February 28, 2011

Evening Update

It's the last evening of the month, and I should be working on my stuff for the afterschool program. It would be nice to not be scrambling, to be able to get things out to the teachers before 2:00 on Wednesday. I'm going to finish writing here tonight while sipping my bourbon. I'm giving myself another 40 minutes to do that. Then I'll go to bed and get up early to work on reading program stuff.

It was another crappy day at work today. Started poorly. Continued in that same vein. I think that if I had my own space at work, if I weren't continually with other people, it would be better. There were some ugly, anxious moments today. 'm not looking forward to tomorrow, but then again, I don't really care one way or the other. Nothing has to change. As Shannon says, I don't have to let her ruin my day. I won't let her ruin my days any more. Speak when spoken to, smile and nod, know my role. I can do this. Truly. I can. I just have to decide that I'm going to. Two and a half months. That's all I have left. I can do this.

I haven't run in two weeks. I was going to think about it today, but just didn't get to i. I will try tomorrow. I was supposed to run on Saturday in the first leg of the Triple Crown, but I woke up with an upset tummy. My digestive system always gets a little screwy when it gets to be that time, and it wasn't a good idea for me to shake things up. In two weeks, I'm supposed to run a 10K. I don't have any illusions that I'll be able to run the whole thing, but I'm going to do my best. Bronchitis sucks a whole helluva lot.

In that regards, I haven't made progress on a New Year's resolution. But in a few others, I suppose I have. My rings are fitting looser, so I guess I'm losing weight. I've realized that a bunch of my capris? I can no longer wear because they look so terrible on me. I'll be taking most of them to Cari or Beth or Tina at Spring Break. That will make Matt happy because then he won't have to move them home.

I've also taken the difficult step of getting in control of my finances. It's front and center on my phone. I haven't checked it today. I don't want to get obsessive about it, but I am checking it every couple of days. I took a look at what I was spending money on and have decided that there are things that I don't need to spend money on. I've cut those things out.

This weekend I'm going to be working on the St. Patrick's cards. I haven't sent Christmas cards or Valentine's. Hopefully I get the St. Patrick's done.

I've also found a job that I'm going to apply for. I think I would be good for and at it. And it would be closer to home. And it wouldn't directly be in the K-12 public education realm. With all of the vitriol directed at public employees, I'm not sure that I want to be directly in the line of fire any more. Cowardly, true, but there it is. So. I've got to get all of that pulled together this weekend and ready to send off.

So as March begins, it appears that for the most part, I'm making progress on all of my new year's resolutions. You?

Shannon, Eric, Perry, and I are going to the Kentucky Oaks this year. Not the Derby. Much cheaper to go to Oaks. Sner is in the process of making my dress(es). I think it's going to be good. Gotta get on finding a hat. The only problem is that I'm not sure if it should be a black hat or a white hat. If I go with the solid dress, then I'm thinking a black hat. If I go with the print, then it's a white hat. I am not nearly so crafty as Shannon, which means that my hat will be nowhere near as fabulous as hers. *sigh* And shoes. What to wear for shoes? *sigh*

I've also got to figure out what to do on Derby day. And where we can go to watch the Derby. I'm thinking about maybe Marengo Cave? I would like to do Mammoth, but I think that's too far for that day with us. We did distillery tours last year. Hmmmm. I'll ask around and see what I can find.

February 21, 2011

Evening Update

I have 32 minutes of power supply left on my laptop. I apparently forgot to bring home my power cord. I could have sworn that I wrapped it up and put it in my bag. I guess not. I need to get to work by 6 tomorrow morning. There's a ton of stuff that I need to get done. There's a ton of stuff I should be doing right now, but I'm not. *sigh*

I think my boss is entertaining the notion of giving me an even heavier workload for next year. Very frustrating. I can barely get my work done now, and he wants to add something even more intensive to it? Ugh. No thanks. I'm not going to worry about it, though.

I'm pretty sure that part of my plan is going to come together nicely. I just need to make a call tomorrow and get that ball rolling. It'll be interesting to see exactly how that all plays out. I have some ideas, but I don't know if it's going to be entirely possible. It would be nice, but I'm not going to get excited until I know much more. Which means I have a phone call to make tomorrow. I tried to make it today, but I forgot that today is a holiday for a lot of folks.

Are any of you watching the stuff going on in Wisconsin? It amazes me how unions are getting the blame for all of this. It's CRAZY. Unions are not the problem and folks who don't see that aren't seeing the bigger picture. It's about breaking the unions and eliminating a bunch funding for Democratic candidates. Good deal. *sigh*

Anyway. My battery is about dead, and I need to figure out whatever it is that I'm going to be doing tonight instead of working. *sigh*

Lots of sighing tonight.

 

February 18, 2011

Evening Update

It's over half-way through the month, and I haven't been here yet. I've meant to do an update, but it's been a busy month. There's the reading program, and I've been busy.

For Valentine's Day, my sweet PA surprised me with a visit. I knew that he was coming. It wasn't his fault. He didn't do much to give it away. I'm just good at figuring things out. Like when I figured out that the STM was going to have gastric bypass. There's a reason why I don't want clues for my birthday and Christmas pressies. I'll figure it out and what's the fun in that when you actually open the pressie?

So I figured it out, which triggered a massive cleaning of the apartment when I really could have been working on reading program stuff. When he got here, he told me that he had wanted me to be surprised so I wouldn't clean. Because he knows that I don't like to leave my house a mess before I leave on a trip, and he knew that I wouldn't really have time to clean before leaving for my weekend with my Sner, he was going to clean my apartment for me. Since I figured it out, though, he got to relax. That is fine with me.

He got in around 7:30 Wednesday. He drove through a snow storm to get to me, and considering that he's a southern boy, that's nothing to sneeze at. I've long said that he is better than I deserve, and that's just another instance of him proving it. He is good to me. He is better than I deserve. I am incredibly lucky to have him.

He sent me roses on Wednesday. They were from Proflowers.com, whom he has used before to send me flowers. Before they were beautiful. This time? They never even opened up. I sent an email to Proflowers, and they never responded. I suppose I'll call them. Matt works hard for his money, and he deserves to have his money spent on something that is worth it. These pathetic roses that didn't even take up the water that I put in them when I filled the vase? Not worth the money he spent on them. I'll call them tomorrow.

It was a wonderful two nights with him, and then he took my books home with him. I made my way to Missouri for a weekend with the Sner. Except I got sick. Bronchitis.

There are probably more things I need to say here, and there are lots of things I want to talk about. I'm just tired. It's been a long week. More tomorrow. I promise.