By Sarah on Thursday, January 29, 2009

... which has now turned into a giant land of ice rink slush fest.  The day of snow, followed by the day of freezing rain has reeked a small rein of havoc on the state of Maryland.  Granted here we tend to freak out over some of the smaller things, but the past few days have warranted some of the closings and delays around the counties.

We had two rehearsals canceled thus far on Tuesday and Wednesday respectfully, there is no reason not to have tonight though.  I am sure we will be packing it in too.  Freeing my car from it's encrusted ice castle yesterday just to trudge into work and respond to two emails and set up an on line survey was a little disappointing.  I've brought the surveys with me today so I can enter them from home during my work hours.  It's easy enough when I can also check my email remotely and do any other requests from here too.

I still need to go out this morning to take care of the Lucky Cats at the local Petco.  I think Terrance and Wendy are still there from last week.

Current Mood:  Parched

By Sarah on Sunday, January 25, 2009

Things are still slowly moving along in my world.  Rehearsals for Little Foxes have slowly been getting longer yet more progressive.  The house situation is still in limbo.  I've been putting in more hours at Everyman, which means much longer days when you tie everything in. 

This weekend Darren has come over to learn a few things from Scott that might help him land a contract at STSI.  Or not, the jury is still out on that one.  If nothing else he is still picking up skills for his future.  I think I am going to head in to town a little for today so I can have a break from the smell of burning computer fans that smell like ozone.  Ah boys and toys.

Current Mood:  Adorable

By Sarah on Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Sarah is happy to have a president that she can be proud of again.

Current Mood:  Daring

By Sarah on Monday, January 19, 2009

It's funny, just a few days ago Scott and I were driving home and had a conversation about relationships with friends.  We quickly realized we are falling into that time old pattern of as you change, sometimes even your long term friendships will change too.  It's true, the older you get the harder it can be to maintain your connections with friends and even some family members.  We become adults, get lost in the struggle to start a career or a immediate family, we move to homes away from friends.  The relationships either survive the changes or they don't.

For Scott, he says his friendships evolve or devolve based on having similar experiences, viewpoints or wants.  He feels that the more similar you and he are, the more he can connect with you.  I do tend to lean down the path of similar tiers in life as well.  Obviously the more you have in common the more you have to connect on or converse about.  But for me, my strongest relationships are based on give and take.  Anyone that knows me, knows that it takes a lot to get beyond my barrier of acquaintance and then be accepted as a friend.  But once you cross over that line that person knows that I am there for them for anything and through everything.  I consider it a two way street though, so whenever I feel as if a friend is doing a lot more of the take then the give, they start to slip past that line again.

The conversation got us to thinking that we miss some of those friends that are slowly slipping back over into that acquaintance category.  So I think we are going to make more of an effort as a couple to get back in touch with some people we don't see as often.  It's funny because I guess some of them were thinking the same thing, because over this week we suddenly got a lot of phone calls and emails from high school and college friends looking to get together.  That was nice though, to think maybe it's not just us that felt that way.  Because after all you can't keep up those relationships if the other half has no interest.  I guess no one wants to be alone in their old age and go, "What if?" or "I wonder?".

Current Mood:  Sociable

By Sarah on Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Winter has officially begun to rear it's ugly head.  It's been in the 20's all day, windy as all get out and it's supposed to snow tonight.  Snow is nice to look at...from indoors and by a warm fire.  Not fun to drive or walk in.  It doesn't help that I'm dead tired from the week already and the freezing temperatures are going to make me even more lethargic.

Good thing I filled a large slow cooker with some homemade beef stew tonight.  That will keep me nice and warm for the long day head tomorrow.  Well off to rehearsal and if I'm lucky I'll be back in time to catch Top Chef!

Current Mood:  Spacey