I spent waaay more than I planned. Oh well... Happy Halloween!
seriously. I should have been over this 2 days ago!
Glowed about having energy... so I slept like crap at night (slept GREAT once the sun came up!) and was a bizarre mix of wired and exhausted all day. Kind of "hyper stupid"... and with a really high irritability factor. Not a good day to be someone working around me... or, specifically, someone who routinely pisses me off (whoever could I mean?).
But I got a lot done, so that's good.
And I came home, wrote up my "15 Things Swap" letter (what item was for which category), packed everything up, labeled the box, and have it ready to ship in the morning. Yay!!
Tomorrow night is the Steve Martin concert. I know he's playing banjo with his band. Not clear if there will be any convo/stories with it. I'm primarily attending because Steve Martin is super high on my list of people I want to meet. I'm hopeful about getting his autograph after the show (on my copy of his audiobook, "The Pleasure of My Company", which is the BEST AUDIOBOOK EVER)... though I have no idea if he does that. Just being able to see him, live & in person, will be great! (I have a bizarre curiosity about the size of his nose cause, somewhere along the way, I got the feeling he's filmed at angles to minimize it and that it might, in fact, be pretty large. Just something weird that's stuck with me.)
Semi-Related: Did you see the post about Vox thinking they'll have the Amazon portal fixed tomorrow? That would be nice. (the link to SM's book was already in my vox)
Saturday/Halloween is now planned as follows:
- Lock the cats indoors all day & night
- 11a/noon-ish: Long Beach cemetery tour (which will destroy my knees but is totally worth it. They're presenting 10 new "residents" this year, including some info on people who died in the 1918 flu pandemic.
- 2pm-ish: Veuve Clicquot champagne tasting with Earl (tentative - because we both have plans earlier in the day and it's a bit out of the way)
- 6pm: Pass out candy (mental note: BUY SOME CANDY)
- 9pm: "Halloween on Pine", a free (??) event in downtown
- 10pm+: Try all the special Halloween drinks at Smooth's Grille (on Pine): Smashing Pumpkin jello shots, Candy Corn shot, Trick or Treat drink, Black Cat Martini, and Moontini. I might also try the Toasted Pumpkin Ravioli w/Marscapone sauce. But I'm mainly focused on trying those drinks! (and taking a taxi for the 2 mile commute)
- I go to bed at an hour that makes sense for my schedule (2am; vs 11p when my energy was low).
- I actually get up when the alarm clock goes off.
- I take care of stuff of just thinking about it (washed dishes this morning then moved the large trash items to the curb so I wouldn't have to do it tonight) - putting away clean laundry being the exception
- I feel like I'm giving the cats more quality time
- I get even more stuff done at work (even when I'm tired, I tend to get a lot of work done)
- A coworker commented that I'm perkier
- Instead of always wanting to go to bed, I want to DO STUFF
- I've noticed that my appetite is decreased (it's like being on speed without doing speed!)
- I've worked late and/or run errands every night this week. Tonight I picked up the last 2 items for my 15 Things Swap; then I remembered to stop at It's A Grind to buy more coffee for work (and snag a DECAF pumpkin latte for myself).
The price:
- My knees (and my lower back?) are KILLING me. Even with the addition of prescription pain pills, I clearly feel the difference of not taking daily pain mgmt meds (Cymbalta)
- There's a strong probability that the increased pain will result in increased drinking
- Tonight I noticed that my driving is getting increasingly aggressive (the lack of road rage was one of the first changes I noticed when I started Cymbalta)
- I have some unexplained connection between that Black Eyed Peas song and crying my eyes out (honestly, I don't get it - I'm not happy or sad when it happens, just "emotional")
- When someone irritates me, I REALLY want to slap them; when things irritate me, I actively try to break them (you can hear me pounding my mouse on my desk all day as MS Office and Word act up)
- Increase cussing aloud (cause things irritate me more)
- The energy boost probably won't last long but the negatives will stick around
It's still really cold (for SoCal)... 45 F in Long Beach tonight; they're making snow in the mountains.
I'm doing MUCH better since starting the Zpack yesterday; barely coughed at all today (or so it seems to me).
Wow... both foreign concepts as of late, and I had them both in one day.
I was double worried about getting up today because not only do I not like getting up but I stayed up late, reading a few chapters of Homer's Odyssey (I, swear, I can be the sllooooowest reader sometimes!). So far, the book is "meh" - not mentally expanding for someone who's currently living with a blind cat, and didn't find that to be unusual to start with. But maybe it will pick up pace. One thing's for sure, Homer is one super smart/curious cat. I'd say Skritches is more "average cat"... perfectly content to just sleep all day rather than teach herself new tricks.
I had some anxiety issues that screwed up my morning sleep but I still managed to get to work on time, interacted with human adults, completely caught up all my work, left the office around 10:30pm and still had enough energy to stop at the grocery store and pick up some soup and cheese and crackers for a late dinner.
I'm sure it will catch up with me tomorrow. But I also know part of this is due to not taking my Cymbalta, which I previously figured out was the source of my being constantly tired - more so than "usual". Makes me want to stay off the Cymbalta permanently, esp since I'm not feeling any depression symptoms. But I'm starting to see some "hormonal" reactions (that Black Eyed Peas song, Tonight's Gonna Be A Good Night, suddenly makes me cry - not sad, not happy, but really emotional - and I have NO idea why) and that's not good.
I'm seeing my doc in the morning, for a breathing treatment and more antibiotics and a new scrip for Xopenex inhalers. (I swear, lately I'm there so often that they should just put my name on a parking space!) With luck, I'll have lungs cleared out before the weekend, so I can resume aqua aerobics and focus my attention on my stupid knees. Which reminds me, I need to see the Physical Therapy people too. The doc referred me over to them, for the 2nd or 3rd time, and I promised I'd finally go. They called last week but I totally forgot about calling them back.
I really believed my knees were doing better last week. Turns out they were just doing R&R thanks to a week of being housebound and relatively vegatative. A teensy bit of exertion on Fri (or whatever day I was running errands) left them sore. Add a lot of standing (and foolishly trying to push a car) on Sat night and they were practically useless yesterday. Still very sore today. I should probably check how many refills the doc gave me on the pain pills - might need another scrip for those as well.
I figured out where to donate most of the rest of my books (all but the erotica) - WORK! I completely forgot that we have an area of bookshelves where people exchange used books. Mine will be a nice break from the gabillions of political-thriller books there now. I hate politics and find "thrillers" to be stupid - but they're definitely the genre of choice amoung my coworkers.
Sooo... OMG, is it really 1:30 already? I thought it was about 11:30p - but since I didn't get home till 11:30, I guess that wouldn't work. I'm gonna go take my pain pills, read a little and (with any luck) get some sleep.
ps: Still smells like cat boxes in here. I'm seriously considering buying an automated litter box - at worst, it won't work out and I'll give it to a rescue group. At best, between it autocleaning and me figuring out where else has been "marked", my house might end up smelling normal again. PEEEE-UUUU!
Today's Toothpaste for Dinner comic cracks me up
www.toothpastefordinner.com
and I feel like a horrible horrible person for that decision. But, honestly, better to feel bad for missing it than for crashing on the freeway or something. In my mind (and probably in reality), those are the choices.
I got the chairs and other crap all set out for the trash pickup on Thurs - and apologized to the neighbors for the eye sore. I am sooo happy about getting that done, rather than just talking/thinking about it.
But my house still smells like hell ("cat lady house"). I thought it was the wing back chair (the one a cat has been peeing on a LOT) but I guess not. The search continues.
I paid a not-so-small fortune for the hair color, highlighting & cut tonight. Looks great. Too bad I'll probably just pull it into ponytails and no one else will see it. Ehhh... who am I trying to impress?
My knees and back are killing me. The knees, I get. Don't know what's pissing off my back so I'm hoping sleep will magically cure it.
I really should see my doc again tomorrow (about the lingering cough) but, frankly, I'll be lucky if I get to work on time as it is. Soooo not in the mood to go back and deal with office drama (including the fact that I never did my work from Friday). I love my job and all but being out of the office, and still paid, is a far superior deal!
Cranky, I was totally thinking of you while watching innings 5-8 of the Angels game at a bar. I had a lot of fun yelling at the TV!! My personal fav was when the Angels pitcher kept f-ing with... Rodriquez? Jeter?... who kept stepping off first base. My chant became, "I SAID...STAY ON THAT PLATE, BITCH!!!" The guy next to me seemed to really enjoy it, esp cause I kept telling his girlfriend to "stop being such a GIRL".
man, I am sick of coughing!
i can't get any good tv stations right now and I'll be damned if I'm getting up, and pissing off my knee, just to adjust the antenna again. My copy of Homer's Odyssey (the book about owning a blind cat) arrived yesterday. I think I'll go read that in bed.
someone remind me to copy the bit of work that I did to a flash drive in the morn. K?
and I feel like a horrible horrible person for that decision. But, honestly, better to feel bad for missing it than for crashing on the freeway or something.
I got the chairs and other crap all set out for the trash pickup on Thurs - and apologized to the neighbors for the eye sore.
My house still smells like hell ("cat lady house"). I thought it was the wing back chair (the one a cat has been peeing on a LOT) but I guess not. The search continues.
Paid a not so small fortune for the hair color, highlighting & cut. Looks great. Too bad I'll probably just pull it back into ponytails and no one else will see it.
My knees and back are killing me. The knees, I get. Don't know what's pissing off my back so I'm hoping sleep will magically cure it.
I really should see my doc again tomorrow but, frankly, I'll be lucky if I get to work on time as it is. Soooo not in the mood to go back and deal with office drama (including the fact that I never did my work from Friday). I love my job and all but being out of the office, and still paid, is sweeter.
Cranky, I was totally thinking of you while watching innings 5-8 of the Angels game at a bar. You would have loved my yelling!! My personal fav was when the Angels pitcher kept f-ing with... Rodriquez? Jeter?... who kept stepping off first base. My chant became, "I SAID...STAY ON THAT PLATE, BITCH!!!" The guy next to me seemed to really enjoy it, esp cause I kept telling his girlfriend to "stop being such a GIRL".
man, I am sick of coughing!
i can't get any good tv stations right now and I'll be damned if I'm getting up, and pissing off my knee, just to adjust the antenna again. My copy of Homer's Odyssey (the book about owning a blind cat) arrived yesterday. I think I'll go read that in bed.
someone remind me to copy the bit of work that I did complete to a flash drive in the morn. K?
they apologised for running out of brownies and brought this instead (blackberry pie with vanilla ice cream and choc & caramel swirls). WIN!!!
As I told the chick next to me at the bar, as I finished this off, "for this... I don't mind being fat! Toooootally worth it!"
GREAT cut & color but frankly i'm more impressed with my boobs in these pics
I also really love when Kwanna blows my hair out straight. Looks awesome for about 24 hours. She called it my CFMH.
Tonight is sexy sexy Tristan's last night in town. I want to see him. But I don't want to go out. Esp all the way to WeHo. Dunno what I'll decide. It might help if I got some food in my body.
- Haircut appt in 2.5 hrs.
- I need to put on some pants and drag the wing chair outside, near the garbage area.
- Might be advisable to drag the cat chair out now too (instead of waiting till Wed).
- Knee doesn't hurt as much as it should today - it likes alcohol!
- I love my new crutch
- I hate that I just said that
- Random "gypsy" car repair guy stopped and offered to "fix" my car headlights for $20. Tthey're yellowed and scratched and I've considered getting one of the repair kits but have been told it's not worth it cause they re-yellow right away. I decided WTF, scrounged the cash and he did a 2 min job which actually looks really good (even if it might go yellow again, right away). Plus, he found silver touch up paint in his car and sprayed the other gypsy repair on the back of my car so it almost matches the body now (turns out they don't make touch up paint in my color anymore)
- Jack In The Box's breakfast bowl, at 3am after drinking, is the best food ever made
- But chasing it with a Snicker's protein bar (yes, there really is such a thing) was not so good
- I'm in slo mo today. Not hungover but zero energy. And no longer planning to bring champagne to my hair appt
- How much did I pay for those drinks last night? I think the tab was $40-something and I'm pretty sure I only had 3 drinks.
- It was fun to ride in a limo (when is it not?)
- Why didn't I ask for the limo driver's cell #? (cause I'm a STUPID cougar!!)
- I have a LOT of junk to clean off the floors before Wed (housekeepers - supposed to come last week but I postponed because of being sick). That wouldn't be a problem except now, with returning to work, I won't want to do anything when I get home. (which is another reason I should skip Tristan's party tonight)
Okay.. really.... pants & move the chair...
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