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[21 Nov 2008|09:32am] |
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i hope the chiropractor can tell me something today. something like "here's what's wrong with you, and here's how i'll fix it."
sue, darren's mom, is going to north carolina this weekend to help lee with all the diasterous stuff that's been going on (did i mention they found his motorcycle? it's in rough shape, i guess, and impounded). we get her car for the weekend in exchange for watching his sisters. i gues we're taking them and four of their friends to the mall tomorrow? i don't know how we're going to fit 8 people in one car.
but we get to do free laundry, so i think it'll be worth it.
i'm excited for next week. three days of work and a four day weekend. we need to figure out how to make black friday work... darren is supposed to be getting a big ol' bonus with his check next week and he wants a fancy new tv.
end of the day, please come quickly.
**update: the chiropractor basically said "what's wrong with you is pretty common and yes, i can fix it. come back on monday." so i'm going back monday after work, even though it's goig to be at least two more weeks before i get my benefits package. ah, well. also, i already understand why people say they're addicted to the chiropractor. and it made me want a real massage like woah.
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[20 Nov 2008|10:28am] |
i'm going to the chiropractor tomorrow for a consult. my back/hip/leg pain came back with a vengance so i figured i should probably have somebody see if something can be done.
went swing dancing at lee's last night. those of us who were there by 8 participated in the lesson. the man to woman ratio was very unbalanced (there were actually way more men than women) so they decided to teach us something non-swing - the madison. and it is good times. i did that and danced one actual dance (and then did the madison again when the band was taking a break), but couldn't do any more than that. stupid back, i don't understand you.
i didn't go home after work because i would've just had to leave right away, so rachel and i went to happy hour at manhattan's, which was delicious.
i came to work early today so i could run upstairs and set up the appointment. then i learned that i do in fact have the dsay after thanksgiving off. htt employees have to work that day so i just figured htg employees do, too. iwas wrong, and it is awesome. plus they only get a half day for christmas eve and we get the whole day. i also learned that i have one personal day that i have to use before the end of the year. hello, day after christmas!
i had to email texas to see when corporate is going to mail the info for my benefits package. i hope the email goes through; i know some people have been having issues with it.
last but not least, the mattress pad i bought on ebay on friday finally shipped and is scheduled to arrive today. i hope they don't need someone to sign for it. i always worry about that when i order a large package and have it sent to my home. ooh! and pilgrimage is shipping today, so it'll probably be here early next week. i can't wait to play.
*edit: dhl changed the arrival date of my mattress to tomorrow. boo. ah well, darren will at least be home to sign for it. probably.
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[19 Nov 2008|03:13pm] |
under the cut is the thing stephanie stole from kelsey's facebook group (which i totally joined, because kelsey and her friends crack me up).
( Read more... )
my back is being weird again. whatever, i'm still going dancing at lee's tonight. it'll be great. probably. maybe painful. but that's why i drink.
(that's not why i drink).
*edit: right after i posted this, i went into the kitchen/break room to post some mail and rosanne asked what i was doing for thanksgiving. scott was behind us making copies. i said "me, my brother, his girlfriend, and my boyfriend are going to my parents' house." of course she asked where they live. i told her.
both of them have been to pequot. craziness!
also, in case you were wondering what i'm doing for thanksgiving, there it is. jenna and i both have to work the day after, so it'll be a one day thing.mom is making dinner at grandpa's house. she said she has no idea if anyone besides the five of us will be there. grandpa, steve, and teri are going to wyoming to see vicki, dad may or may not be home, nobody ever know what cody's up to, and tyler also may or may not be around. oh, family.
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[18 Nov 2008|10:47am] |
you will never guess what i just bought. it's something i have been trying to find online for years but haven't been able to. i haven't thought about it for a while, but someone posted a thread on callboard today about games we played as kids. the link is below, but i found it for $30 on ebay as opposed to $62 with shipping, which is what it's going for at this site:
http://www.ioffer.com/i/80909046
yep. i'll let you know when it arrives. want to come over and play?
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[17 Nov 2008|10:06am] |
on weekday mornings, my bus is scheduled to arrive at my stop at 8:01. i got to the bus stop at 8:55 just like i usually di and i wasited. and waited. and waited. my ipod battery died as i waited.
finally, at 8:30, a bus arrived. there was no huge crowd of people whose bus nevver came, even though twi busses should have gone before this one.
i was about 20 minutes late for work but i called so it's no big thing. but i'm still annoyed. my toes, there were teh frozen.
anyway.
darren's dad moved to north carolina a week ago saturday. darren called him saturday and he called back last night to let us know how it was going. so here's the thing. his new company gave him a moving stipend, which he used to buy a trailer for his stuff, and to pay for gas for the trip.
somebody stole the trailer from the parking lot at his new office. it still had everything in it. his dresser with all of his clothing, his shoes, his motorcycle, probably his computer - everything. he said he cried a little bit, bought some wine, cried a little more. i'd probably do the same.
the end.
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[16 Nov 2008|02:09pm] |
my new favorite thing to do on sundays is watch old movies in my netflix instant queue. right now i'm watching an american in paris.
of course i spend some time doing laundry and cleaning while i "watch" movies.
i need to sweep swiffer. i'll probably need to do both.
the cats hit a milestone yesterday. lucy let buckley cuddle with her. she even put her little cat arm around him, until she saw me looking. theirs is a secretive love. only took two weeks.
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[15 Nov 2008|07:44pm] |
aaaand, the cats cuddle. we've had buck for two weeks and him and lucy are totally bffs.
we win.
watched an entire disc of sex & the city today. i think darren is starting to like it. bwah ha.
i swear i had more to say. i have no idea what it may have been.
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| god put the rhythm in me so i could bust a move |
[14 Nov 2008|10:22am] |
yesterday when i left for lunch i checked my phone and discovered a missed call from a number i didn't recognize. there was a voicemail as well, which went something like this:
hi... i thought this was a contact number for [weird last name i don't remember] ...uh, if possible, would you pass along a message that victor will be a little late meeting him for lunch. thanks.
i wanted to call victor back and tell him to tell mike that he needs to make sure people know whatever his real phone number is, because it's been over two years since he had what is now my number.
rawr.
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[13 Nov 2008|11:43am] |
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conversation on callboard.org about the twilight series:
person 1:
Ok so...I'm embarressed already.
My roommate gave me the book Twilight for my birthday, strictly because she wants me to go see the movie with her on the 21st. So I read it sort of begrudgingly at first, but then, well, I couldn't put it down. And now I'm on the third book. 14 days later.
It's a teenage girl book about loving a vampire, basically. If you boil it down, it's kind of sado-masacistic. (I don't actually know if I spelled that right, but I'm at work, so I'm not going to google it. Don't judge.) He's really strong, and could destroy her at any time. It's weird, but kind of awesome.
Fin.
person 2:
Someone needs to explain to me how this is not Buffy.
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[12 Nov 2008|02:07pm] |
...i got nothin'.
i wish people would stop calling and asking dumb questions about wicked.
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| because i believe in change |
[11 Nov 2008|10:59am] |
i just applied for a job with the obama/biden administration. not that i expect anything to come of it, because that would be silly. but it's nice to let them know that i would totally move to DC for them.
http://www.change.gov/page/s/application
i have a little bit of a cold. it's annoying. also, for some reason, the heat in our apartment won't turn on. that is to say, we turned it on, but it's not heating. whiskey tango foxtrot.
that is all.
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[10 Nov 2008|09:39am] |
kate posted on her other blog about her humane societ cat-choosing experience. having acquired both my cats from the same place, i can relate.
the first time around, i browsed their website a lot. there was a cat i saw on it that i was keepin in mind. we found him and took him to the private cat meeting room and he went berserker. he was mean as all get out, so we put him back.
in the cage above his were two kittens, brother and sister. the boy was already adopted, so we asked to hold the girl. she was freshly spayed so we couldn't take her anywhere. but she was all mewing and climb-y and sweet. so we took her home. the humae society was calling her louise by we had the name lucy picked out before we even got there. she was 8 weeks old then. now she's a year old, chubby, and likes to wrestle.
we'd known for a long time that we wanted another cat but either didn't have the money for an adoption fee, didn't have a vehicle, whatever. plus there's my "i'm allergic to some cats but not others" issue. i wrote about having one cat for four hours.
when the time came, i wasn't as prepared. we went to the humane society again and wandered around and held a lot of cats. there was one kitten that was totally spastic. he was fun to play with. we were watching him and petting some cats in the cages near his when i head this tiny "mew" come from below me. i looked down and saw this orange and white paw reaching out from one of the cages on the bottom row. it was buck, of course. we brought him out and darren fell in love. we kept the name that the humane society had given him, although we technically changed it from buck to buckley. they're interchangable.
and now you know the stories of my cats.
all i did all weekend was sit on the couch, watch movies, and drink tea. it seemed to work in preventing severe illness. it did not fix my back. bleh.
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[09 Nov 2008|11:30am] |
i lost track of how much tea i drank yesterday. but i feel a little better today, so i think i'll keep it up. all i did was watch movies and drink tea and play mario kart. it was the laziest day ever. today feels like it will be more of the same.
we need new couches.
buckley jumps on everything, including the stove. he has not done so when it's been on.
okay, so i lied about being totally lazy today. i cleaned a little and moved the couch away from the radiator a little. i might also swiffermop.
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[08 Nov 2008|12:39pm] |
darren and i went across the street to rooster's to grab dinner last night. he assured me before we left the apartment that he had his keys.
in fact, he did not have said keys.
so we called the landlord and stood outside and waited for her. good thing we got takeout because i ate fries to keep warm.
yep, good job team. after we ate, darren's mom came to bring us back to his parents' house. his dad left for north carolina this morning. we mostly just sat on their big comfy couch and enjoyed the wonderfulness that is charter on demand. we watched the fantastic 4 sequel.
today is "i'm getting sick and will do nothing to make it worse" day. i have a mug of tea, a soft blanket, and movies. currently, iron man. darren re-acquired his copy of boondock saints last night, and six string samurai should be arriving in the mail today. i am set.
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[07 Nov 2008|09:29am] |
oh em gee. i took three ibuprofen earlier. there is a chiropractor upstairs that one of my coworkers goes to, i think i should run up there and see if they at least do consultations. rachel thinks the pain might becaused by my chair, but 1: it just started like a week ago, and 2: i've been sitting in chairs like this for years. but you never know.
also, i know that my right hip is aligned weird (found that out thanks to the random one minute chiropractic massage i got at the dakota county fair the summer before last), so i should get that looked at anyway.
also, it is quite possible i'm geting sick. about a third of the people in my office are, and so is darren. i might be doomed. so i'm drinking orange juice now and i'm going to target at lunch to stock up on day/nyquil and sudafed, as darren has used up most of our current supply.
yep. also, last night i witnessed lucy bathing buckley very briefly before she turned her attention to herself. silly cats.
this weekend i plan on doing very little. that's pretty much my plan for the entire winter, actually. hibernate.
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| but ya gotta have friends |
[06 Nov 2008|09:19am] |
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told ya.
so i think i might be slowly breaking into pieces. sunday i started feeling this strange pain in my lower back on the right side, and down through my thigh and a little in my hip. over the course of the week it's gotten worse. i can't do a damn thing! it hurts all the time but the process of standing up or sitting down, and bending over, well, it doesn't go very well. i can't do those things and breathe at the same time. my health insurance stuff hasn't come yet but i think i'm going to start looking into chiropractors anyway. i feel like an old lady. do not want.
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[05 Nov 2008|08:40pm] |
darren used my camera (digital, not video) to record this poorly lit video of lucy and buckley wrestling.
also enjoy a lovely view of my kitchen.
darren witnessed lucy licking buckley today. win.
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[05 Nov 2008|09:43am] |
today is a good day. althought franken/coleman recount is going to take f o r e v e r.
i read something neat earlier. it's under the cut.
( an editorial from the NY times )
unrelated: i now have photographic proof that my cats are friends. i'll upload it tonight. they're getting along fine, except lucy gets kind of violent when she plays sometimes. i know from experience. that's when buckley gets loud, but he can hold his own.
i'm that woman that talks about her cats all the time. i promise i don't have pictures of them in my wallet or on my desk.
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[04 Nov 2008|07:58pm] |
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i am sitting on my couch eating waffle fries, brie with triscuits, and drinking strongbow. watching election results on fox because it's the channel that comes in best, and the internet is being slow tonight so i'm too impatient to wait for cnn to load.
i had chipotle for lunch. that plus what i'm consuming now... i should have kick-boxed after i got back from voting. but i have other things on my mind, damnit! i'll do it tomorrow. besides, i rode my bike to the polling place.
i went to the wrong place, by the way. there are two within two blocks of each other and- well, it's kind of a long story. the short version of it is that i looked up where to go and it was evidently wrong.
anyway, i was posting to talk about something specific. has anyone else noticed the difference between obama and mccain voters in the way they portray themselves online (specifically facebook)? here are some examples of facebook statuses throughout the day:
obama voters:
_ feels as though his country is just about to awake from a long national nightmare.
_ says PLEASE VOTE YES, MINNESOTA!!!!!!!!!! For the love of ART
_ drives a Maverick, but he sure as hell didn't vote for one!
_ is I voted for Barack Obama and Joe Biden! :D.
_ feels good about tomorrow and feels even better that everyone he knows, regardless of who they will vote for, cares about this election. [okay, so this was from yesterday]
mccain voters:
_ is praying that MCCAIN will be our next president go maverick!!!!
_ is a REPUBLICAN! go McCain :)
_ voted McCain. You can thank me later. McCAIN!! McCAIN!! McCAIN!!!!!
_ IS CHANTING!!! MCCAIN!! MCCAIN!! MCCAIN!!
_ is glad she voted MCCAIN! Psh... 500% tax increase on rifel [sic] ammo my ASS. That's right. I'm one of those "gun people". Eat it. GO MCCAIN!!!!
yeah... all i'm saying is, do they think caps lock is going to work some kind of magic? teehee.
back to my teevee.
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[04 Nov 2008|09:15am] |
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so sleepy. let me tell you about what my cats do at night (besides chase each other around):
lucy plays with stuff. we have two closets in the bedroom, one of which is small. we keep suitcases and winter jackets and stuff in there. one time my luggage tag was sticking out from under the door and she discovered it. it has never happened since (because i make sure it doesn't) but she is obsessed with trying to get at it. she also played with the cat toys and various other things. sometimes she attacks our feet. sometimes she jumps up on the bed and lays on top of me. she also has a weird fixation with the blinds on the window next to the bed.
this was before buckley. now she's obsessed with him. sometimes they play, sometimes they fight, sometimes they ignore each other.
buck, at night when he's not tormenting lucy, wants us to pay attention to him. it goes something like this:
*jump* meow. meow. purr. *rub his face all over mine* meow. *sniff my face* purr. meow. *lick whichever of my body parts he's closest to* meow. purr. *cuddle* meow. *lick lick lick* meow. purr.
yeah. now i know why i've been so sleepy the last few days.
so, darren got to come home from work early because it was slow. we went to bar bingo for the first time in months and won nothing. the bartender was a new guy and he screwed up our tab, and only ended up charging us for two drinks and our fries.
darren told me all about how one of the big bosses at work came down (from where, i don't know. magical nco boss land?) and said they needed to talk. boss-person told darren something along the lines of "you're awesome and i know it. keep up the good work and you could go far." so that's fab. i'm proud of him.
in other news, it's election day! i'm voting after work. then, since darren has to work until 8 and then probably run out to farmington, i'll watch the election results with either some wine or some of the strongbow we picked up last night, and make sure the cats don't overdo it.
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