Random Tidbits

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Nautie Friends, as your comments rolled in yesterday I laughed and laughed and laughed!  I made it through the day with my ill-fitting nylons and today opted for pants!  

Today is my last day in the office.  I have very mixed feelings about leaving.  I'm excited to go back to sea.  I'm excited to get back to Maine and see some friends.  I'm looking forward to having a dresser and laundry facilities.  I'm even looking forward to some snow and cold (that will last for all of five minutes-scraping my windows will remind me a temperate climate isn't too bad).  BUT.  I'm sad to leave the office!  I'm sad that I won't be able to hang out with friends on weekends.  I'm sad that I will be eating ships food soon.  I'm sad that I won't be able to enjoy a glass of wine in the evenings.  C'est la vie.

 

There is a twelve hour drive in my not so distant future.  I'm busy making preparations for a car ride.  Healthy snacks, coffee canisters, comfortable outfit, good music, sunglasses, cell phone and ear bud all charged up.  My packing hasn't yet commenced so that is looming over my head.

 

If you don't hear from me in a few days it's because I'm scrambling around or driving :)  Hopefully, it's both!  (However, I think you'll hear from me...)

Monday Morning

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Who would have thought I'd ever be living / working in a world where I mourn the loss of my weekend.  It's strange...very strange. I finally understand women who talk about 'managing their lives'.  Last night I had all sorts of plans.  I was going to plan my outfits for the week - make my lunch - tidy my living room - catch up on some correspondence.....

I didn't do any of it.

It's Monday morning...I was up at 0530....I've packed my lunch, showered, blown my hair dry, dressed and enjoyed a cup of coffee.

I decided to catch up on Google Reader very quickly - and thank goodness because, I ran into this little tidbit from just a titch on being yourself.

After working in the office for only a week I can honestly say that I'm having a hard time being myself!  This morning when I was dressing I almost put down my dangly shell earrings to wear boring pearl studs.  (Don't get me wrong...pearl studs are classic and certainly have a place in my wardrobe...but I had the perfect pair of danglies!)  Thank goodness I had just read this post about being yourself.

While 28 years of life experience isn't much I do know this....it's the little things in life....my danglies make me happy so, I'm going to start there.

Nautie Friends, today, let's be our happy selves!

 

1969.

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The night before last I had a very strange evening.  A friend of a friend would be playing with their band in a downtown Portland pub. I walk in and look around and it was seriously like a time warp.  You honestly couldn't tell that it is 2011.  Maybe 1969 isn't the right year....but it looked like my Dad would fit right in with bell bottoms a leather vest over an artsy fartsy shirt and his 'reduce the arms race' pin.  Seriously.  So strange.

What was even stranger was that when the bands started playing it was death metal.  No lie, death metal.  I took some videos of it all intending to post them here but then, my conscience reared its ugly head and I decided not to post it since I can't give proper credit.

The good news is I went all paparazzi with my iPhone so you can see what I'm talking about!

 

 

I was correct, wasn't I?  That was strange....

A walk, a drive and the library.

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I've been working on figuring out how to spend my days without spending money.  It's not as easy as it sounds!  Shopping is fun! I currently spend a lot of time taking walks and going to the library.  Sometimes I go for a walk to the library and then I come home and read - but at this point lazying on the couch is okay because I've been for a walk!

I have also started driving to new walking locations.  My favorites have been Crescent Beach State Park and Portland Head Light.  They are both near Cape Elizabeth - which means it's a fairly nice drive to get there.  I've always been a fan of 'let's go for a drive'.  Sometimes at home in Hawaii I'll drive out to Onomea just to do the scenic loop and then I'll go home - driving to Cape Elizabeth is similar.

Maine is amazingly beautiful.  I've always thought so however; now that I haven't been wearing khaki for four years and, have regained the soul the regiment of midshipmen sucked dry, it's extra beautiful.

It seems like every time I leave the house without my camera I end up going on a walk where I see the most amazing thing.  It's almost comical really.  I was in Boothbay several days ago and I took a walk down to Ocean Point with friend.  The sky was golden - literally golden (because it was four o'clock and the sun was setting but, that is a rant unto itself).  The trees were lit up and there were american flags flying, islands with lighthouses in the background, and waves crashing on rocks.  I seriously had to shake my head that I didn't have a camera.

Here are a couple photos from when I did remember to take my camera!  (For the record....that barefoot in the sand totally tripped me out....it's soooo cold at the beach!)