Apologies apologies for not being more consistent with writing here and keeping in contact with all of you who may or may not read my blog.  Life has been a bit ridiculous lately.  Plus I’ve been slightly lazy with keeping up with things I guess.  Work takes a lot of energy, and on my days off I pretty much don’t want to do anything.  But here is a cursory update, somewhat in the style of the amazingly talented Candace – who I not only admire for her theater and blogging skills, but just generally for being fabulous.

1. Yes, I do like my job.  Yes, it is incredibly hard and I do daydream of a normal schedule (with normal people’s weekends and a healthier social life).  Yes, I don’t get paid much and it can be very stressful.  But ultimately, it is what I want to be doing and I can’t really imagine much else at this point.  It’s an incredible experience and I am learning so so so so so much.  And I genuinely love the girls, and the people I work with – despite frustration and complications at times.

2.  Michael Whatley is awesome.  The end

3.  I voted early!  Huzzah!  And more importantly, I have actually been staying informed in the news since about August.  Oh, the things that you can accomplish when you still have constant internet access, but don’t receive emails or watch YouTube videos all that often.  I listen to podcasts & read news sites, and sometimes even watch the news on TV.  I feel so informed!  And now is a good time to be so.

4.  I think my cooking has reached the mediocre level.  The next level is apparently going to be a little tougher to break into.

5.  I am budgeting!  Despite this, I find myself unable to resist bookstores.  Or eating out occassionally.  And recently I gave in and bought some CDs.  I’m embarrassed.  But I am in love with media type things.  I purchased two of Crooked Still’s CDs (they are now one of my favorite groups and I highly highly recommend them), Shaken by a Low Sound & Still Crooked, as well as Ingrid Michaelson’s latest album, Be OK.  As for books, I purchased The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs, and Blink by Malcolm Gladwell (altho I have not yet finished reading Virgin: the Untouched History by Hanne Blank).

6.  On the note of fabulous books, I have joined the website LibraryThing and am loving it.  It really helps my OCD, and also helps me catalog all of my books (for all my 101 in 1001 friends out there – #61!).  Also, it is incredibly user-friendly and aesthetically appealing.  I haven’t had the chance to fully explore the site yet, but I really like what I see so far.  Like a lot.

7.  Speaking of new websites, I have also joined HubPages.  It’s an attempt to become more disciplined with my writing/make extra money…so far it is not going very well (the discipline part affects the more $ part and heaven knows – and you know, if you re-read the first paragraph of this post – I am not getting much accomplished on my days off).  BUT, aside from all of that, I am loving the concept of this site, and truly do want to start contributing more.  I think it’s pretty cool, and gives me a false sense of expertise on random things.

8.  The Office.  I’m on Season 4.  Oh.  My.  God.

9.  Halloween is this week!  I don’t know what to dress up as.  The girls have a party to go to and my co-workers and I want to dress up as well, but I never really dressed up for Halloween until college, and aside from being over the slutty costume thing, I literally can’t because I’m now a role model.  Terrifying actually.

10.  My sister has now been married for a month!  I don’t believe I updated very much about her beautiful wedding: it was incredible.  I cried a lot.  It was very vibrant and colorful and wonderful and just generally a good time.  Here are some pictures (not mine).

I think I’ll end it there for now…altho of course there are a ton more things I could update on.  Oh, I do have to add that I carved a pumpkin for the first time on Saturday.  Fun times   But anyway, things are going well.  I like life.  And, once again, I promise to try to update more regularly.