Dear lazy Sunday,

Could you have been more what I needed?  I don't remember the last time I spent an entire day doing absolutely nothing, but it was definitely before Christmas and it probably involved a hangover, which meant that a) I wasn't doing it by choice and b) its effectiveness was quite diminished.  But yesterday was a perfect day of nothingness.  As irritating as it can be to realize that you've accidentally wasted a day or that you've had too many days of nothingness, that one day every once in a while is just what the doctor ordered and I got my fill yesterday.  Definitely helped that the Godfather and then the Godfather II were on tv because really, how can you pull yourself away from that??  While we missed the beginning of Godfather II (the portion that we had just seen a few weeks ago when it was on tv) because we went for a short run (the ONLY productive thing that happened all day I believe), it was, in all, a fantastic day of sitting on the couch and escaping from reality.  I now feel so much more prepared for life this week.  So thank you!!  Totally lazy day, I won't say we should meet often, but as long as the meetings are infrequent, we will remain good friends :)

With love,

me

Dear Friends,

Thank you so much for coming to the DMSF Associate Board Fundraising event last Friday night.  I can't express how much it meant to me to have each and every one of you there.  It made my heart so full to know that I had that many people who would support me (and others who I know would be there had they not been out of town).  I think it means that much more to me after having suffered (yes, suffered) through two of those events by myself, when I didn't have anyone to go with me.  While those were low moments, this past Friday was surely a high point.  So thank you!!

Love to all,

me

P.S. the event was an unprecedented success for the Associate Board - we raised over $10,000!!!

Dear Friday,

I cannot say enough how glad I am that you are here.  For some reason, this has been the longest week ever, and work hasn't even been that bad!!  Maybe it has something to do with the fact that 4 out of the 5 days I haven't been able to see anything but the grayness of the inside of clouds out my window.  Or maybe it has something to do with the completely irregular sleep schedule I'm on that has me getting 12 hours one night and 4 the next (yes, it averages to 8 a night, but that's not how sleep works).  Or maybe it's just that time of year where things sorta suck.  In any event, I am so glad that it's almost weekend and that I just have to get through work today before I can start having fun (and hopefully catching up on a little sleep because really, overall my sleep did NOT average out to 8 hours a night this week... more like 6...or 5...).

With love,

me

Dear Mother Nature,

ENOUGH WITH THE SNOW!!!  ENOUGH WITH THE CLOUDS!!!  I want sunshine.  I want warm.  I want to be able to see out my damn windows.  It's been SO MANY days since I've been able to see the ground from my office (very disconcerting actually).  And in case you couldn't tell, I'm SICK OF IT!!

FIX THIS PLEASE!!!

Thanks,

me