midnight

Wow. I'm getting started SO late on this one. We spent some quality time with special friends, getting caught up after a bit of time apart. Sweet time together; SO worth it. But yeah. Late.

My morning exercise went better than the ant yoga of yesterday. Except my knee continues to ache. It seems to be worsening, but I'm choosing to believe it's the change in the weather that is aggravating it, not the incessant exercise. Seriously. I am not doing anything THAT high impact. There is no reason I should not be able to ask this of my body!

Spent most of the day working on a design project. A logo adjustment, business cards, a promotional piece. Soon I'll also do letterhead. I am sometimes amazed how satisfying it is to me to fuss over font choices, the way text flows around a photo, the spacing between lines, widow and orphan control. (It's a graphic design term; look it up.) It gives me such a sense of peace to arrange elements cleanly on a page in such a way that the important things stand out and your eye travels almost effortlessly from top to bottom. Almost like a zen garden—or so I imagine, never having had experience with a zen garden. Just the harmony of empty space, text, color, and flow.

It also makes me feel a bit like a geek to enjoy it so much. True artists would never be satisfied with such fussy, detailed, constrained work. But hey; someone has to do it; someone has to be a nerd like me or the world would be void of business cards—and what a loss that would be! Besides, if I'm going to get paid to do a job I actually like, so much the better!

I must also confess that I peeled and sliced eggplant while sitting on the couch watching Wipeout on TV. At least I got my act together enough to plan ahead for supper and get it in the crock pot. It was an eggplant parmesan recipe. Don't know if it was a keeper or not; the jury's still out. Mr. didn't rave about it, but then again, he rarely ever raves about anything. On the flip side, he rarely complains, either.

The kitty was a little sulky and grumpy today again. The weather continues to be on the cool side, and I don't think she likes it. Spent most of the day either burrowing under things (mats, pillows, sheets) or curled into a tight little ball, sleeping on or near things that generate heat. (Now, when I say cool weather, you must keep in mind that I am talking mid to low 80s.) How she will ever adjust to a climate where it actually snows, I have no idea.

Anyway, she must be feeling well rested now because she is presently streaking about the house, climbing anything vertical, and pouncing on toys. WAY too much energy. Either that or she's trying to warm up. ;-)

The photo today is a crooked tree just across the street from our apartment. You know, we've lived here about 4 years now, and I never noticed that tree until I started my quest to take one photo of beauty per day. It really is just a matter of opening your eyes to find beauty around you. Then, once I had seen the poetry of the tree's twisted, off-balance shape, it was hard to get a photo because there were always cars or motorbikes parked in front of it. But today…there it was. Unobstructed. Good thing, too, because I really didn't wander away from my computer very much today. Just happened to be out there at the right time. Nice.

OK. Going to go. To chase a kitty for a little bit, then to bed.