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Not really.  I can’t think of anything else to put.  And I have a headache and I’m tired.  I’ll just be finishing up the laundry and I’ll probably turn in early.  I didn’t get as much sleep as I would have liked last night, even though I slept a lot the night before.  Can’t get too overtired or I won’t make it through the week.

I told my mom today that I quit my job. I really do feel more relaxed than anything, so even after sleeping on it I still feel like it was the right thing to do. Just a couple of minutes ago I got a phone call inviting me back to a second interview. It would be an office manager position at a small company, which is what I was trying to grow my position into at MRI, but as that company grew they needed more of an admin and less out of me, so I hit a wall there. So fingers crossed I get the job.

When I was talking to my mom today she was telling me how she’s having trouble meeting people and branching out in her new town that she moved to last fall. She’s mainly looking for a sitter for Boo so she and my stepdad can go out once in a blue moon (which is how often they went out together before they had Boo). I offered to sit for free if she’d just buy me a plane ticket. Boo is too cute and I wish I could spend more time with him. He’s also a bit mischievous. He has this thing for toilet paper - he’ll unroll it all, so Mom has to be careful about keeping the bathroom door closed. Well, Mom was at Grandma’s last weekend and my stepdad wasn’t watching Boo as carefully as he should have been, because Boo got into the bathroom, grabbed the end of the toilet paper, and started walking through the house. He managed to unroll a brand new roll without breaking a single sheet. Then he piled it all up into one mountain of toilet paper. Mom said that a whole roll of toilet paper unrolled and piled up makes quite a mess. She refuses to roll it back onto the roll, so until that’s gone she will be ripping her toilet paper off the mountain. I just wish I was there to see that, or at least that someone had the presence of mind to take a picture.

I also talked to my sister today. Mia is 9lb7oz and is doing extremely well for a preemie. She’s fitting into newborn sized clothes and size 1 diapers. She’s also starting to laugh. Sis said that Mia was looking back and forth between her and Daddy and laughing her head off. Again something I wish I could have seen. Sis said she’ll send me more pics as soon as she gets a chance, so when those come I’ll upload them to my pictures on Flickr.

That’s about all for now. I’m going to take a nice leisurely nap now since I haven’t had a chance to take a proper Sunday nap in quite some time. It will be so good to get some stuff done and get my life back to normal.

I am exhausted.
I have a headache and have had one off and on for nearly a week.
I had a burst of inspiration but now it’s gone.
I’ve been reading your blogs nearly every day.
I’ve not been in a talkative enough mood to comment.
I hear cats outside fighting.
I need to do laundry.
I need to clean my house.
I need to organize my desk.
I need more free time.
I need a job that pays better.
I need a job that will let me have a life.

I’m going back to bed now.

Photo courtesy internet search

So I worked last night, and was up pretty much all day Sunday, so by the time I left work I had been up for something like 24 hours. I was exhausted. I went home and went straight to bed. I woke up around 10pm, after 12 hours asleep, but I have to go into work at security (currently my only job) for 9am Tuesday. See, one of the directors didn’t work out, and another director is going on vacation for a six day weekend or something like that, so the standing room won’t have any director at all. The mobile room director is also the operations director, so in addition to his stuff he has to run the whole place. Yeah. So, to fill in, I’ll be helping out the standing director with help from the night director. At least I’m getting some hours there, but I’m starting to feel like Security job is a big black hole that will suck me in and no one will ever see me or hear from me again - sorta like what happened to F. Now that I see how it is there, I’m wondering how I ever even met him or got to know him. Anyhoo, at least I have some work for now.

Since I’m up for a little while, I’ve been catching up on some blog surfing through Bestest Blog and all I can say is Bobby’s been busy! Lots of new blog submissions for the new year, and for the past 2 weeks there are 227 new blogs. I usually just open a bunch of them at a time in new tabs and go from there. Once in awhile I find one that I actually want to add to my list and read regularly, so it’s worth it, I think. I get quite a bit of traffic from there myself, so the link exchange was a great idea. My only gripe is that I am listening to my music, stuff I like, thru iTunes right now, and too many blogs play music automatically which bugs the shit out of me. You know who you are. Why on earth do people think that I want to listen to their music? If I want to listen to it, tell me what it is and give me the option of listening or not. But the so-called radio wars I do not like. Anyway.

I still have a lot of catching up to do, mostly in the form of computer stuff. Not catching up necessarily, but just things I want to do. Good thing I surf with a notebook on my desk, so I can write down stuff I want to visit or check out. Then, as I find the time, I go thru and hi-lite the ones I liked and will visit again, and cross off the ones that aren’t worth it. Not the most efficient method, but it works for me, and it keeps me from having tons of post-its on my desk.

Ok, enough middle of the night blabbing. I’m going to blog surf a bit more then get a bit more sleep before going back in to work in the morning. So much for laundry. I still have stuff I can wear, but hopefully I’ll be home tomorrow evening and can get some laundry done then. I hate not having a washer and dryer in my apartment, I tell ya. Next time I move, that’s on my list.

Therefore, even my alarm assault is not working. This morning I woke up at 9:20am. I am supposed to be at work at 8am. Something is not right here. And it’s not all my social life. Last night I worked at the store, then did a bit of grocery shopping that I desperately needed to do. But can I wake up with 3 alarms going off simultaneously? No! I need an alarm clock that will wake the dead. All I know is I need a solution because something just isn’t right. I never overslept like that on a regular basis before. And yes, I know I did not have the social life I have now, but I didn’t just sleep all the time either. I stayed home a lot, but I was up just as late. This is just a fairly recent issue. I have an idea of what it is, but I’ll discuss it with my head shrinker tomorrow and try to figure it out before posting any action or intent to act on it here.

So, that being said, I need to get my butt to bed now.

Oh yeah, my to-do list seems to be multiplying exponentially. I’m so freaking busy lately that nothing ever seems to get done anymore. That’s got to stop. I mean, I love having the social life I’ve had lately, and I have no intention of stopping. But so much as fallen off the wagon, so to speak, that I feel really out of control of my life.

I got paid today and paid my bills (just about done that now). I finally entered the pile of credit card receipts into Quicken that I had from my trip, which was a month ago now. I noticed a discrepancy with my rental car charges, so I filled out that paperwork and got it ready to send off. As I was taking care of my books, I managed to find the surface of my desk. There’s still lots more organizing to do on and around the desk, but it’s a start, and it makes me feel better that I did the bit that I did.

Even though I feel better about getting my bills paid and desk clean, I did come home tonite to another frickin notice that my rent is overdue. Um, no it isn’t. I paid it in person on Saturday the 2nd. I handed it to the manager. Personally handed it to her. How in the heck can they think I haven’t paid it yet? I’m really pissed off about this, because they obviously don’t have their act together in the office. I’m gonna have to be late to work to take care of it, but I will take care of this in the morning. I mean, I made special arrangements to get it paid on time by borrowing money from F and taking out a cash advance on my credit card (I know, big no-no). But I went to humiliating and extreme measures because I never pay anything late. Never. So for me to go to such effort and have them pull this shit just, just - ok, breathe. Save it for the right people.

I got one holiday present out of the way. I decided to make a mix CD of silly and child-friendly holiday music for my little bro, Boo. There’s some Muppets Christmas songs on there, since he totally loves Elmo, and a funny surprise that will amuse Boo when it makes milk come out of Mommy’s nose.

I was over VegasRic’s house the other night, and I noticed that he has taken to writing to-do lists on his bathroom mirror. I looked at it and thought, hey, dry erase markers work on mirrors. So I did the same thing and put my list where it can’t get buried. Hopefully it works. I’m at the point where I have to really make an effort to get shit done around here because it’s really bugging me that I’ve had absolutely no motivation to get it done. Now I want to get it done and stop being so lazy in the little time I have to myself at home when I’m actually awake.

And the oversleeping thing. Well, this morning I was on time, but not without great effort and annoyance. But I wasn’t as annoyed as I am when I oversleep. Monday I was a half hour late for a Monday Meeting. Not good. Tomorrow I will be late to keep from getting evicted from Incompetent Estates. That one will be worth it.

Anyhoo, since it’s 1:30am and way past my bedtime, I really ought to get going to pay a couple more bills online and get my butt to bed. I’ll catch up on other stuff later.

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!

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.

I need to sleep. I’ve spent the last week and a half nearly falling asleep at work, being late for work, and keeping my usual wild hours. Yesterday I went home and went to bed fairly early, but still overslept this morning. I need a new tactic when it comes to my alarm clock. Normally, I use my cell phone as an alarm clock, with a small travel alarm clock in the bathroom as a backup. Neither one of these has a snooze feature, so I need to be able to get up when they go off. But I like the snooze, so I have the travel clock set for about 20 minutes after the cell phone. This obviously isn’t working. This morning, when I realized that I had overslept again, I looked at my travel clock and the alarm was turned off. I know I set it before I went to bed, because I made a point of doing it. So the only thing I can figure is that I went to sleep after my cell phone went off (which I do remember) and slept so deeply that I got up, walked across the room, turned the alarm off, and went back to bed without any memory of this event. So, seeing as how mornings are totally not my strong suit, here’s my plan:

• Set cell phone for 5:30am
• Set travel clock for 5:30am
• Set computer alarm clock program for 5:30am

This total alarm clock assault should get me on my feet and bring me to consciousness. We’ll find out on Monday.

In the meantime, I’m gonna get to sleep. I have tomorrow off with no plans, which I’m actually looking forward to, and then I need to ready myself for the next month in the retail world. AJ turned in her notice at the store and Assistant Shoe Boss has been recruited away and will most likely be leaving us, so I offered to be a keyholder in AJ’s place so that Shoe Boss will live to see Christmas. But of course that means that instead of getting out at 9:30 or 10pm, I’ll be working until 10:30 or later, and possibly more than my usual 2 weeknights and Sundays. But I could use the money, especially since I’ve been putting a lot of things on the credit card lately and since I’ll have to borrow money to pay my rent this month. Yuk. I hate having to do that, but I suppose swallowing my pride is better than the alternative.

That’s all for now. Good night, and have a great Thanksgiving.

Well, well, well. What can I possibly say right now? My hours and schedule are getting regularly irregular. I have the office job, which is going well, so I need to be able to keep my messed up hours to accomodate the debauchery I’ve been participating in lately. For example, I had to work on Saturday at the office, so I worked 8-3, went home and napped for about 4 hours, then got up, did laundry and took a shower before F came over to pick me up for a party. We stayed at the party from 10 to about 2, then went out to breakfast with a couple we met up with there. After that F and I drove around for awhile, then he dropped me off sometime around sunrise. I slept for an hour, then got up and got ready for church.

I ended up having Sunday off from the store, because I was supposed to have Thanksgiving dinner at my boss’s house, but I got the day wrong. I thought she meant the Sunday before T-day, but she mean the Sunday after. I won’t be able to do that since my second job is retail, and everyone knows you don’t call in sick on that weekend. No way you can get out of a retail shift Thanskgiving weekend unless you call in dead, and I have no plans on ending my life to avoid work. So no turkey for me, but things are still open and an invite might materialize.

Anyway, with this unexpected day off I did some grocery shopping and went home to catch up on a bit of tv watching. I thought for sure I’d nap since Sunday afternoon naps are the best, but I didn’t even blink for a second. I did, however, get all excited when I got a major blast from the past in the form of a MySpace message. Courtney, sit down. You’re never gonna belive this. Seriously.

Wait for it…

It was from…

Get ready…

Glenn.

Holy Shit was my reaction too. And, believe it or not, he lives in SoCal now, just a few hours from me, so we might get together sometime after the holidays. Of course, now he’s the grown-up and I’m the one involved in certain extracarricular activities, but I know he still craves the fun. He told me so himself. We had a great IM conversation and it was so awesome to hear from him again. I was wondering whatever happened to the gayest thing to ever hit New Hampshire. Hearing from him again seriously made my week.

So, as I was chatting online with Glenn I also started talking online to F, and he ended up coming over. We went out for some eats then went back to my place to watch a movie, and I must have fallen asleep because I woke up running late for work as usual. My door was locked and I only have 1 key, which I still had this morning, so he must have told me he was leaving so I could lock up behind him. That’s the only thing that makes sense, but I don’t remember. I guess that’s what happens with fatigue, eh?

Work is getting better. I’m really starting to get into the swing of things there. Tomorrow I get to go out with the sales manager so we can estimate a job. For this particular account we have set prices for certain sizes, but this falls way outside the parameter of what’s normal, so in these cases it’s always best to get a first-hand look to see exactly what we’re dealing with so we can schedule the job properly. I’m looking forward to it.

And of course, with Black Friday looming ominously on my calendar, I have to start thinking about Christmas shopping even though I have no idea how I’m gonna pay my rent this month. I did use one of my store credit cards to purchase my sister’s Christmas gift, which she shall get early. As soon as she receives it I’ll tell you what it is. Knowing her, even though she doesn’t really read my blog, she’ll take these 5 minutes away from visiting Mia to look at my blog and find out about it, and dammit, after all those years as a kid when she’d put extraordinary effort into finding out what she was gettinf for Christmas, I’m not going to make it easy for her.

I’m finally catching up with VegasRic for the first time in like a month. I seriously haven’t seen him since before I left for my trip. We’ve both been really busy, but way more for him than me. I’m over his house blogging and he’s sitting next to me on the computer for work, and of course on the phone. But that’s ok, that’s how it usually is here. Work work work is all he ever does, so if one is to be friends with the great VegasRic, then that is to be accepted - along with the fact that since he is a photographer, you are always subject to being photographed in the most mundane situations.

I think that’s about all for now. I should probably be getting going now, I’m actually starting to get tired so I might sleep a normal schedule tonite. Interesting thought.

But I’m still up, so it must count as Wednesday’s post, right? No need to tell you why I’m still up at this late hour; I’ll let your dirty minds imagine something sinister. And I’ll just burst your bubble right now and tell you that you’re all wrong (except maybe AJ, since she knows me IRL).

Work is getting better, since I’m getting back into the 9-5 groove and getting more stuff to do. Pretty soon I’ll be so busy I won’t know what to do. I don’t have internets at work, which is just fine by me. I might actually keep myself busy all day long if I don’t have any distractions. So I have to cram all my internet time in when I’m home, which isn’t very often these days. You might not see me as much as a result, but believe me, blogging is still a priority, at least when it comes to online activities.

I’m gonna leave you with that for now. I’m a bit tired and I’m working both jobs tomorrow and going out afterwards, so no rest for me, as usual. I’ll post again…soon.

Gouda gave me a plug on her blog and mentioned that I am an extremely dedicated blogger. As if I didn’t already want to blog all day every day, now I know I have an audience that expects it. That’s ok though. If you want to meet Gouda, I recommend starting with the post where she introduces us to Huggy Bear, a classmate of her daughter.

My second day of work didn’t start out well. I was up half the night with acid reflux issues, and didn’t really want to go in this morning. A massive headache didn’t help either. I started out a bit bored, but by the end of the day (which was at 2pm, for reasons that will be mentioned in a moment) I was getting into the groove and had more to do. I’ll get used to this whole work thing sooner or later.

Now, I left work at 2 today to go and get my head shrunk. When I worked at my previous Job #1, this was rather easy as my head shrinker was just half a block away, so I could walk over in the middle of the day. Now, I work on the other side of town so I have to leave early to get there. I got there just in time for my 3pm appointment, but my head shrinker was running a bit late. I ended up taking a bit of a snooze in the waiting room, and woke up when her 4pm appointment arrived. She walked in a few minutes later, and after a quick negotiation she decided to take her 4pm for a shorter session, and I would go later. So, I napped a bit more and went in at 4:45 for a 45 minute session. Now, I was supposed to be at work at Job #2 at 5:30, which was impossible if I was still at my head shrinker’s then. But Shoe Boss is cool and had no issue with me being late, so I got my head shrunk, got to work, and now I am home.

I have a few more things to look up online before I hit the hay, since the next few days look to be pretty busy for me, especially with the holidays coming up. But don’t worry, I will be sure to blog about it.

Despite my best efforts since I returned from my road trip, my sleep patterns still seem to be a bit backwards. Yesterday I woke up, got ready and barely made it to church on time. After church, I grabbed lunch and went to my favorite picnic spot to watch airplanes take off and ended up napping for over an hour before heading to work at the store. I yawned a lot through my shift, then came home to try and pay bills. I chatted online a bit then went to bed, but was more awake than I had been all day. I had to force myself to turn the tv off and close my eyes, but I could have been awake all night, easily. Now it’s 6am and I’m supposed to be getting ready for my first day at my new job. I feel awake enough now, but the urge to sleep will hit me about 10 minutes after I walk in the door and won’t go away until around 8pm tonite. With a new job to do, I so need to get back on the right track with my sleep routine.

My hand seems to be healing up just fine after all that’s happened to it. After getting my cast off, I not only had alligator skin but my left hand is noticeably smaller than my right hand. Not being left handed, it will take some time for this to return to normal. I’ve been advised to exercise with a stress ball or something similar, but typing has been the best exercise and I’m so glad I can type normally again. I’m sure my backspace key feels the same way.

Time to get ready for work now. I’ll let everyone know how it goes.

Surprised? Not me. Besides this cold or whatever that’s been bugging me, I feel like I could sleep for a week. The cold - yeah. As soon as I got into the deeper parts of the southeast, my allergies went beserk. Then it all exploded when I saw a caravan of lawnmowers on the highway in Florida. I managed to suck down enough sinus meds when I was at my sister’s so the nurses would let me into the NICU to see Mia, but I think that besides the massive allergy attack, looooong days driving, and many climate changes over the past week have made my body go haywire. Now I just need to get used to being back home and get myself some freaking rest.

I feel like I’ve finally caught up with reading my blogs. I’ll never be caught up on all the things I want to do online, but I did manage to get pics of Mia up on my flickr page. Sis sent pictures of Mia to Dad but he complained that they were too big. I can’t even begin to figure that one out, because Sis only thinks she knows what she’s doing online and Dad will readily admit he doesn’t have a clue when it comes to computers. I figured the best way would be to put them on flickr and give Dad the link, then he should be able to see them just fine.

As for cleaning my house, I did do a mad dash last night in preparation for guests, but there’s still more to be done. There’s always more to be done. My bathroom has multitudes of travel sized toiletries all over the place, and my toilet needs a good scrubbing. I don’t know what it is with the water here, but I get nasty and impossible to remove water rings in the bowl. I bought a pumice stone to try and take care of that, and some industrial strength cleaners. I hate a dirty toilet.

And tired, yes, I am very tired. Like I said I feel like I could sleep for a week. I overslept for work this morning. I was supposed to be at work at 11:30. That’s practically lunchtime, and yet I still woke up at 11. I ended up being a half hour late, since personal hygiene was a bit of a priority for me. And of course a half hour into my shift the need for caffeine hit me. I really need to get off the caffeine. I drank gallons of it on my drive cross country, and I usually try to avoid it because I’m too sensitive to it. Now all sensitivity has been lost, so I need to get off it so it will work again. (BTW, my caffeine vehicle of choice is diet cola - I hate coffee in all its incarnations, so good old diet coke or pepsi it is, preferably cherry flavored.)

Oh, and I must rave about my new jacket that Mom got me when I was in NH. We went to the LL Bean outlet store so that I could buy a 3 season jacket, which would be perfect for winters here in Las Vegas. I ended up picking out this one with a windproof shell and thinsulate lining, which you can see me wearing in the first photo in my slideshow about my trip. It’s pretty comfy. As I’ve been wearing it, I found a few more neat features that it has. There’s a hood that rolls up into the collar of the shell, and it’s removable so that I don’t have to have the bulk there if I don’t want it. And of course the hidden inside pockets. This part is my favorite. On the shell of the jacket, there are 3 inner pockets, and they are LABELLED!!!!! Oh yeah, this is the jacket for me. There is a cellphone pocket, the perfect size for a phone, a music pocket, with a little hole in it for your headphone wire to go through, and a glasses/goggles pocket, and in that one there’s even a lens cleaning cloth attached with a tether so it won’t get lost. Is this jacket awesome or what?

Ok, that’s enough random rambling for now. I really need to set my alarms and get my butt in bed so that I can make it through church and work tomorrow.

There’s only so much computing one can take with an injured hand, otherwise I’d have more stamina to get more work done faster. But that’s not the case. As you can see, the main parts of my changeover have been done, and you can see what it all looks like. It’s not as beautiful as my old template, but it’s all mine. One of these years when new non-Blogger issued tempalates become available that allow users to take advantage of widgets, I just might get myself one of those pretty custom widgets. But in this game where design and technology are fighting with each other, the technology won this round.

I still have more widgets to add to my site, but I like the 2 sidebars that will allow me to organize all that content a bit better. And I have to go through 160 or so posts to label. I have no plans tomorrow, but first I must catch up on sleep. I’ve gotten so little of it since I’m not working my day job.

That’s all for now. I’m so ready to crash it’s not even funny. And no, I will not be crashing into any cars, just my bed. Gotta nip that joke in the bud.

I’ve really not been in a talkative mood lately. Things at work still bug me, but at least the stress of “I have to deal with this forever” is gone. It’s been replaced by the “I gotta find a job” stress. I had an interview on Friday that I thought went really well. It’s a government job, which would be sweet, and it’s with an agency that I have an inkling of inside knowlege about because of my current job. Hopefully that was enough to push me to the top of the list. In the meantime, I’ll keep pounding the pavement.

Last night I slept. No big surprise there, but the length of time I slept was. I decided to close my eyes around 8:30pm, figuring I’d sleep for a few hours then get up and get online for awhile, then go back to sleep for a few hours. Nope. I got out of bed around 9:30 this morning. I didn’t sleep solidly the whole time, but rather just rolled out of bed when I felt like it. I feel so well rested; it’s a glorious thing. I should enjoy it while it lasts.

I finally got the rest of the stuff for my sister and packaged it up. Now I just need to get it to the post office and get it sent out. Hopefully that will be out Monday or Tuesday. I can’t wait for her to get it, she’ll be thrilled.

My mom is having Boo baptized next week. I wish I could go - those sort of things are the reasons why I miss them so much. I can’t just jump on a plane and fly home for every little thing, and I am getting really tired of being the person who visits once a year. I hate going home and having a bunch of people to check off my list, it doesn’t even feel like I’m visitng or spending quality time with them anymore. I just have a huge list of people to see and check them off. It sucks, I tell ya, sucks.

I went out with The Man tonite. He’s had a heck of a few days. Now that I know what’s been going on somewhat, I totally get why contact has been slim. But I dunno, maybe it’s just that I’m being impatient or something. I like him. I really like him. And if something is going to happen, which I hope it will, then I’m just not used to it happening this slowly. I just need to have more patience.

I guess that’s it for now. I’m just not feeling like sitting at the computer right now. I think I’ll just have some dessert and get to bed at a decent hour (as in, before midnight). Later y’all.

I started going to bed before midnight lately. It’s been wonderful to actually get some sleep. The biggest kick in the head was the fact that I way overslept the other day. I was up blogging the night before, went to bed around midnight, but still could not get to sleep. I stayed awake well past 2am and through an entire show of “The Joy of Painting.” (I have a post based on that partially written in my head, but I’ll write it later.) When my alarm went off at 6, my head hurt. Bad. So I reset my alarm for 7, the absolute latest I can get away with. I thought a little more sleep would help the migraine, since that’s why I usually get them. I didn’t hear my alarm go off again, and when I woke up the clock said 8:02. I’m supposed to be at work at 8. That really didn’t help my headache, or my mood. So I need to step up my disciplinary efforts to make sure I am getting to work on time and getting enough sleep.

Tomorrow is Friday, though, and I can stay up late then. But now, it’s time for dinner, a little tv, and some shut-eye.

I am determined to get some sleep tonite. I only got about 4 hours last night (my fault) and had a headache all day. Then of course I had to work Job#2 tonite and yes, the giant shipment arrived. I was told that’s not even all of it. No clue where it’s all gonna go, but I got some of it out. I also managed to vacuum too, but I’m still trying to figure out how I did that because I could not find the floor anywhere under all those boxes. And of course the DM was in (and will be in tomorrow - AJ be ready!). I have never met her before, but she seems nice enough. I didn’t even get in trouble for my shoes. We’re supposed to wear current season stuff that we sell, or at least something from our sister store, but being a AAA width I cannot wear any of our stock and very very little of sister store’s stock. At least I was carrying one of our current purses.

So that’s it for now, this is definitely a quick post. I’d love to stay online, but like I said, I need to sleep. I still have to work tomorrow, and I need to be awake for that. Placing U threatened to stage an intervention and had no sympathy for my headache and extreme fatigue. I must not let that happen.

FINALLY, Dr. Grandma has come to her senses and come back to work with us. She even brought donuts in this morning for everyone. I still think she’s not herself after her employment-elsewhere adventures. See, the Dr. Grandma I know would not go near a donut with a 10-foot pole. She’s totally carb-o-phobic. But I did enjoy the donuts, and I’m even happier that Dr. Grandma is back with us. Now our group is complete once more.

I worked at Job#2 tonite. It was miserably slow today, but for some excitement my coworker Ashes came in with a couple of classmates from her film class. They’re shooting some sort of PSA regarding proper walking techniques in high heels, or something like that. Shoe boss was kind enough to let them use the store for filming. I was cast as an extra in the how not to walk in heels. It was pretty easy, really, since I hate heels and always wear flats. I’m being adventurous in a 1 inch heel, really. So they got shots of me wearing these:

…and I lived to tell about it. It’s a 4 1/4 inch heel, the highest we have in the store. I asked Ashes if it was possible to upload it to YouTube so you can all see my film debut. I’ll let you know what she says.

I’ve still been oversleeping a lot, which has absolutely got to stop. I’ve been looking at a couple of habits that contribute to this: caffeine and blogging, or the internet in general. Since I’ve been so tired, and soda is available at work, I’ve been sucking it down like there’s no tomorrow. New rule is that I don’t drink any caffeine after lunch. And internet - gosh, it’s so easy to lose track of time on these internets. You think you’re only spending a minute or 2 checking email and a quick rundown of a couple favorite blogs, and next thing you know the boss is calling asking if you’re seriously ill because you haven’t been in all week. It hasn’t gotten that bad with me, but I have been up till the wee hours with bloodshot eyes staring at my computer screen. So now, no computer after 10pm - 11 on weekends. As of this writing, that means I only have 25 minutes to finish this post and check my other blogs before shutting down for the night. We’ll see how that goes.

So, in the interest of time, I must be going now. Tomorrow night I don’t have to work so I’ll have more time for you all. Till then…