20 posts tagged “tuesday”
Olives:
- Finding a fall S Factor class that fits into my schedule is not looking promising
- 40% humidity & 90 degree (F) heat
- All of my deodorant is suffering from EPIC FAIL (due to previous bullet item)
- Forgot to bring my GI pills today and I can tell that I need them
- Repeatedly being envious of CrankyPants because I know that when I pull up my carpet I'm going to find a disaster area instead of the beautiful floors that she found
- REALLY want to go shopping for clothes & shoes but can't work it into my schedule till the weekend - but I'm not near malls on the weekend and don't like to drive out of my way to shop
- Catalina (coworkers are talking about it) - it's overpriced and BOOOORRRRRRRRING
- Yet another massively skilled, total expert, friendly & great to work with employee is leaving
- If I'm careful, I might be able to sneak 2 "easy days" at the office before being swamped again
- Getting to work and realizing I forgot to grab some food (it's a workout night so I need to eat something), only to have my boss walk by and offer me 1/2 of her really delicious "greek sandwich" (feta, some kind of sliced white cheese, tomato pesto, avocado, and greens on a really really good sourdough roll). YEEUUUM!
- Tammy's (coworker) stories of partying in Vegas - man, I need to travel with her!!
- I'm very much in the mood to get all of my household repairs done - even if it means borrowing against the equity line. Realistically, I'll wait till the temps cool off (so the cats are no longer shedding) - but I intend to get most of it (everything but the kitchen.... walls, rewiring, floors, bathroom remodel) done (or, at least scheduled) by year end.
- People noticing that I'm much "perkier" lately
- Feeling thinner - even though the scale and my clothes indicate that I'm not
Loathe:
- Being extremely nauseous and wondering if it's due to a week of twice/daily Tylenol. Hope not. Left work early yesterday and taking a sick day today.
- No antacid in the house (actually just as well cause I'd be popping them like candy)
- Chronic anxiety
- My disgusting, covered in stains, carpets (C and I knocked over a beer while "playing"; he profusely apologized; I just thought "what's one more stain at this point?" - didn't make the slightest effort to clean it up (I was busy!))
- I need a vacation but won't take one because I don't feel like traveling alone and won't spend the money when all I want to do is sleep.
- HDTV + antenna
- That blonde, uber-republican, uber-living-in-a-fantasy chick on The View
- The way the women on The View talk non-stop and all at once, exemplifying what men say about women. (I'd prob be fine with it if I was part of the IRL convo but watching it makes me turn off the volume to shut them up.)
- Boo is being totally cuddly right now - very much like when I first adopted her
- My sofa is pretty comfy for sleeping (though the chaise is even more so; maybe I should put the furniture back 'where it belongs')
- Coffee (probably shouldn't have any, since my stomach is already acidy, but I'm craving it like a mofo)
- Tiramisu flavored creamer (much better than Dulce de Leche and White Chocolate flavors)
- Magic fairies who houseclean ("I believe! I believe!! **claps hands wildly & waits for magic to start**)
- Bubblegum-flavored dental floss (I don't have any right now but remembered it while at the dentists' office)
- Did I mention coffee?
No
- stupid stupid STUPID drivers on the freeway
- fast lane on the freeway going 80, no 10, no 75, no 40, no 65...60...55...almost stop... 80 again
- too many responsibilities and no one to share them with (aka: pawn them off on)
- sites that don't tell if you if you can't log in because you're screwing up your ID or your password
- i still haven't found my postage stamps
- i think my personal "summer concert series" ends tonight - nothing else scheduled till Nov
- rehanging the curtain rod that MeowMeow knocked down = TOTAL FAIL.
- I tried using that "as seen on TV" magic putty to put the hook on the wall (cause most of the area is patched and I figured screws would just fall out again). Well, the putty adhered like cement to the curtain rod (including inside the screw holes, which are now rendered totally useless) but it totally fell off the wall (despite the examples in the commercial - which are what led me to try it in the first place). Then the extender rods came apart. Then everything started falling on everything else and then over and onto the floor. Then I got pissed off and just let it all go, turned my back, and walked off. Fuck that shit.
- string cheese
- BIG coffee cups
- not one single social plan for next week
- walking fast again, thanks to the knee brace
- i made an appt with the dentist - next monday (7/28) at 10:30am (cleaning & check the sensitive teeth; which involves him pressing a little tiny ice stick against spots to see where the actual sensitive spot is; which involves me YELLING when he gets it). UGH!!
- i made an appt with the orthopedist - week from tomorrow (7/30) at 1:30p (bonus: I'll miss an office meeting!!
- Note: their online "new patients form" = TOTAL SUCKAGE - redundant (I've entered my referring doc's name at least 10 times already), and SLOW. I've been at it for over 10 min already and am not sure I'll make a meeting in 20 min.
- the fact that it really Fs with people that I have no emergency contact. sorry folks -- I have no family, no local friends, no neighbors... NO emergency contact. Deal with it!!
Red Light
- Despite being disappointed by the Pole$tar event, I still want one of their (or Xpolesitions') shirts - cause they were CUTE - but don't know how to get one.
- Although I stand by my comments about the Pole$tar event, I feel bad that I didn't balance out with more good (like getting flirted with by some good looking men) and that someone from Pole$tar was mildly hurt by reading them. I give her props for having a neutral reaction instead of flaming me - she showed a lot of maturity. More than I would have. [see comments to the prior post, the one with my dress pictures]
- My left eye is watering all the time and it "drains" upward, into the crease, totally f-ing up my makeup. What's that about?
- My ears are STILL ringing from the Pole$tar event. That's 2 days. The Left one is substantially worse than right (hearing is fully back in right but still partial in Left)... which is concerning me. A LOT. I'm pretty sure it's just shock and will wear off, eventually, but will have the doc to take a quick look tomorrow.
- House is a DISASTER AREA yet I still don't clean it (where the hell are my magic cleaning gremlins?)
- My knee probs are largely weight based but I still don't do enough to lower my weight. Because the knee limits my ability to exercise, I am starting to consider drastic non-exercise options (though not likely to actually do them).
- Weed-grass in the side yard is suddenly 3' high (where is it getting water??). Tall enough that I was nervous about walking through it, to the trash cans, cause I didn't know what might be hiding in there. Guess that means weed whacking is on this weekend's agenda. Pah!!
- I really need to take my car in for $400+ tune up (120k miles) this Sat, before I forget again
- I pulled up a couple more vinyl tiles in the bathroom and found black mold under them. Greeeaaaaat.
- Leah cancelled on going to the strip club which means cute former-coworker Jesse will probably cancel too. Damn.
- People keep calling me. Hellowww... I DON'T ANSWER THE PHONE... SEND AN EMAIL!!
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My knee brace showed up over the weekend (though I didn't see the box till late Sunday). It seems to be helping some - though not as much as I hoped (because it fits my thigh but is too big on my lower leg). I think a big metal "Forest Gump" leg brace sounds ideal.
- There was free salad in the lunch room today (leftover from some meeting)
- I have a doc appt (tomorrow morn) for more Cymbalta and a referral to an ortho/knee specialist. Will probably also ask for refill of Xanax.
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Pretty sure I'm gonna follow Cranky's advice - save even more than 50% tuition by not "taking advantage of" the $220 S Factor pricing and just wait till fall to return to their classes (or find something else). Ideally, I'd like to swap my current Thurs & Sat classes - cause it would save a bunch of gas and time. Will have to ask about that on Thurs night.
- Boo was a little cuddle-kitty this morning and barely cried at all. Very unusual for her but I really enjoyed it
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More of my oriental lilies, plus my firecracker lily, are in bloom. (note: all bought before I learned that lilies are dangerous for cats. I'd pull them out but the cats have been fine with them... so far... knock on wood)
- Stray Cats concert in a week
Nope
- Petting Espressa and falling back asleep while getting ready for work (not good)
- Feeling that the Cymbalta may be killing my emotional passions - lately I feel that I don't care (good or bad) about anything
- Double-dosing Cymbalta to kill knee pain is effective but will also kill an equal amount of phyical pleasure
- Figuring out that sitting is the biggest irritant to my knee - since that's pretty much all I do all day
- I think it's time to see an orthopedic surgeon. I'm a bit paranoid because after the arthroscopic surgery, about 15 yrs ago, that surgeon kind of implied a full knee replacement would be in my future.
- Knowing that my weight is a major contributor to my knee problem but still not being motivated to change my lifestyle and magically loose weight (though, to be fair, the knee makes it damn near impossible to do most forms of exercise)
- Adrian left for NJ (to live) and I didn't get to say goodbye in person
- Despite getting lots of sleep, I'm still really tired ALL the time
- Is it really July already???
- Petting Espressa and falling back asleep while getting ready for work (it felt good)
- Getting lots of restful sleep when double-dosing Cymbalta
- 3-day weekend with no "gotta do" plans
- Getting to hang with MissScotch
- San Francisco (I couldn't live there but I LOVE visiting)
- JetBlue
- Getting great opps for fun because I don't bother to wait for someone else to decide to do it with me (can't tell you how many people bitched about missing out on the $25 concert tix when it was their own damn fault for not being able to make up their mind, in 25 hours)
- Fun sexy men (applying a little "law of attraction" here)
Pinches:
- The 2nd floor entryway smells like fish/feet. Quite barfy.
- Someone on Vox lied about the Vosges Mo's Bacon Bar (chocolate with bacon). It was soooo horribly bad that I had to spit it out and couldn't stop laughing about how truly repulsive it was. Had I tried to swallow it, I would have vomited (and I've swallowed some truly... nevermind). My coworker commented, "I don't even like bacon anymore."
- My neighbor at home. Today, as he repeated banged his trash cans around at 6am, then started building stuff at 8am, I realized that we never "clicked" as neighbors. He barely acknowledges my existence, which is quite a change from prior neighbors. I don't know if he's that way in general or if it's specific to me. Either way, when combined with his lack of consideration for my schedule (out of consideration, I don't play outdoors with the cats at 2am), it's made me not like him. Plus his pale skin really creeps me out. I can see how other women might find him attractive but I find him really gross (as I'm sure he does me).
- My mentor-ish coworker, who I really respect and am basically partnered with (largely by choice), has started hinting about quitting when we change locations
- TheQueen
- Feeling overwhelmed by plans and other people's expectations, even though I'm really not - it's all in my head
- For reasons I still haven't figured out, I NEVER remember to pay my utility bill until I get a disconnect notice
- Eating a lot less (thanks Cymbalta) but my bras are getting tighter on my ribcage (not my boobs) and the scale says I haven't lost any weight at all
- My order of pepper spray still hasn't been delivered (stalled in Illinois during the storms but now it's been sitting, local, for 4 days)
- I remembered to call the construction guy (and he does have an electrician referral) but he was in the field and because I want an appt a week from now, he wants me to call him back sooner to the actual day I want him out
- Not being remotely prepared for a meeting I called for tomorrow (thankfully, it's only 3 of us)
- Expecting to be stood up for the G.Micheal concert Fri night
- I just checked ticket availability for the concert and it appears that it will either be drastically undersold/small crowd in a huge venue or may be cancelled at the last minute. Considering tix still available, I'd probably go with the cancellation. It looks like only the floor and part of the first level (of 3) have sold for Fri (he nearly sold out another SoCal venue - guess there aren't enough fans to support 2 shows). I'm also annoyed to see that 5+ seats for 14th row, dead center, are available when that area did not come up in the $25 sale on Friday. My floor seats are prob another 20 rows (or more) back.
- C enthusiastically accepted offer for my extra ticket to the G.Micheal concert (of the few people with whom I've been to concerts, he's been the most fun... adding to the experience instead of distracting from it)
- Fachowna's friend said the GM concert was really good
- Pole workouts
- I remembered to buy my ticket to the Pole$tar competition
- Knee pain is largely tolerable (thanks Cymbalta & pilates)
- Relationship with food is closer to "normal"; I rarely have cravings and can walk away from meals unfinished (thanks Cymbalta)
- My kitties being super cute today: Moshi kept calling for me then running off; Espressa, who usually isn't very talkative, was chatty & wanted lots of petting; Boo wanted up into the closet, rearranged the linens to her liking (hiding her) then went to sleep
- Being on top of my workload (even though it feels like I'm not)
- I'm going to SF on Saturday!
Jogging:
- Learned that office eye candy Randy ("I love you, Randy!" - running joke that I posted about a looong time ago and can't find now) has already left the company and is now only here as a consultant.
- Sudden onset of reflecting on my relationship history and finding the results to be somewhat disturbing - never had love & sex in one relationship, always one or the other
- My knee does NOT like transitioning from sitting to standing
- Moshi came home, 2 mornings in a row, with lots of new cuts & scrapes from cat fighting
- Severe insomnia last night; tried to vibe it out - couldn't (side effect of Cymbalta = inability to Big O??)
- Feeling very "meh" about everything (another side effect of Cymbalta?)
- Worrying that everything is either a side effect of Cymbalta or direct effect of depression
- Work is about to get crazy-busy and stay that way for months
- Audience tickets to the July 13 Pole$tar competition in LA are $50 (but I'm prob gonna pay it - I want to be there!)
- I continue to forget to take a pic of me with a cassette for Krissy's post/group
- Kids riding illegal mini motorbikes and electric scooters through the streets for hours on end - and running all the stop signs and me hoping they get hit by a car (bad, Leenda!!)
- My wardrobe - and the lack of desire to update it
- The house doesn't clean itself
- Not going to either of Paul Oakenfold's rare SoCal appearances
- Brain fry
- CupCate got her presents!! (and did a nice post about it too)
- Pole classes at SirenDance are promising; if nothing else, the warmup part (pilates) is kicking my butt (in a good way)
- Moving my 1:1 classes to Sat has, despite the nightmare of trying to find parking, made for very nice evenings in Balboa.
- Last Sat was wonderful from beginning to end (after workout I wandered around, bought lots of trinkets, rode the ferris wheel, played skee ball, took a nice Newport Harbor cruise and the cruise captains said I could take it again, any time, for FREE)
- Cymbalta is doing an amazing job of controlling my knee pain (about 1/10th of what it used to be); warmups at SirenDance are helping too
- Catching myself walking through the house repeating "that sucks ass!", out loud, to no one (it was a couple weeks ago and still makes me laugh - though I no longer have any idea what sucked ass so much)
- 11 days till I'm partying in SF (30 hr turn around trip)
- ALL of my friends now have the right to get married in California!!! W00T!!
- I won (on ebay) a painting by Art&Tea... this one.
- String cheese is suddenly the best thing i've ever eaten (i don't know why)
- I still have a stash of Girl Scout cookies - some at my desk and some at home
- Guys stopping my by desk for candy
- This song (though I prefer the longer version, which I just uploaded to my music library):
Loathes:
- People returning calls to me at 9am, while I'm still trying to sleep, after my msg to them specifically mentioned only being available between 10a & 1p
- Still being tired all the time
- R knee killing me again with constant dull pain and, anytime I go from sitting to standing, extreme sharp pain; can't see the chiro till Sat. (prob gonna need to cancel the workout I planned for that day)
- Pretty sure I'm going to blow off both the local performances by Paul Oakenfold cause everyone else is being a retard about deciding which show to attend and I'm OVER IT
- Concerned that I'm still withdrawing socially - not good for my mental/emotional health
- Likely to suck at first workout Thurs night due to aforementioned knee - creating a really bad first impression
- My house is a disaster area
- The backyard is wall to wall weeds again
- While getting dressed this morning I found undies, socks & shoes that I wanted to wear then stood around hating everything else I owned
- I need a haircut
- Remembering that the BS collection for the hospital bill I paid (over a year ago) is still active and on my credit report. need to deal with it. don't wanna
- GI health is reasonable - not perfect but substantially improved
- All the kitties (my 3 and MeowMeow) were crash-and-burn sleeping when I left for work - Boo & Espressa on opposite sides of the bed; Moshi & MeowMeow on opposite sides of the backyard; all very cute
- Doc's office called with okay to pick up another sample bottle of Cymbalta; follow up appt now set for Fri morn
- Workload for this week looks like it's going to be manageable
- Just now getting word that my raise has been approved/confirmed and went into effect last Friday
- Being told, "everyone knows you have an ability to find software bugs that no one else can" (my job is to find software bugs)
- Coffee
Spiders:
- Being awakened 3 HOURS before my alarm clock by the sound of chisels, hammers, and gas-powered (??) saws tearing up ceramic tiles less than 3' from my bedroom window. And, as expected, having all the noise stop about 2 min before I finally had to get up for work. (The city was repairing the damage they'd done to Jesus's backyard last month - from what I've since learned was a repair for a MAJOR gas leak.)
- Waiting for some stupid driver (who I believe was part of the city crew) to get past my driveway so I could backout only to have her honk and flip me off cause she was too STUPID to realize I was NOT MOVING, I was WAITING for her slow-mo ass to MOVE.
- Wondering if I should go on anti-depressants (and not wanting to, even if I should, cause of the side effects and other "icky" feelings they tend to cause)
- The skyrocketing price of gasoline
- The amount I paid for a ticket to see Madonna
- Really annoying amateur drinkers, over their limit, at concerts (FOTC)
- The fact that I'm part of the 83% of voters who did not vote today (I have no idea what was even being voted upon; I didn't even know it was going to be a poll day till Sunday. Luhoooser)
- Main work project getting further & further behind schedule - but the deadline isn't moving (and my team is the final stop before release, so we'll be expected to make up all the time lost by other teams)
- Waiting... waiting... waiting... for mail order items to arrive
- The cost of sending a package to London (holy shit, is it flying by private lear jet?!)
- FINALLY mailed the package to CupCate & Iain!!
- Planning to sign up with SirenDance (when I'm paid, Friday), which means 2 pole workouts a week
- The totally gorgeous goth color of my current pedicure
- My miracle-worker chiro, Dr. Sal
- I'm gonna see Madonna in concert
- Today's meeting being cancelled AGAIN
- After booking a trip to SF for the end of the month (where I'll get to see MissScotch!!), finding out it's also SF gay pride weekend (PAAARRRTTTTTAAAAYYY!!)
- Having a really deep tan
- My kitties
- SomeEcards:
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)
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