P365 Week 2

Here's week 2 of P365. I think I'm going to need to do a theme week of some kind soon to help me get inspired. So, if you have any ideas of themes that would be fun to interpret, let me know!
May 5: Pretty tree by my apartment building.

May 6: Walking home from dinner and a movie (that was never shown) night at Vines on Clark

OR: Pretty tree by work

May 7: April Showers bring May flowers. Except for around here where the showers come in May.

May 8:
Missed this one. I got too busy and forgot all about it.
May 9: Free coffee on a Friday morning. Yeah!

May 10: Happy Birthday Kat!

May 11: Pretty flowers I bought myself. Because I can.

The Best Early Morning Phone Call

This morning my phone rang just a little before 8am. That is unusually early for me to be getting phone calls. My initial thought is always a little panicked because in my family, odd hour phone calls mean bad things. I looked at the caller ID and realized that it was one of my co-workers calling me from her cell. My first thought was that she was calling to let me know that Swedish co-worker and his wife were at the hospital having their first baby. However, that was not the case. She was calling to ask me a very important question. She was at Starbucks and they had messed up her order and given her a regular americano instead of decaf and she was wondering if I wanted the extra. Of course I wanted the extra! What was actually the best thing about it was that she new I would want the extra but she was pretty sure that I would want cream in it and she knows that we only have that nasty powdered stuff at the office and that just wouldn't do. So, I walked into the office this morning to find a lovely free gift on my desk. It was just what I needed on a morning where I'm not feeling great and almost just stayed in bed. So, thank you Starbucks barista for messing up a drink this morning!

It is finished (finally!)

This last Monday night was our last book club meeting to talk about Anna Karenina. We have finally finished! I have NO idea how long we were reading it. But, I now have the satisfaction of saying that I have read it. Technically, I read it once in college but all I remembered from that was something about a train (I won't say what, just in case you were planning on reading it. I don't want to give anything away). This time through, I remember what happened. Well, at least most of what happened. And, don't ask me to pronounce any names.
For the most part, I enjoyed the book. There are some really long sections about farming and hunting and voting and things that aren't really important in any fashion but aside from those, it's good.
We did all laugh at our collective sigh of relief when we walked into the coffee shop for our last meeting.
Next up: "Three Cups of Tea" by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
Should be a good one!!

The Stoop

This last Sunday was an absolutely gorgeous day in the city of Chicago so we decided that spending the entire day inside would be a waste. We had visions of grabbing some coffee and spending out time on the patio watching people and chatting about our weeks. Well, we got the coffee but we weren't the only ones with the idea to sit on the patio. In a stroke of genius E mentioned that their stoop was close by and probably sunny. Indeed, the stoop was sunny and a very pleasant place to waste away a couple of hours.
The Coffee:

The friends:



And of course, the shoes:

R and I finished off the evening with a little grillin' and chillin'.


In honor of R's grandpa, we made tunnels in our watermelon.

P365 Week 1

Here are the pictures from the first week of Project 365.
May 1:

May 2: This day was a toss up between these two.


May 3:
Surprise party!

May 4:

Project 365 - Day 1

Today is the beginning of the crazy project called Project 365 (aka P365). The theory is that I will take at least one picture a day for the next year to document my life. So, here is my favorite from Day #1:

As stated before, there are tulips all over the city right now. These particular tulips were in pots outside the hospital next to my office and I just thought that they were wonderful. Plus, tulips are probably my second or third flower in the world.

Just what the doctor ordered

Doctors. I have kind of a love/hate relationship with mine. On the one hand, she is always running late (I had a 9am appointment this morning and she didn't even get into the office until 9:30) but on the other hand, she is lovely and sweet and very knowledgeable and is a great listener. So, I'll just continue to plan that my appointments will take longer. It's the price you pay for a doctor that doesn't treat you like just a number.
It was just a regular check up. Got my allergy meds updated (because I like being able to breath through my nose), had some blood drawn, which is not always easy considering my very deep veins (and Melissa, if you are reading this, this means that I have held up the end of my bargain to get blood work done that needed to happen. Now it's your turn), and in two weeks I start on physical therapy to try and help pain I have had in my lower back and tail bone for years. My doc agreed with me and my PT friends that this could be a good route to go so I called and made my appointments. I didn't get the therapist that I really wanted because she was booked solid until June. But, I have confidence in the facility that I am going to and the quality of their therapists.
To top it all off, even with the doctor being so late, I was sitting back at my desk by 10:05! Not bad at all!
So there you have it. A boring recap to my boring morning and way more information than any of you needed.