Wednesday, January 4, 2012

:: julie's first day out ::

four strange and unusual things i did this morning:

  1. i showered. i showered even though i showered yesterday. i did this because crap! i am going to see actual people today! every-other-day showering is for people who work at home, damnit!
  2. i packed a lunch. kinda. i'm way out of practice on this and really more like threw some food into some containers and put it all in a wegman's bag and who knows if there's enough food or too much or what.
  3. i stopped at starbucks because i've got a gift card and i stood in line and i did this weird internal dance to the tune of "i'm a commuter commuting to my studio that is not in my house and i'm standing in line at starbucks with other people who are commuting to places of employment that are not in their houses."
  4. i packed my laptop into an ill-fitting laptop bag because, oh, did i mention, i'm not going to be at my house today, and being not-at-my-house will not work so effectively without my laptop.
and also, two things i would normally be doing today that i kind of forgot i won't be able to do today from not-at-my-house and hmm, this is going to take some getting used to:
  1. laundry. i have at least three full loads to do and usually i'd sort of throw one in here and there throughout my at-home workday. need a new plan. your advice is welcome.
  2. make pizza dough. also not going to be possible from the studio. which means that dinner tonight? i'm going to have to figure something out. more advice welcome.

this is going to be weird. good-weird, but weird.

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Congrats on your first work day in the new studio! Laundry will get done: some time after dinner or maybe just throw in a load before you start dinner and then put it in the dryer after dinner. Or maybe after the kids are in bed. It will get done. Dinner: well, instead of making pizza dough, you could stop by the grocery store to pick up tortillas or pitas to make tortilla or pita pizza. It's easy to quick cook them in the oven for a few minutes, and voila, pizza for dinner. I wish you luck as you adjust to your new work life. I'm so happy for you.
tip on laundry, throw in a load as soon as you get home. you could probably knock out those three loads before you go to bed. :)
Congrats! Have a great first day!

p.s. I totally second the pita pizza idea! :)
happy first day at the new studio!
thanks so much, everybody. it was fun. can't wait to go back tomorrow, if only for a little while.
I am jealous of your out-of-the-home studio! I bet there are all kinds of different inspiration that goes on there, plus you still have space at home to do intuitive wool-gathering. I use Flatbreads instead of pita—super awesome on it is mozzarella, goat cheese, caramelized onions (I tend not to stir them for that long, so mine are more "sautéed until browner than normal), arugula, pine nuts. Sounds fancy but it takes less than 20 minutes.
Congrats on the new studio! Are we talking about pizza dough from scratch here? There are some great frozen varieties. Take it out of the freezer, put it in a bowl with olive oil on it, cover it with a towel. When you come home, you're ready to go - roll, bake, done. This transition will just take some time to get used to & maybe a little more planning. It's exciting though!

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