It's a Beautiful Morning

Paid for my ride mostly in quarters (just to be different) and came to town early to enjoy a long walk and leisurely prep before the Toastmasters training this afternoon. Am looking forward to another long walk tonight and hoping the scale will be nice to me on Tuesday.

The Blender is Broken

...really broken! I had the most beautiful blueberry-colored counter top after the contents dribbled down and bubbled up through the unit, though.

3 Hours of Sleep, 2 Core Classes, and a Purple and Gold Beanie!

That's right, folks...it's Summer Registration at my Alma Mater again and I was feeling a bit nostalgic about one of our great, silly Mountain Day Songs, the Twelve Days at EC. Please don't make me sing for my supper tonight, though...

The last few nights have been short on sleep but full of giddy as a school-girl energy, a renewed desire to do something more, better, or different with my time and a conscious effort to be more mindful of my self-talk as well as my sub-vocalized running commentaries and non-verbals at work. I have some great people in my life who are providing positive influence and who encourage me to be more, do more, and give more while teaching me to receive as well. It is a really awesome feeling!

I recently turned Fridays into "MY days" to decompress at the end of the work week and renew myself. (sometimes that just means crashing early, but the point is, it's whatever I decide I want or need at that time). I highly recommend it. You'll be amazed how much more freely your life force flows when you remember to take the time and ask for a refill.

ABCs of Description--which others might you suggest?

Ambitious
Bubbly
Competitive
Dawn's big sister
Expert bus rider
French Tutor (past)
Generous
Honor-bound
Intellectual
Joyful
Kinetic
Leader
Musical
NSTS
Original
Pet Parent
Quirky
Reliable
Stern
Trumpeter
Uberachiever
Voracious reader
Writer (someday)
Xenophobe (not really but i couldn't think of a descriptor starting with X without a dictionary)
Young-ish
Zurenda Garden visitor (miss you Tompkins Hall!)

Pending Content Categories

Just to clarify, the whole blog won't be specifically about me being a quirkyalone; that's just my springboard. I envision using this space to talk about things I enjoy, and perhaps from time to time something I'd like to change, or really, as a quirk, whatever is on my mind at the time the urge to write is too great to resist...

Another Project is Born!

I should be sleeping, since I'll be going back to my day job in just five hours...but I've got all kinds of thoughts whirring in my head and a strong urge to write. I'll spare you most of the thoughts whirring through my mind, but I'll introduce you to my concept and my name choice. Hopefully you'll be intrigued enough to come back and read future posts.

A few years ago, I read a really interesting book by Sasha Cagen titled Quirkyalone. I was intrigued by the title and her ideas, including a category to which even I could belong, and have been carrying around this quirky mind of mine without a dedicated outlet. Recently I was chatting with a friend about my quirky communication style and she suggested I finally start a blog, promising to subscribe if I did. A bit of a perfectionist, I tend to stall with my ideas, trying to fully formulate them before I share them. This time, however, I am just going to try it and see how it forms...so, thank you to all those who inspire me, challenge me, and support me. I am proud to be a quirk and pleased to share with you some of my speak.