Domestic Geek

I must remember to get outside the next couple of nights to look for the Perseid Meteor Shower. It's supposed to peak the 12th. I love meteor showers.

OK, got to go get the dough done before I head off to jury duty. Boooooooo.

Happy Birthday to my friend, Dave.

Wow, it's raining pretty good right now. I love the rain. If I didn't have a project for school to work on, I'd go out and drive around in it.

The head manager at work hired another friend of the asst. manager he's got a thing for. Whoo hoo. Asst. manager just got engaged to be married. Wonder how head manager is going to react to that.

I'm so tired all the time and I don't know why. I got plenty of sleep last night, though. I hope there is nothing majorly wrong with me.

I got kind of excited today at work when my neck cracked really bad and I was pain-free for about a half hour. I could even turn my head from side to side. It didn't last, though, as it hurts again. *sigh* Still no call from the insurance lady.

The initiative on the Denver ballot to ban circuses, etc. from the Denver city limits went down in flames tonight. Good.

Oh, and I have jury duty tomorrow. I totally didn't realize tomorrow was the 11th already and of course, my number got called. Booooooooo.

Current mood: lethargic
I. am. so. burnt. out.

Seriously, the two weeks off from school was supposed to recharge my batteries so that I could get through the last ten weeks of my associates degree. I've spent the last month in pain which has drained me more than ever. Top it off with a car that keeps wanting to be put out of its misery (it has got over 280,000 miles on it) and I'm freakin' burnt.

I need a leave of absence. Five weeks off last year did wonders for my well-being. Too bad they rarely offer the class I'm taking at the moment. *sigh* I had a part of my final project due today. Did I finish it? No. Did I feel guilty about that? A little. Is this like me? Not at all. Normal me would've stayed up all night with absolutley no sleep to meet a deadline. Burnt me went to bed at 1 a.m. and said "f-ck it." Not good. Not good at all.

I love the new Bowling for Soup song called 1985. It's hilarious. There is a video for the song on the band's website. Check it out, it's too damned funny (especially if you're a child of the '80s like I am!).

So, it's a day late, but here's the story about the neighbor kids. I was trying to nap on Saturday afternoon because I'm so damned tired lately. They were jumping on the trampoline, but I was blocking that out. I started to hear thunder rumble and then I hear what I thought, in my half asleep state, was the tornado warning thing. I heard a mechanical voice talking, but it was in Spanish. I thought to myself, "Self, since when did they start doing warning information in Spanish?" Then I hear one of the kids on the trampoline yell, "What did you say?" Then the mechanical voice answers, "Burrito!" or some other such nonsense (I'm still half asleep, mind you). Yep, they had some kind of dumb Mr. Microphone or Karaoke machine pointed at my bedroom window. Oh, the joy of it all. Needless to say, my nap was over. Sadly, I was a bit grumpy the rest of the day.

They moved a double-wide out of here the other day. I think they displaced a bunch of cockroaches. I found one running across my dryer last night. Between Marcus with the wasp killer and me with the vacuum, we got him. I hope he was just a scout and, since he will not return to the troops, the rest will not venture into my humble abode. The last thing I need is a cockroach problem. Ewww.

OK, well, I've got reading to do for class tomorrow, so I'm going to bed and I'll get up early to do it. The old me would've just sucked it up and read it and had the sleeping hours to let the info sink it. Oh, well.

Current mood: gloomy
OK, I know I said I'd post a long entry last Sunday, but I've been so damned out of it this week. Between the neck thing and getting back into a school routine and really, really hating being around the people I work with, sitting at a computer for any length of time was out of the question last week.

The visit with Marcus' mom went well. She's a really nice woman. I wish we could get out to see her more often. We ate breakfast at LePeep three days in a row, Marcus taught her how to iChat with his sister in Germany, had a BBQ so that my father could finally meet his mother (we've only been together 12 years and the parents had never met!), shared many Marcus stories. Good times. Marcus' mom wants me to come to Germany with her to visit Marcus' sister in March. Since I'm totally broke, don't see how I'll accomplish that. It would be cool to go, though. We're going to Tennessee in early October. That's the only time that Marcus and his mom could coordinate time off from work. I'll just have to miss a week of school, I guess.

After much internal debate, I decided to go ahead and enroll in the Bachelor degree program at Platt. Supposedly, some of my UNC credits should transfer so that I won't have to take as many general ed classes. I'm supposed to find out which ones early next week. The classes with only be 2-3 nights a week, so I can still find some other work. Good news is, the placement lady told me to come see her on Friday--she's being inundated with people wanting web design. Bad news is, she wasn't in her office on Friday. :( Oh, well. Monday is only a couple of days away!

I read a good portion of the "Save Karyn" book at Barnes & Noble the other day. I've been toying with the idea of starting a "begging website". I mean, people have sent gigglechick over $1,000 to buy a stupid car. I don't know, maybe I have too much self respect left. I just can't seem to do it. Things will go on sale on eBay this weekend, though and if some web work comes my way, I'll probably be ok. I'm considering selling my plasma again. I've just been so depressed about my finances, lately. My debt is way higher than I realized, my car is still having major problems, I recently got the bills from when I sliced my thumb open, I hate living in this trailer park, I really need to get software if I'm going to make a go of doing any sort of freelance design work. *sigh* Top it off with the fact that Marcus' employment future seems less than solid. No wonder I'm losing my hair and not getting enough sleep.

Well, speaking of sleep, I'd better go get some before I have to get to work. The stupid manager gets back from his vacation tomorrow and I want to get out of there before he "pops in" to see the assistant he is stalking. G'night.

Current mood: sore
Man, I feel like I've been hit by a truck today. Oh, wait, I kinda was. I think all the severe weather the last couple of days are wreaking havok with my accident injuries. My neck is killing me today.

Well, Marcus' mom made it in safely, so I must go entertain. I'll post a good, long entry on Sunday.