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This Week



This week felt incredibly long.  I'm blaming it on the time change and the fact that I now remind myself to turn around at my desk every day at 3:30 to watch the sun set.  (It's become a thing in my area where Thursday it was 4:30 and Meredith said, "Oh, Lisa, it looks like you missed the sunset today."  And I did.)

 But this week had things happening:

 *Waters, Magic Man, & Smallpools in concert

 *christmas lights up at work.  It's fine.  They're pretty.

 *I fell in love with this series of short videos.  I have no idea why.  When I was in dance as a kid I tried ballet, tap, and jazz and ballet was quickly excluded.  It wasn't for me.  But this week I found myself walking down State Street gazing up in the windows of the Jeffrey Ballet to watch them practice.  (Quickly glancing is probably more accurate...it was cold.)

 *What Your Zodiac Sign Says About Your Social Media Habits Mine was completely wrong.

 *My calendar feels pretty overwhelming right now, but the only thing to do is keep right on going.

 *I went to the opening of Shake Shack with some co-workers, had a lovely time, and became famous.  That is an exaggeration, but let's just say people kept coming up to our cube section on Thursday saying they saw us on the website.  (And not because we told them.)  Just look at Shake Shack River North's main page: we're the banner.  We're wondering if we should go ask for some free food... ;)

 *Who's ready for Season 4 of Girls!

 *And for the first time in my life my boss said they want to keep me happy to keep me.  It feels pretty nice.

 Hello, November!  I'm hoping for a good month over here!

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