How to win friends and influence people

Mr. D. is out of town for the next four days, leaving me at home alone for a weekend-plus. This has brought to the surface something that I have been trying not to deal with: our lack (or, even more specifically, my lack) of friends here. OK, so that’s not totally fair. I have some [...]

Stay-at-home wifely adventures, Day 2

I have unpacked the rest of the books. All books now live on shelves. No books live near their natural book friends (except my cookbooks, which Mr. D. kindly collected on the shelf nearest the kitchen). The disorganization of the books bothers me but I’m not sure I have the energy to deal with it [...]

Monday

I am on day one of four days of Funemployment. And I’m starting it out the right way: I just finished Catching Fire (on my Kindle!) and now I’m watching the season premiere of Glee. Later today I’ll do some unpacking and organizing, maybe even get my desk set up. Or maybe I won’t.

Home

After a five-and-a-half hour drive Friday night and a fourteen-hour drive Saturday, I am home in my new city with my husband and my dog. I am exhausted but mostly totally happy. (The mostly because this place is still a disaster and so much unpacking still has to be done.)

It seems unfair to let it burn off like fog

This really has been the best job ever. I’ve loved it. And I just left for the last time. I’d like to take some time to process the emotions but I can’t because I’m on my way to get my rental car and then I’ll be loading up my stuff and then I’ll be leaving [...]

Packing up for the last time

I finally started packing things up tonight. I have three more days, really, to get everything ready to go, so there’s not that much time! That being said, there’s not a lot of stuff in here, so it won’t take too much time overall. Still, I don’t want to be stressed out on Thursday night, [...]

If you don’t like it, wait a few minutes.

I fully intended to spend today packing up those clothes I definitely won’t wear in the next five days. I figured those clothes would include most of my tank tops and t-shirts — and most of my skirts as well — because it’s been chilly here in Chicago. Except I just looked at the weather [...]

This is when the clock slooooows down.

It is completely insane that I have, basically, one week left here in Chicago. Just the other day I thought to myself, I wonder when I’ll hit that point where the end is so close that time slows down and just drags for several more days? I think that point is right now. It’s not [...]

Unexpected dismay

So I didn’t expect this. I have eight more work days in which to finish my last assignment. I figured I’d need at least six of those days to really get it done, though I thought I might be able to crank it out in five, giving me and my boss an extra day or [...]

Tunnel, light, end

The end is nigh. Ten days nigh, in fact. I am scrambling to finish up my last project at work, eating up the perishables in my refrigerator, and drinking my way through the two bottles of wine I bought over the weekend.  I’m going to last-minute doctor and dentist appointments and arranging for my final [...]