Lacking in creativity

I'm exhausted from working all week and distracted by The Daily Show, so here's a quick rundown on the good, the bad and the ugly of my day. 

The Good: 

• Waking up to a kitty who sat with me and purred as I tried to wake up
• Hanging out with Jillian and discussing the possibility of her moving in
• Putting down the sunroof and singing (belting) "American Pie" all the way to work
• Barack Obama's book Dreams from my Father
• Starting my day with some Sun Salutations on my yoga DVD
• Eating Chips Ahoy! cookies and watching The Daily Show
• Knowing that tomorrow, I won't be at L'eggs Hanes Bali Playtex
• My pink quilt

The Bad: 

• My mums are looking pretty sad and wilty these days
• Pulling Marley off of the tops of the cabinets, only to find her covered in dust
• Having to clean tomorrow
• Not having time to cook a fresh dinner

The Ugly:

• Rude customers who feel the need to talk down to me
• Being this tired from working all week

Kitty and I are getting along just fine. My family is coming to visit tomorrow! 

Thanks for reading. 

Brain Mush

I had my hair cut last Thursday, back on my old stomping grounds and saw an ex-boyfriend, his wife and his wife's baby bump. This isn't a good representation of the haircut, but it's Wednesday and I'm home alone playing Scrabble and drinking lemonade on my red living room couch. 

Two weeks into my outlet job and I'm already itching to be back in class. The economic disaster of last week has really brought shopping to a bit of a halt for the time being, and when I've worked this week we've been unbearably slow. I organized pantyhose and panties today, and discovered a box of red bras made for people with breast sizes in the upper letters. You can't even imagine my excitement. 

On Wednesday nights, John plays soccer. I have a really hard time following the sport, and when his cousin Bret's girlfriend, Chi, doesn't go, I have no one to talk to. So I've taken to spending time on and with myself on Wednesdays, which has proven to be therapeutic. 

In an effort to save my brain from the inevitable turning to mush that is starting to happen as I get farther and farther away from my post-secondary education, I decided to leave the TV off tonight, with the exception of my Yoga DVD. Yoga has become a welcome challenge, and it really does improve my ability to breathe and think clearly. I pulled out my Scrabble board and to the tune of my dishwasher I played against myself. I have two difficult letter combinations right now, so I figured I would start of NaBloPoMo attempt two right with letting all of cyberspace know how lame I am...

I play Scrabble alone.

It does help, though, to get the brain cells pumping a bit faster than they have been. I really need a hobby, or something new to get into. I miss the benefit of being in a communications department with new software to play with, I can't afford these things on my own. John has taken to reading some of my old textbooks that I could never bring to sell back to the book store. I need something like that to look into. Or maybe a graphic novel. I've never given those a try and they seem to be pretty big right now. 

I also have a copy of Brain Age 2 for the Nintendo DS that helped my general alertness over the summer. Maybe I'll get that back out. I feel lethargic and stupid today. I should be proactive about it. 

I wish I had more to say than that. No complaining tomorrow. Really, I just wanted to share a picture of my haircut, couch and Scrabble letters. 

All of our bras are buy one, get one 50% off right now.

In the week since I last posted, I have entered the workforce. My new job at the outlet mall isn't really as bad as I anticipated, in fact, I think I might even like it. I have never really had any sort of part-time job that I can safely say I actually like, but this job is slightly beyond the dummy movements of the fast food industry or the pain of hostessing. I get to make small talk with customers, since I'm quite slow at ringing them up so far and I've helped one or two on my own, and when I finish helping them they seem to be very happy. People seem to feel that they too can have slightly more intimate conversations with their intimates sales people. The first woman who told me about underwear, her husband and their children (you do the math) caught me off guard, but significant others seem to be some of the first people considered when people are purchasing new underwear...significant others, support and comfort. It's nice, and so are my managers and co-workers, I think it'll be a good fit to last me until I at least start my masters' program.

Things all around are going much better than they were my first two weeks here. Getting up, getting out and doing things has already done wonders to my anxiety. Once I get into a routine, I'm going to start Yoga for Beginners. It came in at the beginning of this week from Amazon. I started one of the ten-minute routines, and it just felt really nice to be able to relax and get into some breathing. I'll probably get a mat today though, as my carpet is a little slippery and I am very clumsy. I started the Couch-to-5k plan not too long ago, but in the haze of moving and changing locations, I fell out of the routine. I'm going to re-start it around the time I start the Yoga plan. It felt good to run, and also really helped to curb some anxiety, and with dropping temperatures and a park right across the street, working, Yoga and running will help to create a much more sound me until I get back into my element. 

My fears of being alone have decreased significantly. I've come to enjoy the quiet of the morning, sipping my coffee, filling my belly with Raisin Bran Crunch and checking out headlines on CNN. Life without television may have been very good for me, except for the fact that I have finished all three seasons of "Weeds" on DVD and need to find someplace or someone with Showtime so I can get caught up on season four. I have still decided that this television addiction is much healthier than my addiction to reality TV on MTV and VH1 by far. 

So, in general, things are going well. I have good things around me and my head is definitely in the right place. If you're reading, keep south Texas in your thoughts and prayers...my parents say the road to clean-up will be a long one. They are lucky to have only lost power. 

To euthymic: I'll get up some photos of the house when my mom and I finish hanging up some pictures when she visits next week! Thanks for reading!