Sunday Random 10 - Adult ADD Edition

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1. Sunshine of Your Love - Cream
2. Semi Sweet Hawaii - Nirvana
3. Brazilian Girls - Don't Stop
4. Something in Your Mouth - Nickelback
5. Time Warp - Alvin and the Chipmunks

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Checking in with a Quick & Shallow Update

After being advised a week or two ago that I'm pre-diabetic, I've stepped up my weight-loss efforts. The result is a loss of 3 lbs, which normally would make me say "So what?" since usually the first 3 lbs is just water ... but it's really the first time my weight has gone down AT ALL in a couple of years. As a corollary, there's the money situation, which is actually helping in an odd sort of way. We haven't the money to stock up food-wise; we tend to buy enough for a day or two. So Carl buys his all-important meat; I head for the produce and dairy aisles and keep myself supplied with salads and yogurt. Also those Carl Buddig 90-calorie one-sandwich-at-a-time packets that sell for less than a dollar. I'd swear my hair has more red in it lately, with all the carrots I've been eating...

This weekend promises to be absolutely jam-packed, especially with neighborhood activities -- fall festival next Saturday. Next Thursday, a vacation day. Already overbooked.

Wally's birthday is coming up and I'm hoping to be able to send him something. Looking forward to the start of the year, since the company will be offering flexible spending accounts and I found that very helpful a few years back.

My bff hasn't called or e-mailed lately; I assume she's paralyzed with shock. She frequently sends me her latest Obama-is-a-muslim-we're-all-doomed 2nd-hand screed. I just skim through the stupidity and delete with no comment. Lately, though, there have been some great essays on some of the hypocrisy that surrounds the Obama-vs-Palin brouhaha and I gave in to the temptation to share one with her. She'd BETTER not take offense at one pro-Obama e-mail after all the stuff she and others have flooded me with over the years.

I'm looking forward to the presidential debates (I think), but am especially looking forward to November 4th just getting here, already. Click Here to Read More..

Introverts Hate This

Going on a "group weekend" with a bunch of folks, and trying not to think about what it will entail. Sharing sleeping space with several others ... the old "what'll I wear?" dilemma...my period's going to start any second now and it's already more than a week late. Overall, I'm sure it will be fine, but when you're an introvert you're always thinking "Where can I go off by myself and hide?" I don't know if I'll have the opportunity. At least it ends around noonish on Sunday so I'll be able to get home and unwind a bit before starting the work week.

In other news, I found a kindred spirit among the local folks in town, who can't just "up and go" on a 2-hour lunch anytime he wants. I encountered that last year -- my boss gave me hell about it months after the fact -- so I haven't been able to make any of the periodic lunch gatherings they have. Possibility of using some vacation days later in the year...that's something to look forward to. Click Here to Read More..

A Delightful Coma to Start Off the Weekend!

Came home from work, went directly to bed. Fell into the heaviest, most sluggish sleep I can remember in a long time. It was like last Sunday on the road when I hit "instant REM" after pulling over at a rest stop. But while that sleep was only 20 minutes or so, this was nearly 2 hours. I just could not wake up, and dreamed like crazy. Now, of course, I'll stay up all night.

Ah, Friday at last! Can't complain, unfortunately, since the week went by fast with minimal stress. Even being broke wasn't too bad, since Carl covered any expenses, and I simply postponed any bill payments until I'm back to normal (a week from now), so I won't get hit with any additional overdraft fees.

The weather's getting really warm now, in contrast to where Wally is -- about a 30-degree difference. He can have it. He told me last night he's starting to look for a new rental situation after May 1st, when the family he's living with will take on a new person and he'll have to move on.
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As this long, long weekend ends

It's only 8:30 pm. I am absolutely wiped and am heading off to bed like some kind of old lady. I took an Aleve for the first time in many a week - went for a walk before the sun went down and am feeling it in that set of muscles at the very top of the thighs (not the groin, think higher up on the legs just under the pelvic girdle) and that big toe that got semi-fractured in the car wreck 12 years ago. It's been a satisfyingly busy weekend. I didn't watch so much as a minute of TV. My viewing is very infrequent as a rule anyway but this time around it was exclusively internet, books and various activities.

A busy week lies ahead as well and it's not going to stop until late June. Fine by me. Stay busy, stay out of trouble.

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