The Mundane

It's not even midweek yet...

I've been working for about five months now and I've realized a few things about myself:

1. I will never get a head start on a project. I am a procrastinator of the highest degree.
2. I will never get used to the working life, waking up at 5:40am will never be my thing.
3. I will never enjoy working out. It's not fun. And for those of you who think it is, you're deranged. Go sit under the sun in a lounge chair, have a beer, and tell me if sweating your ass off and feeling like your lungs are going to combust is a better feeling.
4. I will never tire of wearing college sweatshirts and jeans (at least jeans are a step up from sweats), even if it's at a company with some of the trendiest people I have ever encountered.5. I really really really love to read. And I really really really want to write.


I read this book called The Feasting Season yesterday (it was a slow day at work, as I mentioned). It was about four things - Love, Food/Wine, Writing, and France. These are clearly a few of my favorite things (eh, unlike inevitable allusions to The Sound of Music). It was a bit slow at the beginning, and the middle, but MAN was it STEAMY! If there is one way to sexualize food, wine, and Europe, this woman has perfected it. It was a delicious read. Poignant, adventurous, and beautifully written.

I just ordered my next read (well, it won't be here for a week, so maybe my next to next to next read), Life Isn't All Ha Ha Hee Hee, for my book club. Sounds totally ridiculous, but I can't wait to read it. Apparently it's been coined "light South Asian literature" by the the group. I'm pretty excited. I'm hoping the book club will keep my reading analysis skills sharp! I loved all of my college English classes and I miss them! Maybe I'll eventually refine the book list I give to my friends and post it up here. Hm..

So outside of the work and literary realm, my social life is going to be blog-worthy over the next few weeks! I'm meeting my "love interest" (don't ask...) this weekend after quite some time. Next weekend I get the keys to my apartment (!!!!!!!!!!!!), and the weekend of July 4th some of my best friends from college are coming in town. That weekend is going to be outrageous, epic, and well-deserved for all of us (at least those of us who work...). I'm sure it will be a blast, and maybe I'll even be able to share a small "Chicago Hot Spots" post depending on where all we land up. I have high expectations am making some pretty fabulous plans. At least according to my Chicago-Novice experience set :)

So a lot of fun coming up. Now I just have to get through this work week!

Yours,
A