totally wired

i woke up this morning tired of the same old thing - wanting to do something different, to make a change or two.

first, i didn't hit the snooze bar. even tho it's easy to snooze until 7.58 when working from home, i got out of bed at 6.45. i made a cup of tea and walked in the yard with zoey before turning on the news. *gasp! who am i?*

then, i took a shower and resisted the temptations to both get back into my PJs and let my hair dry on it's own. i even said yes to breakfast!

i worked without allowing the little things to stress me out - and there are a lot of little things, let me tell you.when i was asked difficult questions, i didn't pass them on to someone else or put off answering them.

i also watched dr. phil, a behavior of which i'm not proud, but it's not something in my normal routine. and "watched" is a strong word. "half-listened" is much more accurate and still a change. and when lewis came to mow the lawn i volunteered to run out to the ATM so he didn't have to come back tomorrow. but he said he'd take a check because he trusts me. what a wonderful vote of confidence!

oh! and amid all of those things, i got braces. so that makes things different.

it's funny. val and i spent a number of years laughing at lisping ... we placed food orders with lisps and even wrote an entire column completely in lisp (unbelievably, it was published unedited). now, actually having one instead of always having to pretend is awesome.