Domestic Geek

See, this is what I knew would happen. I feel like it's Friday since I don't have to work tomorrow. That means I'm not going to want to go to work on Thursday because it will feel like Sunday and the last two days of the week are gonna draaaaaaaaaag. Mid-week holidays are absolutely stupid. I envy those that could take the whole latter part of the week off.

This week's subject is something I've really been thinking a lot about lately. I'm not getting any younger, so I really need to get cracking on the things I want to do.

Ten Things I Want to Do Before I Die

1. Learn to oil paint.
2. Learn to knit and make a sweater.
3. Get and learn to ride a motorcycle
4. Travel to Germany
5. Get a house and land
6. Weigh under 150 lbs.
7. Become an Adobe Certified Expert in Illustrator
8. Own and embroidery machine
9. Get a tattoo
10. Take a cruise to Alaska

OK, I haven't had much to complain about at work yet, but today I was really P.O.'d. Even though we have paid holidays, I was planning on working on Wednesday because I really need the money (it would've been time and a half for an extra 8 hours). I haven't had any OT in weeks and I was looking forward to getting a little extra money this pay period. I also hate taking days off midweek because it screws up my rhythm. No such luck. I was told by my supervisor that with as little work as there is in the shop right now, I wouldn't be able to come in. Dammit! That put me in a mood that spiraled downward the rest of the day.

OK, I'm working on my template and I've hit a little snag. I want to do graphical buttons for my navigation menu instead of text, but I can't figure out a picture to represent a couple of them. Obviously, Home is a house, Gallery is a camera, Contact is envelope, but About and Archives have me stumped. A book maybe for archives? Does that make sense. Mind you, when you hover over the button, it will have text of where it goes, but I'm stuck. Disclaimer I'm thinking of moving out of the nav, but if you got a good idea for that one, I'm all ears.

Of course, these may come to me after a good night's sleep. I had a rotten day at work today and my brain is a little muddy from that. I thought I'd be in a better mood once I got out of there, but the heat today just made me cranky.

How can the weekend be over aleady? Man, I am so happy and excited about how my new design is shaping up that I don't even want to go to work today just to play with it. I have, however, discovered that I really suck (for now) at illustrating people. I need to practice that and get better. I can see it in my mind, I just can't quite transfer it to pixels. No worries.