Happy Monday (for real!)

So, yet again, I have been neglecting the poor blog. But I promise that it is for good reason. Last week I was out of town for work (and very, very busy), so there was no time for any life musings or updates about my general fabulousity (ha!). And then early Friday morning--as in midnight--I was stricken with the plague. Still not sure what was wrong, but it was neither fun nor pleasant. Thank goodness for my coworkers who drove me back home and put up with my grossness for the ride back. Once I made it into my bed around 2:30 pm, I did not get back out until around 8:30 the next morning. Luckily, I'm back to normal now :)

So, there's not much to update on as of late. I have not made any fabulous purchases, or crafted anything, or reorganized my house at all. Although, I started on a closet overall/shoe organization effort last night. Maybe if it turns out really well I'll post pics when I'm done. There's nothing like a well-organized closet to brighten up a day. There are a few things on my current wish-list, which include a very cute mint green cardigan from J. Crew,

tickets to Avenue Q for John's birthday, and something else to get him as a gift. Still unsure about that one...feel free to leave comments if you know any guy friendly gifts! I've also been wanting to go back to the wonderful consignment/thrift shops in Chamblee that I posted about a few months back. There might be some treasure waiting to be found. And lastly, I planted a very cute flower pot of petunias (which I got for free!) about a week ago, and I need to pretty up the plain clay put that I bought. Time to bust out the sorority craft supplies, I guess.

One more current goal (which is always a current goal)--be healthier. I've actually gotten a jump start on this because I didn't eat for, oh, about 2.5 days with the sickness. So I'm automatically eating less now, and actually have a reall interest in seriously controlling my portion sizes, and buying healthier, fresh groceries. A trip to Trader Joe's is in order. I even went for a nice walk outside in Piedmont Park today at lunch. Not exactly a workout, but definitely better than just sitting at my desk. I want to start doing that much more often. Any little bit helps!

back in the land of the living

I'm back at work and finally feeling relatively back to normal again--hooray! Still not 100%, but about 3576x better than yesterday. Hopefully my nasty illness was just a short-lived virus, and I'll be totally back to normal by tomorrow. Speaking of tomorrow: BEACH TIME! I'm unbelievably excited and cannot wait. I did a little packing last night...probably bring waaay too many clothes, considering it's only a 3 day trip. But sometimes I just can't help myself. I need to go to the grocery store for snacks and other deliciousness tonight, and pick up a special graduation present I ordered last week for my favorite cousin. Also, I'm going to bake my peanut butter brownies too! Hopefully I won't be too exhausted after work to get all these things done.

Good things about today:

1. Orange tea with Splenda is amazing, and can bring any person back to life.
2. Chik-fil-a lemonade has the same effect.

3. I like being back in the office and having human contact after my day in bed by myself.

4. Nice weather, although its looking a little rainish out my window right now.

Sick day :(

I'm home sick today. I didn't sleep well at all last night, was sick during the night and feel pretty gross this morning. I hope I feel better this afternoon, and can make it into the office for a little while, but I'm not so sure about that. Plus, I don't want to infect my co-workers with any of the weirdness I've got.

Normally I'd just lay around and self-medicate for a (hopefully) bug like this one, but I've already made myself a doctor's appt this morning. I'm not taking any chances on being sick for my beach weekend--HELLZ NO!! Unacceptable. So hopefully I can get some medicine to cure me and I'll be as good as new in a couple days. Fingers crossed!

EDITED TO ADD:
There is nothing more depressing than being sick when you live alone. There was no one to drive me to the doctor, no one to take my prescription to the pharmacy and no one to bring me water and check on me all day. Sigh. Just one of those days when I miss my Mom, I guess:( I never did make it to work--I've had a low fever all day. I feel better than I did this morning, so hopefully this virus will be gone asap. At least I've got my meds, a big glass of water and all the cough drops I could possibly want (I don't have a cough, I just like to eat them and they make my throat feel good!). Ugh, alright. Back to the boredom of being alone in my bed all day...hopefully I'll be better and back at work tomorrow! Send me healthy vibes, friends!

Happy Day!!

I am finally back in the land of the living (and back at work)! I think I'm allergic to Valdosta, GA, because I started feeling a little gross last Wednesday while I was there, and thank goodness we finished up early and came home on Thursday, because I basically passed out on my couch for about a day, finally dragged myself to an urgent care and got some meds. Luckily my parents were already planning to come down this weekend, so they took care of me. We did a little shopping (I discovered a fabulous JC Penney furniture outlet...brand new coffee tables for $60) and eating once I felt like I could go out in public again, haha. So I'm pretty excited about being back at work today woo!

Today I must: call Kristin, get a chunk of my project done at the office, try to call Claire to see if she is still alive, make the rest of the delicious ravioli for dinner, maybe go to the gym or just do some pilates in my apartment...I've been sitting on my butt for way too long.

Things that make me smile: the beautiful pashmina I received all the way from Turkey from my bff, my new "best of the food network" cookbook I got for free!, the complete SATC series on dvd, specialty olives that I paid way too much for, and my free month long subway card from work. Maybe i'll promise myself a massage with the money I'll save every month:)