The internet decided to not work last night, so I was unable to blog. Funnily enough, we didn't realize it until fairly late, since we spent the night watching Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix on TV.
There's not a whole lot to talk about. It's been snowing quite a lot over the weekend, making the world white and pretty and not nearly as bad to navigate as one would think. Boy howdy, though, how it's slowed down business!
The weekend also saw us out of peppermint syrup...then out of caramel brulee...then out of white mocha. Peppermint is stupid because we have it all year 'round but are running out of it because peppermint mochas are a "holiday beverage;" caramel brulee is the next drink all the disappointed peppermint mochas get; but it's running out of white mocha that really scared me because, I swear, white mocha customers are the highest maintenance of all of them. Most white mocha customers are rich girls or women used to getting what they want, and at least 75% (but probably closer to 90%) of the white mochas are nonfat and no whip. The screaming customer from months ago? White mocha!
Fortunately, today's order delivery had six boxes of peppermint, three boxes of caramel brulee, and four boxes of white mocha. Also a huge box of stir sticks, which we've been out of for almost a month. Huzzah!
Tonight is the launch of Cataclysm, the next expansion for the game World of Warcraft. For those who don't know (somehow), the entire apartment plays WoW. Three of them obsessively. I'm...only a little obsessive, but I'm still excited. The new expansion changed the entire planet the game is based on, and made one of my favorite races playable as a class I've always been interested in!
...okay, so it's nerd talk, and I'll keep it to a minimum. But, as I said, all four of us are big fans of the game, and all four of us have tomorrow off, and we're all going on a large grocery run tonight for gaming fuel, and...well, it's all nerdy up in here, what can I say.
As I said, tomorrow is my day off, so I'll be sleeping and playing and doing lots of laundry (snow + long pants + not changing into snow boots before leaving work = holy crap cold wet pant hems). The rest of the week should be...interesting. I took a shift at another store to help out on my second day off, so I'm working straight from Wednesday to next Monday. However, they're all afternoon and evening shifts, which means they're with my favorite people at the slowest time. More work, but less stress. Hopefully a winning combination.
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Monday, December 6, 2010
Sunday, October 10, 2010
The First Promotion For Either Of Us, And It's Not What You'd Think.
Ummm...
Not much new...
...:D
Kitty and Alex came over, so I got to see them for a little bit when I got home from work. Mostly the bunch of us just talked while kinda-watching Pet Semetary on TV. Very fun and relaxing, and for a bonus, I bought some jewelry from Kitty. Is pretty and blue! I had Ryan take some pictures of me the other day so I'd have an updated picture, but I might have him do it again, just to add the pretty new necklace and earrings! :D
There is some news, on the WoW front: Ryan has been officially made Guild Master. Our friend, Simon, was the Guild Master, but he's been having less and less free time to devote to the game or the guild, due to school and social obligations. So he turned it over to Ryan, who already has some plans, mostly to do with the guild forum, which has been down for a few weeks now and doesn't look like it'll ever be saved. He's sketching up a new page, with more information and such for members, new design, everything.
It may be a fairly small thing in the "real world," but still...I'm proud of him, and he seems pretty happy about it. :)
Tomorrow is day off, and I have to decide if I want to spend the long hours while Ryan's at work planning at home, or planning at Starbucks. Monday's are usually a little busier, so it might be easier to just stay home, put on some loud music, and FOCUS.
Wish me luck!
Not much new...
...:D
Kitty and Alex came over, so I got to see them for a little bit when I got home from work. Mostly the bunch of us just talked while kinda-watching Pet Semetary on TV. Very fun and relaxing, and for a bonus, I bought some jewelry from Kitty. Is pretty and blue! I had Ryan take some pictures of me the other day so I'd have an updated picture, but I might have him do it again, just to add the pretty new necklace and earrings! :D
There is some news, on the WoW front: Ryan has been officially made Guild Master. Our friend, Simon, was the Guild Master, but he's been having less and less free time to devote to the game or the guild, due to school and social obligations. So he turned it over to Ryan, who already has some plans, mostly to do with the guild forum, which has been down for a few weeks now and doesn't look like it'll ever be saved. He's sketching up a new page, with more information and such for members, new design, everything.
It may be a fairly small thing in the "real world," but still...I'm proud of him, and he seems pretty happy about it. :)
Tomorrow is day off, and I have to decide if I want to spend the long hours while Ryan's at work planning at home, or planning at Starbucks. Monday's are usually a little busier, so it might be easier to just stay home, put on some loud music, and FOCUS.
Wish me luck!
Friday, September 24, 2010
MUAHA!
The To Do list continues to die! Muahahaha!
[x] Ryan's hospital financial aid forms - copied for our records and mailed off! May I take a moment to point out the immense stupidity of this department, which required so much documentation that it was all completely impossible to fit in the standard sized business-reply envelope they sent along with the form? And we weren't even to send it all. NICE PLANNING, GUYS.
[x] Food stamp application form - filled out, sent out. Tried calling the "hotline" for it earlier to ask one simple question, could not get a live person or straight answer to save my life. Found an official one online that satisfied my curiosity, sent off the form, have my fingers permanently crossed for the next, oh, month.
[x] Bank - rent money is taken out, savings have been transferred, etc etc.
[/] Oil change - technically not done yet, but the appointment has been made for this afternoon. Just need to show up, wait, pay, and leave with happy car.
[o] Headlight - lost another one, this time on the left side of my car when looking at it, need to go and buy a new one. >.< This car has gone through three headlights in the two years I've had it. Is this normal? It doesn't seem normal...
[o] Return folders to Target - the filing cabinet I bought last week? It's giving me a little trouble here and there. It's a nice enough filing cabinet, and was a great price, and is extremely useful...but it's odd. Instead of having two standard-sized drawers, it has one standard, and two "half" sized ones above it...except the "standard" one isn't even that, because the standard-sized hanging folders I bought for it yesterday won't fit, as the bracket to hang them from is at the wrong height. So I have to take the hanging ones back and buy non-hanging ones that will be content to just sit there and take it.
...That last one was long.
The final thing for today, which isn't really a To Do item, is the raid tonight at 8. I've been enjoying raiding less and less, and I'd honestly not go if it wouldn't screw Sameh over on her first turn as a raid leader. Oh well. I'll live.
...
Off to buy a headlamp! AutoZone, ho!
[x] Ryan's hospital financial aid forms - copied for our records and mailed off! May I take a moment to point out the immense stupidity of this department, which required so much documentation that it was all completely impossible to fit in the standard sized business-reply envelope they sent along with the form? And we weren't even to send it all. NICE PLANNING, GUYS.
[x] Food stamp application form - filled out, sent out. Tried calling the "hotline" for it earlier to ask one simple question, could not get a live person or straight answer to save my life. Found an official one online that satisfied my curiosity, sent off the form, have my fingers permanently crossed for the next, oh, month.
[x] Bank - rent money is taken out, savings have been transferred, etc etc.
[/] Oil change - technically not done yet, but the appointment has been made for this afternoon. Just need to show up, wait, pay, and leave with happy car.
[o] Headlight - lost another one, this time on the left side of my car when looking at it, need to go and buy a new one. >.< This car has gone through three headlights in the two years I've had it. Is this normal? It doesn't seem normal...
[o] Return folders to Target - the filing cabinet I bought last week? It's giving me a little trouble here and there. It's a nice enough filing cabinet, and was a great price, and is extremely useful...but it's odd. Instead of having two standard-sized drawers, it has one standard, and two "half" sized ones above it...except the "standard" one isn't even that, because the standard-sized hanging folders I bought for it yesterday won't fit, as the bracket to hang them from is at the wrong height. So I have to take the hanging ones back and buy non-hanging ones that will be content to just sit there and take it.
...That last one was long.
The final thing for today, which isn't really a To Do item, is the raid tonight at 8. I've been enjoying raiding less and less, and I'd honestly not go if it wouldn't screw Sameh over on her first turn as a raid leader. Oh well. I'll live.
...
Off to buy a headlamp! AutoZone, ho!
Sunday, August 22, 2010
State of Ruthieland.
I am a horrible blogger, I know. I missed two days in a row, after missing two days in a row. This week has been horrible for keeping to any kind of schedule--except, of course, that laid down by The Jobness.
Simon is here, and we've all been having a lot of fun--staying up too late, talking about everything, bonding, laughing our keisters off, you know how it is. It's going to be very sad to see him leave, but we're not focusing on that right now. We're focusing on tonight, when Kitty and Alex and Dustin all come over, and the eight of us game together and have a blast!
I am SO glad I traded to have tomorrow off...muahaha.
Other newsish things:
[o] Ryan got his first paycheck from Target!
[o] Got a piece of mail from the bank explaining why my debit card for our joint account has been so late in arriving--the lady we talked to never gave me this one, specific, apparently very important piece of paper to sign. >.< This never would have come to light if I hadn't talked to her in person after three weeks of waiting for the card. It still took two days for that piece of mail to arrive, and we kept missing the bank hours at the end of the week, so I have to take the signed thing in tomorrow and waiting another week or so before finally being able to access my own money without committing minor fraud. And the bank never thought to look into it. ARGH.
[o] Just had a phone call with Sameh--they found a kitten at her store's drive-thru today, and since animal control refuses to come and get it, she'll be bringing it home for the night until the shelter opens tomorrow. THERE'S GOING TO BE A KITTEN. IN THE HOUSE. EEEEEEEEE!
Is it obvious that I haven't had the chance to play with a cute animal since May?
The entire household is pretty much continuously pooped. Full time hours/first job in several years/new shift position = no life but work and sleep. It sucks. We spend a lot of time complaining.
My store gets its new store manager tomorrow, although she won't officially fill the role until September. Although I've only met her once, and that briefly, I've heard many good things about her. I'm hoping to have a talk with her about my schedule. It's been all over the place--mid to close to pre-close to what the hell? I understand that not everyone can have a rigid schedule of the same hours every week, but I hate being tugged around like this. My social life and sleep schedule are in complete tatters, and I'm at war with my control issues with time. I'm already neurotic about being on time and remembering my shift as it is, but when it's constantly changing, I'm a stressed-out wreck. I realized that last night was my first night of sleeping through for a few weeks, not waking up every few hours in a panic that I'd overslept or set the alarm wrong. I can't keep up like this!
Not to mention that I have absolutely zero time or energy to devote to anything but work, sleep, or chores and errands. I've been slipping at communicating with my family and friends, and I absolutely hate it--but the few times I have some time to spare and they're still awake/online, I'm so out of it that I'm useless to talk to. I'm so glad that my parents aren't the type to pull guilt trips, because I'm doing a good enough job on myself as it is!
Not to mention lack of exercise. Fortunately I've been getting better at what I eat (falling in love with greek yogurt, hummus, and edamame certainly helps!), and my job requires me to be up and moving 99% of the time, so I haven't had a real chance to blob out. Certain muscles groups are suffering, though--my arms and calves are getting plenty of exercise from running around the bar and lifting gallons of milk, but my mid-section gets zero work out at all. My generous and wonderful mother has been kind enough to offer to help pay for Curves, so all I need to do is find one. The one I thought was less than a mile from my work, wasn't there when I went searching. On the To Do List for tomorrow is calling their number and seeing where they're actually located so I can pay a visit.
Finally, my creative outlets have taken a real beating. The rare times I'm able to sit down and chill on the couch with the roomies and the Ryan, I'm sketching on either my sketch pad or the iPad, but that's about it. My attempts at photographing the rose failed, as I wasn't paying enough attention to the light quality, and the pictures looked just horrible. Still planning on trying my hand at "still life," with objects around the apartment, but I haven't gotten to it yet.
It's honestly really frustrating--I recently figured out that I do want to concentrate on photography, and really hone my skill at it, but I just can't find the chances. I know that "I would if I really cared," but I do care, and don't have the time! ARGH!
...wow, that's more typing than I was planning on doing. Lucky readers, you are now just about caught up with what's been going on in my life, and in my head. I still apologize for the failure at updates, and at the lack of calls and e-mails and such, but I hope this helps a bit.
...I've really been missing my friends and family lately, so I'll end on a shout out to all my loved ones in Connecticut: to the Thursday night gang, the fellow gaming nerds, the school chums, the Curves ladies, and especially my family. I would give anything to be able to spend just one hour catching up. I love you all. :)
Simon is here, and we've all been having a lot of fun--staying up too late, talking about everything, bonding, laughing our keisters off, you know how it is. It's going to be very sad to see him leave, but we're not focusing on that right now. We're focusing on tonight, when Kitty and Alex and Dustin all come over, and the eight of us game together and have a blast!
I am SO glad I traded to have tomorrow off...muahaha.
Other newsish things:
[o] Ryan got his first paycheck from Target!
[o] Got a piece of mail from the bank explaining why my debit card for our joint account has been so late in arriving--the lady we talked to never gave me this one, specific, apparently very important piece of paper to sign. >.< This never would have come to light if I hadn't talked to her in person after three weeks of waiting for the card. It still took two days for that piece of mail to arrive, and we kept missing the bank hours at the end of the week, so I have to take the signed thing in tomorrow and waiting another week or so before finally being able to access my own money without committing minor fraud. And the bank never thought to look into it. ARGH.
[o] Just had a phone call with Sameh--they found a kitten at her store's drive-thru today, and since animal control refuses to come and get it, she'll be bringing it home for the night until the shelter opens tomorrow. THERE'S GOING TO BE A KITTEN. IN THE HOUSE. EEEEEEEEE!
Is it obvious that I haven't had the chance to play with a cute animal since May?
The entire household is pretty much continuously pooped. Full time hours/first job in several years/new shift position = no life but work and sleep. It sucks. We spend a lot of time complaining.
My store gets its new store manager tomorrow, although she won't officially fill the role until September. Although I've only met her once, and that briefly, I've heard many good things about her. I'm hoping to have a talk with her about my schedule. It's been all over the place--mid to close to pre-close to what the hell? I understand that not everyone can have a rigid schedule of the same hours every week, but I hate being tugged around like this. My social life and sleep schedule are in complete tatters, and I'm at war with my control issues with time. I'm already neurotic about being on time and remembering my shift as it is, but when it's constantly changing, I'm a stressed-out wreck. I realized that last night was my first night of sleeping through for a few weeks, not waking up every few hours in a panic that I'd overslept or set the alarm wrong. I can't keep up like this!
Not to mention that I have absolutely zero time or energy to devote to anything but work, sleep, or chores and errands. I've been slipping at communicating with my family and friends, and I absolutely hate it--but the few times I have some time to spare and they're still awake/online, I'm so out of it that I'm useless to talk to. I'm so glad that my parents aren't the type to pull guilt trips, because I'm doing a good enough job on myself as it is!
Not to mention lack of exercise. Fortunately I've been getting better at what I eat (falling in love with greek yogurt, hummus, and edamame certainly helps!), and my job requires me to be up and moving 99% of the time, so I haven't had a real chance to blob out. Certain muscles groups are suffering, though--my arms and calves are getting plenty of exercise from running around the bar and lifting gallons of milk, but my mid-section gets zero work out at all. My generous and wonderful mother has been kind enough to offer to help pay for Curves, so all I need to do is find one. The one I thought was less than a mile from my work, wasn't there when I went searching. On the To Do List for tomorrow is calling their number and seeing where they're actually located so I can pay a visit.
Finally, my creative outlets have taken a real beating. The rare times I'm able to sit down and chill on the couch with the roomies and the Ryan, I'm sketching on either my sketch pad or the iPad, but that's about it. My attempts at photographing the rose failed, as I wasn't paying enough attention to the light quality, and the pictures looked just horrible. Still planning on trying my hand at "still life," with objects around the apartment, but I haven't gotten to it yet.
It's honestly really frustrating--I recently figured out that I do want to concentrate on photography, and really hone my skill at it, but I just can't find the chances. I know that "I would if I really cared," but I do care, and don't have the time! ARGH!
...wow, that's more typing than I was planning on doing. Lucky readers, you are now just about caught up with what's been going on in my life, and in my head. I still apologize for the failure at updates, and at the lack of calls and e-mails and such, but I hope this helps a bit.
...I've really been missing my friends and family lately, so I'll end on a shout out to all my loved ones in Connecticut: to the Thursday night gang, the fellow gaming nerds, the school chums, the Curves ladies, and especially my family. I would give anything to be able to spend just one hour catching up. I love you all. :)
Thursday, August 19, 2010
So..Tired....Must...Update...
*waves*
I'm sorry I haven't updated since Monday. And this isn't a very big post. Tuesday was spent in Chicago with BJ, Kitty and Alex; today was spent working. Tomorrow is also work, and the day after, and every day after until next Friday--yes, I'm working 9 days in a row without a day off. >.<
Ahem.
Chicago was a blast, almost entirely due to the company. Work was pretty good today, and looks to be pretty good the rest of the week. Next week is still a toss-up.
Tomorrow, Sameh and BJ drive into Chicago to fetch our friend, Simon, who will be staying until Tuesday. We Indiana bunch have been planning all kinds of fun for his visit :)
I am still extremely tired from yesterday's trip and have to be at work in 11 hours, so that's all you're getting for now. Hopefully I'll be more awake tomorrow night, and thus able to make an update with some substance.
I'm sorry I haven't updated since Monday. And this isn't a very big post. Tuesday was spent in Chicago with BJ, Kitty and Alex; today was spent working. Tomorrow is also work, and the day after, and every day after until next Friday--yes, I'm working 9 days in a row without a day off. >.<
Ahem.
Chicago was a blast, almost entirely due to the company. Work was pretty good today, and looks to be pretty good the rest of the week. Next week is still a toss-up.
Tomorrow, Sameh and BJ drive into Chicago to fetch our friend, Simon, who will be staying until Tuesday. We Indiana bunch have been planning all kinds of fun for his visit :)
I am still extremely tired from yesterday's trip and have to be at work in 11 hours, so that's all you're getting for now. Hopefully I'll be more awake tomorrow night, and thus able to make an update with some substance.
Thursday, August 12, 2010
La Vie En Rose...
Today was an up and down day.
Up: Got to sleep in!
Down: Had a nightmare right before waking up.
Up: Call from the mechanic: Ryan's car is ready!
Down: Price = Ow!
Up: Not as much as we expected, meaning we won't be over budget!
Down: Cleaned car out almost immediately after getting it home. It had three inches of water in it for a day or two when it flooded, and has been sitting in extreme heat, completely sealed, for a month. The carpet. It was unhappy. The smell. It was ungodly.
Up: We found BJ's keys, which have also been missing for about a month. They were hidden under Ryan's seat. No more BJ banging on the door to be let in!
Down: Went to take the garbage out, discovered a good amount of liquid in the bottom of the trash can. This liquid also got splashed on me when I emptied the whole thing into the dumpster outside. Lovely.
Up: Ryan made a delicious dinner of spaghetti with meat sauce: Nummmm.
Up: Watched a great episode of Good Eats while eating, during which Alton Brown attached a pepper grinder to a cordless drill to grind faster. Love!
Cute story for the day: Sent Ryan into the garage office with the checkbook. When he returned, I reached for the checkbook, only to have a rose placed in my hand. Ryan about busted the gut over the confused look on my face.
Apparently this garage gives out roses to its customers! I rather like it--it's unique, memorable, classy, and puts a smile on your face. Really nice rose, too--and I've seen plenty while frequenting Ren Faires.
More likely than not I'll be abusing it with my camera until it's completely wilted and dead...and maybe even a bit after that. Must be careful, though--it's so easy to get too sappy or goth when it comes to pictures of roses.
I got next week's schedule, and it is perfect. I have Monday and Tuesday off, then pre-close the rest of the week. I love pre-closing, plus my favorite co-worker is closing those days as well. Whee!
Only downsides: Ryan works Monday and Tuesday, which are my days off, and I work Wednesday and Thursday, which are his days off. Also, our friend Simon is arriving on Wednesday, probably at a time that I'll miss because of work. Ah well.
Simon is another friend from WoW, which our entire household has known for a few years. He's a college student from California, and a completely awesome and funny guy. We can't wait for him to get here! :)
Now, this ice cream has been tempting me for just a little too long, so I'm signing off to commit sorbet carnage. Until tomorrow!
Up: Got to sleep in!
Down: Had a nightmare right before waking up.
Up: Call from the mechanic: Ryan's car is ready!
Down: Price = Ow!
Up: Not as much as we expected, meaning we won't be over budget!
Down: Cleaned car out almost immediately after getting it home. It had three inches of water in it for a day or two when it flooded, and has been sitting in extreme heat, completely sealed, for a month. The carpet. It was unhappy. The smell. It was ungodly.
Up: We found BJ's keys, which have also been missing for about a month. They were hidden under Ryan's seat. No more BJ banging on the door to be let in!
Down: Went to take the garbage out, discovered a good amount of liquid in the bottom of the trash can. This liquid also got splashed on me when I emptied the whole thing into the dumpster outside. Lovely.
Up: Ryan made a delicious dinner of spaghetti with meat sauce: Nummmm.
Up: Watched a great episode of Good Eats while eating, during which Alton Brown attached a pepper grinder to a cordless drill to grind faster. Love!
Cute story for the day: Sent Ryan into the garage office with the checkbook. When he returned, I reached for the checkbook, only to have a rose placed in my hand. Ryan about busted the gut over the confused look on my face.
Apparently this garage gives out roses to its customers! I rather like it--it's unique, memorable, classy, and puts a smile on your face. Really nice rose, too--and I've seen plenty while frequenting Ren Faires.
More likely than not I'll be abusing it with my camera until it's completely wilted and dead...and maybe even a bit after that. Must be careful, though--it's so easy to get too sappy or goth when it comes to pictures of roses.
I got next week's schedule, and it is perfect. I have Monday and Tuesday off, then pre-close the rest of the week. I love pre-closing, plus my favorite co-worker is closing those days as well. Whee!
Only downsides: Ryan works Monday and Tuesday, which are my days off, and I work Wednesday and Thursday, which are his days off. Also, our friend Simon is arriving on Wednesday, probably at a time that I'll miss because of work. Ah well.
Simon is another friend from WoW, which our entire household has known for a few years. He's a college student from California, and a completely awesome and funny guy. We can't wait for him to get here! :)
Now, this ice cream has been tempting me for just a little too long, so I'm signing off to commit sorbet carnage. Until tomorrow!
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Blog Design Update!
I've added a box with my Google calendars for when I'm working, and when WoW raids are (which, if I'm not working, I'm participating in, and can still be considered "busy"). I'll add my Personal calendar if it ever includes actual events, as opposed to just TV shows I want to remember to watch, which is all it has now.
So, if you want to know when I'll be free to call/text/instant message/Skype/etc, now you can stalk me and find out! Clicking on an event shows the details, although it's usually no more than when the event starts and ends. Again, I can start adding further details if I have actual events that require them.
Let the stalking commence!
So, if you want to know when I'll be free to call/text/instant message/Skype/etc, now you can stalk me and find out! Clicking on an event shows the details, although it's usually no more than when the event starts and ends. Again, I can start adding further details if I have actual events that require them.
Let the stalking commence!
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