Beth's Journal

Well, it's a new year.

I get the feeling it may not be the greatest, but then again, only the first 40 or so minutes were awkward, so maybe that was the worst of 2010. One can hope, right?

Moved some stuff over to Kit's yesterday, and got my bed set up so I can sleep there tomorrow night when I am finished pet sitting. We went out to dinner at 1844 House - we had reservations for 8:45 pm but got there a little early. When we did get seated, it took over an hour for our food to make it there. It was okay, though- I had fun talking with Kit, Morgan, and William. Then, after that, Morgan and I went to La Casbah and I ran into one of my old professors there. Morgan ran into his ex wife. It was reeeally awkward for me. There were a bunch of college kids there dancing and drinking, and a bunch of older people expecting live music and getting a DJ, and then there was me, in my cute pink coat, nursing an amaretto sour. Yeah.

I was actually pretty glad to go home, drink some water, and go to sleep.

At least the dogs were relatively quiet last night, and I probably could have slept in later than I did, but the doggies needed to be fed, so here I am.

I might go back to bed, though. Not sure. I think today is going to be one of those days.

Apparently the pomeranians decided that an hour and a half of a nap was more than enough, and decided that now I was to be their personal jungle gym. Yeesh.

Before that, though, I got woken up from my nap by Pounce - while he's a sweet cat, he's not usually terribly cuddly. But not even 20 minutes ago, he decided my hip was a perfect place to cuddle. I was afraid he'd fall off, so I rolled over and he rolled into my lap, and then he snuggled. And I mean snuggled. He pushed up against me, and headbutted into my chin, and purred for all he's worth. That was so damn cute.

Other than that, not much has gone on today. Took a walk and started on my 200 situps journey. I did fifty today.

Or happy holiday of your preference. While I may not exactly be religious, Christmas is still what comes to mind for my winter holiday. I try to be as politically correct as I can, and wish people happy holidays, since there are so many holidays celebrated at this time of year.

Anyhow! I was woken up at 6:40 this morning by my little furry friends, and of course they woke me up early after I went to bed late last night.

And holy crap, last night I was popular. It's like everyone wanted to talk to me, all at once, and it was all people I haven't talked to in ages - like my ex, Gregg, who I literally haven't talked to since shortly after we broke up in 2004. And Dean, who drifted out of contact back in 2007. And Jason, who I haven't even SEEN since 2003. And Ken, who I saw on Tuesday! :D I haven't talked with that many people online all at once in a very long time. It was almost overwhelming. Jason wants me to go to Plattsburgh and hang out with him for a few days - I just may do that. We'll have a Doctor Who marathon, and when we get sick of Doctor Who (heaven forbid), we'll watch Torchwood and Sarah Jane adventures. :D It'll be so awesome to go hang out somewhere other than Potsdam, I think, and it'll be nice to see Jason again. I might even get to see Justin, too!

It's odd, spending Christmas alone this year. It doesn't really feel like Christmas this year, anyway... It's just been a rough year, I guess. I anticipate that I'll be spending my holiday watching Christmas shows, keeping the Pomeranians entertained, and wishing I was 14 again, where not only did I still get Christmas presents, I got the Nintendo 64. And the Sega Channel. Oh, now that was a Christmas.

*rubs eyes blearily* wha... Is it really 7:48 am?

Wow. I haven't seen 7 am since student teaching.

Ah well, pomeranians are a much better excuse to get up this early.

Anyway, I do happen to have a cup of coffee next to me, so this may be the reinstatement of Morning Coffee Updates! (for my Dreamwidth buddies, Morning Coffee Updates are updates I make in the morning while drinking a cup of delicious, delicious coffee.) Granted, I'm not in my own house, or even drinking coffee out of one of my Tinkerbell mugs, but the coffee was made with my coffee maker! (Yes, I dragged it over here.) Anyway, last night was good, even if I couldn't get to sleep last night. I think it was because I was sleeping in someplace different. Leo cuddled at my feet early in the night, and then Kaya and even Smokey the Cat joined in. Athena, another of the cats, kept wandering in to check on me, which I thought was sweet. I may not be a big cat fan, but I do love Athena. Nobody woke me up by barking this morning - instead, I got kisses from Kaya. (However, once I got up and out of bed, then the barking started. Now everyone's quiet again, though. Good puppies.)

I think the cold I caught last week is on it's way out- I feel a bit less stuffy, and my sinuses don't feel so gross. I'm a little wheezy, but it could be because my lungs aren't used to these cats.

Other than that, I've got nothing.