106. Not 4!

currently in the throes of trying not to get headache #4 of the week.


someone walked in to the building. someone who thought it'd be a fantastic idea to sit in a bathtub of perfume and soak.

i shit you not - she came in 30 minutes ago and the smell is still so strong i'm trying not to choke. i have to breathe through my mouth and i can taste it.

why do people find it necessary to do this?

has no one close to them (although considering their stench i doubt they have anyone close to them) not told them HOW STRONG their perfume is?

if i get yet another monster headache i am not going to be a happy camper......

105. Sounds of Weekend

weekends. the end all too soon.....

this weekend chris and i were a) actually home and b) actually got out of the apartment and did things other than run errands - yay!

on saturday we headed over to the history center and saw a map exhibit that chris has been wanting to see for awhile. very interesting. they had a lot of old maps - chris's favorite - that show how people viewed the world throughout the years. my favorite was a map of the mississippi river that rolled up like a tape measure into a brass case.

we also went through 'if these walls could talk' exhibit. i first saw it with my mom years ago and then again on my first date with chris. if you live in the area and have not seen it - i highly recommend it. very cool.

later that evening we headed out to dinner at our favorite restaurant - tum-rup-thai - yummy! then it was off to orchestra hall for the minnesota orchestra's sampler concert. second time i've been there (the first was for the puppini sisters [check them out!] concert last month). it was a great evening of music and at a wonderful price - $15 for the both of us! while we couldn't afford to become members we do plan on going back around thanksgiving to see/hear hansel and gretel. i'm also really excited to see/hear the wizard of oz (part of their cinema program - you watch the movie on a large screen while the orchestra plays all the scores) - they did a sample of it that night and it was fantastic :)

yesterday we headed over to the science museum to see the omni film 'adventures in wild california' it was really good. skydiving. surfing. tree climbing. the only thing (suprisingly) that made me look away was people working on the golden gate bridge. walking up and down the big rigging. i cannot handle heights!

so there ya go. our weekend. :)

104. Ding Dong

ding dong the guard is gone!
which old guard?
the snotty guard.
ding dong the snotty guard is gone!


not only that but my headache seems to be lifting (hope i didn't jinx it by mentioning it...)


monday is looking a bit brighter :)

103. Frump

monday mornings are not my friend.


with them comes the return of work. they also mean that the frump dump guard is on duty.

swear to god - this guard has been sick since he started about 3 months ago. he sits directly behind me. so not only do i get the lovely odor of feet, cig smoke and grease (it was so bad one day i had to make him move to the donor wating room) but he constantly is sniffling and snotting - the kind you can feel go down the back of your own throat. gag. and he coughs. but not a normal cough. more like a 'hack hack hack hack' - he sounds like a cat with a nasty hairball. horrid. and he's a slob. i came in one day to to find his uniform shirts spread out all over the floor, newspaper everywhere - food everywhere. disgusting!

sorry. i just had to get it off my chest. i feel like if i hear him honk, snot or hack one more time i'm going to turn around and smack him over the head (after i get a rubber glove becuase i don't think he's washed his hair since he started working here either...). he's just a big fucking frumpy douche.

what happened to natural selection?

only 34 minutes of his shift left - thank goodness.....

another fun thing - i'm currently having my THIRD cluster heacache in a week. perhaps that's making me exceptionally crabby this morning.........

102. Brad Pitt

some more things....


1. i had a strange dream with brad pitt in it last night. no clue why. but he had only 3 children. they were all wearing white pants and long sleeve shirts with these super light aqua marine tunic type things over them. they were also all extremely pale with white blonde hair. we were staying at his moms house. evidently i'd hung out there with him before. the nanny was there. i remember being scared to meet angelina. wierd......

2. the sun was out for a tiny bit this morning. i hope it comes back. if i have to take another grey day i'll fall asleep at my desk. that and it's friday - the afternoon that d-r-a-g-s by. is it 4:30 yet?

3. i realized that my car payment does not have to come out of this paycheck. that means i can afford to buy the bouquet i ordered from etsy. along with the book i had specially ordered. i can also order the candy and cd packaging kits for the wedding!

4. i'm kinda crabby. or just have no patience. i attribute it to the weather, the fact that my eating and exercise schedule is so out of whack and the fact that i'm having yet another cluster headache but have no meds left to treat it :(

5. the cake topper did not arrive last night. hopefully it arrives tonight - i'm excited to see it!

6. i still cannot figure out who sent the mystery RSVP. although i just remembered one person i hadn't thought of before - it has to be her!

7. writing thank you notes is hard. i feel like i'm not fully conveying how thankful i really am.

8. i still need to post about the shower/bachelorette. i will do that this weekend. promise.


guess that's all for now.

101. Chick-A-Boom!

i have that song stuck in my head and have no idea why.....


some things.....


a) our wedding is in 44 days. 44 DAYS!

b) it was two years ago today that i moved down to the twin cities. that day saw a record temp - 81! today it was 28 when i got to work.

c) it's been continually grey since sunday. grey wet cold slop. it makes me want to sleep/eat all the time.

d) i need to exercise. eat better. the chipotle we had for dinner last night does not factor into that.

e) the cake topper i ordered should be arriving today or tomorrow!

f) i got an RSVP with no name. but these people would like to eat tangerine glazed chicken.


more later. birthday cards await!

100. Thank You

this past weekend was my first shower and also my bachelorette party. all hosted by my friend and matron of honor - carrie :)


it was AWESOME!


i have lots to blog about in regards to it and maybe even a few pictures to post. hopefully i'll have time to do that tomorrow night.


in the meantime i just want to say Thank You to carrie. i really don't know how to tell you enough that i had a fantastic time. it was way beyond anything i was expecting - awesome! i also want to thank everyone who came! i was really touched :)


more to come! :)

99. YAYness & Pizza!

YAY!


i escaped work! the numbess has started to seep from my brain! (ewww...don't think i like the word seep....)


now i can fully concentrate on fun things like.....


pizza. pizza and 7-up with grenadine. happiness.


the fact that KARI IS GOING TO BE HERE IN 5.5 HOURS!!!!

98. Losing Mind

my brain hurts.


between the constant grey sky outside, the fact that nobody is on the same floor as me except for a certain employee who just stops by sometimes and talks and talks and talks and talks and talks and talks and talks to the point where i want to poke my eyes out and rip out my ear drums and another employee who uses the phone across from my desk to leave messages for people and finds it necessary to repeat himself nine times (i counted) and the fact that time is going so fucking slow..........


i'd rather watch cement dry.

97. Maid of Honor

kari. my maid of honor. she's arriving tonight on a plane. from ohio.


i'm so excited to see her! it's been almost two years! that was when chris and i took a trip down there. the last time she was up here.....over 15 years ago!


and of course becuase i'm so excited the afternoon has decided to d-r-a-g by.....

96. Sterilized Super Glue

i should have known better. and i had a bad feeling when i picked up that bruised apple.


i was cutting up my apple this morning and noticed it had a bruised spot. so i went to cut it out. never cut towards yourself. i know this. but i did. i sliced open my left thumb.


i've cut fingers before. i'm not freaked out by blood. but this splashed on the wall and i freaked. i rinsed it off. wrapped it in a paper towel and it bled through. wrapped it in another and it bled through. i called chris who had just left for a conference for work. he told me to wrap it again and just hold it tight. i did. he said he was coming home.


i felt bad. making him come home like that. but i'm glad i did since he decided i should go to the ER. i was feeling pretty woosy too so he drove me there.


two hours after the cut i'm all fixed up. tetanus shot too. stitches would have made a cooler story but i got the fancy super glue instead. can't get it wet. washing my hair is going to be a bitch.

95. Petite. Jeans.

my first shower is this weekend. very excited about it. (thanks carrie!)


then i started to wonder what i was going to wear!? while i have been exercising and doing good i still don't fit into my jeans. i bought one pair that was supposed to fit me now until i shrunk but instead they are those obnoxious stretch jeans and if i wear them once they get too big after about an hour. so....


i got it in my head that i needed a new pair of jeans. easier said than done. i'm short. therefore i need petite jeans. unfortunately most stores only sell those sizes online and i wasn't about to pay $22 for overnight shipping - wtf? i'm really not even willing to pay shipping and handling for jeans that should be sold in the store. i mean really - the jeans they sell in there - if i hold them up to be the proper length for me the waist hits my boobs. i'm sorry but i don't see mass amounts (or really any for that matter) of women walking around whose waist is that high.


and now they have what are called fashion jeans. these styles do not come in a petite option - even online. so...what? short people can't be fashionable?


annoying....


luckily i found a super cute pair of jeans. they fit. and they were only a tad bit too long - not yards like some pairs. and doubly lucky - i have a co-worker who is willing to hem them for me :)


so there ya go. that's my exciting news for the day. that and i managed to get up this morning and workout. granted i just stared for the most part at the people on the dvd doing ab exercises instead of doing them with them (i hate burpies...). i did do a big chunk of it though. i also did the treadmill and lifted weights. yay me.

94. Tic-Tac

i've become obsessed with orange tic-tacs. a container a day. it satisfies my sweet tooth without all the crap. now if only someone would leave me an entire mailbox full alla juno.....

2 hours 20 minutes till i get to go home.

chris and i are going to run over to the wedding shoppe and finalize the tux order tonight. very happy about that. i think it might cost a bit more than other places but they had the exact colors i wanted. their customer service was way better! the place we checked out in duluth the girl looked like she was bored beyond belief and was rather rude in my opinion.

hmm.

that's all i got right now.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!

93. 9:54 a.m.

i'm more awake now. not enough to think of a more creative title though....


how about an update?


- i had a dress fitting appointment this past saturday. you might remember me mentioning that last time i tried on the dress i had about six boobs. that is gone. it fits! i need to tone up my arms a bit more and could probably stand to lose an inch around my middle but that shouldn't be a problem at all. very happy :)
- chris and i looked at more tux's and i think i've finally made up my mind. :)
- i've ordered my bouquet. not going to say anything yet other than it's not flowers. and that i'm very excited about it.
- i found a guestbook on etsy that's super cute and was only $10 :)
- the invitations were mailed - i mentioned that. when we came back from duluth this weekend we already had 3 RSVP's! :)


hmmm.....


guess that's all i can manage right now. i think my spurt of being semi-awake is fading and i'm now starting to daydream about a nap after work. ah...sleep... :)

92. Zzzzzzz.....

i feel so exhausted. moving takes major concentration. i just want to sleep for about two days straight right now.....


unfortunately i have to go to work.


but as soon as i get home i'm jumping into bed. a nice nap is needed.


stupid cold.

91. TcrapF

tcf bank sucks balls


i've had enough crap and poor customer service to last me a lifetime


luckily i switched banks this week. and when asked at the new bank who my current bank was and i said tcf they said 'i'm sorry'. so am i. so am i........

90. Etsy

i love etsy.

that's all.

89. 2 15's = 30

here is my problem.


here at my job (and most jobs) i am supposed to recieve two 15 minute breaks. I never recieve these. despite getting an e-mail from my boss asking me when i would like to take them. and i can't just take them on my own - someone has to be covering my desk.


i'm fairly certain that if i bring this to their attention i will be made to feel that it is my fault. that i should have said something (despite the face that i have).


i bring it up becuase i've been getting some flack about my time off. our vacation policy just changed. thankfully i had my honeymoon time approved before this. i have 68 hours of accumulated sick time. i was told that i cannot take more than two hours for a doctor appointment. but that's beside the point....


those breaks add up to a half hour a day. that's 2.5 hours a week. i haven't had those breaks since the end of september. that's 52.5 hours of time that i feel i should recieve in vacation.


like i said. i've mentioned the lack of me recieving these breaks before. nothing. i no longer feel i should have to say anything - nor should i ever have. it is my supervisors responsibility to give me these breaks and if there is no one available to cover my desk that is not my fault.


i'm tired of getting flack and want to just point this out but....feel like i'll be made to feel it's my fault.


what would you do or what do you think i should do?

88. With This Ring....

i've had many emotions in regards to the wedding. disbelief. stress. excitement. and now....


nervousness...


so far all of my focus has been on the reception and honeymoon. sure - i've thought about the ceremony but now i'm really thinking about the ceremony. about vows. i looked online at some examples and they all seem a bit - processed. but i don't think i'd be good at (nor does chris want to) writing our own.


i just want the ceremony to be short and sweet. meaningful but not a lot of pagentry.


i'm also having nervous/guilt twitches about involving others in the wedding. people have asked to help me on numerous occasions but i either don't know what i need help with or feel guilty asking for/accepting it. strange? i don't know.


i just have a sloshy yuck ball in the pit of my tummy right now....


[whimper....]

87. Signed. Sealed. Delivered.

that's right. the wedding invitations are going to be mailed today! *


we were up until midnight. things would have gone much quicker had i actually put together a formal list of addresses. instead i was going off tiny bits of scrap paper. a lot of texts were sent and received and a lot of calls were made. but....it's all done. well...i still have about 9 more labels to print off tonight.....


hopefully chris can find a post office that is willing to hand cancel our invites. i'm worried that cramming them into the a machine will tear them up. when my mom asked at our local post office while she was buying stamps the guy was a bit of a dick and said they didn't have time due to cutbacks. excuse me? the post office is in trouble because people don't use it as much anymore and you're going to be rude to someone who is buying 240 stamps from you and wanting to mail 120 invites? enjoy delivering your penny savers dink.....


wow. we're actually getting married. not that i haven't realized this before but it's sinking in more...crazy....




*thanks to my mom and chris who spent they day (while i was at work) getting stamps and adhering them to the invites and also printing off reception cards and sticking them in the envelopes. thank you thank you thank you!

86. Just Shoot Me

call me a bitch but i think that people who consistantly watch those daytime judge shows are trash.


where is the mental stimulation? entertainment? is watching people who somehow snaked around natural selection spat about about their bullshit amusing? it's pathetic.


it's also extremely annoying when it's being blared on a t.v. directly across from me at my job. i can't escape it. i want to fucking poke out my eyeballs with my own fingers. and what makes it even worse is that the two people watching it are actually discussing episodes they've seen in the past and seem to have a vested interest in it.


trash.


and good god - the commercials are too fucking loud. turn the god damned t.v. down. or better yet - unplug it.


AHHHH!

85. Double Agony

it is monday morning.


i have a headache the size of texas. i've had it for 10 hours so far.




on a brighter note. or scary one. today is march 9th. then comes april 9th. the comes may 9th - my wedding day! ah! :)

84. B.O.R.E.D.

no longer cranky. (i perked up a little after the guard left. perhaps it was him)


just bored. stiff.


being this bored means my focus and ability to concentrate is gone. i tried knitting. bored. reading. bored. looking for bridesmaids gifts online. bored. writing e-mails. bored. online food jigsaw puzzles. bor....wait.....


maybe i'll do a couple of those.


wow. the excitement in my day is astounding!

83. Crab

i'm finding myself feeling rather cranky this morning. crabby. ticked off. annoyed. bothered. pissed.


no reason that i can pin point.


perhaps it's becuase i didn't get up this morning and walk. my leg has been killing me since last night though. stupid body parts.


perhaps its becuase people keep standing in the direct path of my radio signal making my mpr programs nothing but fuzz.


perhaps it's becuase the volunteer turned on the t.v. in the donor room. i hate that thing.


perhaps it's becuase the guard sitting behind me is a slob and full of snot.


perhaps i'm just a cranky bitch today. hmph.

82. Sprinkles

i have an obsession with bryer's natural vanilla ice-cream (no other vanilla will do. i'm an ice-cream snot) and rainbow sprinkles. love them. a lot.


despite the fact that i feel like a whale right now. maybe they didn't make me bloated but it was the last thing i ate.


aren'cha glad i share everything with you?


and since i'm sharing....


i have so much left to do! or at least it feels that way.....
-create playlist for the reception
-find shoes for bridesmaids
-ummm....


brain is drawing a blank. perhaps the bloating went from stomach to head? who knows. bedtime.

81. Sir Paul? Make that Master Paul...

it's official.


you can now get your MA in The Beatles.


that's right. you can now get a masters in The Beatles. where? liverpool of course!


perhaps i should consider going back to school? :)

80. Dark Brown Costs Extra....

so i mentioned last night that i ordered our cake topper.


while it was a bit more than i originally thought i was pleased. it's more customized than most and will make a nice keepsake.


i looked at the webiste again this morning just becuase i wanted to see the topper again. admire it. then i noticed that it said 'strapless gown variation not available on this model' - that's fine. i'll take the version wtih strapes but they let me click on the strapless option and then charged me for it. they also charged me to change the color of chris's helmet when i noticed this morning that that should be free. hmph. so i sent an e-mail to them explaining that i would like those extra charges removed. hopefully they get back to me soon!


i also thought it was a bit odd that my hair color (dark brown) cost extra. if i had blonde, light brown, red or black it was free. but for the groom to have dark hair was free. what?


ah well. hopefully this all gets resolved. i really like this topper despite the hassle.

UPDATE: the company e-mailed me back this afternoon and got everything straightened out. if i hadn't been so blind i would have seen the mistakes i made when ordering - oops! but the topper should be here by the end of march. yay!

79. 24

stupid jack bauer. doesn't he know i have things to do?

as much as this show irritates me (seriously - how many days like this can one person have?) i find myself glued to the t.v. whenever it's on (i blame chris who just had to watch). tonight was a 2 hour special. 2 hours of my evening...gone....

granted. i should have been walking on the treadmill while watching (i moved it into the living room for that very purpose). instead i ate dinner and possibly a few girl scout cookies......

but.

i did manage to notify my bridesmaids that their dresses arrived today!!

i ordered my wedding shoes - super excited about them btw....

i ordered our cake topper. it's a fireman carrying the bride :)

i contacted our dj and apologized for not having contacted him earlier - oops!

got our contract in with the hotel so people can start making their reservations (sorry reid - i'm slow)

just as i was feeling good about things i got an e-mail from our contact person at the wedding/reception site and she gave me a list of things that need to be specified in regards to the big day. oy!

i've also come to the hard conclusion tonight that i need to cut back my guest list a bit. granted i've printed out enough invitations for all the guests currently on our list but at some point i have to stop feeling guilty about not inviting friends from highschool that i've seen perhaps five times since then and none in the past two years. i doubt they'll care (if it all) as much as i've been allowing myself to think so......ya know?

so there ya go. anyone know how i can make some fast cash?