Elphie’s and my walk today was more like an experiment: can I take pictures with my new camera and walk her at the same time? The answer, reached via the scientific method of course, is not really. But here is a sample of what I photographed anyway, along with some others of E at home.
A couple of days ago, I saw a post on another blog I read, {very loveleigh} (written by a Michigan teacher who makes amazing knitted scarves) that mentioned the Jung Typology Test. I’ve taken it once before when a friend of mine was obsessed with making everyone around her take it. When the hubs and I took it tonight, I think I got the exact same thing: ENFJ
Extroverted, iNtuitive, Feeling, Judging. Like Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama, Oprah, Peyton Manning, Michael Jordan, Diane Sawyer, and, obviously the character of Joe Hackett from Wings.
The hubs is ESTJ: Extroverted, Sensing, Thinking, Judging. Like J.D. Rockefeller, Bette Davis, Harry Truman, and The Mayor from The Music Man.
We could have paid $6 to find out our compatibility, but we decided that would not be necessary. Instead, we had fun analyzing the descriptions for our types. Seriously, its fun. Post yours below!
I started a new job today! My title is Development Associate, and while some of my work will be in individual campaigns, most of my job is grant writing. I’m going to make money writing. I never imagined that would be the case but am so pleased that it is.
My hours are part time, some in the office and some at home for writing, which works so well for me, especially managing my RA. I can easily schedule doctor appointments and can write from home on days when I’m not feeling up to going out. It also means that I can stay on in my current position two days per week to help out during a particularly busy time.
In order for this set up to function well, I have to have a laptop to take to work, home and anywhere else I might want to write. This was my special, secret present that necessitated a trip to the Apple Store. I’m writing this post on a MacBook Air. It is so light, so cute and I have everything synched to keep me efficient.
I’m very excited about this change, about beginning a new career path, about working in smaller theater company, about writing, about free weekends, about meeting new people, about developing my skills, and about raising money for valuable programs and projects that bring theater to youth and underserved communities.
It’s my birthday! And I am quite the lucky girl. Not only did I receive the secret, yet to be revealed, Apple gift but also a new, professional quality, digital camera, a lovely dinner out AND tickets to Book of Mormon. The hubs may have gone a little overboard and I love him for it.
Broadway in Chicago gets national tours and, in the case of major hits like Wicked and Book of Mormon, sit-down productions. Book of Mormon was originally scheduled to be in Chicago December 2012 – February 2013, but has now been extended through September 2013. And most of the performances are sold out.
Winner of the Tony for Best Musical, Book of Mormon is written by the creators of South Park, Trey Parker and Matt Stone, along with Avenue Q writer, Robert Lopez. That should tell you something about the humor in this show. But within all of the crass language and crude (yet hilarious) humor I found a meaningful and hopeful story of faith and goodwill.
The hubs and I were saying on the cab ride home that it is a true musical that pays homage to ones that came before it in sets and choreography as well as music. And it is original! Not a movie adapted for the stage (Legally Blonde, Bring it On, Shrek, Addams Family, Tarzan, etc) nor a jukebox of a famous musician’s songs shoved in to a nonsense story (I’m looking at you Times They Are A-Changin the Bob Dylan musical).
Even though Parker and Stone are famed TV writers, which I’m sure had something to do with how this show got to Broadway, their investment in the art form deserves major props. I’m hopeful that they will continue to do so with their new production company, Important Studios.
Dinner at Lockwood in the Palmer House was lovely, everything excellently prepared. And my relaxing day of talking to my grandmother (it’s also her birthday today), learning to use my new gadgets, and catching up with a friend was super chill. All in all a fun and unforgettable birthday!
Guilty Pleasure Monday was just that today. I relaxed, did some online shopping, some casual cleaning and, when I’m done writing this, I will watch the latest episode of Downton Abbey.
The most relaxing thing about today so far, though, has been reading. I do enjoy reading for pleasure but don’t often make it a priority. One might think that, as someone, who often has to spend a lot of time resting, that I read all the time. Unfortunately, one would be wrong. But I’m turning it around-we have our first book club meeting in a few weeks and I’ve already finished the book!
When I first joined the book club, I thought the goal of reading one book per month might be lofty for me as I tend to take a slower pace (I’ve been reading the five Game of Thrones books for almost a year now). Yet, as soon as I finished the book for this month, I found myself yearning for another. Thankfully, my friend gave me a book she thought I would like, Wolf Hall. I’ve only just started this historical drama about Henry VIII told from Thomas Cromwell’s point of view, but I already love the language. There’s just nothing like curling up in a warm blanket on a big couch with a good book.
year of fun 