for my birthday, so I wondered around there for a while. I bought some WW blueberry muffins that I'm hoping are good. Sometimes that stuff can be dry. I didn't know Walmart sold other gift cards as well, so I got a Chili's gift card too! Then I meandered around Target and got a couple of Christmas items on clearance. And that's all I did. I tried really hard to work today, but I wasn't too productive. Tomorrow I'm going to have to lock myself up in the office and crank out some reports. If I just sit and concentrate it shouldn't take too long. Then I can get the bill sent out and earn some sort of a living.

Oh, tonight I made roasted broccoli. I was just ok. I think I'm going to stick to the roasted cauliflower for now!

Well, I'm off surf the web...

Work Shmerck!

So, back in April one of our big clients went out of business. Since then our work has slowed quite a bit. Well, on Thursday I found out that Friday would be my last day. I am still going to work as a consultant for them until I find something else. My job before was doing safety inspections and miscellaneous things around the office. Now I will just be doing the safety inspections. I am really hoping to get at least 4 per week, so I will have a comparable income to what it was before. So far I have enough work to last through the end of October. I'm just hoping to get the same, if not more, for next month. I have mixed feelings about it. On one hand it's going to be a bit tough paying the huge mortgage each month and hoping I get enough work. But on the other hand I'm excited to move on to my next adventure. I'm just dreading the job hunting portion! My [former] boss is working on another deal that could lead to more work, so he sad if/when he lands the deal he will bring me back. I'm not really holding my breath. However, I would definitely go back there since I had the perfect flexible schedule. I would LOVE to just do consulting work. Come on, working a couple of days a week on MY terms is wonderful! But I'm not sure I can pull it off...I would just stress too much about getting enough work month to month. I guess the ultimate job would be something part time AND continue to do safety inspections. That would be fabulous! So, in the mean time don't expect any fabulously outrageous gifts from me. And if we go out and I get tipsy and offer to buy the next round (like I love to do) DON'T let me...no matter how tempting!!!

Matt can't complain too much because this means his wife has more time to make him gourmet dinners...

Rain, Skulls, Drinking and Smoking

So how inappropriate is it to wear skull shoes to work? I say it's OK since I'm the only one here and it's a rainy day. Plus I got them at the beginning of summer for $8 at PacSun and haven't had a chance to wear them.

I love the rain! I have loved the rain for as long as I can remember. It's a good excuse to wear jeans and a cute hoodie to work. Oh and the skull shoes! And I love getting hot coffees when it's raining. So nice. It's a good day. Maybe I should move someplace like Seattle!

Tonight, Traci (mother of 2 cute boys under 3) is taking a much needed break and coming to visit me. We have a plan to drink. I'm going to get her drunk. She doesn't know it yet, but I intend on ordering a round of shots as soon as we get to the restaurant! Oh, she's in for it. I've been on a drinking binge lately. Well, I'm not sure you'd call it a binge, but I'm certainly drinking more than I usually do. For example: on Sunday as we were watching the Chargers loose, I declared that my goal for the week was to drink everyday. Matt looked at me and replied, "that's a goal?" in a non-approving tone. And I've taken up smoking, but really only when I drink. It's weird. Maybe it's because I know someday I'll be a mom and I'm trying to get it all out of my system now.


P.S. I didn't achieve my goal for the week. Therefore, I'll have to try again next week...