Domestic Geek

Sorry about the lack of posts. I've been having a really bad bout of depression.

First, this area of the country is in an arctic cold air mass. It started coming in on Monday with almost 100mph winds. Now it's freakin' freezing! Right now it's -7°F. The weather has been yucky for days (it hasn't been great since before Thanksgiving, I don't think) and will continue to be for awhile.

I'm pretty sure I suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder. One day I'll have enough money to find out for sure. I've also had some bad insomnia. I had to resort to taking NyQuil again last week to get some sleep and to stifle the chronic flour-cough that's been made worse with the freezing, dry air.

I was really sick yesterday and am still not feeling so hot. I have a canker sore that always shows up when I am starting to fight something icky. It showed up yesterday morning. I started running a really high fever around 2pm. I crawled into bed and shivered uncontrollably until the fever broke about somewhat around 8pm. My tonsils are still a little sore and I'm a little feverish still. Ugh.

The pizza place is unbearable. I had hoped that the staff would come together after the manager's suicide. No such luck. There's more fighting and back-stabbing than ever. The karma is so bad. The aura of the place just weighs really heavy on me the minute I walk in the door. After I find a job to replace the screenprinting job, I need to find a way to replace the pizza income.

I came to the realization today at work that it's been a long time since I had a really good Christmas. I went through my old archives and sure enough, the last four Christmases I have been underemployed and in 2001 I was really sick. I can't remember what happened in Christmas 2000, but I clearly remember that 1999 sucked ass, too. WTF? I had hopes that this year would be different up until the day I was let go from the screen printer. I don't even want to celebrate Christmas this year.

One small bright note: The Office christmas show last night was really funny. It made me giggle.

So, that's what's been up.

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I am totally bored with the Internet. I need some new sites to visit. A lot of the really good sites I used to read have vanished. A lot of blog authors have become mommies and that is now the focus of their site. That's ok for them, because kids are your life when you have them, it's just not my thing. The only mom site I really enjoy reading still is Laura's and that's because I actually know her IRL. I'm totally sick of all politics and so the right-wing sites I used to read don't even appeal to me anymore. Maybe this is a good thing that I've lost interest. I'll spend that time I would've reading blogs to actually do something productive. Wow, that's a concept. Anyway, what's a good site out there that you enjoy reading?

I hope everyone out there had a marvelous Thanksgiving. I did. The weather today was beautiful, I got my leaves raked before the weather turns this weekend, changed the oil in my car, my turkey was excellent, I got to have my once a year treat of shrimp stuffing, I spent an entire day with the love of my life, my dad came over to feast and to watch the Broncos beat the Dallas Cowboys 24-21 in OT. A wonderful day, indeed.

I know I complain alot, but I also know that I am blessed in many ways and am truly thankful for that. I'm partially employed, I have a roof over my head, food to eat, a great dad, a soul mate of 13 years, a cool car. So, I'm going to go enjoy the rest of this day watching CSI and Without A Trace and then off to slumberland on freshly laudered sheets.

*Thanksgiving bears courtesy of Graphic Garden

Man, I've got so much going on in my brain today that I can't concentrate. I hate it when I get like this because I get NOTHING done. It's a chore to make myself focus on one thing. *sigh*