What Color Crayon Are You?

You Are a Red Crayon

Your world is colored with bright, vivid, wild colors.You have a deep, complex personality - and you are always expressing something about yourself. Bold and dominant, you are a natural leader. You have an energy that is intense... and sometimes overwhelming. Your reaction to everything tends to be strong. Your color wheel opposite is green. Green people are way too mellow to understand what drives your energy.

What Color Crayon Are You?

Whoa, I'm not sure I like this psychoanalysis...but frankly a lot of it is true. I found myself spending an inordinate amount of time doing these little personality profiles. There is one for everybody. Kim, thank goodness you have ideas about blogs. Frankly, mine has become rather boring as my life has settled down.

Loooong week

It's silly to think my blog entry title really distinguishes this week from any other. However, when you are sitting at work on a Friday, there is little else you really conceptualize--except for how for the next 2 1/2 days you won't neccesarily have to be busy. Last weekend was Alumni weekend, so our house was full from Thurs-Sun. Thankfully Anne came and we hung out with Kim, otherwise I would have been outta there (it's a guy thing). This past Tuesday, I pretty much ate all 3 meals at work, which is really sad. Between meetings, presentations & events it was a full day. My co-worker Jen & I have been pretty dedicated to our 2-weekday 7:00 am workouts. I am already sore and it's only 10:00 am. Plus, yoga started this week, which I'm really pumped about. Except that I actually have to get dressed & go to work afterwards, instead of going back to bed. Wednesday night was book club & yea--I'm back in the saddle. I wasn't able to go all summer, so it was great to see the ladies again. And last night I indulged in pure gluttony--TV gluttony, that is. Yes, the mammoth set was returned to us yesterday, so I proceeded to sit in front of it from 7-10 pm. It. Was. Great. No doubt. Friday after work I helped my mom dig up most of her perennials around the perimeter of their house...this was no easy task Gardening is not for the faint of heart! Saturday Corey & I had dinner with Sarah & Ryan. Either Sarah or I would leave the table to use the bathroom, and the other woman was left to her own devices, as the male conversation was constant--on sports, that is. You put two coaches together and it's like Christmas [for them].

biological conundrum

So I've always looked young for my age. I accept that. It's my full cheeks and I suppose what one might equate to a familiar "look" (remember the best man speech at my wedding, aka Britney Spears? There's many more stories like that one.). But yesterday I was at work, in my office mind you, and someone asked if I was 17. Gimme a break. That doesn't even make sense. In the same breath, I am faced with something that I wouldn't have to think about until MUCH later in life: grey hair. Yup. I've got it. I remember the first 3 I discovered on Easter Sunday. It's gotten much worse since then. And I can't really use the "maybe they're blond and kind of look grey" excuse, because I'm not really blond to begin with. How does that genetic combination make sense?

long overdue purse purge

I have discovered that since my life has calmed down a bit, my blogs--or the desire to describe (great) events on my blog--has decreased. Thanks to Kim I have a topic, however

Found in the purse I carry every day (besides the basics)...

• checkbook (yes, checks are still accepted here)
• Buddy Walk donation list (I'm still taking donations : )
• book ideas for book club
  
• lipgloss x2
  
• lotion
• band-aids
• directions to my friend's house
• ticket stub from Rochester Redwings game
  
• phone number for my friend in Ireland (Jane--call me!!!)
• business card for massage therapist
• orange peeler
• headband
  

My purse is actually quite small. I like it that way. I usually drag my large leather carry-on around, which just gets filled with unneccessary items, like Kim's funny list, which is more entertaining than mine. Next item: sensible, cute shoes that are good for the back (I said cute).

What's in YOUR bag?

Corey's message

I'll tell you the details later. Could I call you after school? Or will your mom be mad at me?

Love,
Your boyfriend.

I'm still employed

We got notice today that the program we administer will continue! We applied for another additional cycle of funding and found out today--unofficially--that we were refunded. It wasn't the success of our program that I doubted; but still not knowing for those extra few months whether or not our program would continue--even the most faithful start to get nervous. So I can shelf those new resume drafts that I had been composing. I don't need them quite yet. My cousin Mary took me out to the Pickwick to celebrate. It was delicious. It's those occasions where I am convinced I can't be a vegetarian.

I'm caving

I didn't hold out for Grey's Anatomy. My parents are out of town and I have been going over there to watch TV. Yes, I will admit it, I think I would be kind of sad if we really didn't have a TV. I watched Pretty in Pink, the 80s cult classic, and I must say, I am seeing a lot of the same clothes around the halls now...I was given Friday off, and I had a pretty productive/enjoyable day. I went to a coffee shop and got a whole batch of papers corrected. Then I drove out to Corey's classroom to meet his kids and I had them write on a Robert Frost poem. Man, I was impressed. It's always interesting to see him in another world, one I am not usually exposed to. His students are always very responsive to him. Then they all wanted to hug me as I was leaving. Later that night, I met up with Corey, TA and Wick for a cocktail. We had some bright conversations about boxing and boxing movies. Saturday I got up early and hit the gym. It was really empty, which always pleases me. I am not there to socialize and would rather avoid eye contact with anyone. Then I drove out to Cloquet to see my friend Kate and her husband, Matt, both of whom I went to college with. Nice houses out in that neck of the woods! Not sure I could tolerate the drive, though. Today I'm going to try not to go shopping (even buying shampoo yesterday set me back $50) and will try to devise a plan to watch the Emmys....anyone who's free want me to come over???