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06 February 2007
Three point Update?→[More:]
Had to go to the University today, which I just did.
Thought of making a post on Metafilter, which I also just did.
And just finished writing this post, so yea for me!
1) Working on a communications audit that will require me to match up over 24,000 work aliases to a spreadsheet
2) Expecting 3-6 inches of snow today and considering cancelling my community college class
3) Wondering what to get my sweet for St. Valentine's Day
1) hated Valentine's when I was single, still hate it now I'm coupled (red is my favourite colour and I don't appreciate it being hijacked, plus I don't want to pay inflated prices for a crap meal in a crowded restaurant)
2) first Pilates class tonight and I'm a bit nervous and I don't know why
3) worried about increasing social anxiety (see 2) as I work on my own and live in a new(ish) city with my boyfriend - I find making friends hard :(
Preach it - me too. But hang in there, have fun at Pilates, and smile at people. Most won't smile back, screw 'em. But some will, and next week maybe say hi, and suddenly you'll find yourself with a friend!
1. Still at home - late for work
2. Caught a mouse this morning, the first one of this apartment. Must have come inside from the cold
3. made delicious butternut squash soup for dinner last night. even mr. gaspode didn't complain about the lack of meat!
1. It's freakin' cold here but I love it!
2. I've got the car today, so I can go off campus for lunch if I want to!
3. I was on time for work this morning and the traffic wasn't bad.
1. Baby, it's cold outside!
2. Have to get some actual work done today but my office is still total chaos after construction & while it remains unpainted I am loathe to return stuff to its rightful place.
3. Need more coffee.
1. I was on the phone for 2 hours 13 minutes to the Complainant from Hell this morning, as a result of which he is bringing seven new complaints.
2. I have had only one coffee today, and am in desperate need of caffeine.
3. I feel as if the day has been a total waste because it's been spent on the phone, typing up notes of said phone call and dealing with the fallout from said phone call.
1) Took a health day yesterday.
2) Back at work and ready to go!
3) Made SO sleep on the couch last night due to coughing and tossing and turning. I feel heartless, except he slept like a baby on the couch!
1) Yesterday I was legally under the influence of cocaine!
2) Today I am legally doped up on Vicodin!
3) I haven't even thought, legally, about tomorrow!
1. Woke up at 4am this morning. Wrote THE LAST four (please god) college recommendations for my seniors, long as I was up. Tired. *sigh*
2. I have a leftover Texas burger with bacon and cheese for lunch. Only had two bites last night. (Yes, I eat it cold.)
3. Need to pick up some Axe body spray for hubby. : )
1. I'm terrified to be happy because we've been hit by so many sudden bad things.
2. There's a weird bruise looking place on my side that's been there for a couple of months. I showed it to my husband after about two months and he's probably going to ask me about it again any day now.
3. Every day the back of my brain is thinking about it even when I'm not.
1. we still have ants in the back conference room *sigh*
2. it's sixty degrees out, so I woke up early and had a stellar WARM DRY HALLELUJAH! ride in to work on the fixte, complete with a stop @ my fave espresso joint.
3. my hair looks frickin awesome today and I have no idea why. go me!
bonus: almost forgot - my roommate inexplicably packed my lunch for me and left me a sweet little note on my bathroom mirror about it. I think he's bummed because since I've been back at work we barely see each other anymore (he's been working closing shifts and I've been spending weekends in Denver lately).
1. Coworker returned my laptop, which, overnight, he had has teen posse go over, wipe and reinstall, optimize, etc. etc. I am very appreciative. Busy using the T1 line here (or whatever the fastest possible net connection is called these days) to put stuff back on it.
2. Made a great miso soup last night, and wife didn't even complain about the shitakes, although she usually does.
3. Tues. night is my hard workout night. I wimped out 3/4 of the way through Pilates yesterday afternoon on account of my foot cramping up.
Fuzzbean: I recommend you say to them, "Hey, you *did* raise me right, at least I'm not [INSERT WORST POSSIBLE SCENARIO FOR YOUR PARENTS TO IMAGINE]." I had to drop that one on my mom a few years ago, and since then they've ignored my sex life for the most part. In fact, I don't even think Mom remembers the conversation where I told her I was bi.
1. Last night, both of my roommates were home. This morning, we were all awake at the same time. This is unusual for this new apartment configuration.
2. Can't decide what to get for my boyfriend for Valentine's Day. He lost a really cool umbrella about a year ago; would you think it romantic if I got him a very similar one, in his favorite color?
3. I am slowly easing the words "macaroni and cheese" from my diet. This can only be good for me.
Bonus: I won $3.40 playing in my friend's poker game on Saturday, but lost the $50 tournament. I am still pleased.
(my mother and I have the sort of relationship whereby if I even obliquely referred to something sexual, not even wrt me, we would not be able to speak to each other for 6 months. I'm sure that when/if we spawn, she will tell herself that it's adopted.)
1. Not too hung over from birthday Pina Colada last night.
2. People got me lots of new photography books! Woo! And a Tom Waits CD!
3. No vermin in my apartment except for a gay cat and a woolsucking cat, both of whom I invited in, so I have no one to blame but myself.
(Gaspode: It's not my mother (mostly), it's my father. And the immoral behavior in question appears to be...dating. I am giving serious consideration to enacting a "you lecture me about sex/relationships, I don't talk to you for two months." type thing. Le sigh.)
And TrishaLynn: that would be a kickass Valentine's Day present. I heartily approve.
Went to Sontag memorial at 92nd st Y and was able to tell Darryl Pinckney about my encounter with her (he'd alluded to the essay where she mentioned my grandfather's store).
Up until 6 rooting out bills and paying them.
Need to go shopping for black pants.
Fuck Valentine's Day! *cues up X's "White Girl" again*
Oh, and my three points:
*The mister surprised the hell out of me the other day by declaring that we need to move closer to the city in the next few years because he doesn't want his children growing up to think that everyone is white, straight and Christian. He's not given to such proclamations--that's usually my job--so I know he means it.
*I think he's having some kind of midlife crisis that is causing him to get fired up about all kinds of things and stop caring what people think of him. I love it! Best midlife crisis ever!
*I'm totally bummed that I am far too big and ridiculous to do anything truly romantic for valentine's day. I really want my body back.
1. Shopped this morning - Target (they have nice turtleneck shirts for $2.25!)
2. vegged at home for a change, just minor house cleaning.
3. Unfortunately, a water line broke and the water to all of us in our development has been turned off. The development manager brushed me off and told me the water would be on by 4 pm. It is now 6 pm, and it's still not on.
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