You thought my posting every day for a month meant some sort of revival eh? I think it tired me out more. The whole idea of trying to think of a fancy way to wrap the mundanity of every day life was daunting for my OCD perfectionism. And that is the sole reason I am not a best selling writer. (That and I don’t write good either! LOL)
There’s a lot of things going on in my life, both externally and internally and I’ve wanted to write about them. So much I feel like I’m going to explode. But in a bad way. I just need to hold it a bit and figure out the best way to express it. For now, I’ll settle for a very simple post.
First, a very Happy Birthday to my Dad! He is unfortunately spending it traveling on business, but I can send my well wishes just the same! Love ya!
Secondly, the long overdue March Monthly Love post that has been brewing in my brain since March 24th. March was good month for things and I feel like sharing them.
To start, HBO’s East Bound and Down. I cannot say enough about how awesome this show is. It pushes the absurdity just to the point of being funny and Danny McBride is superb as Kenny Powers, a washed up Major League baseball pitcher who returns to his small hometown to live with his brother and substitute teach gym at his old high school. Oh, there are so many comical, laugh-out-loud, quotable moments in the first season (six episodes) that I am anxiously awaiting the second one.
I’ve been told no human could be as good as me, been asked if I made a deal with the devil…Fuck no, the devil couldn’t afford my shit. ~ Kenny Powers, via his Twitter
Then there’s I Love You, Man which we were so excited to see that we actually went opening night and we weren’t disappointed. The movie was funny and awkward at the same time. The story and underlying lessons were handled very well and all of the characters were amazingly developed. I was throughly entranced with how this movie handled the awkwardness and difficulty of making friends as an adult, once your beyond the safety net of college and high school. I loved Jamie Pressly’s character in it as well and Paul Rudd is just mmm, mmm, good! Seriously, I would have his babies! (So, we’ll add Paul Rudd as an honorary things loved in March!)
Pssst! That Kristy is a totally cool girl! You should leave your Hollywood life and go let her have your bahbez!
And finally, in the entertainment category at least, there’s The Celebrity Apprentice. Okay, yes, I know, it’s trashy reality TV but I can’t help it! I actually have enjoyed most of The Apprentice’s because I do like the concept and the challenges, albeit no where as in depth as they would actually be in the business world, are much more informative and actually have a point, unlike the challenges on some other shows (MTV, I’m looking at you!). Regardless, when I saw the lineup for the season, I was salivating and I was not disappointed! Because they have basically taken some of the biggest nutjobs with ridiculous egos not justified for their level of fame and forced them all to work together in situations where at some point, some of the Chiefs (i.e. everyone!) have to learn to be Indians. The women are kicking ass as always but that mostly because 3/4 of the women’s team are people that most of us haven’t heard of so they aren’t used to super-fame whereas 3/4 of the men’s team is made up of people that most of us have at least heard of and none of them have been subserviant to anyone in years! But yes, the men are the most entertaining! Tom Green, Andrew Dice Clay, Dennis Rodman = batshit crazy! Clint Black = hate you so very much! Brian McKnight = nice guy but strikes me as the guy who thinks his shit doesn’t stink and would probably sing everything to you if you’d let him. The only people I really love on here are Jesse James, Herschel Walker and Joan River, mostly because Jesse and Herschel are real people and Joan Rivers is just hysterical!
Even the sixteen douches surrounding him can’t cancel out the Donald’s ginormouse douchiness!
(You’re excluded Jesse, Herschel and Joan!)
Onto another Bath and Body Works product, this time one that does more than just smell good. I picked up their Instant Aromatherapy Headache Relief on whim last time I was in the store because I needed $10 worth of stuff to use my coupon. I never actually thought it would work, particularly because I’m a migraine sufferer and it used to take two Excedrin Migraines and some sinus medicine to get rid of them. But I started using this stuff and was pleasantly surprised how well it works! It basically peppermint oil that you roll onto places where there’s pain and tension (temples, above the eyes, back of the neck). The oil feels cool and the smell is a very strong peppermint, which is supposed to help reduce stress and ease tension. This doesn’t work when you’re in the throes of a major headache attack but about a half an hour after I rubbed it on the beginning pressures of a new headache, the pain had subsided and I was left feeling refreshed and back to normal.
Hey, you know what’s not good though? Especially if you have oil prone skin? Rubbing this over your forehead and cheeks liberally, more than once a day. My skin hates me!
On a random food note, I’d like to send a big ups to an oldie but a goodie, Pigs in A Blanket. I’d never had a chance to eat these regularly because they really are hors d’oeuvres but I had them at a Christmas party last year and in March decided to try them at home. I picked up a roll of refrigerated crescent dough and a package of Carolina Pride Smokies and rolled them up and cooked based on the crescent roll instructions and they were delicious. They were actually our go to snack this month and we might have even eaten them for dinner once or twice. Add cheese or buy the Hillshire Farms cheddar smokies if you want a little kick!
Kristy, Steve and Sammy say NOM, NOM, NOM!
And finally, the highlight of March was at the end when my girlfriends, we’ll call them C & C, came to visit for Girls Weekend 2009. This weekend had dual enjoyment. I got to spend girl time with two of my favorite people, eating Oreos, reading books, chatting until 3:30am and singing Journey in the backseat of the car as loud as we can. I also got to be a tourist in my own town because I made a point to take them places I had never been before. We tried new restaurants together and explored plantation gardens that were beautifully in bloom and saw beautiful pieces of art and ate delicious seafood and Italian food and sandwiches. All in all, we had a great weekend and the only thing I was sad about is that they had to leave to go back to living 10 hours away. I miss you girls!
The C’s say cheese from Middleton Place and here’s to fun filled and adventurous April!
As usual, there’s nothing new that happened today. I had a meeting first thing in the morning, so as you can imagine, my whole day was thrown off. So now I’m playing catch-up between today and not being at work yesterday. And I have off Friday and this coming Monday, so I’m going to be really behind come next week. Such is life, I guess.
I hope the weather at least clears up because two of my girlfriends are coming in on Friday morning and it would be nice to have a girl’s weekend with nice weather that we can spend outside. I’d hate to have them fly all the way down here and end up being stuck inside. There aren’t even any good girl movies out that we can go see!
But overall, today was a rather boring and uneventful Wednesday. I’m still feeling some after effects from Monday but I think it’s a combination of the IUD and the girly cramps. I can’t really take anything as far as pain medication so I’m just trying to tough it out. You boys sure do have it lucky!
Other than that, we didn’t do much. Had some BK Lounge for dinner, I watched last week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy. I teared up at last week’s episode of Grey’s Anatomy. (Seriously, I really am not upset about Izzie dying because I think Katherine Heigl fucked herself on that one – but I am very, very sad for Alex having to loose her. Because I love Alex. And on an aside, the character development of some previously unlikeable characters has been phenomenal this season!)
Then we played blast from the past and I had Steve watch Jerry Maguire because he had never seen it and I loved that movie in high school. I didn’t know Cameron Crowe did it and now I know partly why I loved it. I’m pretty much a fan of any of his work. And I remember watching that movie, probably like any other girl, and melting because I wanted to complete someone. Now, I watch it and it’s kind of cheesy and Cuba is really the best actor out of that whole movie but the sentimentality is still there. It’s sweet and boy, that kid sure is cute! Steve was just kind of “Eh!” about it but he’s never a big fan of movies like that and it is like thirteen years after that movie came out (13 years, holy crap!). He like Cuba though too. Now we know why he won an Oscar.
Tomorrow is another day. My final day before a four day weekend. Should be nice. I’ll spend it dropping the dog off for his hair appointment/daycare, organizing things and completing projects at work then coming home and getting ready for our company. Not too bad of a way to spend the day. And tomorrow is TV night too (Grey’s, ER, The Office) so that makes it even better!
Hopefully, even with company in, I’ll be able to make my posting goals. I’ve got, what, six days left. I’d hate to quit now.
But as I said earlier this month, if I do, oh well, I’ll try again another time.
Just like that, another weekend gone!
It’s amazing how every Sunday night Steve and I find ourselves saying that. I don’t know if that’s indicative of whether we are doing something good or just wasting away.
We actually were really, really productive though so I definitely don’t feel like we wasted it. After yesterday’s cleaning and shopping marathon, I woke up with no REAL sense of purpose today. So I spent the first two hours watching trash TV (Rock of Love Bus is so boring now that the uber-skanks are gone!) then I decided that I might as well accomplish something. I hung a bunch of pictures, finished the loads of laundry (note: they still have to be folded, along with the past few weekends of laundry. Does anybody else hate folding as much as I do?) and picked up a few other things.
Then, about four o’clock, I was plagued with another sinus headache. I knew it was because it we ran the heat last night and it was so dry in here when I woke up. So I took one 500mg tablet of Tylenol, which the doctor has told me I can do, and I think that was a mistake. Not long after that, I started feeling nauseous and really dizzy and the pain in my head was excruciating. So I laid down for a bit and that didn’t seem to help. Then I took a hot shower and laid down some more with an ice pack to my head. By the time I got back up at 7, I felt much better but I was still out of it. Fighting a headache like that has always taken a lot out of me. The pain can go away but it takes me hours to feel back to normal.
I hate having this problem because I always feel like “I have a headache” seems like such a lame excuse. But it’s not just a headache – it’s pain in my face, in my temples, underneath my skull that just feels like whole head is going to explode. It’s nausea, it’s dizziness, it’s weakness. Light and noise makes it worse. I can feel when there are pressure and temperature changes in the air. It’s something I’ve lived with all of my life and I’ve learned to sort of live with and control. Even when I’m in the throes of it, I feel self-conscious that people think I’m making a big deal out of nothing or that I’m faking, but it’s merely that I’ve lived with it for so long that I’ve learned to mask it, to push it aside until I’m absolutely at my breaking point and only then do I realize I need to just go home, take a hot shower, pop some Tylenol and sleep in a cool, dark room with an ice pack to my head.
It’s genetic and it’s something that can’t be fixed. I just have to learn to live with it. They’ve taken MRIs and injected my veins with dye while doing so to make sure everything is ok and the all came back normal and fine. I’ve taken Imitrex but haven’t gotten it replenished in years, partly because it’s expensive and I didn’t like the way it makes me feel.
Regardless, after that ordeal, I couldn’t force myself to do much more. Steve made dinner and we watched Lakeview Terrace which was pretty much just eh! Kind of what we expected it to be. (I Love You, Man, which we saw on Friday, was far more enjoyable, albeit a bit awkward to watch because Paul Rudd is so awkwardly adorable in it. Definitely go see that movie though because it was good – not just funny but a great story too.) Then we ate some ice cream, watched the season finale of East Bound and Down and did the last few loads of laundry.
Now I’m in bed watching Chelsea Lately and preparing for another week at work. My house is clean and organized and ready for our visitors on Friday, and I’m ready for the time off.
I can’t believe it’s almost April!
I made pigs in a blanket for dinner. That was the most interesting thing that happened today.
I’m still readjusting a bit to the news from yesterday. Again, it’s nothing major or life changing or awful, it’s just some readjustments that need to be made to perspectives and routines.
Thanks to an awesome bubble bath last night I actually got a decent sleep and had an okay day at work. I’ll super busy. I’ve got major cleaning to do in the house as we have visitors coming in next weekend and I can’t have this place look like a shithole. Plus, our yard is starting to look like a jungle.
Now we are just hanging out, eating munchies and watching Sex Drive, which is absolutely hilarious. We watched Role Models last night and I think this one is actually a bit funnier.
At least we are over the hump and tomorrow is Thursday. I’m also over halfway done with this month which means I’ve probably posted more often these past few weeks than I have in years.
Not giving up yet!
I didn’t set out to post every day this month, it’s just kind of happened like that so far. And it’s actually a bit easier to keep up with me because I’m not forcing myself to do it. If I don’t, so what, there’s another month.
But it’s nice to at least be writing again on a somewhat regular basis. Even if my life is a bit mundane and boring. How do people find stuff to write about everyday?
Because what I did today is basically what I told you I was going to do yesterday. I slept until about 10am or so, got up and took care of a few household duties, spent a leisurely amount of time getting ready, then went to see The Watchmen. After that, it was dinner at Sticky Fingers then dessert at Cold Stone Creamery, where I tried some of their rather delicious, but insanely rich, marshmallow ice cream, which pretty much had the taste and consistency of frozen fluff.
So overall, we did the same thing tonight that we did yesterday night with the exception of the movie. And the fact that between the popcorn, dinner and the ice cream, I feel like I ate my way through the afternoon and evening.
I haven’t been able to focus much lately because I’ve been a bit exhausted. Adapting to the new schedule is tiresome and the Daylight Savings Time rollover tonight probably isn’t going to help much. I am just all about being lazy these days and truthfully, would’ve like to stay in bed until noon today. Unfortunately, I was wide awake around 10am and had we not had plans, I would’ve been super-motivated to actually get shit done.
I love going out and having friends and a social life but some days, knowing that I have to stop what I’m doing to get ready to go out and then go out makes me so unmotivated to actually start a task or household chores, mainly because I don’t like leaving things unfinished.
So my house is a wreck, we are in desperate need of a major grocery run, I’ve got phone calls and appointments and plans that need to be made and all I want to do tomorrow is lay in bed with the windows open and the breeze blowing in, surfing the Net, watching crap TV and reading. What will probably happen is that I’ll be wide awake, will sit in the living room doing the same thing for the better part of the day until it’s time to get ready to go to trivia. I’ll have thought about everything that needed to be done but never actually started.
Last time I checked, thinking didn’t stock the cabinets.
One of these days I’ll work out some sort of balance where there’s no guilt about my messy house awaiting me while I’m out eating delicious food and having some laughs with friends.
I’ll just have to teach the maid to be as meticulous as I am.
For now, I’m just going to go cuddle up with my puppy dawg, who has been at home by himself for the past seven hours patiently waiting by the window for us and is now snuggled onto my chest and begging for attention. Babies may make my ovaries dance, but my Sammy just makes my heart melt!
