One awkward and one awesome

Instead of a full awkward-awesome list, I have an abbreviated version today:

Awkward:

Why yes, I am not even at work yet, and that is a coffee stain down my front

Coffee and I have a love-hate relationship. For some reason, every time I have it in a to go cup, it insists on leaping out and onto my clothes (aren't those lids supposed to prevent that??). Tim always laughs and/or is in awe of my to-go-coffee-drinking skills. Today he is not here to laugh with, so I have to sit awkwardly and wonder how many people on the shuttle are judging me. (Fortunately I happen to have a change of clothes on me, so I can remedy the situation once I'm at work)

Awesome:

My Tennessee BFF (yep, I grew up in Tennessee) Meredith has created her own awesome and awkward list today! Go check it out! Her tumblr is a fantastic mix of personal photos and text, classy retro photos, pictures and music clips of whatever she is loving at the moment, and the occasionally adorable asian child. Highly recommend.

Awkward and Awesome - take two!

The one hour I have been awake today has merited its very own awkward and awesome Thursday post. Once again, inspiration comes from Syd at the Daybook - go check her out! She's super entertaining. Way more so than I am :)

Awkward:
- My roommate found our elusive kitchen mouse. This morning. In her bed. While she was sleeping. She is not pleased with this development and might insist upon less-than-humane traps :-/
- Me deciding that lugging my camera outside is too much work and taking todays outfit photos in my bed.
- Also the fact that some of the outfit photos have me in what I think is a comfy position (sitting up, legs sprawled to either side) but what it turns out is more of a "come hither" position when I look at the photos.
- Waking up and thinking it's the middle of the night (thanks winter time) and getting ready to snuggle back into bed, until I look at the clock and realize my alarm is going off in 15 minutes.

Awesome:
- Me not having any small (breakable) bills to buy coffee today in my cute little neighborhood coffee shop, so they just told me to pay later and let me get away with my free coffee today. Awww!
- Buying ski gear today for my upcoming Tahoe trip! I'll probably purchase goggles, a helmet, etc, and just rent the skis, boots, and poles. Hopefully this will encourage me to take many future ski trips. Hooray! (I am not a fantastic skier by any means, but the few times I have gone I have loved it, so I really want to go more.)
- I am working from home tomorrow, and only until 2pm (when we leave for Tahoe), so today is SORT OF like friday. And that makes me happy.
- Finally having at least 3 blog posts worth of photos that I just need the time to organize and post. This also falls under awkward, because of how terrible I am at making a schedule of these things. I'll try to stop with the {silence}-POST-POST-POST thing.

This week's awkward and awesome

Inspired by one of my favorite bloggers, Syd at The Daybook!

Awkward:

• My hair right now. I haven't had a haircut in like 3 months, and in that time I have cut my own bangs (poorly) at least once. It's entirely in between short and long right now and I'm so glad I have a haircut tomorrow.
• The fact that I started off the New Year with some post-midnight vomiting, and not even due to being drunk. Too much homemade pizza, chocolate souffle, and a bit of bad faux ice wine.
• My shuttle home being stopped on the side of the highway for a full hour on Wednesday night, and then my "oh my god I want to be home" panic attack.
• The spider that crawled onto my desk at work today, prompting me to jump up and freak out to my coworkers and then sit a full 2 feet back from my desk for the next hour after it ran away and hid. (I never found it!! Eek!)
• The absolute disaster that my bedroom is at the moment.

Awesome:

• I started doing ballet again for the time in 6 months - I didn't realize how very much I missed it. I feel fantastic :)
• I bought myself a fancy new 24" inch monitor! Hopefully working from home will get a bit easier. Ahhh, it is so much better than the old 17"! I am so excited!
• Phone calls with Tim on the days I don't get to see him in person.
• My roommate's bunny Duncan seems to really like me now (after I've been his babysitter for 3 weeks) - I never knew that bunnies could be affectionate!

• I found some fantastic leather boots and a goofy/awesome skirt while thrift shopping earlier this week. (Pics to follow eventually!)
• TIGHTS. Between ballet and regular outfits, I have worn tights 5 separate times in the last 4 days. I just love them. They are cute, colorful, cozy... (and they let me be lazy and wear skirts if I haven't shaved my legs).
• California has been cold enough to wear my favorite, super soft Gap scarf. !!!

That is all for this week! Should I do this again?