It’s finally starting to feel like fall…
Even though fall in Texas means it is still 85 degrees. I am just glad it’s not 100 degrees anymore.
Windows open, chili in the slow cooker, Dallas Cowboys on TV, lots of apples in my kitchen and fall/Halloween decorations around the house. I love this time of year.
I love severe weather coverage.
It reminds me of the hours and hours of coverage I used to watch with my dad when we lived in NJ and a crazy blizzard would blow in. Even though we knew it was snowing, and that it would snow a lot, but we’d still sit there and watch the weather reports all day, eating soup and drinking hot tea.
Severe weather reports in Texas are usually focused on intense spring storms and tornadoes…and one a dust storm. I’ve lived here for a little over five years and I have had to take cover twice - I went into my closet (in my old apartment) when I first moved down here and my laundry room (in my condo) just a couple months ago. Even when I was hunkered down in my laundry room, I had the weather report live streaming on my laptop.
And I have to admit, I really want to see a tornado in person one day. But I want to be far enough away from it so I am not in any danger and I would hope it wouldn’t hurt anyone or destroy any houses or anything. I know that is nearly impossible, but I really do want to see one in person.
I am occupying myself on this Friday night with Hurricane Irene coverage on the Weather Channel, some wine and yummy dinner and probably dessert a little later.
PS - I do hope all my friends and family along the east coast, specifically in NJ, NYC and CT are safe during Hurricane Irene. I am thinking about all of you from the sweltering 100 degree temps in Texas!
An update to make up for my lack of updates.
So I have been MIA over the last few weeks. Here’s what’s been going on:
- - Work is good! Busy, but good. Things have been a little challenging with some projects I have been working on. My boss left about 3 weeks ago. But, I feel like I have learned and have grown so much in just the few months I have been at my new agency.
- - I am still going strong with the gym. It’s been about a month since I joined and I have been going 3-5 times a week. Maybe I am just on a gym high or something, but it’s sort of addicting. And it helps that there is a super cute guy there every day during the week between the 6:15 and 6:45pm timeframe that I consider my motivation. Oh, did that make me sound like a stalker? Well, I don’t even know his name and have never talked to him, but I like to consider him my gym boyfriend. Ha. Now I just sound like a crazy, desperate woman.
- - I’ve also been doing well with my diet. Weekends are tough, but I’m sticking to it as best I can.
- - Remember my online dating fiascoes last summer? Well, I ran into two guys I went out with (only once) that I met online at the same bar, two weeks in a row. I didn’t talk to them, but one had a serious beer belly, which he didn’t have last summer, and I think the other was with his boyfriend. Those were some real winners.
- - It’s hot. So hot, I haven’t been to the pool in a few weeks. So hot, I dread getting out of my car if I have to leave during the day for a meeting or run errands on the weekend because all it takes is walking from the car to the entrance of the store to start sweating. Or maybe less than that.
And that’s it. Life as usual.
I have to document this.
I am standing in my laundry room. With my cats. And their damn litter box. Attempting not to get blown away by the nasty weather and possible tornadoes out there. This is some crazy stuff.
Note: My tornado kit - computer, cell phone, sparkling water and a Snuggie.
Jinx?!
Yesterday, I was watching the movie Twister at my parents house and said I wanted to see a tornado, just once, from far away, and I didn’t want anyone to get hurt. Now there are tornadoes in North Texas. I think I may have jinxed us.
Strange, but related, story: A friend of moms’ friend, quit her day job (something in an office) and her and her husband decided to pursue a career in storm chasing. They are in late 40’s. How crazy is that?
Some thoughts from the weekend.
- - Coming home from NJ late on Friday night, I left 30 degree temps to step off the plane into 70 degree temps…in January! This weekend was unseasonably warm. I drove around on Saturday with the windows down, wearing a t-shirt. I opened the windows in my house. I sat on my patio and read a magazine. It was wonderful, short-lived, but wonderful.
- - tumblr friends are awesome. I had a great time playing videos games, trivia and bowling at Main Event on Saturday. Looking forward to the next meetup already!
- - I burned the Katy Perry CD from my mom. She surprises me sometimes with her music selections. I also played Wii bowling and Just Dance with my mom and her friends. They can actually be a lot of fun.
- - My hobby of making feather headbands, pins and barrettes, has turned into a little side business. I made a whole bunch of pins this weekend after some ladies my mom met at a luncheon last week asked where she got the pin she was wearing. I even designed some cards to display the pins and barrettes on. I sold two headbands to my moms’ friends’ daughter, who owns her own hair salon. She bought two for herself and took a few to sell in her store. My aunt bought a pin too.
- - I made my breakfast and lunch for tomorrow and even planned out my dinner for tomorrow night. Planning out meals and having them ready to go makes it much easier to stay on track with WW. I basically have the rest of the week’s meals planned out too.
- - One more day off would be nice, but oh well.
Headache (and life) update.
My lack of tumblr updates probably makes all of you out there think that I am off jet-setting to some event or work-related function. Unfortunately, that hasn’t been the case. In my last post, I wrote about my four day headache…which turned into a seven day headache, followed by a day of relief and then a headache so bad, I thought I was going to vom.
I have been chasing doctors, trying to get referrals, self-diagnosing and attempting to take it easy. At happy hour last week, I drank water. I have been keeping my computer off a night. Trying to eat somewhat better and cutting out Diet Coke. I did go to the Black Keys/Kings of Leon concert last week, but only because I didn’t want to give up my ticket or lose my money and I really wanted to see them (too bad KOL sucked…Black Keys, however, we badass).
I am feeling better, but it is so frustrating not knowing what is going on with my head. According to my self-diagnosis, it is likely one of three things: 1) migraines/cluster headaches, 2) a sinus issue or 3) something to do with the dilated blood vessels on my optical nerve in my right eye, which my eye doctor told me about last year and told me to keep an “eye” on. I have two doctor’s appointments in October to try to figure out what is going on, so now it’s just a waiting game.
In other news:
- I will be jet-setting over the next two weeks…Seattle, Austin, San Francisco and Napa Valley.
- The weather in Dallas is finally starting to feel like fall. I opened my windows this weekend to let some fresh air in. The cooler weather makes football season so much better too. I have a sudden craving for chili too.
- I am making some serious progress renovating my bathrooms. Slowly, but surely.
- So glad Glee and Grey’s Anatomy are back on. TV is finally good again.
It’s hot out.
I have been trying to work out lately and I was doing good for a while, but it got so hot, so fast. I just don’t know if I can bear the heat in the evenings and stroll around my neighborhood. What I need to do is start waking up at 5:45am, walking for 45 minutes and then getting ready for work. But it is also so hard to wake up at 5:45am. It’s only 45 minutes earlier than I normally wake up, but it’s also 45 minutes less sleep.
And kickball starts this Thursday. I am literally “kicking” myself for signing up for kickball in the summer. Why the heck didn’t I wait for the fall?!
Let’s hope the weather in New Jersey holds up this week/weekend. My cousin is getting married in SIX DAYS! And as of right now, the weather looks perfect. I bet I just jinxed us though…Damn.
