Hope & Question

what to do?

i forgot until last thursday that i have today off. so i tried to begin thinking of grand plans for today. i've accomplished two of the things i'd put on my mental to-do list, with a third coming up at 3p. i wanted the day to start earlier than it did, however. shawn tried waking me up when he got up: 6:30a. that didn't happen. then he said bye to me around 7:30a. was hoping to get up then, but i just rolled back over. was having weird dreams, but now i can't remember them enough to put them into words. alas, i digress. 10:10 i look at the clock and think, this would be a good time to get out of bed, but i hear rain outside and pull the covers up a bit more and doze off AGAIN. finally at 11:30a i decide it's time to get OUT of bed and IN the shower (sorry LeaAnn for being one of those of whom you're not going to be jealous for having the day off). after getting ready, i leave right away to pick up (after over a month of it waiting for me) a free pound of coffee from a friend who works at Starbucks (I chose Gold Coast...yum-my). She was on her 10 min. break, so we chatted for 20. then i call dentist because tooth still hurts and he can see me at 2p. excellent. i head back home, check my e-mail, catch up on the news (not much going on today) and head to the dentist. he looks and sees it's just inflamed (no cement buried...um, thank goodness, and no need for a root canal...thank God...literally). now i'm eating oatmeal (still on soft foods) and drinking hot tea. going to see another friend at 3. then coming back here to make some order of this place we call our apartment. fun times. may catch up on Grey's Anatomy online, as well.

and for the latest news about what to do with the rest of my life..i had a thought about graphic design. i checked at College of Marin to see what classes they offered. it began with Intro (which is actually before Beginner) to PhotoShop and since I got bored just at the thought of six weeks about learning the basic basics of Photoshop, I decided graphic design is NOT for me.
on to editing/writing: there's a class at COM about getting your foot in the door as an editor. still thinking about taking this course. even if it's something i do on the side, it sounds fun to me (i'm a closet nerd).
then another idea came flying in this weekend. i was asked to be wedding coordinator (as in direct the rehearsal and make sure those who came late to the wedding didn't walk down the isle along side of the bride) for a friend's wedding. and I had a blast at the rehearsal! LOVED it. the wedding was a bit stressful (mostly because I just got in that state cause i was thinking if something went wrong it would all be MY fault). and the fact that i learned at about 1p (wedding was at 2p) that I needed to also be in charge of the reception's events. whew. but alas, now i'm thinking too of event planning. i even met a girl at the rehearsal who used to do that as a living and was telling me a bit about it. she's thinking of getting back into it.

all of that to say, still feeling a bit restless about the 'what i want to be when i grow up' idea. i know i need to be still and wait and let this job i'm in now last for another 2.5 years, but still...i'm a future thinker. what can i say?

any other ideas that come to mind when you think "Loren" (ok, i know i just opened myself wide up for this, but i'm thinking specifically as career, not character flaw or physical description)

posted by Loren @ 3:33 PM