Did you think I had forgotten about you?

Hello dear blog. I bet you've been wondering where on earth I've been for the past few days.

My silence was only due to the distractions of life. Just trying to catch up with friends, TV shows, playing around with FB games and just getting through each day.

I'm so proud of myself for finally wading through the zillions of choices that were offered and picking out my health/dental/vision benefits for 2010 from work. I'm not sure what I picked is exactly right nor am I sure about the dollar amounts for my HSA/FSA thingamabobs but we'll just see how it goes.

I definitely needed to sign up for the vision benefit. When I was hanging out w/Irma the other night, the screw fell out of one of the sides on my glasses (thank goodness I knew a trick to fix them up....using only the wire from a twist-tie (you know, the kind you get with sandwich baggies?)) and this will be just the push I need to finally go get my eyes checked again (having to have the monitor at work right in my face is probably another sign I'm overdue for this isn't it?) and get new glasses. It's only been, oh, whoa! probably about 5 years or so!!!! Yikes. OK, so that will be high on my to-do list in 2010.

So did I mention I treated myself to some clothes last paycheck? I probably shouldn't have spent the money. I'm sure there is an old bill (or 2 or ?) that I could have taken care of (or gee, what about saving money Sam???) but in looking through my closet and dresser drawers it struck me that I have, like, NO long sleeved t-shirts and very few sweaters without holes (and I'm not just talkin' about the arm/neck and bottom/opening holes!) so I went slightly nuts. Fashion Bug, Silhouettes and Ulla Popken got a little money from this honey. I also thought I'd give another version of a "cage" a try. I'm on the hunt for the perfect one. (I'm ALWAYS on the hunt for the perfect one! Is it too much to ask that the cups fully support the girls w/no spillage, the back doesn't ride up and most importantly, the straps don't dig into my shoulders or have useless little thingamabobs that do nothing to ease the discomfort of hoisting them around all day??)

So waiting for me today in the mail was the new "cage". I tried it on tonight and it was instant like! So we'll see how it holds up at holding me up tomorrow! :P

Still waiting for the rest of my purchases to arrive and can't wait! That is the downside of online shopping but it beats tromping around malls that can't be bothered to sell clothes for us big beauties! :P

Man I'm tired. I just got done harvesting a bunch of stuff over at Farm Ville. Whew! Such hard work. Now if only the money was real....

Hmm. Had a nice weekend. While I didn't get to cook dinner for my honey due to his cold, I did enjoy the "jammies" day. And then on Friday (aka "Sunday") was lounging around enjoying the use of the banquette (sp?) table downstairs that Jen's honey got for her (why I haven't used it sooner I have no idea. It's a perfect place to type and eat at the same time! :P ) then off to have dinner and fun w/Irma. Man, that Bill's chinese is some good chinese!

This upcoming weekend has another payday (woo hoo) and I'll be hanging out with my girl Shanna on Friday ("Saturday")...I think our plan is to go to Muffuletta's in St. Paul for food and then who knows what.

Next week is the dreaded (or much anticipated?) turkey day. Since I've had so little contact w/my parent's lately (uh, the car issues, my mother's declining health and subsequent drastic mood swings haven't had me exactly eager to talk to her) I'm not sure if I should even mention us getting together for dinner that day. Part of me wants to. As previously mentioned, I love having my own family to get together with on these bloody holidays but the other part of me is like...nah, I'm over it. I'm making up my own rules now and I don't need the family like I once did. Then again, what's the alternative? I don't think I'd want to join anyone else so I could just enjoy having the day off, all to myself. Ooooh. I like the sound of THAT! (Do I even want to talk about the fact that I completely blew off my mother's b-day on the 14th? As JW's they don't celebrate but I don't usually let that stop me from acknowledging it. But this year I said 'eh. Whatever. Per texts exchanged with my bro. supposedly she didn't say anything or notice so ...whew?)

And then again, I could find out why my parent's are refusing to talk to my Aunt. I'm dying of curiosity but I'm sure it just has to do with their disgust at her unwillingness (!) to completely change her life and do what they want her to do...move up here and leave her family behind. Now granted, her family have not made her life any easier (they really are a couple of ...pieces of work) but until you walk a mile in someone elses shoes, you shouldn't judge! She is beset by her own health problems and stuck in a life that she didn't exactly plan on. She's doing her best and I just have the greatest amount of sympathy for her.

Admittedly, I haven't been down to visit her in months (getting time off of work has been impossible and when I am there, even I get depressed and overwhelmed at the amount of shit she deals with on a daily basis!) ...I should get down to see her soon though, even if it is only for the day. She needs a hug and a shoulder and just somebody in her corner. I can do that.

She's my favorite aunt and over the past few years we've gotten closer. I don't talk about her much to everyone but she is very important to me. She's my mom's youngest sister and the one that I've adored since I could remember. She's lived out of state most of my life and as mentioned it's only the past few years that we've gotten close and become friends. She came to live up here for awhile to take care of my uncle before he died and that's when we got together as adults and started to really bond. She's currently living in Florida. (Am I also thinking of a visit because it's getting colder up here? You betcha!) ...

It recently crossed my mind that I've got all these people in my life but they're all in little separate compartments and they never really mix. I'm not sure how I feel about that.

Blimey. It's going on 4am soon and I really should call it a night. B is supposed to be coming over in like 5 1/2 hours and I should get some sleep.

So much more to say but I think I'll just quit here for now.

ttfn.