I Need A Nap

The Spouse stayed home sick yesterday. He has to rest up for the last big weekend of shooting. The Child and I have been keeping our distance from him, what with our having to be in front of the camera. I think the Script Supervisor would have some continuity issues if she and I were ailing.

I had a lovely dinner out last night with a college room-mate. I only got miffed once (a miffing which I did not display to her but which was certainly felt in my heart). She gave me one of "those" cards. I do not feel "old", I do not look "old" (except on camera), I do NOT like cards that make over-the-hill "jokes". She wrote a very lovely message in the card, which I will, I think, cut out and clue into my journal, because it spoke of long friendships and the richness she wished for me in my "next 50". But the offending ephemera itself will be recycled. None of that negativity around me, puppies! I did not remain miffed for long, however, as she gave me a beautiful silver necklace with a circle pendent covered in sparkly sparklies. See?



I can be bought.

In other news, I'm just exhausted. This week has been too busy and too emotional and now I have 2 long days of shooting ahead of me. I am so going to take a nap as soon as I'm done posting. I cannot be a wreck tomorrow.

Oh, and we've been waiting all week for the election returns. Apparently there was a four-way tie so there had to be a recount or something very Florida 2000, only without the chicanery. We should know today. I'm sure it will be on CNN.

Finally, and this is sorta big, today I went live with the website for my business. My business card is getting out there in the world and it was time to stop tweaking and just go. There's one section that isn't as complete as I'd like it to be but that should be fixed by the first part of next week, if not sooner. So no sweat. Anyway, if you wanna, you can go look at it:

http://www.sortedhome.com/

If you really wanna, you could go hit it a bunch of times so it moves up the Google food chain.

While you are there, please take a few moments to stop and admire how truly beautiful it is. That would owe to my darling Hat, who has the ability to read my mind. It has ever been a frustration of mine that I can totally picture in my head how something should look but have never had any skill whatsoever for drawing and such. The Hat, however, can see what I want and make it happen. She did it for the artwork over at Here's the Dish and she did it again for Sorted Home. Seriously, I told her what I wanted, she had something back to me within seconds and the artwork itself endured, I believe, exactly one tweaking before I pronounced it to be exactly what I wanted. And then, as if free graphic art design wasn't enough, she told me she was ordering the first printing of my business cards as an early birthday present. Then she totally helped me design the website, which I think is superfantastic.

Hat has done nothing but encourage, cheerlead and generally act as the wind beneath my wings from the second I told her my idea and even though I've told her and even though I'm raving about her to you right now, she will never know how much all this has meant to me.

Now I want to send a shout out to all of you ('cause I love ya) but especially to Anne, Seattle Coffee Girl, Nicole, Gina, and City Mouse.

"For why?" they all chorus in their dulcet tones. "Whatever did we do?"

You were the ones who, by virtue of your comments on this post, made me think that I could turn something I very much enjoy doing into something for which others might pay me. I owe you all one hour of organzining services. Or a pizza. Or, you know, a martini or something.

Having fulfilled my quota of links per post, I am now going to go have a nice lie-down.

Happy weekend, all.