Tuesday musings

Something peculiar occurred on Monday morning. Despite the fact that I woke up at 5 a.m. in Arizona (*groan*) to catch my flight back to Los Angeles, I actually felt….refreshed? Rejuvinated? Focused, perhaps… at work on Monday. Shocker, I know. I suppose I needed that day off work last week more than I realized.

I forgot what it’s like to feel good at work. I can’t say that things have been overly crazy lately, but I’ve had this general beat down feeling as of late. The nasty daily doldrums, boredom, a general sense of “why am I here? This is all there IS?!” Life is far too short to feel that way.
But for now, even for a teensy bit—that feeling has diminished. I have a new sense of time and purpose. It catches me off guard, that sense of comfort my little Brentwood Chateau bestows upon me and here I find myself back in my neighborhood and community and….well, that’s just it: here I am.

Part of this feeling of brief contentment might have to do with the fact that yesterday my office gathered around a center table, bursting with Kettle One, Crown Royal, margaritas, wine, beer—the list is endless. Catered food was there as well, all to make for a little in-office happy hour on a Monday afternoon. I am told that this will become a somewhat regular event, every other week or so! Funny how alcohol increases my job satisfaction.

But, also, here’s what’s happening: I have an embarrassing crush on the bikers (bikers as in those who ride “bicycles”) that hang out at Peet’s Coffee every morning. Yup, they are in spandex and they are sponsored by a bizzillion brands and they wear these awkward biker shoes that click-clack when the walk on the tile floor within the coffee shop. According to my sources (my poor attempt at eavesdropping) they take a 20-mile bike ride every morning through the hills and down through Sepulveda and they end up at Peet’s.

I am determined to date one of them…or a few. We’ll see.

Other developments: My little side business is coming to fruition! A web designer is designing and a print designer is imagining and dreaming up a logo and there’s something so lovely about each of those things.

And more: Seeing a show at Pantages Theatre tomorrow night in Hollywood with one of my best girlfriends here and we’re dining at my favorite Italian place; a joint birthday celebration of sorts. Yum. Sharing a pot of tea tonight somewhere between Brentwood and WeHo with a good friend I haven’t seen in ages…going on a date with a guy who has piqued my interest on Thursday evening (Italian in the Marina) and then another date with a fellow who is from California but I swear he talks like he is from New York on Friday evening (sushi and drinks in Brentwood). Saturday I am hiking in Griffith Park, a new trail, and Sunday I am going to a live poetry reading in old-school, gritty part of Hollywood.

And so it goes, life in LaLa Land.

But enough! Back to my green tea, Billie Holiday and marketing on this perfect Tuesday.