I'm so pooped I barely have enough energy to write but write I will. So much going on the past week or so...hmm, let's see...the last time I posted was the 22nd, which was about a week ago I guess...
Work was INSANE over last weekend due to all of the snowstorms and blizzards across the country. It was even so bad for us here that they offered hotel rooms near work last Wednesday for those who had to work Thursday. I don't normally work Thursdays but since picked up a co-workers shift, I went ahead and took them up on it. (Let me tell you though that I was going a bit stir crazy without my beloved laptop!) So between my sleepover at B's on Tuesday night and the hotel on Wednesday night I wasn't home for a couple of days. Thank goodness Jen the Fabulous was here to check up on my baby.
Friday, Christmas, had me taking Shanna to the airport and then over to spend the day with the family. Not the most perfect day (mother opened the visit up with telling me that she was upset because I never call or visit and she misses me! Thankfully we got through that and had some nice mother/daughter time later) but it was good to be with family. We watched the new "Star Trek" movie and then ended up watching "Last Chance Harvey". Apparently my parents are fans of that movie too.
Then home to treats galore courtesy of Jen the Fabulous. Not to mention the most awesome (and only :P) Christmas present...a scented candle in a really cool earthenware thingamabob (dish? bowl?) that I'll be able to reuse should I ever bring myself to burn this candle...and yummy chocolate/coconut/marshmallow treats.
Not getting a day off to stay in my pjs though has been an adjustment. I've forgotten what it's like to just go go go. I've managed to have at least a little bit of that the past couple of months and not having that time just makes we want and appreciate it all the more.
Then of course more work, bad weather and incidents involving NWA flights. Hoo boy! Then another sleepover w/B that didn't go as well as the first one. Apparently I needed to wake him up ask him about the snow plow I heard and ask if my car would be safe, then later to tell him his stomach was growling! Poor guy was grumpy in the a.m. and it was interesting to see him that way. I went back over there last night to hang out for a bit and we chatted about that. He's got a point that I've never seen him grumpy before yesterday. Why I got so bent out of shape that he was grumpy...I guess I just wanted him to have been so happy to have the extra time with me, the pleasure of my company for more than a few hours that it would be worth any ...inconvenience. But let's face it. We live in the real world and neither of us are young. We're not old but we're not in our 20's!
It's always interesting to see how the realities of situations live up to my expectations.
So then the huge decision today that if my time off requests get approved, then I AM going to go to Madrid! Hell, even if they don't get approved, I'll beg some co-workers to cover my shifts and go! I need to do this. I need an adventure, even if it's to a destination I never planned on going to otherwise (have so many others on the list first) and really can't totally afford.
So I'm pooped. Have a lot to do in a couple of days...laundry, clean the cat box, get more canned food for Louis (he eats!), figure out what to pack for the few days I'll be gone, get Jen important phone numbers, tell my bank about being overseas, get cash, get shifts covered, get my stats up the minimum for the month (in like 1 day!), return an overdue library book (the latest novel about our friendly serial killer "Dexter"), send off cards overseas, get a b-day card for Tanya and send that off as well...and on and on and on.
But you know what? It's around 2a.m. and I'm going to really go to bed soon. I mean it. Really. I know you don't believe me but I am. I swear it.
Just have to pee and ....?
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Musings from a big and beautiful sometimes "drama queen" on her current state of existence
What's It All About?
"The unexamined life is not worth living." Socrates
While you’re here, in this time and in this space, you are beautiful and you are perfect.
You are right where you need to be to get to where you want to go, so start asking yourself where you want to go.
Noire
She'll be 2 years in 2 months! Time flies!
Things I'm grateful for everyday....
- My family
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
- My friends, old and new.
- A roof over my head.
- My computer & internet access
- Being employed (even if I don't always like things about my job)
- The public library and the joy of borrowing books with/on/for my Kindle
- That I can walk on two legs, use 2 arms/hands, have ten fingers/toes, can see and hear, etc. (uh, no offense to anyone who is physically challenged)
- Other people's creativity and efforts
- The love of a good man (he IS good)
Current Favorite Quotes
“Be content with what you have, rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” - Lao Tzu
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
"The privilege of a lifetime is to be who you are." ~ Joseph Campbell
"Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some." ~ Charles Dickens
"We either make ourselves miserable or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same." -Carlos Castañeda
"..there’s something lovely about knowing that when it’s right, you really know it’s right because you’ve already been through all the wrong." ~ Sade
"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind." ~ Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." —Mark Twain
(This bit not so much as a quote but somethings I wrote down that I want to keep and this looks like a good place to do it)
7-25-07
1. Almost everything comes from almost nothing.
2. The best way to predict your future is to create it.
3. Leap and the net will appear.
Facts of Life (per Sonya Friedman)
- 1. No one can bring your life to you
- 2. No matter what you do, someone important isn't going to like it
- 3. Though painful, rejection won't kill you - it may even lead to growth
- 4. Every choice means giving up something different
- 5. Some people aren't capable of giving you what you're trying to get from them
- 6. The way you treat yourself sets the standard for others
- 7. There are no quick fixes that can permanently change your life
- 8. Life is on a rheostat, not an on/off switch
- 9. Some problems cannot be solved - but you can make peace with them