surviving winter
trying to stay healthy
early in the month the kids shared that they had closed on a house they had been eyeing. she finally realized her dream of being a homeowner!
when I started to feel a little bit better, and was able to do a little more in the kitchen, I saw a recipe in the new issue of this cooking mag. yup, a beef stew sounds like the perfect remedy for feeling cruddy.
for the first time since my trip to the bay area (when I got sick) I went in to the local office in Folsom. guess I shouldn't have been so adventurous before I was completely well, because I managed to trip and fall on the hard granite floor in the cafeteria (during busy lunch hour!) and spent the rest of the afternoon with the site nurse, and then at urgent care, making sure I hadn't broken anything (I didn't). the medic recommended working from home and the RICE remedy I'm so familiar with. here I go again, back into seclusion.
and to add insult to injuries, we watched our football team in the super bowl, but despite valiant efforts all the way through the game, they lost in overtime. heart-breaking! well, at least the food was great!
a week past my injury and stilly feeling cruddy, it was valentines, so Craig brought me flowers and made his version of shrimp creole.
an audition opportunity cropped up literally last minute, as I only read about it the day before the only night I could go to their two nights of auditions. I completed the registration paperwork, emailed my headshot and extensive show bio, and then posted on my FB page that I was going to audition. lots of my theater peeps and fam wished luck/break legs, and one of my oldest theater peeps, from high school, said she'd see me there! we had a wonderful time catching up, reminiscing about so many shows, and meeting all her friends who were there auditioning too. she's been doing shows here for about ten years from what I gather. sadly, it was a small cast and many ladies tried out, so I was not selected. small comfort, but neither was my friend, so at least we're "not doing it together."
finally a month and 10 days after the last time I was there, still on orders from the doctor to work from home, I took the train to the bay area. the paperwork for my move from the headquarters building as my base location to the office in Folsom had been put in place well before my manager wanted, and without her knowledge. I knew I wanted to grab some items from that office before it was no longer "mine." and Janet and I caught up in the parking lot for a moment to exchange fabric, and I gave her a purple blanket I made from fabric that was "just calling out to me." I knew she and Wilbur would just love it!
with the "move" to the non-sili-valley digs comes a huge hit to my income, as there is a pay differential between hi cost and lower cost regions. so there's only one good thing from this change, at least now when I go there for business trips it won't be on my dime any more. sigh ... end of an era.
Wilbur had only a couple of days to enjoy his new purple blankie. Janet posted that she had to let him go on Leap Day. <<sadness!>>
