Grateful Thursday, and other random thoughts

I made thirty angel food cupcakes last night, and frosted them in pastel vanilla-- pink, blue, green, yellow, and purple, although the purple isn't very appetizing. It's kind of gray-purple. Still tastes good though. Advice: when making angel food cupcakes, remember that angel food doesn't rise as much as other cakes, so fill the cups almost all the way full. I ended up with a couple one-inch tall cakes. Those stayed at home.

We're having an office everyone-cheer-up and stop-being-stressed-out Easter party today, with tuna salad or chicken salad sandwiches, deviled eggs, pretzels, cupcakes, and candy. Our new software is due out soon. Everyone's a little on edge.

My boss gave me a little blue monkey with white bunny ears. Sounds weird, but he's so cute. When I walked in this morning, he said "Do you like monkeys or lions better?" and because he's the king of weird, philosophical questions, I took way too long to answer, exploring in my head the implications of one answer over another. "It's not a difficult question...." Oh, but it is. I said monkeys, and voila, a blue monkey appeared on my desk.

I've been obsessed lately with cutting the split ends out of my hair. I don't know why my brain does this. I pick up on something, like how dry my hair is, and it becomes a mini-obsession for a month or so, where every day I have to cut a few out. Or I'll get attached to a certain food and eat it every day until I'm completely sick of it, or I'll wear a certain pair of shoes every day until other people start to notice. 

Last night as I was laying in bed trying to fall asleep, I was seeing split ends and cupcakes dancing before my eyes. My mind was not at peace. Too much purple frosting. 

1) The coworker who's idea it was to have this party today. I've been looking forward to it all week. 

2) That tomorrow is a holiday, and although I have to work, it will be a quiet day so I can catch up on quickbooks. I'm so behind.

3) The maple tree across the street from my office window. It's such a shock of maroon against all the green, and I love to watch it blow in the wind.

4) My husband

5) Baseball season. It's a cheap way to hang out with friends. We pay $150 at the beginning of the year for season tickets, and maybe $10 on groceries a weekend (we potluck), $15 on beer, and the entire weekend is done, taken care of, planned out. Plus we get to sit in the sun.

And for this. It's stuck in my head today, probably because I've listened to it every day for a week. There we go with that again. Her voice is so... healing.