Update Central!

March 23, 2010 – Update central!

· Justin

Things are going very well! So well in fact that we moved in together at the beginning of March. We’re still working on getting the two apartments crammed into one apartment that we can actually live in, but so far the process has been successful and the end is finally in sight. I don’t think Justin shares my goal of having a working guest bedroom in time for the next houseguest we have, but I think we will probably be able to work something out.

· Avon Walk

My mother is walking with me this year! I’m very excited about that and I’m looking forward to getting to spend the time with her. She’s started a blog to keep updates on her training walks: www.nancysnewyorkwalk.blogspot.com We’ve got to raise $3,600.00 between us, so place feel free to click the link at the top of the page and donate. We appreciate any help you can give and there might be prizes…

· Theatre

Intimate Apparel was fun and a great experience. We go to meet the playwright, Lynn Nottage, when she came to see our show. That was very exciting. More importantly, my dad and Richard got to see it, my mom got to see it and Andy got to see it. I don’t think that many important people (to me anyway) have made it to see one of my shows in….well…ever. The downside is that I don’t think I will be doing much if any theatre any more. Stuff happens here in the fall and winter and that is when things at work are super busy and I need to focus on the stuff that actually pays me because…well, I like buying shoes and I need money to continue doing that.

· Work

Has been absolutely crazy. I worked 11 hours days a couple of times a week for a while there and that was rough. I did finally get an office and that has helped with actually pushing through projects and getting them done during normal business hours instead of having to stay late to avoid getting interrupted. We are opening our third office in San Francisco next Thursday. The anniversary of the company and my anniversary with the company is next Friday. After three years we have three offices in 3 cities, we went from 3 people to 15 people (tripling our staff) and our revenue is on track to triple as well. That’s a pretty major accomplishment for us and we are completely awesome!

· Vacation

I have no idea what this is although the concept sounds good.

· Birthday

Coming up soon – faster than I expected. Dallas will be in visiting from her world travels and that will be nice to catch up with her – hopefully we’ll have a bed for her to sleep in. Donations to the AVON walk on behalf of my birthday will be met with cookies, contact me for details!

TGIF (seriously!)

April 3, 2009 – Sorry I didn’t update yesterday as promised, the day sort of got away from me. My birthday ended up being pretty good for a middle of the week birthday. I got into my office and the boys had surprised me with not one, but two bouquets of flowers and a couple of wrapped presents. It was very much appreciated and certainly unexpected. Bruce sent me a lovely bouquet of roses (two dozen beautiful violet colored roses) and my mother sent me a bouquet of gerbera daisies. By the end of the day my office smelled like a florist shop and it was lovely. I didn’t really get to do anything that night because I had rehearsal, but Alicia brought me cupcakes so that was pretty awesome. Can’t go wrong with a cupcake (or three as the case might be). Tonight is when we are really celebrating. My friend Justin’s birthday was the 31st and my coworker Winston’s birthday was the 2nd, so we are all having a joint happy hour today after work to celebrate and then I think a couple of my friends might be going to Flute for a champagne night cap. Weather permitting, of course – right now it is raining like hell outside. Have a wonderful Friday!

Happy Birthday to Me!

April 1, 2009 - It's my birthday again (30 for the 5th year in a row!). This year I got a veritable garden at my desk and it smells like a flower shop in this place. Here's what I've got:

From left to right they are from Bruce, my mother, the guys in the office and the guys in the office! Here is my garden all together:
I'll post more about my birthday tomorrow when it's all finished. Have a great day!