Happy Picture Tuesday

New Perspective

It feels different walking into work the day after buying a house. When I punched the time clock today, there was an internal sigh of relief. I am very grateful to have gotten to this point with Tiffany. We continue to explore uncharted waters together. On the whole though, I will be content to consider 2010 wrapped as far as big changes go. We've had quite enough to adjust to. All great things, but ready for some good old-fashioned down time.

Home New Home

We bought a house today! Well, there will be a house back there! Yeah!

30 Seconds

What can be said in a 30 second note? Not much. Working in retail poses a challegne to staying joyful in a season filled with music advising it. I am finding it thus far not so tough. It really depends on the mind set going into work. Sure there will be the people that demand the impossible, but that's not so bad. If their demands were actually possible, then there would be an issue. On behalf of my retail team, I ask only that we all try and be a little kinder to the people rocking the name tags this year. I've got somw amazing people working for me, vastly overqualified for their jobs. Give them a smile. It helps, trust me.

Kidding me

It's an odd time to consider it, but I've been seriously considering quitting smoking again. It is as hectic a time as ever and with the prospect of looking at houses, change is still happening. I am wondering if the window of opportunity is going to come again soon or if I need to start looking more aggressively. I'm sick of the habit and yet keep turning to it. I know through experience to get a decent start at nonsmoking, it takes some persistence. So here's a public declaration of renewed attempt. I truly hope to be quit again soon and buying my time till the never ending craving subsides.

Cyber Memory Lane

It seems odd now to recall how recently so many of the conveniences we don't even think much about now were not even in the picture. I realize this will make me sound old, but fuck it, I think it's kinda cool to remember when parents had kids because they were tired of getting up to change the channel (all 4 of them) on their own. I am not jumping that far back though today. What launched this train of thought this morning was my attempts to make sure my gym membership had been cancelled. I signed up for it in 2006. Within that very short stretch of time though, I have moved from my first email account at Hotmail to Gmail. In an attempt to see if this was the email address on file, I reopened my Hotmail account to see if I had confirmation. Out of sentiment, I still have it and still take a little pride in the handle "tcjester." I made a new account as this one was besieged with SPAM and when I opened it today, I could still see why. However, as I deleted page after page, I got to look back at where I was when so many of those companies got me on their mailing lists. The one that furthered this online journey back were the emails telling me I had a new message on Myspace. Of course, they were all bands I had never heard of nor knew anyone in, but it made me smile a little that "Death Ye Pizza" extended the offer. While this isn't as mind blowing as say firing up the original Nintendo in my parents basement, it was fun. At times like this, you know Ferris Bueller's final words of advice were pretty accurate.

Thank you... seriously

As has been obvious lately, I am trying to write more frequently. A daily post was not my original intent, but seems to be a decent pace to try and maintain. In the void that marathon training opened up and the circus of having a new puppy at home, this has proven to be a great outlet. It has served as a good place to let loose frustrations over holiday shopping and thoughts on house hunting. To me this still feels more genuine that a Tweet or Facebook status update. I am also sad to see so many friend's blogs that have gotten so quiet. It's selfish, but I like hearing extended thoughts they share on their worlds, many of which are not even in my time zone. The consequence of jotting down so many thoughts lately has been an unanticipated concern from some loved ones. By trying to just get more words out there, my posts have not always been as clear. Ergo, I have fielded a couple calls of late to see if I am OK. To set the record straight, all is well with the Captain. I have some great "problems" today and am trying to remember that every time they feel otherwise. As we proceed into this exciting final month of a jam packed 2010, I will continue to try and stay active here on Stupie. Glad to have my three readers with me and love hearing all manner of feedback. I hope this holiday season brings many laughs and contentedness to each of you!