Work story anyone?
Just now, two people were standing up at the printer waiting for prints.
CFO: "What, did you break it?"
Kay: "No, I just didn't touch it hard enough"
Alicia: (in my head) "Ugh, really? That's what he said.....or she said."
I've learned to cope with no home internet or TV. I won't lie to you; it's been tough...to quite tough. It is an entirely different way of life. Instead of watching TV while eating (one of my favorite pastimes), I now have to listen to XM radio and look at paint samples or my IKEA catalogs. Sometimes I'll just stare out the windows hoping to see something neat. Instead of checking my mail before bed, I've learned to do stuff around the house or even get to bed earlier.
I even had to miss the season premier of the Hills. I have a love/hate relationship with that show. I hate everyone on it but I need to watch it. It's like a drug habit that I'm trying to hide from my family and friends. I need to do it but I'm ashamed of it and know better. If I were a dog, I'd have my tail in between my legs every Monday night from 9-9:30.
Quite possibly the hardest part might be not being able to download music. Luckily I have XM to help me through. Otherwise I’m sure this experience would be the end of me. I don’t know what I’d die of, perhaps Dysentery. I plan on starting service up again starting April 1st.
On another note, I expected to be met with warm regards as soon as I moved into my development. I mean these aren’t some crappy apartments, these are really nice town homes. I expected a different type of people to live there I guess. Ha, silly me right? I expected my neighbors to come over and introduce themselves, even possibly bring cookies. Instead, you know what I get? Every time my neighbors see me, they literally run (well, briskly walk) in the opposite direction. They want nothing to do with me. I tried to introduce myself to one woman while her dog was humping my leg and she muttered “Sorry” and quickly went inside. Um…hello? Your dog is still on my leg? I’m talking to you?
When I was moving in, I saw them peering out the windows at me and then quickly drawing the blinds shut. I’M not the creeper here. Turns out all my neighbors suck. One lady down the block came over one day while I was at work and my dad was replacing my garage door opener and tried to get him to tell her how much I paid for the house. Then told him to tell me to “stay single”. Ok……
On Friday, Eagan got 8 inches of snow. I had people coming over that morning so I decided to shovel my sidewalk and driveway for them. I probably had a smile on my face the entire time I was shoveling my sidewalk, thinking, “This is so cool! I’m shoveling MY sidewalk!” Well the novelty wore off pretty quickly once I got a couple minutes into my massive driveway. Then I realized how NOT cool this was and how much my back hurt.
Lame neighbors and shoveling aside, my house is amazing.
Ok, I’m done.
I can’t wait to paint tonight. So excited. SO excited!
CFO: "What, did you break it?"
Kay: "No, I just didn't touch it hard enough"
Alicia: (in my head) "Ugh, really? That's what he said.....or she said."
I've learned to cope with no home internet or TV. I won't lie to you; it's been tough...to quite tough. It is an entirely different way of life. Instead of watching TV while eating (one of my favorite pastimes), I now have to listen to XM radio and look at paint samples or my IKEA catalogs. Sometimes I'll just stare out the windows hoping to see something neat. Instead of checking my mail before bed, I've learned to do stuff around the house or even get to bed earlier.
I even had to miss the season premier of the Hills. I have a love/hate relationship with that show. I hate everyone on it but I need to watch it. It's like a drug habit that I'm trying to hide from my family and friends. I need to do it but I'm ashamed of it and know better. If I were a dog, I'd have my tail in between my legs every Monday night from 9-9:30.
Quite possibly the hardest part might be not being able to download music. Luckily I have XM to help me through. Otherwise I’m sure this experience would be the end of me. I don’t know what I’d die of, perhaps Dysentery. I plan on starting service up again starting April 1st.
On another note, I expected to be met with warm regards as soon as I moved into my development. I mean these aren’t some crappy apartments, these are really nice town homes. I expected a different type of people to live there I guess. Ha, silly me right? I expected my neighbors to come over and introduce themselves, even possibly bring cookies. Instead, you know what I get? Every time my neighbors see me, they literally run (well, briskly walk) in the opposite direction. They want nothing to do with me. I tried to introduce myself to one woman while her dog was humping my leg and she muttered “Sorry” and quickly went inside. Um…hello? Your dog is still on my leg? I’m talking to you?
When I was moving in, I saw them peering out the windows at me and then quickly drawing the blinds shut. I’M not the creeper here. Turns out all my neighbors suck. One lady down the block came over one day while I was at work and my dad was replacing my garage door opener and tried to get him to tell her how much I paid for the house. Then told him to tell me to “stay single”. Ok……
On Friday, Eagan got 8 inches of snow. I had people coming over that morning so I decided to shovel my sidewalk and driveway for them. I probably had a smile on my face the entire time I was shoveling my sidewalk, thinking, “This is so cool! I’m shoveling MY sidewalk!” Well the novelty wore off pretty quickly once I got a couple minutes into my massive driveway. Then I realized how NOT cool this was and how much my back hurt.
Lame neighbors and shoveling aside, my house is amazing.
Ok, I’m done.
I can’t wait to paint tonight. So excited. SO excited!