Nothing today has gone the way I planned and so far that has been just fine. I'm supposed to be downtown at She's Geeky but there is writing to do and more plans this weekend and I have been quite simply tired.
Then Karen inspired me almost as soon as I woke up with a project that will bring some beauty into Texas Children's Hospital this season. So I wrote about photos on fridges and in offices and on computer desktops over at BlogHer which took me the usual length of time that I don't anticipate due to my own image OCD and a frightening error message that I couldn't work around which involved the arduous replacement of text and links and images and oh, la-di-da who's counting the hours of my life as they tick by while I lose them to technical difficulty?
NOT ME. MUCH.
Anyway, Karen's idea is fabulous and I now can't stop thinking about some proposed projects of my own that I've had dusting up the corners of my mind for far too long, and I'm thinking I might actually motivate myself to do something about that. So while I'm not at She's Geeky yet and indeed may make it only in time for happy hour I am in the right place for me. Sometimes it's hard to remind myself that I have to adjust my schedule - deviate from the plan, not do what's expected to let the right stuff happen. Just because I'm doing a lot of things doesn't mean they're the right ones.
I don't know if that makes sense to you, but it really does to me right now.
Some things are definitely the right things. Last night I went with my father to watch the Terps men's basketball team win their season opener last night against Charleston Southern. Although they were expected to win it's not like they haven't choked before against allegedly lesser teams, and it was still a good game. I love getting to go now that I don't have student tickets anymore (which is just as well because I cannot stand how they all hold up copies of the Diamondback and rustle them - because reading, too difficult, I guess - and yell "YOU SUCK" at each player while the opposing team is introduced. Hey, all of you look like idiots, especially with the newspapers. Stop.)
I am vaguely into signs and symbols so the green was for seasonal good luck (and honestly I love this sweatshirt, although as I noted on Flickr it makes me look a bit like a green potato. It's all, "I'm a Terp! I'm Irish! I burn couches in the street on St. Patty's Day! I'm ripping off Notre Dame! I do what I want!" I just need one that zips because I live in layers and I can't stand having to constantly pull it over my head because my hair, my hair. Also add birth anxiety to my list of issues, go ahead.) The women play tonight and I'm really curious about their new team since Coleman and Tolliver have gone pro but I can't watch because I have other fish to fry, which actually means pasta to eat and friends to see, so I'll have to catch up later.
Indulge me: GO TERPS.
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