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the end of NaBloPoMo, that is.
I somehow managed to pull out of my brain 30 straight days of posting, none of it particularly momentous or earth shattering, but 30 straight days of words nonetheless. . .
I believe what I have gained from this is a desire to write daily, more or less, here. . .I’ve been using Livejournal now for over 5 years so I don’t see the point in starting up anywhere else. Heck, I met my husband through LJ and several very cool people.
In reading many of the participants blogs I came to realize that my blog (which I don’t typically use that term to refer to what I do here) isn’t anything spectacular. It’s not something I expect anyone to read on a daily basis or post a link to on their website. . .its a space for me to chronicle what’s going on in my life.
One of the most interesting things I discovered during this month of posting was a post I made roughly five years ago. The fact that I have access to my brain at age 25 is thoroughly astounding. To be able to go back and read what I was thinking about at that crazy point in my life has been quite educational.
When I was younger I used to keep journals. I was pretty prolific in my writing. Some of it drivel. Some of it scraps of poetry or doodles or articles I’d cut out of the paper. . .this is more or less an extension of that. Complete with hyperlinks to the articles and photos scattered here and there. For me it has never been about readership. It’s all about me here. . .only this is not a piece of paper, it’s the internet, and many more people have access to it (if they choose).
After today I’ll be going back to locking my posts to be friends only. . .that way if I accidentally rant about work/coworkers/life in general, I’ll have a good idea of who’s got access to it.
It’s been fun doing this. I’m glad it’s over. Posting on the weekends was not exactly fun. Trying to make sure you got around to getting something online on a daily basis was a bit much at times, especially when there’s nothing to say. . .like now.
I’m off tonight to meet a former coworker (who I had issues with at times) for a drink or two. She recently relocated back to the area after my company moved her around a bit. . .she no longer works with me. . .so I can get along with her much better now. You know those people. Those for whom you hold tremendous respect. Those who you think are great people. Those who you can’t stand in an office setting:). . .she was one of those. And now we can start a whole new chapter in our relationship. Should be an interesting evening:).
Cheers darlin’
–me
Thanks to the supersonic, middle of the night hearing of moosebraying, I was able to run downstairs at approximately 1:10 am this morning to catch Miller in the act of eating Halls Cherry cough drops (with medicine center, moosebraying’s favorites). The living room was smelling pretty dang mentholated as I took the opportunity to find out how many of these oh-so-tasty (and fully-wrapped I might add) treats he had devoured. Mid-night/early morning math (slow as it was) revealed that he had ingested 10 cough drops. . .again, fully-wrapped. . .he looked quite pleased with himself until he probably realized he was in trouble and then shot me the “who, me?” face. . .
So I called our vet’s office that happens to have a 24-hour emergency service and they told me it didn’t look like a major problem but I should call Animal Poison Control. . .who knew there was such a thing. I called the poison control hotline and $55 later found out that Miller would be ok, that beagles/beagle-mixes have pretty strong stomachs and that the worst would probably be minor GI irritation coupled by a few days before he would pass the wrappers. I’d say that the $55 was worth my piece of mind. . .especially since it was the middle of the night and the person on the other end of the line was a doctor. I suppose I could’ve gotten the same answer on the internet, but it just felt more convincing coming from a human being. Miller and I proceeded to spend the rest of the night asleep on the couch.
It was probably good that I spent the night on the couch anyhow as moosebraying has contracted whatever kind of major sickness that was going around his office. He’s home from work today, left work early yesterday, and sounds like doo-doo. I hope he’s feeling better soon.
tis time to adjourn this place and go play in traffic.
huzzah!
later days,
me
I have to say, I didn’t honestly know if I could keep up with posting every day for 30 days. While it’s not over just yet, I’ve made it through the hardest part of the month, Thanksgiving, while still managing to throw some random drivel up here on my little corner of the internet.
I suppose I’ll see if I can continute posting throughout December. . .but not panic if I miss a Saturday or Sunday or two. It’s really the weekends that have been the hardest.
moosebraying left work early today with a touch of whatever it is that his office is passing around to eachother. Looks like I should make some super food for dinner. It’s not quite cold enough for soup, but I find that soup is good for the soul. . .plus I’ve got a few links of Aidell’s sun dried tomato chicken sausage left that need using. All that’s left for me to do is pop by the store on my way home and grab some greens and some white wine. . .I’m thinking I’ll sub spinach for the kale as suggested in one of the recipe reviews.
They’re predicting much colder weather by the weekend so I suppose I should enjoy this most likely last taste of comfortable temperatures. . .of dewy mornings walking Miller. . .of not having to bundle up every time I step outside b/c my circulation isn’t the greatest. After seeing the snow during the Packers/Seahawks game last night, I realized that I’d like to see a little of the white stuff myself. . .just enough to put me in the holiday mood. Perhaps after I’ve put up my Christmas lights this weekend. . .just a dusting. . .but I know that’s not likely.
I’m braindead once again from another busy day here at the office. I made sure to keep my caffeine intake to one cup on my way to work this morning and have been drinking plenty of water throughout the remainder of the day. Oddly enough, I still have a touch of a headache, but that could be b/c I’ve been staring at a computer screen all day. I’m looking forward to a pleasant evening at home with my ailing husband, my adorable 4-legged fur child and catching up on some TV that we didn’t watch last night.
later days
me
