Where has my life gone?

The complete ramblings of a small town girl.

Tuesday, May 31, 2005

Friday-Today

I used to think that weekends were for rest, shopping and me time. Ha - what was I thinking.

Friday - I saw my Dr for my final follow-up on Friday. He said I was getting better and could resume using my treadmill. He suggested I take it easy and build back up(HA - back up to what?). That night I cooked dinner, went to the Grocery Store, then went to the bar. At the bar I proceeded to drink waaaaaaay to much. Arrived home at 2am-ish.

Saturday - Woke up wondering what the loud banging noise was. Realized it was my head. Eventually dragged my butt out of bed and went into town to eat breakfast. Then I decided to go to Wal-Mart. Being the small town that this is I ran into every damn person I know there - and they all had to let me know just how bad I looked, including Mark's Parents. Went home and washed dogs and did laundry. Then that night we took Mark's Dad out for dinner. It was a loooooong day. I consumed unbelievable amounts of Sweet Tea.

Sunday - I actually resisted the urge to respond to all social requests(Trip to Sea World, Outlet Mall Shopping, Target, etc) and stayed home and cleaned. Good God, the house was gross. Then I plopped down on the couch and watched endless hours of Surreal Life Re-runs topped off by the Surreal Life Season 4 Reunion. Sally Jessie is looking scarier than usual lately.

Oh Yeah, During all of this on Sunday I also cooked about 15lbs of Pork Ribs to take to the River with us on Monday!

Monday - Got up at an obscene hour(7am) and cooked breakfast. Then after cooking, eating and cleaning up after breakfast I cooked Baked Beans to take to the River with us. We left for the River, stopped and picked my friend Laura up and made the cross county trip to Weeki Wachee, home of the mermaids. Once at the River we sat in the sun and ate lots and lots of food. I came home a nice shade of pink and very, very full.

Tuesday - Back to work. When I woke up this morning it was storming, badly. Then my power went out at 7am - before I managed to get a shower and get ready for work! So I came to work in a company T-Shirt and Jeans, no make-up and scary hair. When you have a well, you have no water when there is no power! At Noon I ran to my mom's house and at least washed my hair and put on some makeup. So I have been hiding out here at my desk all day - doing paperwork and crunching numbers.

Thursday, May 26, 2005

She frowned at me.

Ya'll my hairdresser frowned at me.

You see I hate fixing my hair. I have the worst hair in the world. It is very, very thin, and an ugly mousey brown color. I fix the color by dyeing and highlighting, but the thin part I just have to live with. I am very lazy abotu getting my hair done. I am supposed to do it every 3 months, but I was lazy and had not had it done since January.

So when I got there today she frowned at me. That one frown made me feel liek I was beign lectured by a parent. It was horrible. Then I got another frown when I told her I only had time for a cut and no color today. She stressed that I really need to get the color done ASAP.

Then we haggled over the cut I wanted. I always bring 2-3 pictures of cuts that I like - then she tells me which ones would work with my hairtype. Usually one of them will, not this time. So I let her do what she wanted. I figure she is the professional and she be able to figure out what will work with my hairtype and face shape(fat and round).

Of course after cutting it she styled it - which I will never be abel to replicate on my own. But I like it. And I will do my best to style it the same way.

I will tryt o get some pics tonight so ya'll can see!

Wednesday, May 25, 2005

Hi, My name is......

This is something that has been driving me crazy for years - and now I have a place to bitch about it.

People who put their name on their car doors - or anywhere on their car for that matter. I mean what is that all about. Do they forget who they are so they must put their name on there as a reminder? It's not like I am talking about a Real Estate Agent or something like that - these are just your average every day people doing this.

What is really funny is when you pass a vehicle and the drivers side door says "John" - but it is clearly not John driving - because it is a woman! Or when the Male name is on drivers side and the Female name is on the passenger side - but there are two guys riding around in it! What idiots.

I could only come up with two good reasons why people should have their names on their cars.

Reason #1 - Say you are out riding around with your friends. You spot a HOT guy in the lane next to you, and you are like "Whoa - He's HOT, I wonder who he is". You see the name on the door and voila, you now know the HOT guys name is Jake. Now you can call out to him using his name and prevent the geeky guy in the car behind him from thinking you are speaking to him. As if.

Reason #2 - The asshole in the lane next to you keeps sliding over the line into your lane. You see his name on the door. Now when you unleash your road rage obscenities at him, he will now know that you are yelling these obscenities at him. As in "Stay in your own Fucking Lane John". No more Road Rage Confusion.

These are the types of things I think about when I have too much free time on my hands.

Wish me luck - I haev an appt. with my Hair Dresser this week.

Thursday, May 19, 2005

New Sneaks, Bad Hair & Grass Juice

Shout Out
A Message to Sean. I hope you read this. Just wanted to say that you did a fantastic job this weekend. Buy yourself something nice(ha - like I have to tell you this). And - I am loving your new sneaks - they are fabulous.

Dodging the Hair Dictator
I hope I don't run into my hairdresser anytime soon. I am in desperate need of getting my haircut - but have just been to damn busy to make it in to see her. If I run into her in public she may very well hurt me when she sees what a disaster my hair is at the moment. It has gotten to a point where it has grown out so much it is hard to do anything with it. So I have basically just been blow drying it. It is bad ya'll.

I have picked out a new cut though. I want the new JLo do. I love it, long but not too long, short but not to short. It is perfect. Of course 99.99% of the time when I pick out a do - my hairdresser refuses to do it. She always has some excuse like: my hair is to thin, or the wrong texture or blah, blah, blah. It is usually best if I just sit down in her chair and let her do whatever the heck she wants. I always walk away happy - and cute.

LOST
Lost was great last night. They are finally starting to tie up some loose ends. While at the same time presenting new mysteries for next season. I LOVE it. I can't wait for next weeks 2 hour Season Finale.

Why would I drink grass?
While out at dinner the other night, eating things that were not healthy for us, Sean said we should both try to eat healthier things. To me this means getting more veggies on my pizza. To Sean it means drinking Wheatgrass. Wheatgrass - Seriously ya'll - who wants to drink grass? Then he mentions Carrot Juice. I like Carrots - when they are in Sweet & Sour Chicken and when I can dip those little baby ones in Ranch Dressing, and I also like them at Christmas time when they are glazed with honey and ginger. Besides I am allergic to grass - not so sure I should be drinking it.

He is right though - I do need to eat healthier. I have been eating out way too much lately. I think at lunch today I will get more veggies on my pizza or instead of the fried meat platter I will get the fried veggie platter. Woohooo - look at me on my way to healthier eating.

Here's to being squishy(this is me lifting my glass of sweet tea in a toast).

Wednesday, May 18, 2005

Do I work here?

My company seems to think that I work for them. I have been working my butt off. Well I wish I was anyways - my butt doesn't seem to get any smaller even though I am working very hard. I have been scrambling ever since I was out sick for a whole week. I may never catch up.

I went for a follow up with my Dr on Monday. I was still running a fever of 99.8 and my lungs are still a mess. I have 3 - you heard me right - 3 inhalers I am using, plus a new pill I am taking that gives me trippy dreams. So trippy I don't even want anyone to analyze them. I don't even think I could put just how strange they are into words.

I go back to the Dr on the 26th - and if my lungs are better I will get an all clear and I can go back to using the torture machine - aka the treadmill. I actually miss the treadmill. It has been sitting in the spare room all by its lonesome self calling out to me. I can't wait to get back on it and start working on getting un-squishy. Squishy, Squishy, Squishy, that is me.

Hi, Ho, Hi, Ho - It's back to work I go.

Thursday, May 12, 2005

3 Levels of Spring Cleaning

I need to do some Spring Cleaning on many levels.

Level 1
The interior of my home. You know when you look around and start to notice the grime building up in the places you don't think to clean or don't like to clean? Like on the plant shelves, top of the kitchen cabinets, baseboards, top of the fridge, etc.

I also noticed that I need to take everything out of my kitchen cabinets and clean the shelves. This will be no easy task. I own lots of kitchen crap. I mean lots. Here is a quick glimpse of my kitchen:







My kitchen is small - but I have tons of kitchen crap shoved into the tiny space. I LOVE kitchen gadgets. I am the girl who is happy to get kitchen stuff for any gift giving occasion. It would not offend me if Mark bought me a new Food Processor for a gift. It would make me happy - I would promptly use it to make him a batch of home made salsa.

Level 2
The outside of my house. I do not like to do yard work. I HATE it. We live on 3 acres. There is a lot of yard work to be done. It sucks. I want a perfect yard with a gorgeous garden - but none of the work that comes with it. So, my plan is to research some easy to take care of plants(aka need no attention what so ever) to make the yard look beautiful. Maybe I can just grow weeds. A weed is something that is unwanted -so if I wanted weeds they wouldn't really be weeds. Right?

Level 3
My volunteer life. I am getting burned out on all of my volunteer activities. Which is a shame because I really, truly like the volunteering. It is just that there is so much that needs to be done. And apparently I am incapable of saying no. It seems like every weekend and several nights a week I am doing something. I need to evaluate all of the things I am involved in and decide which are the most important to me. Cause ya'll know it is all about me.

When will I do all of this?
That is the question of the day. Apparently I may need to start with Level 3 and work my way down to Level 2 & 1. Or maybe I should do Level 3, Level 1 and then Level 2.

Can ya'll tell I am feeling a bit better today? I have all of these grand plans - but none of the energy to actually accomplish them!

Wednesday, May 11, 2005

Not much to report

I am sure at this point ya'll are sick of my whining. But - I am still sick. This crap has me down and out. I just can't seem to get over it.

This week has been way busy - probably busier than I need to be. You see I work in sales, and I missed an entire week of work. That has got me playing catch up on top of doing my regular work. I am exhausted. I was in bed at 7:30pm last night. But then I made Mark wake me up at 9pm so I could watch Deadliest Catch onthe Discovery Channel. I LOVE that show. Does anyone else watch it?

Of course tonight I have to be awake between 8pm-9pm because LOST is on. I hope this weeks episode is better than last weeks. Even in my sickly, drug induced state last week I thought it was kind of a lame episode.

I don't have much to write on since I have been doing nothing but being sick and working. I did spend some of my sick time reading blogs, Like Laurie's, Jennifer's, Minou's and many others. Just wanted to let everyone know that I LOVE them, I have just haven't had the energy to post any comments.

Friday, May 06, 2005

Call me She-Ra

Is that how She-Ra is spelled? You 80's kids now who I am talking about right?

My Mom(a nurse) pulled rank and took me to the ER this morning. She tried to bring me to my Dr, but my Dr office told her the meds needed time to work( I have been taking them since Monday). My mom explained to them that I was getting worse, but they didn't listen. So she loaded me up for a trip to the ER.

ER Doc was very nice and did Chest and Sinus Xrays. She said my lungs and sinuses were starting to clear, but that she was worried about my asthma and that I had damaged my vocal chords from coughing so much.

A few breathing treatments and a shot of steroids later and I was on my way back home. I have a hand full of steroids to take for the next week and she said I should be felling better by Sunday/Monday.

I can tell you that at the moment I feel like She-Ra, with a wicked cough and a raspy voice. These steroids kick ass.

I am supposed to be resting my vocal chords. This will be very hard for me. I have trouble not talking, thank the sweet tea for the internets.

So I am trying to be quiet - this so very hard for someone considering I even talk to the TV. Please comment and email so I have some conversations to carry on.

Thursday, May 05, 2005

Third Try is a charm.

OK, so I don't smell anymore. The Dr told me taking a hot steamy shower(is there any other kind?) would help loosen the gunk up in my chest. So while I was standing in there I figured I could apply a little shampoo and soap. She also indicated that i had progressed from an Upper Resprtory Infection to having walking pneumonia. I got soo bad yesterday I thought I was going to have to go to the hospital.

Ya'll - it sucks to get out of breath walking from the couch to the bathroom. Good thing about being sick - i lost 6 lbs. this week - and didn't even get on the treamill once.

Tomorrow I have to drag myself into the office. There is paperwork that has to be done by end of day tomorrow. I may have to go to bed soon to have the energy to do this.

Laurie Tagged Me.

The Rules: Pick 5 of the following and then complete the sentences. Then pass this little meme on to 3 more of your blog friends! But no tag backs! And be careful…you could be next!

Except I have like 2 Blog Friends so far - Jen and Laurie.And they both have been tagged. So if you want me to tag you - leave a comment and I will edit this to look like I tagged you in the first place.

The Premise (pick 5):
If I could be a scientist…
If I could be a farmer…
If I could be a musician…
If I could be a doctor…
If I could be a painter…
If I could be a gardener…
If I could be a missionary…
If I could be a chef…
If I could be an architect…
If I could be a linguist…
If I could be a psychologist…
If I could be a librarian…
If I could be an athlete…
If I could be a lawyer…
If I could be an inn-keeper…
If I could be a professor…
If I could be a writer…
If I could be a llama-rider…
If I could be a bonnie pirate…
If I could be an astronaut…
If I could be a world famous blogger…
If I could be a justice on any one court in the world…
If I could be married to any current famous political figure…

The Answers

If I could be a gardener…I would grow more than Basil and Lemon Balm. I would gorw lots of tulips, roses, adna wide variety of herbs.

If I could be a llama-rider…Umm. Well. I have umm ridden a Llama. it is not fun. They smell and they spit. And it is a very uncomfortable ride.

If I could be a world famous blogger… You mean I am not? This is news to me. Huh.

OK - I had to save this three times and come back to it to get it done. I am going to take another nap now.

Tuesday, May 03, 2005

The dogs are avoiding me.

First of all - Yeah - I have new people reading my blog. Welcome - please stay - I need people to read and comment. I am very jealous of Lauires amount of comments.

Ya'll being sick sucks. I have DirectTV and I swear to sweet tea that there isn't crap on. Where did all the trashy TV go? I need trashy TV on while I nap. Then in between naps I channel surf and find more trashy TV to watch while I nap.

I am so bored and still not feeling any better. I think I smell and need a shower - but I don't have the energy to get up and make it there. I really should though - the dogs are even starting to avoid me. Yesterday they were napping with me - today they are sitting on the other side of the room staring at me.

It is a sad state of affairs in my home ya'll. There are half drunk bottles of Power Ade and Water all over, Kleenex, Drugs, and an air of sickness.

More small town stories.
Even when I am home sick, napping on the couch and stinking, I still know what is going on in town.

The power went out at about 6:00pm last night. By 6:03 I knew why and about how long it would be until it came back on. Teeny, Tiny town ya'll.

I miss sweet tea
Since I have been sick(Saturday), I have been drinking nothing but water and PowerAde. My whole goal for getting better is so that I can start drinking sweet tea again. My Mom suggested I use the sickness to break my sweet tea habit. She thinks she is funny, but she is not.

I keep losing my train of thought so I better stop now. I think I will take a nap and see if I can build up enough energy to go shower. The Dr said I could go back to work on Wed., not sure that is going to happen, especially if I don't get a shower soon.

Monday, May 02, 2005

Liquid Codeine

So if this post makes no sense it can be blamed on the liquid codeine.

I am sick once again. How do I always end up sick? I went to the DR today and had to have Chest XRays done - apparently I have some sort of infection in my lungs and a sinus infection topped off with an infection in both of my ears.

The good part is that the Dr gave me some fabulous drugs. Actually the DR gave me four drugs. My favorite so far - a cough syrup with Codeine in it. Now that is some good stuff. And Dr said I have to stay home today and tomorrow - I can go back to work on Wed.(If I have improved)

Ya'll I have to be sick. I went to the Dr and the pharmacy looking like I was dressed by a 5 year old. No make up and instead of brushing hair it was pulled into a sloppy pony tail. It was bad. If anyone I know saw me this way - I am sorry if I scared you.

I am feeling so crappy that I am laying on the couch not even watching TV. But the meds are making things seem so much more amusing. I got the bright idea to drag the laptop out and post to ya'll. I will probably have to come back and edit out all of the odd drug induced ramblings later. My poor dogs are staring at me like I have lost my mind.

Well it is time for another dose of meds and a nap. See ya'll when I am more healthy and pulled together.