...and it's over...

::sigh::

The last day of spring break.

The glorious break that allowed us time to travel around Ireland and gave me a whole additional week to just lounge around, get in some runs with my friend, do pilates, get some spring cleaning done, enjoy some coffee shop afternoons, and finish the last of my spring break books.

I feel like it has been an eternity since I was at work and I am not quite ready to get back to the daily grind. I am sure once I get there tomorrow morning (and enjoy a big 'ol cup of hot steamy coffee) I will be right back in the swing of things, but for now, it's hard to think about.

I really enjoy time off, but at the same time it makes me realize that I could never not work. Sure, waking up late and catching some shows is a great way to spend the day, but I am more productive when I am busy and my schedule is tighter. Sometimes I wish I could just stay at home and not work, but in reality I know it's far better to have a regular schedule and routine. In this exact moment, I feel a little rusty since I have been away from school for two entire weeks, but I will be happy once I am back.

We spent a good amount of time yesterday sorting through clothes and making piles of things to get rid of. In Portland I would always donate to the ARC (Association for Retarded Citizens) and I wish there was something like that here, but I don't think so. Apparently there is a bin somewhere downtown where I can drop things and I will assume that our stuff will go to people in need. Given that hubs works for an apparel company, we sure do get lots of clothes throughout the year, so typically when we weed out we have a LOT and the stuff is NICE. We are not getting rid of the old and tattered..no, no....we are getting rid of the lightly used and sporty! We just have too much and I am learning to go along with the less is more mentality.

Right now hubs is assembling our new patio furniture and I look forward to basking in the sun that should hopefully make an appearance this week with a new book. (I need a new book to read, any suggestions!) I just finished two Jodi Picoult books and now I really want to read her new book House Rules. I also want to read The Girl Who Played With Fire. I need to take a peek at amazon.de and see what I can do. I do have my lovely politics and policy book to read, but I need something fun as well.

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On a totally random note....I need some advice from all you Tweeters out there. I recently started using Twitter. I don't have too many followers, but it's fun and I am finding some interesting celebs and fellow bloggers that I enjoy following. My question is, do you allow random people you don't know to follow you? Am I being paranoid by not wanting strangers reading my tweets? I decided today to "protect" my tweets so that from now on I will have to approve my followers and then I deleted a few people I don't know. Maybe that is lame, but I just feel more comfortable knowing that I can have some control over who is reading what I say (not that it's in any way fascinating at all).

Hope everyone is having a fabulous weekend!

What part of your home is most in  need of some spring cleaning?

Who is your favorite celeb to follow on Twitter?