:: anne in the attic ::

Create Your Own Countdown

:: Sunday, March 16, 2003 ::

I've been neglectful, yes. So many things are coming down the pike right now that I'm doing some serious juggling. (I mean, I still have to reschedule that root canal -- the temporary cement isn't going to hold that crown on forever!) After working many hours this last week, I finally took time out for some R&R and went to a birthday party. It was nice -- set just far enough out to feel like the country. The house is a geodesic dome with several triangular skylights. At one point, I managed to escape out onto the deck for a few minutes of quiet stargazing while sipping my beer. It was exactly what I needed to feel as though I could go inside and be social with people I knew either very little or not at all. And I was home by ten. So I spent some time with my guitar and went to bed.

Today, the partner has gone on an excursion to see friends in a nearby town. So I've had a pretty quiet day so far. I have put off my chores and taught myself some new music. This morning I baked some banana bread -- just in time, too, as the bananas I'd been saving really were beginning to look and smell like compost. Tomorrow it's back to work for probably another six days. Beginning about now and all the way up until September is "prime time" for annual leave, so we subs work our asses off this time of year. Well, that's okay, mama's got a big fat student loan to pay. Nice that it's staying lighter later, too, so it feels as though there's more time, even if there isn't.

Less than two months until the big concert, and there's still so much work to do.

:: Anne 5:57 PM [smartass remarks] ::
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