I actually haven't done one of these in 2 weeks...........just goes to show you how exciting my life is!
Actually, last weekend I didn't really write anything b/c I had dropped Chris off at the airport Friday morning knowing he wouldn't be back til Wednesday....didn't really want to advertise that I was going to be home alone for 5 days, even on this seldom-read-by-anyone blog.
Also last weekend, I was sick. AGAIN. It started kind of on Friday with the sorta-itchy ears, sorta-itchy throat, nothing too serious and didn't think much about it. Saturday it wasn't too bad either, got a little bit of work done around the house but not really that much since I slept so badly Friday night (sleeping in the house by myself made me a little more nervous than I cared to admit), and by Sunday I was resigned to the couch for the entire day. Saturday night and Sunday night both I slept like crap but dragged myself to work Monday since we'd had 2 snow events the week before and I knew I would have snow timesheets and billing ALL over my desk. I somehow made it through the day, only to have an AWFUL night Monday night (woke up at 10:15, then again at 2am; at that point I was pretty sure both eardrums were about to burst they hurt so bad........was up til 4 laying on a heating pad......) and go in late Tuesday. By Wednesday I felt slightly more human but by Thursday the sore throat and everything else was still sticking around, so I gave in and went to the doctor. Sinus infection. Lovely. This has been the worst winter EVER for a lot of people I know for sicknesses (20 degrees and snowing to the next day being 50 and sunny, then the next day 40 and rain....)! Insane! I'm on day 4 of antibiotics and am still really tired and wrung out but feel a lot better than I did.
Yesterday was pretty exciting - we FINALLY decided on some new front room furniture!!! It really stinks b/c it'll take about a month to come in (stupid Chinese New Year), but it will totally be worth the wait. I can't wait to get it all here and get rid of all our old mismatching stuff. Slowly but surely all this stuff in our house is OURS and not just hand-me-downs from friends, etc! We were able to get a great deal - we got the couch, loveseat, rocking recliner AND a coffee table/ 2 end tables for the price we originally were just going to buy a sectional with, so it worked out.
Also, last night, we went to the Melting Pot for a belated V-Day dinner. I LOVEEEEEE that place....since it's so pricey we definitely don't go there often (we counted and last night was #4 in the 9+ years we've been together), but as always it was so good and just nice to have a quiet, intimate dinner - also, dressing up is always fun for dinners like that!
Other than that..........not much happening. I'm going home to Terre Haute this weekend to spend Friday night and Saturday with my parents and Anthony, then Sunday, my mom and I are going down to E-ville to meet up with my sister for her birthday and go to the Lady Antebellum concert that night. We're then staying Sunday night down there and I'm taking Monday off, so it'll be a nice little weekend away from work. I love girls' weekends!
What else what else.............not a thing. Happy Sunday!
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Some People Change
Something has changed, and recently. I can't really put my finger on it....there has been no "ah-ha!" moment in the last week or so, there hasn't been an incident that made me change my thinking......I don't know what it is. But....I'm just....happier. I don't know. I've not really been....down? lately, just the "same shit, different day" attitude. The same 'ole routine, day in and day out.
But now....something is different. I feel happier. I feel lighter. I feel....I don't know.
I guess the biggest thing is I'm just done with negativity. Done. Life is too short. Done with negative people, done with negative attitudes. I don't need that in my life. No one does.
Instead of being tired and grumpy in the morning, I'm taking on the attitude that at least I have a job, and I'm good at that job. Instead of being aggravated and impatient in line just now at the store b/c this little old man was taking FOREVER (and the fact he couldn't hear wasn't helping), I thought to myself....'that is someone's Dad. How will you want people to react when this is potentially YOUR dad in 30 or 40 years?'. Instead of scowling back at the McDonald's drive through girl this morning, I wished her a nice day and drove off. Not meanly, not kill-her-with-kindness mentality, just, "have a good day!"
It's hard for me to think like that. Those of you who know me know I'm Ms. Guilty-til-they're-proven-innocent. I think people as a general population are slow, lazy & generally useless. But you know what? I can't control everyone. I can't make everyone like me. This new attitude may not be so easy sometime down the road, and that's okay. But I'm trying. I'm making the effort.
No more negativity. No more feeding OFF of negativity, which is my biggest struggle. Have something mean to say about someone else? Go talk to someone else. Want to complain to me about your day? What are you doing to change it? Want to whine about how unfair a, b, c is? Well, life isn't always fair.
This is the new me, and it feels good.
But now....something is different. I feel happier. I feel lighter. I feel....I don't know.
I guess the biggest thing is I'm just done with negativity. Done. Life is too short. Done with negative people, done with negative attitudes. I don't need that in my life. No one does.
Instead of being tired and grumpy in the morning, I'm taking on the attitude that at least I have a job, and I'm good at that job. Instead of being aggravated and impatient in line just now at the store b/c this little old man was taking FOREVER (and the fact he couldn't hear wasn't helping), I thought to myself....'that is someone's Dad. How will you want people to react when this is potentially YOUR dad in 30 or 40 years?'. Instead of scowling back at the McDonald's drive through girl this morning, I wished her a nice day and drove off. Not meanly, not kill-her-with-kindness mentality, just, "have a good day!"
It's hard for me to think like that. Those of you who know me know I'm Ms. Guilty-til-they're-proven-innocent. I think people as a general population are slow, lazy & generally useless. But you know what? I can't control everyone. I can't make everyone like me. This new attitude may not be so easy sometime down the road, and that's okay. But I'm trying. I'm making the effort.
No more negativity. No more feeding OFF of negativity, which is my biggest struggle. Have something mean to say about someone else? Go talk to someone else. Want to complain to me about your day? What are you doing to change it? Want to whine about how unfair a, b, c is? Well, life isn't always fair.
This is the new me, and it feels good.
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Valentine's Day
Another VDay....come and gone.
This has been the first one, since the very first one back in 2003, that I've spent so far away from Chris (that first VDay, back in our freshman year, he at UMR and me at Ball State............this year, me here in Cbus and him in Vegas for work).
Can I just get something off my chest?
People are so.....uppity. on facebook. Uppity, and put-me-on-a-pedastal-like, and I-have-a-better-life-than-you, on facebook. Today's facebook wall is a showcase of pictures. Pictures of flowers, of all kinds. Pictures of sweet cards, or dinners made, or candy. "I have the BEST Valentine!" "I love my Valentine SO MUCH!" "He/she is the BEST!" or you have the judgemental set, "I HATE Valentine's Day, I don't need a day for love, b/c I show it all year round!" Geez.
Can we all just agree to agree that in whatever stage of Valentine's Day we're in.........whether you're like my 16-year-old brother with his first real "girlfriend," or like Chris and I, on our 4th married V-Day, or like my parents, on their............30-something-ith VDay.........that we are all just so insanely lucky? Whether you got a card today, or flowers sent to work, or dinner made for you, or you just got to wake up with that safe & secure feeling that you are loved....isn't that enough? Isn't it enough that each of us, for however long of a moment in time, have found that other person to share our life with?
Facebook frustrates me, and more and more often it takes me some real time to reflect and think about my own life & circumstances before I come to any real conclusions about anything on there anymore.
Not today. Today, after this time 2-ish years ago when I almost lost every good thing I'd ever had.......today, I'm thankful.
This has been the first one, since the very first one back in 2003, that I've spent so far away from Chris (that first VDay, back in our freshman year, he at UMR and me at Ball State............this year, me here in Cbus and him in Vegas for work).
Can I just get something off my chest?
People are so.....uppity. on facebook. Uppity, and put-me-on-a-pedastal-like, and I-have-a-better-life-than-you, on facebook. Today's facebook wall is a showcase of pictures. Pictures of flowers, of all kinds. Pictures of sweet cards, or dinners made, or candy. "I have the BEST Valentine!" "I love my Valentine SO MUCH!" "He/she is the BEST!" or you have the judgemental set, "I HATE Valentine's Day, I don't need a day for love, b/c I show it all year round!" Geez.
Can we all just agree to agree that in whatever stage of Valentine's Day we're in.........whether you're like my 16-year-old brother with his first real "girlfriend," or like Chris and I, on our 4th married V-Day, or like my parents, on their............30-something-ith VDay.........that we are all just so insanely lucky? Whether you got a card today, or flowers sent to work, or dinner made for you, or you just got to wake up with that safe & secure feeling that you are loved....isn't that enough? Isn't it enough that each of us, for however long of a moment in time, have found that other person to share our life with?
Facebook frustrates me, and more and more often it takes me some real time to reflect and think about my own life & circumstances before I come to any real conclusions about anything on there anymore.
Not today. Today, after this time 2-ish years ago when I almost lost every good thing I'd ever had.......today, I'm thankful.
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Friday Brain Dump, Vol 2.1
I forgot to mention a couple things last night!
6. I tried that new gym last Saturday. Loved it. A little bit of a hike from my house (about 8 miles but with traffic takes a good 20ish minutes.....if I go from work it's a shorter drive), but totally worth it for all the machines (probably 30 universal machines, 15 treadmills, 5 or 6 stairmasters and then probably another 10 ellipticals) PLUS all the classes are included (pilates, yoga [I did this class on Monday for an hour and had before forgotten how difficult yoga is for such a slow moving activity - I quickly remembered!], iron yoga, SPINNING!, zumba, hip hop), PLUS a sauna..........all for $20/ month. Yup. $20.
7. The weather this week in Columbus has been ridiculously nice. This time last year we were in the middle of a 3-event week (2/2-2/4, 2/4-2/7, 2/7-2/9), taking us up through event 17, and to date we've only had TEN. Amazing, and I LOVE IT. It has been so nice, in fact, that Wednesday evening, I got home from work, changed into SHORTS & a TSHIRT and ran outside. On February 1. Amazing.
8. Thursday, I was finally able to put back on my "regular sized" pants and not feel like I was being suffocated. For a couple of months now I've been in that uncomfortable weight range of being too big for my "normal" (still too big for my liking) pants and having to move up to the NEXT size, which, although a little big, were my only option since my normal pants weren't fitting. No more. Now moving back in the right direction. I think having the plague last week helped (ha), but for the most part, the change is coming back from my eating habits. Not eating out breakfast & lunch, or eating a good breakfast but skipping lunch which caused me to eat the entire house upon coming home.........it's all about balance people.
9. Got the "save the date" for Chris and mine's TENTH HS REUNION on Tuesday. It's July 28. Chris insists we're not going; we'll see. If we don't go, does that make time start going SLOWER!?!?!?!?
6. I tried that new gym last Saturday. Loved it. A little bit of a hike from my house (about 8 miles but with traffic takes a good 20ish minutes.....if I go from work it's a shorter drive), but totally worth it for all the machines (probably 30 universal machines, 15 treadmills, 5 or 6 stairmasters and then probably another 10 ellipticals) PLUS all the classes are included (pilates, yoga [I did this class on Monday for an hour and had before forgotten how difficult yoga is for such a slow moving activity - I quickly remembered!], iron yoga, SPINNING!, zumba, hip hop), PLUS a sauna..........all for $20/ month. Yup. $20.
7. The weather this week in Columbus has been ridiculously nice. This time last year we were in the middle of a 3-event week (2/2-2/4, 2/4-2/7, 2/7-2/9), taking us up through event 17, and to date we've only had TEN. Amazing, and I LOVE IT. It has been so nice, in fact, that Wednesday evening, I got home from work, changed into SHORTS & a TSHIRT and ran outside. On February 1. Amazing.
8. Thursday, I was finally able to put back on my "regular sized" pants and not feel like I was being suffocated. For a couple of months now I've been in that uncomfortable weight range of being too big for my "normal" (still too big for my liking) pants and having to move up to the NEXT size, which, although a little big, were my only option since my normal pants weren't fitting. No more. Now moving back in the right direction. I think having the plague last week helped (ha), but for the most part, the change is coming back from my eating habits. Not eating out breakfast & lunch, or eating a good breakfast but skipping lunch which caused me to eat the entire house upon coming home.........it's all about balance people.
9. Got the "save the date" for Chris and mine's TENTH HS REUNION on Tuesday. It's July 28. Chris insists we're not going; we'll see. If we don't go, does that make time start going SLOWER!?!?!?!?
Friday, February 3, 2012
Friday Brain Dump, Vol 2.0
I kind of like this brain dump idea....a short, quick, to-the-point rundown of the week.
Today I don't have much.
1. We just had an actual "night out." (Is it still a "night out" when you're home by 9:45pm? Oh how Friday nights have changed, and it's still just the 2 of us!) We went to a newfound (well, not newfound, but haven't had in a LONG time) restaurant, Smokey Bones (delish, you should try soon if you haven't!) and then to the Columbus Funny Bone, a comedy club here. The restaurant and club are within about a mile of each other at a nearby outdoor-mall called Easton, and we now live about 3 minutes FROM Easton, so it was a quick night but fun nonetheless. We saw the "Ragin' Cajun," John Morgan (we saw him before back in 2009 and LOVED him). He was good tonight too....just maybe a little....drunker than last time. Still hilarious. Don't ever see him if you're a politically correct person.
2. Another end of month week in the books.........our first big snow month of the snow season but still turned out okay. Nothing too exciting to report, we billed about $800,000 in snow in January - which is NOTHING. Everyone is praying for snow sometime soon..........some of these fixed expenses are piling up!
3. I tried a Pinterest recipe last weekend........Snickerdoodle bars..........except they turned into Snickerdoodle CAKE since I left out an ingredient (sour cream, go figure). Still pretty good, I want to make again!
4. Super Bowl this weekend. Tired of all the Indy fans suddenly backing "Peyton's baby brother!" "Indy for Eli!" "BELIeve!" Lame. Gag me. Lame, lame, lame. What's it going to be? Peyton's baby brother gets 2, or his arch nemesis gets to FOUR? Whatever. Both scenarios are funny.
5. That is all. I've got nothing else. Happy Friday!
Today I don't have much.
1. We just had an actual "night out." (Is it still a "night out" when you're home by 9:45pm? Oh how Friday nights have changed, and it's still just the 2 of us!) We went to a newfound (well, not newfound, but haven't had in a LONG time) restaurant, Smokey Bones (delish, you should try soon if you haven't!) and then to the Columbus Funny Bone, a comedy club here. The restaurant and club are within about a mile of each other at a nearby outdoor-mall called Easton, and we now live about 3 minutes FROM Easton, so it was a quick night but fun nonetheless. We saw the "Ragin' Cajun," John Morgan (we saw him before back in 2009 and LOVED him). He was good tonight too....just maybe a little....drunker than last time. Still hilarious. Don't ever see him if you're a politically correct person.
2. Another end of month week in the books.........our first big snow month of the snow season but still turned out okay. Nothing too exciting to report, we billed about $800,000 in snow in January - which is NOTHING. Everyone is praying for snow sometime soon..........some of these fixed expenses are piling up!
3. I tried a Pinterest recipe last weekend........Snickerdoodle bars..........except they turned into Snickerdoodle CAKE since I left out an ingredient (sour cream, go figure). Still pretty good, I want to make again!
4. Super Bowl this weekend. Tired of all the Indy fans suddenly backing "Peyton's baby brother!" "Indy for Eli!" "BELIeve!" Lame. Gag me. Lame, lame, lame. What's it going to be? Peyton's baby brother gets 2, or his arch nemesis gets to FOUR? Whatever. Both scenarios are funny.
5. That is all. I've got nothing else. Happy Friday!
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