After not sleeping the night before last due to jet lag and such, why did I think it was wise to stay up until 2:30AM chatting last night. When I had to be at work today. Though I am starting to wonder about that. I was the first one here at 9:15AM and I'm still waiting for a couple of folks to show up about half an hour later. Maybe I didn't even have to come in. Hmmmmm.... I do have thank you notes to write though.

Having houseguests has made me forget somewhat about the evils of not being in Hawai'i. One houseguest was recently in Miami and the other in Belize so we can all whine together about the cold and lack of beach. WHINE. And we can also drink margaritas and eat cheesy Mexican food and feel better because we're together in the cold and having fun celebrating the Old & New years. Though I do not know how I'm supposed to stay awake until midnight tonight as my nap time is being taken up with pedicures with the girls (and maybe S). Hmmmmm... Yeah, pedicure is way more important. Because I'm wearing the cute open toed shoes that go with the jacket I got in Chinatown last week.

I hate being home. New York was nice enough to be sunny and in the low 50s yesterday to ease my transition, but I still would rather be in Hawai'i with the family right now, eating breakfast and deciding what to do with the day. It's grey here and raining off and on. I'm in the office. I'm paying bills and balancing my checkbook and writing thank you notes and actually doing work and it all sucks when I was just laying on the beach a couple of days ago. ARGH. Post holiday/vacation blues I guess. I'm also a little tired and jet lagged. Things really aren't so bad. I'm leaving here early today and tomorrow and coming in late as well. And I'm sure I'll perk up once my houseguests arrive and inform me that my apartment is not that messy. And maybe I'll even get home in enough time to vacuum and change the shower curtain. Oh a girl can dream.


Actually I'm sure I'll perk up this evening. I have three fun houseguests arriving and New Year's Eve plans with 12 people I like a lot. And then a weekend of people I like. So it'll be fun doing some NYC sightseeing and brunches and drinks and just hanging with friends. We might do some baking and Charlie's Angels watching and good times like that. And I can distribute more of my Christmas gifts and so on and so forth. And really, there's nothing I have to do at work but hang out and BE here. It's not like I have to do all the things on my to do list. It's just good to do that. Having all my Thank Yous written before January 1st would be excellent.