this morning I learned where the ever-popular 'hellfire club' moniker comes from
http://www.slate.com/id/2238342?nav=wp

*Beth is staying with me on Friday the 11th! I am so excited for her to see my new apartment, hang out on the couch with me, sleep over, and do errands and girly things before our work Christmas party. (And that I don't have to buy a dress - tho I am on the lookout for some kickass shiney or sparkly ribbon.)
*Paige got me the piglet knit hat I had been coveting in NYC and STUPIDLY didn't stop to get. Something about getting it from someone else makes me want to wear it ALL THE TIME. Like when I was freezing post shower last night and wore it around my apartment all night - including to take out the trash.
*Remembering to take out the trash before going away for a week. Remembering to throw the loose chives away before they made a gross vegetable mushmeld to the shelf in my fridge.
*People who are newer to me being supportive and loving in ways I'm not sure I've earned yet but am happy to be receiving.
*Delicate responses to texts when I can't sleep
*That work is paying for my lunch.
*Kayla

Now I need to figure out what I want for lunch. People around me have extremely tasty smelling food and its making me hungry. I think I really want really spicey soup but I'm not sure if I can eschew the bread. Me and my fancy shoes are going a wanderin'.

its really freaking cold in Toronto
my crazy over-sensitive sense of smell seems to have returned
my scale decided that screwing with me at 4 in the morning was a good plan - its lucky I didn't drown it in the bathtub. Seriously how do I get on and off it 8 times and have it tell me one thing half those times and 5lbs different the other half?!?! seriously?!?! NOT POSSIBLE.
I really really loved walking down the middle of a closed road in a woodsy setting yesterday - it was pretty awesome.

And now, now I have a conference call. Then I learn how to use tools. Cavewoman Kaite to the rescue :)

I wish they'd tell you how tall the people on biggest loser are

i'm in serious need of some workout motivation for tomorrow

Does anyone have a good colorist who does weekend appointments somewhere in the DC area?

Also I'm too sleepy/lazy to research right now - EWR - NYC how easy/hard is that compared to JFK?

my work calendar tells me there are only 58 days left in the year. For some reason, that makes me happy today

incredibly sleepy today - perhaps because its all warm inside and all grey and rainy outside...or maybe because I woke up at 3:15 this morning and had trouble sleeping after that. Hard to say.

learned that there is a store downstairs that has strawberry charleston chews. Things I didn't need to know!

Kayla knows me scarily well

I mentioned the sleepy, right? zzzzzzzzzzzzz

I'm the woman in black today. Seriously, I look like I'm going to a wake.
I also totally forgot how long it takes to wrangle on fresh out-of-the-package tights.
But they're textured tights! (they actually do make my legs feel all rejuvinated or something)

its totally "winter" up here. I mean, its pretty temperate out today - but being in forced heat is drying the crap out of my calves and lips. I had a serious chapstick emergency yesterday! Combined with the chlorine last night and I thought I was going to shed an entire set of skin in one day.

I finally got a good night's sleep last night. Now I need some more :)

I feel like the rest of my year is going to come together in the next two weeks. There are tons of things I'm waiting to hear about. Waiting, waiting, waiting. But by the end of next week I will KNOW things - and I will be able to make concrete plans and not say things like 'maybe' or 'we'll see' - and MORE importantly than that there are special things I want to make happen due to regular things being unable to happen, and i'm waiting to see if that's possible too.

Kayla and I now have a semi-concrete plan to be in NYC for my birthday/just because we haven't been in so long the weekend of Nov 20-22. Its concrete in that we will be there then - its semi- in that the details haven't all been worked out yet. Again, waiting to know about the rest of my life first :) We're hoping to have a gathering of some sort, and my gathering I mean meet in a bar somewhere, so that we can see all of the nyc peeps from all various walks of life that we might not have the ability to see otherwise. Mixing so many people might not be the best plan - but it might be awesomesauce. Or maybe it will just be us ;) So NYC ppl I'll update you closer to the date (but pencil!pencil! people ;)

and um yeah - that's about it for now!

kisses
~K

Canada has left me pantsless. I tried to go to "The Bay" which is the more expensive Macy's equivalent. They were having a sale. They had no pants for me. This was sad. But that's ok. I have more places to check. But I only stopped once because I was on the way to Aquafit. My aquafit class was awesome. The instructor could have been Leo's twin. Yknow, with shoulder length brown hair. I think I like deep water class better, but this class wasn't bad. It did make me dizzy at one point tho as we kept going in circles. The guy instructing before our class was totally the Richard Simmons of aquafit :) On my walk home I realized the homeless people outside city hall smell like Stilton. I then ate too quickly when I got back. Bah.
I'm exhausted - Toronto is kicking my ass this week and i'm not sure why. I'm jonesing for a good night's sleep.
I do love being in the bed of downy goodness writing this tho :)

Happy Tuesday kiddies!

today I am using a stretchy tank top to hold up my pants...
I may just break down and go buy new pants this week
I'm saving my best pants for Friday as there's a fancy meeting to go to :)

If you could go away for 4 days in november, where would you go?

Suggestions for my new walk/run mix today?

1,2,3 GO!

holy shit - I LOVE my new winter coat
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What's wrong with having officers that are in shape, and giving them $500 bicycles?

http://dcist.com/2009/10/metros_new_crimefighting_tool_segwa.php
http://www.wmata.com/about_metro/news/PressReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=4100

does anyone want to spend their lunch hour next week (not Wednesday) dorking out at the Solar Decathalon on the mall?

Happy Friday kiddies!!!

I have been looking forward to Friday ALL WEEK this week :) And now its finally here :) Woohoo!
Post work today I'm headed into the city for superfun that i've been missing for ages. Tomorrow I'm hoping to catch some of crafty bastards in Adams Morgan. I have a bunch of errands to take care of and life to get organized. I also have to get the dreaded expense reports done :) I have to pack on Sunday and I am REALLY not looking forward to that so I'm pretty much trying not to think about it until Sunday :) I have no interest in wearing 'real' clothes, tho I have a cute new pair of shoes that i'm hoping are also comfortable! I only have to go to Toronto for three days next week, but I'm pretty much already dreading having to fly on Sunday.
But have I mentioned its Friday?!!?!? Wheeeeeeeeeeeeee.

So what are YOU doing this weekend?!?!?

also does anyone have a favorite place to get winter hats? I'm thinking something knit and WARM. Walking back from the pool I realized how much its going to suck when my hair starts FREEZING when wet in the winter.

I just want to say, Seriously?!?! Ugh.
I'm so looking forward to next friday already

washing spiders out of coolers...ahhhh camp :)

and today ebb's wife showed up as "people you may know" on facebook...