The Bus To Sorry

I won't be doing this anytime soon and, despite HATING this in elementary school (where the pullup requirement led me to only get a badge, silver, once), I think it's kinda neat that they brought out an adult version:

Direct link to the test website: http://www.adultfitnesstest.org/adultFitnesstestLanding.aspx

David Caruso:

• Coworkers who, finding themselves with a little bit of down time, decide to resume prior policy of thinking they're my boss. NOT COOL!!!
  
• Annoying coworkers trapping me at my desk and talking at me for extended periods of time (while fully realizing that, to other coworkers, that same descrip would apply to me)
• That no one, but me, spells cancelled with 2 "L"s anymore (it was the predominant spelling when I was growing up)
• Trying to watch online streaming vid and getting only about 1 second of vid for every 20 seconds of "buffering"
  

Gael Garcia Bernal:

• Finding out a bunch of cool people (including Justin Rudd, who doesn't drink and NEVER goes to parties) will be at the "rooftop" LB gay pride pre-party Friday night (so I put it back on my calendar). With luck, I'll also manage to finagle an invite a Sun brunch/parade-viewing party out of the night.
• Weather for pride weekend is expected to be GOOD - maybe a little too good (historically, the weather is great till the day of pride then suddenly turns overcast & cold. 80s would be nice. 90s & above would suck.)
  
• Not owning a gun (cause I would have shot at least 2 insane drivers today. One cut me off by maybe 1", for no apparent reason, then flipped ME off.)
• Constipation (yes, I know most of you would dread it but, after 5 months of the opposite problem, this has been an unexpected and totally happy development. I wish I knew what triggered it!)
• Having a short bit of downtime between major work projects
• Today's "meeting that annoys the hell out of me" being cancelled
• Still feeling good (3 days in a row?!?)
  
• Planning to have sex - WILD sex - before the week is over
• New pole skills via Yannori
  
• Finding out that Yannori is about to "go live" with online pole dance classes
• Finding out that Yannori is teaching In Studio pole classes (even though they're prob at times I can't attend)
• Christian, the 7/11 clerk that hits on me, asking for my phone number - again. I'm not into him but he seems harmless and I totally dig the attention. Also got a BIG laugh when 2 women, with bodies similar to mine, came in the store and I caught him wanting to flirt with them too - but not doing it cause I was right in front of him. Funny!! I totally called him on it.
  
• My R knee mostly working correctly & reliably
  
• Possibility that I'll be taking an extended weekend in SF next month
• Just now getting an easy work project from the coworker I respect
• Finishing said project in about an hour
  

I hate that... boot up the computer to research something, find the first thing - then can't remember the second.

I think it started with an "O":

• Ocelots?
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder?
• Octipii?
• Origami?
• Original cast of Cats?
• Oregon?
• Olive Garden (what is the appeal of)?
• Obtuse angles?
  
• ORGASM?

I know I'm gonna remember as soon as I shut this thing off again. G D it.

I didn't do so well last week. Missed the FGNs party - wasn't feeling it. Wasn't feeling much of anything last week - except work (only cause I had to) and sleep.

Once again, purple = leftovers/undone from last week (and the week before):

ToDo:

• Vacuum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (SERIOUSLY!!!)
• CALL SOMEONE ABOUT THE BATHROOM FLOOR/FOUNDATION REPAIR!!!!
• Knee exercises
• Pole practice (stuff that Yannori taught me)
  
• Mail stuff to CupCate/Iain
• Figure out what is f-ing wrong with my f-itty-eff-eff printer
• Call MetLife and make appt for adjuster and/or repair
• Throw away old hose. Buy a new 100yrd hose for the front "yard"
• Look into installation of on-demand water heater (and copper repiping?)
  
• Measure the front-yard crawlspace screen, go to Lowe's & get wood cut-to-fit and block it up.
• Make doc appt to talk about weight loss (realistic options?) and to resume Depo shots
• Call Adrian to see if he wants to go to Pride with me
• Pay bills: City of LB ($405), JCP (overdue??), and equity line ($96)
  
• Wed 8p: Pole workout (#9 of 10). Renew?? ($700)
• Sat: Water backyard (cause I prob won't be home Sun)
  
• Sun: Long Beach Gay Pride. Justin Rudd is parade grand marshall this year!! (but I'll prob miss that.) Sun night main stage entertainment = Sheena Easton and KC & the Sunshine Band
  

Not ToDo:

• So many sodas (did pretty well on this last week)
  
• PMS

Bookmole made me think of this - which worked out great because I'd never seen the vid before. Iggy is great in it:

Forgot to mention... Yannori's boyfriend came home and, despite actually looking nothing like him, totally reminded me of the Horace character (last week's episode - the dead Dharma guy with the map in his pocket).

Was I at the cabin? Did Jacob give me a clue?

Emotional/mental stability has finally returned (aka: PMS has left - and I'm now 90% certain I'm going back on the Depo just to avoid going through that again).

My 2-hr private pole class with Yannori went really, really well! I got some good practice exercises and a great technique for doing a GRACEFUL on-pole leg switch which, just maybe, will lead to me being able to climb on a regular basis. That would be "teh awesum". She also taught me a really simple, but strength-building (for me), transition she calls "the bounce". We did "hook", forward, and reverse spins and were able to work well together to figure out my screw ups and modifications that work well for me. I slipped a few times, causing me to land the moves wrong (on the side of my foot) and now have a super annoying bruise just below my big toe, right over the bone (Ouchie!). But, otherwise, am no worse for the wear.

We also did a bunch of other stuff that, with luck, will come back to me later cause I can't remember any of it now. It was an EXPENSIVE session but money well spent. I really got a lot of good out of it. Yannori is an impressive instructor and I hope I can see her again soon. (many thanks to Fachowna for introducing me to her!)

After Yannori, I headed off to get a pedicure, couldn't decide what I wanted, and ended up having pink nails with white polka dots. I know the dots tend to come off faster than regular designs (cause they do them with hobby paint instead of nail polish) - but what the heck, they're fun:

Since I'm out of coffee, I decided to head to Trader Joe's - where I found my missing frozen jasmine rice (HURRAY!!) and, no longer being pissed that they're out of everything I love, went on a shopping spree (only 1 bag). I've been craving pasta with thai peanut sauce for over a week so, of course, I ended up with 3 bowls of frozen thai pasta, a jar of thai peanut sauce, and peanut butter - despite knowing that I can no longer tolerate PB (OH WELL). Right now, I'm using all my will power resisting the urge to eat both pkgs of buffalo chicken pinwheel sandwiches (soooo YUM).

At home, I let the cats out front for a bit - despite the fact that Boo's 3 days of SCREAMING at me means she really didn't deserve it. Last night she pulled an attitude with ME on the bed, not happy that my arm was too close to her, and found herself thrown on the floor (my patience was ZERO). Damn, she tries my nerves. (the other two are pure sweetness.) My hope was that some front-yard time would mellow her out but no such luck - she already resumed the random annoying crying.

By the end of outdoor play time, it was early evening so I started some more laundry, went out back to water plants, and found the first ripe blueberries of the season!! Seems kind of early but everything seems like it's blooming early, so maybe it's me that's out of sync:

I really should do the vacuuming now but.. meh... who, but me and the kitties, is gonna notice? And it's so much easier to be a veg in front of the computer & TV. (I'm REALLY tired.)

Does tomorrow HAVE to be Monday? I'm sooo not in the mood for everything that comes with that. How annoying that I'm already stressing about it so it's invading my Sun night too.

I'll pay you $1 to put fresh linens on my bed for me. Kthx?

Now which of you Voxy neighbors deserves the credit for turning me on to this Etsy vendor, Motley Mutton?

I check my bank, online, to confirm that I missed paying the City in April. Best guess is that I overpaid in Mar and that caused a partial credit which somehow screwed up billing... but whatever.

I noticed that I have a $95 payment due on my Equity line. Well I paid the equity line in April (on the 1st). Then I made a "bonus", early, payment of $500 on the 28th - cause I wanted to see the balance below $20k. So, since I paid the bill early, and 5x what was due, why do I have a monthly payment of $95 due on the 15th?!?

I'm on the phone with them now. Best they can offer me is "well, since that payment was unscheduled, it all went to principal. So this is your monthly payment for interest." No explanation of why a payment isn't a payment, regardless of when it's made. I guess banking no longer allows for paying bills early - too hard for them to compute... fucks with their heads... and all that.

Phone reps comment: Bills are calculated on the 1st of the month. If you pay before that, the system has no way of knowing it. So you shouldn't pay before the 1st of the month. UNACCEPTABLE RESPONSE. He continued to ramble, I hung up on him.

So even though I prepaid, and dramatically overpaid, my monthly payment, I HAVE to make it again, or be penalized. Silly me... thinking I'd done a good thing.

I really can't take much more shit. And the sun isn't even down yet. What Gawds have I pissed off? Is my name Job?

Utility bill (gas/water/sewer) just showed up - $404.04
WHAT.THE.FUCK???

I apparently didn't pay last month (which seems odd). Current month is $224.61

The majority of that is the lovely City of Long Beach "Cost of Gas" surcharge. It started after gas & electricity prices spiked a few years back. Natural gas prices had been low for decades, so the City didn't have any contracts. The City bought "surplus" gas on the open market. When the prices spiked, they passed it on to us.

This month's "cost of gas" charge - for a water heater, clothes drier, stove (which I rarely use), and wall heater pilot light (heat has only been on a couple times this month) is $120.05. For ONE MONTH. For ONE PERSON.

All the more motivation for installation of an on-demand water heater. Not much I can do about the clothes drier (no room for air drying at my house - and I don't like air dried clothing anyway), stove, or pilot light (that will be turned off when temps finally STAY warm).

This, unfortunately, leads me to wonder where I'm gonna find $404 in my ass. Drop my workouts? That only adds to the issues from the prior post.

FUCK THIS DAY.

Oh, and one for Cranky: I just saw 3 little girls walk past my window with bunches of my roses in their hands.