oddgirl’s blog

Still have the cough. Still feel run down and like all I want to do is lay on my couch and stare at the TV. Apparently some of what happens in Vegas, does stay in Vegas, like my luggage. But when it’s a headcold, it follows you back to SF. And then, if you’re lucky, the luggage shows up a couple days later, hungover and sheepish.

Took Monday and Tuesday off to be sick and now I’ve been back at work for two days – had a coughing attack that made my eyes water in a milestone review meeting yesterday. Hours and hours of meetings. Lots and lots of thinking/talking/notetaking. Fuzzy. Bleary. Tired. Still not feeling like I want coffee in the morning.

Just looked at my calendar for tomorrow to see if I could stay home. Close to 7 hours of meetings including a one-on-one with one of my APs that I’ve already bumped twice, a demo to an external contractor we’re thinking of hiring, and a conference call to establish some technical requirements for an online system implementation. In other words, I have to go to work.

And there’s a pub crawl tomorrow night that I can’t imagine I’ll be going to. I can’t even think about beer.

You know I’m sick when both coffee and beer sound bad to me.

I’m getting one of these today at 5 pm:

Hydra Quench Cocoon
For tight muscles, joints and tendons, an intensely active marine mud will soothe sore tissue while toxins are drawn from deep within. This treatment leaves your body detoxified, remineralized and fully oxygenated. Awake from relaxation to a refreshing shower and an application of an anti-aging body cream, which leaves the surface of the body as beautifully transformed as the inside.
80 minutes

This after brunch with my mom and dad and a whole bunch of their friends. My mom used my visit to throw a party.

And then after, we’re going to a swanky steak house for my brother’s bday. mmmm….. meat.

I had a great day. It was a day of interesting meetings, fun moments, gameplay, negotiating, conspiring and collaborating. I got to see friends, I got an email that touched me as deep as it gets, and once again my co-workers sparked my imagination and inspired me to do the best work of my life. This day had a bit of everything.

So, I need to remember this for my not-so-great days. I need to hang on to this exhilaration and find it when it’s lost. Bottle this shit and sell it.

Because this was a day.

I had a mostly mellow weekend. Finally found a night to myself last night after getting aboout a zillion errands done yesterday. Today was some more errands, a delicioso crepe from Ti Couz, some work, some slacking, some more work, and a might healthy dinner I prepared myself (not necessarily in that order).

But then starting tomorrow morning, I have a seriously busy work week, including plans after work M, T, W, and maybe Th and then I fly home to see the fam on Friday for a couple days. Vegas should be a mix of stressful and relaxing as seeing relatives usually is. It makes me a little sad that I’ll never go to Vegas like other people get to. For me the saying goes, whatever happens in Vegas… gets back to my Mom and Dad. It’s still a small town and I still run into family friends when I go out there. I should try Monte Carlo or something.

Playing: Starfox Command on the DS; Dead Rising and Texas Hold ‘em on the Xbox360 and still playing WoW. Up to level 53 with my Gnome Warlock. Read an article today about a guy who solo’ed to 60 so might just continue on and do it that way. Hooked up my laptop to my new TV today – it looks amazing. Now I just need a wireless keyboard/mouse so I can play WoW from the couch. Sweet.

Listening: Joshua Radin, The Magnetic Fields and Blink182

Watching: Project Runway, and sooper random stuff on the HD channels

Reading: Magazines mostly – Seed, Dwell, PCGamer. Last book – JPod. Next book: Everything Bad is Good for You.

Dating: Not so much.

Auntie Mame said it best. But this is the message I wish I could deliver to all of the little babies that are (seemingly) appearing all around me lately.

So if you want me to be around your baby, this you should know: I’m going to encourage them to grasp always at the best life has to offer and to love it and pursue their dreams and goals and not take even a bit of it for granted. Ever.

That and I’ll take them for their first tatoo.