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No Snooze for You!

November 30, 2006 By

I really must learn to get up without hitting the snooze button. I swear, when I fall back asleep like that it’s a much deeper sleep than anything from earlier in the night. That I can’t even hear the alarm and it gives up on me after an hour is disturbing. I really must have more self-discipline to just get my lazy ass out of bed. Then I might be on time for work once in awhile.

Speaking of work, I had a rather funny experience the other day. Our copier broke, and the operations manager called for someone to come fix it. When the copier fixer came in, they took one look at me and the shock was quite easy to see on their face. See, I am part of a, um, let’s call it a secret society, as is the copier fixer. However, one of the unwritten rules of this secret society is that when we come across each other in regular society, we don’t reveal that we know each other so as to avoid potential embarrassment of either one of us (unless of course the people are friends in regular society, then it’s ok). This person was surprised to see me, probably because they had been into the office to fix the copier before and I did not work there at that time. I do not even know the real name of this person, only their secret society name, so as much as it would have been a habit to greet them as I would at one of our secret society meetings, I held back and acted like I did not know them. I still think the look of shock on their face was priceless – I wish I could have captured that on camera. Ah well. I won’t even be able to attend our next secret society meeting since I have to work at the store, but the one after that I should be able to make, and I can’t wait to discuss the surprise with this person next time I see them.

Hopefully I won’t have a super late night tonite. A friend is coming over (a secret society friend) and the visits tend to go until the week hours. But I must be on time for work tomorrow. I must, I tell you – MUST!

Filed Under: Friends, Sleepy

What’s Wrong With This Picture

November 29, 2006 By
  • Current temperature at my house in Las Vegas, NV: 35°F
  • Current temperature at my mom’s house in the middle of New Hampshire: 49°F

That’s just not right, people! It’s nearly December. New Hampshire should be covered in snow by now, and Las Vegas still should be getting warm enough in the sun during the day to use the air conditioner in the car. But noooooooooo. I’m digging out my hat and mittens so that I can go outside in my woefully inadequate clothing and trying to figure out how to work the heater so that I can be warm. My mother, on the other hand, still isn’t sure about putting away her summer clothes. This is just wrong.

I stopped at the gas station tonight to fuel up my car, and I decided to wash my windshield because of all the dust and bug guts on it. The so-called cleaning solution froze. I was squeegeeing ice off my windshield. Then I got home and it was 64°F in my apartment. Inside! Please, warm weather, come back soon! I don’t like being cold! I moved to Las Vegas in part to get away from the cold. Boo hoo!

Enough complaining. In other news, my busy social life continues, but last night I had a night off from everything. My plans fell through so it was really nice to just sit at home and catch up with some tv. My DVR is getting full and I never have time to watch anything anymore. I’ve even had to stop reading threads on my tv shows on the message boards I frequent because I’m so far behind. But don’t breathe a sigh of relief for me yet. Tonite I worked at the store, and since it’s the holiday season, my hours are extended and now I’m there past 10pm, whereas the rest of the year I’m home by 9:30pm. So that’s going to wear me out. Also, I’ve got plans tomorrow night and Saturday night, along with work at the store on Friday, Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday. Phew. That’s a lot, but then I don’t work at the store again for nearly a week, which will be nice. Perhaps I will be able to catch up on some things, such as finding my desk under all the papers. Only time will tell.

I’m sure I have more to say, but in my fatigue I can’t remember what it is, so I’ll just go now. Hopefully I’ll get up on time tomorrow; that damn snooze thing is still getting the best of me!

Filed Under: Work

Gift Received

November 28, 2006 By

Sis got the gift I sent her. I was a bit worried that she might not get it, because the town she lives in has no imagination in naming the streets. They’re all numbers. SW 1 St, SW 1 Place, etc. But she received it ok, on time, and she loves it. What was the gift, you ask? I got her (drum roll, please) a digital camera. Yes, it was a bit self serving, since I’d like more pictures of Mia and I can’t very well take them myself. So I sent her a digital camera with a 256Mb card to go with it. As soon as I get a new picture of Mia, I’ll post it on here.

And an update on Mia – she’s 1 pound over her birth weight, so 4.5lbs now. She’s in a crib and out of the incubator. She’s also starting to feed with a bottle, but eating my sister’s breast milk, of course, since Sis has pumped gallons of it in the past few weeks. Mia’s dad said the freezer looks like some sort of cryolab experiment. Sis says Mia is a bit weirded out by the bottle but is starting to get used to it. As soon as she’s got that down and is feeding like a pro, she can go home! I can’t wait, and I don’t even know the next time I’ll be in Florida to see her. But it’s definitely looking like she’ll be home before Christmas. Good news, for sure.

Now, I must be getting to bed since I stayed up way too late again playing on the computer. The alarm clock assault works so far, as long as I don’t cheat and try to set a snooze alarm anywhere. That’s my downfall is the snooze. No snooze for you! We’ll see if I can get up ok in just a few short hours, and if I can resist the snooze.

Filed Under: Family, Sleepy

I Had My Turkey Day

November 25, 2006 By

As I was on my way to work this morning, not really looking forward to working this weekend in a retail setting, I got a call from my boss/friend asking what my plans were for the day. I told her I was working until 4:30, to which she replied, “Perfect!” See, she was going to do Thanksgiving on Thanksgiving, then it got moved to Sunday the 26th, but I thought she meant the 19th, so I took the 19th off from the store and ended up with a day off to myself, which was also the case on Thanksgiving. Due to the travel plans of a friend who came to town (which is half the reason she changed the plans around in the first place) she moved the turkey dinner to Saturday – today. So, after all that I finally got a real Thanksgiving dinner with my family away from home. I love spending time at her house. There’s always interesting people there to talk to and the kids give the place such a great energy that really makes it feel like a holiday. I’m thankful that this year I can spend my holidays with such a great family.

Now the turkey is finally getting to me, so I’m going to bed.

Filed Under: Holidays

Friday Night Off

November 25, 2006 By

Off from work, that is. I need the money, but believe me, no one wants to go into work at 5:30pm on a Friday night of a holiday weekend. So, I lived it up. After getting all my errands done, I came home for a bit to relax and get ready for work if I needed to (which we now now was unnecessary). F got online and said he was leaving the office, and would I like to have dinner? Sure! So he came over, I cooked, and then he fell asleep in my chair. Um, ok. At least he didn’t snore. After an hour he woke up and I managed to kick him out convince him to go home and go to bed.

As soon as he left, I was outta there. I went to a regular Friday night gathering that some of my friends attend, and after that we moved the party to a club on the strip. Mind you, I’m not the clubbing type. Usually it takes me a few drinks to enjoy something like that, but I don’t really drink anymore, and I had to drive myself home. However, I did enjoy myself. VampireMan showed up, and was very generous with the bites. Oh, he gives great bites. Who would’ve thought that a simple bite – on my arm of all places – could bring me to my knees in a totally good way? :-) It was fun. But, mindful of my schedule today, I left around 1:30 so I could come home and sleep. And now, since I have to be at work before noon, I must get my butt in the shower so I can be on time. I tell ya, sometimes this work thing really gets in the way of having a life.

Filed Under: Friends