The Ultimate Eve

Today is the day. I finally got over the fact that i practically have no concrete plans. Thus far it is 3 o'clock and plans have been made and broken about 5 times. From my experience this is a sign that I should stay home and just call it a day. I did manage to make it to my dermatologist appointment, get my nails done and clean up around the apartment so I think it's been a successful day. I also managed to upload a year's worth of pictures into my computer, now I have to distribute them which tends to be the hard part.

My wheels are already churning thinking about the new year and all the possibilities and all the work that lies ahead of me. I am starting to strategize about my job possibilities, school and other ventures I would like to pursue. Guess it wouldn't be like me unless I did this. First thing tomorrow i have to go grocery shopping because i cannot even begin to detox with all the junk i have in my fridge now. that's it for now. hope everyone had a good holiday! at least I got an extra day off out of this.

Crying Game

I'm trying really hard not to cry. The whole New Year's Eve thing is getting on my nerve. I hate this stupid holiday every year is the same thing. Last year I cried and then I got to hang out with all the married people that seem to go out of their way to make you feel as though you're less than because you don't have anyone.

I just feel like crying today.

bad lesbian smelly girl

Ok I don't have a boy to play with currently which is fine. I haven't lost complete hope that I will one day find one and move on with my life. So I was talking to shaniqua about boys and being as she doesn't have this problem (since she is a lesbian) I think it's hard for her to sympathize. So I said to her Maybe I should become a Lesbian?! and she blurts out to me that I would make a horrible Lesbian, and would bring down the whole community because I'm "too girly". Ok, why the hate. True it would be a problem because I like boys, I don't like girls that way but "too girly". Fine, it will never work but hey at least I like to have options.

I also feel like I smell. I have never smelled, never been told that I smell, and I am a really clean and well groomed person. Yesterday though, i got the strange sense that I smelled and I needed to go home to take a shower. Maybe it was because it was so hot in the office that I was sweating all day just sitting in my chair. By the time I left I felt almost de-hydrated, smelly and yucky. Oh well, that's that. It's not hot in here as of now. We'll see after lunch.

Motto For Life

That's why I'm gonna
Say goodbye to all the tears I've cried
For every time somebody hurt my pride
Feeling like they won't let me live life
& Take the time to look at what is mine

I see every lesson completely
I thank God for what I got from above

I believe they can take anything from me
But they can't succeed in taking my inner peace

Year End stuff

I can't seem to stay asleep these days so I always wake up at about 3:30am for no reason. Saty up for a few minutes and then go back to sleep. This has been making me really tired in the morning and I end up waking later than usual. This causes me to feel sick for a good part of the morning.

My life seems so much more mundane now. I'm getting used to not working in manhattan. That doesn't mean that I don't miss it because i still do. After the holidays I'm sure that I'll go back to my normal paranoid self and over analyze everything that happens in my life. I should also let you know that thus far I have 10 things on my 2006 List to some that may be a lot but since last year I had 12 I am allowing myself 2 open spots for some interesting stuff that might come along. I'm pretty lucky overall to be able to do all the stuff that I set out to do, that goes to show you, anything can happen if you just put your mind to it.

That's OK

Ok so now i'm pissed about the transit strike all over again. Since I wasn't able to come in on Tuesday I will now have to take an unpaid day. Originally we were told that the Land that time forgot would not penalize staff for the day. Well today they changed their minds and said that people that were unable to come in should use a vacation day. But guess what? I'm new so I have no time off. Technically I do have one day already but I don't want to use it, I want to save it for my vacation. Well, at least I got to do my laundry that day.

I also need to inform that my stomach hurts. I know it's because I've eaten so much junk over the holidays. Starting January 1st I will be doing detox for 2 weeks to clean my system and hopefully get back to eating right again. While I detox do not encourage me to eats sweets, or fast food or anything unhealthy (i.e. anything with caffeine in it or any alcoholic beverages).

Christnnukah Summary

In sum this is what I did these three days:

Friday

I went straight home from work. Big glamour night cleaning my apartment. I managed to make some progress and clean up a few things. Really I just picked up stuff and straightened out a few things. At this point my apartment started to feel lighter. I am a firm believer that a big mess around makes you discombobulated to I was happy to notice the difference so quickly.

Saturday

Oh the joy of Xmas eve. I got up and got to work on making cookies to bring over to my mom's house. I made gingerbread and chocolate chip. Then I pretty much just lounged a bit, killed time cleaning some more and then got ready and went to my mom's for xmas eve dinner. Overall we had a nice time, my sister and brother in law came over as well as Shaniqua and her niece Debbie. I got a step ladder and a certificate to home depot from my parents, and a dishrack from my sister. Santa Claus just isn't the same anymore. After dinner and some present opening Shaniqua, Debbie and I went to my apartment and hung out drinking tea and watching tv.

Sunday

I basically lounged in the morning and then went to my sister's house for a few hours. We then packed the car and did the go around to other people's houses. We ate their food and chatted and drank their liqour. That may explain why mys tomach still hurts till today. I got home at around 7:30pm and started cleaining my bathroom. From the looks of it I cleaned more than anything else this weekend, but it was necessary.

Monday

No cleaning for me yesterday. I met up for lunch with Magpie and then we went to Barnes and Noble and got some books. I think I need to get over my obsession with hard cover books and just realize that paperback is not that bad. I just think it's not a book unless it's hard cover. Then we went to see King Kong which in my opinion was pretty good. The overall story was captured well over all. The beginning was a little slow but the middle and the end made up for it.

Christmas Time...No More Strike

So yes the strike is over and I can get around without having to wait for other people. Awesome. My body is tired. I guess from all the back and forth. My neck, back all the way down to my "siatica" are tense and hurt a bit too. I'm sure I'll get to relax over the weekend.

I have made it my mission to get my apartment cleaned up before the New Year's Eve, so i'm making a list of everything I need to do to have a spotless apartment. I made holiday cookies for my co-workers today. They seem to be enjoying them but all I hear is that I'm not helping their diet. Tomorrow is Christmas Eve at my mom's house. I'm looking forward to that this year since I actually don't live there anymore.

Birthday Wishes

I would like to extend a Happy 21st Birthday!!! to D3, you know who you are. Now you are officially old and can't get away with stuff you could before. On the upside, now you can do all this great stuff that you couldn't before because you were "too young".

Anyway, my eczema is acting up again. It's really uncomfortable and itchy. I think it's a combination of the weather and the stress of not having the subway.

Still A Strike

Well last night i took us 4 hours to get home. Yes, You heard right, 4 hours of being trapped in a car with nowhere to go. watching headlights burn out from applied breaks all the time. I miss the subway. I miss reading on the subway. I miss being able to go places independently of other people. I am seriously considering buying a car. I have never wanted a car because I just condiser it a nuisance and it's so expensive. I am really looking forward to the weekend, i hope the strike is over by then.

In other news, my apartment complex is decorated to the max now. It looks so pretty. I wanted to take some pictures but being as I was too tired I couldn't do it last night. Maybe tonight. If I get home at a decent hour.

Floatinghead's Day Off

Yesterday I basically took the day off from work because of the transit stike. I'm not going to discuss it any further. I just have to wait until the whole thing blows over and we get back to normal. I actually contemplated getting a car today but it's too expensive. I really can't afford it. I was driven in to work by a worker today. We did a car pool thing that worked out pretty well.

I do have to report that I partially cleaned my apartment. I cleaned up a bit in the kitchen and cleaned the coffee table so that the Christmas decorations are not overwhelemed by everything else on the table. I also started growing Cher, the mini sunflower garden that the nemisis gave me for Christmas. Hopefully the seeds will grow nice and pretty since Lil'Fella is truly a disappointment and I think I'm going to through it out. I also sorted some of the laundry I had piled on the floor and actully washed the whites. Now I just have the laundry basket in the middle of the livingroom like all normal people. I wanted to fisnish up today but obviously I can't turn down a ride into work. I also made cookies for my maintanence people and gave it to them with a Christmas card, they were very excited and thankful that I thought to do that. I guess that was the whole point.

I will see how the commute back home is, I was told I was going home with the same people that I came in.

Transit Strike

I'm assuming all other blogs based out of New York will be basically reporting the same thing today. We Have no transportation! I have not made it a secret that I strongly dislike the mta the twu and all it's people, I know. I need to a make a few things clear.

The twu can argue it's point all it wants to, however their failure to be realistic is what gets to me. They should be more willing to go to negotiations with an intent to actually negotiate not have this all or nothing approach which is what I think they are doing. They want more money, so do i. They want the mta to not file grievances, i want to be paid to do nothing too. They want to leave the retirement age as is, i want to be able to retire. What most people don't get about this retirement stuff is that in most if not all cases, when at age 55 someone retires form the mta and start collecting their pension, they usually get a job somewhere else as well. so the get to collect the pension and have all the benefits, and work for another company taking a job from someone that needs it.

It's just not right for the poor people that work in new York to have to pay for the mta's big awful mistakes all the time. if the twu really wanted to do damage to the mta, why don't they let riders in for free. Becuase that will hurt the mta tons and it won't affect the riders. but it's all about squeezing that last dime from the pockets of those people that are not doing well to begin with.

I am ashamed that they can be so selfish and it saddens me that it comes to this. I hope this gets resolved as quickly as possible. Otherwise, I will lose the last bit of faith i have in people.

Zappening

Not much going on in my neck of the woods. I had a good weekend overall, just enough social time to rest time ratio. I went home on Friday night and basically did nothing but watch TV and talk on the phone with Mama Pickle. We barely get to talk anymore it seems since we are busy during the day and she doesn't sign on to Aim anymore.

Saturday I repotted Stuart and the plant that used to live in stephanie's fish bowl. I named the plant Lil' Fella since it looks like it really does not have the potential of coming back to life. I am giving it a try though, not giving up on the Lil' Fella just yet. I also have to pot my sunflower which the Nemisis gave me for Christmas. I read the instructions twice so I don't mess it up. So I have to soak something for 24 hours before I can plant it. Will update when I have more progress on that. I also went to GM's Holiday Mingle thing on Saturday night. It was just a few friends and some food. Nice distraction. I sent out my holiday cards as well. Just like 7 of them since I'm not sending them to everyone I know.

I have also decided to make some cookies for my maintanence people. I thought it would be nice to do that for the Holiday since I am not getting anyone presents this year. I have done no cleaining so don't ask about my apartment. it's still a mess.

Long Time Coming

I just figured out right now that I should really take my own advice. I keep giving people all this good advice and then when I ask then for some I get the same stuff back. They're like "you told me to do this, and it works". So maybe I should take my own advice from now on.

Life

I have more than I few comments to post especially about the MTA but I think I shouldn't focus on their stupidity today. I was supposed to go out tonight but I'm not sure if it's even going to happen. I for one am not for going out to day so it's one of those things where I would have to be notivated by my date. My date is being crappy and shady so I don't think it's going to happen.

I want to go to yoga again tomorrow, which means I would have to be in bed early. I forgot to mention that when I went to yoga on wednesday and this older man that was in front of the class kept breaking wind all through class. I thought it was funny but I had to hold in the laughter.

I started reading Memoirs of a Geisha becuase i want to read it before I see the movie. I finally finished the 100 years of solitude and it really felt like it took a hundred years to read. I have to keep practicing my spanish so that I can be a more effective reader.

Work is going good. Slowly, but good. I have to buy a present for my Secret Santa. It's hard being the new person because I don't know what people like. Gift Card! Always a good alternative. I have been oficially "labeled" at work too. Now I have my name on the outside of my work station. The openness of my cube is starting to bother me more and more each day. It's not a nice office like I had in the 7th circle of hell, it's a cube. I can deal with a cube but I can't deal with an open cube. I feel like I have to whisper all the time, and people walking about all the time is very distracting. The other day they just decided to congregate a few feet away, just chatting away without even thinking twice that people (and by people I mean me) are trying to work. So for a good 15 minutes I got nothing done. My manager Granma Rose discussed the possibility of getting me some walls with the facilities person but they said there are non available as of yet. I guess I''ll just have to deal.

Hatred...great way to start the day

So i figure I would start by discussing my total hatred of the MTA and its people as a whole. Yes, this is a very strong statement but honestly, I think it's well deserved. Just to think that they are threatening to strike again and during this time of year really burns me up.

So you want a raise huh? You want an 8% raise? Guess what....Noone in the city has gotten an 8% raise since 2000! Why do you feel you are so deserving. Us little guys have to deal with 3% increase if we even get one at all. And I'm sure you work hard,(Not!)but you don't pay to take the subway so maybe you should start doing that. So, not only do you get a raise, but you don't have to pay to get to work either. You know working at a hospital never gave me free access to healthcare all the time!.

So for the little people this means that in the very near future we will have to pay higher fares to get on the subway, paying for such fares with the same salaries we have been getting for the last 3 years since our companies can't afford to give us a raise.....

Did I mention that I hate the MTA....I took me an hour and 20 minutes to get to work today and I was frozen solid when I got here. I hope you all Transit Union people are home warm and toasty, don't count on my sympathy.

A la Floatinghead

It's so typical me to get all discombobulated for what seems like no reason at all. Why is it that I start to think about things and strategize my next move and outline how i want things to be all the time? Why can't I just sit back and enjoy the moment. Frankie says Relax! That is what I have to remember. According to Vudolicious, I'm losing the way of buddha. So I have to start reading up on that again, so that I can combobulate myself quickly.

My stove is being delivered today and I asked my mom to be there when it comes. I'm sure that by the time i get home I won't be able to find anything, as I'm absolutely sure that she will be rearranging my whole apartment. I'm also going to try to make it to yoga tonight, this all rests on how the stove thing goes and if i need to be there for anything afterwards.

My feelings of inadequacy have returned with a vengeance. Again I'm not sure why, but i'm pretty sure it has something to do with the fact that I'm adjusting to certain changes, and furthermore, even though I have plenty that I have done to be proud of this year, I still have this one area which I feel I am lacking in. I keep thinking to myself that anyone person cannot have all that they want when they want it, but I sure wish I could.

Weird

I noticed something yesterday and today here in the land that time forgot. I notice that I am the only one that constantly eats around here. Not like i eat a lot but still. I have breakfast, a snack. I go to lunch and I snack in the afternoon. It seems that noone else here eats. People just stay at their desk and I guess feeds off air all day. I notice a few people get coffee in the morning but that's about it. Now I wonder if they are really people. Maye Library people don't eat or worse of all drink water. I don't see that many people go to the water fountain either. I will continue to observe.

Bitter Cold

I feel much better today even though it's like zero degrees out. Last night I was supposed to see the Walmart Movie with Magie, the Nemisis and Vox but they had to work late so I went home. it was the best thing I did because I was so tired. I just got home and took a long hot shower, made myself some herbal tea and was in bed by 9:30pm. Warm and Toasty. I did wake up once because the phone rang but other than that I got plenty of rest which I needed badly.

In other news I need to clean my apartment. It's really getting to me this time. I have a pile of clothes which looks disgusting on the floor next to my bed. I just need to put it in the laundry bag but why is that such at task? It's not like a have tons of walking to do since i live in a new york city apartment. But anyway that's just one thing, I just have to clean the place so that I looks organized and smells like a meadow (if meadows smell like Lysol these days). So there you go that is my story, and i'm sticking to it. No plans for today.

Not so Peachy

it's monday and I am super irritated right now. i just don't feel like being here. I'm sleepy, tired and uncomfortable. Maybe it's because of lack of sleep. I really want to go home and sleep right now since I am having a hard time keeping my eyes open. I'm so crancky. I think I just need rest. And I don't understand why I get depressed too. Like last night I started to get depressed. I'm trying to push it to the back of my mind. It's not working.

Quick Overview

The weekend was good for me. In sum, Thai food - Good, Yoga - Good, Narnia - Good!, Shopping - Good. I finally bought the stove. It cost me a hefty chunk but everyone keeps telling me it's worth it. After buying the stove I felt a little nauseous spending sooo much money on a stove. So after that I did what any girl would do. I went shoe shopping and bought 2 pairs of shoes on sale. I know that doesn't help my bank account but it makes me feel better. At least I can where the shoes, I can't wear a stove now can I?

I had a dream last night that included Dr. Brain. As you may or may not know I am not really dating him anymore but I think I have unresolved issues that I need to address because that is what was happening in the dream. I'm not sure if I really need or want to talk to him though. I think I should just get over it and move on. We'll see how this plays out.

Read This

I was reading this article and thought it was interesting:

Spanish at school translates to suspension

I agree with the parent in this case. It's not like the kid was speaking spanish during class or requesting that classes be taught in spanish, it's just a comment in the hall way. You make up your own mind.

Let it Snow Let it Snow

It's Friday...WooHoo! I'm supposed to go out with Magpie and the Nemisis today, hopefully they won't change their minds because of the snow. We are going to get Thai food at a great restaurant I just tried last week.

Anyway, it's snowing real hard, we expect about 9 inches of snow. It looked really nice this morning when I looked out the window. The only day to enjoy the snow is actually the day tha it snows. After that then it just becomes slush and a nuisance. Enjoy it today if you can...me I'm at work already. It took me an hour and a half to get it. Mainly because you have to walk slower and the subway gets all messed up so you have to change your usual route. Speaking of work, i got my first paycheck today. Well I go my stub yesterday but it was deposited into my account today. Bigger check for me this time around and I'm contribution to my retirement plan too. I had stopped when I bought the apartment because I couldn't afford it. I looks like i'm back on track now.

Last Night

I took it upon myself to start Yoga again. I need to get into a routine and not let myself fall of the wagon again (or is it on the wagon? I never know what's what). So i went a bought myself a 20 class card that way I am committed no matter what. It also gives me a chance to get back to Manhattan, which as you know I miss dearly.

Since I haven't had a regular practice in about 6 months I'm starting slow and building back my strengh. I took a semi-into class and I felt good. I'm not completely unbalance but I am definately not the same as I used to be. Somehow, the teacher still managed to figure out that I knew more than I was leading on to know and made me do some demonstrations for the class. I'm glad I went though, it put some things back into perspective.

So far no plans for tonight but have plans for tomorrow and saturday, sunday is usually designated floatinghead rest day.

Observation

So the land that time forgot seems to be quite taken by the arrival of the Floatinghead. In sum, I think some people need to adjust and come to terms with the fact that I have boobs and that I can't hide them. I know it takes a while, but fact of the matter is, we work in Human Resources and if you stare enough it could be construed as sexual harrassment. I'm not saying anything really I think they just need an justment period. They'll get over it eventually.

Mourning the Loss

My beloved fish Stephanie died today. It was a freak accident I suppose. The nemisis was watching him during the transition period from one job to another. Although the nemisis feels very bad about this i told her she shouldn't worry because it was bound to happen, it was just his time to go.

I'm not sure if I will get a replacement fish. It's just a bit painful right now to think about it.Farewell dear stephanie, may you rest in peace.

And the depression continues

I wonder how long it will be before I snap out of this rut. For today I feel somewhat better after being completely and totally depressed all weekend long. For the most part it's little things that are adding up to my discombobulation. I lost my hat on Saturday night which put me over the edge. A little history - the hat that I have always worn during winter time belonged to my brother, he passed away when I was 7. It's not the fact the I lost the hat that gets me upset, it's the comfort that it brought to me. So now i feel like i'm missing yet another part of me which i can't replace. I was devasted and started crying in the cab on my way home. The cab driver instantly became driver/therapist on the spot. Another example of boys not being able to handle crying girls.

For the most part work went well today. i have plenty to do and have loads to think about. The fact of the matter is that they really haven't had a designated person doing this job, they just moved someone into the manager role because they needed a body. Now they've got themselves a specialist that is finding problems with everything. The only thing I'm not liking is the fact that my new boss keeps referring to me as "my assistant" which ticks me off. I'm not her assistant, i don't type for her, answer her phone or sort her mail. I'm biulding plans and programs and fixing mistakes and such. I guess she doesn't know of another way to tell people that I'm the benefits person that works with her and it's ok to come to me with questions and such.

By the way I need to clean up my apartment, it's been rather neglected because of my depression issues. I better get to it before I can't find myself here. I think cleaning will help my depression too, since it always makes me feel good when things are clean.

Also, since the year is coming to and end, i have also started working on my LISt for next year. This year went FABU since i completed 9 out of the 12 things I wanted to do. I shall update when I have the final list. For those of you that have decided to join we can keep each other motivated, just let me know.

A Floatinghead Grows in Brooklyn

Ok so now it's been like 4 days at my brand new job, and of course I have observations. I have choosen to call my new place of employment The land that time forgot, that's just for now. MainlY i was brought on board to revamp a whole lot of stuff and i'm beginning to see why. I like doing stuff like this so It's really good for me to be involved in creating and implementing and stuff.

For the most part everone is very nice and pleasant but I really really miss my friends, all of them. That's the only thing I miss from my old job, is the people. Oh, and the commute. My commute now is rough - mainly because of all the waiting. I mean just train time from my house to work is 40 minutes but all the waiting for this train and then the next connection to the other train makes it soooo much longer. The good thing is I get a seat on the subway so I basically put on my make up, eat breakfast (yes a whole breakfast) and read a book. Other than that no more news. I really miss my friends though, and the island of manhattan but i think this was meant to be in one way or another.

Xmas Tree

I would also like to mention that I put up what I can only describe as a "Charlie Brown" christmas tree. It's just over a foot tall and I have it on one of the side tables in the livingroom. I don't have the energy to put up a big tree and frankly i'm not home enough. So I decorated the little tree and that's the end of that. I did make a really nice reef for the front door. That I am very proud of.

Brand New Day

I have to start off by saying that this weekend was very refreshing. I got to spend some time with the pickles on Friday night since they were in town briefly. Although I could have enjoyed the few hours more had it not been for "Aunt Kill Joy" intruding on our time. But what the hey, she's not my aunt so I can't do nothing about that.

Saturday I had lunch with Magpie and the Nemisis, it was good. Then we went to Target, also good and then we hung out in my apartment. I am sure gonna miss seeing those guys on a daily basis. ANyway, I bought a few things and managed to spend more money than i thought. I keep thinking about it because i;m still not sure of what it was exactly that I bought.I have to say that now that I'm into boots products I have to stay away from target. But they just smells and feel so darn good i can't help it.

So I started my new job today. I feels good to leave work with now stress. Everyone was very nice today, so i have no nicknames and no anecdotes for now. Soon enough I think someone will get on my nerves enough for me to come up with a name for them. I'm really looking forward to this new part of my life. I can't believe the amount of stress that exists in the 7th circle of hell and what management gets away with. I feel for those good people that remain, and I have nothing to say to the bad people that made my life miserable. I just hope they see the light one day and realize that it's not worth it. That how we treat each other is the most important part. Who am I to tell them though. All I know is that I want to be successful and I don't want to run over people while i'm trying to get there. Tomorrow is another day. More to do more to learn.

Happy Thanksgiving

Hello everyone and welcome to the Floating head show. Happy thanksgiving to all. I would also like to extend warm Birthday wishes to my cousin Frank - Happy Birthday Man! Sorry I couldn't call but I don't have a long distance calling plan and I don't think you have a cell phone anymore. We'll catch up over the weekend.

I took this very late hour on Thanksgiving night to post on this blog because I caught myself doing exactly what I did not want to do. I actually got depressed today after dinner with the familia. So I pinpointed that holidays (this time of year in general because my it starts with my birthday and ends with the dreaded New year's eve) make me feel depressed because even though I spend it with family I really don't have a "special" someone to share these moments with. I think that I might be able to handle it better were it not for my mother's constant and annoying reminders. She always gives me this pitiful look as if I'm dying or something. So I start thinking, alot, and I get depressed. I need to snap out of it and find a method to derail these feelings without completely cutting off my mother. This blog is one of those methods, and I need to go back to yoga or something, I've been such a lazy bumm. Why does this always happen to girls? I betcha boys don't go through this.

Can I please just bang my head real hard against a wall

Seriously, I came into the 7th circle of hell, and people manage to tick me off at 8:45am. That must be some kind of record. I can't do this anymore. Thank goodness I only have today and friday. Then I get to start anew. I'm sure that after today I will feel a lot better. I just need to get through today and i'll be fine. I sound like i'm trying to convince myself or something. I guess deep down I have to believe that I'm going to walk out of here a live.

I wonder

I was just wondering what I would do with all my free time after I don't have the seventh circle of hell to complain about. I guess I can finally focus and getting back to school and doing productive things right?

Thoughts

Last night I did some thinking. Now i feel old, I'm not that old but i guess I just feel that way. It was a slow night for the airport so that gave my mind some time to wander. I also realized that I have really big knee caps. I think it looks weird but what the hey, can't do much to change my bones.

So not including today I only have 2 working days left. I'm really excited now, looking forward to doing new things and meeting new people. I am really fortunate to have this opportunity just when I needed it the most. So what do I do now you ask? Nothing. Enjoy these next few weeks with no thinking about the furture and wait for next year to come and start anew.

Fun Times

So I had an awesome time at my birthday party. I am so glad that everyone was able to come by and share at least a tad bit with me. I swear this is the only birthday I've enjoyed since I turned 7. This next year I hope is better than this one. Just to say that I completed 9 things out of 12 on my List is pretty impresive. I think I have really proven to myself that I can do anything I want, I just have to let go of other people's negative vibes. I think once I separated myself from all the negativity, my life really took off. Looking forward to '06, truly.

In other news, I went to see GOF this weekend after I sort of got over my hang over. Ok, so maybe I was a little bit hung over during the movie but that has nothing to do with how I am judging it. Needless to say I am disappointed at best. I think the whole thing is just awful (entertaining) but awful. I felt like crying at the end because I feel like all the magic of HP has been compromised because of this movie. People - read the book, strongly recommend it. It's just no other way around it. They cut a whole bunch of stuff out and added things in that were not necessary and played down most of the Triwizard tournament which was like the most exciting part of the book, and whole bunch of other stuff. But anyway, I won't corrupt your minds. See it yourself, just don't expect much.

It's My Party and I'll Cry if I want to

My official birthday was yesterday and I had a good day. Got a seat on the subway on my way into work, had Blockheads for lunch, and had a lovely dinner with Dr. Brain at a french place in the west village. Overall it was a good day.

Today I must admit i'm not doing to well emotionally. Even though I'm having a get together tonight that I am really looking forward too, the stress level here in the office is getting to me. I guess because I don't feel too well, and because I know my time here is limited so I don't have it in me to care anymore. Still being the person that I am I always want to do my best. It's hard to get stuff piled on you when you have a total of 4 working days left in the office. Some other people might have figured out that maybe by this point I shouldn't be getting more work but around here it takes some time for people to catch on. I can't let this upset me, I have to remember there is a reason why I'm unhappy here and a reason why I'm leaving. I can't help but think I was set up for failure.

Another reason for my distress is that GOF is out today. I wanted to go to the IMAX show tomorrow with Magpie and the Nemisis but I waited for my sister because she said she wanted to go. So i didn't get the ticket when I could, the show is now sold out and now my sister says she is too busy. I can't believe it....I feel like crying. I can't miss GOF this weekend. It's a tradition.

Lesson Learned

I learned a valueable lesson last night. While I was flipping channels at around 11 pm, I found a show about people trying to determine if the was a haunting in a military facility. Needless to say some creepy stuff happened and I was really scared. Why do I watch this stuff when I'm alone? That's something I will never do again unless it's 9 am and I have the rest of the day to forget about what I saw. So anyway, I wasn't able to get to sleep because I kept hearing things.

While in my state of insomnia I realized that I have a great view of the landing pattern into the airport. It's so cool so see the planes line up one by one and take the same landing path. It's also amazing to see how many planes land in the span of 10 minutes. Pretty cool!

Anyway, I'm still reading cien Años de Soledad, it's taken me such a long time to get throught it. One reason is because I've been busy with the apartment so I can't read as much as I used to, the other is that It's in spansih so it's harder for me to read it. I don't practice reading in spanish so I'm a tad slow, which is why I decided to read this book in spanish anyway. I've read it before and I loved it, the writing is awesome and the story is great.

TGIF! Count down continues, only 9 more working days in the seventh circle of hell. This weekend I hope to relax and take it easy around the house. With the exception of the Chocolate Show I don't have anything else planned for the weekend. I just want to stroll enjoy some time alone and run some errands, that's it. No more No less.

Done Deal

Ok, I'm done. I can't think about this job any more or the things that should be done but aren't. It's too early in the morning, and frankly I don't think I should waste my brain cells on that.

In any case, last night was a beautiful night. It was a nice fall evening with just the right amount of cool breeze in the air, clear skies and a crescent moon. I went to vote of course and then I had dinner at my mom's house. It feels a little weird going there just for dinner and leaving. I have been making it a point to relax more so I really ahven't done anything around the apartment. Although I did put up curtains in the living room last weekend, but that was about it. I still haven't really gotten over this cold so I take Nyquil before I go to bed. I've been thinking a lot lately, mostly about the changes I've made and how far I've come this year. Thinking is what usually gets me in trouble so I'm keeping it down to minimum. I don't want to get depressed so I'll just focus on my birthday.

12 Days.....9 days

Counting down is always fun. New developments in my life, I got a new job! Yes, you heard right I shall no longer have to deal with Helmet, Potato or LMSN. Everyone else I will miss especially team conspiracy corner. I hope you guys don't shun me from the "inner circle" just becuase I'm not around every day. Working here in the 7th circle of hell was good while it lasted, I learned a lot, made great friends and developed a new out look on life. I know what I want now, and I have to get it any way I can. So, 12 working days and counting. Then it's off to the new unknown unnamed for now workplace. It's going to be a longer commute for me, but I'm willing to trade that off for some peace of mind. I will be updating as soon as I can, I'm sure I'll have plenty to say as usual.

The other ongoing countdown is for GOF!. For those non-fans that is Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. This movie comes out in exactly 9 days and I'm already concerned about tickets and who is going and such. I'm a little more confused because it conincides with my birthday and i"m planning a little party thing, but I can't plan the party until I'm absolutely sure that I've secured GOF tickets which is rather sad. I'm sure it'll be OK but i'm still nervous. Last night I forced my self to watch Titanic just because right after that they were airing a GOF special. I watched over 3 hours of titanic just so that I wouldn't miss 15 minutes of HP. Other than that all is well, will advise when I get HP tickets so that I feel as though my life is in place.

Tired

I'm so tired. I couldn't really sleep last night because of all the coughing and my throat hurting so bad. I also have something going on where my wisdom tooth used to be. the gum hurts very badly, don't know what to do about that since I really don't have a tooth there so I can't classify that as a toothache and they don't make medicine for "gumaches" except for that ambesol thing which tastes disgusting.

Tonight I am going to see Latinologues with my sister. She got us free tickets from her job so I decided to go with her even though I feel awful today. This show is supposed to be funny so maybe a laugh or two is what I need. I'm still overwhelmed at work which is not new. I have a tough time understanding how it can be possible for people to be so demanding. I have no idea how you can call someone at work and think that you are the only one that needs to be helped. Constant demands, not just demands, but I think they are unreasonable demands that one person could not possibly fulfill. I'm surprised no one in the department has committed suicide yet. I guess we all have or support systems in place to make sure that stuff like that doesn't happen. I know most of us are probably going to rely more on "the drink" if this keeps up much longer.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween Everyone! I hope you guys are having fun, I had fun this weekend even though it wasn't directly related to Halloween but it's enough to keep this girl satisfied.

Quick updates for all. The Blazing Inferno is no more. They came to fix my radiator on friday finally after all the time i spent baking in my apartment. it turns out that the valve was broken, so they had to replace it. I have also, since then made a new appointment with the exterminator. They are coming on Saturday. They said they came to my apartment for the original appointment and noone was home. Guess what? I was right there waiting for them so I called them liars to their face. I said, "was I just waiting there for recreational purposes. I don't think sitting at home is fun. I know you never came, don't Lie! So they gave me the next available appointment. They also came to check on the buzzer which has been broken for about a week, at least that is resolved for now.

In other news, my friend CN had her birthday festivities this weekend and we had a ton of fun. Even Dr. Brain came out on friday which i found surprising. I always hang out with his friends and he never hangs out with mine so that wa quite a change. I also went to GM's house for scary movies and alcohol on saturday night. We watched the ring 2 which in my opinion was so bad it actually removed the trauma of the original movie. So now I can watch these movies and not be scared at all. I also managed, after to weeks of trying, to get myself to bed bath and beyond. I got myself a neat curtain rod! now all i have to do is put it up. Honestly I wouldn't have gone this week either but I stayed over with GM and she lives 5 blocks away from there so I nabbed the opportunity.

Main goals for today are: 1)getting some of this stuff off my desk, the piles have now grown exponentially and i think I should work on that. 2) Avoid trick or treaters at all costs. I did not buy any candy and am completely unprepared for this day. I would also like to see if I can get some rest since my weekend was so active.

Side note: My birthday month starts tomorrow so I will have to start celebrating my birthday each and everyday. Must do something fun or treat myself to something special. Nothing major until the big day though.

Exterminator

I rush home today because I have the exterminator coming in as a perventative measure. Guess what, the dude never showed up. Nothing aggravates me more than people that don't show up when they are supposed to. Tomorrow, I'll call the maintanence office again to see what excuse they come up with. Geez! well I'm only supposed to focus on the positive so I can't dwell on this too much.

Also, my birthday is coming up in a couple of weeks and i thought I would point out that every year around this time I get really depressed for one reason or another. Well, this year I am trying to catch myself getting into that mood before it happens to see if I can prevent it. I don't know what causes it, it just happens. We'll see.

Blazing Inferno

I'm home tonight I didn't go out. It's raining pretty hard out. I went to Vela with my sister and her friends last night. We had fun, well at least I had fun. Today I woke up pretty late so i didn't get to do anything that I wanted to do. I woke up at 2 and then talked on the phone a while, took a shower and watched some movies while eating a tuna sandwich. Just so you know my apartment is a blazing inferno. It seems they are a little over enthusiastic with the heat here so i have all the windows open and am walking around in shorts like it's summer time. I called maintanance and of course they have done nothing about it because it's a weekend and they don't do anything during the weekend unless it's an emergency. So for now i have to think that I'm in a really hot dry spot like the desert and see if I don't die of heat exhaustion. Maybe tomorrow I'll go to Bed Bath and Beyond like I planned.

Blockhead's Friday

I'm sure all of you know by now what blockhead's friday is. So I got paid today and I'm giving it my best effort to have a good day, part of having a good day involves having blockhead's for lunch. Yum.

In any case, I'm trying to keep my social calendar somewhat full again. I've been involved in some hermit like behavior that I am not to thrilled about. Sure I have stuff to do at home, but there is only so much indoor time I can have. Also, I have to watch how much I spend so I'm looking for low budget activities. My weekend will consist of the following:

1. Today I'm going to a lounge with my sister and some of her friends for a change.

2.I wanted to go see the Van Gogh exhibit at the Met. But I also do realize it's the first weekend that it's here so it might be packed.

3.I need to go to Bed Bath and Beyond.

4.I might possibly go to Ikea, we'll see.

That's it for now, this week I have a few things that I need to secure so more updates on that when those plans are finalized.

Let's all take a moment

It seems that we can't just ever sit and relax and contemplate on our lives and what we have. Life is a rush rush of everything, information, drama, pettiness and garbage. I came to this realization while talking to Momma Pickle last night on the phone. We usually lend each other moral support and try to keep ourselves grounded. It seems that for the most part in our life we spend time thinking of what we don't have and what we wish we had - meanwhile we completely take for granted what we do have.

As a resolve we are going to focus this quarter on the positive things in our life and try to enjoy what we have, good friends, family, nice sunny days and Blockheads friday! It's difficult to do this becuase we usually condition ourselves to think in the opposite direction. Since this quarter we have had our depressive state (for one day) we are no longer allowing ourselves to dwell on these yucky things that make us feel bad.

I hope I cant ruly pull this off and that I learn from it so that I can help other people as well.

Two for the What?

One more thing, I went to see Two for the Money (pre-full blown illness) with Dr. Brain. Although the acting was very good and i think (I'm not sure now don't quote me or anything) that the story line had some substance, I'm not so sure I liked it. Don't get me wrong I love sports, I'm a chick that can watch any sport but this movie was about gambling on football and frankly, I'm not to good at that. So I couldn't follow it very well. I think it was a tad bit boring to tell the truth, you can tell I did not pick it. Boys!

Nasty Yuck Yuck

Those are the words I choose to describe my recent past. I have been sick, very, very sick. I have what I think is a really nasty cold and I sound like one of the adults in the charlie brown cartoon. I still sound funny, but I feel a lot better.

The move went well I think. I still have boxes and I can still here my echo but I'm liking living by myself. I thought I would feel lonely or that it would feel weird but somehow it doesn't. It feels so normal to just come home and do stuff around the house. It also feels good to know that this is mine, technically the bank owns it because they loaned me the money, but all the same.

Not much news else where, just really tired and waiting for things to be a little bit calmer. Work is still hectic so I won't go into detail. The thought of it makes me nautious.

Get a Grip, Seriously!

Dudes, work is getting "ruffer" by the minute. Every day it's a new problem and new crap to deal with, meanwhile all the other stuff that has been piling on my desk is still there, collecting dust. So I brought some stuff home that I can get done in the comfort of my own couch. My friend "E" tells me, and I quote "That's why they give you work, because they know you will get it done no matter what. That's why they will always give you more work." I have to say this struck a nerve and is making me think. Bottom line, E, thinks I should not bring work home because I'm not paid to work round "da" clock. All that agree comment "Ai".

On to other topis, I got my order of really nifty soap today. It came faster than I expected. I love my soaps because they are hand made right here in the good ol' U.S. of A. I'm such a dork. All I can talk about is work and soap and this new apartment, which while we are on the subject I have to say has consumed my whole life. I feel like I can't get anythign else done until I have everything fixed and in it's place, which is completely unrealistic I know. My compulsive list making self is just dieing to take over and make a list of everything that I need, everything that needs to get done and everything that has been done thus far. I'm trying really hard not to let that happen because when it does I'm sure to hold myself to completing the list in a timely fashion.

I so need to make plans for this weekend!

Rainy Day

It's been really dreary the past couple of days in this neck of the woods. Today it is raining, as they say, cats and dogs. I made it to work, but I made it completely wet. For some reason it rains inside my umbrella too, which i think is not supposed to happen. I wore a rain coat but it is a short one so it didn't help much. I'm liking my new commute to work, it's shorter on regular days. Not recently thought because since its so rainy the subway always has problems. I do like the fact that someone on a block on the way to the subway has a patch of sunflowers that they grew in the front yard. FYI - sunflowers are my fave flower, they make me smile. The sunflowers though have fallen to one side since they grew so big so they don't look good anymore. Another person on the corner makes up for it though with a big patch of daisies in their front yard, those flowers manage to look good even in the rain.

Wadda Day

Today was a rough (very ruff) day at work. Mostly because of system problems yet again and things like that. So we are working continuously to fix stuff and then find out that more stuff is in need of fixing.

That being said, I am totally amped by the fact that I got cable today. I have a TV that I can watch and I have a new super cool cable connection for my computer which I think is awesome. I must say I ordered my computer desk today so right now I'm typing on the floor which is where my computer currently resides. Up to now I was living the life of dial up which is totally not cool, but it did the trick.

Speaking of tricks, I think I may have a housewarming/halloween party. I started doing the evite but I don't want to invite so many people. I know I have toinvite all my friends and granted that not everyone will be able to come but I don't know if I'm ready to "host". Maybe I'm just so tired from all the work I'm just looking at it as added work instead of a cool hang out thing. In any event I have to go take a shower now because Mommie Dearest I found out is on at 8:30pm. I need to make sure I don't have any wire hangers.

Holla!

Thought I would take the opportunity of slight silence in my office to update everyone on what's been happening. I finally am moved and almost done with most things that are apartment fixing, but I am still not unpacked and don't know when that's going to be done. The cable people are coming today from 10 to 2. My mom is waiting for them to come as well as the maintanence people that need to fix my kitchen.

That being said I like the way my new place is shaping up. It was a lot of hard work but it is all worth it in the end. Once I get cable and my computer is set up I'll feel a lot better because now I feel as though I'm disconnected from the world without a way to find out stuff.

I am not going to update the count, it's just too painful. Suffice it to say that all my nails are broken and all my muscles still hurt. Hope everyone else is having a fabu time in whatever endeavors you are currently pursuing. Toodles for now.

Clean, Paint, Pack and Move

My life for the past 4 days has been completely consumed by the drama of moving. I am so tired, sleepy, all my muscles hurt and I think the paint fumes are starting to get to me. I think I go through withdrawal when I leave the apartment because I can't think straight or function properly or anything. It's like I;m in a daze for a while and then I go back into the fumes and I'm a painting machine. The drive comes from the fumes I betcha!

Developments so far, well I have almost completely repainted the apartment. All that is left is the foyer and the kitchen and I have to bring in reinforcements for that. I'm expecting more maintanence people, deliveries you name it they are coming. I thought that since I only had a few things and nor real furniture that this move would be a piece of cake. No cake in sight! I have a lot of stuff that I didn't even know about. Fine, the shoes were accounted for before, but still what's with all the stuff.

I'm very thankful that my family has been helping me with this because if it weren't for them I would have quit a long time ago. I have wanted to cry everyday from all the time I have to talk to people, to get maintanence to fix stuff to get stuff delivered to tell people what to paint in what color, it can be a bit overwhelming. I guess it's all going to be worth it eventually.

Nothing else really going on besides that Mom and Mini Pickle are supposed to be coming over this weekend but that's not for sure yet. Oh, almost forgot the tally...8 cans of paint, 3 trips to home depot, 2 temper-tantrums (on my part), 2 pulled muscles and one broken nail so far. I won't even sum up the cost or I'm likely to start to cry. More updates as I get access to a computer with internet connection.

Yay Closing!

It has come, it has finally come. The day that I can close on the apartment and start moving in. Tomorrow I will pay a lot of money to basically get a set of keys and call this apartment my new home. I am extremely excited. I can't believe all the struggles are now over and I can move on to the struggles of painting, clean and dealing with installation people of all sorts. I guess i feel like I deserve a moment in the sun for this, I want everyone that I know to share this experience with me. I guess this is how some people feel when the get a brand new toy that they just can't believe they got. Except this is a really big toy that I get to live in. This is so cool! DId I say that already?

Dalai Lama Visit

So I went to see the Dalai Lama at Rutgers University. He really is a very nice, smart dude that is down to earth even though he has all this Holiness and stuff. Put it to you this way, it would be nice to just sit with him one dat and have tea and discuss life and all that good stuff.

Dr. Lama made some pretty good points about war and how it's an outdated concept. He also talked about compassion and how we are all on commuity and depend on each other to exist. I have already thought about these things and always wonder why some people don't get it. We are all the same and no matter where you live people are people. We all depend on each other and need each other to exist. Some people think violence is the answer, but it hasn't given us much in recent days, what makes us continue to think that it will make things better?

All in all it was good to listen to him speak. Although I expected to be much more enlightened than I was. I guess I was really tired and also it's a bit hard to understand him sometimes. The volume at the stadium sounded awful low and his accent made it hard to decipher some things he said at time. In any event, I think he is a good spiritual leader and all people can learn from him.

Target Baby! & the Dalai Lama

I am so excited about my trip to target tonight. I don't know why, I feel like it's new year's eve and I'm counting down the time, but it's not time for a new year time to go to target. I have to get several necessary items for my new pad (which I still have not moved into) but might as well get stuff when I can. Plus I got paid today!

Nothing much else going on. I do need to mention that I'm going to see (and hear) the Dalai Lama speak this weekend. I think it's just what I need to settle me down during these troubled times. People always find it weird that I, a Roman Catholic, can practive Buddhism and Hinduism at once (I read the Life of Pi because someone told me that I could Pi due to all my religions). But you know what, I believe it makes me more well rounded in my spirituality. I'm not a hard-core anything but I do have certains beliefs about morals and other stuff like that.

Chit Chat

I figured since other people have time to chit chat around the printer I could take a few moments to blog and collect my thoughts.

It looks like the apartment thing is going to be finalized this week after a long and painful process. As far as I understand it, everything is done and taken care of, I'm just waiting for a date which should be no later than friday. I'm starting to get excited again about the move. The feeling of excitement was lost since I was mainly aggavated for a long time about how this was taking so long. Now I'm looking at things to buy and work that I have to do. My new favorite store is target. I wish I could just go right now and buy everything that I need, but I need to pace myself since I need to make sure I don't completely run out of money. I have gotten some "donated" items which really helps me out. Starting with nothing at all kinds sucks but at least you get to shop more that way.

Coincidence....may be not

May day started off a little rough today because I had a "verbal dispute" with my landlord today. I am so grateful that I am moving out of that apartment, that guys is a total jackass. I brought it to his attention that I changed the locks of the apartment in light of my pursue being stolen and showed him the bill. I wasn't expecting him to pay me back but thought maybe he'll pitch in or something. He got all bent out od shape saying those people (meaning locksmiths) ripp you off and that he's not paying for that. So I got upset because of the dumb way he responded. So i told him it was an emergency and that he doesn't live on the premises and i did not have his phone number so i could reach him. He says to me that I should have woken up my neighbors at 2 a.m. to get his number. So it went on from there. I got really upset and spoke to him in avery condesending tone.

After that encounter first thing in the morning, I got on the subway and getting off at grand central some has the nerve to grab my butt! Can you believe that! I couldn't tell who it was because it was too crowded so I just kept walking. What I really wanted to do was kick some one because I was already upset but I missed my chance. Anyway, I hear Cristian Slater has issues with groping, quite the coincidence isn't it. He wouldn't happen to take the 7 train and get off at Grand Central station would he? Just thought it might have been him, you never know.

Harry Potter Movie

Forgot to mention that I'm super amped about the new Harry Potter movie. It's coming out in november and I just can't wait. The trailer is out already if you haven't already seen it, check it out.

Harry Potter Trailer

Greetings and Salutations to All

I feel like slowly but surely all the pieces of my life are coming together. I got my debit card last week and my driver's license was in the mail on Saturday. My wallet is whole once more. Now I have to send some stuff in to the bank so that they can credit my account for the metrocards that were bought with my debit card.

I also spoke to my lawyer today. It's a shame that you have to be rude to people in order for them to take you seriously. Now he is being helpful and actually getting some stuff done. No, I still don't have a closing date. It's ridiculous, but now I have just given up to the fact that it's not my fault it's taken so long.

I guess if anything the experience has taught me patience. I still don't have any patience but maybe I'll "grow" to appreciate all the troubles I've seen in recent days. It's really hard to just sit ans wait for other people to do stuff for you though, i'm so used to doing stuff for myself all the time, it's hard to give up the control.

Mini Time Out

Well I thought I would take a mini time out from work and just catch up on some blogging and stuff. It's still very hectic at work, at least for some of us, so I continue to be stressed out here. That's not really new but I figured I would let people know anyways.

Also on my sh*t list is my lawyer. I know buying a home is stressful but I shouldn't have to yell at you for you to get stuff done. I went off on him the other day (I even told him I would cry) because he wasn't helping me out. He just seemed to be strolling along as if twirling in a meadow. Meanwhile I'm doing all the work. Maybe, I think, I should pay myself. I told him it is unacceptable that I have to hear things from different people and that I don't know what I need to sign or not sign to get this done. So, I think the threat to cry must have scared him because now he's actually being proactive, and calling me and stuff. So there you have it, boys really can't even handle the threat of a woman crying.

News

Time for me to put my two cents in, since I feel as though I haven't really been keeping up with any of the important stuff that is going on in the world today. For example: Isreal. I know what we have been consumed by all that is Katrina and it's disaster, but this is a moment in history that will affect all of us and should not be overlooked. We have had to pay severely for our involvement in the middle east crisis, now is not the time to keep Americans in the dark. I'm surprised VoxInfo has not touched on this subject some more. Check out this link:

www.nypost.com/news/worldnews/53394.htm

In other news, I voted yesterday. Yes, technically I am a registered democrat so I decided to exercise my right to vote. So I voted for Weiner, the only reason for that is that he is the guy with the next highest projection of votes and I really did not want Ferrer to win. I don't like that guy, I think he is fake and would do no good to the city. I don't know why I feel so strongly about it but I just do, to put it in simpler terms: he gives me the creepy crawlys. From what I hear Ferrer did not get enough votes to win the nom so we'll probably have another go at it. Check it out:

www.nypost.com/news/regionalnews/53368.htm

P.S. I also voted for public advote even though I didn't know any of the candidates. I thought to myself, I'm already in the booth, so might as well vote for some one on there. So I voted for some guy named cabbagestalk only because he has a funny name. It's a silly reason to vote for him, but at least I voted, and he didn't win.

Chocolate

I feel like a total pig. These past two days I have completely thrown caution to the wind and have eaten chocolate like chocolate is a major food group or like I have chocolate deficiancy like it's a vitamin. Which reminds me that I should take my multi-v's. So why can't I stay away from chocolate, you know why because it makes my day a heck of a lot better! that's why. I know it shouldn't be like that but I firmly believe that I handle myself better when I have chocolate in my system. I defeats the purpose of all the other good stuff that I try to do for my body like eat organice food and vegetables but I don't care. I feel good right now, that's all that matters.

Nothing New

Nothing really new to say. I'm really aggravated. The whole apartment purchase is very stressful. I officially hate my lawyer, my mortgage officer, the seller and everyone else in between. Between that and work still being disgustingly overwhelming I have my hands full. Peachy! Oh, I just wish I could be on vacation to unwind and relax a bit, and still get paid. I'll keep wishing......

P.s. my weekend was good. I went out with friends on Friday, and went to a BBQ/Housewarming on Saturday. It was a nice distraction from the norm. After the BBQ we all went bowling. I didn't play I was just a cheerleader, nonetheless I had fun.

Pigeon Poop

I thought I would let everyone know that while I was out to lunch on Friday I had the pleasure of being pooped on by a new york city pigeon. I realized that the poop had gotten on my very expensive coach bag, thank goodness it didn't get on my white linen jacket. After being back at work for a few minutes I realized i had poop in my hair too. Funniest thing is that everyone tells me it's good luck. Lucky for what exactly?

Break Time

Right now I'm feeling a tad overwhelmed so I thought I would take a break from work. I'm having one of those days where there is so much to do I don't even know where to start. Does anyone have any ideas?

I know that instead of blogging I should be trying to find out which way is up and try to make sense out of what's on my desk, but when I have too much information thrown at me at once, my brain tends to shut down. Today I thought to myself that I would come in and get some paperwork done but instead my phone has not stopped ringing all morning. Sometimes I feel like I don't make any progress here no matter how much I do. Then we have the "time hoggers" which are those people that no matter how many times you answer their questions, and help them, they keep coming back for more. Time hoggers please chill!. Truth is I need help, I can't do it all on my own, and I have to understand that there is only so much I can do in one day.

Break time over, back to work.

Thief!

So my weekend was interesting. My purse was stolen on saturday night (or you might say sunday morning). It's one of those things that make you wonder how it happened because I never left the purse unattended it was on the table by my side the whole time, but I was entertained talking to friends so I guess the thief saw opportunity. It really bothers me that this kind of stuff happens. I know it's new york city but why would you delibrately take someoneelse's stuff.

In any event, I'm just aggravated that I had to spend a ton of money replacing my stuff, mor so because I decided to change all my locks since I am more careful than most. Hey, I thought to myself, some creap out there has my driver's license and the keys to my apartment, they just managed to take my stuff while I'm right there so they may or may not decide to go to my house and take the rest of my stuff. I wasn't about to risk it. In a way I felt kind of stupid but it happens to the best of us. I'm glad nothing worse happened and that everything that was in that bag was replaceable. Still, my space was invaded and it feels yucky. Good thing I have a lot of cop friends, not that they are out looking for my bag or anything but somehow it makes me feel better when they come to my house to check up on me and stuff. In total so far it's cost me $600 and the thief ended up with $100 cash and a metrocard.

Somehow it doesn't seem worth it but I wonder what the situation of that other person is. You never know why someone is driven to do stuff like this, I would like to think its more out of need but some people can be just plain violent and distrubed. I don't see how stealing like this would make you rich so I highly doubt it's greed. I guess that's something I would just never know.

Hooooooray!

I'm happy that this week is over and that I can now move on to the long weekend. I heard that my closing is going to be next week so I am going to take advantage of all the labor day sales and do some shopping for the new apartment.

I'm so happy that this finally came through for me. I know it's expensive and that I'm going to be on a serious budget from now on but at least I'm doing something that I always really wanted to do. On to other news, the pickles are coming down this weekend so I'm happy that I'm going to see them too. Yay! The week is over.

Brand New Day

Today is a brand new day. It's gorgeous weather outside and should the weather should continue this way through the weekend. Good thing because it's a holiday weekend so we get a whole three days off.

I intend to use these days to begin shopping for my new furniture. There are plenty of sales going on that I need to take advantage of. While I'm on the topic, I refuse to have another bad day today. I will not let my mother, my work, my co-workers, my lawyer, my mortgage officer, or any boys ruin my day. I absolutely cannot stress out. We'll see how long that lasts. In any event, I shall be moving forward trying not to think too much about crap.

M&M's

I notice the weird way that I eat M&m's. I have to empty out the whole package and line up the M's by color. The I absolutely need to eat the color with the least M's first. Then build up to the most M's of the next color and so on.

I find this strangely amusing that I just can't eat whatever M's without lining them up.

Regular

Not much really to say. I am ready to finalize the plans of my move and can't wait to just have that over and done with. The fun part is really decorating and furnishing the place so that's what I'm looking forward too.

Maybe I should back up a bit. I haven't really been blogging about this so some people may be lost. I have purchased an apartment so that I ma finally think of myself as truly independent with a mortgage and everthing. All is done, approved, stamped and sealed except I don't have a closing date. That being said I'm happy that I'm moving but sort of scared too. It's a big commitment and a ginourmous step for me to take, but it was on my "List" and I got it done.

Anywho, I shall be updating as I get closer to the move and will let everyone know of the housewarming festivities. Wish me luck in not losing my mind the next few days.

Working on a Saturday Morning

And the saga continues. I am working on saturday which wouldn't be so bad if I actually knew at what time I'm getting off but I don't know. At least I got some much needed rest last night so I don't feel as tired and I know that my phone won't be rining off the hook today. So, that being said, what I really wanted to do today was go to the park. It's a nice day and I figured I would head outdoors and do something active. I wanted to go blading today but doesn't look like it's going to happen.

Better get to work, just saw Lord Helmet pass by.

Flower Attack

Interesting to see how people react when you get flowers sent to your office. I got flowers from the Pickle Family yesterday, just a little congratulations note. They are so sweet, they sent sunflowers which are my favorites.

So out of all the lazy people that I work with, I've never seen them move so fast. All they wanted to know if who sent the flowers to me. I didn't feel like telling them because it's just not their business. It just amazes me what they have the energy for.

Lazy People

Well another day another dollar. Yesterday I couldn't stay late because I had a doctor's appointment but I did come in early today. I feel so bad for those that stayeed until 11pm or later yesterday. That really takes a toll on you, hope you get to sleep in today.

What I don't like are those people that complain every single second first thing in the morning. We know we are involved in this project for whatever reason, the work needs to be done. Why do you have attitude? You know some people are actually working harder than you are! There is no motivation whatsoever. Partly I understand, we are overworked and underpaid, but do you really need to frown at everything and make it completely obviuos that you are just going to sit in your chair hoping that no one sees you so that you get no work and wait and hope that some one finds you only after all the work is done.

Well I am going to try and get some stuff off my desk until I here some news from the war room.

Midnight Oil

I didn't get to burn the midnight oil as anticipated last night, they sent a few of us home early like around 9 since we didn't get the file that we needed. Today we had to be here at 6:30am though, so being as I didn't sleep last night I am kinda burning that midnight oil after all.

My question for today is why are people so lazy? So lazy infact that they don't want to use their brain. I know it's early but it's not that early.

What the Eff!

I'm taking a break from work right now. It's a much needed and well deserved break since we have been informed that we are staying here till the wee hours. And these are really wee hours like 12 midnight and 2 am. (Say it with me - what the eff!) The reason why we are all so busy is because we are switching all of the payroll and HR systems at once. For those select few that have been chosen to be a part of this, it's going to be a long night.

On another note, my hair has managed to stay flat for the past 2 days in a row. Why you ask? because the weather is cooperating. It's been really nice out both yesterday and today. Yesterday I made it a point to leave at 5 and I'm glad I did. I was able to catch Jaws at Bryant Park which was the last movie of the film festival. It was a gorgeous evening. I went with GM.

Today I shall enjoy a long work day so no nice weather for me.

Sweet Soap

I started using the soap that Magpie brought me from England and I love it. It smells sooooo good and doesn't feel slimy at all like regular soap. I especially enjoy the fact that it makes my whole bathroom (NY sized of course) smell awesome. Thanks for the wonderful soap.

Not so groovy......

It's Friday, and even though this is usually the time of the week I feel groovy, I don't today. I'm annoyed at the world and very irritable. I'm trying to curb my mood by listeining to spanish music, mainly merengue, which manages to make me upbeat if I listen to it enough.

Anyway, I'm hoping this weekend I can just relax and not think so much. I also need to get a few things in order around the house. I want to go to the beach tomorrow, GM will most likely come with as she's been wanting to go to the beach as well. If I don't get to the beach I will hang out in Central Park, tomorrow is supposed to be a nice day so I want to be outdoors.

Random Thoughts

I had refreshing dinner today with friends and have managed to put my mind in overdrive. How in the world did that happen? I already think too much as it is and don't need any excess "to do's" on my mind.

It has suddenly occurred to me that although I have done a lot I still have so much more to learn and so much more I want to do. I want to advance my career, I want to go to graduate school, I want to make my business grown, I want to help others, I want to spend more time with family and friends, I want to have more fun (and more sleep), I want to find love, etc. etc.....That's a lot of wanting for such a tiny person. As always I think that maybe I should come up with a plan, and it has to have at least 10 points. But then again, I always have a plan.

This time I think I'll tackle one thing at a time and try not to panic. At least I've acknowledged that I have a lot that I want to accomplish and need to do something about it if nothing else. After tomorrow I'm sure that I'll feel better as I expect to have something resolved (for the most part) after tomorrow night.

By the way, for those that are familiar with the concept of "The List", all this wanting stuff is in addition to all the things that are already on the list. Any advice and input is welcome.

Delirious

I feel as though I am caught in a terrible torando, sort of like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz, and been violently thrown into a land of make believe. I've been horrible busy at work, putting in crazy hours and all sorts of junk. I now run on caffeine and sugar. Those are the 2 major food groups. Lord Helmet runs a tight ship you know.

Mrs. Potatohead has managed to annoy me every single moment of every day. I personnally think she's made it her life persuit to create termoil in the office when it's not necessary. We have now formally assigned a name to another one of the characters in the office, she will now be known as Little Miss Snot Nose. We may or may not shorten that to LMSN for typing purposes.

Anyway, next week the situation will most likely be worse but who knows. The nemisis and I are trying to keep up beat which is extremely hard because we expect the worse.

Godmother

Friday is coming up so I'm excited and ready for the weekend. I'm ready to rest and have some off time. This week has been pretty hectic at work so I haven't been around as much.

Mini-Pickle is being Christened on sunday and I have been named GodMother so that's really exciting for me, I've never been godmother before and don't know what it's going to be like. I wonder if it's anything like being the Godfather, not just anygodfather the Godfather. Do I get a pinky ring that everyone has to kiss? Does everyone now call me Godmother? That would be cool.

Nothing else really in my plans. Just lounge around the house and take in some leisure time. Almost done with Animal Farm, i have some pretty interesting takes on it but I won't go into it now. Maybe tomorrow after I'm done.

Honorable Mention

It is with deep regret that I must inform to you that Killer (my Venus Fly Trap)has died. I guess it was only a matter of time since I only fed it once.

How Rude!

I can't help but think that people don't take me seriously because I'm a young single woman.

I went to take care of some business that I had to handle with the local neighborhodd housing program. I had to attend some seminar thing to get a certificate to show to my bank, so I'm there and 2 other ladies are there. The seminar was to last 1 teenie tiny hour so I thought to myself this is going to be painless. Thought to quick. It appears as though the man running the "show" (for lack of better word) thought I was an airhead. At each point he thought it would be fair to ask "are you following us ok?". Needless to say I was livid, livid at the fact that out of the 3 women there I was the most informed (I could have done his job if I wanted to) but was thought to be the most ignorant. This really pissed me off because people judge you before they know you and that is just not right.

I left without saying a word. I just thought to myself that this idiot probably just met someone way smarter than he is and did not realize it or want to acknoweldge my success at an early age. Maybe if he would have stopped looking at my boobs and looked in my eyes he would have realized it.

Fat

I am having one of those days where I feel fat. I feel big and uncomfortable and yucky. I wonder why that is? I know it has nothing to do with actual weight, maybe I'm just retaining water. It's just so disgusting to feel this way.

Not Much

I had a pretty good weekend if you would like to know. I went to see Aterciopelados (colombian rock in spanish) on Saturday since they were playing Summerstage at Central Park. They are pretty good, I'm getting old thought I think because towards the end of the show I just thought the music was too loud. I'm the only Granma in there wishing people would be quite and the music were a little softer. After theat we went to see Wedding Crashers, which was funny. Yesterday I just rested all day. I didn't even do the things that i wanted to do around the house. I'm such a lazy bum but sunday was meant for rest.

We will be having a ruough week this week since we have been already told that we have to stay late to meet some deadline. Tomorrow I'm off to take care of some business. More to come on that subject, but I'm off to work for now.

Dread

It's sunday night, the night before the beginning of a new work week. Thinking about it my eye has already begun to twitch, which I believe cannot be a good sign. In any event, it's time to go back and deal with the usual office characters which by the way have a new addition. Cruela de Vil has joined the cast of annoying people that I have to deal with. She thinks that because she's upper management (not part of my department by the way) she can come into my office, even though I am clearly on the phone, and proceed to demand things. She's such a (insert whatever nasty word you feel like saying here because she is most certainly all of them).

I had a good weekend I think, had a date on Friday which I had to say went well and I went to a wedding in Albany on saturday. The wedding was beautiful, outdoors, gorgeous day everything was dandy that it until people started to dance. I commend them for trying, but indeed I had never seen that much bad dancing collectively in one place ever. No one had any rhythm, that's something I don't understand. I just kept shaking my head the whole time. I do give them credit for trying and and a bit of advice, if you don't have rhythm, waving your hands in the air all the time while trying to dance just makes it worse.

In other news.......

After all that venting I should let you know that I went to Yoga last night at Integral as I mentioned before. I am happy with the way the studio is set up and the way they teach so I'm pretty sure that's where I will be going from now on. The commute (work to studio, studio to home) is not as bad as I thought it was going to be. I should have gone there from the get go like everyone told me instead of putting myself through the pain of "Debbie" twice over. Anyhoo, I've down graded from a level 3 to level 2 for now and I'm glad I did. Since I haven't had a steady pratice in the past 2 months I've lost some of my strength and need to gain it back before attempting a full practice. I think in about a month I will be back to the level 3 and on my way to inner peace again. Om Shanti!

Restless Fans

To all the restless fans that have been eagerly awaiting a new post from me, I apologize for the delay. I've been rather distracted so I haven't really been posting even though I have a lot to say.

As you all know, Harry Potter rules my life now. This year it's taken me a long time to finish the book (due to life distractions) but I'm not complaining, so far so good.

I'n other news, Tinky Winky managed to make me so angry yesterday I almost physically harmed her. Although that would be difficult being that all she would have to do is sit on me and I would be crushed by her massive ass...she sent a real nasty e-mail to me and copied of course the world. Do you know how upset that makes me? I on the other hand made my anger known to Mrs. Potatohead. Of course I never learn, being as she doesn't back up her staff this incident ended up being my fault and she went of with her buddy Tinky Winky. Oh! how much I dislike them both! But they are truly made for each other.

I just don't get why you have to be nasty to someone, much less why do you have to copy the world on a stinking e-mail. Seriously people, have some common courtesy. It's bad enough we have to put up with crap from employees in this office but why should we have to deal with nasty co-workers too. Needless to say, I think I need to find a way out soon, I don't think I should have to deal with stupid people in higher management level positions unless they are smarter than I am which they are not. Can you tell that I'm still upset about this?

No Yoga

I didn't get a chance to make it to yoga class today. It's ok though because it was a pretty entertaining day so I wasn't bad.

Sleep

I need sleep, I couldn't get any rest last night because of the heat. I couldn't turn on the AC because the power kept going off. Not a happy camper today. I'm going to try yoga at Intergral today, I'm sure it will be better than that other icky place.

Now I have to do some work I guess and stay awake (Hell to the No!). (Special comment for the Nemesis :-))

Lubricant

It seems like I always have an "observation" about someone at work, for the most part Mrs. Potatohead. So, today she's talking tome about her kid, which she just started on day care. So, she's talking to me right and saying that finding a good sitter is tough and that good babysitters make a lot of money and how they don't have to market themselves if they are good because everyone knows about them and they get a lot of work. Then she proceeds to tell me that "if you are a good babysitter you make good money, because baby sitting is a very lubricant business". I kid you not she said that to me. I held it in, I really did an awesome job of not laughing in her face, but I did immediately turn around and went right into the nemesis' cube for a good laugh. You know she's probably said that to other people to and nobody corrects her. Hey who wouldn't be confused, lubricant, lucrative, there the same word right?

Great

I had a very good weekend, tiring but good. I went to that yoga class again. It was a real drag having to go through the pain again but I had already paid for it so I figured it wou;dn't hurt. This time Jocelyn a.k.a Debbie was describing poses as "supermodelly", and saying would should stay in the "situation" - "make sure sure you keep the same leg situation" or "find the situation that is most comfortable to you. I mean, I've been guilty of referring to things as a situation, but not when it comes to yoga. P.S. stopping in the middle of class to do sit ups is not acceptable, thats not why people do yoga.

So, I went to Lady Di's housewarming and had a ton of fun. There were a few people and lots of drinking and dancing. You know you are having an awesome party if the police come to break up the fun. I met up with Pupihead on sunday and also went to my sister's house for dinner. That's pretty much it. I already have a few things lined up for next weekend so it might be rough. I have to stay home on Saturday morning for my ritual of waiting for the UPS/FedEx guy to come with my Harry Potter book. After that I'm free but not before.

5 days, 5 days to HP6!

London

I must say that the events that took part today in London are horrifying. I can't believe that people still believe that killing each other is the way to a "better" life. We should realize that life is too short and there are other things that we can be focusing on like helping each other and learning to accept people as they are.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8494354

Happy 4th

Well this weekend was long and good. The bad part is having to come back to work. I couldn't even get up today I was so tired. I did go to PA on Saturday but I didn't make it to the second party. We got lost on the way there so I couldn't just make an apperance, I had to stay. Sunday I hung out with V-pickle all day, just kinda stayed around my house and talked and stuff. Monday I went to the beand and a BBQ with the G-Unit. It was fun, but going all the way down to the Jersey Shore can be tiring.

The good news for today is that Magpie is coming back to live in NYC again. I also did best best at work today being that I was so tired. I think I put in a good 10% effort and came out victorious in my quest not to think all day. Tomorrow I think I'm going to a yoga class at that horrible studio again. I know I have my issues with them but I already paid for it so might as well try it.

It's Saturday and a Three day weekend

Also wanted to advise all of what my goings on will be for this weekend which is not much. I'm going to a birthday party in Pennsylvania of all places. That should be quick, I'll make an apperance and leave. Already I feel like a celebrity. Then I was supposed to come back into the city for another birthday party in the evening but I'm not sure if I want to go now, I have to check with my sister to see if she is going. (Note to self: need to get eyebrows done today before I leave). I have nothing on the schedule for tomorrow and I have a BBQ with the G-unit on Monday.

So far saturday morning has treated me well, I woke up to the sounds of birds chirping (yes in NYC you can have that) because my window is open. There is such a nice breeze coming through which is soothing compared to the weather we've been having. There also seems to be a muslim man praying/chanting, not sure which, but for some odd reason I think that it's really cool and enjoy the sounds of that.

Also I finished the Secret Life of Bees which was an awesome book, but I'm not picking up another book because Harry Potter is coming out in like 14 days. I'm saving my reading energy for that.

It wouldn't be the same

It just wouldn't be the same if I didn't share a "comment" about Mrs. Potatohead. Her birthday was yesterday so of course everyone in the office must know it's her birthday and talk about it all day. Good thing I was with Nemesis in another part of the floor I didn't have to hear it for most of the day, however when I got back to my desk at 4pm she was at it. It seems like they have no consideration for people that actually do work! I wasn't at my desk all day so I was really backed up and wanted to concentrate on getting a few things out of the way before I left. That of course did not happen because Mrs. Potatohead and five of her "friends" (who(m) believe you me will have names assigned to them very shortly, one of them I already call Jabba the Hut which is very appropriate if you look at her carefully)carrying on like their at a party laughing and screaming and making so much noise I couldn't even hear the voices in my head anymore!

Anywho, at that point I decided it wasn't worth the effort so I organized the piles on my desk and went to have drinks with NC.I'm glad that some people are allowed to have so much fun at work while others get worked to the bone. How equitable! (Sigh)

Week Wrap Up

I really have been meaning to blog all week but it didn't start a good week for me to I kept the information to myslef until now. I felt really sick on Sunday and had to go to the emergency room. The left side of my body was numb so I figured that if anything merits me being in the ER this was it. So I went into the NYU ER. I was expecting to see lots of yucky stuff but this ER was nothing like the ER on TV. There was almost noone there and the doctos and nurses casually stroll to see patients.

So after much poking at me the cute doctor decides that they can't diagnose me in the ER and they refer me to a Neurologist that I go to see, to be poked and poked over again, to have tests after test done, to find out that I don't have anything really serious. I was a bit worried there because something like that never happened to me before so this was all new.

All is semi-well now. I'll keep you posted if anything happens.

Whatelse, Whatelse

It's Friday! Another day another dollar. Sometimes I wonder why we even go through the motions. It seems that of all the rituals that exist in the world i.e. ants gathering food for the winter, ours seems the most tedious. You would think that as rational human beings we could come up with something better, but Nooooooooooooo, we have to come up with: work to make money, to buy stuff. Hey, what can I say, I guess somebody has got to do it.

I'm going to a boat party tonight, I went to one last week to and it was ok, I'm sure this one will be more lively as it's not a networking thing just a hang out thing with lots of spanish people on it. Not many plans for this weekend, just hang out and try to stay out of trouble. I am awesomely amped about my apartment so I really need to sit down and take a long hard look at my budget and stuff. Anywho, off I go, I have to get dressed now which is going to be a challenge since I am still at work. Toodles!

Ick

So as some of you know my yoga teacher closed the studio and moved to California, so I've been left yogaless, wondering about aimlessly with no place to practice regularly.

In my quest to find a new studio I frequented OmYoga last night down on 12th street. Biggest mistake ever!!!It seems as thought yoga is no longer a practice but is now a means to make money.

I went into the studio not expecting much (trying not to be judgemental and overly critical), the first thing I notice is that the reception area is outfitted with tons of t-shirts to sell (all of them with the word "Om" printed on it as though that will bring you peace and inner balance. So I brush it off hoping that the class would be awesome enough to make me ignore that. My shoes go into the massive clost where there is a sign that says "OmYoga is not responsible for the loss of stolen property" good thing to tell me when I'm leaving my flip flops here. Note: if people that frequent the studio were real "yogis" they wouldn't steal other people's stuff!!

On to the social, I mean, changing room. It seems that no one wants to get into the Zen mode because everyone is changing and chatting (loudly) like there are no people around other than themselves. And the chatting continues even as they go into the area where they are going to be practicing yoga. They have no respect for what the practice really is, I am at this poing boiling, ready to walk out the door. So the class begins, with "Jason" who has the idea that just because he eats organic food and does some poses he is a certified instructor. Note to Jason: wake up and go back to yoga teacher school, if at all possible go to India and learn the truth of what yoga is. Jason's class has no natural rhythm, there is no flow, it all seems to forced and fake, everything is backwards, the sequence sucks and all his talking gets in the way of people trying to concentrate on what they are doing and feel there body trying to bend into all shapes. Which leads me to my next point, Jason does not let people even sink in to the pose, it seems he's more intested in volume that content if you get what I mean.

Overall, I will have to say this studio sucks. It's so commercial and "bubble gum". Everyone is so fake. I have to go to it again because I paid for and introductory package of 2 lessons. Good grief!

Office Update

Yesterday I noticed that Tinky Winky our office pest has gotten a new hair "do". Think it's more like a hair don't. If you ever get something done to your hair where people can compare it to a mop, that's a bad sign and you shouldn't leave the hairdresser looking like that. We'll have to see how long it lasts.

P.P.PP.S (I lost count of the P's, don't know if this is right)

Anywho, I would also like to add that I am almost done reading the Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. I is a wonderful book that every girl must read. I really enjoyed this one. We should all thank The Nemesis for recommending this one to the Floatinghead.

P.P.S

I though this was funny and worth a mention, my horoscope says I will go on a hot date tonight. It's now 8:40pm no plans and no calls. I guess I can be my own hot date. Just me and my blog!

Weekend Update

It's the end of the weekend and I have a little time which seems to be rare for me these days. I think I am going to do my nails, generally I don't like to do them myself but I have to save money since I hope to be moving out to my own place pretty soon.

So what's new with me, not much. At this point I'm just trying to stay on top of things at work. I don't understand why the paperwork keeps piling up on top of my desk though. Since we have been so busy, and are only going to get busier I can't seem to have a moment of peace. I am doing my best to ignore Mrs. Potatohead, she still gets on my last nerve. She has no sense of courtesy towards other people or any kind of office manners. She got her nails done the other day which seems to be the first time ever that she has done that so she didn't know exactly how to act.

Home-life? well I try not to be home much, yesterday I went rollerblading with GM to battery park. It was a gorgeous day, I had so much fun. Friday I went out with JM and some new friends to Bryant Park, had a few drinks. Relatively unsuccessful two days when it comes to boys (meaning I didn't find any) but sometimes it's good to just be with the girls and have fun with them.

That's pretty much it, tomorrow is monday and it will be a whole new fight for the week. Tonight my mission is to find a lounge where we can have a get together for a friend of mine whose birthday is coming up. I'll be doing that for the next few hours. Toodles for now.

P.S. I have already done 6 out of the 12 items on "The List".

I'm back

For those of you that were wondering, no I didn't get lost in the black hole nor was I abducted by aliens, I'm fine.

I haven't blogged in a while because I've been so busy. Can't help it, I'm a popular girl. I do have to say that my Cancun vacation was a success, I really enjoyed myself. The beach was good, the pool was good, the people were nice and the sites were enjoyable. I didn't do anything out of the ordinary so I don't have any crazy stories. The plane ride back I could have done without, not only did I know I was coming back to my real life, but the airport was a mess the flight was delayed and nobody picked me up at the airport. Bummer! All in all, it was fun, took lots of pictures.

Now it's back to the grind. Hey did you hear that Michael Jackson was found not guilty on all counts, what a waste!

Blah Blah Blah

I must say I have not been keeping up my blog as much as I would like. I have tried but it's just not working, I have a lot to say but no time to blog about it.

I have been fairly busy at work. It's been a crazy week with a lot to do and very little time in which to do it. Sometime I wonder if the people at my job even realize that the world does go on outside those walls and that life is just to great to miss out on it over a spreadsheet. Really people, I know it's our job but we can relax, it's not open heart surgery.

Anyhoo, that being said I went to say Episode III and although I found it interesting for the most part, with good action sequences and stuff like that I was a tad disappointed. I think this movie was overkill and I could have done without a lot of the "fluff" that George Lucas added on trying to explain way everything, not to meniton the really bad acting.

That being said I am spending some time in Maryland this weekend of Memorial Day. I came to visit the Pickles and will be here until Monday. Tomorrow we are all going up to Baltimore for J's BBQ, it should be nice seeing her again, haven't seen her since February. Next week I am off to Cancun, finally a true vacation.I am very much looking forward to sepending some time on the beach (yes I know I just came back from Fl. but it's not the same).

I aslo have begun apartment hunting and am looking forward to moving in to my own place very soon. I guess that's why I've been busier, looking at apartments everyday after work, calling people about apartments, etc can be very time consuming. I'm sure that soon I will be able to settle down somewhere.

In a nutshell, that's where I'm at right now. Soon enough I will have more news and or stories to share.

Tattoo

Did I not mention? I had a temporary moment of insanity while I was in FL. I wanted to get a tattoo, yes you heard right a tattoo.

Maybe I should start from the beginning, I've wanted to get a tattoo ever since high school, and have come pretty close to getting one. So, this time I said to myself maybe I should do it, maybe I just just suck it up and stop being such a wimp.

That lasted all of half an hour because then I started asking myself "Is this the yoga thing to do?" I mean I've always tried to be good to my body so why in the world would I put myself through the pain. Then I asked myself "Would the Dalai Lama agree with me getting a tattoo?" I'm sure he has better things to worry about but a call would be nice. (I picture myself picking out the design with His Holiness). So, I chickened out again, but soon enough I shall make up my mind.