Friday Five

1. I have a business trip next week, which means that I have to wear actual work clothes instead of my normal work-from-home, nobody-can-see-me attire. And... well, let's see, I've lost almost 50 pounds since the last time I was in the office. And I haven't exactly updated my work wardrobe since then. And I'm not about to spend money on new work clothes that I will wear for one week, and that will then be too big by the next time I have to go to the office. So! Loose skirts it will be! At least I have some sweaters that fit appropriately, and my office is business casual. And I have cute boots. I'll just stay away from skirts that are supposed to be fitted, and I think it will be fine.

2. I've had a couple of dreams recently in which I was pregnant. Unfortunately, in reality I am not. Of course I am also not TRYING to be, but that doesn't make the situation any less unfortunate, because I would LIKE to be. Now, please. It is so frustrating that I can't try to get pregnant at the moment. I know, time flies, soon enough I will be pregnant and soon enough after that I'll be old and my kids will be grown, but right now? The time when I am allowed to be pregnant feels very far away.

3. An unpleasant, but minor, side effect of my surgery is that sometimes if I eat too fast, or take too big of a bite, I burp. Sometimes loudly, and sometimes multiple times. Torsten is used to it, and offers sympathy instead of disgust, but it can be really awkward in public. I have gotten pretty good at disguising it, but still. Not pleasant.

4. I got a haircut last night. Nothing major, just some trimming, shaping, layering, etc. But after the cut, just to try something new, the stylist did my hair with a curling iron. I have never used one of those in my life. I thought they wouldn't do anything since my hair is naturally curly. But wow, does the curling iron ever create a different kind of curl. I didn't take a picture but my hair was very SJP in SATC Season... when was it that she cut her hair? Season 5? Anyway, that's what it looked like. It was a little bit awesome but I am mostly glad that my natural curls do not look like that.

Edited to add: Fine, here's a crappy webcam photo of the curling-iron 'do. Of course, this is after sleeping on it when most of the curl is gone. But it's the best I can do at this point, since I don't actually own a curling iron myself.


5. Nilsa's post yesterday offering suggestions on little things we can do to save energy reminded me to finally figure out how to use our thermostat's programmable settings. Of course it's not as important for us since we work from home and therefore have to heat the house all day, but it will still help. I felt very pleased with myself for figuring out how to do it. Now all we have to do is go through it for a day or two and figure out where the custom program needs tweaking. I encourage you to check out her post to see if there are any little things you can be doing to cut back as well.