Busy me, spending money
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callistotoniI'm trying to finish a report at work, so I haven't been online much. I really want to finish this stupid thing, but I will only be putting in 24 hours real work this week (more below).
Monday was a very fun day. Rode Brandee in the morning, then several of us went off to misagillian and leotulf's wedding site to check out how to stage stuff. Word to the wise: be prepared to spend the day on lawn and tan-bark; girl-shoe-heels may be problamatic. I think I'll bring my bocce and croquet sets, though. :-)
Ended the day at a BBQ at Johanna and Martin's. Much good smoozing and food were had.
Tuesday it was back to work and the aforementioned report.
Wednesday I had every intention of focusing just on work. Erica our trainer was only available Wednesday and not on my usual Thursday, so I arranged for her to give Brandee a training ride and I just skipped having a lesson. So I get into work and I discover I left my glasses at home (I drive in my perscription dark glasses). It became very clear very soon that I could not work without my glasses so I decided to bag it and leave.
Since the day was screwed with regards to work I decided to get a bunch of shopping done that I would otherwise have a lot of trouble making time for. To make a long story short, I was clearly *meant* to do this, because I found dresses for both misagillian's wedding and her other wedding-related outings that I *love* and that were the right price. OK, so I spurged on matching shoes, but, hey, I didn't have anything suitable, really. Happy shopping girl!Somehow I'll have to score invites to dinner and Dress To Excess outings so I can wear this stuff more than once.
Also got shower and wedding gifts. And I picked up rugs for my pavillion that I really like and got them at a sale price. In addition I picked up two small folding tables for my pavillion, so now I'm set for furniture (such as it is).
Poor Brandee didn't clear her stall today. She'll get out tomorrow, and I'll get back to the barn Saturday. I have to say, I miss seeing Brandee. But I have trouble really focusing on more than one thing at a time, and right now I've got to focus on finishing my report.
In movie/DVD news, I saw X3 with a bunch of folks Friday. I confess it didn't impress me much. Mind you, I really liked the first two movies. This time, however, the movie failed to make me believe that the characters really cared about what was going on or about each other. Just seemed like the actors were phoning their performances in. I did not hate the movie, I just think it suffered in comparison to the first two.
I watched the Kingdom of Heaven Director's cut last night (yes, I was up way too late--didn't get to bed until 1 AM) Anyway, this version is significantly better than the theatrical release. Everything just makes more sense. Now the movie has a real epic feel to it. The most significant change is the character of Sybilla, who now has a real good reason to be a basket case by the beginning of the siege. Overall the idea that one's soul is one's own is a far stronger theme. Big thumbs up from the Russian judge.
Netflix just delivered The New World, a movie of which I know some of you have had differing opinions. ;-) Should be interesting.
Also fighting the middle-aged blues. Doing my best to suck up and deal. But, hey, where else but LJ can I whine about this? Much TMI whining follows (which you've all heard before, I'm afraid): Sometimes I think I should make more of an effort to meet potential "partners" (not looking to by curtains with anyone--really!) but I don't know how successful that would be anyway. Baycon sounded intriguing, but, again, at this stage I'm likely to be mistaken for someone's mom. OK, maybe someone's mom who's in reasonably good shape, but you get the idea. And my inablity to wear contacts is starting to get to me. The older I get the worse glasses make me look (unless they are dark glasses, which are by definition cool--fade to Peter Gunn tune ;-) )Sigh.
The older I get, the more I appreciate my friends. Thanks folks!
Monday was a very fun day. Rode Brandee in the morning, then several of us went off to misagillian and leotulf's wedding site to check out how to stage stuff. Word to the wise: be prepared to spend the day on lawn and tan-bark; girl-shoe-heels may be problamatic. I think I'll bring my bocce and croquet sets, though. :-)
Ended the day at a BBQ at Johanna and Martin's. Much good smoozing and food were had.
Tuesday it was back to work and the aforementioned report.
Wednesday I had every intention of focusing just on work. Erica our trainer was only available Wednesday and not on my usual Thursday, so I arranged for her to give Brandee a training ride and I just skipped having a lesson. So I get into work and I discover I left my glasses at home (I drive in my perscription dark glasses). It became very clear very soon that I could not work without my glasses so I decided to bag it and leave.
Since the day was screwed with regards to work I decided to get a bunch of shopping done that I would otherwise have a lot of trouble making time for. To make a long story short, I was clearly *meant* to do this, because I found dresses for both misagillian's wedding and her other wedding-related outings that I *love* and that were the right price. OK, so I spurged on matching shoes, but, hey, I didn't have anything suitable, really. Happy shopping girl!Somehow I'll have to score invites to dinner and Dress To Excess outings so I can wear this stuff more than once.
Also got shower and wedding gifts. And I picked up rugs for my pavillion that I really like and got them at a sale price. In addition I picked up two small folding tables for my pavillion, so now I'm set for furniture (such as it is).
Poor Brandee didn't clear her stall today. She'll get out tomorrow, and I'll get back to the barn Saturday. I have to say, I miss seeing Brandee. But I have trouble really focusing on more than one thing at a time, and right now I've got to focus on finishing my report.
In movie/DVD news, I saw X3 with a bunch of folks Friday. I confess it didn't impress me much. Mind you, I really liked the first two movies. This time, however, the movie failed to make me believe that the characters really cared about what was going on or about each other. Just seemed like the actors were phoning their performances in. I did not hate the movie, I just think it suffered in comparison to the first two.
I watched the Kingdom of Heaven Director's cut last night (yes, I was up way too late--didn't get to bed until 1 AM) Anyway, this version is significantly better than the theatrical release. Everything just makes more sense. Now the movie has a real epic feel to it. The most significant change is the character of Sybilla, who now has a real good reason to be a basket case by the beginning of the siege. Overall the idea that one's soul is one's own is a far stronger theme. Big thumbs up from the Russian judge.
Netflix just delivered The New World, a movie of which I know some of you have had differing opinions. ;-) Should be interesting.
Also fighting the middle-aged blues. Doing my best to suck up and deal. But, hey, where else but LJ can I whine about this? Much TMI whining follows (which you've all heard before, I'm afraid): Sometimes I think I should make more of an effort to meet potential "partners" (not looking to by curtains with anyone--really!) but I don't know how successful that would be anyway. Baycon sounded intriguing, but, again, at this stage I'm likely to be mistaken for someone's mom. OK, maybe someone's mom who's in reasonably good shape, but you get the idea. And my inablity to wear contacts is starting to get to me. The older I get the worse glasses make me look (unless they are dark glasses, which are by definition cool--fade to Peter Gunn tune ;-) )Sigh.
The older I get, the more I appreciate my friends. Thanks folks!
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Oh, good lord!
Date: 2006-06-02 05:58 am (UTC)Just because you have your style refined is no reason to go out and flaunt it. That's it, it's Cocktail Party time.
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Date: 2006-06-02 06:51 am (UTC)IMO it's healthy to feel depressed about being +40, then you cycle through those feelings and remember how nice it is to be an autonomous adult (in relationship or not) who can no longer be frightened by the disappointments and horrors of youth.
Failing that, I like to get drunk.
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Date: 2006-06-02 11:51 pm (UTC)But when you get to A Certain Age, there's a real double-bind here. We've spent half our lives sorting out the activities and organizations and whatnot that we enjoy and get fulfillment from ... and pretty much by definition have already scoped out all the partner-potential in them. "Making an effort" to meet new potentials tends to mean putting ourselves into new and different activities, organizations, etc. -- but why in the world should we have to stop doing the things we enjoy simply for the chance of meeting a potential partner? Heck, it would be problematic even if there were a certainty. And on top of that, I suspect we're a lot less malleable and flexible than we were when we were younger. Making compromises is different when you're 20 and just beginning to shape your life than it is when you've already made a lot of choices and sifted through a lot of options.
I've actually been contemplating trying out a dating service or something, just to see what's out there.