Sunday, March 27, 2005
my time for me
I'm finally home for good after two months away. (Until next week, when I'll be heading back up to Birch Bay to see my parents.) I'll probably be spending a lot more time up there, as the Bunkhouse will soon be liveable with a myriad of small/medium projects to go. My brother and I did get a lot accomplished in a week, even with me having tons of "work work" and instant-turnaround deadlines while up there. I'd wake up in the morning, check my email, do some work, walk up to the cabin, do some work up there, go back to my other work, on and on. There were several days that I spent all day at the cabin, then would work until midnight on my stuff for clients. I'm still exhauseted.
I don't think I've ever spent that much time alone with just my bro, it was an interesting experience. We are very different people but somehow got along very well. I was more 'concept' and he was more 'execution' but we worked well together and had some fun. The most fun I had was when we decided to paint the whole place one night after dinner. I just function better at night. Or maybe after a martini, as we'd had before eating. It was fun doing something even semi-creative as opposed to scrubbing, scraping, hauling, etc. And it turned out great. Meanwhile, my brother was ripping apart the bathroom and re-building an entire wall. He wins the Bob Vila award for this round.
I wasn't planning to do anything today but wound up having brunch with Diana and dinner with Paula & Mark. Paula busted out the PAAS egg dyeing stuff and that was fun to mess with while the champagne flowed. I taught them the ancient Bacon art of "egg butting." Paula was the champ, knocking me out in the second round. Sorry Mark, maybe next year.
If I didn't have a 9 am meeting tomorrow I would SO be at the Eagle right now. Instead I think I'm off to bed. I can already feel a nasty headache coming on from too many "Jelly Bird Eggs," the only Easter candy that matters.
Tomorrow I finally get back to work on my farmer's market report, starting with a 9am meeting with someone who will either make or break this project. Why I scheduled such an important meeting for 9am is beyond me. I was probably thinking, after a two-month postponement, "the sooneer the better."
I don't think I've ever spent that much time alone with just my bro, it was an interesting experience. We are very different people but somehow got along very well. I was more 'concept' and he was more 'execution' but we worked well together and had some fun. The most fun I had was when we decided to paint the whole place one night after dinner. I just function better at night. Or maybe after a martini, as we'd had before eating. It was fun doing something even semi-creative as opposed to scrubbing, scraping, hauling, etc. And it turned out great. Meanwhile, my brother was ripping apart the bathroom and re-building an entire wall. He wins the Bob Vila award for this round.
I wasn't planning to do anything today but wound up having brunch with Diana and dinner with Paula & Mark. Paula busted out the PAAS egg dyeing stuff and that was fun to mess with while the champagne flowed. I taught them the ancient Bacon art of "egg butting." Paula was the champ, knocking me out in the second round. Sorry Mark, maybe next year.
If I didn't have a 9 am meeting tomorrow I would SO be at the Eagle right now. Instead I think I'm off to bed. I can already feel a nasty headache coming on from too many "Jelly Bird Eggs," the only Easter candy that matters.
Tomorrow I finally get back to work on my farmer's market report, starting with a 9am meeting with someone who will either make or break this project. Why I scheduled such an important meeting for 9am is beyond me. I was probably thinking, after a two-month postponement, "the sooneer the better."
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