Wednesday, June 25, 2008
My favorite bible verse.... ala LOLcats!
1 iff i talkd wif teh tungz of manz n angylz, n duzzn haz luff, i are becom liek teh human, knockin down all teh potz n panz frm teh shelf, srsly.2 iff i haz powarz of liek tellin the futurez an if i has access to teh internets, an i gotz all teh missteriez an all teh knowingz an all teh faithz, enuff 2 taek all teh mowntanz awayz, an i duzzn haz luff, i gotz nuffink.3 an evn iff i givez all mai stuffz awai, n iff i delivur mai bodiz to b burnded up, and i duzzn haz luff, i gotz nuffink.
4 Luv is pashient n kind, luv haz no jelusniss or showin offz, luv no is stuck-up5 or r00dz. Luv no insistzes on doin it rite, itz not pisst off alla tiem or rezentflufflele.6 Luv izzn all happiez about doin it wrong, but is happiez about teh truthz.7 Luv putz up wiht all teh stuffz, beelivez all teh stuffz, hoepz for all teh stuffz. Luv putz up wiht all teh stuffz... i sed that areddy?
8 Luv no haz endingz. Tellin the futurez, tungz, an alla stuffz u know wil die.9 We haz knowingz a bit, an we haz profacy a bit. We no haz two much tho.10 O, wait. Win teh perfict coemz, teh not perfict will dyez, lolol.11 Wen i wuz a kitten, i meweded leik a kitten, thinkded liek a kittenz, an I chazed strings liek a kittenz. Wen i wuz becomez a cat, i NO WANT kitten waiz ne moar.12 For nao we see in teh foggy mirorr like when teh human gets out of teh shower, but tehn we see faec tow faec. Nao i haz knowingz just a bit, tehn i will haz all teh knowingz, as i haz been knownz.
13 Nao faithz an hoepz an luvz r hear, theses threes, but teh bestest iz teh luv. srsly.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Freaky Litter Box today
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Today was a good day
So why do I have a feeling of blue settling over me? I hate that.
Yesterday I did go to the library and am now the pride owner of a Wake County Library Card for the first time in the 3 years I lived here. I have to say, I didn't love my local branch. The kids and adults were mixed together and it was FULL of kids running all over and moms yelling at them to shush and whatnot. Every other library I've ever been in has a separate floor or wing for the kids and that, in my opinion, is exactly how it should be!
Anyway, I picked up 4 books. Did I mention my new best friend at the second had bookstore at RDU? Well she rawks. She suggested two new authors to me and I'm hooked. The coolest about the one, John Sanford, is that he has LOADS of books out, so I have a while to go through all of those before I need a new author. The bad news is that I am already finished with the first 6. Yes, between yesterday and today I finished one. The first one I finished the day I flew into El Paso. They are what I believe has been described as "page turners". I just can't stop till I'm done. Basic killer/detective type stuff, but good :)
So in addition to the most perfect weather and lots of time on the porch with kitties reading, I also got my new dishwasher today :) (it took longer to come in that originally anticipated) "Hottie Maintenance Man" is not only easy on the eyes, but also a nice guy to chat with. He was here for about an hour or so and we bonded over both having lived in Lancaster, PA for a while :) So I got both nice conversation and I am getting clean dishes too!
So why am I blue right now? I'm guessing it's kinda the come-down from working and going back to the whole unemployment thing. I don't know when my next gig is coming, and I have to stress over the money again. It sucks.
Well here's to hoping that tomorrow I get a call with another gig, that the weather is as beautiful as today, and I don't lose my reading glasses...
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Like an Electric Fence, I Can't Get Over You...
So I have Imbroglio playing and I am just smiling thinking of all the memories associated with these songs. And the lyrics still crack me up all of these years later. I would love to hear some of these songs recorded today! hee.
So today I'm getting my new dishwasher. YAY! The little door on where you put the detergent won't close, and for this the whole thing needs to be replaced. Or so he said. This problem has been going on for a while, but I just ignored it and used those little packet thingies and figured I'd let them know whenever some other problem came up. Well, while I was in El Paso, the kitchen light went out so my sis had to call, and I told her to tell them about the dishwasher too. She promptly called me after he left and said that "hottie maintenance guy" had to order the part and would be back, and I should look pretty that day. Hee.
A few months ago the complex changed management so we did get a new maintenance staff, and I confess, this guy is pretty easy on the eyes. Well, Monday the part came in. And I was not looking pretty, oh well! But he was still cute and friendly to me. And I told him I'd rather just get a new dishwasher because this one sucks (he agreed on that point) and so couldn't we just pronounce it dead? He poked the door thingie a few times and said "yep, it's dead". So I'm honestly not sure if it was dead, or if he was being nice, but whatever, I'm getting a new dishwasher out of it so YAY!
He told me it should be in today. So I'm not quite going for pretty, but I did go for showered. Of course I'm still in my bathrobe so I guess I should get moving and put some clothes on, but I just can't seem to get it in gear.
One of the reasons for that is that I have decided to go to the library today. And I don't wanna! I am a self proclaimed book whore, and I like to OWN my books. I like to be able to reread them. I like to see them on my shelves. But alas, I must conserve money, and thus cannot be buying them for a while. But like any junkie, I need a fix... so I have to go score them at the library.
I guess I should go get dressed in case hottie maintenance man shows up, and so I can go run my errand....
Saturday, June 14, 2008
The waiting is the hardest part
Then again, I think sometimes the not knowing is the hardest. Waiting to know? Yeah, that's the hardest.
But in other news, my sister got some nifty cassette to cd burning software. While she was here cat sitting she ripped some of my old cassettes into mp3's. I'm happy to now say I am probably the only person in the world with Imbroglio on her ipod :) Unfortunately she didn't do too many before she had to leave. There are tons of mixed tapes from yesteryear that I'd love to have digitally. Back in college we used to make soundtracks for certain festivities. On the last Wednesday of each month we'd have a WHEW! party and they all had themes and soundtracks. I'm afraid to play these tapes now because they were originially on a kmart tape, and have been in a storage box for many years. I'm dying to hear them again, but I don't want to risk them being ruined before they can be ripped, so I'll hold off till I can either buy the same thing for myself, or make it up to my Jersey to use my sister's stuff again.
Amusingly enough there are also some mixed tapes an ex boyfriend made me. I don't really remember all of what's on them except the one has Salsbury Hill by Peter Gabriel. I know this because I remember the first time he told me he loved me was right during the line in that song "my heart going boom boom boom" and I remember thinking stupidly that it was appropriate because that's what my heart was doing then. I also know that OMD's "If You Leave" was on there because I thought that seemed like more of a break up song and I thought it was odd to be on a love tape. Of course the relationship only lasted 10 months, so I guess it wasn't that weird afterall. And it wasn't that bad of a relationship looking back- I got some good mixed tapes and I learned what I don't want in a guy and how to spot some red flags quickly out of it :) I think I might go re-listen to those tapes and go check out myspace to see if he's on there :) (And if he is, I hope it's not set to private because I really want to see what he's up to, but not get back in touch!)
Later...
Friday, June 13, 2008
Home again!
YAY!
That was the longest I've ever been away from my two kitties and it sucked. I was so anxious to get home that I decided to try and fly standby on an earlier flight so I could get home even earlier. That, and I didn't want to sit around all day if I did not have to.
So upon investigating all the possible flights from ELP to RDU it seemed that the first leaving was at 6am. I had to return the rental car first, so I decided to leave at 415, return the car, and then be at the counter by 5 to try and get that flight. I woke up at 3:33 am. No problem getting the car turned in and then I walked into the airport to find... L O N G L I N E S!
WTF? It's 4:44 am! So I get in said long line and wait for a while till I realize I am in the self serve one, not the ticketing one. I switch lines. This long one is shorter, but moves slower. Rah. Finally I get up there and the nice man will not put me in first class (hey, I had to try!) but did get me a nice window seat in an exit row. YAY! SO I was confirmed to Dallas but would be standing by for the second part.
Arriving in Dallas we landed on the wrong side of the airport and drove all the way around, and I was afraid I wouldn't make the first connection. My sister had already looked at seat availability online and found that the second connection only had middle seats left so I REALLY wanted this one. I boogied from Terminal A to Terminal C and they were almost done boarding, but YAY, they had already saved me a seat- an aisle, which kinda sucks, but is better than a middle, but yes, it was THE LAST ROW of the plane. Ugh. But oh well, I'm still going to be home before I even would have left so I can go with this!
And this was an interesting seat to have actually. (Although I learned there were definitely more interesting ones closer to the front!) The reason it was interesting was because it was right next to the galley and where the flight attendants hung out and gossipped.
So apparently there was a chick giving her seatmate a blow job under a blanket further up in the plane. The Flight Attendant asked her to stop. (I was amused at her comment to the other FA- "It's not like they couldn't have just taken it to the restroom!") The woman said that this was America, and she had every right to do whatever she wanted because she bought her ticket. I only wish I had sat up closer to hear this all going down! (um, no pun intended.... I wrote that before I realized...) It was fun to hear the 3 flight attendants discuss what an idiot this woman is, and how the guy just looked like he'd been shot in the face. (not sure what that meant...)
So back of the plane does have it's attributes- you get the gossip without having to watch the drama live.
So I land in RDU and am waiting for my baggage. And waiting. And waiting. And guess what? You know how I barely made the connection? It didn't. But no big deal, it was coming in on the next flight and they would deliver it to me. And as the baggage customer service woman was apologizing all I kept thinking was "YAY! I don't have to carry that heavy thing up the stairs to my apartment!" Instead, I just told her "it's ok, it happens" and left it to that.
So now I've been home for two days and have not done much more than cuddle with the kitties and watch tv that I had recorded while I was gone. I did do laundry so I guess I've been quasi-productive too. Oh, and I took a bubble bath, since I only had a shower at my hotel this was long overdue. In fact, I think I'm off to do that again now...
Saturday, June 07, 2008
Stepping out of my comfort zone
So this has been a pretty cool last few weeks. After much anticipation, I began my first gig as a traveller. And I have to say, this probably was not the best gig for a first timer, but I am SO glad I did it.
Instead of being part of a department, I was the department. The usual tech was going on vacation and I was covering for him. Basically, I had no backup. The equipment I was using was also something I had not touched since 2003, and it wasn't something I was strong on back then. I was scared to take the gig, but I knew that I had to. I also tried to convince myself that I could handle it.
And guess what? I did :) Things were not 100% perfect, but they went very well. I even had a patient bake me cookies because I treated her so well! The rest of the radiology department was very open and welcoming to me, and very supportive. In fact- everyone in the hospital was great. It is a very small hospital, and I guess that makes everyone feel like family. It was nice.
So now after this experience, I believe I can handle just about anything. I think that this short 2 weeker gig prepared me for anything else better than any long one could have. I feel optimistic and empowered. Yay me!!
The hardest part was leaving my boys for these 2 weeks. I know how much I love them and enjoy being around them, but I did not realize how lonely I would be without them. I would leave in the morning and want to say goodbye to someone or come home to say "hi, I'm home!" and there was nobody here to say it to. :( Well, except for Oatmeal, the travelling bear. But since his mouth is sewn shut, he isn't the best conversationalist...
But I still was ok on my own. I did hang out a bit with another resident of the hotel, and that was definitely fun, and quite a surprise. He's gone now though so it's back to conversations with a teddy bear. He's going to be in Carolina in a week or so, we talked about getting together there, and that would definitely be great, but if it doesn't happen, I'm ok with that too. I guess I'm in a "hope for the best, expect the worst" frame of mind on that. Either way, again, I stepped out of my comfort zone there, and came out smiling.
Taking risks and coming out stronger or smiling because of them is a good thing. Life, is a good thing...