#33. first of all, it's a big responsibility

it's been another busy day at work today . . . or not so much . . . so, in order to do something productive, I made this (at wordle.com):

it's from a poem by Taylor Mali (check out the hair!) called Falling in Love is Like Owning a Dog. Mr Mali is a teacher, or was a teacher, and a poet. he has an impressive resume & has written some great poems about education & his experiences as a teacher (one of my favorites is Like Lilly Like Wilson).

Falling in Love . . . makes me think of Rock (and of his our sissy dog, Conan (yes, like The Barbarian)) and I'd love to use it as a reading in our ceremony. I know this poem was a "wedding fad" at one time, but I've never heard it read at a wedding, so I can still use it.

from Falling in Love is Like Owning a Dog, by Taylor Mali

On cold winter nights, love is warm.
It lies between you and lives and breathes and makes funny noises.
Love wakes you up all hours of the night with its needs.
It needs to be fed so it will grow and stay healthy.

Love doesn't like being left alone for long.
But come home and love is always happy to see you.
It may break a few things accidentally in its passion for life,
but you can never be mad at love for long.

Throw things away and love will bring them back,
again, and again, and again.
But most of all, love needs love, lots of it.
And in return, love loves you and never stops.

(read the full text of the poem at his website. here.)

#31. condition yellow!

is north texas traffic really always "condition yellow" . . . really? and, if it is always yellow, why do we even have to announce that? couldn't they just announce if it one day happens to be not yellow? I listen to the radio frequently on my way to and from work. I have never heard any other condition. what are the other colors it could be, anyway?

weird.

(also, isn't Airwolf an 80s tv drama about fighting the communists? why is that a good thing to name your traffic report? I know I don't especially like to think about the commies before I've had my coffee . . . )

#29. my afternoon

guess what I made today?!



it's not 100% perfect but I really like it! and it only took me about half the work day. (in between other things of course) my boss would be so proud . . .

hey, some days I actually do work. today? not so much.

#28. you know it was a good party when

you open your purse the next day (at work) to figure out why the heck it's so heavy and you find this:

yeah, that's my office chair.

(I brought the beer for a friend's dinner party & rather than bring a whole box home with only 3 bottles rolling around in the bottom, I thought I'd be really smart and just throw them into my purse. turns out there were 4 bottles left . . . yeah, really smart)

#23. alphabet soup

I've been MIA lately because I'm completing a CAPT training to become certified in the MBTI in order to determine if someone is an ESTJ or an ISTP (or some other combination of letters).

after 45 minutes to get there, 8 full hours of training (including daily exams) and then at least an hour to get home, I am so completely drained . . . plus an additional 90 minutes of reading & "homework" to do each night = mush for brains . . . and this was only day 2 of 4 . . .

I'll try to think of something really good to post for this weekend . . . . . right now I am going to go eat the spaghetti Rock made for me. and go to bed. after the homework of course . . .

#1. the lone star

(emphasis on lone)

actual conversation had at my office the other day:

coworker: did you know the pecan is the state nut of Texas?
me: isn't George W. the state nut of Texas?
coworker: . . . umm . . . *polite chuckle* . . .
coworker: actually, maybe the pecan is the state fruit . . .
me: isn't George W. the state . . . oh . . . too far?

most days I'm surprised they let me move into this state . . .