So after being away from home and the office for almost a month (work trips, Caribbean, etc), I dove into officiating junior high and high school volleyball. It's been monopolizing my time lately, and I've been neglecting the dog and house, but when it's over (which is in a week or two) I should have a nice pay off which will definitely help with the moving expenses quickly approaching... It's been a lot of fun and I will definitely be doing it in the future. :) It is way hard, though, to go from being on the court to calling the shots... All I want to do is jump in and show the girls how it's done. It's torture to stand there and quietly watch terrible volleyball... torture.
In the time that I do have, though, I've been creatively inspired. This summer I finally painted my dresser that I've had for 3 years, and an antique table I picked up. They both turned out so awesome, that I've been on a DIY kick for the past couple months. When my friend Gracie recently posted about collecting old window frames inspired by the scene in "High Fidelity" where you see Lisa Bonet's apartment with a wall of old windows hanging from the ceiling, I fell in love with the idea just like she did. I'm not one to copycat, but I'm definitely a believer in "shamelessly stealing" which I suppose is the same thing. But good ideas are meant to be shared, so that how I justify it. So I stopped at the local antique mall and found 2 small frames for relatively cheap. :) I've got the itch now... I'm on my way to DIY bliss. :) I especially like the following examples:
In other news, I made a trip to Seattle last weekend before a work trip to Denver this past week. When I can, I try to combine personal trips with work trips. :) Anyway, I stayed with my best friend and we met up with some old friends and had a great time. It was, however, like a trip back to high school. I so wasn't ready for that...
In Denver, I made the best of a painful situation. I was being held hostage in a hotel conference room for 10 hours a day going crazy from the lack of vitamin D exposure. So I asked a Denver native what I should do while I was there and she told me 2 things: Breweries and Casa Bonita. The first one was easy. Lodo (Lower Downtown) was only a few blocks away, so I dragged a few coworkers along with me for some good beer, food and pool. Convincing them to join me at the weirdest Mexican restaurant ever was another story. But thankfully I had a few people that were willing to not act like adults for a couple hours... It was definitely a highlight of the trip.
And now I'm back home for a couple months, thank God. I'm thankful that I'm not scheduled to go away again any time soon. That's not to say I don't have plenty going on. :) You know me, I like to have plans.
And now I leave you with a few of my favorite pictures from the cruise:
Until next time... and I promise it won't be 2 months between posts. :)
S
2 comments:
I've been checking every day for a post. Miss you!
Yeah, you and Leland both - except Leland actually bugs me about it. Miss you too.
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