March 9, 2012
68:365This morning was good. Got Zozer ready for school, then took her. As she hopped out of the car, grinning and laughing and chirping, "Bye Mommyyyy! I love youuuuu!" I realized that she was happy. And that, in turn, I was, too.
March 8, 2012
67:365Home tonight. So thankful to be here, with my little family. Will most likely crumble to the cold I've been fighting off since Saturday night. I'm home now. I can relax. Let the defenses down. Sleep.
March 7, 2012
66:365I saw the sun rise. I saw the sun set. In between, I saw only the light blue walls of a windowless conference room. Yep, business travel sure is glamorous.
March 6, 2012
65:365I'm tapped out. Done. Time for rest.
March 5, 2012
64:365Heading out again tomorrow morning. This is getting old. I think it's time to start looking for something new. Today's image sucks because today sucked. I spent most of the day in bed, feeling like I'd been hit by a truck. After not feeling better I finally got up, showered, and took care of some deadlines. Now I'm mustering enough energy to pack so I can go back to bed. On the road tomorrow, so hopefully I'll find something worth pointing my lens at.
March 4, 2012
63:365Made lasagna tonight for the first time ever. Mmmmm. Not so much hard as time-consuming and kind of a pain in the ass. A delicious pain in the ass though. And we now have about 10 lbs of lasagna.
March 3, 2012
62:365Went to see the American Idiot musical at Peabody Opera House tonight. Oh. My. I'm a huge Green Day fan. Huge. Billie Joe is on my top five list. Has been since the first time I saw his kohl guyliner and heard him scream "Seig Heil to the President Gasman…"So getting to see his music in stage performance was…well…awesome.
March 2, 2012
61:365I took advantage of the gorgeous weather tonight and strolled around the track at the school next to the house. A recovering Zozer accompanied me for one lap on her bicycle, before going inside and falling asleep on the couch. It was nice to move, after a few days of being chained to a desk. It was good to be outside. Met with a general contractor today, and another one is lined up for tomorrow. We are honing in on a final cost, and working heavily with the budget. This is my least favorite part of the process; I find it excruciatingly boring and wind up grouchy and impatient within minutes of starting. While I understand perfectly the reasoning behind doing it, I'd prefer that M just crunch numbers and give me some options rather than dragging me kicking and screaming through every iota of his thought process. Let's just say the engineer and the non-engineer have very different ways of approaching things, and non-engineers quickly view engineers as pedantic. It's a good thing he's cute and makes me laugh. In return, I will grant that my husband most likely views his wife as exceedingly disengaged and naive, and frustratingly over-attached to roman brick. All in all though, I am sure that we are on the right track, and I'm glad we are on it together.
March 1, 2012
60:365Spent a quiet night at home. Dinner at the table as a family, snuggling on the couch to watch Little House, reading "The Little White Owl" in bed. Heaven. Then M and I settled down with two computers and two spreadsheets. (Party animals, we are.) Budget, and first general contractor bid numbers. Things got a little heated now and then (apparently I wasn't "embracing the numbers" to his satisfaction), but by the end of the evening we were cracking up and, once again, on the same page. I don't know exactly what we'll cut and what we'll keep, going from plans to building our new home, but I know that no matter what we will be happy there.
February 29, 2012
59:365So very happy to be home.