It's February 27th and my Christmas Tree is still up. I'm obsessive (no, seriously) regarding the "rules" for Christmas decorations. They must come down on Jan 6th, no ifs or buts. No earlier, no later. Except this year I was distracted and forgot to take it down on the 6th, and now I have no idea what to do with it. It's just sitting there "staring at" me, and being used as a giant toothpick by Obi, who for an unknown reason finds it the tastiest thing on the planet. Because I missed that date, I have no idea when to take it down. I think February 29 is probably the best bet, I can pretend it was in deliberate honour of an unusual day.
I think it shows how the new job has changed me quite a bit, I feel like I've become a bit disassociated with things I used to care about, but in an okay way, like I've grown into a next stage or something. The only thing is I can't work out what I care about now, apart from my holidays...and pinterest. All I know is I'm suddenly desperate for a chaise lounge and a yellow designer handbag.
Meanwhile I cannot believe it's March this week. I cannot believe that summer is over on Wednesday. I can't believe how few hot days we had. It's been a weird summer. I can't believe that as of Thursday I can say my holiday is next month, YAY! (It turns out I still care about holidays and handbags.) I can't wait to get back to the States. I can't wait to eat their food, shop there, see their sights, mingle with their great people and hopefully meet a friend or two. There's a few concerns with the approval of my holiday at the moment which is bothering me, as I don't really want to go leave without pay!
The trip planning is going well though, my sister has agreed to house and catsit, which demonstrates that she has a much stronger character than I, as Obi is a tad difficult. I've made my packing list, ordered shoes to fill the identified gaps, worked out what else we need to book before we're go etc. There's no reason we won't be absolutely fine, yet still I worry. I do feel happy having all these lists made. Lists make me feel all ordered.
So we've got things like cars to book, to the airport when we leave, between the airport and the hotel in NYC, to and from LAX to Anaheim, a few tours and dinners to book etc. I'm trying to make sure important things are booked and have a basic structure so we ensure we don't miss something through not realising it wasn't open Mondays etc but not overplanning, so we end up stressing about the fact that we weren't at this sight by 10:17am exactly and the whole day becomes ruined. So, that's where the holiday plans are at the moment, lots of little things to do, but also lots of fun things to keep me occupied like looking through menus of restaurants etc.
As you could tell, today's blog has no actual theme or point, I just felt like talking.
Hope, if you've read it, you're doing well x
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