enJOY it by Elise Blaha Cripe

monday night : these are the facts.

+ I just got so nervous that I wasn't registered to vote I almost could not breathe. This site is great if you are wondering the same thing. Just click your state and you can confirm you are signed up and where your polling place is. Whew.

+ I am working through this week the best that I can. I know I have been unclear about my future job plans. The bottom line is that I will be dropping from 40 hours/week to 20 hours/week in order to have more free time. This change starts Monday.

+ My books from the last post were all fabulous. Water for Elephants was sad. Very sad. Excellent read though. A Year of Mornings was just as lovely + magical as I knew it would be. I hope they make one for their evenings. And I really wonder what theme they will come up with for next year.

+ and that is that.

ready, set, go until next monday.

Shwoop.

Tomorrow I am flying to Appleton, Wisconsin for my cousin's wedding. And the parents are going to be there. Which is good because I think every three point five months it is important to talk in person with the folks that gave you life. Just to remind them that, you know, life is good.

And then I am back home for a week of work followed by a weekend of (soft) opening a new store.

So it is nonstop until Monday, October 6 when crafting becomes my real job.

(The books above are what I would like to call hazard number one of reading blogs. Impulse buys. My very most favorite. I will tell you how they were when I get home.)

Have an excellent weekend.

absence makes the heart grow fonder / i might as well change my middle name to indecisive.

Oh geez.

Shame on me for mentioning the job on the blog. It was very poor timing. Because today I realized that I love where I work. I do. I just need to change it up a little bit.

The background: I decided in the middle of August to search for something new. Something closer to home. Something a little less intense. But realized that I have very little passion/attention span for things other than paper. I have gotten quite used to my action packed and double sided taped up days.

The point: I really do not want another job.

The verdict: I am just going to be stepping out of my current managerial role and into something a little more part time. A little more crafty. A little more just exactly what I need.

And my life makes sense again.

to-do list check-in.

I am still trucking through my 23 year to-do list. Exactly five months from today I need to have everything checked off. Which means I should start that sweater approximately seven months ago. Oof-ta.

I would say the coolest thing to come out of the list so far was my Europe mini album that made it into the pages of Scrapbook Inspirations - a great UK scrapbook magazine. I was so thrilled to be a part of the issue.

Happy Monday - I am off to figure out how many days I have left to do 121 yoga sessions.

right now.

Right now, I am hooked on Rock Band 2 - drumming. I drum and drum and drum. And my goal is to be as good as these guys. I might just upload a video of me to show you how far I have to go to get there.

Right now, I am in the process of finding a new job. A new adventure. A new something. I am hoping to find something that gives me enough time in my days for the things that I need + want.

Right now, I am feeling quite overwhelmed.

The drumming helps with that.