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amberfocus) wrote2010-11-16 09:22 pm
amberfocus) wrote2010-11-16 09:22 pm
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Rambly Post of Ramblyness in Which I Complain A Lot
Put this under the category of things I should never do again: eat a dill pickle and follow it up with a glass of orange juice. That...didn't go so well. Didn't stay down either. I'm pretty sure it was the acid/acid combination and not the cold I'm trying to fight off, since I had no stomach symptoms until that brilliant culinary move. Anywho, moving along now.
My husband is safely up on the slope. He will be working 3 and 3's until the end of the year, which makes me pouty, but at least he gets Christmas off through the 28th. It may or may not be permanent. I am still hoping for 2 and 2's but at least with the raise it will not kill our budget like it did with the old job. On the bright side we don't have to wait 3 months for the new insurance. It kicks in December 1, because he was already a slope employee. Or they just like him. I don't know. He wasn't entirely clear, but I don't care. It's Aetna AND we get to go to whoever the heck we want instead of people off a list. And it has dental and vision.
On the bleh side, his first paycheck will not be auto deposited (his second will) and so he will have to mail it home, which means it will probably arrive the same day as the auto deposit of his second paycheck. *sighs* We can cope, it's just going to be tight until the money starts coming in.
I'm glad I had already budgeted to get my hair cut and to get a watch before all this happened. I underestimated how long my hair was. She cut off a foot of it and it is still past my shoulders, even with it curling up like crazy with all the weight off it (bouncing around like crazy!pants Ten). I can still put it up in a ponytail with my bangs. The ponytail itself is like four or five inches long. I am so happy with this cut. You should have seen the pile of hair on the floor. She filled the big dustpan thing twice. I feel like a pound of hair has been removed from my head. I should have done this sooner. I hope it helps with the headache.
After that I went to J.C. Penney and bought a cute little pink and grey Timex watch. It was relatively inexpensive and it's digital, waterproof and has a lap counter built in. You just push it each time you finish a lap. No more forgetting what lap I'm on when I swim! Which I will be doing tomorrow. My body really misses it when I don't go. I also looked at purses hoping to find one with a long strap so I can wear it crosswise across my body and have both hands free, but they really don't seem to make them like that anymore. At least not purses that actually hold stuff. I looked all summer and didn't find one. I'm not using my cane most days anymore, but when one hand is on the cane and one is holding a purse it makes it hard to carry anything else. Maybe I'll look online and see if I can't find one for Christmas. I might have to use a belt bag, but I hate those, and try to only use them on vacation. They are never big enough for all my stuff.
I am so tired I think I will go to bed early tonight. I couldn't think straight enough to write more than 230 words today. It was on the challenge 57 fic, but I dunno if I'm going to finish it. I want to but my brain is not cooperating. I have IDEAS, but they aren't translating to the screen. The wind was gusting at 60 mph last night. It was not conducive to good sleep. It is supposed to snow this weekend. I am unhappy. This is not Canada. It is not supposed to snow before Thanksgiving (ours, not theirs). At least not at sea level. My first winter away from the Canadian border and I might as well still be living in the mountains! *sighs* I don't even have snow boots anymore. My daughter killed them the last year we had snow and I for some reason thought it was more important for her to wear them than me.
The kids' dentist called today to change their appointments a bit and my son's teacher called to try to change the day AND time of his conference but she went to voicemail because I was driving and I don't believe in answering the phone while I am driving. (There is a reason I have not had a car accident in 22 years. I am careful when I drive.) It was supposed to be on Thursday and she wants to change it to Tuesday because she double booked. *grumbles* I wanted it over this week because I wanted to be done with it. I'll be nice and give it up though because I am a stay at home parent without an outside job and this is one of those things that I can do because I am flexible. Grumbly but flexible. And I know other parents may not be able to do so as easily and might actually have to take time off work that they can't afford, so better me than them.
Man, I can't even hold a subject through a paragraph. Think I'll finish watching The Mentalist and hit the sack.
My husband is safely up on the slope. He will be working 3 and 3's until the end of the year, which makes me pouty, but at least he gets Christmas off through the 28th. It may or may not be permanent. I am still hoping for 2 and 2's but at least with the raise it will not kill our budget like it did with the old job. On the bright side we don't have to wait 3 months for the new insurance. It kicks in December 1, because he was already a slope employee. Or they just like him. I don't know. He wasn't entirely clear, but I don't care. It's Aetna AND we get to go to whoever the heck we want instead of people off a list. And it has dental and vision.
On the bleh side, his first paycheck will not be auto deposited (his second will) and so he will have to mail it home, which means it will probably arrive the same day as the auto deposit of his second paycheck. *sighs* We can cope, it's just going to be tight until the money starts coming in.
I'm glad I had already budgeted to get my hair cut and to get a watch before all this happened. I underestimated how long my hair was. She cut off a foot of it and it is still past my shoulders, even with it curling up like crazy with all the weight off it (bouncing around like crazy!pants Ten). I can still put it up in a ponytail with my bangs. The ponytail itself is like four or five inches long. I am so happy with this cut. You should have seen the pile of hair on the floor. She filled the big dustpan thing twice. I feel like a pound of hair has been removed from my head. I should have done this sooner. I hope it helps with the headache.
After that I went to J.C. Penney and bought a cute little pink and grey Timex watch. It was relatively inexpensive and it's digital, waterproof and has a lap counter built in. You just push it each time you finish a lap. No more forgetting what lap I'm on when I swim! Which I will be doing tomorrow. My body really misses it when I don't go. I also looked at purses hoping to find one with a long strap so I can wear it crosswise across my body and have both hands free, but they really don't seem to make them like that anymore. At least not purses that actually hold stuff. I looked all summer and didn't find one. I'm not using my cane most days anymore, but when one hand is on the cane and one is holding a purse it makes it hard to carry anything else. Maybe I'll look online and see if I can't find one for Christmas. I might have to use a belt bag, but I hate those, and try to only use them on vacation. They are never big enough for all my stuff.
I am so tired I think I will go to bed early tonight. I couldn't think straight enough to write more than 230 words today. It was on the challenge 57 fic, but I dunno if I'm going to finish it. I want to but my brain is not cooperating. I have IDEAS, but they aren't translating to the screen. The wind was gusting at 60 mph last night. It was not conducive to good sleep. It is supposed to snow this weekend. I am unhappy. This is not Canada. It is not supposed to snow before Thanksgiving (ours, not theirs). At least not at sea level. My first winter away from the Canadian border and I might as well still be living in the mountains! *sighs* I don't even have snow boots anymore. My daughter killed them the last year we had snow and I for some reason thought it was more important for her to wear them than me.
The kids' dentist called today to change their appointments a bit and my son's teacher called to try to change the day AND time of his conference but she went to voicemail because I was driving and I don't believe in answering the phone while I am driving. (There is a reason I have not had a car accident in 22 years. I am careful when I drive.) It was supposed to be on Thursday and she wants to change it to Tuesday because she double booked. *grumbles* I wanted it over this week because I wanted to be done with it. I'll be nice and give it up though because I am a stay at home parent without an outside job and this is one of those things that I can do because I am flexible. Grumbly but flexible. And I know other parents may not be able to do so as easily and might actually have to take time off work that they can't afford, so better me than them.
Man, I can't even hold a subject through a paragraph. Think I'll finish watching The Mentalist and hit the sack.