No idea why. It's pretty bad. Best moment so far is when they brought a soldier on stage and he said, "If I could do it all over again, I'd join the Air Force."
Been a rainy, miserable day. Cats are cross the rain chased them inside. I'm cross the rain chased me inside. I'm cross that it's predicted to thunderstorm every day until June 20th. No beach for me then :( Not that I really want to go to the beach at the weight I'm at right now, but you can ignore people if you try hard enough.
I'm depressed. Thesis isn't going well. I've been getting headaches. None of my friends are returning my calls. I don't really know what to do about it. At least I have books.
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
The good, the bad and the painful
The good is that I went to Beall's today because they had a coupon in the paper for 30% off
all clearance items. I scoured the racks and got two shirts I can wear
to class and an adorable pair of earrings for $14.15 - for a total savings of
$56.70! Not bad, hey?
The bad is that, upon my arrival back home, I thought it might be good to look at the fence my neighbor said he would take down.
To be fair it is now DOWN. I just thought it would also be REMOVED. Dad is going to kill me, but my foot still really hurts and I don't feel able to tackle that fence - also I have no idea where I would put it. I'm pretty sure it costs money to haul stuff like that to the city dump, and I don't have a truck.
As referenced above, the painful is still my foot. I've been looking at it and it sure seems to be healing, but walking around trying not to rest it on the ground has resulted in a muscle in my calf being pulled or something and walking is NOT comfortable. So, once again, I've spent a lot of today on the couch. This HAS to get better before I go to Croatia!
Anyway, it's late. Planning on pjs, gingersnaps, and a storybook. Hopefully that'll nix my headache!
The bad is that, upon my arrival back home, I thought it might be good to look at the fence my neighbor said he would take down.
To be fair it is now DOWN. I just thought it would also be REMOVED. Dad is going to kill me, but my foot still really hurts and I don't feel able to tackle that fence - also I have no idea where I would put it. I'm pretty sure it costs money to haul stuff like that to the city dump, and I don't have a truck.
As referenced above, the painful is still my foot. I've been looking at it and it sure seems to be healing, but walking around trying not to rest it on the ground has resulted in a muscle in my calf being pulled or something and walking is NOT comfortable. So, once again, I've spent a lot of today on the couch. This HAS to get better before I go to Croatia!
Anyway, it's late. Planning on pjs, gingersnaps, and a storybook. Hopefully that'll nix my headache!
Monday, June 9, 2014
Owie zowie
Well, my foot still hurts. It's not bad at all when I'm on the couch, industriously typing away, but when I'm limping around the house or garden after the cats it's definitely uncomfortable. And when I went swimming this morning it REALLY hurt.
It doesn't look infected though, so that's good.
Today has been pretty cloudy off and on and there was a lot of thunder at 4:30 pm so I brought the cats inside, which led to a lot of meowed complaints come 8 pm when they realized they'd had even less time outside than usual, especially since I had a bout of insomnia come last night and only fell asleep at 5 am - which meant I overslept and only woke up and let them out at 9:30 am instead of 7:00 am.
I also have a bit of a headache. Maybe I'll just make some pasta and go to bed with a book. Here's to getting stuff done tomorrow!
It doesn't look infected though, so that's good.
Today has been pretty cloudy off and on and there was a lot of thunder at 4:30 pm so I brought the cats inside, which led to a lot of meowed complaints come 8 pm when they realized they'd had even less time outside than usual, especially since I had a bout of insomnia come last night and only fell asleep at 5 am - which meant I overslept and only woke up and let them out at 9:30 am instead of 7:00 am.
I also have a bit of a headache. Maybe I'll just make some pasta and go to bed with a book. Here's to getting stuff done tomorrow!
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Olá a todos!
Wow, I've neglected this blog shamefully! In my defense, not only did I move from one apartment to another mostly by myself (had one friend help on the day I moved my bed and table and couch), but I got sick right before finals and spent a week on the couch dozing fitfully and sneezing frequently. Then came finals, which we won't talk about, and then I came back to my parents' place and slept for a couple days straight. Once I was recovered somewhat, a cousin from out of the country came to visit, and then my parents went on vacation and I've been house/pet setting. I did get two A's and a B this semester so I'm pretty darn happy about that!
Being a "homeowner" is a lot harder than I thought it would be! One of the more irritating parts is that I get up at 7 every morning, but instead of just taking my medicine and going back to sleep, I actually have to drag myself out of bed, go give the cat HIS medicine, let both of them outside, go out front and get the newspaper and bring it inside (don't want any burglars to think the house is empty), and only THEN can I go back to bed.
Today when I was walking back to my bedroom I stubbed my foot, right under my pinky toe on a glass scale that is sitting between my room and my sister's room for some odd reason. I swore, and got back in to bed, but I soon realized it was stinging, and went to the bathroom to look at it and sure enough, I had separated a chunk of flesh! Washed it under the tap but it hurt so much I had to stop and covered it as well as I could with a couple band aids but it still hurts and I don't know if I can mow the lawn today. It's really sore, and really upsetting because today is a perfect day to mow the lawn, and the grass is getting really really long. Hopefully I can do it tomorrow. Also, it hasn't rained much this week so I'll HAVE to do the watering today because we only get to water on Sundays after 4 pm. Foot, please stop hurting!
I also did a major clean of the house after my parents left (I did one the day after I got home too, and also completely emptied my mom's classroom for that matter) and it looked so lovely for about three days until my sister decided she needed to sort her possessions for her upcoming move and now the entire house is blanketed in a layer of her stuff, which is pissing me off. I REALIZE you need space to sort out a move, but if her room weren't a toxic waste dump, she could do most of it in there and not force me to do a third major clean in the space of five weeks. I've also been trying to clear out the kitchen and pantry, and although I've been doing a good job of emptying the fridge and freezer, the kitchen is a harder problem to tackle and I don't know if I'll really get it looking the way I want.
Mom left me a bunch of money for food and I confidently expected I'd have a lot to give back to her, but then I had to spend $30 on the cat's medicine, and I've realized they're almost out of tinned food, so I could easily use all of it. Sigh. Still, both the kitties are too thin as it is, they need to be properly fed.
I stupidly left my backpack in Texas (!!!) so I had to drop $34 on another one from Amazon for Croatia this summer, but when it came I was actually really happy with it. It's got a padded laptop compartment (very reassuring for travel, even though I already bought a water-resistant neoprene case for it), lots of space, lots of pockets, AND an inner pocket for an iPad, if I owned such a thing. It has places for water bottles too, but I can't find mine (MUST find it as it's BPA free and I love that thing) and don't know if it'll fit. I chose one that had a design of roses on some panels as it was one of the cheapest designs (by several dollars) and the rest of the "cheap" designs were absolutely ghastly!
The backpack came in a large, flat box and Echo was delighted with it! She's in it all the time now, only leaving it to eat, order me to do things, and play outside.
I even tweeted a picture of her asleep in the box and tagged Amazon, and they replied!! It was too funny.
My foot hurts so I think I'm going to lie back and watch some tv. Midsomer Murders is back on Netflix!! Hooray!!
Being a "homeowner" is a lot harder than I thought it would be! One of the more irritating parts is that I get up at 7 every morning, but instead of just taking my medicine and going back to sleep, I actually have to drag myself out of bed, go give the cat HIS medicine, let both of them outside, go out front and get the newspaper and bring it inside (don't want any burglars to think the house is empty), and only THEN can I go back to bed.
Today when I was walking back to my bedroom I stubbed my foot, right under my pinky toe on a glass scale that is sitting between my room and my sister's room for some odd reason. I swore, and got back in to bed, but I soon realized it was stinging, and went to the bathroom to look at it and sure enough, I had separated a chunk of flesh! Washed it under the tap but it hurt so much I had to stop and covered it as well as I could with a couple band aids but it still hurts and I don't know if I can mow the lawn today. It's really sore, and really upsetting because today is a perfect day to mow the lawn, and the grass is getting really really long. Hopefully I can do it tomorrow. Also, it hasn't rained much this week so I'll HAVE to do the watering today because we only get to water on Sundays after 4 pm. Foot, please stop hurting!
I also did a major clean of the house after my parents left (I did one the day after I got home too, and also completely emptied my mom's classroom for that matter) and it looked so lovely for about three days until my sister decided she needed to sort her possessions for her upcoming move and now the entire house is blanketed in a layer of her stuff, which is pissing me off. I REALIZE you need space to sort out a move, but if her room weren't a toxic waste dump, she could do most of it in there and not force me to do a third major clean in the space of five weeks. I've also been trying to clear out the kitchen and pantry, and although I've been doing a good job of emptying the fridge and freezer, the kitchen is a harder problem to tackle and I don't know if I'll really get it looking the way I want.
Mom left me a bunch of money for food and I confidently expected I'd have a lot to give back to her, but then I had to spend $30 on the cat's medicine, and I've realized they're almost out of tinned food, so I could easily use all of it. Sigh. Still, both the kitties are too thin as it is, they need to be properly fed.
I stupidly left my backpack in Texas (!!!) so I had to drop $34 on another one from Amazon for Croatia this summer, but when it came I was actually really happy with it. It's got a padded laptop compartment (very reassuring for travel, even though I already bought a water-resistant neoprene case for it), lots of space, lots of pockets, AND an inner pocket for an iPad, if I owned such a thing. It has places for water bottles too, but I can't find mine (MUST find it as it's BPA free and I love that thing) and don't know if it'll fit. I chose one that had a design of roses on some panels as it was one of the cheapest designs (by several dollars) and the rest of the "cheap" designs were absolutely ghastly!
The backpack came in a large, flat box and Echo was delighted with it! She's in it all the time now, only leaving it to eat, order me to do things, and play outside.
This is her "You are disobeying my orders" face!
I even tweeted a picture of her asleep in the box and tagged Amazon, and they replied!! It was too funny.
My foot hurts so I think I'm going to lie back and watch some tv. Midsomer Murders is back on Netflix!! Hooray!!
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
News for the Day
So-so news for the day: I turned in my keys to my old apartment. Felt strangely nostalgic.
Good news for the day: I got my Texas drivers' license in the mail!!
Bad news for the day: I've moved so I need to go get a new one with the new address.
Even worse news for the day: I have a pile of work about the size of the Eiffel Tower left to do...
Therefore - time to make dinner
Good news for the day: I got my Texas drivers' license in the mail!!
Bad news for the day: I've moved so I need to go get a new one with the new address.
Even worse news for the day: I have a pile of work about the size of the Eiffel Tower left to do...
Therefore - time to make dinner
Monday, March 17, 2014
Awesome news!
So my apartment complex has released me from my lease and I'm moving out later this week!! I can't wait to get to my new place and get settled in! Moving is a serious pain in the rear, but once it's done it'll be such a relief.
One thing really peeving me is the fact that Suddenlink charges $50 for a moving fee! Really?? I'm going to be so broke after this move :( I tried to call the utilities company but they're closed so I'll call this morning. I hope to goodness they don't have a huge fee too!
However, this is fabulous news because now I don't have to rush back to the States after working overseas this summer in time to move at the end of July. I'll leave my car at my parents' place of course, and I miiiiight bring my acoustic guitar back with me.
Spent last week - spring break - eating, sleeping, and writing. Only got 4,000 words written and not nearly as much I wanted done of my paper that's due next Monday. Going to have to bust my rear to get it in order on top of this move! That's what you get for working on two papers and two presentations at once though. Not to mention I have a CPR class this Saturday! Still, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.
I need to get back to work. Sigh. Can't wait til this move is over and I've gotten that paper and presentation done!!
One thing really peeving me is the fact that Suddenlink charges $50 for a moving fee! Really?? I'm going to be so broke after this move :( I tried to call the utilities company but they're closed so I'll call this morning. I hope to goodness they don't have a huge fee too!
However, this is fabulous news because now I don't have to rush back to the States after working overseas this summer in time to move at the end of July. I'll leave my car at my parents' place of course, and I miiiiight bring my acoustic guitar back with me.
Spent last week - spring break - eating, sleeping, and writing. Only got 4,000 words written and not nearly as much I wanted done of my paper that's due next Monday. Going to have to bust my rear to get it in order on top of this move! That's what you get for working on two papers and two presentations at once though. Not to mention I have a CPR class this Saturday! Still, a girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do.
I need to get back to work. Sigh. Can't wait til this move is over and I've gotten that paper and presentation done!!
Sunday, March 2, 2014
Seriously irritating
Just one more week until Spring Break!!
February was a horrible month, and this month isn't looking too much better. In the good news department I managed to spend $15 LESS than what I earned last month despite having a ton of ridiculous expenses. Is that awesome or what? (Until you consider that next school year I'm going to spend $65 more a month on rent than I do now, and probably at least $40 on my phone...sigh.) Still, it was a very difficult, expensive month and hopefully things won't be like that again for a long time...I wish I could say "if ever" but I know better than that.
The weather here sucks. Yesterday it was nearly 80, last night it was 70 and hot enough I kept my window open while I slept, and then the temperature has been plummeting all day, and is now 28F ("feels like" 14!!!) and raining and spitting and the stairs and walkways have iced over in my complex.
In today's news I'm going to find a laundromat, I've had ENOUGH of this complex's laundry room! Two of the four dryers are broken, and, as it turns out, two of the four washing machines are too!!
I was doing three loads of laundry today - darks, lights, and all the towels I own (mistake #1). Put the darks and lights in the two left hand washers that I usually use, and then I was going to put the towels in the rightmost one because it usually works, but today it was half full of stinking water so I used the other middle washer and when I went to put the towels in the dryer, they were SOAKING because it hadn't drained properly (AGAIN).
I wrung them out as best I could, but it was cold and nasty, and it's damn difficult to wring out full-sized bath towels.
So my towels are hanging up all over my apartment with the fans going and they're all damp as can be except for my gym towels which I fortuitously forgot to wash, and which are reasonably clean.
I'm seriously considering showering at the gym tomorrow, only the temperature is going to be freezing then too, so I must weigh the pros of having a warm shower for once (the water heater here STILL hasn't been fixed despite my repeated work orders about it), with the cons of biking home after a hot shower through freezing wind and misery. They do have hair dryers at the gym...seriously feeling like it might be worth it. I so hate cold showers!
Next time I do laundry I'm going to Harvey Washbanger's, where you can do your laundry and eat because it's a laundromat and a restaurant. It'll cost more, but I think it'll be worth it, because I just can't bloody stand my clothes and towels being dirty and/or damp AFTER I wash and dry them! Of course this also means I'll need a new laundry basket (mine is practically disintegrating)...costs just keep mounting up!!
It's so frustrating to not have a dry towel around while you need one. I also washed all of my dish towels, so they're draped everywhere too, drying.
Got a grant due Friday. Hope I can get it done sooner. The sooner I can kick back and enjoy my spring break, the better! Of course, I'm dedicating it to writing my thesis, so I'll work a good few hours a day on it (hoping I can force myself to doing between 6-8 and not die)...and I'll need to work on my New World Seafaring final paper too. No point in leaving it for the last minute...that'll make life suck to an epic degree when the end of the semester arrives. Got a long to-do list too, but I've spent this weekend just doing some reading and letting the rest of my work slide because my body has been giving me some serious warning signs that I've been overdoing it. Got a nasty headache right now too, even though I've been wearing my glasses and not been doing much writing/research.
I bought a pineapple today. It was on sale for $2 and smelt delightfully pineapple-y, so I bought it. Won't be ready for a few days at least though, so it's sitting on one of the sets of drawers I have in my "kitchen" looking beautiful.
Bought a full chicken too - it was $4, and yet four thighs was $5...gotta keep an eye out for the sales! - and with the roasting juices I'm making apples n onions. Bought some new apples for it, the "jonagold" but tasted one and it was so good I used the pink ladies instead and am saving them for my lunches.
Had a horrid day today between the cold and the laundry being wet and I cut my thumb, luckily not badly, but still irritating. And of course now I have a headache.
Going to lie down with my apples n onions and a Midsomer Murders. Hope things start improving from here on out!
February was a horrible month, and this month isn't looking too much better. In the good news department I managed to spend $15 LESS than what I earned last month despite having a ton of ridiculous expenses. Is that awesome or what? (Until you consider that next school year I'm going to spend $65 more a month on rent than I do now, and probably at least $40 on my phone...sigh.) Still, it was a very difficult, expensive month and hopefully things won't be like that again for a long time...I wish I could say "if ever" but I know better than that.
The weather here sucks. Yesterday it was nearly 80, last night it was 70 and hot enough I kept my window open while I slept, and then the temperature has been plummeting all day, and is now 28F ("feels like" 14!!!) and raining and spitting and the stairs and walkways have iced over in my complex.
In today's news I'm going to find a laundromat, I've had ENOUGH of this complex's laundry room! Two of the four dryers are broken, and, as it turns out, two of the four washing machines are too!!
I was doing three loads of laundry today - darks, lights, and all the towels I own (mistake #1). Put the darks and lights in the two left hand washers that I usually use, and then I was going to put the towels in the rightmost one because it usually works, but today it was half full of stinking water so I used the other middle washer and when I went to put the towels in the dryer, they were SOAKING because it hadn't drained properly (AGAIN).
I wrung them out as best I could, but it was cold and nasty, and it's damn difficult to wring out full-sized bath towels.
So my towels are hanging up all over my apartment with the fans going and they're all damp as can be except for my gym towels which I fortuitously forgot to wash, and which are reasonably clean.
I'm seriously considering showering at the gym tomorrow, only the temperature is going to be freezing then too, so I must weigh the pros of having a warm shower for once (the water heater here STILL hasn't been fixed despite my repeated work orders about it), with the cons of biking home after a hot shower through freezing wind and misery. They do have hair dryers at the gym...seriously feeling like it might be worth it. I so hate cold showers!
Next time I do laundry I'm going to Harvey Washbanger's, where you can do your laundry and eat because it's a laundromat and a restaurant. It'll cost more, but I think it'll be worth it, because I just can't bloody stand my clothes and towels being dirty and/or damp AFTER I wash and dry them! Of course this also means I'll need a new laundry basket (mine is practically disintegrating)...costs just keep mounting up!!
It's so frustrating to not have a dry towel around while you need one. I also washed all of my dish towels, so they're draped everywhere too, drying.
Got a grant due Friday. Hope I can get it done sooner. The sooner I can kick back and enjoy my spring break, the better! Of course, I'm dedicating it to writing my thesis, so I'll work a good few hours a day on it (hoping I can force myself to doing between 6-8 and not die)...and I'll need to work on my New World Seafaring final paper too. No point in leaving it for the last minute...that'll make life suck to an epic degree when the end of the semester arrives. Got a long to-do list too, but I've spent this weekend just doing some reading and letting the rest of my work slide because my body has been giving me some serious warning signs that I've been overdoing it. Got a nasty headache right now too, even though I've been wearing my glasses and not been doing much writing/research.
I bought a pineapple today. It was on sale for $2 and smelt delightfully pineapple-y, so I bought it. Won't be ready for a few days at least though, so it's sitting on one of the sets of drawers I have in my "kitchen" looking beautiful.
Bought a full chicken too - it was $4, and yet four thighs was $5...gotta keep an eye out for the sales! - and with the roasting juices I'm making apples n onions. Bought some new apples for it, the "jonagold" but tasted one and it was so good I used the pink ladies instead and am saving them for my lunches.
Had a horrid day today between the cold and the laundry being wet and I cut my thumb, luckily not badly, but still irritating. And of course now I have a headache.
Going to lie down with my apples n onions and a Midsomer Murders. Hope things start improving from here on out!
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