Life is (still) Good

My cupboards were not bare, but they didn't have the most useful items in them either. A meal consisting of diced tomatoes in garlic and oil with a can of baked beans and some crackers wasn't going to cut it, so I decided to stop at the grocery on the way home.

I bought way more groceries than I intended, I just cannot control myself when I am hungry, and hopped into the car to speed to my apartment before the ice cream had a chance to get melty. As I walked up the path to my apartment building, I went to reach for my keys. Not in my bag.

I frantically started pulling the bag apart and dumping the contents. That is when I realized that I had made a huge mistake leaving my coat on the back of my office chair. My morning routine consists of me slipping my apartment keys into my coat pocket. Sometimes these keys are later transferred into my bag, but this was not the case today. Ugh.

After a few calls to the property building and the various handymen, I was able to get in and save the frozen foods. An hour later I went to grab my bag so I could pick up my friend from the bus stop and go over to trivia. As I grabbed my phone, car keys and spare keys, I noticed something was missing. That sometime was my wallet.

Again, I tore everything apart and even searched the car. No wallet. I know I bought my groceries so I called the market. Thankfully someone turned it in!

I raced over and everything was there, my credit cards and my money. Sigh of relief!

As much as those two hours caused me extreme stress, I will walk away thinking that it could have been worse. I am thankful things worked out so well for me, and I even was able to pick up my friend and make it to trivia. We only missed out on the first question!

The weather has changed but my clothes are still gloomy

I walked out of work today and for the first time realized how Debby Downer my outfit was. I was wearing gray slacks with lighter gray pinstripe, a gray razorback tank trimmed with black lace which was under a fitted black double-breasted cardigan and on my feet, black boots. My coat of choice was my asymmetrical gray peacoat. Boring an dull. The only light at the end of this sad fashion tunnel was my bright coral/pink chunky necklace.

Normally, I stay away from all blacks/grays during the day. I think that it is too depressing for work and all. In retrospect, I think I was channeling the raincloud gloom that has been covering Boston for the last three days. The more I think about it, the more I realize that I tend to dress like the weather, which I guess most people do based on the seasonal color palettes the fashion world has provided us. Normally sunny mornings make me add tons of color. I think this morning I was simply in denial that the sun was going to be out for more than just my walk to my car this morning.

Tomorrow is predicted to hit 60 degrees. I will be sure to keep the black to a minimum.

S.A.D. in June

I would actually invite lightening storms at this point.
At least that would be interesting

At book club last night - my life is not all kickball and shoes, I do intellectual stuff too - we were talking about the weather. Everyone is talking about the weather, as it officially hit summer this past weekend and you could have fooled anyone living in the Boston area. People have begun referring to this current month as June-uary. My boss said at staff meeting yesterday that he heard on the news that we have had the fewest number of sunny days since 1905 for the month of June. I couldn't find this statistic anywhere, but I would totally believe it.

You never realize how much the weather can affect a collective mood until something like this happens. Everyone is tired, grumpy or blah. I definitely am having a hard time staying focused towards the end of my work day and have been hitting the caffeine hard. This of course then causes me to not be able to go to sleep at a reasonable hour only making me even more tired the next day.

I really need the sun to come back and the temperature to rise. Allegedly things will be getting better this weekend, but I am not going to hold my breath. I just want to wear dresses and skirts to work and not freeze my butt off on the walk to the office. Additionally, I can't remember the last time I wore a bathing suit! When I was younger my bathing suit to underwear ratio in the summer was so high, now underwear totally wins. I would love to have a nice week where I wake up put on a suit and enjoy the weather till nightfall...sigh. Oh to be young and jobless...