| Thursday July 17, 2003 1:10pm I have a doctor's appointment for 2:45pm today. When I made the appointment at 9:30 this morning, I had to stop crying from pain and frustration in order to do so. Since making the appointment, naturally, I have been steadily improving and feel better than I have in days. Go figure. Still, it will be nice to see the doctor after so long. I can answer such questions as: Are you eating well? (Um.... not really.) Do you get regular exercise? (That would be a no.) You're not a bigger drinker though, right? Wednesday July 16, 2003 10:15am Apparently, The Idiot's middle name is Vindictive. He's been running around town telling museum funders that they should cut the museum off, and that he was unjustly dismissed. I know of someone who has 4 files of documentation that say otherwise. Moron. You went on vacation without paying the bills!!! I had a nice evening with the museum crowd last night. (What I really need is two nights in a row with nothing to do so that I might someday rid myself of this highly distracting sore throat, but that is beside the point. Which is why it's in parentheses.) They filled me in on the lunacy, and I'm glad. While I love the place dearly, and will always be grateful for having worked there, I think I am finally ready to wash my hands of it without guilt. It's doomed, cursed. There's a wicked witch standing over a cauldron somewhere, cackling every time some new ridiculous thing happens. The wisest thing to do at this point might very well be to have a big bon fire. Set the snakes free first, of course. Having said that, I must now confess that I have plans to go to the Museum of Doom both days this weekend. Hahaha! Tuesday July 15, 2003 4:40pm Call me an old fart, but one thing that really makes me unable to take a potential employee seriously is the use of e-lingo in an email requesting information about a job. I have to cut the kid some slack because she's 14, but whenever I get an eamil that reads something like, "Hi! How ru? Plz send me more info about the job. I think it is perfect 4 me. It wud b great if u cud get back 2 me," I am compelled to strangle the sender. Oddly enough, I am ok with using abbreviated forms of writing in IM conversations. It's a timing thing. Monday July 14, 2003 7:40pm Highlights of the Weekend: - discovery that the route from Albany to Philly can induce fits of narcolepsy - discovery that ice cream can cure aforementioned narcolepsy - completely delicious food and lots of it - hair stylist's attempts to coerce me into becoming a make-up wearer - misreading directions and getting myself and another bridesmaid lost on the way to the wedding - very nice marriage service, complete with interesting traditions and fainting bridesmaid (not me) - open bar - seeing my friend looking so happy and beautiful - socializing with my middle school teachers - sitting next to Elliot, age 2, at dinner who engaged me in such games as Spinach Down the Dress and Let's Put Carrots in Daddy's Drink - getting to know Michelle's cool friends and wonderful new husband - shaking of booty on dance floor Unfortunately, now that I am home, I have to face the challenge of making a Dreaded Doctor's appointment to try to rid myself of this highly aggravating sore throat. I had been hoping that the old Wait and It Will Go Away philosophy would prove more successful. I hate going to the doctor. I always feel like it is somehow my fault that I am sick and that the doctor is reprimanding me for daring to be unhealthy. Friday July 11, 2003 3:30pm Skateboarders have invaded. They come at night and roll back and forth beneath my window. I am trying to think of something clever to hurl at them. Like maybe a squid. The Soccer Mom Superoo is running again, happy, happy, joy. The wonderful Steve has been promoted to the wonderful genius Steve, and the trip to outside Philly is saved! Which reminds me, I need to print out the directions!!! Thursday July 10, 2003 9:15am Well thanks to the generosity of the wonderful Steve, I am at work. My car chose yesterday to have a hissy fit and die, leaving me stranded and pouting at no less than 4 locations in one day. Now, along with Steve and (oddly enough) his landlord, Doug, I am engaged in Operation Fix Car Before Trip to Philly. This is highly important. My friend Michelle's wedding is outside of Philly on Sunday. Not only am I in the bridal party, but I have known Michelle since I was 2 years old. I must be there. So I wound up driving aforementioned Steve's car to work. It was very fun. It has muffler issues, so I got to feel all tough and stuff. Plus, instead of being a Soccer Mom Superoo, it's a Bad Ass Grand Prix. Bwah-hah-haaah! Now I have actual work to do, so I guess I should do it. Wednesday July 9, 2003 1:20pm I am home sick from work again today. It's not very fun. So, yes. The director was fired yesterday. He was asked to leave immediately. Scandal, scandal! It's a good thing, I guess. What does a sinking ship need with a captain anyway? I am very curious to see what will happen now. And Jake, the Hudson River Exhibit dynamo, resigned yesterday too. Tuesday July 8, 2003 7:10pm OH MY GOD! The Idiot got fired today!!! And there was much rejoicing. 3:45pm Where is the Ice Cream Man when you need him? And, for that matter, where is the Tylenol Man when you need him?!? And, whine. Also, John Denver: Slurp 8:45am I am home sick today. This would be great, except that I really am sick. I get sick every year at this time. What's that about?!? I talked to one of my museum friends yesterday. Of course, Bird Brains was none too pleased when he arrived home from vacation to find himself at the center of a revolution. I haven't got all the details yet, but apparently he asked Educator X to leave... and she said NO!!! Ha. Monday July 7, 2003 10:50am We have the most deceptive jelly beans at the office! I took a red one and it was licorice flavored! How is that fair?!? Also, I am desperately seeking my own past addresses. I have to list every place I've lived since age 18. Do you realize how many addresses that is?!? (It's 14, not counting a couple of couches I slept on for less than one month.) 9:45am Wah. I don't feel so good. :( Someone should come kidnap me from my job and take care of me. There should be chocolate involved. And some pants. I was stupid to wear a short dress when I know it is 50 degrees Farenheit in this office. This weekend was pretty darn fun. Sunday July 6, 2003 12:40pm Last night may go down in history as the most amused I have ever been with my Albany cohort. Props to Cousin Dan for orchestrating the whole thing, and for being The Host With the Most... alcohol in his bloodstream. He now holds the Center Square record for holding one's head in a bucket of ice water. There was also Beer Tossing, which resulted in the bloodying of my guest, but he was a good sport, of course. Then there was Jordan, who sat in the bucket of ice water for so long that her ass went numb while her hubby cried, "There go our children!" Later Dan demonstrated his mad math skills: "I bought 3 cases of Saranac and 2 cases of Molson and Labatt's. That's f-f...five cases!" I suppose he lived through the night. I haven't checked. Friday July 4th, 2003 9:15am Well, Happy Independence Day, everyone! Be safe. I'd go into a long diatribe about the molestation of the concepts of patriotism and democracy that is going on around here lately, but I'm in too good of a mood to be bothered. Why? you ask? None of your business! I reply, with a suspiscious grin. Hehehe! Thursday July 3, 2003 11:30am Bad news at the pharmacy last night. My health insurance has changed and now, instead of charging me a flat rate of $20 per prescription, they are only paying half. This puts me up from $40 a month to roughly $170. Not including the anxiety meds. I'm a little distressed by this - which is ironic since I can no longer afford my anti-distress medication! 9:50am I survived the Night of the Living Two Year Old. I'm quite pleased with myself, actually, because we even went to the drug store, the grocery, and out for pizza and ice cream. And we both came out of a diaper change unscathed. It was pretty fun. Oddly enough, I felt safer walking around Lark Street with Kai in tow. Nobody's going to stop a woman with a 2 year old to ask her for change or make some stupid hey-baby comment. Frankly, I was too distracted by trying to prevent Kai from decorating himself with ice cream to make eye contact with anyone anyway! We had a blast. At the end of the night I asked if I could have a hug and a kiss goodbye. He looked up into his head and said, "Ummmmmmmm... YES!" and ran over to me. Tease. Then I sent him packing and passed out in my bed exhausted. I have no idea how people do this sort of thing every day. Wednesday July 2, 2003 12:40pm I decided that I would focus on one program at work today and just do as much as I could possibly do with it. It's going well so far, except that I may not have another thing to do until mid-August. I am eating from my vat o' yogurt and slowly beginning to feel ill. I think it's just too much yogurt to look at. One should only look at yogurt in small doses, apparently. Tuesday July 1, 2003 HAPPY CANADA DAY!!!!! 5:00pm Yep. That's my girl! 10:20am Oops. For no apparent reason, I didn't wake up this morning until the time I normally am leaving for work. So I drove reeeeeaaaalllly fast (which was fun, but don't tell my mom) and got here before 9:30. Good thing I have nothing to do! I think I frightened Dr. L last night with my mania. I made him laugh a lot, but he kept me there much longer than usual... which only served to increased my hyper-activity since I was anxious to get back to Annette and Kai. They didn't spend the night after all, so I can't even use them as an excuse for oversleeping this morning. I've been in a really good mood lately, sort of randomly smiling a lot. I've got to work on my poker face at work. Since I spend a lot of time IMing, reading emails, looking for silly things on the net, etc., I am frequently smiling at the monitor when people walk past, and I'm sure it makes them question whether or not I am really focusing on the trials and tribulations of at-risk teens. Monday June 30, 2003 1:40pm I am going to lose my mind if I don't find some productive way to spend my working hours. I hate feeling non-useful. Annette and Kai are in town - for less than ideal reasons, but I am still thrilled to be able to see them again. They're spending tonight (at least) at my place. I can't wait to see them. In reference to Saturday's entry, I gave out the URL to the party in question. I am hoping this will stop the dreams such as the one I had this morning in which I worked at a children's museum (imagine!) and had written filthy sexual things on the back of an exhibit sign and was trying to hide that from the people putting it up on the wall. HA! Saturday June 28, 2003 1:55pm I wonder how wise it is to give this URL to someone I have just met. Friday June 27, 2003 9:15am I had strange dreams last night. In one, I lived (well...sorta) in a house in the suburbs in a fairly good sized family. We'd all died quite a while ago, but were trying not to let on. It was down to me and one other person - a brother or cousin maybe. We were sort of casually and gradually disposing of everyone else while trying to keep ourselves looking lively. This was challenging, since we were (I hope nobody's eating breakfast) decaying pretty quickly. Things would happen, like my forearm would fall off, and we'd try to bandage it back on and then wear clothing that would hide that fact. That is quite possibly one of the weirdest dreams I have ever had! Thursday June 26, 2003 6:30pm Today is the first real Triple H day. Hazy, hot, humid. There are those who will disagree with me on this, but they are wrong. Granted, yesterday was somewhat less comfortable due to the non-functioning air conditioning at work and our inability to remove the plastic guard box thing protecting the thermostat. But Marlene was in today, and Marlene - as I expected - takes no shit from plastic guard box things. So today we had air conditioned bliss allllll day. Today work was as it should be. I got in half an hour late, then left to get iced coffee. When I got back, the computer guys were trying to fix my computer, so I kicked back and read a book for a while. Then it was time for lunch, which we ate out in honor of Susan the Boss's birthday. Got back, did actual work for about 2 hours, then left for a meeting. At the meeting, I found myself a little project to work on. This group wants to implement a program and they don't even seem to know what the program is. So when asked what I, as a newcomer to the group, thought, I had plenty to say. I was surprisingly confident and intelligent-sounding, possibly because I am a wee bit hungover from last night's festivities (which I'll perhaps discuss some other time - let's just say it involved walking 20 minutes to my car this morning) and feeling quite cranky. So I basically said, "THIS is what the next step is," and then volunteered myself to take it. In other news, I was actually able to get into my building today without the aid of a crow bar. More painting has been done, and it actually looks less gloomy than it had. They even took down my little welcome sign and painted under that... then rehung it at a level only visible to Big Bird. |
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