it's been a busy week! it was filled with fabulous friends, awesome parties and a wee bit of travel. not to mention all that normal work/life stuff i have to do every day.
i got spoiled beyond imagination, reconnected with two very special friends, celebrated with my mom, played the slots, snuggled cats, ate too much and saw killer whales.
not bad for seven days, huh?
it'd be talk like a pirate day, ye skalliwags! walk with a swagger and pinch all the wenches as they pass.
in less pirate-y news, it's wednesday. i'm having an ANTM premiere gathering tonight. i'm going to victoria for my mom's big 70th birthday weekend.
yeah, that's about it. now, on with the grog!
i have a new tooth.
got the window fixed. that $245 i saved on the headlamps, plus $30 more, went to the nice people at Speedy Glass for the effort.
after picking up the car, i went to the doctor to have the chest pain i'd been experiencing all week diagnosed. looks like the cartilage connecting my ribs to my sternum is inflamed. don't know why, but it's damn sore. unfortunately, there's naught to do but take anti-inflammatories and ice it. fun!
i'm seriously considering an apartment sale - i don't have a yard or a garage, so what else should i call it? i need to raise funds to pay off my recent visa bill and it's always good to purge stuff you haven't used in several years. i have a linen closet full of such things. who knows, maybe someone would even give me money for them! i think today is all mine, so maybe i'll sort and photograph. then again, maybe i'll just sit on the couch and sulk 'cause i'm in pain.
after having dinner with christopher's parents, we went out for a post-meal drive. unfortunately, we mostly got stuck in traffic, so i suggested we go wash my car for the first time instead.
while scrubbing the driver's side front window, the back side window just... exploded. seriously. i'd finished washing it with the foaming brush, moved onto the one beside it and then there was this soft "oomph" and the sound of shattering glass. i wasn't even touching it at the time!
so, now i've got a yard trimming bag taped over the window and hopes that i can get it replaced during the day tomorrow.
i can't even muster up enough emotion to cry about it right now. i'm so overwhelmed with expenses and money stress i've begun compiling a list of things worth offering for sale to raise funds. at the very least, i'll have to cancel my week off at xmas. i just can't afford to give up that week's pay the way things are going.
i've been driving my new car around, trying to get a feel for it. the passenger side window broke; i'm kind of glad it's getting cooler out, so that i won't have to feel guilty christopher can't cool down. i found replacement headlamps from a guy on a local VW forum for $25 -- that's $245 cheaper than retail, which should be enough to pay to fix the window.
i haven't been feeling very well the last week or so. non-specific pain and discomfort makes the hypochondriac in me rear her ugly and anxiety-inspiring head, which just makes the un-well that much worse. i think it was just two very late nights this weekend which did it, actually. the doctor wouldn't give me a prescription for an oral anti-fungal after i discovered the ringworm had re-appeared in a new location. i go to the dentist next tuesday to have my fake-fake tooth replaced with my new fake tooth.
i'm obsessed with finding a pair of chairs to replace my huge comfy chair, not that i have the money for something like that. something like these would make me happiest. i found a cute little chair at a thrift store near work for $5; it needs re-upholstering (it sports lots of cat-claw holes), but i don't have a clue as to how much that might cost me. actually, i'm obsessed with looking for things to buy in general. i don't know why, since i spent all my money on the the new car.
i finally get to go back to my job tomorrow morning. i've spent the last two and a half weeks filling in for my officemate. i love the 3:30pm end-time, but hate the 5:00am alarm clock. doing his job is a nice break, but i'll be glad to get back to my desk. the new manager is taking us out for lunch tomorrow -- his treat. maybe i should have told him how much i liked the shirt he wore today.
i made a giant fruit salad tonight. i had a sudden and urgent need for fresh fruit. my diet over the last couple of weeks has been just abysmal. i was practically frantic for a salad by sunday. funny how that happens.
i'm not dead, but i've been pretty damn boring. you really weren't missing much at all.
