May showers I can't explain it, but I just found myself on The Weather Channel and they were discussing severe thunderstorms moving across Southwest and Central Texas...and I felt more homesick than ever have before. Watching the red and yellow and green blurs move towards Austin and the Metroplex...

This week has been a little rough, but mainly because I've been making it harder than it had to be. I don't know why I've been doing this. Today I had a discussion with my Exec. Director about a quarterly job report I typed up earlier in the week. It made me think that I have perhaps been being too hard on myself. But as this is the first job I've had post-college, and the first job ever that I really cared about my outcomes for more than a paycheck...maybe somedays I'm not being hard enough on myself. Plus we're having minor issues with a co-worker...and unfortunately he's pretty unaware of the situation. But then again...he's pretty unaware of most situations around him. Maybe a nice guy, but unfortunately might not be in the right place for himself right now. So we'll see what happens.

But this afternoon after work I was lying down on my floor, the evening sun shining through my windows, Counting Crows on the speakers, and I remembered that I was going to North Carolina next week for a conference. It all started to get better after that. I can't tell you how much I look forward to the break.  ¶ 5/04/2006 10:09:00 PM