Monday, May 08, 2006

Fun with my little brother! And puppy pictures! And of course a few other things as well...

I'm soooooooooooooooo tired, and my eyes just want to close, so this won't be long. And also, I absolutely have to be at work by 9:30 at the latest tomorrow morning, so I need to get to bed.

I was just putting a bunch of albums into iTunes and organizing them on there. It's fucking hard work!

I had a wonderful time hanging out with my little brother tonight!! He got to my office at about 5:30 and got to meet The Meat, The Queen, and Freckles - and see how silly and wonderful they all are! We all chatted for maybe ten minutes and then we all walked out together. Then I took my brother to Ann Taylor Loft so I could get a pair of flipflops because I wore a pair of fancy shoes to work and they were cutting into my little toes since it was the first time I had worn them. And because I had planned on us going up to my apartment, I thought I'd be able to change shoes before we walked around. But my brother called an audible and suggested that we hang around nearer to downtown tonight and tomorrow go up by me.

So anyway, I got my flipflops and we walked over to Millenium Park and I showed him The Bean and the cool concert area and the pretty little bridge (and by that time I had to take the flipflops off because they were completely cutting into my feet - what the fuck!) and then we walked over to the face/water area. Then we got ready to walk to a bus and I put those damn flipflops back on and walked about ten steps before deciding that the fancy shoes were way more comfortable.

Then we took the bus up Michigan Avenue to Division and walked to PJ Clarke's for dinner. And at dinner I got to ask him all about his job and the company and everything I could possibly wonder about regarding that, and I now have a very thorough understanding of what he does and what his goals are with the company. I was getting only slightly bored by the end of dinner with the work talk, but I still loved it because of course, he's my brother! :) Oh and he got to treat us on his corporate card - how cool is that!

I also asked him all about their new puppy, Sammy, and I loved hearing about her silliness! Except that during dinner, TSIL (The Sister-In-Law) called about five times because Sammy had fallen off the couch and wasn't walking on one of her paws, and was crying, so TSIL took her to the vet emergency room and there's no break but the vet thought she might have torn her cartilage a little, so she needs to take it easy for a few days - which is asking a lot of a puppy! My poor brother felt bad that he wasn't there for their new puppy. But I'm so glad that she didn't break anything. Here's a picture of my new puppy-niece, she's so cute!!!:


After that, it was almost 8:30 so we walked a little ways to my bus stop and I showed him how to tell which cabs are available and which aren't, and then my bus pulled up so I gave him a quick hug and told him I'd see him tomorrow, and I jumped on the bus.

So tomorrow I'm actually thinking of maybe taking him on the L up to my new area and walking around there just a bit and maybe getting a little snack or dinner up there and then bringing him back down to my place so he can see where I live and see James and Emmalove. But then he might be tired after dinner and not want to come see my place, and I'm going to absolutely insist on him seeing where I live. Hmmm. My area is pretty cool and unique so I should really show him where I live now and we can walk around here, cause I'll be living up north the next time he comes and I can always show him around there later. Okay - that's the new plan - we'll just come to my apartment and see the babies and then walk around the area here. That's good.

Six months ago from today was the first time that SP came over. I took down the post about that day awhile ago, but I of course still remember the date. Also because tomorrow and also Wednesday are important six month dates for me as well. But I'll talk about that tomorrow and on Wednesday!

This morning I did end up having a short spell of crying, just as I worried that I would. It happened when I went down the hall to see everyone and Freckles asked me if I went to the concert and I had to say no, and she noted that I "ate the cost of the tickets" - somehow that wording made it sound even worse! (And Freckles, don't feel bad - I was going to cry anyway!!) But I still didn't completely cry yet and changed the subject. But then The Meat came out and said, "so you didn't make it..." and I said no and then mumbled how I needed to check on The Queen as I turned and walked out the door, and by the time I got to the bathroom I was stupidly teary and tried to control it but that wasn't happening, so I got my powder and hung out in the bathroom for a few minutes and finally gave up and went back to my desk. Thankfully I got distracted when I went in to see The Queen and warned him right away that I was weepy again and he got a little nervous but then we started talking about his wife so I was able to forget my little self pity. And a couple other times I got a tiny bit teary but no more crying, so that was good! Only my nose was stuffy and running for the rest of the day like I had bad cold, which always happens when I have an intense cry. And I felt really fragile for most of the day. But I'm feeling a lot better now. I guess I still feel a little fragile, but I'm so sleepy that I sort of don't feel it.

Okay, well I need to sleep now because absolutely I need to get up early tomorrow! I want to feel good and have clean hair tomorrow night when I hang out with my brother, so I need to shower. And we have stuff up at 10 tomorrow morning and I need to go over stuff with The Queen beforehand. So that means that I have to absolutely get up when the very first alarm goes off!!! Shit! So I'm off to bed, and please please please let me have volition in the morning!

Okay, one more picture of Sammy, because I love how puppy-silly she looks in this one!!!

♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥ ♥

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Written by Caterpillar :: 5/08/2006 11:14:00 PM :: ::


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♥ I think that the most beautiful women I've ever met are the ones that know who they are, have stories to tell, ideas to share, wisdom to impart and love the skin they're in. No one can love us as we love ourselves. No one can take away our beauty and our dignity when we own those things. To me confident=beautiful. :: CeeCi

♥ I'd been feeling a little blue (for no particular reason) when I began thinking about things like attention, age and body image. Suddenly, it washed over me. I see people looking at me and I see them reacting. I began thinking about the times I notice the attention and realized its the days I'm strutting, the days I'm open and holding my head up. This got me to thinking further. How I perceive myself is what I show to others...People don't realize it, but they show the world everything about themselves in the way they move and act, in the words they say and the way they say them. A little confidence can lead to a lot of confidence. :: CeeCi

♥ When we believe in ourselves the world is an entirely different place and our place in it feels right and happy and healthy. :: CeeCi

♥ Remember that something incredibly wonderful is always possible!

♥ There are moments that are wonderful, if you let them be.

♥ Being distrustful put me in a very lonely place, a place filled with doubt and hypervigilance. I'm grateful I've learned to trust again, because in learning to do it, I learned to trust myself. :: CeeCi

♥ We're all a work in progress. I believe we will be until the day our lives end. Why fight it? I love the changes I experience. Some are certainly easier and more enjoyable than others, yet I wouldn't stop the process for any thing in the world. :: CeeCi

♥ We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lose sight of the reason for the journey, or miss the chance to see a rainbow on the way :: Gloria Gaither

♥ Happiness comes of the capacity to feel deeply, to enjoy simply, to think freely, to risk life, to be needed :: Storm Jameson

♥ Love is everything. It is the reason we are here, and the wonder we take with us wherever we go.

♥ Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow :: Mary Anne Radmacher

♥ Just live in the moment, the moment you're in. Don't live two days from now. Don't live two hours in advance. Live now. And appreciate what you have now. Don't go any further. You have this moment. This second. Breathe it. Enjoy it. Live in it. :: Open Eyes

♥ Leap, and the net will appear.

♥ I've learnt that when we express our deepest feelings, even though we may stammer or be unable to find the right words, it always pays. It pays to be authentic.

♥ There are as many nights as days, and the one is just as long as the other in the year's course. Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word 'happy' would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness :: Carl Jung

♥ I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge, myth is more potent than history, dreams are more powerful than facts, hope always triumphs over experience, laughter is the cure for grief, love is stronger than death :: Robert Fulghum

♥ You must learn day by day, year by year, to broaden your horizon. The more things you love, the more you are interested in, the more you enjoy, the more you are indignant about, the more you have left when anything happens. :: Ethel Barrymore

♥ Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens. :: Carl Jung

♥ I will try to be as honest as I can with myself. That is all that is required of me. I'll keep admitting and opening my hidden box of fears, hurts and insecurities, again and again, until I know each one of them by their first name. :: Anu

♥ It struck me that there is amazing beauty everywhere. Does it matter where you are or who we're encountering? There is magic all around us. The fact that we're alive, the fact that we're living in this place and time. The fact that we've met the people we've met, all of it, every bit of it, only contributes to the wonder that is life. :: CeeCi

♥ No pessimist ever discovered the secrets of the starts, or sailed to an uncharted land, or opened a new heaven to the human spirit. :: Helen Keller

♥ Half of doing anything is believing that you can.

♥ Often God has to shut a door in our face, so that he can subsequently open the door through which he wants us to go. :: Catherine Marshall

♥ Even if it burns a little low at times, the secret of life is to always keep the flame of hope alive.

♥ The three grand essentials of happiness are something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.

♥ Some people will say that you are going the wrong way, when it is simply a way of your own.

♥ Nobody cares if you can't dance well. Just get up and dance. Great dancers are not great because of their technique, they are great because of their passion. :: Martha Graham

♥ Life is a series of new beginnings, and in every ordinary moment there are a thousand miracles to behold.

♥ Don't let the approval of others determine your belief in yourself.

♥ When it's all said and done, when all the opinions have been uttered, preached, shouted, and shared, there is only one thing we can do: From this moment on...love.

♥ When you're stuck in a spiral, to change all aspects of the spin you need only to change one thing. :: Christina Baldwin

♥ You have to look for the joy. Look for the light of God that is hitting your life, and you will find sparkles you didn't know were there.

♥ Be the change you wish to see in the world... :: Gandhi

♥ Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.

♥ We each have only a limited amount of time here. We have to do more with it - pay attention, explore, be open to all of life. Because we have only one chance, we have to make life seem longer than it really is. :: Viggo Mortensen

♥ Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible. :: Cadet Maxim

♥ Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore! Dream! Discover!

♥ What would you attempt to do if you knew you could not fail? :: Unknown

♥ To love and be loved is to feel the sun from both sides. :: David Viscott, M.D

♥ Right now it feels like:...no dream will ever remain unfulfilled...no desire will ever remain unanswered...no tear goes unnoticed and no effort wasted...the hills are alive and so are we...each moment is fresh and waiting to happen...and there will be garbage like situations all around...but it is upto us to light mud lamps in it...and glow in our own acceptance and appreciations... :: Anu

♥ I struggle with not feeling like I'm good enough at times. Usually, its because I'm pushing it too hard and have depleted my reserve. Yet, I know without a shadow of a doubt that no matter how heavy or thin, how young or old I appear to others it's what I feel on the inside that glows through. If I could give every person on this planet just one gift it would be the unwavering knowledge that they are beautiful and worthy of every good thing the universe holds. :: CeeCi

♥ It's easier to buy into the negative things we conjure about ourselves than the positive things. Knowing that is the first step towards changing the thoughts that keep us unhappy. With time moving forward, why stay trapped in the past? All we have is right here and right now, I intend to make the most of it! :: CeeCi