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01 March 2007

Good News, Bad News →[More:]

Good News:

I reported to my volunteer assignment today. Another volunteer showed up a couple minutes before me, so I got to go home. Yay! (I love to volunteer but welcome the break.)

Bad News:

Overheard this week while volunteering:

Ferociously eating an apple at lunch. "Look at Miss Lori, she's eating that apple like a pig." "Miss Lori, what did you eat this morning?" (Nothing but coffee, that's why my breath smells foul.) From another parent, "You look tired."

post by: LoriFLA at: 09:25 | 21 comments

oops, could someone reformat. I really must be tired.

posted by LoriFLA 01 March | 09:26

Well, you look tired! :)

posted by tr33hggr 01 March | 09:51

I hate "You look tired". If I see someone looking tired, I always ask, "How are you?" I don't just state, "You look tired". Sometimes, I don't feel tired, and then someone says, You look tired! And I think, WHY DID I BOTHER TO GET OUT OF BED THIS MORNING AHHHH?

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 01 March | 10:06

Exactly TPS. When a person tells me I look tired, I can't help to think that I look like a rough old hag. Blatant honesty from small kids is a given, the adults should know better. :)

posted by LoriFLA 01 March | 10:13

I feel your pain. With olive skin, sometimes I just wake up looking a little green. And it always seems that on those days, someone will insist to me I look like I was punched in the face. No, I explain, that's just how I look. Nobutyoureallylookbad- YES I KNOW, it's genetic, sue me. On Monday nigt, my pilates teacher (who is a friend of mine) told me I looked disclored, as though something was wrong with my insides. You can imagine what joy that brought me during those awful winter months.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 01 March | 10:23

my pilates teacher (who is a friend of mine) told me I looked disclored, as though something was wrong with my insides.

OMG, TPS, you must have end-stage liver disease or pancreatitis. How could you be doing pilates in such a state? You best get to the doctor, quickly! Hee.

I have yellow undertones too. Mixed with my new dishwater brown hair, and little to no makeup I am sure I look positively peaked.

posted by LoriFLA 01 March | 10:31

Oh yes, clearly I'm dying. I tried to tell her I just hadn't put on any makeup that morning, but she didn't believe me.

posted by ThePinkSuperhero 01 March | 10:38

Good News: They are finally announcing some more levels of the new org structure here at work.

Bad News: It still doesn't tell me enough about anything. Oh, and my back spasm is still sticking around and fucking hurts today. I might just go home and get whacked out on muscles relaxants. Maybe that's more good news?

posted by richat 01 March | 10:44

Good news: New Sims 2 add-on came out yesterday (and it's so cool- it'll rain and snow in the game now).

Bad news: I have to work at least one day this weekend instead of staying home and playing the game.

posted by BoringPostcards 01 March | 11:04

Good news: Tomorrow's friday! And we have season two of the wire coming from netflix! : )

Bad news: My jeans are too tight (the ones I wore to our wedding last September). Our scale's on the fritz (needs a new battery), but this can't be a good sign. : (

posted by Pips 01 March | 11:14

Good news: The furnace is fixed & the house is clean (because I got up at 6:45 this morning & started cleaning in anticipation of a landlord/furnace guy visit.)

Bad news: My tooth still hurts and the only time the dentist can see me - 4:00 today - is going to be damn near impossible for me to work out & will piss off my coworkers.

posted by mygothlaundry 01 March | 11:21

Good news: I found some insanely cool shoes the other day, for 1/3 their regular price

Bad news: I wore them all day without protecting the points of friction, and now I have two painful broken blisters, preventing me from wearing them today. You don't break in new shoes, they break in your feet. Ow ow ow.

posted by elizard 01 March | 11:26

Good News: Birthday dinner with my beau tonight at a fancy restaurant, and I have a fancy new dress and fancy new shoes and a fancy new necklace.

Bad News: That's still 9 hours away!

posted by muddgirl 01 March | 11:37

(snazzy shoes, e... blisters suck : (

Gives ya an excuse to spend the day in bunny slippers, though. (I've been wondering how far I can push my own no dress code at work. Would feety pajamas be too far?)

posted by Pips 01 March | 11:40

Good News: I gotta take a shit.

Bad News: I gotta take a shit.

posted by Hugh Janus 01 March | 12:02

Good News: I am working from home tomorrow. Which actually means that I am spending the afternoon shopping and gossipping with a friend who is down in London on business but has Friday afternoon free and then going out with a fellow MetaChatter in the evening.

Bad News: Because I am skiving off tomorrow, I will have to work on Saturday or Sunday instead.

posted by essexjan 01 March | 12:44

Good News: I'll be able to get some work in my place done sooner than I thought.
Bad News: I feel horrible that I'm missing this trip.

posted by brujita 01 March | 12:55

I didn't want to be alone this weekend.

posted by brujita 01 March | 13:07

I often tell my mom she looks tired - and I normally phrase it like so:
"Jesus Christ, mom, you look like shit."
She normally replies, "Thanks a lot, bitch." And then I start laughing. It's just how we are.

Good News: I finished my new quilt at 6:32am.
Bad News: My sleep schedule is really screwed up.

More Good News: I work from home so my sleep schedule can be jacked up.

posted by fluffy battle kitten 01 March | 19:29

Good news to some are bad news to others. C'est la vie.

posted by carmina 01 March | 21:21

and, sorry for your trip brujita. Plan another one, that'll take your mind off of it.

posted by carmina 01 March | 21:23

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