The reason I increased my work by one shift was cause I needed a few purchase-ahjs... and now the spending begins. I stocked up on winter shirts and work clothes/shoes a couple weeks ago. I still have to make the winter coat trek, but first I need a printer. My old printer doesn't work right anymore and I need it to print CVs for job applications, and query letters etc. for my book.
I'm excited that all the cheap printers these days include scanners. Sharing photos is so much easier with the nets, but my old pics are still sitting around in boxes, being looked at by no one but the dust mites. (And they don't really care.)
...Back to my online shopping...
Friday, October 31, 2008
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
no sleepies no cryyyyy
I'm working at 8 AM today... and I was unnnable to sleep. I tried and tried as of 2:30 AM onward, but there just wasn't a sleepy bone in my body. Of course, now it's time to get up and get ready and I can feel the droopy sleepiness coming on! But... too late body. You're stuck til 4 or 5 PM.
Oh well. Time to get ready for work.
Oh well. Time to get ready for work.
Saturday, October 25, 2008
Getting Ready for the Big Event
Now that I've committed to Nanowrimo, I have to make sure my blogs are filled with enough material to last through November... I guess I'm overdue for a day of sitting and reading the news, cause that's often when things occur to me.
Nanoooo wrimoooo!
Nanoooo wrimoooo!
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
I'm a gross old coughee
So I'm heading into week 4 of my bronchitis cough. It's not bacterial cause I'm on antibiotics and nothing has changed (so now I'm stuck finishing a course of antibiotics for nothing. Doh!) There's nothing I can do but wait it out.
I'm sure, now, that it came from the evening I spent at a friend's home--she and her boyfriend chain smoke. I've been around smoking friends before and nothing happened, but you can get a bronchitis from having your lungs irritated. And I remember the cough starting then, I just didn't make the association until enough people asked me if I smoke!
Meep! Bummer. Even though I'm not contagious (I never even had a fever or anything) it's pretty gross for customers when you're trying to serve them and you're hacking up a lung. I cough into my arm, though, which may alleviate some of their worry when I'm handling their money at Cash!
I'm seeing my GP in November, so if it's not gone by then... maybe she can give me an inhaler or something, to get the meds down into the lungs. But really... it's one of those You Can Do Nuthing scenarios. Drink fluids. I bought some Benalyn.
I used to houseclean for a couple who had probably been smoking since WWII. Her voice was all gravelly, and he would sit there in kitchen with the most disgusting cough. That's what I sound like. A 70 year old chain smoker.
I'm sure, now, that it came from the evening I spent at a friend's home--she and her boyfriend chain smoke. I've been around smoking friends before and nothing happened, but you can get a bronchitis from having your lungs irritated. And I remember the cough starting then, I just didn't make the association until enough people asked me if I smoke!
Meep! Bummer. Even though I'm not contagious (I never even had a fever or anything) it's pretty gross for customers when you're trying to serve them and you're hacking up a lung. I cough into my arm, though, which may alleviate some of their worry when I'm handling their money at Cash!
I'm seeing my GP in November, so if it's not gone by then... maybe she can give me an inhaler or something, to get the meds down into the lungs. But really... it's one of those You Can Do Nuthing scenarios. Drink fluids. I bought some Benalyn.
I used to houseclean for a couple who had probably been smoking since WWII. Her voice was all gravelly, and he would sit there in kitchen with the most disgusting cough. That's what I sound like. A 70 year old chain smoker.
To Nano or Not to Nano?
Everytime National Novel Writing Month grows closer I'm tempted to do it a second time. The first time gave me a decent rough draft of something I'd like to rewrite sometime, but that's the problem--you end up with a rough draft of something that needs a bleeding lot of work. And it can seem like as much work to rewrite something as to write it properly from scratch, the first time.
Still... so tempting. So fun! And it's the first time since returning to school that I could do it!
Maybe I could write the back story for my next novel. There's a lot of stuff that happens in the past, which is uncovered by my heroes. It might be fun to write that out as a *book* -- not to publish, but to make the back story real to me. And it would be fun. Fun! Fun!
It's probably because I'm tired of editing my last story that I'm excited by the idea of doing some actual writing. No research, just writing. Well, I have 9 days to decide. And I am finished the editing--just finished in fact. It currently stands at 59 715 words. BUT I still have to rewrite one particular scene which has been bugging and bugging and bugging me. Tweaking hasn't fixed it... it needs surgery.
And... I'd have an excuse to get myself a new Nanowrimo t-shirt (because... of course I would finish on time!) My last one is SO cute, but it's wearing out.
Brother Pablo is probably doing it--he also did Nan. the same month as me last time. I'd better go see what the t-shirts look like this year before I decide...
Apparently in April they also hold Script Frenzy -- 100 pages. Now that sounds coolio.
This year's. Eeps! NOT inspiring.
They used to have posters like this. Now this would be a nice t-shirt.
Of course, one could always get a tatoo. But I'm saving that for actual publication.
Here's another cute poster:
Maybe I can just find a t-shirt of Snoopy writing "It was a dark and stormy night."
Or better yet, a t-shirt with my Miss Mabel logo on it. She doesn't give any credits for it, so I might be able to.
As you can see... it really is all about getting the t-shirt.
Still... so tempting. So fun! And it's the first time since returning to school that I could do it!
Maybe I could write the back story for my next novel. There's a lot of stuff that happens in the past, which is uncovered by my heroes. It might be fun to write that out as a *book* -- not to publish, but to make the back story real to me. And it would be fun. Fun! Fun!
It's probably because I'm tired of editing my last story that I'm excited by the idea of doing some actual writing. No research, just writing. Well, I have 9 days to decide. And I am finished the editing--just finished in fact. It currently stands at 59 715 words. BUT I still have to rewrite one particular scene which has been bugging and bugging and bugging me. Tweaking hasn't fixed it... it needs surgery.
And... I'd have an excuse to get myself a new Nanowrimo t-shirt (because... of course I would finish on time!) My last one is SO cute, but it's wearing out.
Brother Pablo is probably doing it--he also did Nan. the same month as me last time. I'd better go see what the t-shirts look like this year before I decide...
Apparently in April they also hold Script Frenzy -- 100 pages. Now that sounds coolio.
My cute t-shirt from 2002.
This year's. Eeps! NOT inspiring.
They used to have posters like this. Now this would be a nice t-shirt.
Of course, one could always get a tatoo. But I'm saving that for actual publication.Here's another cute poster:
Maybe I can just find a t-shirt of Snoopy writing "It was a dark and stormy night."
Or better yet, a t-shirt with my Miss Mabel logo on it. She doesn't give any credits for it, so I might be able to.
As you can see... it really is all about getting the t-shirt.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
A little faux leopard never hurt nobody.
I had to buy some clothes yesterday (work shirts, winter warmies) so I stopped by the Cheap Accessories store and restocked my Big Earring collection. Luckily my taste has always been cheap, so they cost between $1.00-2.50 each. And big earrings are in fashion now, so they're easy to find. I know exactly what I like, so it doesn't take me long to choose. I just avoided anything too heavy since my ears aren't adapted as they once were--but cheap earrings usually are light.
Brass dangly, and leopard print.
Gold dangly, silver dangly, and big ass hoops.
Brass dangly, and leopard print.
Friday, October 17, 2008
And that's my life, yo.
Not much to report. I finally went to the dentist this weekend (my weekend=Mon, Tue, Wed) and got my usual praise from the dental hygienist. I try not to care what others think of me, but I live for my dental hygienist's praise! And then I get not only the toothbrush, but mini toothpaste and floss!
Since I was there I dropped into the clinic--finished a book, and got 1/4 into Siddartha while I waited. Doc gave me a mild antibiotic in case my cough is bacterial, though she thinks it's viral. Haven't decided whether to use it or not. Everyone tells me to give up smoking.
Today I did a training session for some new staff members, so I got to put on my Teaching Hat.
I'm getting back into crash-on-couch-tv mode after work. Not too alarming, I have lots of good tv to catch up on, like the last seasons of Buffy.
And that's my life!
Since I was there I dropped into the clinic--finished a book, and got 1/4 into Siddartha while I waited. Doc gave me a mild antibiotic in case my cough is bacterial, though she thinks it's viral. Haven't decided whether to use it or not. Everyone tells me to give up smoking.
Today I did a training session for some new staff members, so I got to put on my Teaching Hat.
I'm getting back into crash-on-couch-tv mode after work. Not too alarming, I have lots of good tv to catch up on, like the last seasons of Buffy.
And that's my life!
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