My view from work

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Here’s the thing.

January is upon us. The Christmas tree is down, and this monday marks the day of the return to school. For most schools.

That means that traffic will slow.

And the days are long and dark still. The festivities are over, and as far as my workplace is concerned, no company holidays until Memorial Day.

That’s a lot of nothing.

But then again, aren’t we all ready to get down to work? Buckle down and tackle some projects–start that diet, begin the get-in-shape program, whittle down the inbox, or whatever has been on your mind.

Hmm.

Didn’t I do that last year?

Hmmm.

Not feeling enthused about facing traffic at 5:30 am tomorrow. But I’ve gotten used to going to the gym that early and now I can’t even sleep in anymore.

But I’ve never been one to settle into routines easily. Maybe this one will need some adjusting soon.

I share this photo with you, because it is nearly the same view that I see out of my cube window. I am very blessed with a great view out my cube. And Eagle Rock is a pretty good rock.

This year, I think I’m going to try some totally new ideas for how to use my cube-time. We’ll see how they work out.

Happy New Year, everyone.

Again.

The puppy cometh

One of these cuties will come home with us on the 20th.

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We’re pretty excited.

But the thing is, because they are pedigree dogs, we have to have a name ready for her. She’ll have “papers” that will need to be filled out.

We wanted to wait until we had her for a little while, to know what sort of name she should have. But now, I’m under pressure.

I thouht Moxie woudl be a good name.

Or maybe, since the airedale breed is English, an English royal title would be good. I like the name Marquesa, and we could call her Kessa…

But Chris thinks that Marquesa sounds evil. I guess he never read regency romances…

We’ve got two weeks, and I guess we better figure it out.

2007

Somewhen, a while back, I never thought I would make it to this year.

But here we are! How fabulous is that?

I have hopes for this year.

I have a huge to-do list for this year.

Oh yeah, it’s my birthday too…

Happy Birthday to me.