So, it's the second day of 2009 and my sister just went out to walk her dog. Today's plan is for me to meet some friends who are in town from Baltimore for coffee, then I'm going to spend the rest of the day decluttering. So I am ready and clutter-free for my first day of work on the 5th of January.
Remember the sister who went out to walk her dog? Well she returned into the house and said to me. "Sis, your car got broken into." Long story short, my 2007 car, affectionately called 'Coltrane' has been broken two twice in 7 months! The first time was two days after I returned from my Sahara crossing adventure and now, one day after I got all excited for all that lies ahead in 2009. Did I also mention that I had a really bad case of insomnia the night prior and at some point in the night, I actually thought I heard someone breaking into something. I figured they were just random city noises and distractions. Little did I know this particular distraction was my problem. :o(
The bright side to all of this, that I was able to bargain for a great deal on the repair price and they came to my house to fix it! Then my friends, Chidinma and Katie, whom I met for coffee, drove me back home to meet my car window repair guy, Clay. We sat across the street from him in Katie's toasty car (on the freezing Winter day) having the best conversation! When he was done fixing my window, we moved the convo upstairs where we ended up having "lunner" (lunch and dinner) and freshly baked chocolate chip cookies at midnight! Yes, you read that correctly, what started out as late morning coffee talk turned into the best 14.5 hour hangout ever!
Happy New Year to me!
