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No, I’m not going all emo on anyone, it’s just that the turning of the wheel of the year to the dark side has hit the Pacific Northwest with a vengeance.
Even without the stupid “fall back” time change (don’t get me started again) November has blown in with dark angry skies, gale force winds, lighting, horizontal wet, frozen and semi-frozen snot and even a funnel cloud.
Today it hit me, overwhelming exhaustion. It didn’t make much senses because I actually got eight hours of good quality sleep last night.
I’ve had a crazy week and I haven’t spent a quiet evening at home until some time last week.
Don’t get me wrong, I’ve had fun: dinners, parties, mixers, meetings, happy hours and even got to do a good deed or two.
Today I spent most of the morning on the phone with real estate folks, a loan guy and a credit bureau)(TransUnion is a pain in the ass to get your free credit report from) and am getting debts paid off. I also pulled a shift at Speakeasy and helped Christie program the cash register. The “fun” will be trying to train non-retail experienced artists to use it.
Oh, and we’ve split our financial management duties, I’m the “retail manager” and she’s the “membership manager”. It’s less daunting for both of us to split the job than take on all of it (we both have day jobs and that fund our creative jobs). The only thing left to do is get the bank account open.
As I was leaving. I ran into Bart from the Puyallup River Watershed Council (I used to be the chair, but had to step down when I changed jobs/schedules/locations) and we chatted a bit. I had promised Allen that I’d consider a position on the foundation (the actual 501 C (3) non-profit)( board, but we put that on hold when my Mom died. I really should step back up. He was coming out of the Puget Creek Restoration Society office which is a few doors down from Speakeasy (I’m on one of their technical advisory committees) so I stopped in there to say “Hi”.
I really have been working on not volunteering for too much…
Why does this song keep running through my head?
I’m having a slug night; no socializing, no work (day job, photography/web stuff, speakeasy or volunteer stuff) no cooking no cleaning.
I did a quick grocery run on the way home. I’ve been wanting a Christmas Cactus for several years now and they were on sale at Fred Meyer. Not only do I just think they are cool, but they are a houseplant I don’t kill (I can grow anything outside, but I’m a notorious killer of houseplants) I got two, one for my office and one for home.
Tomorrow, I’ll be up bright and early paying of debt, working on inventory sheets, updating my web page and cleaning house. I also need to go for a run. I need to get out and move now that I’m not sick anymore and I’m field testing some waterproof breatheable fabric.
I think I may start decorating for the Winter Solstice. Normally, I roll my eyes when holiday decorations go up too early, but there is a natural inclination to bring lights and shiny things into the home when the winter gets dark and cold. Normally, I do it at Thanksgiving, just in time for my big open house/dinner (I do it the day after Thanksgiving so more people can show up), but I think I’ll do it early this year. I got some cute little LED lights; some look like snowflakes, some look like stars.
I’m up for creating some holiday cheer! (oh, I’ve got to get invitations ready to go)
But now, I think I’m going to have another cup of tea
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Mood: Exhausted 
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