Domestic Geek

This really has been the longest work week ever. It shouldn't because we're really busy, but having the Friday supervisor there everyday makes every day seem like Friday, yet Friday never comes. I also agreed to work overtime this weekend to get extra cash. If we would stay busy enough between now and my Vegas trip that I could get OT every week, I'll make it.

We lucked out last night, though. The Friday supervisor lives two streets away from us in the same park. The transformer that supplies electricity to her street blew and they were in the dark for over six hours until crews could replace it. Of course, I had no clue this happened until she asked me how I liked the heat last night. I was totally confused by her question and she thought we were in the dark, too. Six hours without my Internet connection? Don't think I could bear it!

I don't know what I've done to my wrists, but they hurt like the dickens (where did that phrase come from anyway?). I thought maybe I was suffering a little bit of carpel tunnel as it started in my right mousing wrist, but today they both hurt.

At least I'm not alone with my wrist problems. If you watch The Colbert Report on Comedy Central, you know that Stephen Colbert recently broke his wrist and has started the WristStrong campaign to raise awareness of of wrist injuries. He even has a WristStrong Bracelet available to show your support. You can buy one on the Comedy Central site and proceeds go to the Yellow Ribbon Fund, an organization that assists injured service members and their families while they recuperate at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and the National Naval Medical Center.

I may have to get one of those.

Well, fortunately I had a better day today. Not great because I get really irked dealing with stupid people and they seemed to be coming out of the woodworks today, but I didn't feel like killing anyone. The heat must bring out the stupid in people.

I've got to get some more $$$ coming in somehow. I'm not cutting it. At this rate, I won't be able to go to Vegas in November. My car is the only thing keeping me from going back to pizza delivery. I want it to last until the payments run out, y'know?

Today sucked.

I'm not going to rehash all the crap that happened today. I'm pretty sure from my understanding of the law of attraction that I went into this week expecting the worst and I've manifested it.

I will say that I have either caught the cold going around work or I am having a bad reaction to the mosquito bites I got yesterday playing with the new powerwasher outside. I totally forgot the bug spray first.

Also, my right wrist and forearm are killing me. I can barely mouse, which stinks because I want to work on my template design and get my graphic design site up so I can hopefully get some more clients and make the money I need to get to Vegas. Checking my email when I got home from work almost brought me to tears.

I just got up from a 3 hour nap (thankfully Marcus came home), so I hope that doesn't hinder my ability to sleep this evening.

I've got a dull pain pounding in my temple, so I'm going to go take some ibuprofin and scrounge a bit of leftover meatloaf for dinner. Remember when meatloaf used to be the cheap meal make? Yeah, with beef at $2.50/lb, I guess those days are over.

I try not to complain about work much anymore because compared to other jobs, there's really not a whole lot to complain about. Unfortunately, there is one big problem. I hate it when my supervisor goes on vacation. The person who covers for him is the Friday – Sunday supervisor and when she's there on Monday, it feels like Friday and that makes for one hell of a long week.