busy but alive.

I've been such a bad blogger and reader recently. Ugh. I'm trying my best to get back into it, but things have been crazy with work. Just freelance work, but still. I'm working for a few sites now and there is constantly work to get done. I'm at that point where I constantly feel like I'm two steps back and need to catch up. I just want to feel caught up for a couple days so I can breathe a bit (and maybe even go to bed before 4 a.m.). At least it's all work that I genuinely want to do and enjoy doing. But I miss this too. Anyway, I'm trying, I promise!

My sickness is gone. I have no idea what it was, but I honestly felt like I was on my death bed for 24 hours, then woke up the next day and felt like I had a small cold. OK. I'll take it. I was starting to freak out that I was going to have the flu for an entire week. Sas caught it from me and had basically the same exact thing happen to her. Hopefully it means we have strong immune systems and can fight stuff off.

I'm happy to be back at my apartment after 5 nights of dogsitting. Mitzi destroyed much of my personal property and I spent my last evening alternating between yelling at her and ignoring her. This was mostly due to the fact that she went upstairs to the washing machine, took my favorite bra off the top, and chewed the straps off. Then proudly carried them into the kitchen to show me. After lots of silent treatment, I felt bad because she looked incredibly sad, so I finally forgave her. Still. Not impressed with her behavior. But it's not good to go to bed angry. And she was trying so hard to cuddle with me, I just couldn't resist. I'm a sucker.

You know your life is a bit sad when you get a text message from your friend saying "over 100 osmonds on oprah" and then five minutes later your mom calls and says, "Susie! Donny is on Oprah!" And you have to say to both of them, "No kidding. It's a re-run. I've seen it already." Um, I like Donny Osmond, OK? Sara tried to make me explain it tonight and I couldn't. I just like him. And now we've learned that I like men who are both annoying and goofy. Worrisome? Yes. Sounds dangerously close to a manchild, and we all know that's the last thing I need.

OK, off to watch Drive-By Truckers on Conan and finish working on a project that is finally starting to make sense to me. More soon. Including a picture-rich update of my upcoming Thursday night with TKTC!!! You have no idea how excited I am.