Well, Music & Lyrics was not a great film, but I still had a few laughs and enjoyed it. Mostly because I like Barrymore and Grant. But the best thing was just taking a break and relaxing.

After the movie I went to my Mom's to get Will, who it turns out barely slept at all for his nap, which made me feel badly for my mom. I didn't want her to have to do anything, especially since she was preparing for having my grandma over for dinner. But she didn't seem bothered by it, and I ended up staying and spending time with my grandma (mostly so she could see William. He is always the scene stealer).

I have still been stressed because I have catching up to do--today I worked on resizing a logo I did on spec, which the client turned out to love (thus I got the job). The logo was originally done at a low resolution though, in the interest of saving time on a slow-moving, low RAM machine, and so it has come back to bite me. She needed it taken care of asap, and so I sat down to do it this morning. I was using the GIMP which has been great so far but I have to learn it, and as a result I got so little done that I started stressing again. I called my Mom to see if I could get some lunch with her to just get away from the computer, and then asked if she could watch Will for the afternoon so I could just focus. Well, that was all great until I remembered half way through lunch that I had forgotten to call my friend and ask her to send Kurt's lunch to work with her husband, who also works at the school. (long story, not interesting). SO Kurt was without food. So I dropped off Will at my mom's, drove out to my friend's house, picked up the food, took it to Kurt and asked him if he could pick up William on the way home from school. Good. That should make my afternoon free. I lost 50 minutes of time by the time I had finally finished that errand and arrived back at home, but it couldn't be helped. WELL, I work for awhile and fortunately make great progress because maybe 45 min after getting home, I get a call from my mom saying that Kurt is on his way home with William already! The Idea was for Kurt to work at school like he usually does until 430 or 5ish, coinciding perfectly with the end of Will's afternoon nap. But I couldn't explain this to Kurt because I saw him in the middle of a class, and had to assume he understood what I meant by "I wanted to get some work done this afternoon so Will is at Mom's." Kurt actually rushed to get out of work to pick up Will BEFORE he went down for his afternoon nap. Ugh. The good news is that Will slept well and I got the logo done and started the next project, and had a nice evening with Kurt.

LOST was interesting, but I am still so disappointed in this relationship drama between Kate & Sawyer. And somehow it always strikes me as superlame when she calls him "James" with emphasis. I know it isn't Evangeline Lily's fault; she's a great actress as we have seen. But the writers can't figure out what to do with these two I don't think. Their relationship needed a lot more time to marinate in hardship and frustration before them coming together. They rushed it, maybe to get ratings. I dunno. But they need to fix the situation somehow. I think it helped a bit to see Sawyer pining for her, though. There is hope.

The VW van was cool.

FInally a break

This week has been insane. I have been grading papers for my aunt (a 2nd grade teacher) and it has taken forever to finally finish. SO today, I will drop them off and reward myself with a movie --Music and Lyrics while my mom watches Will. Hopefully it will be a good break....

Lame!

Well, I just got a large box which is my brand new iMac. Very exciting. I am waiting to open it until Kurt gets home, though, because I think he is even more excited than me about its arrival. But that is not the lame thing I wanted to write about. Here is the lamest--

I signed up for FedEx email updates to alert me as the package traveled through their system. I never got a single email, and figured that I had clicked a wrong button somewhere along the way, because if I went to their website and looked up the tracking number, there were numerous detailed entries about my computer's whereabouts. Well, I finally got an email from them just now, saying that the packaged had been delivered to me. Thanks. Thanks a lot.

Today's top 5

The top 5 things on my mind today (in no particular order)...

# 1 Should I get my hair cut? Most people would say yes, since it has been probably 8 months and it is long with dead ends. But, the fact is, this cut has grown out very nicely. Do I risk getting it cut and taking a style step backwards, albeit without split ends? Also, I have been thinking about vanity and wondering if expensive haircuts are a vanity (and I am not talking about Supercuts--I want to go to my hairdresser and maybe even get highlights). This is funny to me, that I'm thinking about that, because it is probably vain to wonder if one is vain. ANYways, the only justification I have come up with for the all-out haircut (and I think its a pretty good one) is that I am working again, and will be meeting my new employer soon, and I want to put a professional face on.

#2 When to go see my sister. She is living about an hour away now and I really want to spend some time with her, but I'm afraid she will be too busy. We've never been very close, though we're trying more these days. Especially since we are planning a 30th wedding anniversary party for my parents. I guess the reason I am hesitant about actually trying to make concrete plans with her is that I'm just used to not being part of her life in any major way, and maybe I feel like it will never change. Well, I will wait to see how things go, because I can't make plans until I know...

#3 When my new iMac is going to be delivered. Yes, I have joined the leagues of Mac owners. I have even acquired an iPod which someone left in Kurt's classroom a year ago and never claimed. So, old though it is, it is still an iPod and I am happy to have something more convenient than a discman for taking to the zoo with me.

#4 If the package I just dropped off at the post office will actually make it to Princeton by 6pm on Wednesday, as promised.

#5 How to find time to watch Chronicles of Narnia...I'm in the mood to relax and do something fun like that, but I need to clean the kitchen at least, and would also like to spend some time with the Lord too. I guess mainly I just want some peace because I feel like I'm all over the map mentally and emotionally today for some reason. Kind of weird but it might have to do with the change in weather. Its warmer, and last week when it was cold and drizzly for a couple of days I was so depressed. So I guess now I just want to go and do something or everything as the upswing, but at the same time I want to do nothing because lately I am realizing more and more that there is seriously nothing on earth that satisfies what I'm really wanting and needing. I find no meaning in fulfilling desires or wants or even human needs. My spirit wants something deeper and more lasting. I guess I just want God Himself. So maybe I don't want to find time to watch a movie, maybe I really want to find time to be with the Lord. And I don't see how housechores could take precedence over that.

Yea! Guess sometimes you can get what you want...