I've been lucky enough to cach the cold that everyone here has been exchanging for the last week or so.
As I'm sitting here, waiting for Savannah to get home from school, it occurs to me how quiet and still things are right now. Even though Wallace came home early from work, not wanting to spread his current flavor of illness around his office futher.
My happy and sad place is the spectaular cup of Graffeo coffee I am enjoying right now. Sad only because it makes me miss Halsted even more, thinking about how I will need to order some more coffee at some point after payday, but I would rather be able to go there with 'Sted instead.
I tend to develop crushes on locations after visiting them, and San Francisco and my jaunt to Marin are certainly no different. I don't know that I would want to say that I'd want to live there, but I know confidently that it is somplace I would be quite happy visiting regularly.
My current sphere of existance is decidedly small right now, involving only my day-to day activities, Savannah and school. This is mostly okay, but I am yearning to stretch out some, and this makes me a little nervous as I don't want my desire to be finished with school to overwhelm my concentration and attention on that goal to wane.
I am ready to move on, but I need to finish before I can. At least the finish line is indeed in sight.
Patience has always been challenging for me, and especially now, I need it to accomplish things properly and well. I need someone to remind me to pause and take some time to reflect when I feel stressed or overly sensitive. This is hard, I tend not to allow myself much slack. Wallace thinks I'm only critical of him, and he doesn't and cannot understand how awful I can be to myself sometimes.
I was so pleased to learn some new things about myself on my trip to San Francisco. I like to think I know myself so well, and I do enjoy when I realize something new and different.
With my head feeling so stuffy, I am feeling particularly introspective, and quiet. So, I also realize I don't have much I can articulate right now. I will treat myself to another cup of coffee and go daydream instead.
Since Halsted tagged me for this four things meme, I'm going to do the best that I can.
Four jobs I've had:
1. Camp counselor at a summer camp for the mentally and physically challenged.
2. Gas station attendant.
3. Manager of the courtesy desk at Wal*Mart.
4. Montessori teacher's assistant.
Four movies I can watch over and over:
1. Secretary
2. Office Space
3. Anchorman:The Legend of Ron Burgundy
4. Super Troopers
Four places I've lived:
1. Mosiertown, PA
2. College Park, MD
3. State College, PA
4. Atlanta, GA
Four TV shows I love:
1. Da Ali G Show
2. The Daily Show
3. My Name is Earl
4. The Office
Four places I've vacationed:
1. Salem, MA
2. The Outer Banks, NC
3. Myrtle Beach, SC
4. Savannah, GA
Four of my favorite dishes:
1. The wonderful and memorable pork dinner made by Halsted's dear MSG.
2. Turkey Scalloppini
3. Beef Burgundy
4. Broiled Lobster
Four sites I visit almost daily:
1. Google
2. Flickr
3. Kennesaw State University
4. New York Times
Four places I would rather be now:
1. On a large private boat with my family, someplace warm.
2. Visiting my parents in Pennsylvania
3. Travelling through Europe with Wallace
4. Visting Halsted in San Francisco.
Four folks I wish to tag:
1. Wallace, my dear sweet blog-less geek of a husband.
2. Maura, my non-geek blog-less friend.
3. Char, but she's already been tagged by Halsted.
4. I shall re-tag Halsted for sending me the meme just for the hell of it, since since everyone else is blog-less.