Say “Hello!” to iPhone X.

My trusty old iPhone 5S was becoming just that. Trusty … but old and super slow. It had gotten to the point where I had to disable most of my apps, remove all music files and keep photos to a minimum because the phone kept running out of storage (it was the 16GB model). Plus, it’s been kind of a stressful year so far and I needed something bright and shiny to distract me. I have only had the phone a day and, needless to say, I am really loving the gestures based navigation system. I am sure there are lots of other fun new features to discover. Viva, Apple!

Funny thing is, I was super skeptical about the iPhone when it was first announced. I guess I am eating crow on that one.

Meanwhile … is there a light at the end of tunnel on that freelance job that has been making me slam my head against the desk for the past two weeks? I sure do hope so!

So, the weekend was okay.

– The Full Monty at ACT was pretty good. I still wish I had been cast in it. Boo hoo.
– I was so lazy on Saturday that I didn’t even get dressed or leave the house.
– Shortlegs and I went to the Noble Cider tap room on Sunday and I got drunk. Yay!

Meanwhile, I am feeling frustrated.

I am frustrated because it feels like all I ever do is sit around the house or sit around the house doing freelance work. I would like to take more trips to fun places (i.e. out of my home area). It feels like the boyfriend (who is currently off in Europe after coming back from Canada) gets to go on lots of trips while all I do is sit at home with the dog. Ugh.

I am also frustrated because I have a BIG freelance project hanging over my head. I was supposed to have the copy last month (May) and here we are six days into this month and I still have not seen anything from the client. I met with them on Monday and was told they wanted the printed pieces by the first of July and that all the copy was going to be sent to me. Well, here I am two days later and still no copy. I have a feeling that the rest of June is going to be screwed because of this. Double ugh.

This was a lovely way to spend the holiday weekend. Ugh.

I am down in the dumps today. Shocker!

There is a situation that I can’t quit obsessing about and I really do need to stop. The only solution I have come up with is just to walk away totally. But the idea of burning that 25+ year old bridge is quite sad and stressful. I have already become quite homebody-ish over the last year and half and this would pretty much seal the deal on what existing social life I have. If I walk away, I would then be disconnected from one of the things I used to love to do and from a lot of the people I know. Ugh. I hate being an adult and dealing with shit like this. It really sucks how people and their egos ruin things.

The big excitement for the weekend was purchasing and assembling a new office chair (alcohol not included).