Holy smokes, apparently, I have a blog.
What, you may wonder, has been occupying my time these last six months. Let me tell you.
Each day I decide whether to work from home or drive the 35 miles to San Francisco, where I still have an office and meet the fun folks there and get a great tofu bahn mi or make the trek down the block to the food truck court, Streatfood. The cat, who I nearly snuffed out in an earlier blog post, has not only survived but is, at this very moment, sleeping with a 7 year old boy she used to hide from, under the deck -- for hours. My, how things have changed.
I'm living full-time in Petaluma now where much of my time is spent wondering how to generate enough storage in the bathroom to offer grandma space when she arrives next weekend. I also wonder, every few hours, if the LED icicle lights were the right way to go. they also make some nice old-fashioned ceramic colored bulbs in a single string. Now, if only someone could clarify that it's more power-efficient to run a string of 300 LED bulbs at 3 watts each, or a string of 50 lights, 5 watt bulbs using your run-of-the-mill heat-inducing technology. So far, I have not been able to find a simple formula online to help guide my decisions.
In short, I'm something like a housewife. I even have a gym membership now, and I can take classes that will help me tone my tummy, perk up my glutes (maximus, that is) and strengthen my back. I read Philippa Gregory quasi-historical bodice-rippers and Parenting magazine (which really is terrible) and the NY Times print edition because it's easier on my eyes. I've begun juicing religiously -- just stepped up to the 5lb. bags of organic carrots at Whole Foods.
If there's one thing a small town is good for, it's learning how to relax.
Work's been meandering along. Just listened to Karen McGrane's tirade on mobile content strategy, which is, in a nutshell, don't design for mobile or any form factor because that approach is just going to bite you in the rear in 6 or 18 months.
I'm also absorbing the tenants of Nancy Duarte for storytelling in Powerpoint presentations, and am starting a new project with her agency next week for which, I must add, I am being grossly underpaid.
Oh freelancing. At least it doesn't cut into my yoga classes.
I hope everyone out there is humming Christmas tunes they like, focusing on inner wealth rather than material, and is happy right where they are. For me, I'm on the hunt for a good bare root olallieberry bush.
Happy holidays, and a good 2012 to you all. My heart goes out to all the families in Connecticut. What a terrible, terrible tragedy. Hopefully we'll learn something this weekend to help us make some sense of it all.
