PosterNutbag

i have absolutely no mind for work this week. ssshh.. don't tell but i have been leaving work early and scheduling myself some low-priority client transporting instead of taking care of the important business. i'm like george with a facade of busy-ness. the way i see it, all that work will still be around tomorrow-- or more accurately next week. ho-hum.

i thought it'd be a cute idea to put a "countdown til cruise" tag on this here page, then i realized that required work. and lately i am too lazy for posting, let alone extras. screw it. it matters so little anyway...... but take this as a reminder: 19 days til the Caribbean via a massively-gaudy ship. yee-haw! (someone take me to atlantic city and show me the ropes, damnit! i must make the tables my bitch aboard ss.funtimes)

now. about the kitten. he has grown, of course (growth in the wee ones is inevitable). he's still cute as a sack full of puppies. and quite tenacious. annoyingly though, he has a bedtime habit i can not bare. seems he loves the legs/feet experience when you are in bed under the covers. he climbs on top and does what has been deemed as "the back-foot shuffle" complete with some biting --- and raw instinct. to me, the whole dance seems like a precursor to the hump and it makes me cringe. also it keeps me awake and thus grouchy.


ps. don't get me wrong. i have every intention on viewing h2g2. it just all looks a little PG to me.. nevertheless i'll be first ---eh-em second or third--- in line on friday. watch out hump day movie series!

you know, i find myself squirming with excitement over the new h2g2..................................... but then i remember: it's going to suck.

*shrugs* i still plan to view on opening night... (in fact, is there a midnight showing?)

ok. apparently a weekend was just what the doctor ordered. the grumpy pants came off post-work on friday. weekend kickoff was a little outback steakhouse, where when the host asked if we had dined at outback before, i responded with "outback is my bitch". then it was on to borders where i was surprised to find a "25% off for educators" sale. now i am no educator, but i do sport a public school badge. let me say, it felt so good to misrepresent and save money. i highly recommend it. (shopping bag: new beck, built to spill, and mogwai)

saturday afternoon was "the big sandwich"-- a tradition (competition, even) amongst old friends; a coming together of sorts whilst shopping for, building, and then consuming a large overstuffed sandwich. it's good stuff.

then today... worked in the yard. fought the local nursery's crowds and bought 2, count 'em: 2, trees for the now naked yard. (just had to fill in where things were chopped down) only got a lil' section of yard cleaned out and just 1 tree planted, but hey, i'm happy with that. and let me just say, that lil' corner looks delightful. added bonus: i did not get poison ivy. fuckin' a!

i've got my grumpy pants on today. don't know exactly why, but this sad fact couldn't be more accurate. despite the nice weather, despite the upcoming weekend, despite the fact that i have lost almost 20lbs in just over one month, i am fucking grouchy.

.... yesterday the yard experienced major tree and shrub removal. all things said, i am glad to have cleared the yard of various overgrown/dead items, but damnit, there is alot of work to be done! i can't express how abso-fucking-lutely overwhelmed i am. worse, the tree peps found termites......... and let's not even talk about the INside of the ol' house. it is a disaster area too. can't i just move? or at least run away?!

in other overhaul news, took my car in for some work today and just got a call with repair recommendations. looks like i will be spending upwards of $1000 before this day is out. shit!

so... work sucks and all that garbage....

somebody tell me something good.

axewound!*


*naughty hedgehogs don't necessarily make good friends of monday coworkers

i'm such a hypochondriac it ain't funny. after reading mere pages out of a medical journal the other night i am convinced i have multiple life-threatening ailments. seems only fitting that i should complete this death clock prediction to see if it is at all true. for those interested, i will apparently meet my demise in 2055 on the 21st day of march. i'm just glad to see i am going to make it out of this month.*sigh* (do be a dear and leave your death date below. i'll be sure you get a funeral invite if you're still around when i kack)

work and such sucking up my time and my thought process.... no time for extraneous items. barely been keeping up with meals this week. meh.

just found out that i, along with the other 3 people in my program, no longer have an office space. seems the boe (board of ed) has found use for this dungeon suite of offices and we must scoot. no word yet on the move-out date but all signs point to june 1. where will i find refuge? who the hell knows. i've decided not to care. this space is less than desireable when you factor in the funeral home across the street, the terrible parking situation due to ongoing street construction, and the lack of privacy. so basically anywhere i am placed will suit me fine--- granted i am supplied a computer and desk phone (which, because of grant funding, is entirely questionable).

anyway. whatever...... saw tori amos last night at a fairly intimate little theater in the heart of dc. *sigh* very nice indeed, despite having to surrender my cell phone at the door bc of it's picture taking capability. who says technology isn't inconvienent?!

geeesh, this spring weather has everybody all frisky. today the workmen who have been making a mess of the road in front of my office gawked at me. there i was innocently driving along, mourning the parking places they have robbed from me, windows down so maximum road-dust could fill my car, and i was "whoot"-ed at by serveral men. one even yelled down the street at me, telling me to turn my car around so he could tell me something. mutiple levels of hilarity here, aside from the fact that these workmen have probably seen me a thousand times without incident.... beautiful.

this afternoon i was talking with one of my favorite kindergarteners. the girl and i were discussing the past holiday of easter and how today is april fool's day. she got real quiet for a minute and asked, "when is it forehead friday?" i tried to explain that i had never heard of "forehead friday" but she wasn't having it. i asked her what "forehead friday" entailed and she explained, "it's the day when you slap people on their foreheads and then you laugh and say 'happy forehead friday!'"

hysterical! i dunno about you guys, but i like this holiday a hundred times more than april fool's day.