| Admiration... |
[Jan. 31st, 2010|12:40 am]
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I'm a little tipsy. But I know what I'm thinking. I went dancing with  jogamatic and busted_english. If it takes until I'm 80, I've advised them that I will hunt to the ends of the earth until I find a man or two with which I have the same chemistry and strength of marriage. They are solid and lovely. And they can both dance like the dickens.
Alright. Now that I've written that, it's off to bed. I'm gonna catch up on some much-needed sleep. 6-8 hours since Monday is not good. And I'm starting to get weird Bell's Palsy symptoms: strange tastes, numbness on one side of the face, etc. I'm hoping the sleep will make everything better. It's been a good weekend. Very restful and productive at the same time. |
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| Where I have been... |
[Mar. 10th, 2009|04:12 pm]
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1. Childishly daydreaming and avoiding putting in all the time I need to do well on the final. Still can't hear all the lecture, but I'm writing down everything the instructor writes on the board. And I've put more time in than I have before with the reading. It's a start.
2. Went over to a classmates house! She let me hop on her computer and do some self-quiz stuff for neurons and the cellular structure of muscles. Cool stuff. I did alright.
3. Have been watching a lot of "The United States of Tara" online, a Showtime program about a mother who has DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder -- formerly Multiple Personality Disorder). The woman is played by Toni Collette. And she just knocks it out of the park. I'm impressed with the portrayal of her marriage and how sweet John Corbett's performance is as her husband. I'm less impressed with the writing for the teenage daughter. She needs a mudhole stomped in her ass. Yesterday. I don't think it's cute when teen girls are ONLY portrayed as flipping back and forth from snotty, disrespectful, sexually permissive little shits and then sweet kids who are suddenly interested in doing what they're told. It's not just the sexual permissiveness. A lot of girls work things out about that in their own way. It's that tied with. Gaaahhh. I don't know. Maybe that is how some teen girls are; I wasn't. I was still a whole, conflicted person, not a snotty charicature. I don't know. Maybe I'm wrong. Maybe it's just the actress. And I haven't raised a teen. It just makes me feel she may as well have DID herself. There's a scene between the daughter and one of the alternate personalities where the daughter just borders on abusive. Of course, then everyone apologizes to the kid when the mom flips. Oh, well. It's only a show. If you watch it, tell me what you think.
4. I have been sleeping entirely too much and have not exercised in three weeks. I'm hoping it doesn't mean anemia or infection again.
5. I'm stressing about getting all the information needed to try to get into a program that will allow me to see an ENT for free or reduced price. I'm hoping they don't count the extra financial aid money against me. It all went to the move =/
6. Hoping y'all are doing alright! |
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| Too much sleep...? |
[Dec. 12th, 2007|04:22 pm]
Angelic Fruitcake
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Nevaaaaaaarrrrrrr! Been enjoying my time off from school. I haven't done the writing I've wanted, though. I still have time. I've just been sleeping a lot and enjoying it. Christmas week, I've signed up for extra hours. Time and a half on Christmas day!
I am one boring woman. Ha, ha! I will try to keep up with the exercising I'd been doing with school, though.
Elliptical machine is better than the treadmill. Way fun. I was resistant to it at first because I wasn't sure how it would 'fit'. I end up reaching and pulling at weird angles on machines because I'm short. That's why I stuck with the treadmill. But the elliptical was fun!
Vincent D'Onofrio is on. Not sure what Law & Order:Criminal Intent is doing on in the middle of the day.
Eric has a gift for finding crazy vinyl. He found, right behind BT Express (which he bought as well), a copy of Count Floyd's album. I laughed so hard and felt so old. Count Floyd was one of my favorites from SCTV. Now I have "Reggae Christmas Eve in Transylvania" going through my head. MAKE IT STOP!
Anyway, I'm going to go. I'll finish Law & Order and maybe I'll write. Ahhh. Nice to have no plans until Saturday when I go to work.
Take care, everyone!
-Lula. |
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| Sick Day |
[May. 12th, 2007|11:13 am]
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I'm not going to write long. I called in sick today. I started feeling worse and worse last night. I finished with a =really= entertaining phone call and then felt dizzy after having been sniffly all day. I tried to call in at least 10 times on three different lines that go into the place and it didn't work. I was baffled. I wrote an e-mail to Red from the work e-mail since I saw he had written something work-related not to far before. I let him know what was happening in the e-mail and that I had spent 15 minutes trying to call and that I was done and going to bed. I meant to call earlier today to let them know I wouldn't be in at 8:30a. Of course I just now got up and it's 11:17a. I didn't see any messages on the answering machine so I'm hoping they got the word as to what was happening.
I HATE that sick taste in the mouth when you wake up after the heavy sleep that sickness gives you. Gaahh. It's really annoying. I've got too much to do to be sick. Oh,well. It'll get done. It's also annoying as you get a bonus if you don't call in. I may go back to bed for a bit. Then try to get the non-physical stuff out of the way: reading, the take-home exam and such.
More later.
-Lula. |
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| New Appreciation of Mornings |
[Apr. 30th, 2007|09:17 am]
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I really do like mornings. I like mornings on my own terms -- when I have a couple of hours and don't have to immediately jump in the shower, get dressed and run off. I went to sleep early yesterday -- around 7:30. I forgot to ask Eric to get me up at 9p so I could do some reading and call some folks. Oh, well.
I must have needed the sleep. I didn't get up until 3. Then I went back to sleep until a little after 5:30. The sun was not yet up. It was lovely. I didn't have to rush anywhere. I generally stay up until 1a or later. This means I want to sleep as long as I can. Most of the time, I have no choice about that as I don't get home from work Mondays and Tuesdays until close to 1a.
Anyway, it was SO nice. The sun came up slowly. I got my clothes together. No, the apartment isn't completely in order despite my cleaning jag the other day, but it's better. I showered and got dressed. I had a lot of thoughts about a story that I've only written two sentences about. I may be up late tonight after work plugging away at it. I caught the bus to school. I had time for a leisurely coffee treat and a banana for breakfast -- and I don't feel hungry!
I'm going to try to work it so that mornings can be mine. I'm getting greedier and greedier -- wanting more and more of my life in my own hands. Shocking. Pretty soon, I'll be wanting a balance with work and life. tee, hee. That's the goal with nursing -- provided I get into and through the program -- work 3 days and then have a life, volunteer, write and live the other days.
Any suggestions if the nursing doesn't work out? I don't know what will happen. But I had this really nice morning. I'm hopeful. Oh, well. Off to class... |
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