Saturday thoughts

Here I sit in my new office, which is almost decorated now, blogging! You see, I will not "blog" from my work computer, but when I brought my laptop here so that I could have a movie playing while I toil, I discovered that another advantage of the new office is its proximity to free wireless access! So this is an unexpected luxury.

Yesterday's move was tiring, sweaty and full of small decisions, but the outcome has been good. I like my new office a lot and think the peacefulness of this quiet corner will benefit my work immensely. However, with this move I found, to my not-entirely-surprised dismay--that a bigger office, even a lovely corner one, does not make up for the fact that I am not doing the work I want so badly to do. Yes, I knew this would be the case, but was hoping it would be different, I think.

On what is shaping up to be a gorgeous Saturday morning outside, I feel deflated. I brought the movie Shopgirl to watch in hopes that it would make my briefing time go by more quickly, but it only depressed me. I am counting on an afternoon of Cubs baseball to distract me and help lift this malaise.

Here are a few of my favorite photos . . . each of them hangs in my new office:





UPDATE: The Cubs game--which my team lost by the stunning score of 16-2--did not provide the solace for which I had hoped. However, before it began, I was able to end my malaise as any good Dallasite does--with a bit of shopping! I found some beautiful potpourri to get the windex smell out of my office and some bright flowers to add a bit of color to the place, then filled the large blank expanse of wall directly across from my desk with a simple but stunning painting of Manhattan at night. The painting is my way of reminding myself of my dreams while earning the money to fund them!