I had a semi-productive day. I cleaned out my second closet, which held clothes from a life I no longer have. I wear jeans to work every day. I dress them up with some blazers, some fun tops with flair, and my infamous peep-toe high heel collection. I love going to work every day without having to dress in ridiculous khakis and button-downs, which to me, make me look like I have no fashion sense. Fortunately, my sister is nearly my size, and can use the clothes in her new job. I have four big bags and two big boxes full of clothes, some never worn, to give to her. Which makes me realize how much I still spend on material goods, despite my disdain for shopping. My first closet, a walk-in the size of the average Manhattan apartment, is full of my current clothes, "finds" and deals at my favorite dot com stores of The Gap, Banana Republic, and Old Navy.
So now a lazy Saturday night at home, I wouldn't have it any other way. I finally found a local rancher to sell me an eighth of a side of grass-fed beef, so tonight's dinner far is grass-fed rib-eye steaks with chimichurri sauce, scalloped potatoes, and these amazing-for-Green River-fresh green beans. The rancher delivered the beef today and told me to cook it slower and to a more rarer state than I would regular beef because of its leanness. I wanted lean beef, since I love beef and am overweight to begin with. We'll see how it turns out.
I may reveal in my hard-earned A for a few more minutes, because it was a tough semester. But again, I've proven to myself that I can do it. My dear husband, who has known me as nothing but an accomplished, over-achiever, responded to my excited statement that I got an A in Lit Review. His response - "Of course you did." Then again, I'm entering year 4 of graduate work, and he's heard me say every semester that THIS is the semester I blow my 4.0, only to maintain it in the end.
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