Feeling Inky
I had the urge to update because I felt a strong desire to write all of a sudden and I thought I should take advantage of that, but here I am and the desire is fizzling. Today was not as productive as I planned it in my head. I was going to do laundry (which I did), clean my room and the apartment (which I half-assed), and I was going to get my hair done (which I failed to do). I also thought about going shopping, but then decided that the more I stay home, the less money I spend. I have to make this paycheck last. The good news is I am almost through paying my credit card off, which means I can finally buy a bed. The bad news is I have to start paying student loans, and the monthly payments are larger than I could have ever imagined. Gulp. Though I was not productive, I think the important thing was I got to relax and sleep a little more than usual and chill out and spend some QT watching movies. I don't get to do that all that often. I feel a little more recharged.
This weekend was really fun. I've been having fun weekends, which really makes up for a hard workweek. Only three days in the office this week, due to Thanksgiving holidays. Ugh, but Monday shouldn't count because our edit meetings generally consume the better half of the morning. Then we go to lunch and it's hard to go full steam after that. Oh, and then I have to work the other job at night. Speaking of which, I revealed an important piece of information to one of my coworkers, and she is totally pushing me to do something about it. This could be a good thing because now I feel more pressure to actually go through with it. It's a shame I can't buy confidence. I need to carpe diem, damnit.
Back to the weekend, I had an awesome time at Peddler's Village with Lesley and Sarah and their boyfriends and I brought along my pretend boyfriend, Nick. (I heart Nick. He is guaranteed fun.) He met me at work and then we drove to Lahaska together. We walked around the village until the dinner. It was one of those murder mysteries, which the girls and I went to two years ago. The dinner was excellent and the show was funny. I am no good at figuring those things out. Sarah guessed right and had a funny motive, so they awarded her a mug and tote bag. She was excited. Now her life goal is to become a murder mystery actress. She could so do it, too.
SIDENOTE: Grey's Anatomy is on and Sandra Oh is my new favorite actress, next to Sandra Bullock, Salma Hayek and Diane Lane. Sandra Oh has been terrific in everything I've seen her in. Her character on G.A. is so funny.
Sooo, where was I? Oh yeah: after the murder mystery, we went back to Sarah's mom's house and played Cranium, and although I was tired, I still had a lot of fun. I am such a dork because I love the ones where you have to spell words. I am secretly a spelling nazi. I still mourn my loss to a classmate during the fifth grade spelling bee. Guess my passion for spelling doesn't hurt my current line of work. And I loved to read as a child. My big(gest) brother Andy and I used to get each other books for Christmas and have them read before the end of Christmas Day. I was also a childhood insomniac, so I would read for hours before going to sleep. Looking back, my insomnia was probably caused by my drinking large quantities of iced tea with dinner. Caffeine and the fact that I am naturally a night owl. I absolutely hate mornings. If it were up to me, I would not get up before 11 am and work until 7 pm.
But I digress. So Saturday I worked at the pharmacy all day. Then I picked up former-coworker-Sara and we ventured off to KOP (the monster mall that makes me feel like an ant) for dinner and the Harry Potter movie. And, I was just thinking about how cool it would be to have a scar like Harry Potter. Oh, and I seem to make an ass out of myself at least once every weekend and this weekend it was when I asked Sara, as we were passing a poster for the new movie Walk the Line, "Is that movie about Elvis?" A guy nearby heard me and busted out laughing. Sara enlightened me about Johnny Cash. So, yeah, Jane=ass.
Ah! Action News weather report says cold weather is coming. [Insert me whining here] I hate winter! And I am not thrilled about going to The Windy City next week. Why can't the conference be in Hawaii? Wahhhhhhh
Tonight I went to a Thanksgiving dinner with friends from college. They live in the apartments down the street. We played Catchphrase, which I should really buy because it's so much fun with a group of people. Taboo is a good one, too.
Okay, enough weekend recapping. There. I've satisfied my craving to write. Are you happy now?
This weekend was really fun. I've been having fun weekends, which really makes up for a hard workweek. Only three days in the office this week, due to Thanksgiving holidays. Ugh, but Monday shouldn't count because our edit meetings generally consume the better half of the morning. Then we go to lunch and it's hard to go full steam after that. Oh, and then I have to work the other job at night. Speaking of which, I revealed an important piece of information to one of my coworkers, and she is totally pushing me to do something about it. This could be a good thing because now I feel more pressure to actually go through with it. It's a shame I can't buy confidence. I need to carpe diem, damnit.
Back to the weekend, I had an awesome time at Peddler's Village with Lesley and Sarah and their boyfriends and I brought along my pretend boyfriend, Nick. (I heart Nick. He is guaranteed fun.) He met me at work and then we drove to Lahaska together. We walked around the village until the dinner. It was one of those murder mysteries, which the girls and I went to two years ago. The dinner was excellent and the show was funny. I am no good at figuring those things out. Sarah guessed right and had a funny motive, so they awarded her a mug and tote bag. She was excited. Now her life goal is to become a murder mystery actress. She could so do it, too.
SIDENOTE: Grey's Anatomy is on and Sandra Oh is my new favorite actress, next to Sandra Bullock, Salma Hayek and Diane Lane. Sandra Oh has been terrific in everything I've seen her in. Her character on G.A. is so funny.
Sooo, where was I? Oh yeah: after the murder mystery, we went back to Sarah's mom's house and played Cranium, and although I was tired, I still had a lot of fun. I am such a dork because I love the ones where you have to spell words. I am secretly a spelling nazi. I still mourn my loss to a classmate during the fifth grade spelling bee. Guess my passion for spelling doesn't hurt my current line of work. And I loved to read as a child. My big(gest) brother Andy and I used to get each other books for Christmas and have them read before the end of Christmas Day. I was also a childhood insomniac, so I would read for hours before going to sleep. Looking back, my insomnia was probably caused by my drinking large quantities of iced tea with dinner. Caffeine and the fact that I am naturally a night owl. I absolutely hate mornings. If it were up to me, I would not get up before 11 am and work until 7 pm.
But I digress. So Saturday I worked at the pharmacy all day. Then I picked up former-coworker-Sara and we ventured off to KOP (the monster mall that makes me feel like an ant) for dinner and the Harry Potter movie. And, I was just thinking about how cool it would be to have a scar like Harry Potter. Oh, and I seem to make an ass out of myself at least once every weekend and this weekend it was when I asked Sara, as we were passing a poster for the new movie Walk the Line, "Is that movie about Elvis?" A guy nearby heard me and busted out laughing. Sara enlightened me about Johnny Cash. So, yeah, Jane=ass.
Ah! Action News weather report says cold weather is coming. [Insert me whining here] I hate winter! And I am not thrilled about going to The Windy City next week. Why can't the conference be in Hawaii? Wahhhhhhh
Tonight I went to a Thanksgiving dinner with friends from college. They live in the apartments down the street. We played Catchphrase, which I should really buy because it's so much fun with a group of people. Taboo is a good one, too.
Okay, enough weekend recapping. There. I've satisfied my craving to write. Are you happy now?