That roach doesn't have epilepsy

I've been in a bit of a funk lately - sort of re-evaluating where I am in my life - career, goals, writing, etc. and feeling a little down about things. But, thanks to some great friends and an amazing boyfriend I feel like I'm starting to come out of it. Here are some observations on the way out.

1. Those Best Buy commercials where the salesmen talk about how great they are for installing people's TV's depress me - I don't want to see a commercial about how important TV is to people.

2. My boyfriend has a theory that the occasional roach that appears on it's back in my bathtub are coming from a hole in wall right above the edge of my bathtub, so that it hits the rim then slides down and ends up on its back. I think this is way less exciting than my theory that they come out of the drain but have a weird disease that makes them have a seizure and flip over onto their backs. I think I've been watching too much 'House.'

3. There is a serious hole in my grown up wardrobe: blouses. Let's get some of those. 

4. I'm going to cut out booze for all of next week - I just want to see how it makes me feel. I've been going out a lot and I find that if I have more than one drink my motivation to get up for the gym the next morning is shot. Plus, who needs the extra calories?

5.  I really like printing - i've been doing a lot of experiments with linoleum blocks, carving rubber stamps and printing with stencils. I totally dig it. Check out some of my work so far at my Rattle and Bark blog: http://rattleandbark.blogspot.com/

6. I'm not as bad at my job as I think I am sometimes. Sometimes, I'm even good at it.

7. I need to get better at self promoting. This is something I hate about trying to start my business. I was telling my boyfriend that I didn't want to take the dog tees into stores, that I just want to sell them on my own, but that's not entirely true, it's really that I'm scared to do that. I hate admiting that, and this is something I really want to get over this year. You never totally get over fear, but I have to take a few stabs at it.