guitar lessons

I'm doing it. I'm taking guitar lessons with the guitar my co-workers bought me for my birthday.

heaven on earth

Lying on a giant beanbag with two more days of downtime ahead of me, belly full of Korean food, and a sleeping dog cuddled under each arm.

important meeting

The dogs were all about the meeting with our main relationship partner from outside counsel last week.

getaway

Law firm wants to pay for me to spend three nights in February at the Four Seasons in Santa Barbara in exchange for a 90-minute panel discussion about the best way to work with clients. Sounds like a good deal to me!

holiday visitors

Boss dog is staying with us for a little over two weeks, which means more cuddles for me! Mentee staying with us for a few days next week.

custom

This talented designer and seamstress has offered to customize some of her designs to suit my taste, with special colors or lengths... I feel so fancy and special!

winter

I'm not a fan of winter, but at least California winter has a lot of days with temperatures in the 60s.

fresh start

When you use a new lip balm for the first time, and you almost don't want to, because it is so pristine.

oh what fun

Company holiday outing to go ice skating (my first time in maybe 25 years?) was a lot of silly fun, although it used muscles I don't recall having.

drunk painting

Wine and painting cartoon pigs with women at work today. No great masterpieces, but fun nevertheless.

happy feet

Who knew that I'd become such a shoe addict? Comfortable shoes that make me happy every time I look at my feet (and also randomly resulted in new girl friends), yes, please! Now to convince myself to sell some off to keep my collection to a sane size...

meat up

Korean BBQ, sake, and white elephant gift exchange with fifteen coworkers last night. My hair still smelled this morning. Yum.

december

When the maple trees turn red and the hills start to turn green.

dinner redux

Best work friend started his new job this week, but that didn't stop us from getting dinner twice. Miss him at work, but it's good to still see him.

gimme some love

I couldn't stop laughing when Boss Dog couldn't get close enough at work today.

well rested

Over ten hours of sleep last night, the first long sleep in a while. Also, appreciating more than ever the value of keeping old and making new female friendships. Also also, the wonder of breathing through both nostrils still gets me at least once a week.