6 posts tagged “things on tuesday”

Loathes:

• That I can't think of creative loathe/love headings
• No sleep
• Prescription "diet pills" (amphetamines) having no affect on my energy or appetite
  
• Total wasted the holiday weekend
• Daytime TV
• HDTV reception
  
• Running into someone from Brunch Bunch when I look like hell
• Toenails on my big toes both breaking, really low, again (max of 1 more pedi, gluing them down, before they'll have to be chopped short)
  
• I bought the wrong ink cartridge to (maybe) fix my printer but didn't figure it out till after I opened the box
• Friends in pain
• NO energy for the last week+
• HIGH stress/anxiety for the last week+ (no specific cause though lack of sleep is big contributor)
• Being cruised by dweebs
  
• Having no idea what, if anything, can/will motivate me to adopt a healthy lifestyle
  

• New partial bathroom floor / no more "rocking toilet"!!
• Fast, efficient, quality home repairs (bonus shower knob repair for free)
  
• Tentative plan for additional home repairs
• Tentatively having enough money to pay for some additional home repairs without dipping into credit line
  
• Flight of the Conchords concert this Friday
• Finally got call back from Siren Dance regarding next session of pole classes. Might be able to work it into my schedule (hard to say because late Sun night class, the one I wanted, has been dropped).
• Hummingbird flying up to my picture window twice this morning
• Seeing a baby firefly in the backyard
• Loving the Halloween costume I bought for cheap - looking forward to an excuse to wear it
• Naps on the sofa with the sun in my eyes and my warm fake-fur blankie over me
• Breakfast burritos
• Shirt & chemise from OldNavy fit really well (haven't tried the shorts); as hoped, chemise will make a great dress
• Men who smell really good (hard to go wrong with anything made by CalvinKlein)

Oh, hell no!

• Trader Joe's no longer stocking frozen jasmine rice, mole sauce, canned javas, canned mochas, Devonshire double cream butter, or the spinach/potato frittata; and the coffee grinder not working correctly (I got course instead of fine ground - and I'm pretty sure more than 1/2 of it was beans from the person before me)
  
• Booting up my office computer and learning I've been called to attend a meeting starting in 15 min
• Being completely burned out on work within the first 90 min of the day
  
• Barely being able to walk; maybe needing to be on crutches again
  
• Decent seats to G. Micheal concert reselling (on Ticketmaster) for over $700 each. Crap seats are over $200 (face value).
• The show "Oprah's Big Give" (great concept; HORRIBLY BORING show)
  
• Censoring what I blog because I don't want to deal with lurkers reading it; or with negative judgment from voxy neighbors
• Feeling invisible
• Horoscopes like this: The Moon leaves sensual Taurus and slips into Gemini at 9:27 pm EDT, making it even more challenging to bring the quintessence of our desires into tangible form

• Getting to work and finding a chocolate bar at my desk (source currently unknown but, because it's "Kosher dairy for passover", I'm guessing it's from Kevin)
  
• My DVD burner copying movies in approx 30 min each (apparently it just doesn't like creating movies)
• Trader Joe's new buffalo chicken hye roller (aka: pinwheel) sandwiches. Yummy!!
  
• Pain meds
  
• Having a coworker, who used to be physical therapist, read my mind by offering me a list of exercises to help out my knee without surgery (and, unlike everyone else, understanding that I cannot start with weighted leg lifts because that will do more damage than good)
  
• Funky House London Style podcasts (thanks, Bookmole!)
• Coincidentally slowing down in traffic just before a cop comes by
  
• A couple people telling me I look skinnier (*despite the fact that I know that's not true)
• Feeling desired by someone desirable
  
• Good convo with someone interesting
• Slow, sensual, kisses with lots of eye contact before/after
  
• Donating to charity
  
• The optimism of starting what seems to be a good book
• My kitties
• That I'm not the only person who thinks like this:
  

Single & Looking - Potential Love Interest

Loathes:

• The horrible horrible HORRIBLE video of the 2 marines and the puppy. I VERY SERIOUSLY want the EXACT same thing done to the guys in the vid: leave them somewhere till they're lost & confused & whimpering. Pick them up, don't give them any loving, make a bit of fun of their confusion & whimpering, smile at the camera, then lob them up into the air and over a cliff to their deaths. FUCK THOSE GUYS!! 1 MILL TIMES OVER - FUCK THEM!!
  
• Bad traffic on the way in to work (where the heck did all of the idiots come from?!?)
• No cinnamon coffee AND no pumpkin pie creamers
• "Peel apart here" containers that don't peel apart
  
• When I get the guy at the nail salon - cause he does a crappy job
• When my nail designs are copies instead of mirror images
• When my toe nail polish, which should last for months, chips after 2 days (see item 2 steps above)
• Not being able to afford as many private workouts as I would like
• Being too tired to practice pole work at home
• 3+ years of bedroom walls with large amounts of plaster peeled off (it's really ugly)
• Expected a sizable tax refund but having pending expenses that exceed it, at least 50x over, and having to figure out which to do and which to skip (and how to work in some indulgences)
• Not being able to figure out how to finance the purchase of the neighbor's home that's in pre-foreclosure (they already vacated). Even worse, not being able to figure out how to finance and MOVE IN TO IT (but still keep my current place, to fix up and rent out).
  
• The big bruise on the inside of my knee (cause it hurts and I remember thinking "ouch" when I did it, but don't remember what I was doing at the time)
  
• Not being able to stay in bed and sleep whenever I want
• Unreturned txt, email, and phone messages - esp when my msgs contained questions
• People who call, repeatedly, but never leave a message (if it doesn't warrant a message, it doesn't warrant a call - and it especially doesn't warrant 3 calls!)
• MIA MissScotch
  

• Finding new workout classes that I enjoy
• Learning about a year's worth of practical tips in 3 hrs of 1:1 & semi-private workouts
• Not having to select & pack a "costume" for workout
• Being able to listen to music without thinking, "can I freestyle pole to this? will this work for class?"
  
• Hope of having found a "root cause" health diagnosis
• Having plans for a getaway / mini-vacation
• Not owing any state or fed taxes
• ItsDeductible.com - FREE site (so I didn't have to buy tax software just to get the charity tracking app)
  
• Keeping secrets (no, I'm not talking about Arbed's secret)
  
• COMMENTS
• Cranky's posts
• Jayd's appreciation of women (and eloquence in writing about it)
• Evanescence songs
• My kitties
  

Things I Loathe:

• Feeling that whether or not my S class' timeslot will remain is dependent upon me (4 students enrolled, takes 5 to keep a class open, today is the day decision will be made)
• Already making a mental tally of all the ways I want to spend my IRS refund (I haven't even filed yet)
• Finding out about new lurkers who are reading my posts - and the things I'm saying about them
• The doors on my bedroom closet
• That I still can't figure out where the super strong breeze in my house is coming from
• Ugly ugly UGLY carpet
• My toilet is flushing "wrong" and I don't know why. Always has to be flushed twice (which is an extra problem because it also still leaks into the foundation). Add this to the IRS refund list.
• That, as of last week, I seem to have developed a dependency upon Xanax in order to get my brain to shut the F up long enough for me to fall asleep. (It's lowest dose - and daily use is a very new thing but it's really bothering me.)
• My 7-11 clerk pressuring me for my phone number
• Finding gift cards, at the supermarket, for Southwest Airlines. Granted, that airline SUCKS - but I'd love to get an airline gift card!
  
• Boo waking me up at 6am by laying in bed and crying, loudly, for no obvious reason. I suspect she has GI probs but worry that something more serious may be going on... except that, other than these episodes 2 or 3 times a day, she seems fine.
• Still not being able to successfully invert on the pole (almost made it once, thought I had it - but I was wrong)
  

• Someone signing up for next session, during class, so the S timeslot is continuing, whether I go or not.
• Finishing on a high note: S Factor class went really well for me last night (better than it has in weeks)
• Remembering my "not to do" list, not pushing myself so hard during warmup, and therefore having no injuries when I went home (in fact, I could actually walk normal for the first time in weeks - but I think that's cause I was barefoot).
  
• Cracking up, hysterically, when I tried to do the move where you lay on your back then throw your feet up, over your head, and touch the floor above your head (so you're folded in half). I used the pole to get in the move. For the first time ever, I hit that position in a way that still allowed me to breathe. So I decided to let go of the pole and, like everyone else, brace my arms on the floor for the rest of the move. Instruction was to s-l-o-w-l-y, one vertebrae at a time, roll legs back to starting position. Within about 1 second, my ass moved enough for my entire center of balance to shift and rapidly slam my legs back to the floor. No injuries - just sloppy and funny (if I'm going to keep this mondo-ass, I really need to get some mondo abs to counter it!).
• Doing the "Ronde de Jambe" move for the first time EVER!! ever-ever-EVER!!
• Possibly having a breakthrough on pole climbing (couldn't test it because my R knee was too weak for me to keep moving. But the theory is good and it felt good.)
  
• Having several people (including Christine who rarely has anything to say to anyone) comment that my song was REALLY good for me and that it really showed in my dance.
• Being right - dancing in my 'regular' clothes, instead of workout clothes, lingerie, or "costume" helped me be more "me" and less pressured - also helping me have a better dance.
• Waking up to BEAUTIFUL weather today
• Wearing my hair in a ponytail
• Feeling ready for my tax appt (even though I'm really not)
  
• Waking up in the middle of the night and finding all 3 kitties sleeping with me
• Self-adhesive heat pads
  
• My heated mattress pad (it's a big, full body, heat pad when I'm achy!!)
• The 7-11 clerk (Christian) having cinnamon coffee for me 2 days in a row
• When the office is really really quite

Things I loathe:

• No cinnamon brew coffee at 7eleven... again!
• No "pumpkin pie" creamers
• No ripe bananas - they were all green
• No string cheese
• "Wrong" sandwiches in stock (turkey/jack/southwest instead of turkey/cheese/dijon)
• Not winning the lotto
• Still not having done an iota of work toward prepping my tax info
• Being in a pissing match with the GI Specialist's office because they haven't bothered to call me with my lab results. I think, after the $300+ they charged for the appt, plus unknown blood lab fees, they should take the 2 minutes to leave me a voicemail rather than me taking time out of my day to call them, wait to be transferred, wait while they find my file, and then get the results. I still assume that no news means nothing was found. Still, my business is clearly not important enough to them.
  
• The STUPID toothpaste/mouthwash commercial with Ryan Seacrest and the totally useless line about "she has a big bag with her - women like to carry lots of stuff to smell good... " WHY IS THAT STUPID LINE IN THE COMMERCIAL? It has nothing to do with anything. Her ability to smell Ryan's mouth has nothing to do with carrying a bag of products to make herself smell/look good. She's not holding the big ass bag in the final shot - so why even mention it? It's makes me CRAZY every time I hear it!!
  

• "Stok" espresso/caffeine shots (they come in little single-serve "creamer"-type containers) currently making me a little bit loopy (I had 2 - watch out when they fully kick in, probably around 4 or 5pm)
  
• Harassing the 7eleven clerk about him knowing I was coming in around noon but still not having my coffee flavor brewed - for the 4th day in a row.
• Further harassing him about the green bananas and nothing else that I want being in stock.
  
• The clerk promising to have cinnamon coffee for me on Mon (he'll forget)
• Having the clerk talk me into spending $10 on lottos (mega mill is currently at $270m) and tell me that he doesn't want to split any lotto earnings with me, he wants to live with me forever. I told him he has to do all the housecleaning.
• Continuously accomplishing 8+ hours of work (especially test tables) in less than 5 hrs.
• Finding bugs no one else has noticed yet.
• The probiotic pills I started last week (Kyo-dophilis 9) actually seem to be helping - a LOT.
  
• It's FRIDAY
  

Many thanks to IrishLuckyLass for the invite to the Things on Tuesday group.
This isn't  a particularly inspired first entry - but only because work keeps interrupting my Voxing (how RUDE!).

• People thinking they're soooo much quieter than me.
• People thinking we're BFFs when we CLEARLY are not.
• The stupid bland diet I'm supposed to be following (I'm averaging about 80% compliance)
• Anyone (except Seanice) acknowledging the date of my birth
• TheQueen attempting to spy on me, my schedule, and my workload
• The sound of a telephone ringing
• Vacuuming
• My cell phone not working in the office
  
• Being broke 10 minutes after getting my paycheck
• Raises that look good on paper but, after taxes & whatnot, barely impact take home pay
• LA traffic
  

• Finding out, just a few minutes ago, that next Monday is a work holiday (I had NO idea!!)
• Winning multiple lotteries every day via spam (today I won two Spain lottos for a total of $2.3m Euro!! I am ridiculously wealthy in Europe - I win an average of 3 lottos a week there!)
• The wee bit of hope I have that I will actually win something when I randomly decide to play legitimate CA/US lottos
• Txt messages instead of phone calls
• Being looked at with desire by a guy whom I find drop dead gorgeous
• The hope of having hot sex (even better: the reality of getting it)
  
• COFFEE - especially strong, but not bitter, coffee
• My kitties
• A clean house
• My heated mattress pad
• Knowing that today is the "birthday" of the song "Rhapsody in Blue"
  
• Surprise presents from people who actually "get" me
• Champagne
• Gay men
  
• The enthusiasm I have about seeing Lucha VaVoom tonight