Random Thoughts

I don't really have much to say today, but I have made some interesting observations this week and/or had some random thoughts that I'd like to get down on "paper"...

1. I was watching television the other night when a Dos XXs commercial just came on and the guy in it looks at the camera and says "It's never too early to start beefing up your obituary." I think they were promoting living life with gusto, etc. but that got me to thinking about what my obituary would say....
   
2. I had a dream last night where I was working with our customer, reviewing issues, but they were all like little blue blocks and we were building different walls as we categorized everything. Then Jinjer, whom I've never met in "real life" walks through the room and offers cupcakes. What does that say about what is going on in my subconscious?
   
3. While driving in this morning rapping along to DJ Jazzy Jeff and Rob Base (It Takes Two...), I look over at the car next to me and I swear they had a speculum hanging from their rear view mirror. Now who would have something like that just hanging around and why? And, did they notice my mad rapping and dancing skills that I only have in the car.
   
4. The Queen and King will be at the HOD in 11 days and I can only hope that my couch arrives in time so that I will have a place to sleep. And, how are we going to coordinate everything that they want to do and see; I only have two days really planned out. And, how do I get to the Oakland airport...

Like I said, I have a bunch of random thoughts running through my head.

Vicious Cycle Part 2

As you my recall, last week I was suffering from perma-headaches and I got a lot of feedback from people on the best ways to address them.

I spent the weekend relaxing, drinking LOTS of water, watching the crowds and listening to the music of Carnaval, and sleeping. And lo and behold, the headaches weren't around at all!!

This morning as I'm driving into the office and am thinking about my day, guess what started throbbing.... yep, my head. Raise your hand if you think there is a correlation between my headaches and my work?

I know the Queen, and many others, are sick and tired of hearing me bemoan my job and my situation and I know that it is up to me to improve my lot, so I'm going to make a concerted effort to find my happy place. I just told my boss that I'd like to work out a schedule so that I can go to Massage Therapy school and she understood. She even said that she can tell that I'm not happy right now and wanted to address ways to get me back to a happy state at my mid-year review coming up. I've been struggling a lot lately with what it is that I should be doing with my life, and I'm slowly realizing that no matter how much I want to conform to the corporate world, it just doesn't make me happy and I think I'd rather try to "find myself" doing something else and not making any money than continue this struggle.

The hardest thing about leaving the corporate world, though, is going to be stepping away from, and out of, the great shoes!! I don't know if I would make a convincing massage therapist in four inch Kate Spades... but, we'll see.

I'll keep you all abreast of my journey to find myself. I thank you all for your feedback on the best way to get rid of the headaches. And, I hope you all will emotionally support me in my journey of self discovery.

Carnaval Update

Carnaval is starting to wrap up, and I've been thinking about my list of 22 a la The Queen and The Champ. I know you all wanted pictures, but since I cannot locate the little cable thingy I can't upload them. I'm very sorry about that my dear readers....

1. Friday night at midnight crews showed up to build the tents on the street, right outside my window. 
   
2. Saturday morning it was raining and it didn't look promising. 
3. A lady across the street set up table to sell homemade tamales and other foodstuff. 
4. The cops closed down the lady across the street pretty quickly. I guess even at Carnaval, you need to have a permit to sell food on the street. 
5. The rain stopped on Saturday, but the crowds weren't out in full force. 
6. Outside my window was a dance floor where they had break dancers for a while and some Japanese drums performed for a period. 
7. By 5:45 PM Saturday night, the crowds were cleared out and things were coming down. The SF police were very good at moving folks along. 
8. Sunday morning the sun was up and it was a beautiful day, not too warm, not too cool. 
9. I went to the parade, which was about two blocks from my place. 
10. The parade was a very community oriented event. Lots of dance troops from what looked like community centers and neighborhood schools. 
11. Saw a teacher dancing the Samba in the street with her students wearing a halter top, sparkly skirt, and full back tattoo. I immediately wished my sister was there to ask if any of the teachers at her school would do that. 
12. Saw lots of feathers and sparkles, lots of drums, lots of skin, lots of color, and lots of happy people at the parade. Great dancing, cute kids dancing, beads being thrown. I love parades!!
13. I was frisked trying to get back to my apartment. Okay, not frisked, but metal wand detector and my purse looked into. 
14. Had a psychic reading. 
15. Registered to vote. 
16. Walked past the port-a-potties to go up to my place to use my own private perma-potty. 
17. Met my neighbor across the hall as I was leaving to go back down to the street. 
18. Went and checked out the booths up and down the street. 
19. Thought about buying some food on the street because they had some great smelling stuff, but because I'm a little phobic about that I just smelled the smells and imagined what the food was like. 
20. Tried on a hat made out of hemp and saw booths of 420 friendly paraphernalia. Bought a pewter ring and then headed back up to my place.
21. Watched a Latin dance-off from my apartment window. I mentioned there was a dance floor right below my window. 
22. It is now 6:45 PM and they have cleared out the crowds again and are already tearing down all f the booths and tents. 

As I watched the parade today I really want to participate next year so I'm going to have find a community group where I can go volunteer. 

Again, sorry that I don't have pictures yet. I'm probably going to have to go buy a new camera and take my current camera memory cards and see if I can find a place to get them down loaded.