So I was driving home from work tonight and it hits me. I'm almost 40. In less than 2 years, I will be 40. What is up with that? It hit me like a ton of bricks. I'm not handling it very well at all. I just want to sit down and cry. Where did the time go? Now not only am I old, I sound old. All old people say that. I'm pretty much happy with where I am, but I really thought I would have kids. It's just not in the cards, although I really wish it were. I'm sure I'll snap out of it, but right now, I can't. I've been watching Make me a Supermodel for three hours. How sad is that???
On a bright note..I cooked tonight. I mean really cooked. I made enchiladas and rice. They were really good. I got the idea from Natalie at work. We went to her house for supper and she had made the dish last night. DH was very impressed so that made me happy.
I'm taking a 1/2 day vacation tomorrow. It's senior night for basketball. Wheat will be out there with my sister and brother-in-law. I can't believe he's a senior. It's crazy. I'm going to my middle nephews game which is out of town and then the two of us will go to Wheat's game.
It was 50 today. Dude - 50 degrees. Tomorrow it is going to snow. Big surprise - it is Iowa.
Well, I'm going to go lay out my clothes for tomorrow and then go to bed and read my book. I'm reading the Time Travelers Wife. It's really good.
Until next time...when I'm in a better mood...
January 28, 2008
January 22, 2008
Snow and Cold...
Yep, I'm sick of the snow and cold. Thursday morning it took me over an hour to get to work and Friday morning it took me over an hour to get to work. It was the first time that I hated my drive to work. It usually takes me about 25-30 minutes to get to work in the morning, but when you're not stuck in traffic, it doesn't really seem that long. In the summer, when I'm in my Mazda MX-5, I really don't care how long it takes me to get to work. Yesterday and today I got to work early, so it took me no time at all since no one was on the road.
I left work early yesterday. It was snowy, but that's not the reason I left. I got a call about 3:15 from my dh. He locked himself out of the house when he got home. How did this happen? He was in the trunk of his car and when he shut the trunk, his keys were in it. In our 1988 Grand Marquis, the car has to be on in order to pop the trunk, so - he was locked out. I had just got out of a very long meeting, so I told him I would leave to let him in the house. (Since I was at work early, I didn't worry about leaving early). I was about half way home in the bad weather when he called me back and said that he had found the spare key and was warmly inside the house. I think his exact words were, "I'm in - but I suppose you have already left work." YOU THINK? So I decided just to go on home.
I was in a big meeting yesterday. We were meeting with a creative agency. The meeting was informative, but I was having a hard time concentrating. Before I tell you what I did to help me concentrate, let me give you a little background information. At work, my department is big on "That's what she said." For example, someone might say (in a very innocent way) "This is really hard" and then someone else in the office would say, "That's what she said." So, in my big meeting yesterday, I starting writing down stuff that people said that after they said it, I would be able to say, "That's what she said." It was quite fun and I had a pretty nice list. I also kept track of many other things such as when someone used a really big word and when my boss did something funny. I did manage to pay attention for the rest of the meeting. For all my hard work I did in the meeting, I was awarded a Schrute Buck.
I'm going to the local college basketball game tonight with Francine. We were going to go anyway, but I managed to get a pair of tickets from work. AWESOME! IT's going to be a great game and I can't wait to go.
Have a good Tuesday....
I left work early yesterday. It was snowy, but that's not the reason I left. I got a call about 3:15 from my dh. He locked himself out of the house when he got home. How did this happen? He was in the trunk of his car and when he shut the trunk, his keys were in it. In our 1988 Grand Marquis, the car has to be on in order to pop the trunk, so - he was locked out. I had just got out of a very long meeting, so I told him I would leave to let him in the house. (Since I was at work early, I didn't worry about leaving early). I was about half way home in the bad weather when he called me back and said that he had found the spare key and was warmly inside the house. I think his exact words were, "I'm in - but I suppose you have already left work." YOU THINK? So I decided just to go on home.
I was in a big meeting yesterday. We were meeting with a creative agency. The meeting was informative, but I was having a hard time concentrating. Before I tell you what I did to help me concentrate, let me give you a little background information. At work, my department is big on "That's what she said." For example, someone might say (in a very innocent way) "This is really hard" and then someone else in the office would say, "That's what she said." So, in my big meeting yesterday, I starting writing down stuff that people said that after they said it, I would be able to say, "That's what she said." It was quite fun and I had a pretty nice list. I also kept track of many other things such as when someone used a really big word and when my boss did something funny. I did manage to pay attention for the rest of the meeting. For all my hard work I did in the meeting, I was awarded a Schrute Buck.
I'm going to the local college basketball game tonight with Francine. We were going to go anyway, but I managed to get a pair of tickets from work. AWESOME! IT's going to be a great game and I can't wait to go.
Have a good Tuesday....
January 18, 2008
It's 4:38pm on Friday
...and I do not have one brain cell left. My eyes are killing me and I'm soooo ready to go home. I'm sure it didn't help that I didn't get home until 2am this morning. I'm way too old for that. Once again, I was the responsible one at bowling last night and ended up giving two guys a ride home. One of the guys, let's start calling him Fun Bobby, I work with and the other guy was a friend of Fun Bobby's. I'm calling him Fun Bobby, because when he drinks, he's totally fun. He's nice when he's not drinking, but it's really quiet and doesn't say much.
I bowled pretty good and the 2nd game actually bowled a 162 which really helped my three game average. I'm sure I won't do that again.
I have a new background for my computer at work. It's Brett Favre throwing a snowball at the game last weekend. He's hot (I know he plays for the Packers, but when it comes to hotness, it doesn't matter!)
I'm going to take it easy tonight. Just a quiet night at home with my dh. We'll watch some TV and I'm sure I'll be in bed early. I'm going to scrapbook tomorrow. I'm continuing to work on my nephew Wheat's senior album.
That's about it. I'm just trying to stretch out the last 15 mintues of my day. It's been busy today. A lot of small things that I've been putting off. I have graphics design something, they do, I change it, I get another proof, I change it again - you get the picture. I'm lucky that the graphics people don't hate me!
Sunday I will be watching football. I'm pulling for the Pack (you're welcome Missy) just because Brett Favre is hot. Plus I don't like any of the other teams.
I'm sure nothing exciting will happen over the weekend, but if it does, you'll be the first to know.
Oh...Sydney is 100% better - and that makes me happy!
I bowled pretty good and the 2nd game actually bowled a 162 which really helped my three game average. I'm sure I won't do that again.
I have a new background for my computer at work. It's Brett Favre throwing a snowball at the game last weekend. He's hot (I know he plays for the Packers, but when it comes to hotness, it doesn't matter!)
I'm going to take it easy tonight. Just a quiet night at home with my dh. We'll watch some TV and I'm sure I'll be in bed early. I'm going to scrapbook tomorrow. I'm continuing to work on my nephew Wheat's senior album.
That's about it. I'm just trying to stretch out the last 15 mintues of my day. It's been busy today. A lot of small things that I've been putting off. I have graphics design something, they do, I change it, I get another proof, I change it again - you get the picture. I'm lucky that the graphics people don't hate me!
Sunday I will be watching football. I'm pulling for the Pack (you're welcome Missy) just because Brett Favre is hot. Plus I don't like any of the other teams.
I'm sure nothing exciting will happen over the weekend, but if it does, you'll be the first to know.
Oh...Sydney is 100% better - and that makes me happy!
January 14, 2008
TGMO
Thank God Monday's Over...
Today was hell at work. Nothing that I can put my finger on...just one of those days. I was pretty much chained to my desk but I did get a lot done. I had lunch with my friend that just got back from India. We went to her house just to hang out. It was nice. We both needed to get away for a while.
The weekend was good. Francine and I went to a piano bar with a some people she works with and with one of the guys from my work that I bowl with. It's been a while since I've been to a piano bar and I forgot how fun it was. We had great seats. I had a little too much to drink, but I wasn't driving so it was okay :-)
Yesterday was relaxing. I just watched some football and played basketball on the PS2.
Right now I'm watching Top Gun on AMC. Can you go wrong with Top Gun? One of my shows is new tonight. I'm ready for the Writer's Strike to be over. I miss my shows. It's sad when your like revolved around TV.
I cooked tonight. I put pork chops in the crockpot and made some corn. It's one of the first times we've had a REAL meal. Of course we didn't eat together. DH was downstairs watching a TV show and I was hungry so I went ahead and ate. It was pretty good.
Tomorrow night I'm going to watch my nephew play basketball.
I guess that's all for now - my life is pretty boring, but right now I'm happy with that.
Oh - in case you're wondering, Sydney the cat is doing much better. No more pills and everything seems to be good.
Today was hell at work. Nothing that I can put my finger on...just one of those days. I was pretty much chained to my desk but I did get a lot done. I had lunch with my friend that just got back from India. We went to her house just to hang out. It was nice. We both needed to get away for a while.
The weekend was good. Francine and I went to a piano bar with a some people she works with and with one of the guys from my work that I bowl with. It's been a while since I've been to a piano bar and I forgot how fun it was. We had great seats. I had a little too much to drink, but I wasn't driving so it was okay :-)
Yesterday was relaxing. I just watched some football and played basketball on the PS2.
Right now I'm watching Top Gun on AMC. Can you go wrong with Top Gun? One of my shows is new tonight. I'm ready for the Writer's Strike to be over. I miss my shows. It's sad when your like revolved around TV.
I cooked tonight. I put pork chops in the crockpot and made some corn. It's one of the first times we've had a REAL meal. Of course we didn't eat together. DH was downstairs watching a TV show and I was hungry so I went ahead and ate. It was pretty good.
Tomorrow night I'm going to watch my nephew play basketball.
I guess that's all for now - my life is pretty boring, but right now I'm happy with that.
Oh - in case you're wondering, Sydney the cat is doing much better. No more pills and everything seems to be good.
January 11, 2008
It's Friday...
It's Friday! I'm ready for the weekend. This working a full week is killing me.
I bowled last night - got my three game average so I was happy. The guy I bowl (and work with) was a hoot. He's super quiet at work and doesn't really talk to anyone, but put a few shots down him and he turns into a guy that I would have totally hung out with in college. I love finding out people that you weren't sure about turn out to be great.
We had a dept. lunch today. My friend returned to work after being in India for a month. I wrapped everything in her cubie and she spent most of the morning opening stuff. We have two new people in our department and they are both boys. We've been an all female department for so long, it's weird to have boys, but they fit in great and we have a lot of fun. I always say we have more fun that we probably should have. We spend a lot of time saying, "That's what she said" made famous by The Office. In fact, I'm wearing my Dunder Mifflin sweatshirt today.
This weekend should be quiet. I have to give Sydney her last pill tonight. I'm glad that is almost done. I hate doing that. I think she's feeling better but we'll see how the next week goes. Tonight I'm planning on just hanging out at home. Probably playing a few games on the computer and maybe doing some scrapbooking. Tomorrow I have a meeting and then I have to get my reserved book at the library. I'm reading this series by Stephanie Meyer. It's a "young" adult series but it's really good. I had started reading the Time Travelers Wife, but that will have to wait. Tomorrow night Francine and I are going out for supper and then shopping. I think we're going to meet some people to watch the Nebraska/Kansas BB game on TV.
I went to my middle nephew's bb game yesterday. They got beat pretty bad but he played a good game. This was my first time watching him and he didn't start. I asked one of the other moms if he usually started and she said yes. Well, after he sat out the whole first quarter and then went in at the beginning of the 2nd qtr and played the whole game, I figured something must have happened. Yep, he got detention and had to sit out the 1st qtr.
Until next time...
I bowled last night - got my three game average so I was happy. The guy I bowl (and work with) was a hoot. He's super quiet at work and doesn't really talk to anyone, but put a few shots down him and he turns into a guy that I would have totally hung out with in college. I love finding out people that you weren't sure about turn out to be great.
We had a dept. lunch today. My friend returned to work after being in India for a month. I wrapped everything in her cubie and she spent most of the morning opening stuff. We have two new people in our department and they are both boys. We've been an all female department for so long, it's weird to have boys, but they fit in great and we have a lot of fun. I always say we have more fun that we probably should have. We spend a lot of time saying, "That's what she said" made famous by The Office. In fact, I'm wearing my Dunder Mifflin sweatshirt today.
This weekend should be quiet. I have to give Sydney her last pill tonight. I'm glad that is almost done. I hate doing that. I think she's feeling better but we'll see how the next week goes. Tonight I'm planning on just hanging out at home. Probably playing a few games on the computer and maybe doing some scrapbooking. Tomorrow I have a meeting and then I have to get my reserved book at the library. I'm reading this series by Stephanie Meyer. It's a "young" adult series but it's really good. I had started reading the Time Travelers Wife, but that will have to wait. Tomorrow night Francine and I are going out for supper and then shopping. I think we're going to meet some people to watch the Nebraska/Kansas BB game on TV.
I went to my middle nephew's bb game yesterday. They got beat pretty bad but he played a good game. This was my first time watching him and he didn't start. I asked one of the other moms if he usually started and she said yes. Well, after he sat out the whole first quarter and then went in at the beginning of the 2nd qtr and played the whole game, I figured something must have happened. Yep, he got detention and had to sit out the 1st qtr.
Until next time...
January 8, 2008
Random Thoughts for a Tuesday
I'm still at work. I should have left 13 minutes ago! I'm waiting for Francine. She's dropping off some tickets so my dh and I can go to the Creighton game tomorrow night. Today wasn't a bad day. Work was okay. I still have a ton of stuff to get done.
I spent a lot of today decorating the cubie of a co-worker who will be back to work on Friday. She's been gone since Decmeber 13th. She went on vacation to India with her dh and family. She just got married last June and her husband is from India. I miss her and I can't wait until she gets back. I wrapped everything in her cubie including her computer. It will probably take her all day on Friday just to get everything back in order. That's what happens when you're gone for a month.
I have to give Sydney another pill tonight. Only 4 more to go. I still hate doing it, but it has to be done. I don't have plans for tonight. I have a couple things I should do, but we'll see if I actually do them.
Tomorrow night is the game and then bowling on Thursday. I may try to go to Wheat's bb game on Friday. I haven't been in a while and I'm feeling like a bad aunt. Wheat has a new girlfriend. Her name is Heather and she graduated from HS last year. She went back to college on Sunday and I think he's pretty sad. Although with texting and facebook and IM it will be like she's there!
Have a great night...
I spent a lot of today decorating the cubie of a co-worker who will be back to work on Friday. She's been gone since Decmeber 13th. She went on vacation to India with her dh and family. She just got married last June and her husband is from India. I miss her and I can't wait until she gets back. I wrapped everything in her cubie including her computer. It will probably take her all day on Friday just to get everything back in order. That's what happens when you're gone for a month.
I have to give Sydney another pill tonight. Only 4 more to go. I still hate doing it, but it has to be done. I don't have plans for tonight. I have a couple things I should do, but we'll see if I actually do them.
Tomorrow night is the game and then bowling on Thursday. I may try to go to Wheat's bb game on Friday. I haven't been in a while and I'm feeling like a bad aunt. Wheat has a new girlfriend. Her name is Heather and she graduated from HS last year. She went back to college on Sunday and I think he's pretty sad. Although with texting and facebook and IM it will be like she's there!
Have a great night...
January 6, 2008
It's been a while..
It's been a while since I last posted. This is my first one for 2008.
Here's what's been going on:
1) My aunt passed away on 12/18. She was my dad's sister and always had a kind word
2) My b-day was 12/19. I went to supper with friends. I got the movies Superbad and Knocked up from my dh. I've seen Superbad about 10 times so far. It makes me laugh everytime. "I am McLovin'!"
3) Sydney (our cat) has been sick. She ended up having surgery on Wednesday. They didn't really find anything. She's been having bladder problems. We got her back on Friday and now I have to give her a pill everyday for seven days. Last time she was on medicine, we crushed it up and put it in her food. It didn't really work very well and I ended up taking her to my in-laws when I went home for Christmas. It was a cluster to say the least. When I picked Sydney up on Friday, I had them show me how to give her a pill. It's not fun. Saturday morning was horrible. Long, long story - I may share later. I have her the 2nd pill a little while ago. It went better but it was still awful. I was crying the whole time. My dh has been supportive. He's just glad he doesn't have to do it. 2 down, 5 more to go.
4) I went to a scrapbook weekend. I started my nephew's album that he will get when he graduates in May. I've been putting it off because I've been so nervous about doing it. What if my sister doesn't like it, what if it's not what she wanted. I know that she's going to love whatever I do, but I'm still nervous about it. I got a good start on it and I'm not as nervous as I was. I think I'll work on it a little bit later.
5) Work is busy. Fun, but busy. It's just going to get worse, but that's okay...I don't mind.
6) I'm on a bowling team. We started one at work. We bowl Thursday nights at 9:30p, so it's late when I get home. I don't mind, it's fun and I bowl with people I don't normally get a hang out with. (Except my boss). I don't have to worry about drinking too much because bowling with my boss is like bowling with my mom :-) I did pretty good for me - 110, 125, 125. We'll see how I do next week.
7) New Year's Eve was fun. Me, dh and Francine went out for supper and then Francine and I went to casino to meet up with a friend. This friend and her dh were hanging out with some people in the fancy bar - you know, the one for high rollers - where you don't have to pay for your drinks - and they got me and Francine in. We had a few beers and were back to my house by 11pm. We watched Knocked Up and rang in the New Year. It was nice and relaxing.
Hopefully I'll be keeping up on this a little better. I like to do this and I'm sure if I would have took the time to do this over the last few weeks, I wouldn't have got as stressed out as I did.
Here's what's been going on:
1) My aunt passed away on 12/18. She was my dad's sister and always had a kind word
2) My b-day was 12/19. I went to supper with friends. I got the movies Superbad and Knocked up from my dh. I've seen Superbad about 10 times so far. It makes me laugh everytime. "I am McLovin'!"
3) Sydney (our cat) has been sick. She ended up having surgery on Wednesday. They didn't really find anything. She's been having bladder problems. We got her back on Friday and now I have to give her a pill everyday for seven days. Last time she was on medicine, we crushed it up and put it in her food. It didn't really work very well and I ended up taking her to my in-laws when I went home for Christmas. It was a cluster to say the least. When I picked Sydney up on Friday, I had them show me how to give her a pill. It's not fun. Saturday morning was horrible. Long, long story - I may share later. I have her the 2nd pill a little while ago. It went better but it was still awful. I was crying the whole time. My dh has been supportive. He's just glad he doesn't have to do it. 2 down, 5 more to go.
4) I went to a scrapbook weekend. I started my nephew's album that he will get when he graduates in May. I've been putting it off because I've been so nervous about doing it. What if my sister doesn't like it, what if it's not what she wanted. I know that she's going to love whatever I do, but I'm still nervous about it. I got a good start on it and I'm not as nervous as I was. I think I'll work on it a little bit later.
5) Work is busy. Fun, but busy. It's just going to get worse, but that's okay...I don't mind.
6) I'm on a bowling team. We started one at work. We bowl Thursday nights at 9:30p, so it's late when I get home. I don't mind, it's fun and I bowl with people I don't normally get a hang out with. (Except my boss). I don't have to worry about drinking too much because bowling with my boss is like bowling with my mom :-) I did pretty good for me - 110, 125, 125. We'll see how I do next week.
7) New Year's Eve was fun. Me, dh and Francine went out for supper and then Francine and I went to casino to meet up with a friend. This friend and her dh were hanging out with some people in the fancy bar - you know, the one for high rollers - where you don't have to pay for your drinks - and they got me and Francine in. We had a few beers and were back to my house by 11pm. We watched Knocked Up and rang in the New Year. It was nice and relaxing.
Hopefully I'll be keeping up on this a little better. I like to do this and I'm sure if I would have took the time to do this over the last few weeks, I wouldn't have got as stressed out as I did.
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