Well, reconsidering the shower I had this morning, the coffee, and the little bit of work I have done on the website project I need to be working on and finishing up,......not much at all.
Oh, and I made a great little list, of stuff I need to go and get for stocking stuffers for D, but also, very exciting now, some garbage bags and vinegar,....Exciting huh?
Of course, there is the never-ending pile of dishes, or clothes,.....both needing to be done, cleaned, folded, put away. Floors to be swept, mopped, oiled. A bed to be made, shopping to be done, and stuff to mail off. Oh, and of course, there is always the looming Biology301 exam to study for.
What occupied most of my morning?
This website, from a book I bought a few days ago- reason? I loved the cover and design,.....one look inside of it confirmed it's purchase.
I love it, and read it straight through the night I bought it and took it home with me.
Then, the next day, spent 2 hours reading 'their story' on the website. I couldn't, nor wouldn't, leave my seat while I clicked each link and read every single post on how they met, etc. It was a love story I couldn't put down! How sad you may think, that is what I am doing on my own time I should be working,....but at the same time, I loved it.
I immediately connected with the author and her feelings, etc.
It doesn't help that D and the proclaimed 'Marlboro Man' look similar, D doesn't quite have the salty hair yet,......but otherwise,.........
(does it not help that D does smoke the occasional Marlboro Reds, so his nickname is just that sometimes, more often now than not. )
So, that has been the object of my eye for the past few days, this book and blog/website. I love the little daily stories of their life on the ranch, and while, no I am not a city to country girl, nor will I ever have children,(country girl I am and will always be, through and through. My heart belongs to the mountains and open valleys and plains fields and the horses. Always to the horses. ) I can relate to some of her passions-photography being one of them, the open skies, etc,.......the work on the ranch, the photos of their cattle farm, etc.
So then, D and I had an argument last night, the details I won't go into and it was blurred and not very clear about anything in particular, which was resolved and all is well, but, it just has me in a bit of a thinking mood today,......questioning, thinking, and missing riding good horses over fields and open plains. Hell, I just miss riding Guru too. And with the next two weeks of exams coming up/working on, it's stressful and frustrating.
To boot, one of D's old close friends is coming over tonight for a 'guy's night' ( of which I am invited,......go figure. ;) ), so of course, cleaning house and trying to make it 'look presentable' is of course high on the list of things to do. Damn it. I don't really know the guy and won't say much here about what I do know or have been told about him, but I did make it clear that if he did stay the night on the couch if we get to drinking, etc. that he needs to head out in the morning with D.
I just am not comfortable, even though he is a 'close old friend' being left alone with a sleeping friend of D's, nonetheless, leaving the house with him still here,.......
Can you say awkward?
Anyway, so yes, I am stressed about that and in a thoughtful mood, and thinking that I might just go out to town and get some shopping done for us.
And perhaps get a Starbucks. Who knows?
*Went to Starbucks the other day when I went up to Harbison and the mall just looking around and looking for some Christmas stuff, went to Barnes and Nobles (where I: A) found the book for the site, mentioned above and here, and B) found some stocking stuffer stuff for D ), and found the Eggnog latte at Starbucks ( after having one, I highly recommend it )- lady in front of me ( thin, looked like a 'horse-person' sort of to me,.....haha.), recommended it.
I don't want to know the nutritional content, occasional treats are OK with me from Starbucks. :) Just not daily. Like I used to. Kind of. When I lived downtown and about 5 minutes from one. Not even that. Oh well.*
I love Starbucks.
-Em
*a hint as to what D's Christmas present could result in, or be* :)
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