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December 11, 2005
When did the world start spinning faster?
I feel like its Tuesday..is it really Sunday? this week has completely FLOWN by, heck the whole YEAR has flown by...it was January when I went to Italy - feels like it was just last month...The past few days have been hectic, busy, fun and crazy, which as you know I am not used to...I live like one of those creatures you find when you lift the lid of your kid's sandbox, or turn over a rock - there I am, warm, snuggly, moving slow and feeling fat and happy...I don't 'do' the world at a fast pace...I walk slowly, I talk slowly, I think slowly...I love NYC, but could never keep up with that kind of hectic pace...I've done it before, I used to work 70 hour weeks, I would sleep under my desk, would get up at 3:00am and take food to my testers who were working on a game that needed to ship in less than 24 hours..
One night 4 of us stayed at work all night, on our own dime, testing a game that was going to press the next day - and we found bugs that kept us from completing the game properly...we called one programmer, got him out of bed and into work, then another...the next morning my boss and other co-workers started to show up - and there the 4 of us were, playing, reporting our findings, letting folks know what was going on...so I've done the fast-paced world and am happy to be a slow moving, beadmaking, silversmithing designer who doesn't have to sleep under her desk anymore...so when my world gets moving fast, I need time to decompress...I talked so much the past 2 days that my throat is scratchy and voice sounds odd...(that happens when I teach too - some of my students have heard this phenom) but the fact is, I don't use my voice much during the day...(use it or lose it really does apply)...We had dinner at the RiverWalk in San Antone last night, it was 65 and gorgeous outside, the Ice Storm 2005 has passed (and took some of my plants with it) and the weather is nice again...on the way home, we saw an accident that was pretty terrible - 3 blue blankets were covering 'something' (people? body parts? we dunno) and it made us grateful to get home safely...Today I am catching up on stuff I've needed to do for a while (shipping, again) and making some actual BEADS...whoa nelly, what a concept...donner is making beads, someone ring a bell somewhere...This week I'm also making shorter Icicle earrings, so look for those...The dog is chasing squirrels, the cats are sunning themselves, Amelie is knocking things on the floor, and I'm listening to football..its a good Sunday...have you finished your shopping?
Posted by Donner at December 11, 2005 12:18 PM