Thursday, March 25, 2004
Calm after the storm before the next storm…
Calm after the storm before the next storm...Things have been surprisingly quiet today. No - I am not complaining. I am basking in the silence that is my floor. Knowing full well that in 24 hours this floor will be a mess of activity as validation activities start up and people roll in to start the 12 to 14 hours shifts that make validation. Lucky me, I only have a 12 hour shift, then rest, another 12 hour shift, more rest and another 7 hour shift. Ah, the joys of being hourly and getting paid overtime! But I digress. Most people only have one 12 to 14 hour shift. So by the time I am so tired I can't keep my eyes open, I will be dealing with a bunch of fresh faced people who have been sleeping on a regular schedule.
And someone asked me why I didn't think I would be in on Monday...
It is quiet here and I am loving it. I have been so stressed out lately that I have been getting "stress headaches" seemingly caused by my shoulders being so tight that I can no longer look from left to right. Tuesday was the kicker though. I got one of those funny little eye twitches. You know where the muscle in your eye starts twitching uncontrollably and you can't make it stop. That was when I knew I needed to rest. So I went home and took a bath. It was very nice.
I am starting to think about planning my move to Ballard. I do need to know the exact move in date - but that hasn't been given to me yet. I think all parties involved would like it to be April 1st - or the weekend after. We will see. I am hopeful that everything works out - I am sure it will. The apartment is lovely. It is on the 4th floor with a view of the Ballard bridge. Tons of natural light (it happened to be sunny on the day we were there) and they allow pets. Which is the whole reason I wanted the place. Of course having a washer/ dryer in unit, parking garage below, and a very secure building helped. But it was really all about the possibility of getting another cat that sealed the deal. I miss my kitty.
I was at this site earlier: Department of Redundancy Dept.
in his blog for March 24th he has this quote:
THEY all want to play Hamlet.
They have not exactly seen their fathers killed
Nor their mothers in a frame-up to kill,
Nor an Ophelia dying with a dust gagging the heart,
Not exactly the spinning circles of singing golden spiders,
Not exactly this have they got at nor the meaning of flowers
O flowers, flowers slung by a dancing girl in the saddest play the inkfish, Shakespeare, ever wrote;
Yet they all want to play Hamlet because it is sad like all actors are sad and to stand by an open grave with a joker's skull in the hand and then to say over slow and say over slow wise, keen, beautiful words masking a heart that's breaking, breaking,
This is something that calls and calls to their blood.
They are acting when they talk about it and they know it is acting to be particular about it and yet: They all want to play Hamlet.
--Carl Sandburg
It was so incredible I had to copy it. It is something I really want to think about...later. I don't have the brain power needed to sit and contemplate this at the moment, but I am hoping that in another couple of weeks I will.
Wish me luck this weekend!
Wednesday, March 24, 2004
I know I know
I know I knowI haven't made any updates in weeks. I realize that some people just wait for my every update in hungry anticipation, hoping that I might write something so interesting as to make life a little better.
All I can say is - Today is national chocolate covered raisin day.
That and my project goes live in - um - oh right - we are starting cutover today!
Oh yeah - I found an apartment and I am MOVING TO BALLARD (I am really excited about that one)
I will update my pictures someday (though not today) and I will get back to writing interesting tidbits (again not today)
Hang in there... I'll be back!
Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Ahh.. the news…
Ahh.. the news...It can be so entertaining. Especially when people are complaining about seeing porn in other people's cars
I guess what I really get a kick out of is the line "you aren't allowed to have sex in your car, so why are you allowed to watch it?" I love it.
In other news... A woman tried to pass off a 1 million dollar bill at Walmart when I heard about it on the radio - I thought it was pretty funny. Even funnier when they said "and the smart cashier at the register didn't immediately give the woman change, instead the cashier called the manager, who called the police." Now doesn't that make you feel better about Walmart? I know I do! And you have to love the way this woman looks!
Life...
Life is going ok. um.. 21 days till my project goes live. I am fairly sure I am working this weekend - of course no one has yet to tell me when... which would be nice to know. I like knowing if I need to work from 8pm to 8am and then swing into my regular workday... It always makes things fun!
I have lots to do - but can't seem to get my mind around any of it at the moment... I will Friday.
Sunday, March 07, 2004
Long time no blog…
Long time no blog...Yeah - life has been rather crazy the last week. I moved in with mom. Which went fine - we were able to get the apartment clean on Saturday so that Sunday I didn't have to go back there. I am hoping to get some of my deposit back - but have heard horror stories about the management there - so I am not holding my breath. And I am really hoping that they don't pull some bogus charges out of the air and try charging me more. Apartment renting is such a hassle.
Now begins the adventure of finding a place downtown to live in. I am looking forward to it. When ever I am up there - I get this electricity under my skin - it just feels right. So... Here I go!
Work has been a bit of a pain - mostly because I have been so worn out this last week. But I know things will get better. Okay - I know things won't stay the same - I am hoping that things get better. But the project goes live in 3 weeks - after that it is just cleanup.
Freeman's father passed on Friday. It is sad, and at the same time it relieves a lot of stress for him. I know the pain that his father was going through was really hard for him to see.
And I think that is about all. I think that is enough.
Thursday, February 26, 2004
What’s Up?
What's Up?So - to distract myself from all that is going on in life I decided to read the news. So - I stopped over at CNN.com to see what is happening in the world today. And now I remember why I stopped reading the news...
Here is one FABULOUS story about conjoined turtles... Yes, I did type that correctly. Conjoined TURTLES. And guess what? They were just separated in a 3 hour operation... Turtles. And the owners are worried about how they are going to afford to pay for the continuing care and maintenance of these turtles if health problems persist.
And I know what you are thinking... Maybe these are great turtles... Maybe they are super turtles who will start fighting crime one day and save the world from the evil workings of our president... But that isn't the case. They are little 3 inch turtles that the folks paid a hefty price for in the first place. And that is where I shook my head in disgust... And opened my blog. What the??? First off... Who found these turtles and thought... Hey wonder how much we could make if we tried to sell these... And then, here comes these people thinking... Hey, we should buy those turtles and then see if we can get them separated!
I bet they just wanted on the news...
Then there is this other story... It's all about the "cursed" cubs ball and how they are going to blow it up!
Yeah - no more news reading for me today. I think I'll go back to work. There are plenty of insane people doing weird things in my local vicinity. I don't need to read the news and realize that there are lunatics everywhere... It just makes me sad...
Other stuff...
I'm moving in with my mother this weekend. That is about all I have to say about that...
Freeman's papa isn't doing so well. :( Send him love if you get the chance... I know I will.
Work is going... and going... and going... and hopefully will keep going so that I have a distraction from everything else that is happening.
As you wake in the morning
What do you feel?
Does a rush of happiness
wash over you when,
Suddenly, you realize you are alive?
