Saturday, Sunday
The trees along my street were trimmed this weekend, and I think that made it feel like fall, somehow. It's been beautiful here, in the 70's and sunny with a bit of a breeze, and the weather along with less leaves on the trees just brought out an autumny feeling.
It's been a moderately productive, mostly relaxing weekend. I spent yesterday going through all my credit card statements since I moved out here. I categorized every penny spent into one of a number of cateogries, then added everything up and averaged it for the year. I also worked on a budget for the coming year. It feels good to be organized and know where money is going (and where it shouldn't be spent!).
Last night, Sean and I went to see the play Ryan's been doing the lighting for. He did a fine job! ;)
I spent today doing laundry, watching Freaks & Geeks, and book shopping. In light of yesterday's financial overhaul, I probably shouldn't have spent the money, but for some reason I never feel guilty about buying books. Even though I have a bunch of books waiting to be read, I bought three more:
- Kick Me: Adventures in Adolescence by Paul Feig. I went specifically for this because, well, he created Freaks & Geeks, which is so, so good, and in doing my usual "new TV show" research, I came across the book. And many good reviews of the book. So.
- Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris. This was recommended to me while searching for the above book (when Barnes & Noble didn't have it). Looks pretty good.
- Shopgirl by Steve Martin. I picked it up on a whim. It kills me a thousand times over to have the cover from the movie (I hate having books with the cover from the movie!), but I couldn't for the life of me find the original cover in the store. I saw the preview for the movie a few weeks ago and instantly wanted to see it, so I thought I may as well read the book first.
Now the only question is which one to read first. I'll let y'all know how they are once I've finished.
I'm actually looking forward to work tomorrow. Is that weird? I was in a training class for most of last week, and will spend most of this week there as well. But tomorrow I'm in the office. I've kind of been antsy, being away. Like, I know there's a ton I'll need to catch up on, but I'm also looking forward to seeing my coworkers. I guess that's a good sign, but it's a feeling I haven't had towards work in a long, long time.