Domestic Geek

So, what am I doing blogging right now when I'm supposed to be at the job I didn't want to go to in the first place? Nobody there to let me in yet again. There's no point calling the guy because I only have the office number. He's so paranoid that he won't give out his cell number. This may be the last straw. I'll see what I do when I calm down, but I almost left an "I Quit" note on his door. The only thing that stopped me was that I had absolutely no paper whatsoever in the car. Hmph. What a joke. No wonder he can't keep any designers aorund...that's the most unprofessional place I think I've ever worked. I've decided that I'll take any job now, even if it's not in a graphic design/web field. Except deliver pizzas. Since the old car needs work, I can't do that. Is anybody hiring at all that pays at least $12? I know they're hiring CSRs where Marcus works. Maybe I should give that a try. It couldn't suck more than the jobs I've had in the past. His company offers paid benefits. It's relatively close. I don't know what kind of money they make, though. We'll see.

At least I got my wish...I'll clean and balance my checkbook now.

ljcfyi had a link for Pumpkin Ice Cream that sounds intriguing. Maybe I'll try some for Thanksgiving. I'd better be employed and able to afford ingredients by then!

*sigh*

I really, really don't want to go to work today. I'm still really angry over the way he treated me last Friday. I don't get paid enough to take that kind of abuse. I'm also in a house-cleaning mood. Those don't happen very often. I'm sure the mood will be gone by the time I get home. I also haven't balanced my bank account since before I lost my job back in July. It's not hard to keep track of so little money, but it's still a chore that needs to be done.

I really need to clean all of the duplicate crap off of my computer and burn my Platt stuff to DVD. I've got so many incarnations of projects cluttering my disk space. I really need to get a backup routine established, but I've got so much duplicate data that I need to purge first.

Marcus and I have almost everything out of storage. The majority of what is left is trash—we just have to haul it out of there. We'll definitely be out by the end of the month, though. Yay!

Send me job finding vibes this week. I could really use them.

Feeling a little dreary today. It's cold, it's cloudy and I've got cramps. Yuck. I'm tempted to go crawl back into bed and warm up.

My boss is psycho. He got pissy with me yesteday because the client's ad he wanted me to update used fonts not installed on my machine and I asked on which machine the ad had been created so I could either do the revision on that machine or copy the font to my machine. He snapped at me, "Nevermind, I'll make the changes myself." Geez, like it's my fault you've got different fonts on all your damned machines. You're also not a designer, so I know you couldn't do it yourself. If you could, you woudln't need to pay us. Loser. Can't wait until I don't work there anymore.

I rented those Firefly discs to check out. I've gotten through one episode and I'm not impressed so far. In fact, I'm quite bored by it. If I haven't changed my opinion by the time I'm though with the first disc, I'm sending both discs back and removing the rest from my queue. Time is too precious to waste on stuff that doesn't interest me.

All right...I'll think I'll head over to The Container Store instead of going to bed. I need to see how much it costs to get some racks to better utilize space in my cabinets. I'm tired of all of the wasted space above my mugs.

OMG! The Office was so freaking hilarious tonight! I LOVED IT!! Almost worth making me wait all summer to see it.

Thirteen Reasons I Need to Lose Weight NOW

The list this week is not pleasant, but some sad truths I need to face.

1. I can't find clothes. Right now I'm a 26. Sears and Penney's sizes stop at 24. Even if I can find any sizes bigger, the clothes are UGLY!
2. My thighs rub together. It chaffes and gets irritated. It's just plain yucky. That's where my pants always wear out first.
3. I can't put my arms straight down to my side.
4. My belly table. I caught myself using my stomach as a writing desk and then later to hold my plate while eating lunch. When did I start doing that and why didn't I notice until today?
5. I can't tie my shoes. I can't tie my shoes unless I put my foot on a chair. I used to be able to stand one-legged like a crane to tie my shoes, but I can't now. I can't even cross my legs to tie it that way.
6. I'm tired. Carrying the weight of a whole second person is doing damage to my joints and I'm freaking exhausted all the time.
7. Sleep is becoming more difficult. Not only does it cause really bad snoring, which is waking me and Marcus up, I have a hard time getting comfortable. The other night I actually felt pain from the weight pushing on my chest while on my back.
8. Jewelry. I'd like to be able to wear bracelets or necklaces again. Necklaces look stupid because they draw attention to the fat rolls under my chin.
9. A pretty face. I'm actually quite pretty under all this fat. I'd like to see her again.
10. It's an excuse. I use my weight as an excuse not to do all kinds of things. Not meeting people. Not having friends. Not having a good job.
11. Breathing. I've noticed that I can hear myself trying to breathe. A person shouldn't have to struggle that much for a deep breath.
12. My image. I don't think people take me seriously because I'm fat. Hell, I don't take myself seriously.
13. My life span. Every day I carry around this extra weight is less time I'll have to live.

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