Now With Even More Awesome Hair!
I gave my stylist a general direction and let her run with it, and the results affirm my belief that she is the best stylist to ever lay her hands on a pair of shears.
In bright daylight the color really showed up in pictures.
And in dimmer lighting Colin captured the cut nicely.
My hair has never been this short before (in the back, anyway)! To all you contributors on What Not To Wear who whine and moan about not wanting Nick Arojo to cut your horrible hair off, get. over. it. Putting a little faith in someone who knows what the hell they’re doing up there usually has fantastic results.
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)How Depressing
Well, I just hit the treadmill for the first time in a year. Last March I was doing awesomely and running 2 miles without needing a breather, but then I met a thing called a 40-hour work week for the first time in my life and it was sayonara exercise routine. Now, faced with the thought of purchasing a whole new wardrobe to fit my rounder frame, I find I suddenly have time to work out again! Funny how that works, isn’t it?
Tonight’s round of Emily vs. Nautilus came out mostly in favor of the treadmill. I was, sadly, only able to run a quarter mile before I had to slow down and catch my breath. Oof. But, always the optimist, I am looking at this as a jumping-off point. I can only get better from here.
Let’s hope I can stay motivated, because this yo-yoing has got to end!
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Snow Day
While I was busy hitting the snooze button this morning, I got a text message informing me that the CU campus was closed due to snow. As there hadn’t been a single flake in the sky when I went to bed 6 hours prior, I was taken a bit by surprise. But whatever, it’s Colorado, snow is nothing new here. After 20 minutes of trailing behind a line of cars going 10 mph I was only a third of the way to the office, and I got a call telling me that I may as well turn around and go home because all of our patients had cancelled. Gladly!
I read some of my book, took a five (yes, five) hour nap, and made a delicious lunch. It’s just too bad we don’t get paid for bad weather days!
Here’s the view outside my front door:
Honestly, I think this is more snow than we’ve gotten the rest of the winter COMBINED. It has been the most global-warming-esque winter I’ve ever seen. I just hope all this snow does something to dampen my allergies.
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Tomorrow morning marks the culmination of thousands of phone calls made, hundreds of invitations mailed, 50 name badges printed, three gift baskets created, and one big pain in my ass: we are finally having our seminar at work. I can’t wait for it to be over! What better time to take off for a four-day weekend in Vegas?
I’m excited for the 5-star hotel, pedicures with my best friend, fancy dinners, and almost 96 uninterrupted hours with my fantastic boyfriend. I’m also daunted by the task of trying to fit four days’ worth of things into one carry-on suitcase, as I am the girliest girl who ever girled and I need a minimum of 6 pairs of shoes and 27 beauty products to pull of a trip to Vegas, but I’m going to do my damndest not to pay that stupid checked bag fee.
Oh, how I wish I had ordered those travel sized vacuum bags! Being able to compress my clothing into a veritable black hole would be so convenient right now.
In other news: I have been accepted to Regis University’s Doctor of Physical Therapy program! I’m also on the waitlist at another school, but I’m not counting very heavily on my spot opening up. So, just over three years from now I will officially be a DPT! Ack! I’m definitely excited and relieved that I’ll be able to start this year, but also a bit intimidated that it’s finally a reality. The next few years are going to be pretty tough.
2008 Book Reviews
This makes me a bit sad, but I only read 15 books in 2008, seven of which were Harry Potter books. I wonder how many I could read this year if I stopped wasting my time watching television - something I don’t particularly enjoy, but end up spending many an hour doing because those damn shows just suck me in. Anyway, I’ve been meaning to do a ‘year in review’ post about the books I read last year, but somehow it got to be the end of February and I still haven’t!
I’m going to divide last year’s books into three categories: Really Liked, Worth My Time, and Not Worth It. You can read more in-depth reviews of any of them at http://www.librarything.com/profile_reviews.php?view=fillechaude.
Books I Really Liked:
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky: 4.5 stars
- Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen: 4.5 stars
- All 7 Harry Potter novels by J.K. Rowling: 4 to 4.5 stars, depending on the book
- Possible Side Effects by Augusten Burroughs: 4 stars
Books That Were Worth My Time:
- The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri: 3.5 stars
- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving: 3.5 stars
- Sleeping With Random Beasts by Karin Goodwin: 3 stars
Books That Were NOT Worth My Time:
- A Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne: 2.5 stars*
- The Road by Cormac McCarthy: 1.5 stars
*”A Journey to the Center of the Earth” was somewhat redeemed in the second half of the novel, but the entire first 100 or 200 pages were a complete waste.
Hopefully that will give my book-minded friends some ideas on what to read (and what not to read). I have a huge stack of books that I’ll be reading through this year, but if anyone has suggestions on a book they absolutely loved, I’m always open!
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Fille Does a Meme
It’s pretty sad, but the only thing that has changed on this blog lately is the “My Library” section. It seems all my time is spent either at work or with Colin - which is fine with me, honestly, but it doesn’t leave much time for chatting with friends or posting on my sad, neglected blog. The main reason I’m writing today is that I’ve been home sick for the last two days and I just don’t think I can stand watching any more TV.
Usually I think memes are lame and tend to opt out of participating, but this one I found circulating around facebook sounded like fun - and it was fun, but I also did it at one in the morning so don’t hold me to that.
Here are the rules:
1 - Go to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random. The title of the random wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.
2 - Go to http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3.
The last few words of the very last quote of the page is the title of your first album.
3 - Go to http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days. The third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.
4. Use your favorite editing software to put it all together.
And here is the cover for my band’s debut album, “Prove That You Don’t Need It” by Lucy Punch.
The name of the band is that of a British actress, and the title of the album comes from a quote by Bob Hope. Anyway, I had a good time doing it.
Filed under Uncategorized | Comment (0)Creative Gifts
I finished writing out my list of people I need to send thank-you cards to; reading back over it, one line in particular made me laugh. See if you can guess which one it was:
With a line like that, you have to stop and think how awesome your friends are. Yep, not only did I get a sheep donated to a needy family in my name, I got all kinds of delicious etc. in my mailbox - homemade marshmallows for me and homemade dog snacks for Merlin. No one can ever accuse you guys of being unoriginal in your gift-giving!
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