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31 March 2006
I am in a *fantastic* mood! How are you on this Friday?
I'm getting laid off today, woohoo! Hopefully it'll be early in the day so I can go home and play Oblivion. I get the feeling I'm here for 8 hours, though.
I only got about two hours of sleep last night, so I'm drinking caffeine. That combo turns me into a fool. But, it's an absolutely gorgeous spring Friday, and I can't wait until I can leave work this afternoon and get outside.
Actually, I, too, feel pretty fantastic today, even though yesterday I was evaluating whether I might be slipping into a depressive state. Very, mucho beautiful day here today.
I'm in a grrrrrrreat mood. Although I've just had the *worst* Cous Cous in the history of the world. So yeah my moods ok but a bit fucked off with the lunching establishments in Golders Green. Actually I've just remembered I have to pack tonight. God. Slightly depressed now.....
I'm still coughing, but I'm not as sick as I was yesterday which is good. The plan for today? Pedicure and then maybe hooking up with The Boy Of Interest.
I am a happy man these days, yet I woke up with the WORST HEADACHE EVAR this morning. I am at work, doped to the gills and debating leaving. Thanks for asking Mike, very considerate of you.
Enh. My mom crashed at my place last night. No matter your age, when a parent comes to crash, it's just not nearly as fun as it is when a friend does it.
I called out today, I've been obscurely depressed and cannot seem to get motivated. Still, despite that, feeling ok. My mixcd is almost done being made, which is good, and then, you know, I've got to remember to mail it. I'm going to the pottery studio, which is always a good place, even when it makes me feel inadequate. I'm going to cook either spare ribs or a pork roast for dinner, with a brussel sprout recipe from my recent AskMe about using anchovies, so that's cool.
I'm feeling pretty good, although today will be full of things I don't really want to do (prospect meeting- so I'm wearing my suit on this beautiful day, blah blah, interviews with temp workers). At least I get to leave the office for this meeting- the weather outside is loverly!
Woo woo, the prospect meeting was cancelled (well, not cancelled, but it's a phone meeting, not an in-person meeting, and I don't have to be on the call) so now I can do the stuff I really want to do- like interviewer our temp workers! Yahoo! Now I'm off to the bathroom to change my boring hair to my fauxhawk, woooo.
Cycling among tired, frustrated, panicky, stressed, and pissed off in about five minute increments; right now I'm somewhere between panicky and stressed.
On the bright side, it's Friday. On the less bright side, I have to answer the office phones today. I hate phones.
I really just want to go outside and roll around on the grass, but maybe instead I'll get a haircut and see if that makes me feel any better.
Not bad today. That headache thing is really going around, and I've got it too. And I'm overtired; I'm thinking about trying that self-help Steve Pavlina's sleep scheduling method.
But at least it's Friday. Looking forward to the weekend, which will be filled with tasks and the finishing of projects, but still all on my own time. The weather is nice (60s, sunny). The spring peepers started singing two nights ago. Daylight savings comes on Sunday. Just floating along here at the water's level.
Glad there seems to be a fair amount of at least contentment here today. Keep on the sunny side, friends.
Feelin' pretty good. No overtime tonight or this weekend. The first disc of Season 4 of Northern Exposure is due to arrive today. The sun is shining. I didn't wear my winter coat today for the first time in months. It's almost baseball season. And I have delicious, locally grown apple that I'm about to go eat.
"Woke up this morning feeling fine / Got something special on my mind..."
In particular, drinking with the crew at Antarctica, which I am forsaking getting manga for. Why aren't there any awesome manga bookstores in Flushing?
Doing well here, too! Collecting $ from people who owe me so I can keep the roof another month. Picked up a coupleof bottles of South African cabernet that is yummy as hell yesterday. COntinuing to shed the ounces. :D
Feel better dodge! and hugs to the impending layoff people and others in need.
Okay, tub is running. I looked in the mirror and as appearances go, mine advertises a far cooler person than is actually provided within the package! w00t. Plus I roll my own cigs now - very hip indeed.
My coworker Chuck, who wears sports oriented clothing every day of his life, was mighty impressed with the vintage Hartford Whalers hoodie I wore today. So that was a pick me up.
On the other hand, I just got the window in my office to open. It involved the use of my leatherman, and gave me two bloody patches on my hands. But hey! Window open!
I am leaving for the beach any minute now YAY YAY except first I have to load World of Warcraft for my son and installing the patch keeps on disconnecting my cable internet so that the whole friggin thing has to be rebooted grrrrrr arrrrrrrghhhhhh
Hey MeAl, I just turned the corner on a cold too. Still coughing, but feeling 10x better than I have the past few days. Friday is a good day to get well.
MGL: Beach? Oh, man, I have a sudden yearning for the ocean. Today's the kind of day where after high school, I would have grabbed my friends, some picnicking supplies, a cord or two of wood and head down to the beach for dinner and a bonfire. Hell, it was only about an hour away from my place.
We probably wouldn't have swum, but we definitely would have burned the SHIT out of the wood and whatever else we could think of tossing onto the fire. After I quit, my first boyfriend and I burned my Best Buy uniform polo shirts in a symbolic ritual. THAT was awesome.
I've been doing the free-floating anxiety thing for a couple of weeks. It's getting better, but I've been distracted and have neglected my statistics class, and there's an exam today for which I am totally not prepared. But it's a beautiful day outside, and my daughter and I are going to have movie-and-s'mores night, so all is not lost.
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