Winding Down

I took a little break there after keeping everyone on the edge of their seats with my "Apartment Curing" and I do apologize. I am sure everyone missed hearing about my latest adventures with cleaning supplies that should really be labeled as toxic substances and choosing between lampshades.

But really, I seem to have gotten things pretty well wrapped up and I've just been enjoying living in my "new" home - and also trying to get back to using my Y membership instead of piling on the pounds while I go broke paying for the damn thing.

I do really feel like my place is more "home-y" and just coming in after a long boring day at work is refreshing. I may still have a list of 18 or so things left to do (well, it WAS 20 but I've made some progress!), but I'll check those off as time and money allow and will try not to let them bug me.

It's not like there isn't enough to think about right now, what with the holidays coming up, my boss leaving to have a baby (it's gonna be a SLOW 12 weeks without her!), some work/play travel on the near horizon, a potential job switch (most likely pretty far off now, post-maternity leave I believe), and all the other little details that make up our lives. It's easy to focus closely on something like your home for awhile, but I think it's good to let it go, too, every now and then (figuratively speaking - I still gotta keep up with the scrubbing and sweeping or I'll never forgive myself).

Now I want to focus on just relaxing into that wonderful feeling of fall/winter near-hibernation. Not so hard to do when it's dark at 5:30 and you find yourself yawning uncontrollably at 9:30 after reading just 4 pages! I suppose one of the first things on my list that I need to take care of then is pulling out the ginormous A/C unit in my living room. The chill is most certainly seeping through already!

Well, I'm off to wash some dishes and get ready to [watch the boy] make some dinner - a delish new fall recipe of chorizo and sage pasta, mmmm! And I suppose I had better start making a list of things I'll need for my turkey day recipes, too! My favorite holiday of the year, no doubt, and this year I am especially thankful to no longer be employed in retail. That's certainly worth raising a glass (ooohh of Beaujolais Nouveau) to!

I almost peed my pants

While reading about all the exciting new stuff going on in the St. Louis bar/restaurant scene.

The Grind is back, The Cabin Inn is coming back, a Mexican place is taking over M.P.O's shack on Manchester (didn't know it had closed), and NELLY IS OPENING A PLACE BEHIND MY OFFICE. (Oh, with Larry Hughes and Marshall Faulk, too - who I guess are pretty cool, but they're no Nelly).

I wondered what was going on over there.