Walk on by.

I'm attempting blog regularity so two posts in two weeks. Everything is right with the world.

It's been a pretty good week. I've been trying to write in my paper journal more regularly, even though it hurts my hand to write more than a half page. Still, I appreciate the opportunity to reflect on the day before going to bed. I need that time to stay cognizant of my life. And writing things down makes them more tangible to me.

Becca and I started walking this week. Tuesday, we spent an hour trekking through Sierra Vista mall. Mall walking is entertaining because you can window shop! We took a detour through Sears at one point and picked out our dream washer/dryers. If we go back with any regularity, I guess we'll eventually decorate our entire dream homes. :) Thursday night, we met at Becca's apartment and walked around the complex while Pat came home and cooked dinner (pizza and salad) then we watched TV. I saw my first episode of 30 Rock, which is a funny show, but I thought the rerun of The Office was funnier. (C'mon, Emmys, let's get those awards right.) We're hoping to make the walking a regular thing, especially since we both noticed that it's much easier to walk much longer with someone to talk to. Walking for an hour with just an iPod gets kind of monotonous (though Becca did suggest listening to a podcast, an excellent idea).

Clem has healed up quite well. She was spayed a couple of weeks ago, and everything was going fine until she started licking at the last part of her incision, caused it to open, and then licked out suture! I know, gross. When I took her back to the vet, they said she was fine, cut the suture, and put a hood on her. It was hilarious -- watching her scooch around trying to pull it off her head (to no avail). But twenty-four later, she'd figured out, and luckily, the incision had already healed completely. I'll post some pictures when I remember to bring my camera with me.

Work is going all right. Starbucks recently changed the management review process, and it's freaked me out a little bit (I spent Wednesday making myself feel like an a-one failure), but further review shows I shouldn't be freaked out. Plus, my boss's new boss and his boss are touring next week (without my boss, who is on vacation), and I"m 99% sure they'll be in my store, and I super nervous about it. We just still have so much work to do; I feel like we're not making the progress that we should, and that ultimately falls on my shoulders, good or bad. Sometimes it's lonely at the "top."

Looking out on a vacant field.

A record -- almost three months without blogging. Let's dive right in. Since Dec 1, I've:

• Had my car towed for registration irresponsibility.
  
• Bought a newer car. It's a 2008 Pontiac Torrent from Enterprise. The first car (technically, a small SUV) with my name on the title and the bill. I love it (the car, not so much the bill).
• Enjoyed holiday fun with the family.
• Bowled left-handed.
• Not paid any attention whatsoever to the inauguration (sorry).
  
• Twice been sick enough to warrant taking time off from work.
• Missed Ohio.
• NOT missed Ohio.
• Gone to see Bride Wars at the theatre.
  
• Resolved not to see movies in the theatre again (TOO EXPENSIVE SERIOUSLY).
  
• Learned the horror of a cat in heat.
  
• Had Clementine spayed.
• Missed the Super Bowl.
• Read a lot of books.
• Worried about Starbucks.
  

I think that's about the gist of it. As I've already told too many people without doing something about it, life is sort of dull right now. But I'm going to try to go to a new church on Sunday, and start walking with Becca, and the store is all right, and do more to be better. As in, more blogging. And more interaction. And more journaling. I think part of it is that I've allowed myself to hide behind not paying attention to my life. No mas, just can't keep doing it. Hope you are well, too. Love.