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20 March 2008

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1. I have been insanely productive these past 2 days. I need to stop doing this. It sets unrealistic expectations.

2. I've come to the conclusion that I can't watch an Owen Wilson movie without being seriously annoyed for the next 2 days.

3. the nasty patch of road rash on my knee leaked serum thru the dressing and stained my capris, ew.

post by: lonefrontranger at: 14:31 | 30 comments

1) My bursitis is flaring up. Between crocheting and bursitis, I sound like I'm 85 years old.
2) After having quit smoking for 1.5 years, a number of months ago I let it start creeping back little by little, until I was smoking again, regularly. Today is Day 2 without it. I'm OK. I'll be OK.
3) I want to go home, but I don't know what I'd be doing differently if I got there.

posted by Stewriffic 20 March | 14:37

1. I need my passport but can't get it without a certified copy of my name change papers but the court has no copy of the order so the case has to be re-opened and the court clerk said she doesn't know how long it will take or what decision the judge will make and it seems as though I've been living under this name illegally for the last fifteen years and I need my passport yesterday aaaaaa!

2. I'm a little stressed out.

3. Tomorrow I'm cooking dinner for a friend and it will be a veritable feast. Fragrant chana dal (seriously, if I could make this smell into a perfume, I would), a scrumptious chicken dish (marinating right now in yogurt, garlic, ginger, lime, cayenne, coriander, etc), basmati rice, and, best of all, samosas from scratch with mango chutney.

posted by Specklet 20 March | 14:43

Fucking goddamn knees are flaring back up again after a month of physical therapy. If I keep not running at this rate, I'm going to be 200 goddamn pounds my my birthday.
Neck is still a bit cricky, but the new contour pillow? AWESOME. A++++ WOULD NAP AGAIN.
I'm in a low-productiveness downturn and beginning to feel the burn of it. Firing up the GTD system for one more go-round, and actually knocked a couple of items off today. Momentum ahoy.

posted by middleclasstool 20 March | 14:46

1. Completely freaking exhausted. This week has been one big ball of stress (good stress, but still stress) and I've been waking up at 4a to stare at the ceiling.

2. I also have done next-to-no work this week. Which is bad.

3. And the freaking plumber keeps coming by; there's a leak in the apartment downstairs and they think it's coming somewhere between our apartment and their apartment and they've knocked out the wall behind the sink but they had to call another guy to cut out the boards and I'm sick of waiting around for them to fix this shit, I know they have to but it's not even my problem and it's been going on for two days and I want to leave the house and go to yoga, dammit!

3a. I am cranky.

posted by Fuzzbean 20 March | 14:48

1. It's 50 degrees in the museum today. Yesterday it was 53. Yet the building manager says there is little or nothing he can do.

2. Who cares how cold it is? Somebody brought more cookies! There have been cookies every day this week! It's cookie week! I now weigh 3000 pounds, which is good, since I need the blubber to navigate the ice floes.

3. I have to get my shit together and get motivated and get a whole bunch of stuff done and my life in order because I am letting things fall by the wayside really badly but all I want to do is sleep. And eat cookies.

posted by mygothlaundry 20 March | 14:49

1. Went to the dentist this morning. Teefs are clean!

2. Have done little to no work all day. I blame the NCAA tourney, of course.

3. I played bridge like a moron last night and my partner was mad at me. :( I have a chance to redeem myself (in my mind; it's with a different partner) tonight!

3a re. cookies - isn't it girl scout cookie time? I haven't had anyone sell me any. I NEED MY THIN MINTS

posted by gaspode 20 March | 14:52

1. Worked out hard at the gym just now. Felt great.
2. Plan on drinking beers with my husband watching basketball at a bar this evening.
3. Looking for a place to have brunch on Sunday.

posted by msali 20 March | 14:59

1: 4 days off! Woo! Yay for religion giving everyone a long weekend!
2: Feeling I should do some work this evening
3: Gearing up for my last long practice run before the marathon. This involves eating lots of carbs. Yay!

Specklet: you're not cooking Turducken? I thought it was a speciality of yours?

posted by TheDonF 20 March | 15:01

1. My department successfully kept the information of our department banquet's inclusion of a roast for our retiring department chair of 20-odd years and gave her the surprise of her life last night! It was a wonderful conspiracy, and we're still talking about it.

2. It's the day before Spring Break. My students are almost comatose (at least the ones showing up for class are!)

3. I can't wait till noon tomorrow when MY break starts!

posted by lleachie 20 March | 15:08

3a re. cookies - isn't it girl scout cookie time? I haven't had anyone sell me any. I NEED MY THIN MINTS
posted by gaspode 20 March

I hate to break this to you, but GSC season already came and went. At least it did here. And the last time I saw the girls at the grocery store they were out of thin mints.

posted by birdherder 20 March | 15:08

hrm. Yeah, I had that feeling, birdherder. I seem to always be eating GSCs during Lent.

posted by gaspode 20 March | 15:12

pssst! gaspode! here's a superb, all-natural Thin Mints Recipe

Because sadly, real Thin Mints are full of fail and poison (transfats and HFCS).

posted by lonefrontranger 20 March | 15:13

oooh, happiness! Thanks, lfr!

posted by gaspode 20 March | 15:14

You might still be able to order cookies through the Girl Scout Council of NY. Order form here (pdf).

posted by mudpuppie 20 March | 15:20

1. It's a long weekend here, Friday and Monday are holidays. I have nice things planned for Saturday and Monday, and two days to myself, with a big football weekend on TV on Sunday.

2. But snow is forecast and it's going to be really cold. I may yet get a chance to wear my snow boots!

3. I'm watching American Idol, which we get a few days later than you guys in the States. Idol is one of my secret guilty pleasures.

posted by essexjan 20 March | 15:21

1. Still recovering from taking Older Boy to the dentist to get a baby tooth taken out.

2. Goofing off at work because it's freaking spring break, y'know?

3. Day off tomorrow! BFF is in town and will be doing art all day with the boys!

posted by lysdexic 20 March | 15:26

1. Bathroom cleaning is done! That means I'm done with about half the house, and it's not even 2pm yet. Woo!

2. Refrigerator is next!

3. I suddenly got productive this week, and I don't know why! Not only did I get a ton of stuff done at work yesterday and clean the house today, I'm also going through and throwing out old clothes, old food, etc. It's like I've been blessed by the spring-cleaning fairy. Yay! (And yes, I realize that most normal people throw out old food on a continual basis. But I'm not so good at remembering to do that. So I'm going to congratulate myself on doing what I *can* do rather than being upset with myself for not doing what I *should* do. Oh yes I am.)

posted by occhiblu 20 March | 15:35

1. Chores, the usual... groceries, dishes, dinner, if I can muster the energy. Otherwise, there's always take-out. I could go for some chinese.

2. Tomorror I'm visiting my mom in CT. I haven't seen her since the end of January. Weekend weather's been lousy lately. It's a bit of a schlep, but worth it. Miss d' ma.

3. Maybe a long, hot shower later. I love showering when I don't have to get dressed right away and leave for work. Maybe some hot chocolate with schnapps. Something warm on a cold, windy day. Course, we're outta schnapps...

posted by Pips 20 March | 15:36

1. I am so tired. I went to bed after 11 and woke up at 5. I need a little nap. I don't think it's going to happen.

2. I have a sore throat and a cough. It's not that bad, but it's annoying.

3. I don't feel like cooking tonight. I'm not cooking tonight. (Yay, Pips! Chinese! That's what I'm ordering!)

posted by LoriFLA 20 March | 15:37

3a. Husband says we shouldn't order Chinese because of the eggs. One of our kids is allergic. I don't care. He can have plain rice. Dammit, husband and kid. Don't rain on my Chinese take-out parade!

posted by LoriFLA 20 March | 15:40

I am currently defined by all the things I'm not doing:

1) My taxes

2) Reviewing the last bout

3) Preparing for the Shamrock Shuffle

posted by eamondaly 20 March | 15:51

1. Slept in this morning, for once. You'd think that's make me all perky, but no...
2. I've been hugely depressed all day. Exacerbating this mood is...
3. It's the fucking first fucking day of fucking spring. Gah. DO NOT WANT.

posted by bmarkey 20 March | 16:59

1. I should've been productive and awesome when I got home from work (today being my short day), especially since my mother wasn't here, but I napped instead and now I am seriously regretting that decision.

2. I need to shower, do laundry, and get all my directions together for tommorow.

3. I swear to god, if I hear ONE MORE FUCKING WORD out of my mother's mouth about going to church for easter or the fact that she's on a diet and starving herself, I am going to cutabitch.

posted by sperose 20 March | 17:16

1. My bummedness out of spending an extra 8K for out-of-state tuition is being tempered by the fact that it looks like having Daughter in college will mean 5K to my favor on taxes for each of the first 2 years.

2. Obama is in my town tomorrow night. We are trying to decide how early to get there, if we want to go.

3. A very ebb time, communication/affection/together wise with wife. These things go in cycles and it'll pass.

posted by danf 20 March | 17:24

Ladies and gentlemen, there is absolutely nothing wrong with liking American Idol.

Of all the disgusting, sadistic reality tv shows out there (the wife swap ones come to mind), there are better targets of our hate than American Idol, where people from all walks of life come and sing their hearts out. Music is absolutely everywhere in life. It's part of the birthright of being human; an incredible, life-affirming thing.

The judges are another story. Simon Cowell especially can go to hell.

posted by By the Grace of God 20 March | 18:56

1. I'm happy.
2. See # 1
3. I'm tired today, but tomorrow is my Friday on a Friday! YAY, and I get to stick the overtime to someone else.

posted by eekacat 20 March | 18:59

1. still snowing
2. windy too
3. 43000 old MeFi and AskMe posts are tagged and now there are none left untagged. Woo.
4. However it is still snowing.

posted by jessamyn 20 March | 22:17

3. 43000 old MeFi and AskMe posts are tagged and now there are none left untagged. Woo.

well, congrats! That's quite an achievement .

posted by Miko 20 March | 22:32

1) Drunk
2) Yup, still drunk.
3) Driving tomorrow, 5+ hours to visit family. Might be interestin'.

posted by richat 20 March | 23:58

1) I'm really glad it's the long weekend now. Like, I can't even express it in words, I would have to build and then stage a dance performance by a handcrafted marionette. It would be touching and yet whimsical.

2) Doing two countries' income taxes sucks. Dual citizenry is not for the lazy.

3) I leave for NYC a week from today. Wheee! I get to see my mom and sister.

posted by SassHat 21 March | 00:18

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