Domestic Geek

Current mood: grumpy
Why is it that when I'm having a really bad day and all I want is for people to keep at least 50 feet away and not talk to me that they want to hover around me and get in my space? Why, even when I blow up at them for being in my space, can't they take a hint and get the hell away from me? I swear I work with the biggest bunch of thick-headed, clueless losers! ARGGGHHHH!

So, the waterbed popped a leak. Whee. The worst part about the one that we have is the purple eggcrate foam pads that sit atop the water tubes that soak up all the water and become heavy as hell and take forever to dry. Probably not sleeping in the bed tonight. I tried putting one in our dryer, but it didn't work. The dryer is not big enough and the foam was starting to shred. Even on the lowest setting, it started stinking to high heaven. Ewww. Of course, it has been really windy the last few days and the one day I need a good stiff breeze to dry those things out, it decides to be calm and still. Stupid wind.

Class was a total waste of time today. I should've skipped. We took a six-question quiz and then wasted the rest of the period. I wish he had just let us go if he didn't have a lesson. Oh, well.

Damn, I really need to go to bed. Too bad I can't.

Current mood: exhausted
Man, I am just too tired and lethargic lately. I heard a commercial on the radio the other day for Altovis and was tempted to call and order the free sample. I don't think I will, though. I need to address what's causing the fatigue — poor nutrition (Plus too much cola), not enough excercise, stress, worry, and lack of sleep. The stupid neighbor's dog that barks continuously from 6:50 am until his owner returns from work is hindering the sleep part. So do the neighbor's screaming kids bouncing on the trampoline outside our bedroom window.

I just saw this Home Depot commercial on tv for a personal vending machine. Man, that would be really cool to have if I had a game room or something.

Current mood: thoughtful
I think I may have discovered one of the reasns I've been so unhappy lately. It came to me as a dream last night. I NEED to garden. In my dream, I was digging, tilling, planting, weeding, watering and reaping the fruits of my labor. I felt accomplished. I was happy. I can't have a garden here. There's no room, the landlord is anal about water consumption, and the damned cats would dig in it anyway. I love hanging out at nursuries and picking out plants. I can't go now—it makes me terribly sad.

Current mood: accomplished
Sorry the updates have been so sporadic lately. I was totally run down after almost no sleep at the beginning of the week trying to finish the portfolio. I was so wound up Tuesday night that I couldn't sleep then, either. Wednesday and Thursday I felt really sick and even puked several times at work. Whee. I felt better after 12 hours of sleep on Friday, though. I'm feeling much better now.

My portfolio case turned out awesome! I got so many compliments on it. People couldn't believe that I made it myself from scratch. I'll post some pictures later.

I was going to work on my web page for school last night, but Mike and Nina came over. I made dinner then Nina and I had a good long talk while the guys gamed. That was good. I haven't seen her in a while. I can't believe her due date is five weeks away. It seems like yesterday that she told me she was pregnant.

Well, we got extra time to work on our Zen Garden sites since we had that snow day. I still don't think I have enough CSS knowledge to do it right, but I'll keep trying regardless. I was at the book store today trying to find a CSS guide, but they didn't have one. I guess I'll have to get one on Amazon when I have some extra cash. (Extra cash, lol, that's a good one!) Did you know they have a chess board set up at Barnes & Noble? I had never noticed it before. There were a couple of guys playing. I thought that was pretty cool.

OK, break is over. Back to work on learning CSS.