Going through the motions

I think I slept better last night...or I'm just getting used to crappy sleep at this point. I was up and out by 10:30 and picked up my buddies Jenn and Trish for brunch at The Flying Biscuit. Yes, I ate there twice within 24 hours so shoot me! Tomorrow is T's birthday so we were celebrating a day early. That's my fault because I double booked myself for tomorrow night. I'm a hot commodity these days. Yeah right. After stuffing myself I ran some errands, washed the car (Charlie helped), and then sat down in front of the vortex known as my computer. I've been working on "details" again today and organizing budgets. I've got to step away and do something enjoyable with my evening.

Seems my family just keeps getting bad news. 2010 was suppose to be a good year. I can only hope that next year will be better. My family in Houston got hit with some really bad news today. Keep us all in your thoughts.

Tonight, Jojo, my first dog client is moving in for the next few weeks. Her owner is moving across the country and Jojo is on a waiting list for a "doggie flight" in July. I am very sad to be loosing a good neighbor, client, and friend. This is the second great client I have lost to a move this year. A lot of stuff is changing right now. I don't do "change" very well but I think that is "changing".

ADULT SWIM

I did not sleep well again last night...so again it was all I could do to get myself vertical this morning. I cleaned for another client this morning and listened to Darrell Scott's new record. If your not a fan you should be. After I got home from cleaning I headed over to meet up with Autumn. We went to the pool over at Piedmont Park. It was a lot of fun. If you go between 3 and 5 you get in for free so you can't beat that. We spent a few free hours laying by the pool and taking part in adult swims. There were 150 people at the pool and 130 of those did not qualify for "adult swim" so it was pretty amusing. After we had our fill of splashy splashy we trekked back to 13th street, met up with Travis, and then had a great dinner at The Flying Biscuit. I must eat there once a week so I was ready to order the minute I walked in. Upon return home I made my rounds to visit a few furry clients and finalized my plans for the weekend. Seems like it's going to be a good one. Now I've got the season premiers of Top Chef and Man vs. Food to watch and hope that I tired myself out enough today to sleep better tonight.

It's cheaper to keep her

Today was a long, productive, emotional, thunder stormy kind of day. Last night was not a good night for sleeping. The sugar from that ice cream kept me up like I had snorted drugs and once i did fall asleep there was a ton of commotion next door that kept me up. It did not help that I was hot so I tossed and turned until i was able to get myself vertical around 9am. So the day started off slow. I cleaned for a client and listened to a couple records while doing so and that seemed to perk me up to head into the rest of the day. Cleaning is so therapeutic...something is wrong with me ;-) After cleaning I hit up Target, Lowe's and the bank. Then came home for a nice cold shower and met up with Clay to go over details. After a killer sandwich at Jimmy John's I returned home to no power so the garage doors were not moving. Thanks thunder storm! The front door is locked up tight from the inside so luckily Clay scaled the side of the house and got me in through the deck door. I've spent the last two hours emailing, drafting, brainstorming and hoping that I am moving in the right direction with all this divorce stuff. It's very overwhelming and you have to put your emotions on the shelf or you will never get through it. It's creeping up on 10pm and I need to shut it down. Tomorrow is another day and I'm thankful that I made it through this one. (Hey thanks for the great Avett Bros T-shirt)

Manic Monday

Today was productive. I slept late then threw myself together to attend a doctor's appointment with my step dad. You know your getting old when you have to go to the doctor with a parent. Next thing I know I'll be feeding him baby food. We have entered a whole new phase of life. On the way out of the burbs I hit up the vet for some pet meds then made my way home. There was some work awaiting me at home that I really did not want to take care of but did anyway. I took care of some overdue paperwork, packed some stuff up, made some phone calls and then hit up the monthly HOA meeting. The it was off to dinner with two great friends and neighbors, Dannee and Camille. We had ice cream at Morelli's for dessert which is my favorite place to indulge. I had the peanut butter cookie dough. You can only imagine how good that was!
So Charlie turned 7 over the weekend and I totally missed it! Poor guy spent his whole bday at the groomer. Not the way a schnauzer wants to spend his birthday. I think he has some peanut butter and a new squeaky ball in his future.

Operaaaaaa

Last night was awesome. After dinner we went back to Autumn and Travis' and played a few rounds of cards. I remember Uno but cannot remember the other cool game we were playing. All I know is there was a bell, tons of yelling, and then a great deal of laughing after each round ended. What was that game called??? After cards we sat around and talked about weather or not we will be attending our high school reunion later this summer. I have always said reunions are not for me and that I would never go but I'm thinking I might out of sheer curiosity. I'm still friends with the people who really mattered so seeing all those that didn't does not really appeal to me.
After talking for a while Autumn, Travis, and I headed a few blocks up for some of the most amazing people watching I've done in a while. We sat outside of some place called Flip Flops (people actually hang out there) which gave us a great view of the clientele coming and going from Opera. It was a drunk'n flesh fest of young people looking to hook-up. Girls in tiny clothes with huge shoes wobbling all over the streets and guys doused in cologne and hair products. After this overload of eyecandy we hit up The W for some photo ops and dancing. All in all it was fun evening and I think Autumn had a great birthday celebration.
I'm off to Snellville to have a relaxing afternoon with my parent's. They are always pamper me when I'm there ;-)

A good groom is hard to find

Had to set the alarm to get up and take the boys to the groomer this morning. I spent the rest of last night packing some stuff up and purging. I also spent an hour and half on the phone which is totally not like me but I guess I had a lot to say. After talking forever I resumed purging and then finally hit the hay a little after 2am. I think I'm still on Arizona time.
So far, today has been a combo of productive and lazy. I'm running on hour cycles of each. I've packed a good number of boxes today and with each one my load has gotten lighter. I spent a few hours running errands. I was not on any time constraints and was only out for a few items so I spent some time wondering around a few stores and just soaking in Saturday. I picked the dogs up around 4pm and boy were they ready to get out of there. Every time I pick them up from the groomer I am always pleased until I get home and inspect them more. This time, poor Pete had a horrible cut on his ear and an uneven uni brow. Charlie just looks okay. I think it's time I call and complain or find a new groomer.
I'm heading out soon to celebrate Autumn's birthday. We are starting with dinner at Six Feet Under off of Northside. It has a great view of the skyline up on the patio. I'm looking forward to hanging out with some good friend tonight.

Get'n er done

We pulled in the drive about 10:30 last night and everyone was in a decent mood considering the long haul home. I spent a few hours doing my "re-entry" which included unpacking, laundry and going through a huge bag of mail and paying bills. I slept until about 9:30 this morning and then headed straight out to my Mom's to pick up the boys and clean up the mess that they made for the past two and half weeks. I cannot believe I was gone so long...the house felt really foreign when I walked in. After returning with the boys I had a great dinner with Jenn and Trish. They have become such close friends and I really love having them in my life. They are good people!