today's agenda

the time is currently 12:08 on my computer screen which means i have exactly 42 minutes to shower, pluck my ever-thickening eyebrows, get dressed, find something in the house to eat and then peddle the 7.2 miles to work where i will yet again try and deal with annoying customer questions, socialize with people way too outgoing for their own good, figure out how much hummus and sushi to order for next week, stock my shelves, freeze my ass off in the cooler trying to rearrange everyone else's overstock and peddle the now cold and dark 7.2 miles home where i have a glass of wine and maybe a bubble bath waiting for me.

i know a lot of people who would say their lives are just as boring. i've never understood the point of suffering through a work week so that you can live your life the way you want- when all you do is suffer through another week of work. i've always wanted to work just enough so that i can actually live. travel. learn things. have crazy fun hobbies that fill my time and take up all my energy.

it feels sorta like the dead of winter where everyone and everything is hibernating and you just grit your teeth and get through it 'til spring arrives and life can be reborn. but the snow hasn't even fallen yet... too early hibernation!

wake up.

i need to reissue my library card so that i can continue learning things mid-week.

things i want to learn about:

1. metal working (specifically minor welding and metal forming so i can create lawn art out of discarded objects)

2. mushroom hunting (not necessarily the magic kind, since my grandfather used to be a non-magic mushroom hunter and used them in his cooking)

3. midwifery (since just about everyone i know is having a baby and it's on the brain, plus i've heard enough about how cold and impersonal and even harmful hospital births can be and i'd like to research the alternative)

that means first i need to find the old library books that are still in my possession from the last time i lived in minneapolis and probably prepare for a LARGE fine... hmph.

okay... if i'm going to get going then i've got to go now! i have exactly 39 min and counting!