Domestic Geek

Current mood: sleepy
Well, today went better than yesterday. It's amazing how much just a little sunshine can help with one's mood. That and the fact I got two $6.50 tips in a row and no stiffs tonight. Generous people always lift my mood. I am dog-tired, though.

Have I mentioned that I've got a new addiction? Blinkies!! I must learn to make these. They don't seem too hard from the tutorials I've been reading, just time-consuming (like I've got time--HA!).

Well, I'm off to bed.

Current mood: cranky
Man, was I in the absolute crappiest of moods yesterday and I'm not feeling much different today. I was apathetic, grumpy, angry, frustrated. The worst thing is there was no reason for it except that I woke up that way. I think part of the reason was that the sun never came out. I'm also wondering if I'm having some sort of anxiety about the continuous war coverage like I did after the 9/11 incident. It's also a bad thing when I get any extended amount of time away from work because the full force of the stupidity that exists there hits me full in the face when I get back. Well, hopefully today will turn out to be a better day.

Current mood: aggravated
Where did all my time off go?! Granted, I did have almost five days of no work/school, but it wasn't enough. I still have so much I need to accomplish and the school/work ratrace begins all over again tomorrow. It felt so good to get things crossed off my list--the dog is totally shaved and has had a bath, my craft room is ready to put stuff back into it, I can walk through my kitchen again, I got to do some cooking, we can see the top of the dining room table...

I still have so much to do, though--my desk is a pit, I have to design some buttons for Marcus, I need to get my stuff out of storage in town so that I can get the stuff cleared out of the Bennett storage place. *sigh*

Well, I guess I better get some laundry done and clean up the kitchen before I head off to bed.

Current mood: frustrated
I've been drooling over the new dual processor G4's over on Apple's web site. I even tried to get a loan to get one. (Fortunately?) I didn't qualify for enough to get the one I want, so I decided to let it go. The last three days I kept missing calls on my cell from an area code in California. Today it rang while I was on my way home from school. "Hi, I'm XXXXX from Apple. I noticed you're were trying to purchase a G4 from out website........" I'd love to have one! Can you make it for free? I told him I'd have to put it off until later. Damn. Subaru is also offering 0% financing on the "new Baja." Damn, again. Why am I not made of money? Granted, money would not solve all my problems, but it would sure solve an awful lot of them!!!!

Yesterday totally sucked ass!

I woke up with a headache and thought about blowing off school, but we had just been given as assignment that was unclear and I wanted to make sure I understood it. Well, our teacher didn't show and the teacher that sat in for him couldn't offer any helpful insight into the expectations for the project. I sooooo wanted to leave. My head just wouldn't quit pounding. I got home from school and decided to start working on the taxes. Big mistake. I guess the owner never turned in the W-4 I filled out to have my deduction as 0. It looks like I'm might break even or end up owing (I'm still looking for paperwork that I need). If I wasn't getting an education credit, I'd owe like $800. So much for getting the money to pay Marcus back as I had hoped. I still hadn't gotten a W-2 from Mimi's yet, so I tried to call them and kept getting a busy signal. I drove up there and waited forever to talk to a manager. I finally got the corporate number and called them from work. It figures that they sent it to the street address in Byers instead of the PO box and it had been returned to them. The stupid woman said, "We sent it to the address that was supplied to payroll." Well, both addresses are on my last paycheck stub, so you had the correct address. Morons.

Work didn't go well either. First, I had to yell at that one dumbass guy that I hate so much. I hate it when he opens his mouth because he mumbles and I have to make him repeat everything because I can't understand him. Then what he says is usually a waste of my time, anyway. He wanted to know if I had more dough to do. Well, since I weigh out all the sugar/salt I need for the day and I had 7 bowls on the table, and I'm not scheduled to drive for another hour and a half: YES, I HAVE MORE DOUGH TO DO! Then he starts moving my stuff around. I told him to stop messing with stuff that's none of his concern and he says, "I'm just trying to help." That's when I snapped. "I don't need your f*cking help!" I yelled. It's becoming a real problem that insiders don't want to do what they're supposed to be doing, so they come back to "help" me. I told the head manager that I don't want or need their help. I get paid adequately to do my job and don't need them hiding back there and getting in my way. Driving sucked, too. I got so many $1.00 tips and stiffs (no tips) yesterday that I actually broke down and cried in front of a house. I got stuck delivering a free pizza to the edge of the delivery area. People got routed in front of me that shouldn't have with more deliveries than I got. It totally bit.

When I got home all I wanted to do was eat dinner, read my email and go to bed. I discover that my monitor is quickly dying. Yay!!!! The screen is dark and a beautiful shade of purple. *sigh* Oh, well.

Hopefully, today will be much better.