waiting for magic...

I have a Christmas tree. Although it’s a standard 6’ish tall, it looks teeny in my apartment (the ceilings are quite high). Although I toyed with the idea of getting a taller tree, I was limited to what I could fit into my car with Sarah and I still in it. I wanted to do something fun and special for the tree this year, so instead of my standard grocery store/gas station Christmas tree, we drove up to Evergreen (about 45 minutes away) to a tree farm. They have the trees lined up outside in price aisles and saw the bottoms off for you while you pay are assaulted with cheesy holiday music and bold decorations. In standard Dana fashion, I saw a tree I liked, grabbed it, and bought it. No looking around at others, no second guessing. We also grabbed lunch at a Chinese place with a cute sunroom that looks out onto mountains.

Then I went and killed my tree. Okay, so I’m not sure on this one, but I forgot to water it for a few days. When I realized the dire situation (I felt inside the tree’s water dish and *gasp* no water!) I filled it up quick like. Unfortunately, the water level hasn’t moved in 24 hours. Eeek. This is what I get for getting the darn thing early in the first place.

On to other things in the life of a single, I’ve joined an online dating site. This was something I was sure I would never try when I was younger and more naive. Then I left school and realized that it’s much harder to meet people with similar interests. I’m sure there are other ways to go about it, but this seemed to make the most sense to me. I’ve only been a member for a few days, so I’ll let you know as more progresses.

I’m still trying to figure out other things I want to do to fill the rest of my time (take dance classes, join a rock gym, learn how to make furniture, you know, that kind of stuff), but in the meantime I have a new friend who’s acquainting me with Denver. Dave’s a fan of food and wine and is an expert at both. It’s like knowing a guidebook to the city. So city! He’s in seminary school right now, studying to be a priest (some of you may think this an odd friend for me to come across, and you might be right. I love it when you meet new people who are the life of the party; that’s Dave. I met him through Boo).

My insomnia persisted into my weekend. Work has been stressful and I needed some caffeine to get me through Friday afternoon (to make sure I got enough work done so I wouldn’t stress about it through the weekend, which I thought I had). When I got home I cleaned my entire apartment, worked out, watched a little T.V., enjoyed a scrumptious dinner of carrots (working out threw my appetite off), took a bath that was too hot (I almost fainted when I got out; I’m very sensitive to heat), read and went to bed. Not the most exciting Friday night, but very enjoyable. Until 2:30 a.m. came around and I woke up and couldn’t fall back asleep (and I was of course hungry). AND I kept thinking about work.

Today I spent a couple hours at the mall getting Christmas presents, depleted my bank account significantly, and became utterly exhausted (malls make me tired general, but I get so happy buying presents for others that after about the 5th adrenaline rush, my body starts to think okay, I can’t take much more of this). I managed to take a little nap this afternoon, but my phone woke me up. Now I’m out the door on my way to hang out with Dave and some of his friends for his birthday celebration at an Irish Pub.

Posted by Dana on Saturday, December 01, 2007 at 8:33 PM | Permalink