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Changes

Thursday, July 8th, 2010

Well, that’s business folks. No one likes surprises but I walked into work this morning to find out that my division has been sold. It’s been in the works, hush hush, for the past two years/six months and as of this morning, I now work for a new company.

I’m stoked about this. Our division can finally grow, open up new opportunities for those of us sitting in the archives, and allow us to hire on some new help/fresh blood. I’ll admit to being a bit nervous about what’s going to happen to our benefits and PTO, and where our office is going to move at the end of the year but, by golly, I NEED SOME CHANGE. I’m looking at this as an opportunity to grow, to develop my career, and see what I’m capable of.

It’s been a big year so far, and it’s only going to get bigger.

In other news, my asshole neighbor came home last night while I was out front tending to my garden. He mentioned that they had also been thinking of moving but with three kids and all of that work, it seemed impossible “what with the stacks of boxes in the den and our daughter’s toys and our two boys and their things and …” Then this morning, I woke up to discover bags upon bags of trash and recycling in front of their house. Closet cleaning, eh?

I think about how long it took me to get our house ready and it’s just the two of us so I don’t want to feel threatened but this asshole rides our coat tails all over Central Maryland and it drives me absolutely bat shit crazy. I’m not in this homeownership for the competition. I do everything for me because I like to have nice things and care for them.

Matt said, “We did the lawn. He did the lawn. You did the garden. He did the garden. We put our house on the market. What do you expect?”

Oh well, whatever. Asshole can put his house on the market all he wants. We aren’t in the same market for house styles so it’s no skin off my teeth. Our house will sell when it sells. With or without him.

Holy Mary, Mother of Balls

Thursday, June 24th, 2010

We applied for mortgage pre-approval. At this time, we received our credit score reports.

Matt: 797
Me: 787

What does this mean? WE CAN BUY ANY MOTHERFUCKING HOUSE WE WANT. On a 30-year 4.75% fixed rate. 4.65% if we pay points. Being responsible does pay off! I’m so stoked. Matt is, of course, furious he wasn’t a perfect 800. I was all like, “Get over it SAT-wanna-get-into-Standford boy. We’re buying any motherfucking house we house!”

In other news, I had a great day today. My boss and I had a really good talk that was LONG overdue. I came to some conclusions about myself and realized it wasn’t worth being angry at her for things that were 85% my fault and it took a really hard reverting kick in the pants, and a personal day, and a lot of crying in the parking lot before work to figure that out. I don’t write about work on here but this feels okay.

I feel like I’m in all of the right places right now, even if I am still a little scattered, but I’m working on that. Lessons learned today:

  • Nobody is ever going to hand you fucking anything. Even more so, you don’t deserve it. No one does. You have to make it happen. Find a group of people who will support you. Take a husband. Take a wife. Take action. Be responsible.
  • When something upsets you, don’t sit idly by and take it. Step away from it, think about it, weigh the options (everything), and then react on it in a way that will get you somewhere you need to go.
  • Stop being so damn unhappy, waiting for something to come along. Today is the day, baby. Why wait? Make it happen.
  • Know thyself.

Flick of the Switch

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

This morning, I had an awesome Spin class and I owe it all to my lovely riders who stuck with me and even sang along to one of the songs! We mixed it up a bit, focused on breathing and encouraged each other to stay loose. We took a couple of seated stretch/deep breath breaks, had a good time, lots of laughs, and smiles all around. I love when people get serious and I love when they have a good time while doing it. My 6:00 a.m. girls are the best.

Then, I showered, and headed to the endodontist for a root canal and I will describe the procedure as “pleasant compared to having a cavity filled.” I’m not lying! I mean, I’m not all like, “Boy, them’s was good times” but I am glad that the sensitivity and pain in tooth #15 is GONE. The endodontist was awesome and thorough. He kept me posted on what he was doing and at one point said, “Hmm, three roots in this one and of course it’s your very back molar. Here I thought I was going to have an easy morning and you come along with your freak tooth.” Then he patted me on the shoulder and said, “Thanks.”

I love a snarky doctor so it was hard not to laugh when my mouth was held open with a springy, latex contraption, but I did my best to OPEN WIDE and be cooperative. An hour later, I was given three Advil and told to have a nice day. Done. A little swelling and discomfort but it’s manageable.

So, I headed to work and when I arrived I found a “Thank You” note on my desk from my boss, which was really appreciated. And? And? AND?! JOY OH JOY!!! The IT department fixed our network issues and I. Was. Able. To. Publish. We had a bad module in the switch in the first floor server room. Replaced. Done. Happy. Proofing. PDFing. Posting. Kissing goodbye and focusing on new development come Monday.

THEN, just before lunch, I got a Twitter update from my favorite local pub that tonight’s soup special is lamb and barley stew (droooooooooool yum). I went straight to Open Table and made a reservation for dinner. Not taking any chances at that place, it gets packed! Either way, I’m having stew, duck fat fries, and a lovely beer for dinner tonight. Then going home to NOT WASH DISHES (hooray!) and curl up in bed with my bugs. It’s been a long and fruitful day thus far and I think an evening of lounging in bed with a cat on my chest and a husband by my side is warranted.

And just because I’m in that kind of mood …

First Day of March

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Well, I spent ten minutes this morning crying in the bathroom at work, but I won’t go into all of that right now.

Other than that, today has been an okay day. I’m making every attempt to feel good about the fact that it is sunny and 50 degrees. I went out at lunch and moseyed about, did a little shopping, got my monthly free piece of Godiva, and am looking forward to a yummy, nutritious dinner and my return to Body Pump tonight.

I’m also making every attempt to ignore the fact that work is impossible right now. Yeah, it’s bad enough that I’m voicing this feeling on my blog. I never talk about work on here. EVER. It’s bad juju.

Anyway, I woke up early this morning and did some AM Yoga, which was really, really super nice. It felt good to get up and stretch and breathe and relax. I followed this with a yummy breakfast and some time with Matt and the cats.

Diesel was not pleased that I chose to do yoga before feeding him his can of stinky wet food, but we talked about it and I think we’ve reached an understanding.

Family, and Other Shit<–Literally

Sunday, May 3rd, 2009

What a weekend! Matt’s brother got married yesterday and it was delightful! We had tons of fun at the wedding. Matt got COMPLETELY wasted; I know this because he asked for “more volume” on the drive home when he typically tunes the volume d-o-w-n. On the menu:

  1. GINORMOUS, delicious, backfin-lump crab cakes = YUM!
  2. CHEESE, glorious CHEESE
  3. Pulled pork sandwiches = DROOL
  4. TATER TOTS OMFG!!!
  5. Caesar salad FTW and, and, and …
  6. ICE CREAM CAKE

The couple was very happy and very drunk; I know this because the bride kept telling me how much she loved me and what an awesome sister-in-law I was and she’s sorry she called me a loser for not taking a shot and she loved me … and the groom was all like, “Dance with me sister” as he’s leaning on me for support and dropping his bottled water on the floor. What a great wedding. I can’t wait to see the pictures. They used the same photographer we did, so I know they’ll be great.

Today, my family, including my aunt and uncle from Reno, came over for dinner. I served:

  1. Extra-crispy KFC – Dad brought this
  2. A bagged salad – I already had in the fridge
  3. Potato salad from Red, Hot, and Blue = YUM – Aunt brought this
  4. Cole slaw – Mom brought this
  5. Potato Chips – Aunt brought these
  6. Orange Soda – Already in stock
  7. A bottle of white wine – Leftover from a dinner party a couple weeks ago
  8. Fresh berries with whipped cream – I sliced the berries and ran the stand mixer

And I am not ashamed.

In other news, I attempted to run today, which didn’t go well. A mile in, I had to POOP SO BAD. I thought I could fight it but then I started getting muscle cramps in my abdomen, so I turned around and headed home. Man, my homing sphincter was on HIGH ALERT when I came flying through the door stating, “Can’t talk. Gotta poop. Get out of my WAY!!!”

I thought about going back out again but Matt was all, “It’s Sunday. It’s 11:00. It’s brunch time. I’m hungry. I want coffee. I want Eggs Benedict,” so we did that instead. I’ll go for my long run on Tuesday, which will work out well since I’m going to the sports medicine doctor on Wednesday and will be able to fully describe the pain I feel in my adductors after a long run, aka “Runner’s Pain.”

So, now, Matt and I are stone cold chillin’. My teeth are brushed and I’m thinking I’ll watch an episode or two of South Park before I crash for the night. I’m actually kind of pumped about the work week. I’ve got a lot on my plate and am super motivated to blast through it. HUGE PROJECT with lots of little ins and outs. I’m hoping to get all of the writing done this week so I can focus on editing and correcting some formatting mistakes I’ve made along the way. Our new software kicks ass but I’m still learning the workarounds for it’s little glitches.

Anyway, enough blithering. Have a great Sunday night, everyone, and no matter where you are, HUGS!

As of Right Now

Friday, November 7th, 2008

I am not concerned with a bonus or even getting a raise next year. I am simply thankful to still have my job.

I’ve never gone through something like this before. It’s rough. It’s sad. It’s business. Here’s to hoping for a brighter future.

In Sync

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Last night, Matt and I tried to watch “Nice Dreams.” We couldn’t get twenty minutes into it without turning to each other and saying, at the same time, “I think you have to be high to watch this.”

On an unrelated side note, it’s freezing in my office again today. No sooner do I warm up a cup of tea than it gets cold. On the plus side, I am wearing cute new shoes AND a new pair of pants. I even bought some nifty trouser socks. Call me crazy, but I LOVES ME some trouser socks.

Lunch

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Sometimes, lunch pisses me off. Everything is either expensive or gross or just more of the same old processed bullshit. I’ve been good about bringing my lunch to work but our fridge has been dwindling the past few days and with us going out of town this weekend, I decided that today would be a go-out-for-lunch day.

So I did and I went to Giant (not Eagle) to see if could scrounge up something. The soups sucked, the salad bar looked horrendous. Oh, the horror! So I moseyed around with an apple and a banana when I walked based the yukon gold potatoes and thought, “Yum, wouldn’t that be good in soup.” Then I saw the green beans looking all fresh and crisp and remembered that I had a tomato at the office so …

I bought a box of beef bouillon packets, grabbed a paper cup from the soup area, wandered back to the bakery and grabbed a HOT, fresh French roll, paid a whopping $3.62 for all of my items, and headed back to the office and made soup. Fresh, floaty vegetable soup. It was wonderful. A super awesome light lunch full of things that will carry me through the afternoon.

Bizarre Things About Me

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

and this is one of them:

Lately at work, I’ve been wrapping a pashmina around me. I started doing this because it. has. been. FREEZING in here lately. A few days in, I noticed that I wasn’t aching around the shoulders at the end of the day. Could it be that wearing a pashmina keeps me warm enough so I don’t get all tense and crazy and stressed out?

I would like to think so and it made me remember an old friend’s roommate who hurt his neck and wore a scarf for an entire weekend in the middle of July, claiming it would heal his injury. That guy went on to be a pretty successful doctor so I’ll assume the whole warm thing has some merit.

Overheard in the Office

Thursday, September 18th, 2008

Co-worker #1: I think she’s wearing a girdle.

Co-worker #2: Control-top pantyhose, all the way. *pause* Nah, you’re right, probably a girdle.