I've been awake for 2 hours already. That is damn annoying. For a person who loves sleeping in her comfy, air-conditioned bedroom, waking up before dawn really SUCKS. It's a good thing I actually went to bed at a decent hour last night so I at least got 6 hours of sleep. Begone, chemo drugs! Leave my plump, pin-pricked, and tattooed body! BAH!
The only bright sides are that I (A) can enjoy a leisurely breakfast [so okay, it might involve Kashi frozen multigrain waffles, but I top it with cashew butter or my friend Ellen's delicious homemade blueberry jam -- yum!], and (b) I might actually get to work early for once [shocking, I know].
Since I am taking tomorrow off (a heretofore undiscovered discretionary day which I hadn't used yet -- woohoo!!) getting there early to plow through all of my monthly billing and everything else looming over my head might be good. Yes, I decided I needed some Calgon time before my trip to Seattle next week (hi, Margaret!) or I might give in to the urge to smack someone upside da head (always a sign that you need time off, I say).
Tonight, my friend Marci and I are taking our friend Jackie out for her birthday to Elleteria in the Village. (Every time I wander around that specific area, I always wonder if I'll run into my ex, who still lives on Washington Place -- as far as I know -- but so far, so good: no sightings. I don't dislike him, but I think it would be awkward. Plus, I feel blobby with chemo-weight.) Amazingly, it actually IS Jackie's birthday today -- with most scheduling issues (trying to coordinate multiple people in NYC? challenging) these days, that's a miracle.
And now, speaking of my friend Ellen, I leave you with these food shots from our MadMen retro-dinner party as I go off to enjoy my morning dose of In The Papers with Pat Kiernan on NY1 (oh hey, the front page of the NY Times has a shot of the microburst storm centered over northern Central Park the other night -- some truly spectacular lightning strikes and wind which wrecked many trees near me in Central Park)...
An artsy shot of one of my whoopie pies (kinda like round versions of Drake's Devil Dogs)
Pillsbury Grand Rounds (I think) -- fluffy biscuits on an appropriately '60s-ish plate
Our pal Elaine brought a green bean casserole in a retro bowl (see it above, below the biscuits?)
Bacon-topped meatloaf... everything's better with bacon! and indeed, it was very moist and tasty (I think pork was involved: pig + pig = heaven! and oh yeah, lotsa cholesterol probably, heheh)
And classic Maytag blue cheese salad with candied pecans (or were they walnuts? they were candied so I loved them regardless) -- basically the giant head of otherwise boring iceberg lettuce is merely a conveyance for CHEESE, Gromit!
The only bright sides are that I (A) can enjoy a leisurely breakfast [so okay, it might involve Kashi frozen multigrain waffles, but I top it with cashew butter or my friend Ellen's delicious homemade blueberry jam -- yum!], and (b) I might actually get to work early for once [shocking, I know].
Since I am taking tomorrow off (a heretofore undiscovered discretionary day which I hadn't used yet -- woohoo!!) getting there early to plow through all of my monthly billing and everything else looming over my head might be good. Yes, I decided I needed some Calgon time before my trip to Seattle next week (hi, Margaret!) or I might give in to the urge to smack someone upside da head (always a sign that you need time off, I say).
Tonight, my friend Marci and I are taking our friend Jackie out for her birthday to Elleteria in the Village. (Every time I wander around that specific area, I always wonder if I'll run into my ex, who still lives on Washington Place -- as far as I know -- but so far, so good: no sightings. I don't dislike him, but I think it would be awkward. Plus, I feel blobby with chemo-weight.) Amazingly, it actually IS Jackie's birthday today -- with most scheduling issues (trying to coordinate multiple people in NYC? challenging) these days, that's a miracle.
And now, speaking of my friend Ellen, I leave you with these food shots from our MadMen retro-dinner party as I go off to enjoy my morning dose of In The Papers with Pat Kiernan on NY1 (oh hey, the front page of the NY Times has a shot of the microburst storm centered over northern Central Park the other night -- some truly spectacular lightning strikes and wind which wrecked many trees near me in Central Park)...
An artsy shot of one of my whoopie pies (kinda like round versions of Drake's Devil Dogs)
Pillsbury Grand Rounds (I think) -- fluffy biscuits on an appropriately '60s-ish plate
Our pal Elaine brought a green bean casserole in a retro bowl (see it above, below the biscuits?)
Bacon-topped meatloaf... everything's better with bacon! and indeed, it was very moist and tasty (I think pork was involved: pig + pig = heaven! and oh yeah, lotsa cholesterol probably, heheh)
And classic Maytag blue cheese salad with candied pecans (or were they walnuts? they were candied so I loved them regardless) -- basically the giant head of otherwise boring iceberg lettuce is merely a conveyance for CHEESE, Gromit!
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