October 16, 2004

Cozy Morning

I'm starting to see how my laid-off time is going to work this winter. My weekend mornings are being spent by waking up around 8:30, getting a cup of coffee and watching the TV for a few minutes while the caffeine trickles into the bloodstream, then sitting in front of the computer in my bathrobe and sweats for a couple of hours. My "goal" is to get moving by about noonish, as in bathed, fully dressed, dried hair. I think every day of the layoff is going to be spent about the same way.

On a somewhat-related tangent, I got a great compliment from one of my husband's co-workers last night. I was standing there in my sweats and a fleece turtleneck and scratching my ass when he said (over the telephone, and apropos of a secret birthday present for my husband, who turns 40 this weekend) that I was a very stylish person. I said, "If only you could see me now." He said, "You're the kind of person who wears a sweatshirt and jeans and makes them look stylish. A lot of women need to wear high fashion clothes and lots of make-up before they look stylish. You really don't have to work at it." I thought that was a great compliment!

Anyhoo, the clock is striking 10:00 right now and I just remembered that I need to go check E-bay for insulated draperies for our living room. I hope everyone is having a thooper Thaturday!