Gardening in High Heels

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Sunday Lately, 4

This week was kind of crazy.  I had my first solo Local Levo event (if you’re in Pittsburgh, please join us in Feb at Wigle Whiskey!), I feel like I worked it really hard at work, and Jonathan and I are going on Day 2 of burger eating.  Yesterday was Bubba’s after the Beer Blizzard and today is Steer and Wheel food truck during Weather Permitting.  They have my absolute favoritest fries in the city.

Sunday Lately 4

Updating

Still updating this little bloggy space of mine.  I love how these prompts let me remind you so much that things are still a-changing around here.  I’m okay with that!

Reminding

..Myself not to get wrapped up in things I cannot control. So much of my job is apologizing to people because something didn’t work correctly. Not that I did anything wrong, but empathy is the first step in disarming an angry person. Mix that with my knee-jerk reaction of apologizing for stuff in my personal life and I’ve got a sure-fire way to think that everything is my fault.

Needing

Furniture!  I have a bunch of hand-me-down stuff and it works but it is only comfortable really just for me.  I can’t host people for long periods of time without being embarrassed that my living room furniture consists of an old armchair and ottoman slip-covered in sheets from Target and a papasan chair that really belongs outside.

Amusing

..Coworkers with my responses to emails we all get.  For example: when someone sends a message in all caps, I’m that person emailing the department, “OKAY, I’LL ANSWER THIS ONE.”  Always good for a chuckle.

Being

Just being. As in reminding, I just need to be and I’m not. I should schedule massages for myself more often so I can “just be.”

What are you up to lately?

Sunday Lately, 3

It has been a snotty week.  Not that I was being a brat, but I couldn’t stop blowing my nose.  I’m lucky that I get to work from home if I need to, and in the interest of not infecting others, I worked at home for most of the week.  Side note: I think someone who came to work with a cold got me sick.  Oh, sweet irony.

Sunday Lately 3Dwelling

I compare myself to others very easily.  At the end of the week, I was really focused on what I’m doing “wrong” because I’m not being accepted in to certain groups and I realized I need to stop that.  It’s like high school; why am I worrying myself about being part of a group that clearly doesn’t care to include me?  And that’s all I’m going to say about that right now.

Helping

My father’s fridge broke.  The water intake hose thingy has been leaking for a while and it got under the floor and finally loosened the adhesive holding it down.  Yesterday, Jonathan came over and helped us rip up the old floor.  Then we realized when we tried to lay down other tiles that wouldn’t work that we’ll have to do this all over again in two weeks when the special order comes in.  It’s like Money Pit.  Two weeks.

Forgetting

To do something, I’m sure.  If I knew what it was, I wouldn’t forget it.

Switching

Still working on getting things transferred over to Gardening in High Heels.  I like where it’s going but I still want to change the appearance a little bit.  I think because I’m using the old design I had on when it was SyntaxxErrorrr, it doesn’t feel “new,” yknow?

Relying

On no one!  Kidding.  I’m pretty self-sufficient, but I will be relying on Jonathan to help transport furniture from my aunts and move things around.  So that’s what I’ll be relying on.

What are you up to this week?

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