Thursday, October 31, 2002

Thursday, October 31, 2002

Omfg, it's hard to be a good citizen and vote.   Last night Galahad & I spent over 2 hours doing our due diligence --- researching and deciding how to vote on all the state & county amendments.   [This was after I spent a couple hours researching the candidates.]  Can you believe we even have a state amendment protecting the rights of a pregnant pig?  And of course, it's not that simple.  There are all these behind-the-scenes machinations & maneuverings.   That particular one is there to keep Big Hog out of Florida.  Do I want Big Hog out of Florida?  Would Big Hog be better or worse than the Big Sugar Barons?

I kept thinking last night that those amendments were painful for me to read and decipher.  Average Annie is really going to have a tough time with them.  We finally came to the conclusion that we were going to get fucked whether we voted yes or no to most of them.  And, I have absolutely no confidence that anyone else is as anal as I am about researching and forming opinions.  I know for sure that Galahad would have left most of them blank if I hadn't asked him to help me.

Tuesday, October 29, 2002

Tuesday, October 29, 2002

Damn, I got nailed again by a migraine last night!   :(   Laugh, that sounds like one just happened to fall out of the sky on me, but that's exactly what it felt like.

Saturday, October 26, 2002

Saturday, October 26, 2002

We were off to a baby shower this afternoon.  Neither of us were looking forward to it even though we both really like the father of the baby.  Baby showers are just suffering if one isn't into kids.

Anyway, we rush over there (only 20 minutes late, not too bad) to find out that it's being held in a gated trailer park.  Wtf?   Is there such a thing?   Omfg, this was the nicest trailer community I've ever seen --- new Cadillacs in driveways, brick foundations, wooden decks overlooking a lake in the back, perfectly landscaped & manicured lawns.  Who knew?

When we got there, we found out it had been cancelled at the last minute because the mother had given birth a few days before.  So, it all worked out. :)

Wednesday, October 23, 2002

Wednesday, October 23, 2002

Bummer.  I got hit by a ferocious migraine last night.    :(  So, I made a quick emergency visit to my chiropractor today.  It turns out I'm still all fucked up from the Snail Incident, which isn't helping my migraine state of affairs.  My miracle-performing friend snapped & crackled me and made me all better --- well as good as he can do given what he has to work with.

I'm able to put on my snail sneakers now without cringing much.

Tuesday, October 22, 2002

Tuesday, October 22, 2002

I braved the big bad world again, armed (or footed) with my new snail-liver-residued sneakers again.  And, I am happy to report, I survived!  :)

Saturday, October 19, 2002

Saturday, October 19, 2002

I still can't bring myself to touch my new sneakers.  I keep walking by them and giving them a suspicious eye.  Gah, I'm crazy!

I'm fighting a migraine this weekend --- woke up with it yesterday morning.  :(  Laugh, okay no more bitching from me on that.  I am damn grateful that they have tapered off so much with my new diet of CoQ10.

Friday, October 18, 2002

Friday, October 18, 2002

I love my Galahad.  He truly is my knight in shining armor.  He picked up the PC yesterday after he found out I had hurt myself.  Poor guy, asks me to do something simple and I manage to fuck it all up into a big ordeal.  I started to tell him about my day and burst into tears when he asked my why I hadn't cleaned my sneakers yet. 

So, he looked at me bewildered and did what he could to help me.  The lovely man cleaned my sneakers!  Being a scientifically-minded guy, he analyzed the remains of course.  He kept asking me, "Are you sure it was a snail?  It looks much bigger."  I kept saying, "It was fucking huge, and that's why I was so upset."  Then he said he thought he saw a liver.  Ewwwwww!  He thinks it was some other creature who threw itself under my new sneakers.  I actually have no clue except for the crunch.   Was an icky mess by the time I saw it, and I didn't look too closely.

Thursday, October 17, 2002

Thursday, October 17, 2002

Nice way to start my day...

I had to take my main PC into the shop today, so I'm already bumming about losing my DSL.   As I got dressed to leave, I decided to wear my brand spanking new sneakers so I could start breaking them in.   Seemed like a smart move to begin wearing them on short excursions.  It's not raining, so I wasn't afraid of muddying them at all.

I pop the trunk to my car before I pick up the PC to carry it out.   As I'm carrying it out, I hear a LOUD crunch under my foot and 2 seconds later, my car alarm starts going crazy.   The alarm is REALLY FUCKING LOUD, so I rush to put my PC down safely and find the alarm clicker to turn it off.   The alarm is now off (no idea why it spontaneously combusted like that), so I pick up the PC to put it in the trunk.   As I do this, I realize I twisted my back weird when rushing before and it hurts now.   Gah!!!  Sucks to be me!  I close the trunk and am ready to go.

That's when I realize what that loud crunch was.  I had stepped on a rather large snail (guess its morning sucked worse than mine).  So, now my pretty new sneakers have gunk & gook on one of them.   EWWWWWWW!  I scrape as much as I can off on the grass and the street.

I'm off to the computer store.   Yay!  I get there and am holding my PC, when the owner looks at me, says hi, and then informs me that I have something on my jeans.  Gulp.  Turns out the rest of the snail guts shot up my leg.   Nice!  Hi, I'm Wendy, and I have snail ICK all over me.  :-( 

The jeans are in the washer as I type this (on my dial-up).   I'm not brave enough to tackle my shoes yet.   And, well, the front porch is just going to have to fend for itself.

Wednesday, October 16, 2002

Wednesday, October 16, 2002

What a gloomy rainy day, good for my orchids though.  It's dark in my usually bright office, so l lit a beautiful gingerbread-scented candle.   Mmmmmmm.

Tuesday, October 15, 2002

Tuesday, October 15, 2002

I wonder if other people multi-task like I do.  I am a multi-tasking fool and had no idea that everyone isn't like that.  Galahad was the one who opened my eyes to this.  He is most definitely single-task oriented with supreme abilities of concentration.  Me?  I flit from thing to thing.  In fact, I can't even brush my teeth without having something else to do as well.  Usually it's yoga.  There's nothing finer than pulling a Proud Warrior pose while cleaning my teeth well.  :)

Monday, October 14, 2002

Monday, October 14, 2002

Serendipity strikes!  :)

Work was very light today because of the holiday.

Sunday, October 13, 2002

Sunday, October 13, 2002

Yay!  My orchids are blooming!  I haven't had 4 bloom all at once in forever.  They are absolutely exquisite.  Three are dendrobiums and one is a cattleya.

Saturday, October 12, 2002

Saturday, October 12, 2002

mmmmmm, I love sleeping late and lazing around. 

Galahad finally took our PC in to get that loud vibrating noise fixed (probably a fan), and I'm going into DTs without my DSL.  Gah, I'm a geek.  I'm on dial-up now, but I'm about to force myself to back away from the Internet and go be productive.  Oh joy, vacuuming here I come.  ;-)

Friday, October 11, 2002

Friday, October 11, 2002

Another early morning.  I need to stop this habit fast. :)  I did wake up to a crazy dream, but alas, now I don't remember it.

I have a special talent, wherein I can wake up with plenty of time to get ready, then fuck off for exactly 10 minutes more than I can afford to, and boom, I'm 10 minutes late.  It happens every time.  I can get up 45 minutes beforehand or 90 minutes beforehand.  It really doesn't matter.

Thursday, October 10, 2002

Thursday, October 10, 2002

I can't believe how early I had to wake up today.  And, I didn't even have any good and/or crazy dreams to wake up to.  Well, I did have my Galahad to wake up to.  :)  And, he's the best dream come true ever! 

The seminar I attended went well.  It was fun to see some of my friends who I no longer work in the same office with.

Wednesday, October 9, 2002

Wednesday, October 9, 2002

Hmmm.  I was trying to explain my current hair color to a friend of mine in another state and realized that there is possibly no way I can do that.  I don't think that a photograph would help much either as it doesn't capture all of the nuances of shades in my hair.

So here goes my attempt at a description.

I have a brunette base, and although I haven't seen my true hair color all over in ten+ years, I would guess it to be a medium to dark ash brown.  (Yeah, yeah, I know, wtf does that mean?)  Okay, so start with that, then add some red, maybe a dark auburn.  Mix in for a few years.  Then add boredom, which sparks some blonde striping.  So, the striping creates some blonde and some gold, depending on how much color was there when it hit.  Wait 2 months, add a touch more boredom, and rinse with some burgundy semi-permanent color.  This was great back when hair was dark red but gets a bit excessive on the blond parts.  So, there may be one or two pink spots now. ;-)

Clear as mud, aye?

Tuesday, October 8, 2002

Tuesday, October 8, 2002

I surprised my Galahad today with 2 dozen long-stemmed roses.  I love him so much and just wanted to remind him.  :)

Saturday, October 5, 2002

Saturday, October 5, 2002

We went to the races today, and had a blast!  Well it was insanely hot & humid, and Galahad got pwned by fire ants, but other than that, we had a magnificent time.

Friday, October 4, 2002

Friday, October 4, 2002

Sigh.  I had to wait two hours to see my doctor this morning for 4 minutes, and that was with an appointment.  The good news is that I have no new suspicious spots!!!  Yay!!!!!  =D

Yes, today was strip-down-and-let-the-good-doctor-inspect-every-inch-of-my-hide day.  That's always an enjoyable experience, especially when the office temperature is set at about 68°F.  Laugh, I suppose it could be worse.  I could be a man and worried about shrinkage.  ;-)

But, I'm still vexed that I had to wait so long.  One woman got taken in ahead of others because she was there to get collagen injections.  Is her low self-esteem more important than my physical health?  Hehe, she probably pays in cash while my insurance pays whatever & whenever it damn well wants to.  I guess I would take her ahead of everyone, too.  ;-)

TFGIF!!!

Thursday, October 3, 2002

Thursday, October 3, 2002

This is disturbing, especially since I travel for business, and I used to like the Marriott.

 Hidden camera found in bathroom

Wednesday, October 2, 2002

Tuesday, October 1, 2002

Tuesday, October 1, 2002

October already.  How did that happen?

WARNING:  I am cranky right now and will probably (hahah no probably about it) rant.

I am sitting here buried in piles & piles of mail that has been preliminarily sorted into 2 piles, mine & Galahad's.  My pile is the smaller of the two.  His has just completely subsumed our entry table.

Mine is smaller only because I go through it more often than he does.  Laugh.  He does it only when it's forced upon him by the Wrath of Wendy needing some clutter-free space.  I can't stand clutter and the mail just makes me so crazy!  I think of all the money that companies spend on sending this trash into my house and invading my sanctum.  Then, there's the cost of my time to deal with it, wear & tear on my shredder, emptying the shredder and the subsequent vacuuming when it spills, Galahad having to lug it out to the curb (so to speak, this is Florida, we don't really have curbs) and the problem of landfill.

For a while, I was sending all the trash back in their convenient postage paid envelopes.  Sigh, I had about 3 or 4 a day going out.  That seems to take much more of my time than the shredder method, so I'm back to shredding (at least until it's time to empty it again).  Those postage paid envelopes are so small, so I had to do quite a bit of folding.  Oh, and let's not forget the time I spend washing my hands because they now feel like chalk from touching all that fucking paper.  And, I won't even go into the germ potential here.

I DON'T NEED ANY MORE CREDIT CARDS!!!!!!   LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!!!!!
I've decided to absolutely NEVER respond to any mailed offer so as not to reward them for their pestilence.

And, don't even get me started on telephone solicitations.

I feel much better now.  Back to my piles of mail.  :(