Dear Vacation,
Well, so far I'm not sure what to make of you. Of course I'm thrilled for some time away from work. WOW was I getting burned out! And I always love being in Colorado. And SKIING of course!! But something is off this trip. A lot of somethings actually. Part of the problem I'm sure is that I feel like I left part of me at home, which is sort of strange. Especially because I know that if I were at home, I'd feel like I was missing something here. So there's just no good solution to that. And the other part of it, well, I'm sure it has something to do with the strangeness in the family dynamic right now. I'm hoping it gets better after today. That it was just today. But we'll see. In any event, I know it will get better after tomorrow... And I don't have to go back to the office until Wednesday, so that's a very happy thing indeed :)
With love,
me

Dear Life,
While I have technically been an adult for a few years now and have already had a few "adult" milestones, I feel like today really marks the beginning of my "adult" life. Why, you may ask? Well, today I became a property owner! Yes, I closed on my condo today. I now will have mortgage payments instead of rent payments (hopefully instead of and not in addition to...) and be responsible for all the other things that come along with ownership, like mainenance, taxes, assessments and all the other hidden costs. Yikes!!! But really it's pretty damn cool. And overwhelming. Very overwhelming. And I truly now feel more like a grownup than ever before...
With love,
me

Dear TRB IX,

HOLY SHIT YOU ARE GOING TO BE AMAZING!! And I am going to be on you :)  I am so excited that I can't even put it into words and I certainly can't focus at work since we booked this morning.  Thanks so much to my wonderful friend Jo Anne who asked me to be in her cabin (since I never would have gotten on if I'd had to wait for the public sale).  I have only wanted to do this for how many years and now I finally am.  And so far two of my favorite bands are already on board :) YAY YAY YAY!!!  Too damn exciting :)

With love,

me

 

Dear Daylight Savings Time,

You almost surprised me.  There was a real possibility that I was not going to be prepared to turn the clocks ahead an hour on Sunday morning at 2 AM and that I wasn't going to know you had hit until I groggily looked at the computer (or maybe the cable box) and was horribly confused.  And had that happened, I would have been even more horrified than I am right know, having just learned that you will be occuring this weekend.  I am not happy about you.  I do not want to turn my clocks ahead.  I do not want it to get darker in the morning.  And while I'll appreciate the extra daylight at the end of the day, it's more useful to me in the morning, when I can go for a run as opposed to in the afternoon when it blinds me and heats my office to unbearable temperatures.  Plus, this is just really bad timing to be losing an hour of sleep.  

Not happy about this,

me