I have my psychiatrist and counseling appointment this morning, which is well overdue with all the craziness I've been dealing with.
I told my boss about my surgery last night, and he reacted wayyyyy better than I thought. I was really surprised, but super grateful. I am in shock that it's only 18 days away! I am trying to make a list of things I need to do, so I can get them done and focus only on my recovery. So far I wrote down all my bills for January and will pay them ahead of time. I know there are other things, but I just can't think of them at the moment.
Had a pretty good evening hanging with my son last night. I need to do more Christmas shopping for BF and my nieces and nephews, probably tonight I guess. This weekend, our Christmas stuff kicks into high gear with family celebrations.
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
Post by girlsownlove2218 on Dec 18, 2014 8:50:21 GMT -5
Abcdefu: You should also make a list/prepare some stuff to help pass the time during your recovery. It'll help keep the stress and boredom at bay.
Over the past three days I've been going through an odd experience. Like my eyes are finally being opened, or I'm finally being able to stand steady for the first time in a long time. I feel like for the past 13 months, since the split up started, I've been a different person. I've been out of sorts--disorganized, depressed, like I've just been surviving but not really living. (Wow, all this sounds crazy typed out) But then, a few days ago, out of the blue, I've felt a strong urge to get myself back. I began making a financial plan, looking for a new job that's steadier and a more steady income, and planning what I can do to make my apartment more "homey" and "me". I don't know what caused this. I don't know why I'm feeling it. But it's strong and I'm optimistic that I'm about to start moving forward into a new life.
Finally all moved into P's! Man moving is such a hassle, even with the little bit of stuff I had it's still exhausting!
I went back to my old building last night for their holiday partY with my girlfriend's who live there, we had a blast! I was feeling really good about myself so here's a limited time PIP....PDQ!!
Good news indeed abcdefu. It will come up on your quick.
A couple of meetings, serving Holiday lunch to the staff, my final class for my LEAN expert level. H is working a double so I will have the entire house to myself when I get home tonight. Sounds like a takeout and bottle of wine kind of evening. EXCEPT, I am coming back in at 12:30 am to serve the night shift their holiday lunch. I will need a good nap sometime this weekend.
Post by stephreloaded on Dec 18, 2014 9:03:01 GMT -5
abcdefu I am glad that your boss reacted well to the news!
My boss made me come into the office early and it wasn't even needed. My Christmas break starts on the 24th and ends on the 5th of January. I am already in countdown mode. I wish that I didn't have to much to do.
I am going to work a couple of days in our office in DC and I am dreading the cold. Just thinking of having to take the metro and walk in the cold. I am tearing up already!
Xh is getting P today so I'm trying to be positive and not worry. I guess he's going to work in his classroom so I am sure he'll go into full blown charmer mode so his teacher can see how mean I am.
P had his concert last night and it was adorable.
I talked to my little brother yesterday. He's going to GIVE P a heifer (young cow who hasn't had a calf yet) for Xmas so he can start his own herd. I was so surprised. He's so sweet and such a good uncle!
I am so tired this morning. I realized that I'm not cut out to go to sporting events on work nights anymore. Didn't get home from the hockey game last night until almost 10 pm and that meant I didn't go to sleep until almost midnight. Not even close to enough sleep for this girl.
Working on creating a "must get done before I leave the office tomorrow" list. I need to focus and I think this is the only way to do it. Fingers crossed.
Oh, can't wait for my lunch today: it's half of a french dip sandwich from last night. Yum.
Im so exhausted today, got home around midnight last night from seeing the medium. It was a really large venue so we didn't get read, but it was still really great. I keep feeling like today is Friday... Wtf!? I have so much to do before our stupid early Xmas on Sunday and there's just no time!!!! I'm overwhelmed.
Post by peppermint on Dec 18, 2014 11:16:20 GMT -5
It has been a week. My pup had to go to the e-vet Tues in the middle of the night. She's improving now thank goodness, but it's been a rough 48 hours in our house.
My brother is coming in from out of town tonight and I can't wait to see him and hang out. It makes me feel so loved that's putting in the effort to come visit me. He's going to hang out with my pup while I run a few quick errands after work, then we're going to have a movie night in and catch up.
J and I have managed to watch Christmas movies and be semi festive the past two nights. Last night we made muddy buddies (puppy chow) for his coworkers with Christmas M&M's in it and J was SO impressed and appreciative...they're the easiest treat of all time. I can't wait for him to see what I do when we're actually celebrating Christmas, usually I'm baking up a storm and throw a cookie party. He's going to love it. Hopefully next year.
Post by 1confused1 on Dec 18, 2014 12:03:23 GMT -5
I am a chaperone on my son's field trip, we are going on a tour of a museum for my favorite football team. I'm so excited but am afraid I'm getting the flu, I don't feel good :-(
Tomorrow is the last day I will ever handle new work at my job. Wowzers. I told everyone that after tomorrow, I am only handling what is already on my desk. Filing, etc.
I'm going to meet BF's grandparents this weekend. And I'll actually get to know his dad better. I've met his mom a few times (and she loves me, obvs), but the only time I've met his dad was last NYE and I woke up that morning with the flu, so I was not a great conversationalist. Should be interesting. We're staying in his grandparents' mobile home, on an air mattress... Not looking forward to that.
BUT! I'm going to be in Grass Valley, which might be closer to some of you! achase123? I feel like there's someone else who is north of Sac. I'm also going to be stuck in Sac for a few hours on Monday around lunchtime with nothing to do (BF has to attend a class). If anyone is near there and wants to GTG with me, let me know!!
Tonight is latke night!! So excite. We made up the latke batter last night and will cook them tonight. My mom even got a little creative and mixed in sweet potatoes into one batch and a purple sweet potato into another. Colorful latkes! I'm going to smell like oil for a week. LOL
Post by Wanderista on Dec 18, 2014 13:04:33 GMT -5
Pretty quiet day for me. I had a nice dinner at a "medieval" restaurant which was interesting, not Medieval Times. I would go again. The food was seasoned very differently than "modern" food - more fruit sauces and spices, less salt and sugar. The place was nicely decorated for the holidays as well.
I have several friends who are visiting from abroad in the next month so we've been making plans. I really don't have much to report. Life is good.
Post by Mrs.Rad888 on Dec 18, 2014 13:10:20 GMT -5
Our favorite pub, where we hang out every Thursday, is having a Christmas/Ugly Sweater party tonight. I had planned to decorate my sweater, make some treats, personalize some decorations to give to friends, finish making a bracelet to give to my friend as a Xmas present, and color my hair. I procrastinated horribly, and was up crazy late last night finishing the decorations, and am in the middle of making the treats. I don't know that I'll get to my sweater or my hair, but luckily I can give my friend the bracelet on Sunday when we get together to watch the football game.
DH surprised me by wanting to wear an ugly Xmas sweater. I ordered one from Amazon, and bought some things to decorate it with to make it even uglier/Xmas-ier. He was going to decorate it last night, but fell asleep on the couch at 7:30 watching Harry Potter, and didn't get it done. I'm sure he's waiting for me to offer to do it for him, but I have my own shit to do! And now he's volunteered the stuff to help another friend decorate her sweater, but I don't know that either of them have given any thought to how the stuff is going to be attached to the sweater. I'm thinking of pretending I didn't see the text asking me to bring the extra decorations when I pick him up this afternoon.
I am wearing an adorable sweater, so I feel adorable. I am getting my hair did tonight, so that will be nice to have a fresh look. Tomorrow is my last day at work, but it is also our company holiday luncheon, and there is an office wide meeting I do not need to attend prior to that, so basically, I will be coming in tomorrow to clean my desk. And I don't know where to put this, so a random thread seems as good as any...berbles, how is the BF doing with his job stuff? Did things work out ok?
I am wearing an adorable sweater, so I feel adorable. I am getting my hair did tonight, so that will be nice to have a fresh look. Tomorrow is my last day at work, but it is also our company holiday luncheon, and there is an office wide meeting I do not need to attend prior to that, so basically, I will be coming in tomorrow to clean my desk. And I don't know where to put this, so a random thread seems as good as any...berbles, how is the BF doing with his job stuff? Did things work out ok?
Aw, thanks for asking! That's why I will be stuck in Sacramento on Monday. He has to attend a substance abuse class for a few hours, and then he will be cleared to be back on the payroll. He still might have to do some NA meetings, but he's not sure yet.
LUCKILY, he is still on the payroll at his old job, where he teaches new EMTs. So he's been picking up hours there in the meantime. He had to work all weekend last weekend, which sucked for me and my birthday. Womp womp. But I certainly can't complain about him wanting to WORK. LOL
Today sucks ass. I went to pack my lunch for work and realized I'd left it out on the counter all night (chicken, sour cream and cheese). Then I get to work and we're having email connectivity issues. So, I log into our external email and it's both freezing up to the point of being unusable and I can't open any attachments. All of that is vital for my job so I'm pretty screwed right now. I'm sitting at my desk in tears. I want to go home and lay on my couch and cry in peace. I'm stressed to my max with work right now, and all this bullshit isn't helping any. I am getting my nails done after work today so I am looking at that as a small bright spot, but it's not very big right now.
I just remembered the other thing I was going to post about. I was woken up this morning by my cat projectile vomiting all over the floor. That is EXACTLY how I like to start my day!
Tomorrow is the last day I will ever handle new work at my job. Wowzers. I told everyone that after tomorrow, I am only handling what is already on my desk. Filing, etc.
I'm going to meet BF's grandparents this weekend. And I'll actually get to know his dad better. I've met his mom a few times (and she loves me, obvs), but the only time I've met his dad was last NYE and I woke up that morning with the flu, so I was not a great conversationalist. Should be interesting. We're staying in his grandparents' mobile home, on an air mattress... Not looking forward to that.
BUT! I'm going to be in Grass Valley, which might be closer to some of you! achase123? I feel like there's someone else who is north of Sac. I'm also going to be stuck in Sac for a few hours on Monday around lunchtime with nothing to do (BF has to attend a class). If anyone is near there and wants to GTG with me, let me know!!
Tonight is latke night!! So excite. We made up the latke batter last night and will cook them tonight. My mom even got a little creative and mixed in sweet potatoes into one batch and a purple sweet potato into another. Colorful latkes! I'm going to smell like oil for a week. LOL
Yes, that's me. I'm less than 20 minutes from GV. I'd love to GTG for lunch or something - we'll actually be in GV on Saturday around lunch (dropping the dog at the groomers for a bit) already, but I can go back anytime. Starting Monday morning, I think I'm stuck with the ILs, so I can't do lunch on Monday (bummer), but anytime this weekend is fine. berbles - let me know if you want to GTG or just need some recs for food in GV (there are some GREAT restaurants there).
Yes, that's me. I'm less than 20 minutes from GV. I'd love to GTG for lunch or something - we'll actually be in GV on Saturday around lunch (dropping the dog at the groomers for a bit) already, but I can go back anytime. Starting Monday morning, I think I'm stuck with the ILs, so I can't do lunch on Monday (bummer), but anytime this weekend is fine. berbles - let me know if you want to GTG or just need some recs for food in GV (there are some GREAT restaurants there).
I have no idea what the schedule will be like during the day. PM me your number and I can text you when we're there.
I'd LOVE some recs for evening activities (read: getting drunk somewhere that isn't with BF's parents). We normally hang out at a divey (but not seedy) karaoke bar here in SJ.
My new website is ready to go and I'm so nervous. It's got some of "my story" which is what is in vogue for businesses right now, but I'm scared for people to know more about me. We were homeless for a couple of years when I was young and then pretty poor after that and it's not something I typically share. I hope it will be okay? For the most part I've gotten positive reception to the drafts of the site, but one person said she doesn't want to read about homelessness when thinking about cupcakes. The point is to tell my story and why I do things the way I do. But her reaction has amped up my anxiety.
My new website is ready to go and I'm so nervous. It's got some of "my story" which is what is in vogue for businesses right now, but I'm scared for people to know more about me. We were homeless for a couple of years when I was young and then pretty poor after that and it's not something I typically share. I hope it will be okay? For the most part I've gotten positive reception to the drafts of the site, but one person said she doesn't want to read about homelessness when thinking about cupcakes. The point is to tell my story and why I do things the way I do. But her reaction has amped up my anxiety.
I'm sure it's great. We love when our website clients get personal on their sites. You can always edit it later!