Now What?

I've been leaning on a crutch of an excuse for the past several months: "I'm too busy with the Stock Show to have a life, call my friends, etc." Well, that crutch is about to be taken away; the Stock Show's wrapping up.

I was talking to my Mom about my lack of a social life, or really, any life outside of work, last night, and I realized that I have kind of LIKED not having a life. It was a nice break to not be in 14 clubs, workings, going to school, visiting family, friends and the boyfriend. I just had the job, and everything else was dropped to allow for adjustment time.

Well, the adjustment time is up. Time to get my fanny in gear, literally and figuratively! I need to start getting some exercise, I need to keep in touch with my friends, and I need to work on having friends outside of work. No more excuses. I will NOT be the cat lady. I will not grow eerily pale from lack of contact with the sun. I will act like I am 23, not 83.

Signs I'm becoming the Cat Lady

1) I have a cat

2) She sleeps with me

3) There are cat toys scattered all over my house

4) I buy the 30 lb. bucket of cat litter

5) When I get lazy and don't go to the grocery store, the thing that spurs a store trip is when I get low on cat food, not when I have more condiments than food in my fridge.

6) I own a cat t-shirt (no earrings or knick knacks yet, but I know it's coming.)

It's Cold Out There

It's officially Stock Show time: the world has frozen over. It was so cold, Bud had to stay up here an extra day; it was too icy to drive home. As a matter of fact, when I was in my car about 3:45 this afternoon, the thermometer read 26 degrees. 26! That's not very many degrees. I hear it's very yucky and cold and icy further south, too. TAMU shut down. Brrr baby, it mustbe REALLY cold out there. So tonight, I suggest we all put on our most comfortable jammies, make some hot tea, and snuggle up with a good book. Ready, set, go!

Grrrr!

Do you ever read Mike Staka's column on Fox News? It's called Grrr!, and it just sort of talks about what irritates him that day. Well, this is going to be a Grrr! column for me today.

What really irritates me is when expectations change with the wind. When something that may be considered perfectly acceptable, even good, changes and becomes pure trash with the spin of an ego.

Now, I'm not foolish enough to say anymore about it. I've had my venting time; now I'll move on.

On a happy note : Bud and I are going to the highly popular Ranch Rodeo tonight. Put on your taco-creased Stetson, tuck those Wranglers into your knee-high Lucheses, and tie that Wild Rag on tight!

The first event

Today, I covered my first event. Nothing huge, not a lot to coordinate, but it was my first and both of my bosses have been out of town all week. Scary. However, things went well, had several stations come cover it, all cartoon animals acted appropriately, and my client gave nice quotes and posed for pictures like a champ. Yay! Now, on to bigger things; the Stock Show begins tomorrow.

Told 'Ya

So Crystal and Mason's wedding was rockin', literally. Quite the concert, complete with Mason's own personal groupie, (Crystal.)
I must say, seeing everybody there made me realize how little contact I've had with the outside world since I started working. Time to nix that little problem; work is definitely not everything. (This is really pretty hysterical talk for someone who's spending their Saturday in freezing rain, possibly snow, standing around downtown watching the world's largest non-motorized parade.)
For those of you who don't know, Bud's exhibit at the Stark Gallery opens tomorrow. Definitely suggest you go by. It's not every day you get to view an exhibit by a finalist for the BBC's International Photographer of the Year. :)