Domestic Geek

Wow, I actually got a Friday night off. We've been soooooo incredibly slow at work that the manager got smart and decided to let some of us drivers leave. Even though I need the money and should've stayed, I decided I'd rather socialize for once. Marcus and Mike usually game together every Friday, so I tagged along. Nina made some awesome Chicken Cordon Bleu for dinner. I swear it is the most awesome I've ever had. I need to get her to teach me how to make it one of these days. Then she and I watched "Serendipity" (w/ John Cusak) while the guys gamed. Nina has gone to bed since she has to work at 5 a.m., so I'm sitting here at Mike's iMac posting. When I'm done here, I'm going to get to work on this project. It's one of the many projects I want to decorate my craft room. This may sound stupid, but I really want my craft room to be cool. Crafting Traditions magazine has a monthly feature where they show someone's crafting space. I want to be in that magazine someday. I know, I'm a weirdo.

Have you ever noticed that some people who bid on eBay are stupid? I don't understand the ones that spend more on something than you can just buy on another website for cheaper. When I find something I want, I tend to do some comparative shopping to decide what a fair price would be. Am I the only one?

I decided I need a vacation. Not just from school, but from work, too. So, Marcus and I are going somewhere next week. I don't know where, yet, but at least we're going to do something. Camping, probably. His boss gave him Wednesday/Thursday plus he already had Friday (the 4th), so I'm a little stoked about that.

OK, off to do some stitchin'!

Man, I woke up with the WORST headache this morning. I thinks it's sinus-related. Of course, I have absolutely no decongestant in the house. I stayed in bed until almost 11 because moving made me ill. Now I have to go to work. Ick.

I just love Debbie Mumm and Mary Engelbreit designs. I wish I had that much imagination to design such things. My Debbie Mumm Quilter at Work candle and candletopper that I ordered just arrived via the UPS man. I was going to post a link to the item on the website, but I guess I ordered one of the last ones because the link no longer works. :( I'll take a pic of it later this evening when I get home from work. It's so dang adorable.

Current mood: excited
I was just watching part of Steve Job's WWDC keynote that he gave yesterday. I am so excited about he newest version of OS X that will be released by year's end called Panther. iChat AV seems like it's going to be totally awesome. I guess I'll finally invest in the new iSight camera they've developed (when I get some more income). The coolest thing is the new G5. I'm not too thrilled with the case they've developed, but hey, looks aren't everything. This machine has got some POWER! It's fast and it can handle up to 8 GB of ram. Yes, 8 GIGS! The top model comes with dual 2-GHz 64-bit processors. Schweet!

Man, I just have not felt like posting lately at all. It's all SSDD. I'm not sleeping well again, either. That tends to happen when I'm feeling down. Marcus has been really sick the last few days, too. He actually called in sick today (which he never does). I hope I don't catch it. I'm not getting squat accomplished during my school hiatus. I did manage to finally finish the shed painting yesterday, though. It looks all purty.

I wish I could just go to school and not have to worry about working. My job is the biggest problem in my life right now. I'm so tired of the lame-assed petty bickering that goes on there whenever sales are slow (like they are now). I'm tired of a manager that doesn't have the guts to stand up to his employees, but then bitches to me how everyone walks all over him. I'm tired of not being able to count on income (I'm only scheduled to drive three days next week). *sigh*

See, this is why I haven't posted. Bitch and moan.

Oh, well. At least today has been pretty decent. Since I couldn't sleep last night, I got into work pretty early this morning and then I toodled up to Greeley. There was a couple of quilt stores up there that I wanted to check out. (I spend money when I'm depressed, too. Not a good plan when your income has dropped.) That town has really grown, but it is a major dump. I went to UNC from 1984-1990. I don't remember it being that bad. Fortunatley for my pocketbook, the quilt stores were a total bomb. I even stopped into the Finest Record Store to look for a used CD and it was totally trashed. That used to be a great little store. I know that Greeley is a college town and all, but I was in Fort Collins a couple of weeks ago and it's a nice place. Even the dumpier parts of Colorado Springs (where I went on Tuesday--I tend to take road trips when I'm depressed) were not even close to being as bad as Greeley.

Speaking of the Springs trip, that happened to be the day there were some severe storms along the I-25 corridor. I chickened out and decided to check out a quilt store in Monument while the storm moved over. I took some pics of the hail-covered highway. Some pretty wicked stuff. Not as wicked as the stuff they got in Nebraska yesterday. I guess hail fell as big a cantaloupes. They measured one that was just shy of a record. Scary.

Let's see. What else have I been up to? Marcus took me to see The Matrix Reloaded at the IMAX. That was kind of cool. I think that's the first time I've ever seen a movie three times in a theater. But, hey, Marcus paid. I've ordered some Adobe Illustrator books used from Amazon. I can't wait for them to show up so I can get back into becoming an Illustrator goddess. I've also got some craft stuff I'm trying to work on. Work usually has me in such a bad mood that I'm not getting very far with anything, though.

I want a calendar like this girl has on her site (that has little icons for special events). I found a tutorial to do it that it all hand-coded. I just want to modify my movabletype code. I wish I knew more about programming so I could just whip something out. Oh, well. With a little research and some struggle, I'll figure something out. I still need to figure out how to automate my mood bears, too. See, my job really gets in my way.

Well, I've been sitting outside writing this post (on my wireless enabled laptop) and the sun is starting to go down. I'm getting chilly and the mosquitos are trying to feast on me. I guess it is time to go inside.