Ugh. I just updated my blog using my dashboard widget and for some reason it disappeared. Hm.
So last night was my last night at el Heraldo. It was mildly depressing, as NO ONE said goodbye or good luck or anything of that nature (except Pat and C) but honestly, that just reaffirmed my decision to quit! I've worked there almost 2 years and no one could be decent enough to wish me well? Seriously, it's not like I ran over their puppies, I just quit my job. If they couldn't see it coming, well, that's not my problem. I hate when people act like THEY are doing you a favor by letting you work someplace. It's like... you wouldn't be there if you weren't paid (which I BARELY was)
Enough about that.
I'm happy that, after 2 years, I will finally be able to tuck my daughter in to bed at night and read her a story if there's time, and cook dinner for my family. The last 3 months have been so difficult, I barely held on. I saw Devan maybe 10 min. a day, during which she'd amaze me and surprise me with how much she's growing intellectually (on someone else's watch) and then I'd be sad all the way to work that she was becoming a stranger to me. But not anymore.
I'm also excited to have the opportunity to finally devote some time to my letterpress. I want to get my feelers out there so I can get an idea of what direction I plan to go in (creatively) I don't want to do too much right now, because I really need to de-stress. I've finally fixed my tooth and I feel amazing every day (aside from stomach issues, but it's been forever since I've felt good in that dept.) and I'm no longer in a vicodin haze. All in all I'm pretty positive that 2007 is shaping up to be a much better year than 2006.
This has been a whirlwind Holiday season so far. I don't see it slowing down at all. Of course, if I'd stop making plans and just sit around and enjoy everything, things might not seem so crazy. I finally had my heavy duty root canal on Friday, and it was a success, but still is pretty painful. Hopefully by tomorrow or Tuesday I will be done with the Vicodin, which will help my head clear and maybe I can retain some of the Holiday.
Yesterday we had our friend Jenny and her daughter, Lauren, over to play and make cookies and have a nice sleep over.
It was really cute watching the girls play together. At one point Lauren had this idea to make a Devan cookie and a Lauren cookie holding hands. We were all like "awwww" but it's much cuter in theory. The actual cookie was like this bloated disturbing conjoined twin of a cookie. Kinda resembled a cloud but the girls ate it and it was fun.
The girls eventually pooped out, the way only tiny little girls can.
Once the girls were out (which was ridiculously difficult to achieve) we went downstairs and watched Little Miss Sunshine.... Such a good movie. And I love little Abigail Breslin. She was in Grey's Anatomy, as the little girl who thought she was a superhero ('c'mon, punch me in my stomach if you don't believe me!') So I looked her up and it turns out that she is Spencer Breslin's sister. Do you know who he is? Why, he's the KID in 'The Kid' and he's also Conrad in The Cat in the Hat.
Seriously. Cutest siblings ever. At least til Devan has a brother or sister.
Ugh. Well. It's so late. We've finally wrapped all the presents, and tucked them under and, er, all around the tree. Devan's gonna be so stoked. Merry Christmas guys!
-(12-08) LIKING:
burritos, knitting for babies, dr. pepper, little potatoes, mitered squares, my bed, the ocean, travel, sleeping in my bed, Jonathan Safran Foer, tenament museums, linen, Air (the french band), Hugh Laurie, Intervention, babies, Iron & Wine, Clive Owen, letterpress, Yeats,
gray, mini-pigs, hotel chevalier, tea, pigs, Quebec, being anywhere but here (nj), modern simple quilts, autumn leaves, white on white, paper, lily snoring
Seriously. Cutest siblings ever. At least til Devan has a brother or sister.
