<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734873914724721409</id><updated>2012-02-16T09:53:11.945-08:00</updated><category term='memories'/><category term='fall'/><category term='introspective'/><title type='text'>barefoot designer.</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://barefootdesignlady.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1734873914724721409/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://barefootdesignlady.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>barefoot designer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11443681582786456643</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxLJiCzA39Y/SPaKSt9Ip8I/AAAAAAAAABQ/KM93czB1Fxk/S220/Graphics.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1734873914724721409.post-5958130967481121179</id><published>2008-10-05T20:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-05T21:21:37.202-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='introspective'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='memories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fall'/><title type='text'>dark week</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CxLJiCzA39Y/SOmOPujyKXI/AAAAAAAAABA/NIri3BN7LsE/s1600-h/1010279_red_maple_1.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CxLJiCzA39Y/SOmOPujyKXI/AAAAAAAAABA/NIri3BN7LsE/s320/1010279_red_maple_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5253886841151695218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I almost smell snow ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;... almost.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week holds the career fair, last minute rally-race panic and trying to remain myself in the midst of chaos. I get really introspective and reflective this time of year. Absolutely the result of a life-change this time 2 years ago. A good life change, but probably in the top 3 of difficult things I have gone through yet, not because of what it was ... but because of what I needed to learn from it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No "woe is me" ... I'm glad it happened, and more than happy with where I am now ... I'm just reminded of it this time of year, lost in the vivid memories and static play by play of each aching feeling I had then.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aside from my "dark week",  I'm gearing up for a tough month with quite a few projects with big clients. Tomorrow we have a lunch with a GM rep, as well as a discussion afterward on a new form of marketing, which apparently has a lot to do with what I am already being trained to do. Neat. After that the week barrels into many hours spent in the photo lab and even more hours pouring over a take-home exam that involves much coloring. Yes ... coloring.&lt;br /&gt;So ... before the week starts, I'll get to bed early ... and start the day off with a prayer and some yoga... and of course an amazing cup of coffee immediately following.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1734873914724721409-5958130967481121179?l=barefootdesignlady.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://barefootdesignlady.blogspot.com/feeds/5958130967481121179/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1734873914724721409&amp;postID=5958130967481121179' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1734873914724721409/posts/default/5958130967481121179'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1734873914724721409/posts/default/5958130967481121179'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://barefootdesignlady.blogspot.com/2008/10/dark-week.html' title='dark week'/><author><name>barefoot designer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/11443681582786456643</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='33' height='26' src='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CxLJiCzA39Y/SPaKSt9Ip8I/AAAAAAAAABQ/KM93czB1Fxk/S220/Graphics.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CxLJiCzA39Y/SOmOPujyKXI/AAAAAAAAABA/NIri3BN7LsE/s72-c/1010279_red_maple_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
