Making Friends

Can be a slow process. There is a woman at my church I've been wanting to get to know, but somehow, every attempt I made at conversation fell flat, until today. I while ago I realized that she might be shy, so today I approached her differently--I tried to be more low key--and it worked! We had a short conversation and I learned something new about her. I have hope that we may be able to connect more in the future. It was very satisfying.

Party Pooper?

Am I a party pooper for sleeping in with my husband instead of getting up early to go to Jazzercise on a Saturday morning? Personally, I think that 3 classes a week is enough for me right now. And anyway, with church on Sundays, Satruday is the only day of the week that we can really laze in bed. :)

Anyway, I ought to be working on plans for our trip, but I'm procrastinating becuase I got an e-mail that stirred me up a bit. But I have piles of dishes and laundry to attend to, not to metion packing and other last minute things. Uhg. Wish me luck!

Crazy Lazy

Life has been pretty hectic for me the past week or so, and I've been lazy about posting in my blog. The thing is, there's nothing really to post about. Things are going well, but my time is overfull and its hard to prioritize. I'd better get on with some more of the things on my To-Do list today . . . I'm always overly optimistic with those lists. :)

Rain

It's a rainy day, and I'm happy about it. I hope we get more rain this winter. I've been pretty worried about the drought. I have my car back, without too big a dent in my wallet. All the walking I did without it was really good for me, but I'm still glad to have it back.

Life is pretty good right now. I've been focusing on building relationships and getting exercise and it seems to be helping my mood a lot. Of course, I know that there are deeper issues that may need more professional help at some point, but that can wait until we figure out our budget . . .

Car Trouble

On Friday am my car wouldn't start. But I'd just driven it the day before. So we decide to get jumper cables and jump it. Only there is so much corrosion on the terminals that we can't get at them to make a connection. So we try to clean it off. And try to jump it. And still nothing happens. So I call a tow truck this morning and have it taken to the shop.

Finally they get back to me and scold me for all the battery acid. What was I supposed to do? Not clean it and call a tow without trying anything? I had to at least know that the extra money was necessary.

Anyway, it sounds like the battery and starter are fine--it's a battery cable that's corroded and needs replacing. And the battery acid needs to be cleaned up so the problem doesn't self-perpetuate. Ugh. At least it should be working again, soon. :) That will be good.

The other good thing is that I've been able to continue with my Jazzercise classes because they are close enough to walk to--I don't even really need to take public tranist. The exercise is really helping both my mood and my productivity. So at least one thing is going well.

Slow News

You know that it is a slow day in the news room when this is considered the top story out of 32. Or else something is wrong with Yahoo. Either way, is it necessarily a bad thing?

Pandora Walking

Am playing with Pandora radio these days as I try to make progress on-line. I am such a procrastinator!

Actually, I've done pretty well today, considering that my car wouldn't start when I turned the key this morning. I suspect the battery, although I can't figure why it would be dead--I didn't leave the lights on . . . If jumper cables won't work, I may have to resort to a tow truck. Ugh. Those things are expensive out here!

But back to the day. I started a Jazzercise class on Wed. & didn't want to miss today's class, so I took public transit there & then walked back, running my errands along the way. I only missed the first 15 minutes of class, which are warm-up anyway, & I got that walking to and from the lightrail station.

This evening I get to meet some of DH's coworkers. I'm really looking forward to it. :) I can't ever go to his office or anything b/c his company is a gov. contractor & there's all kinds of security & secret clearances and stuff. Pooh. Oh well. I'm not complaining. In this economy income is good, & the gov'ment is paying! :)