it's cold here

Just in time for me to have to wear a suit every day to work.  Not so fun for my weekend off though.  Saturday I decided to stay in and reorganize my closet, a project which was very necessary.  Unfortunately the power went out on my block right around dusk, and my closet reorganization came to a halt.

The project was harder to get back in to yesterday, and so here we find ourselves on Monday morning with piles of clothes on my couch in my living room.  At least I gained an hour of work this morning.
And I still managed to enjoy some of my day yesterday.  I went for a run and spied these bathing beauties:

There are a few things you can count on when the temperature drops.  Iguanas are one, snowbirds are another.

Hopefully they are going to come shopping soon.

Oh by the way, I forgot, here is your calendar page for this month:

last day of staycation

This morning I got so wound up thinking about the errands I needed to run out west of town that I ended up just rallying to go get coffee and drive all the way out there right when I woke up while the traffic would still be bearable.  I needed to return something to an outlet store and then while I was in the area I decided to go to Ikea.  It didn't take long before I couldn't handle it though, at which point I called Daniel for help.  His immediate response was, "weren't we supposed to go do these errands together today anyways with one of the dogs?"

That plan made a lot more sense than me going alone and barely caffeinated.  As a back up plan Daniel offered that I could come down and walk his dogs with him.  I think he thought that idea would sound boring.  Quite the opposite.

I would much rather hang out with these nice guys than try to organize my life with cheap particle board furniture.  How is he so nice?  He just stands at that door slowly wagging his tail and methodically licking at the glass, as if it's a giant lollipop and he is making his way to freedom.  Sweet sweet freedom.

After dog walking (6 different dogs that each need to be walked individually so they all feel like they get special one on one time) we did make our way to lunch followed by the bed bath and beyond where I was forced to purchase things like fabric baskets to conceal my underwear.  I hate being an adult.

It was a good thing I had a support dog there:

He's so happy and just smiles all the time and doesn't ever bother anybody.  I love him : (.

While a part of me wanted to spend all day playing with the doggies I had also made plans with John to take a bike ride now that he's finally rolling in style on his own set of wheels.  I left Daniel and headed home, still not having showered or brushed my teeth from my unnecessarily rushed morning to run errands.

You can imagine my displeasure when I got home at 5 and discovered that my blue tire was once again flat.  I am not going to have any further comment on the subject as the good part is we still managed to salvage some daylight and get a good ride in.

It's just weirdly cold all of a sudden today and I would have preferred to have been able to ride more during midday.  Despite the chill it was a good time of day for sunset views.

And John even treated me to taco tuesdays for dinner.  The perfect end to my little staycation.  I'm ready for my haircut tomorrow, then heading back to work fresh and refreshed, ready to hopefully get my new uniform!

stuck waiting

There's so much change and excitement on the horizon, I feel like I've been doing nothing but waiting.  Consequently, I didn't even realize how many days had passed that I hadn't done a post.

SORRY.

It doesn't help that it's been bitterly cold (60's) down here so all I've wanted to do was sleep and eat.  But tomorrow should hold many fun activities.  Namely, hanging out with some nice doggies all day.

Until then I'm going to be cleaning and listening to Van Halen.

I forget it's winter

While Jon sent me texts and pictures of how freezing cold it is up north, John and I headed to the beach down here.  It was nice, but I can't wait for the summer when it's nice all day.  By the time we actually got out there the sun was already going down and it was getting cooler.

We left the beach and went to the roof to enjoy the last bit of sun for the day.

It was definitely more windy up there but the sun was still warm enough to make it comfortable for another hour or so.

All in all I have no complaints about spending a day in late January doing this.

and I thought it was cold here

source

I love the sound it makes!!  

And I no longer feel grumpy about the temperature here dropping in to the 50s.  

nice running weather

And it looks like my phone is back to its weird focusing issues, leaving this picture looking like one of those old 3d images that you looked at through that plastic viewing thing.  You know what I'm talking about.

It got cold down here the past couple days leaving me fairly unmotivated.  Yesterday I had every intention of going out and being productive but in between getting all dressed and leaving the house I spilled chocolate on myself.  I ended up back in my pj's and asleep by like 6pm.

But today is going to be different!  I've already been out on a brisk midday run and now I'm off to work.  I may even go out tonight after work!

We'll see...

for Meghan

No visit with Meghan would be complete without a game of scrabble.  Every time we pull out the game board I find this mysterious writing on the back of a score sheet and can't stop laughing.  We're not entirely sure who wrote it either.  All signs point to Sam but Meghan is always at a loss for an explanation as to why he wrote these three names.  I think we always make plans to ask Sam but after the 5th rum and cider it's a challenge for us to remember anything.  Like state capitals.

ME:  Why is it that most state capitals have nothing going on besides politics?  There are only a few, like Nashville has a lot going on besides being the capital of tennessee"

MEGHAN:  Yeah that's true.  Well lets just start naming state capitals and maybe we'll think of another.  Ummm....Pierre North Dakota...or is it South Dakota...I'm not sure.  Hmmm.  What's the capital of Tennessee.

ME:  Ummm...I don't know.  Wait...didn't we just discuss this and I said Nashville?

MEGHAN:  Oh yeah.

At that point we actually weren't drunk, though I could blame the freezing cold for my inability to think.  Meghan convinced me to go with her to Bed Bath and Beyond after giving me a sob story about how it was her last day to have them apply a 20% off coupon to a receipt for things she had purchased some time ago.  Of course once we actually got there and had them apply the 20% she only ended up getting back like $4.00.

But I say it was worth it because without cash we wouldn't have been able to take this picture:

Awwww aren't we just adorable.  Except for in the first one where I look like the joker.

Anyways, thanks for a great weekend Meg.  For those of you I missed I will be back in the city soon and hopefully for longer than a day and a half.

I've missed this place

From the moment I got to the 6 train platform and saw this terrifying ad I've become quite nostalgic for my life in nyc.

My first order of business was getting 9th St. with Meghan before heading downtown to get my haircut.  The best part about having Christina cut my hair is that I get to hang out with precious angels like dolly while I'm there.

She did not help my wanting a little dog problem.

She did not help at all.

And this other bundle of joy made me miss the detective and reminded me that I should really get a little doggy to be his friend because it clearly makes her VERY happy:

Once Meghan and I finished with all our chores we did the only thing we could think of to warm ourselves.  Jam our faces with delicious pizza.

If I lived as close to motorino as Meghan does I don't think I would eat anything else.

Otherwise our day/night last night was pretty lowkey.  I got to accomplish a long held life goal of getting Meghan and Laura together and it was magical.  I think my favorite was when I reminded Laura of the time some girl threw up on her in the subway and Meghan's face lit up as she exclaimed, "that was you?!"

Unfortunately it was far too cold for any of us to have the energy to pull an all nighter so we eventually parted ways.  It was nice anyways because I got to hang out with Sam a bit when he came home from work and before we all passed out.

I'm not sure what all today will have in store for me but I do know it will include an encounter with the incomparable Dan D.  I can't wait, I think my hair is finally long enough to have achieved his request that he made so long ago.

For now I've got my long johns on and I'm ready to venture to the outside for some coffee.

clouds

The clouds have brought with them a cold spell that I have been completely unprepared for.  I barely brought any pants down here that are cut below the knee, and besides it's may, and this is florida.

But they are beautiful to look at.

summer cold

Of course I go to the desert and catch a cold. I hate summer colds so much, I feel like a cold in the wintertime makes sense, an excuse to eat nothing but soup and pour a dash (half cup) of whiskey in your tea. In the summertime though it's just miserable. Nothing feels right, you're constantly uncomfortable, and worst of all is you know you're missing valuable outdoor time while you're laying in bed praying for death.

I've been making myself iced mint tea and drinking it by the gallon. I think that I must have gotten really dehydrated in Palm Springs. I guess I should have been more careful and forced myself to drink tons of water but I was living the dream, greyhounds from dawn till dusk.

Well I'm paying for it now. Spent yesterday in a NyQuil haze and today is not going much better. Wish me luck with the rest of my shift at work.