What a Wednesday! Full of laughs, intrigue, deception, athleticism, and gossip! LOL Just another night at the bowling alley. But hey, it was pretty fun! With all of the fun I had today, I nearly forgot that I'm not feeling well. I do believe some Nyquil is in my near future. However, I am recommitted to my daily blogging - it keeps the spirits up. The power of positive thinking!
I wore an awesome outfit today apparently because I got several compliments. Well, actually I knew the outfit looked sharp! hahaha A nice pair of chocolate brown pants - by the way, why do we feel the need to say chocolate brown instead of just chocolate or just brown? I paired that with a chartreuse sweater and wore my fancy wingtip shoes. I did a presentation to a class this morning and a student slyly said under his breath, "Snazzy shoes." as I was leaving the room. That made me grin.
While in my office today, Corrine and I took care of a project that had been lingering over our heads for a while. Once we finished we started joking about making our own, "Shit Students Say to Student Affairs Professionals". We were DYING laughing. I think I may actually make a script up and film it!
WOO HOO! Day three of not having to buy lunch. BOO-YAH!
Line of the day, "I'm gonna need you to do better." And why did I just learn what "Ratchet" means in slang terms? CRAZY! I thought it meant good - as in you "ratchet something up" as if you're cranking it up. I love how we learn new things every day.
I had a blast at the bowling alley. It was so much fun! Shout out to Travis, Steven, David, and Herb! Y'all are SO NOT ratchet!
I did it! I posted in the same day that every thing listed in my blog occurred!!! HA! I guess I still feel a little off since last week. It's all about finding routine again. Having a routine brings us comfort in a lot of ways. Here's getting back to routines. Viva la routine!
I love "Some E Cards"! They are so on point with their message and almost always give a good laugh.
While I was at work today I thought it would be cool to entice students to come into the office and take a short survey. I posted on Facebook that if they came into the office and did the survey they'd get a free fleece blanket. Those students FLOCKED into the office! The power of social media is amazing.
I have to say that the more I drink my coffee with the International Coffee's York Peppermint Patty flavor, the more I realize I'm glad I didn't spend nearly $5 on a Starbuck's Mocha Latte with Mint.
My friend Jake contacted me about possibly biking part of the C&O Canal Towpath again in March with some students of his.. I think I might be up for it! It'll be a great way to kick off the biking season again.
I received a, "You're looking like you've lost some more weight" compliment today. I mean.. I don't think I have.. but it felt nice to hear. LOL
It's the last day of the 3 day weekend. Am I ready to go back? Hell no! But you got to do these things, ya know? Before I get back to the grind, I have these awesomely fun/great things that happened!
There aren't many commercials that really make me laugh out loud. One of the new Bounce Fabric Softener commercials did that this morning. HILARIOUS! Rawr! Check it out!
Gym time! I did 90 pounds on the pull down bar! That's pretty good considering a month ago I was only doing 55 pounds. WOOT WOOT!
I got an awesome message from a customer of mine regarding the bracelet she purchased. Read her message:
Today at work. A customer of mine admired my bracelet and asked where I
got it. I gave her your name and your website to check it out :) also,
soon I will be asking you for two orders of size 8 bracelets of the same
kind. I'll keep in touch with you about that. Are you able to make
more??
A meal with friends is always good. Great discussions.
With my Google+ Account, I offered a free gift to the first 5 people to add my shop. Within a matter of 45 minutes, I had 5 people! I love how quickly it all happened and I'm happy to send out the gifts.
This morning I had a thought. Why do people waste energy retaliating, being mean, etc? Because someone has done you wrong doesn't mean you have to crush them - or am I just Mr. Nice Guy? I live by the concept of turning the other cheek. If that doesn't always do the trick, then I turn my back on the offenders and walk away. I hate expending energy on things that are fundamentally not important. An eye for an eye is not my M.O. I'm not a religious person. I don't know Bible verses as well as I know 80s Top 40 music. What I do know is that the law of the universe is, "For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction". I know that living by the idea of "Treat people the way you would like to be treated". I don't think it gets much simpler than that.
I also had other thoughts such as - I need to just chill and not care so much. Why? Simply stated, everything happens for a reason. With or without my direct influence or expectations. So living in those serendipitous moments is what makes life exciting.
Now, although I've said all of that, it doesn't make it any easier to live like that. hahaha
Today I FINALLY received my Oprah's Lifeclass journal. It's a nice little journal. I thought it might have questions to answer in it but it didn't. Oh well, I'm glad I finally received it!
I'm glad that I got quite a bit done today at work. The big event is just around the corner and I hope to have everything settled by the end of next week.
Receiving not one but two compliments on how I chose to wear my jeans today made me smile. All I did was cuff them up about 3 inches because I bought them too long. Who knew I was being a fashionista?
Being able to process specific situations in my life today felt good. To allow myself a little peace of mind made me feel better. We all have a choice. Reminds me of one of my favorite songs by India.Arie. Okay, so maybe my Chi is still a little out of whack hahaha Certainly not blue - maybe aquamarine? Teal?
It's a relatively quite night tonight, which is quite nice. As I was browsing through India.Arie videos on YouTube, I remembered that I loved her cover of Don Henley's, "The Heart of the Matter" and the theme of the song is all about forgiveness - which is kind of what I was referring to at the start of the blog. This guy does a great cover of the song - Gavin Beach. I love listening to new talent, on YouTube no less!! Here's another great cover of Tracy Chapman's "Fast Car" by him. And I LOVE Tracy Chapman!
I think tomorrow will be an India.Arie day.
Her Love and Relationships, Vol. 1 album is one of my favorites because it is well-written and has a great theme that is created by the tracklisting. There's not one song on the album that I don't like and it's very uplifting, positive, and reflective.
There's not much to say about today other than - "Whew!" I went to an advanced showing of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and all I can say is "WHOA!" There were some gruesome scenes in there. I have the book and hadn't read it yet. This definitely gives me the desire to read it over the Winter Break. Some not so gruesome things occurred today and those are the things that I loved about today.
This morning I received another compliment on my beard. People are really liking it. This time it came from a retailer that the office I work in does business with regularly. She said that my beard looked sexy. Heeeeeeeey! :0)
To find time to really clean up your office is an awesome feeling. What's even better is that I had few interruptions.
Speaking of interruptions, I had a welcome visit from a student who graduated. She and I chatted a bit and now she may be joining the Etsy Online family! She seemed really excited and I love when people get excited about life, learning and possibilities.
Someone said the word, Haberdashery. Now that is a word that you don't hear very often but it is definitely a cool, underused word.
My roommate asked to take Big Mac for a walk, asking if that were okay with me. Hell yes, it's okay and I appreciate you for doing so!
