Back!
Got back yesterday, actually. Was just way too exhausted to update.
I'm still too out of it in a lot of ways to update.
This trip was simultaneously fucking awesome and fucking heavy.
I have a lot of things to think about, both with Ryan and for myself.
OY.
I think I'll jump in the shower then go down to my old store to visit. Maybe sit somewhere with pen and paper and put thoughts down. I hope it helps.
Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Thursday, June 9, 2011
Deep Breaths...Almost To Awesome!
Today...was pretty fuh.
The morning was nice, waking up slowly to thunder and rain.
Then I went to work and it all went downhill. I'm not even going to go into it. Ugh.
Fuck it! I'm gone for a week. Tomorrow evening Ryan and I fly to Connecticut, and I spend the next three days after that wallowing in the peoples I've missed like hell for over a year. I CAN'T WAIT! :D
Tomorrow will be the last minute things--laundry so we don't have to worry about it when we get home, packing, getting money and Ryan's paycheck, etc--and then several hours of Hurry Up And Wait. Whee.
...I CAN'T WAIT EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
The morning was nice, waking up slowly to thunder and rain.
Then I went to work and it all went downhill. I'm not even going to go into it. Ugh.
Fuck it! I'm gone for a week. Tomorrow evening Ryan and I fly to Connecticut, and I spend the next three days after that wallowing in the peoples I've missed like hell for over a year. I CAN'T WAIT! :D
Tomorrow will be the last minute things--laundry so we don't have to worry about it when we get home, packing, getting money and Ryan's paycheck, etc--and then several hours of Hurry Up And Wait. Whee.
...I CAN'T WAIT EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
Owning The To Do List.
[x] reserve a car rental - Done!
[x] try and make a chiropractor appointment for Ryan, either Thursday in South Bend or Monday in Manchester - Probably not going to work, but his back has been better, so it'll have to wait and see for when we get back
[x] confirm if I can pack pounds of coffee and/or my camera case - coffee seems to be okay, camera depends on airline, whose site isn't being helpful. Decision: coffee's coming, my camera is staying home.
[/] print out itinerary and receipt and all that to make boarding pass collection easier - Found out we can do online check-in 24 hours before time, so will be doing that tomorrow.
[x] get laundry money from bank - Done!
[/] do a ton of laundry - In the midst! Other people are doing laundry in odd cycles, so it's been a lot of waiting and guessing.
[o] do a practice pack - Waiting for laundry to be done.
[/] reserve room/table at Willi Brew for Saturday night - Fuh. I had prepared myself for the possibility of issues, what with reserving the back room for prime time on a weekend, but dang. For a reservation of our size at our time, we'd need to do an Event Menu, which is...expensive. Like, just getting one buffet thing of chicken piccatta would $120, and while that feeds 24 people, it's still just one thing. I've sent out messages to see what we-all can/want to do, hopefully it still works out!
[x] call Mom and Dad to make plans with them (I'm a bad daughter) - Done and done, with tentative dates set for both. May call tomorrow to try and fine-tune, but we shall see.
[o] mail things at Post Office - Not done yet, will probably do in half an hour or so. Very glad to have a P.O. less than 10 minutes away, makes things so much easier!
Back into the madness!
[x] try and make a chiropractor appointment for Ryan, either Thursday in South Bend or Monday in Manchester - Probably not going to work, but his back has been better, so it'll have to wait and see for when we get back
[x] confirm if I can pack pounds of coffee and/or my camera case - coffee seems to be okay, camera depends on airline, whose site isn't being helpful. Decision: coffee's coming, my camera is staying home.
[/] print out itinerary and receipt and all that to make boarding pass collection easier - Found out we can do online check-in 24 hours before time, so will be doing that tomorrow.
[x] get laundry money from bank - Done!
[/] do a ton of laundry - In the midst! Other people are doing laundry in odd cycles, so it's been a lot of waiting and guessing.
[o] do a practice pack - Waiting for laundry to be done.
[/] reserve room/table at Willi Brew for Saturday night - Fuh. I had prepared myself for the possibility of issues, what with reserving the back room for prime time on a weekend, but dang. For a reservation of our size at our time, we'd need to do an Event Menu, which is...expensive. Like, just getting one buffet thing of chicken piccatta would $120, and while that feeds 24 people, it's still just one thing. I've sent out messages to see what we-all can/want to do, hopefully it still works out!
[x] call Mom and Dad to make plans with them (I'm a bad daughter) - Done and done, with tentative dates set for both. May call tomorrow to try and fine-tune, but we shall see.
[o] mail things at Post Office - Not done yet, will probably do in half an hour or so. Very glad to have a P.O. less than 10 minutes away, makes things so much easier!
Back into the madness!
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
I Say Again: GUH.
Guhhhhhh I am so tired. This weekend was great and lovely and wonderful and I can't wait for my trip in three days but OH MY GOD I WANT A DAMNED BREATHER.
I do work tomorrow, but it isn't until 4:30. Thursday I work 1 to 9:30, and Friday is Travel Day, so tomorrow is the last real chunk of time to get things done. Here's the list:
[o] reserve a car rental
[o] try and make a chiropractor appointment for Ryan, either Thursday in South Bend or Monday in Manchester
[o] confirm if I can pack pounds of coffee and/or my camera case
[o] print out itinerary and receipt and all that to make boarding pass collection easier
[o] get laundry money from bank
[o] do a ton of laundry
[o] do a practice pack
[o] reserve room/table at Willi Brew for Saturday night
[o] call Mom and Dad to make plans with them (I'm a bad daughter)
[o] mail things at Post Office
I'm not sure which is the best part of this, that at least half of this list could/should have been done a week or more ago, or the fact that it's all required. ALL OF IT. BEFORE CLOSING WITH THAT ONE AND THE OTHER ONE.
Meanwhile I have been completely, completely exhausted. And it's mostly hitting at work. Saturday, yesterday, and today: fine before work, clock in, get on the floor, want to go take a nap, spend next several hours feeling almost drunken from exhaustion. My already-lacking coordination plummets to toddler level, my judgement is just fucked, and I'm completely useless.
But only at work. This morning I met with Aurelie for brunch and made an impromptu shopping trip, and felt completely fine, even with the insane heat (103!) and fair humidity. Walked in to work, BAM, tired as HELL.
The Good Shift spent the rest of the day insisting that it's because I'm pregnant (I'M NOT. TRUST ME.), but I developed a better theory with some help from Aurelie. To put it short and sweet, it's stress. To quote her, "I have those days. They're called...you can't handle work. You have other things to do (even if it's napping) and you don't want to be fucking be there...so you feel like shit." Basically, it's the last place I want to do and the last thing I want to be doing, I start running on fumes and feel like crap.
Tomorrow doesn't look good for catching up on sleep, but Thursday might be. And Friday our flight isn't until the afternoon, so maybe then? At the very least, I can nap on the plane! :D
Time for dinner. Whee.
I do work tomorrow, but it isn't until 4:30. Thursday I work 1 to 9:30, and Friday is Travel Day, so tomorrow is the last real chunk of time to get things done. Here's the list:
[o] reserve a car rental
[o] try and make a chiropractor appointment for Ryan, either Thursday in South Bend or Monday in Manchester
[o] confirm if I can pack pounds of coffee and/or my camera case
[o] print out itinerary and receipt and all that to make boarding pass collection easier
[o] get laundry money from bank
[o] do a ton of laundry
[o] do a practice pack
[o] reserve room/table at Willi Brew for Saturday night
[o] call Mom and Dad to make plans with them (I'm a bad daughter)
[o] mail things at Post Office
I'm not sure which is the best part of this, that at least half of this list could/should have been done a week or more ago, or the fact that it's all required. ALL OF IT. BEFORE CLOSING WITH THAT ONE AND THE OTHER ONE.
Meanwhile I have been completely, completely exhausted. And it's mostly hitting at work. Saturday, yesterday, and today: fine before work, clock in, get on the floor, want to go take a nap, spend next several hours feeling almost drunken from exhaustion. My already-lacking coordination plummets to toddler level, my judgement is just fucked, and I'm completely useless.
But only at work. This morning I met with Aurelie for brunch and made an impromptu shopping trip, and felt completely fine, even with the insane heat (103!) and fair humidity. Walked in to work, BAM, tired as HELL.
The Good Shift spent the rest of the day insisting that it's because I'm pregnant (I'M NOT. TRUST ME.), but I developed a better theory with some help from Aurelie. To put it short and sweet, it's stress. To quote her, "I have those days. They're called...you can't handle work. You have other things to do (even if it's napping) and you don't want to be fucking be there...so you feel like shit." Basically, it's the last place I want to do and the last thing I want to be doing, I start running on fumes and feel like crap.
Tomorrow doesn't look good for catching up on sleep, but Thursday might be. And Friday our flight isn't until the afternoon, so maybe then? At the very least, I can nap on the plane! :D
Time for dinner. Whee.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Thursday, June 2, 2011
Stresssssss.
The new normal, for me, has been 1-9:30 pre-closing shifts. Occasionally, however, I'll get handed a closing shift, 4:30-10:30. I don't mind these, since it means I have almost an entire day free.
But I'm developing a bad pattern.
The night before at later-shift-day, I'll set my alarm for a later wake-up time. I can sleep in!, I'll think. I have the whole day to do stuff before work!
And I will sleep in. And I'll take my sweet time getting up, checking the internets, eating breakfast, getting showered and dressed, I have the whole day for chores and reading, dum dee dum...wait how is it 3 PM I haven't eaten yet I have to leave in an hour and all I've done is computer stuff AAAAAA.
>.<
Today was a bit more productive than that, at least. I got some pictures edited, although I did find that some of what I thought was a great shoot were actually...not so great. Poo. I also didn't feel 100% happy with the results of some of my edits...I'm hoping that I'm just doing that thing I do to myself when I'm stressed where nothing is good enough and why do I think I'm good at this and ugggghh I'm so stoooopid...
I'm...a bit stressed.
There's so much drama going on at work (both my and other stores), and I can't even go into it all it's that dramatic. Plus tomorrow is the "bachelorette" party (really just a mostly-girls-only pre-wedding party for the bride, our friend Kitty, for whom Sameh and I are co-Maids of Honor :D) and Sunday is the wedding itself and I don't know when I'll get a chance to do some pre-trip errands and what am I bringing and which bags am I packing and aaaaaaa.
...I think it's time for dinner and sleep. Lots of sleep. And tomorrow there shall be dinner and funtimes! Yes! THERE WILL BE FUN, DAMMIT! :D
But I'm developing a bad pattern.
The night before at later-shift-day, I'll set my alarm for a later wake-up time. I can sleep in!, I'll think. I have the whole day to do stuff before work!
And I will sleep in. And I'll take my sweet time getting up, checking the internets, eating breakfast, getting showered and dressed, I have the whole day for chores and reading, dum dee dum...wait how is it 3 PM I haven't eaten yet I have to leave in an hour and all I've done is computer stuff AAAAAA.
>.<
Today was a bit more productive than that, at least. I got some pictures edited, although I did find that some of what I thought was a great shoot were actually...not so great. Poo. I also didn't feel 100% happy with the results of some of my edits...I'm hoping that I'm just doing that thing I do to myself when I'm stressed where nothing is good enough and why do I think I'm good at this and ugggghh I'm so stoooopid...
I'm...a bit stressed.
There's so much drama going on at work (both my and other stores), and I can't even go into it all it's that dramatic. Plus tomorrow is the "bachelorette" party (really just a mostly-girls-only pre-wedding party for the bride, our friend Kitty, for whom Sameh and I are co-Maids of Honor :D) and Sunday is the wedding itself and I don't know when I'll get a chance to do some pre-trip errands and what am I bringing and which bags am I packing and aaaaaaa.
...I think it's time for dinner and sleep. Lots of sleep. And tomorrow there shall be dinner and funtimes! Yes! THERE WILL BE FUN, DAMMIT! :D
Wednesday, June 1, 2011
Owning It.
I already bragged a bit on Facebook, but I felt like getting into more detail here. What I've done today:
[o] Got up at 7:30 (against my will, but still)
[o] Had a real breakfast
[o] Found proof that I paid for my January clinic visit and the Not A Bill But You Owe Money piece of mail is BS
[o] Went back to Kate's Garden and took 280 shots, almost all of them useable
[o] Filled up my gas tank
[o] Had a real lunch
[o] Uploaded said shots
[o] Took some more shots, of myself, for the 30 Day Creativity Challenge, and edited and posted one to start Day One
[o] Put away the dishes
It's barely past noon, and I have eight hours of my day job, wherein I will earn money and be a good barista. Today is definitely a success, and it's only begun!
[o] Got up at 7:30 (against my will, but still)
[o] Had a real breakfast
[o] Found proof that I paid for my January clinic visit and the Not A Bill But You Owe Money piece of mail is BS
[o] Went back to Kate's Garden and took 280 shots, almost all of them useable
[o] Filled up my gas tank
[o] Had a real lunch
[o] Uploaded said shots
[o] Took some more shots, of myself, for the 30 Day Creativity Challenge, and edited and posted one to start Day One
[o] Put away the dishes
It's barely past noon, and I have eight hours of my day job, wherein I will earn money and be a good barista. Today is definitely a success, and it's only begun!
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