I'd like to dedicate my 11 hours of sleep to my good friend Unisom.
I slept until 6:30 this morning. I woke up to Juan Carlos and Omar begging for breakfast, so I fed them, and went back to sleep until 10:30. That's unheard of for me!
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Saturday, April 10, 2010
blah
I'm having a down kind of day.
Husband is out of town, which is more common than not. I miss him more than I usually do. He'll be home tomorrow night, and then should have Wednesday off work, but I'll believe it when I see it. I really want the two of us to take a trip, but with his work schedule, we can't even go to the beach for a weekend. Poop.
I'm behind in schoolwork which is not ones fault but my own. I procrastinate the hell out of stuff, and it just piles up. I should look into training one of the cats in writing APA research papers.
I'm feeling frustrated with my weight, which is really nothing new. I'm so tired of being overweight, and have worked really hard to lose, then really quickly gained again. I'm back at losing, but its such a hard process. Working out doesn't help, and it's all about food for me.
Surprisingly, I'm bummed about not being pregnant yet. I've been off the pill since August, which was a very surprising decision for us. But we did it, and now I'm still not pregnant! I almost don't want to be right now, because if I do get a teaching job, I'd be due mid-year, which would just be bad timing.
Teaching... argh. I really want to get back to it! I'm hoping to get hired in the county here, but of course, Husband got a call from a group in NC wanting him to put in another packet with them. If he gets it, we'd move in Oct/Nov. I'd hate to get a job and leave without doing at least a year, but I also wouldn't want to live 8 hours from Husband.
Blah.
Husband is out of town, which is more common than not. I miss him more than I usually do. He'll be home tomorrow night, and then should have Wednesday off work, but I'll believe it when I see it. I really want the two of us to take a trip, but with his work schedule, we can't even go to the beach for a weekend. Poop.
I'm behind in schoolwork which is not ones fault but my own. I procrastinate the hell out of stuff, and it just piles up. I should look into training one of the cats in writing APA research papers.
I'm feeling frustrated with my weight, which is really nothing new. I'm so tired of being overweight, and have worked really hard to lose, then really quickly gained again. I'm back at losing, but its such a hard process. Working out doesn't help, and it's all about food for me.
Surprisingly, I'm bummed about not being pregnant yet. I've been off the pill since August, which was a very surprising decision for us. But we did it, and now I'm still not pregnant! I almost don't want to be right now, because if I do get a teaching job, I'd be due mid-year, which would just be bad timing.
Teaching... argh. I really want to get back to it! I'm hoping to get hired in the county here, but of course, Husband got a call from a group in NC wanting him to put in another packet with them. If he gets it, we'd move in Oct/Nov. I'd hate to get a job and leave without doing at least a year, but I also wouldn't want to live 8 hours from Husband.
Blah.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Juan Carlos and his love of all things food
Oh Juan Carlos.
Such a petite little cutie. He walks around all day making this adorable little trilling noise, snuggling on my lap, and eating everything he can get his little teeth on.
I went grocery shopping today, and bought english muffins. I put them on the counter, thinking in my head that I really should put them away - either in the fridge or microwave. But I didn't.
So when I came home from class... there are the english muffins all over the floor.
JC has dragged the bag a good 15 feet across the living room, torn open the bag, and removed 5 of the 6 muffins. He's also eaten around the edge of each one, and made a huge pile of crumbs.
It's a good thing he's so darn lovable!
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Pool Weather!
The weather is absolutely gorgeous right now - high 80s with a light breeze. So perfect. I went to the pool with two friends, S and J, and J brought her friend. Each of them has a baby, and the babies are 10, 11, and 12 months old.
The water is still cold, but the sun was just perfect to lay out in. The same company owns my complex and the ones across the street, so we went there because that pool is way better than the one here. The pool itself is larger, the chairs are better, there are more umbrellas, it's totally worth driving over there.
I'm going back tomorrow with another friend, and am really looking forward to it. I love the pool in the summer, especially before it gets too hot.
The water is still cold, but the sun was just perfect to lay out in. The same company owns my complex and the ones across the street, so we went there because that pool is way better than the one here. The pool itself is larger, the chairs are better, there are more umbrellas, it's totally worth driving over there.
I'm going back tomorrow with another friend, and am really looking forward to it. I love the pool in the summer, especially before it gets too hot.
Sunday, April 4, 2010
making new friends
So I've been here for almost three years now, and have made myself a couple good friends who I really enjoy knowing. I am still actively trying to find more, just because it's fun to meet new people and have a group to get together.
I had a girls night at my place last night, and invited 7 friends. I hadn't thought about it being Easter weekend and spring break, and because of the holiday, three friends were going home for the week.
It ended up being four of us last night. One girl and I have been friends for over two years now, and the other two are people I just met at work.
One coworker and I have already had lunch and gone shopping together, and I had thought that she was worth getting to know better and introducing to my other friends. Last night, I found out that I was wrong.
She's nice enough, but is also apparently racist! I am not used to hearing the n word, or hearing people justify their racism by the fact that they differentiate between regular black people and n*****s and that they also call white people n*****s. Wow. No thanks. I'm trying to decide if I should say something, or just drop her like a hot potato.
The other coworker is quite pleasant, and I will definitely be inviting her to more events. She's about 30 weeks pregnant, which is also fun. It will be nice to meet her daughter in June!
The weather is is gorgeous right now, and I'm about to invite everyone to the first pool day of the season. I can't wait to get out there and bake myself!
I had a girls night at my place last night, and invited 7 friends. I hadn't thought about it being Easter weekend and spring break, and because of the holiday, three friends were going home for the week.
It ended up being four of us last night. One girl and I have been friends for over two years now, and the other two are people I just met at work.
One coworker and I have already had lunch and gone shopping together, and I had thought that she was worth getting to know better and introducing to my other friends. Last night, I found out that I was wrong.
She's nice enough, but is also apparently racist! I am not used to hearing the n word, or hearing people justify their racism by the fact that they differentiate between regular black people and n*****s and that they also call white people n*****s. Wow. No thanks. I'm trying to decide if I should say something, or just drop her like a hot potato.
The other coworker is quite pleasant, and I will definitely be inviting her to more events. She's about 30 weeks pregnant, which is also fun. It will be nice to meet her daughter in June!
The weather is is gorgeous right now, and I'm about to invite everyone to the first pool day of the season. I can't wait to get out there and bake myself!
Saturday, April 3, 2010
LIW
Once a week or so, I do something very typical to my life, and think about the fact that if Laura Ingalls Wilder were here, she'd shit a brick.
The most recent occurrence of this thought was when I was flat ironing my hair with my $100 CHI flat iron. Now only was I thankful that I could afford such a wonderful appliance (seriously-it's like magic on my hair!), but I also reflected upon the fact that LIW used to get excited about receiving a penny for Christmas.
While ironing, I did the math, and figured it would have taken 10,000 Christmases for Laura to buy such an iron. She probably could have made her own flat iron for about $5, and I know they had hot curlers, but still.
I am quite frequently grateful for the technological advances I have incorporated in my daily life.
Husband is TDY in AZ for six weeks? No problem. We'll text, FB chat, and talk nightly on the cell phone.
Need a recipe for salmon? No problem. Google it.
It's summer in GA and 100° with 95% humidity? No problem. Crank up the A/C.
The most recent occurrence of this thought was when I was flat ironing my hair with my $100 CHI flat iron. Now only was I thankful that I could afford such a wonderful appliance (seriously-it's like magic on my hair!), but I also reflected upon the fact that LIW used to get excited about receiving a penny for Christmas.
While ironing, I did the math, and figured it would have taken 10,000 Christmases for Laura to buy such an iron. She probably could have made her own flat iron for about $5, and I know they had hot curlers, but still.
I am quite frequently grateful for the technological advances I have incorporated in my daily life.
Husband is TDY in AZ for six weeks? No problem. We'll text, FB chat, and talk nightly on the cell phone.
Need a recipe for salmon? No problem. Google it.
It's summer in GA and 100° with 95% humidity? No problem. Crank up the A/C.
hmm...
So it's been a while. Some shit went down at my old job that put me in a long phase of negativity, and I didn't really have anything to say that I wanted to record for posterity. But I'm over that now, so here we go!
A FB friend posted a quote, I think from Tupac, about accepting and moving past bad events instead of trying to figure out what happened. That idea really helped me to put things in perspective and just move on.
A FB friend posted a quote, I think from Tupac, about accepting and moving past bad events instead of trying to figure out what happened. That idea really helped me to put things in perspective and just move on.
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