Writing poetry again.  Or at least one. Kind of like an experiment.  Facebook won't keep my awesome (:-P) formatting, so I'm posting it here and unlocking it.

( Cut so it doesn't eat your f-list. )

Vacation Prep
- Buy suitcase (maybe not..... (Pre-emptively crossing this off, as I think mom WILL let me use her suitcase!)
- Look up dimensions for acceptable carry on luggage (Up to 45 inches, such as 14x9x22)
- Put hold on mail online
- Make packing list (AND vacation prep DO NOT FORGET list!)
- De-stink/de-clutter fridge

Cleaning
- Vacuum
- Sink ( Read more... )

Which, oddly enough, is not a euphamism for Vagina Dentata.  (Although I am considering renaming my bits ( Read more... )

I had Friday off, so I took the long weekend and went to see my parents.  Overall a good weekend.  I even drug my dad out to hike at Lake Katharine.  Which prompted the following scene.

Me:  Ooh, you should stay here and take a picture of me up THERE!  ::points at large rock overhang that juts out about 40 yards above the trail and is accessible by ( Read more... )

Happy thoughts:

- I am down to 210 pounds.  That's 12 down from my start (or 5 from my bet weigh-in), and EIGHTY down from my highest ever.

- I should post a picture of my plant.  It is massively happy and beautiful.  It is decidedly Not Dead.

- I feel wonderful and relaxed.  Fighting back slight anxiety over work tomorrow - thinking about calling in ( Read more... )

The most ironic part of T's night was:

A.  Waking up refreshed and happy at about 5 am thinking it was Saturday and happily going back to sleep.
B.  Waking up to the alarm clock, realizing it was NOT, in fact Saturday, and remembering all the unpleasant work she had to do since it was only Friday.
C.  TICKY BOX!

I thought maybe these moods had gone away.  I thought sadly, so sadly, wrong.  No clue what brings them on, no clue what makes them go away.  If I had either one, I would be able to do more than take Happy Camper, cross my fingers, and attempt to stay out of everyone's way.

In other news, I managed to go to sleep around 2, and my alarm went off at 6 ( Read more... )

Came home early.  Couldn't deal.  Otherwise useless supervisor was kind enough to let me use flex time pre-emptively so I don't have to take CTO (even though I said I would ( Read more... )

I had awful dreams last night.   They were scary and disturbing, and one of them seemed like it just NEVER ended.  I should mention that neither of them really had nightmare qualitites.  The second dream (first one written) had a few, but once I saw the dog, it quit being scary and just became....anxiety-ridden?

( Violent and triggering images - knives and attempted suicide/self-injury. You've been warned. )

Intended purchases at grocery store:
-Orange Juice
-Dark chocolate
- Frozen pizza

Actual items:
- Orange Juice
- Dark chocolate
- Biscotti
- Orange rolls
- Ready-to-eat maple brown sugar whole oatmeal stuff
- Discovery magazine (oooh shiny)

Yeah.  Profiling my shopping trip FTW!