Glimpse In A Mirror

Waking Up, Starting to Thaw

The last week of my life has been a total blurr. I've been putting in so much time on the State project, which went into production today. I nearly broke my foot, I was awakened on Tuesday by crews tearing the balcony off my bedroom (without any sort of warning, I might add), and finally, after weeks of waiting, there is a guy under the yellow umbrella in the huge trench on my driveway that is surrounded by barricades who is actually working on fixing my phone. I've had cable installed upstairs so I can switch to a broadband internet connection. Now, if only I can get the printer repair guy to return my printer, I might feel like I was back -- bigger, better, faster -- smarter, too.

It's been a week of long hours, missing deadlines, disturbed sleeping patterns, trying to have regular conversations with panicked people, being upset on the phone with a variety of service provides (Qwest at that top of that list), a surprise and short-term project for an old friend that arrived in my inbox, and then by FedEx, and lots of heat. I was interviewed for an article in a national magazine for the issue that comes out in early August. Microsoft sent me an email asking me if I was interested in career opportunities. The client who offered me the job hasn't said "boo" since we couldn't negotiate a start date that he liked. An old friend who went to visit family almost a year ago suddenly resurface in my inbox with a long story of illness and surgery, which has a happy ending. And nagging me, at the back of my mind this week, has been the silence of another friend, and my concerns that she is losing her battle with cancer.

Through all of this, I've lost a bit more weight, so my personal goals are still on target. I'm out of groceries, my truck is filthy and needs a good cleaning inside and out, and the office looks like a tornado ripped through. But at least now I've got some breathing room, well, as soon as I finish up a small project for a client who has been waiting two days for it past the deadline. I'll get that done today. I've only been up a few hours, and already I'm looking forward to going to bed tonight, and anticipating some more of that delicious restful sleep that I tasted last night.

And now my Skooch wants to snuggle before his afternoon nap.