tiff’s blog

i've come to realize that the weather most definitely effects my mood in a big way. today was the prettiest day! it was warm & breezy & sunny & just gorgeous! the sky was bright blue with a few wispy clouds. i was in a great mood all day. very happy & optimistic. if i hadn't had phone duty for the better part of the afternoon, i'd have just sat in the park & sketched or read a book all day.

now that it's a little after 5pm, it's getting gloomy. there are major thunderstorms predicted for tonight (o god i just remembered those tornadoes that swept through tennessee...i hope that's not the kind of weather we're in for tonight!) and the sky's clouding over. i can feel myself getting less cheery & more tired. of course, that could have something to do with the fact that my friend chelsea & i stayed up way past 1am painting & doing other art projects.....and then i did crossword puzzles (i'm such a nerd) in bed til 3:30am. then had to get up at 9am.

i love thunderstorms, in general. especially when they happen at night. it's so soothing to lay in your comfy, warm bed & listen to the thunder & see the lightning. a lot of my friends who aren't from here are afraid of thunderstorms. i guess my love of them is something that came from growing up in the lowcountry. we have a subtropical climate & the weather is always changing, so we have pretty frequent storms. i found it weird that it doesn't really storm much in southern california. we lived in san diego for a year & a half, and i heard thunder ONCE. we had a really rainy winter when we lived there too!  but never thunder & lightning. i think rain is just too gloomy without thunder & lightning.

speaking of all that, i can't believe how warm this winter has been. i think we've had maybe two weeks worth of cold weather combined since october/november. it makes me think a lot about all this global warming stuff. but not right now...my brain is too tired.... that's a topic for another day.

sooooooooooo... even though i already have eleventy billion profiles, i decided to start a new public blog on vox mostly b/c i like cupcate's & i wanted to be able to post comments & stuff.  plus, blogs are fun.

so today has not been an extremely eventful day, to say the least. here's the gist of it:

1. woke up.

2. showered & got dressed.

3. ate a banana while driving to the office.

4. had a discussion with my broker about not being discouraged by meanie-heads (she mentioned that i am an EXCELLENT agent...ahem....did you get that? EXCELLENT.   

5. chatted around the coffee with a few coworkers.

6. participated in a focus group with some of the people who are helping us make the switch over from coldwell banker coastal properties to coldwell banker united, realtors.

7. played around on the internet.

8. got a salad from zaxby's for lunch.

9. covered for mary while she went to lunch.

10. did a crossword puzzle.

11. wrote some thank you notes & postcards.

i know, it all sounds very fascinating. it's complicated being me, you know!

blah, i'm starting to feel sick. i think i might ask mary if i can go home early. i'm on phone duty for another 45 minutes. maybe she won't care if i leave at 5pm. i'm going to ask. & if not i'm going to go....use the facilities....for a while.