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What can I say? I feel all my bones… I am beyond tired, in desperate need of rest, everything hurts and I just want a bed. Yesterday’s ordeal at the office left me as rubble. I wanted so badly to stay t home and sleep and be lazy all day long… No one would miss me at work… No one really gives much if I show up. Things can be solved from San Juan after all… when they feel like solving them. I ask for tools and equipment and nothing… Writing in detail what is going on and what must be done is worthless. And here they only remember I exist when there is an office move… so I must use my MBA to move stuff around and throw cables… Lovely… After that moment when all computers are setup, everyone goes back to forgetting I exist… And so the story keeps itself within the same loop. Right now I need the benefits, so I will have to suck it up for a bit more… But it’s tiresome, taxing… mentally draining… and it makes me angry.
Whatever… Besides that… Went with Groundel to see Pan's Labyrinth. Nice little flick, entertaining, in your face… Not too surprising, though… I have seen and read everything before… But the tale was well written and well delivered. It just makes me wonder when everyone praised its originality and creativity, and these are things that have been done before. But, I guess it’s just me… the bookworm who has read too much, and whose imagination is too hyperactive. Ravenloft dungeon-mistress after all… there’s no turning back from that! LOL
Groundel also recalled my soon to be b-day, and got me the Korean Barbie (yes, I DO collect Barbies, especially the world ones…). So, gift, standing being made fun of at a local garments store, and entertaining movie night… What else could one want to be contempt? Got home and slept soundly… but seems that I need more rest, I feel trashed… If that is now, I don’t want to imagine in a few months… Ugh!
10-4
Thursday, March 29, 2007
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Zombiefied...
para variar...
Yesterday was a long day, followed by a long night. I was completely sleepless and completely beat at the same time. I had forgotten my insulin was at work and I left it in the office’s fridge… Woke up today with high sugar. Ugh! At work, 10 cubicles were installed and so I had to setup their respective computers and cabling… No comments. I just got a big headache, my blood sugar is still high (and stabilizing it will be a pain in the wohoo as usual…) and I just want a bed… Still, I promised to go to the movies tonight, so I will try to comply… After all, it’s ladies night so it’s cheaper. Hope to arrive home before 9pm so I take a warm bath and go straight to Morpheus arms…
Its not easy being a witch…
10-4
Yesterday was a long day, followed by a long night. I was completely sleepless and completely beat at the same time. I had forgotten my insulin was at work and I left it in the office’s fridge… Woke up today with high sugar. Ugh! At work, 10 cubicles were installed and so I had to setup their respective computers and cabling… No comments. I just got a big headache, my blood sugar is still high (and stabilizing it will be a pain in the wohoo as usual…) and I just want a bed… Still, I promised to go to the movies tonight, so I will try to comply… After all, it’s ladies night so it’s cheaper. Hope to arrive home before 9pm so I take a warm bath and go straight to Morpheus arms…
Its not easy being a witch…
10-4
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
Another day, another way... Run, Luke, RUN!
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What have I been up to? Well… Busy days, as usual. Let’s see…
FRIDAY: No system at work, so stayed until the local monopolic phone company decided to fix the line… Took the afternoon off so I could do some mandatory things like taking Groundel home after his doctor’s appointment, picking up the mage so he could deliver Munchkin’s cash, getting a date for food assistance, getting psyched out about the traffic and the mall, finally getting home AMEN
SATURDAY: Woke up around midday. The mage decided to actually do something about the kitty’s security fence, so while he pondered the mechanics I cooked (Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen… I can cook. I just hate doing so. Any questions?). After lunch went straight to business handling out the instructions for kitty fence, and so the wiring was mostly done. Only the upper parts are left for a next mission perhaps next weekend. The sun came down while we were doing the finishing touches, we had a quick dinner and off we went to FINALLY see 300… Whoa! Poetry in motion! I loved the movie… Yes, very predictable, duh, but the warriors… the fighting scenes… the blood… the form… the eye candy… the atmosphere… the symmetry… Poetry in motion. It was over too fast for my taste, I wanted more… I wanted to see the whole battle after the 300 died… But that should be another story, if so… Loved the way they portrait Spartan women, commanding so much respect and actually doing something else than looking pretty or being helpless. So… After the movie, picked up some meds, did a quick grocery shopping and reached home at midnight.
SUNDAY: Gargoyles morning, watched the whole First Season. Nothing like Goliath to start a day in the right track… Went to Groundel’s place to deliver meds and stayed for a bit having pasta lunch and getting updates. By mid afternoon reached auntie’s place, and got the shocking news that the stupid parakeet that has been living there for eons had layed two eggs… LOL Well, I guess Pancha was quite happy to have me off the house, or something. Watever… Cleaned up the ex-kitty room, walls and everything. Hope to be able to paint the room by Holy Week, thinking of combining yellow and white. Gotta lay out my plush dolls on the current shelves, and try getting thin ones to display the Jem-Xena-Barbie dolls… But that is another project. Cleaned up part of my other bedroom and organized things so at least it looks tidy. Will keep moving stuff to my house later on… By nightfall auntie made some chicken with rice and pasteles (todo el año es Navidad… Tell me about it…), and got a call from the mage… His car would not start up after he delivered Munchkin…(oh, the fateful Russian Roulette, so fun it is to play it… so like stating that the car must have something new to bother each week…) So… Two hours later he finally made it to aunties, we gathered soe stuff into the cars and off we went… Reached home after 9pm, and while Lord of the Rings was in the background we tried putting things in their right places (at least the clothing). By the part where the wraiths get to the Prancing Pony we were already hooked on the movie (yet again) and left everything else for later… The second LOTR movie played, but I realized it was midnight and so off we went to try catching some Z’s… right…
MONDAY: Had an appointment at the food place by 8:15, so the mage left his truck at the electro-mechanic and I went to fill up blanks and papers. The nutritionist was very, very nice, and she fixed all so we would get the aid. So, got the aid, got the goods, went to the lab to pickup some test results… And one result was missing. After making me wait more than an hour, had to take the test again. Ugh! Actually got out of the lab after midday… So I lost the whole morning on these issues… Took the food to Groundel’s den since I would not be able to reach my home before work’s lunchtime was over. Heated up my canned soup, and off I went to work… Had no problems, though I found the server cabinet was open… I figured someone had checked something and later on I was told that someone from the phone company came in to fix something. Coolio. Everything was running smoothly, and I got enough inspiration to actually fill my taxes form, both the long and the short versions… After work went to pickup the groceries, Groundel treated me to some food hunting and after delivering him to his den I went home. Night had already fell, and the rain made it all so cold! I just shot myself with insulin, ate some Cheerios and went off to bed… Must have fallen asleep around seven… Woke up before midnight as I heard the sound of the cistern. The mage had arrived from work, and as he came up I mentioned I had done the taxes at work and suggested he should do his… So I kinda got hooked on taxes (WTF) and so filled up his papers. Realized it was almost 2am, so went to bed again…
TUESDAY: Woke up very early, at 5am, since I had to go get another stupid test at the lab. It’s funny that while I waited, a girl I was mentioning to the mage appeared there… Seems she finished what she started studying and now works at the lab/hospital premises. Cool thing. It is always great to see someone make progress in life, especially knowing all the struggles she has gone through. So… Reached my office, prepared a small breakfast, and energized my fingers long enough to write all this… Wheeeeeeeeee o algo. :P Hope to simply go home to sleep… I feel busted! (No pun intended… Grrrr)
So… The days keep running away REALLY fast… Everything has been on the go, not too much time to think about it just do it. Hope to get to see the Laberynth of Pan before they take it off the movies… The house’s cascade has been in all its glory thanks to so much rain… Hope to fill the floor cracks and to paint it off before my b-day.
FRIENDS: Well, Groundel realized he’s grounded on the isle until he heals because he can have a mayor bloodloss if getting on an airplane… He’s managing things. Finally got to talk and see Raven last week and she seems to be handling things as well. Coriolis has been quite busy playing corporate slave during the weekend, hope he can climb the corporate ladder and in the end screw them all (umm… no pun intended, again…). Kara has been lending some ears (erm… eyes?) and thanks to that I am not as panicked as before… Haven’t seen LS in a few, and Joe in a long time, but I know they are fine (bad news are always the ones that travel fast, so no news mean things are coolio, surviving).
CATS: Set has FINALLY stopped being depressed. He’s even dressing up in a tux and knocking on the door whenever he needs service… Who knew?
ME: Alannis sums it all up… Until next…
10-4
I'm broke but I'm happy
I'm poor bue I'm kind
I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah
I'm high but I'm grounded
I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed
I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby
What it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving a high five
I feel drunk but I'm sober
I'm young and I'm underpaid
I'm tired but I'm working, yeah
I care but I'm restless
I'm here but I'm really gone
I'm wrong and I'm sorry baby
What it all comes down to
is that everything's gonna be quite alright
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other is flicking a cigarette
What is all comes down to
Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving the peace sign
I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing
I'm brave but I'm chicken shit
I'm sick but I'm pretty baby
What it all boils down to
Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is playing the piano
What it all comes down to my friends
Is that everything's just fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is hailing a taxi cab...
Hand in my Pocket - Alanis Morissette
What have I been up to? Well… Busy days, as usual. Let’s see…
FRIDAY: No system at work, so stayed until the local monopolic phone company decided to fix the line… Took the afternoon off so I could do some mandatory things like taking Groundel home after his doctor’s appointment, picking up the mage so he could deliver Munchkin’s cash, getting a date for food assistance, getting psyched out about the traffic and the mall, finally getting home AMEN
SATURDAY: Woke up around midday. The mage decided to actually do something about the kitty’s security fence, so while he pondered the mechanics I cooked (Yes, Ladies and Gentlemen… I can cook. I just hate doing so. Any questions?). After lunch went straight to business handling out the instructions for kitty fence, and so the wiring was mostly done. Only the upper parts are left for a next mission perhaps next weekend. The sun came down while we were doing the finishing touches, we had a quick dinner and off we went to FINALLY see 300… Whoa! Poetry in motion! I loved the movie… Yes, very predictable, duh, but the warriors… the fighting scenes… the blood… the form… the eye candy… the atmosphere… the symmetry… Poetry in motion. It was over too fast for my taste, I wanted more… I wanted to see the whole battle after the 300 died… But that should be another story, if so… Loved the way they portrait Spartan women, commanding so much respect and actually doing something else than looking pretty or being helpless. So… After the movie, picked up some meds, did a quick grocery shopping and reached home at midnight.
SUNDAY: Gargoyles morning, watched the whole First Season. Nothing like Goliath to start a day in the right track… Went to Groundel’s place to deliver meds and stayed for a bit having pasta lunch and getting updates. By mid afternoon reached auntie’s place, and got the shocking news that the stupid parakeet that has been living there for eons had layed two eggs… LOL Well, I guess Pancha was quite happy to have me off the house, or something. Watever… Cleaned up the ex-kitty room, walls and everything. Hope to be able to paint the room by Holy Week, thinking of combining yellow and white. Gotta lay out my plush dolls on the current shelves, and try getting thin ones to display the Jem-Xena-Barbie dolls… But that is another project. Cleaned up part of my other bedroom and organized things so at least it looks tidy. Will keep moving stuff to my house later on… By nightfall auntie made some chicken with rice and pasteles (todo el año es Navidad… Tell me about it…), and got a call from the mage… His car would not start up after he delivered Munchkin…(oh, the fateful Russian Roulette, so fun it is to play it… so like stating that the car must have something new to bother each week…) So… Two hours later he finally made it to aunties, we gathered soe stuff into the cars and off we went… Reached home after 9pm, and while Lord of the Rings was in the background we tried putting things in their right places (at least the clothing). By the part where the wraiths get to the Prancing Pony we were already hooked on the movie (yet again) and left everything else for later… The second LOTR movie played, but I realized it was midnight and so off we went to try catching some Z’s… right…
MONDAY: Had an appointment at the food place by 8:15, so the mage left his truck at the electro-mechanic and I went to fill up blanks and papers. The nutritionist was very, very nice, and she fixed all so we would get the aid. So, got the aid, got the goods, went to the lab to pickup some test results… And one result was missing. After making me wait more than an hour, had to take the test again. Ugh! Actually got out of the lab after midday… So I lost the whole morning on these issues… Took the food to Groundel’s den since I would not be able to reach my home before work’s lunchtime was over. Heated up my canned soup, and off I went to work… Had no problems, though I found the server cabinet was open… I figured someone had checked something and later on I was told that someone from the phone company came in to fix something. Coolio. Everything was running smoothly, and I got enough inspiration to actually fill my taxes form, both the long and the short versions… After work went to pickup the groceries, Groundel treated me to some food hunting and after delivering him to his den I went home. Night had already fell, and the rain made it all so cold! I just shot myself with insulin, ate some Cheerios and went off to bed… Must have fallen asleep around seven… Woke up before midnight as I heard the sound of the cistern. The mage had arrived from work, and as he came up I mentioned I had done the taxes at work and suggested he should do his… So I kinda got hooked on taxes (WTF) and so filled up his papers. Realized it was almost 2am, so went to bed again…
TUESDAY: Woke up very early, at 5am, since I had to go get another stupid test at the lab. It’s funny that while I waited, a girl I was mentioning to the mage appeared there… Seems she finished what she started studying and now works at the lab/hospital premises. Cool thing. It is always great to see someone make progress in life, especially knowing all the struggles she has gone through. So… Reached my office, prepared a small breakfast, and energized my fingers long enough to write all this… Wheeeeeeeeee o algo. :P Hope to simply go home to sleep… I feel busted! (No pun intended… Grrrr)
So… The days keep running away REALLY fast… Everything has been on the go, not too much time to think about it just do it. Hope to get to see the Laberynth of Pan before they take it off the movies… The house’s cascade has been in all its glory thanks to so much rain… Hope to fill the floor cracks and to paint it off before my b-day.
FRIENDS: Well, Groundel realized he’s grounded on the isle until he heals because he can have a mayor bloodloss if getting on an airplane… He’s managing things. Finally got to talk and see Raven last week and she seems to be handling things as well. Coriolis has been quite busy playing corporate slave during the weekend, hope he can climb the corporate ladder and in the end screw them all (umm… no pun intended, again…). Kara has been lending some ears (erm… eyes?) and thanks to that I am not as panicked as before… Haven’t seen LS in a few, and Joe in a long time, but I know they are fine (bad news are always the ones that travel fast, so no news mean things are coolio, surviving).
CATS: Set has FINALLY stopped being depressed. He’s even dressing up in a tux and knocking on the door whenever he needs service… Who knew?
ME: Alannis sums it all up… Until next…
10-4
I'm broke but I'm happy
I'm poor bue I'm kind
I'm short but I'm healthy, yeah
I'm high but I'm grounded
I'm sane but I'm overwhelmed
I'm lost but I'm hopeful baby
What it all comes down to
Is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving a high five
I feel drunk but I'm sober
I'm young and I'm underpaid
I'm tired but I'm working, yeah
I care but I'm restless
I'm here but I'm really gone
I'm wrong and I'm sorry baby
What it all comes down to
is that everything's gonna be quite alright
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other is flicking a cigarette
What is all comes down to
Is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is giving the peace sign
I'm free but I'm focused
I'm green but I'm wise
I'm hard but I'm friendly baby
I'm sad but I'm laughing
I'm brave but I'm chicken shit
I'm sick but I'm pretty baby
What it all boils down to
Is that no one's really got it figured out just yet
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is playing the piano
What it all comes down to my friends
Is that everything's just fine fine fine
I've got one hand in my pocket
And the other one is hailing a taxi cab...
Hand in my Pocket - Alanis Morissette
Tuesday, March 20, 2007
Eeeeeeeeeeeck!!!
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This week should be short enough, at least at work. Free day on Thursday, may take Friday off as well since Holy Week won’t be a given… I think it’s the first year that they won’t give the complete week at work. It is useless, I mean, clients won’t appear since there will be no classes… but whatever… So I should take this next Friday off, to see what can be completed at the house. If such a thing is possible…
Yesterday I went to Auntie’s to get the diabetic kit that I forgot… just going there and trying to head home took 90 minutes. It is a bad time due to heavy traffic, and that doesn’t help my case… I am always in need of getting home fast… The eating schedule and the tiredness and the people enhancing my panic is too much…
Zordak’s bites became infected and so he had a fever and was feeling quite crappy himself. The antibiotics should do something, Kali was vicious.
Kitties keep opening the drawers as they used to do at the studio… Sheesh… And they keep vocalizing for attention. Hope they adjust soon… Don’t know if they like it or not…
Wrapped up the sofa and loveseat with clear shower liners that we ducktaped. That worked… The slipcovers look great. Need to Febreeze them, though, they have the musky smell of humidity that I hate so much…but they do look good.
Groundel rang last night, but I was too sleepy and tired and beat to answer.
Moody, sad, frustrated… Please close the curtains, I need a break. Thanks.
10-4
This week should be short enough, at least at work. Free day on Thursday, may take Friday off as well since Holy Week won’t be a given… I think it’s the first year that they won’t give the complete week at work. It is useless, I mean, clients won’t appear since there will be no classes… but whatever… So I should take this next Friday off, to see what can be completed at the house. If such a thing is possible…
Yesterday I went to Auntie’s to get the diabetic kit that I forgot… just going there and trying to head home took 90 minutes. It is a bad time due to heavy traffic, and that doesn’t help my case… I am always in need of getting home fast… The eating schedule and the tiredness and the people enhancing my panic is too much…
Zordak’s bites became infected and so he had a fever and was feeling quite crappy himself. The antibiotics should do something, Kali was vicious.
Kitties keep opening the drawers as they used to do at the studio… Sheesh… And they keep vocalizing for attention. Hope they adjust soon… Don’t know if they like it or not…
Wrapped up the sofa and loveseat with clear shower liners that we ducktaped. That worked… The slipcovers look great. Need to Febreeze them, though, they have the musky smell of humidity that I hate so much…but they do look good.
Groundel rang last night, but I was too sleepy and tired and beat to answer.
Moody, sad, frustrated… Please close the curtains, I need a break. Thanks.
10-4
Monday, March 19, 2007
MAYHEM! CHAOS! KITTIES!
Action!
Thought of the day:
“A first class bitch gets first class treatment.” True story and personal motto.
This weekend went too fast, leaving me tired and sore all over…
Saturday: I really, REALLY didn’t felt like getting out of bed, but after midday and people bugging in the phone, decided to give in to that fate… Went to my house to try preparing the closet… Still in the making… At least two curtains were put in the bedroom, so that made me happy. Moved away from half of the first floor all the furniture that was in the middle and finally got to wash that side. The mage used the hose while I used some Brillo pads to clean the windows (an amazing good idea, the mesh pads are great for little trouble cleaning). Nothing like hosing everything, the downstairs bathroom was left spotless… Finally! Night fell upon us, and we went straigt to auntie’s after giving in to Chinese lunch after 8pm… yes, lunch… We actually had no dinner since it would have had to be prepared at 1am following schedules… And by 9pm we were at auntie’s, in bed... The day beat us up.
Sunday: The cats had to be done… Meaning litter cleanup. Meaning the mage tried his best to ease up the BIG mess that was in the kitty room at auntie’s. The smell of Clorox filled the air… After the mage bagged the dirty sand, I cleaned up the litter boxes getting them ready for travel. The kitties were placed in their respective taxies, and off we went… The mage had the big taxi with the 5 black cats. In my car went the ladies of trouble: Roxy, Kali and Isis. As usual, Isis gave no trouble… but the smell of fear was soon present in the atmosphere. Arriving at Hormigueros I came to realize poor Roxy had a second level accident as Kali had one of the first kind. Mening they would need a bath. Meaning… Prepare for a big adventure of the wild kind… So, we decided to leave that matter for last, as we needed to prepare the new kitty room at our house. Furniture was moved, pillows were cleared, the mage went to get some clean sand while I gave the final touches to the kitty room throwing the twin bed in the floor, setting up litters and taxies, securing windows… I dressed up the bedroom in blue stripes and put up my beloved vampire painting and the Dracula poster. Completed dressing up the bathroom downstairs (of course, with suns and stars… Some things will never change) so at least it looks alive. The mage arrived with the sand and kitties soon went to their own bathrooms becoming visibly released… :P So… We ate up some lunch. and went to the task of bathing Roxy and Kali.
Bad idea. Kali became her feral alter ego, and shredded the mages arms while viciously biting his hands. Since I had to use gloves she couldn’t pick up any familiar scent, and that plus the stress of the travel made her loose it completely. Ended up leaving her inside the taxi while using the hose on it through the taxi’s holes. She went berserk… But it was a necessary evil. Roxy was… milder… Although she tries to escape she respects the voice… So she gives bad looks, menacing with her back legs, but restrains herself from further damage. She was bathed on her own two feet, and dried up with a towel, and lovingly cradled upstairs. Kali stayed in berserk mode for hours… We brought her upstairs so she would see and smell the other kitties and stop being her bitchy self. Had to unlock her from the cage, allowing her to roam the room wetting everything… At least by nighttime, and many hours later, she was back to her normal self being a bit hesitant at first but coming closer after breaking the ice looking for love. At least I felt relieved that she was mild and loving, I thought it would take longer for her… Been there, done that, and that kitty is too stressful due to her traumatic past. But all ended ok… Sort of… The mage has the battle scars as proof of his dedication to duty.
So… After the kitty havoc, kept on arranging things in place. By 8pm decided to stop, took a bath, and watched the first 2 episodes of Xena… Wow… So different from the last season! Always a delight to watch. Went to bed around 10:30pm… A king bed is a definite must, I had no idea how much of a big deal space makes! But the comfy setting was not enough to make me sleep… The alien surrounding and alien sounds and the light coming through the windows cluttered my senses… I must have slept 3 hours… Visited the kitties and they seemed content, so that stress is slowly fading away.
Monday: Got up at 6am so I would have time to do everything at a slow pace, since I have to go downstairs and then back up… and the stairway still gets wet… Getting up early didn’t matter as I took 1 ½ hour to prepare and so left the house at 7:25am… No traffic, until arriving at the Mall… Ugh! It took exactly 25 minutes from there to my job’s parking lot… Thanks to policeman fishies… Arrived just in time at 8:00am. So… This means I have to get up even more early-er… Ugh! Seems it has to be at least 5:45am so I can actually get out of the house by 7:15am sharp, to avoid being late. Lovely…
So, the day is starting, this is Rehabilitation Counselor’s week and everyone dressed up. Luckily my 6th sense told me to dress up as well, so I look good… And if I look good, we all look good, right? LOL At least once I gotta ace it. :D
Friends: No idea, everyone has been missing in action. I guess 300 has taken the best of them all. I hope to finally see it on Friday, maybe at midnight if the mage can make it… Want to see Pan’s Laberinth, perhaps with the fine arts club if they are available during the week… and if I am up to it.
Family: Sister is very excited since she and her hubby have been trying to get pregnant and nothing had happened for years. Seems that this year is jackpot year, o algo. LOL She is quite happy, and that is good. Now all she has to do is take good care because of complications coming with high risk pregnancy especially at early stage. I should know… This is where we show how different we are. I don’t see the point of telling everyone about it until it is something at least 75% certain because of time and it being high risk. Just one month is too early to throw any party, but that is her… and I won’t spoil her fun. Best wishes!!!
Work: Same story, same everything, same bull… But, the show must go on… And it will.
10-4
Thought of the day:
“A first class bitch gets first class treatment.” True story and personal motto.
This weekend went too fast, leaving me tired and sore all over…
Saturday: I really, REALLY didn’t felt like getting out of bed, but after midday and people bugging in the phone, decided to give in to that fate… Went to my house to try preparing the closet… Still in the making… At least two curtains were put in the bedroom, so that made me happy. Moved away from half of the first floor all the furniture that was in the middle and finally got to wash that side. The mage used the hose while I used some Brillo pads to clean the windows (an amazing good idea, the mesh pads are great for little trouble cleaning). Nothing like hosing everything, the downstairs bathroom was left spotless… Finally! Night fell upon us, and we went straigt to auntie’s after giving in to Chinese lunch after 8pm… yes, lunch… We actually had no dinner since it would have had to be prepared at 1am following schedules… And by 9pm we were at auntie’s, in bed... The day beat us up.
Sunday: The cats had to be done… Meaning litter cleanup. Meaning the mage tried his best to ease up the BIG mess that was in the kitty room at auntie’s. The smell of Clorox filled the air… After the mage bagged the dirty sand, I cleaned up the litter boxes getting them ready for travel. The kitties were placed in their respective taxies, and off we went… The mage had the big taxi with the 5 black cats. In my car went the ladies of trouble: Roxy, Kali and Isis. As usual, Isis gave no trouble… but the smell of fear was soon present in the atmosphere. Arriving at Hormigueros I came to realize poor Roxy had a second level accident as Kali had one of the first kind. Mening they would need a bath. Meaning… Prepare for a big adventure of the wild kind… So, we decided to leave that matter for last, as we needed to prepare the new kitty room at our house. Furniture was moved, pillows were cleared, the mage went to get some clean sand while I gave the final touches to the kitty room throwing the twin bed in the floor, setting up litters and taxies, securing windows… I dressed up the bedroom in blue stripes and put up my beloved vampire painting and the Dracula poster. Completed dressing up the bathroom downstairs (of course, with suns and stars… Some things will never change) so at least it looks alive. The mage arrived with the sand and kitties soon went to their own bathrooms becoming visibly released… :P So… We ate up some lunch. and went to the task of bathing Roxy and Kali.
Bad idea. Kali became her feral alter ego, and shredded the mages arms while viciously biting his hands. Since I had to use gloves she couldn’t pick up any familiar scent, and that plus the stress of the travel made her loose it completely. Ended up leaving her inside the taxi while using the hose on it through the taxi’s holes. She went berserk… But it was a necessary evil. Roxy was… milder… Although she tries to escape she respects the voice… So she gives bad looks, menacing with her back legs, but restrains herself from further damage. She was bathed on her own two feet, and dried up with a towel, and lovingly cradled upstairs. Kali stayed in berserk mode for hours… We brought her upstairs so she would see and smell the other kitties and stop being her bitchy self. Had to unlock her from the cage, allowing her to roam the room wetting everything… At least by nighttime, and many hours later, she was back to her normal self being a bit hesitant at first but coming closer after breaking the ice looking for love. At least I felt relieved that she was mild and loving, I thought it would take longer for her… Been there, done that, and that kitty is too stressful due to her traumatic past. But all ended ok… Sort of… The mage has the battle scars as proof of his dedication to duty.
So… After the kitty havoc, kept on arranging things in place. By 8pm decided to stop, took a bath, and watched the first 2 episodes of Xena… Wow… So different from the last season! Always a delight to watch. Went to bed around 10:30pm… A king bed is a definite must, I had no idea how much of a big deal space makes! But the comfy setting was not enough to make me sleep… The alien surrounding and alien sounds and the light coming through the windows cluttered my senses… I must have slept 3 hours… Visited the kitties and they seemed content, so that stress is slowly fading away.
Monday: Got up at 6am so I would have time to do everything at a slow pace, since I have to go downstairs and then back up… and the stairway still gets wet… Getting up early didn’t matter as I took 1 ½ hour to prepare and so left the house at 7:25am… No traffic, until arriving at the Mall… Ugh! It took exactly 25 minutes from there to my job’s parking lot… Thanks to policeman fishies… Arrived just in time at 8:00am. So… This means I have to get up even more early-er… Ugh! Seems it has to be at least 5:45am so I can actually get out of the house by 7:15am sharp, to avoid being late. Lovely…
So, the day is starting, this is Rehabilitation Counselor’s week and everyone dressed up. Luckily my 6th sense told me to dress up as well, so I look good… And if I look good, we all look good, right? LOL At least once I gotta ace it. :D
Friends: No idea, everyone has been missing in action. I guess 300 has taken the best of them all. I hope to finally see it on Friday, maybe at midnight if the mage can make it… Want to see Pan’s Laberinth, perhaps with the fine arts club if they are available during the week… and if I am up to it.
Family: Sister is very excited since she and her hubby have been trying to get pregnant and nothing had happened for years. Seems that this year is jackpot year, o algo. LOL She is quite happy, and that is good. Now all she has to do is take good care because of complications coming with high risk pregnancy especially at early stage. I should know… This is where we show how different we are. I don’t see the point of telling everyone about it until it is something at least 75% certain because of time and it being high risk. Just one month is too early to throw any party, but that is her… and I won’t spoil her fun. Best wishes!!!
Work: Same story, same everything, same bull… But, the show must go on… And it will.
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Thursday, March 15, 2007
Down with the sickness!
Lookout! :P
Have been down with the sickness… sinus and cold, mind you! The stupid sands from Sahara and the volcanic dust are disintegrating the immune system and the lungs of thousands within the isle! If that is what the cloud is… Somehow something that has never been mentioned until a few years back sounds fishy. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the clouds were in fact an outcome of a government experiment or something, like the shaft dust that helped increase cancer decades ago… Seems that our people have short time memory, or longtime memory loss… You be the judge…
So… Been with an ugly sinus-cold-flu-whatever thinguie. This has been a longaleer week… Couldn’t go to the capital on Monday because the driver never appeared… Went to Caguas on Tuesday and luckily, one of the people I was to meet was who used to be my supervisor a year ago, and she updated me in the whereabouts of the department… Ugh! So many things, I know Betsy must be having a ball up in heaven laughing at everything going on to the people who deserve the lovely taste of karma.
Anyway… Got a call from LightShadow’s contact and he found the complete back door for Ravy in $800 including IVU. Wheeee! So, must wait for it to arrive from Florida, and he will paint and fix the car’s damage. Seems his work will be a matter of $200. Not bad at all! And the guy surprised me with actually being responsible. Thanks, LS! Once again you saved the day! :P
Yesterday I wrote a letter to the director of the region, explaining my need to move from the department to another because I do have an MBA and I need to grow professionally. That’s letter #1. Will Follow some advice and do no talking, just black and white letters. When I have written #3, and if nothing has happened, then I should go to the Union to make things happen. If I must stay within this agency for at least 4 more years (so the mage finishes his BA and I do a Master in Social Work or a Labor Relations PhD), then I must really exhaust myself searching for ways to gain experience supervising… It is all I need to get a juicy job anywhere else.
Yes, I’m still with the dilemma of which road to take: PhD Labor Relations or MS Social Work… I seem inclined to the Social Work thinguie because it involves helping others, a vocation that I enjoy much, and it is a different thing from business… Plus the university offering it is 5 minutes from work. Then I think a PhD will allow me to be a professor at any university, earn easy money with enough time to spare for family and quality of life… The bad think is the university is 30 minutes from work, if there is no car jam… So… I still have not decided… I need to. For the Social Work thinguie I need to take some prerequisite courses and that should be done in summer if I’m getting in that program… I don’t know yet.
And so, it’s Thursday. I feel like crap. I want a comfy bed and lots of goth music, and at least 48 hours of sound sleep. Is that too much to ask?
10-4
Have been down with the sickness… sinus and cold, mind you! The stupid sands from Sahara and the volcanic dust are disintegrating the immune system and the lungs of thousands within the isle! If that is what the cloud is… Somehow something that has never been mentioned until a few years back sounds fishy. I wouldn’t be surprised at all if the clouds were in fact an outcome of a government experiment or something, like the shaft dust that helped increase cancer decades ago… Seems that our people have short time memory, or longtime memory loss… You be the judge…
So… Been with an ugly sinus-cold-flu-whatever thinguie. This has been a longaleer week… Couldn’t go to the capital on Monday because the driver never appeared… Went to Caguas on Tuesday and luckily, one of the people I was to meet was who used to be my supervisor a year ago, and she updated me in the whereabouts of the department… Ugh! So many things, I know Betsy must be having a ball up in heaven laughing at everything going on to the people who deserve the lovely taste of karma.
Anyway… Got a call from LightShadow’s contact and he found the complete back door for Ravy in $800 including IVU. Wheeee! So, must wait for it to arrive from Florida, and he will paint and fix the car’s damage. Seems his work will be a matter of $200. Not bad at all! And the guy surprised me with actually being responsible. Thanks, LS! Once again you saved the day! :P
Yesterday I wrote a letter to the director of the region, explaining my need to move from the department to another because I do have an MBA and I need to grow professionally. That’s letter #1. Will Follow some advice and do no talking, just black and white letters. When I have written #3, and if nothing has happened, then I should go to the Union to make things happen. If I must stay within this agency for at least 4 more years (so the mage finishes his BA and I do a Master in Social Work or a Labor Relations PhD), then I must really exhaust myself searching for ways to gain experience supervising… It is all I need to get a juicy job anywhere else.
Yes, I’m still with the dilemma of which road to take: PhD Labor Relations or MS Social Work… I seem inclined to the Social Work thinguie because it involves helping others, a vocation that I enjoy much, and it is a different thing from business… Plus the university offering it is 5 minutes from work. Then I think a PhD will allow me to be a professor at any university, earn easy money with enough time to spare for family and quality of life… The bad think is the university is 30 minutes from work, if there is no car jam… So… I still have not decided… I need to. For the Social Work thinguie I need to take some prerequisite courses and that should be done in summer if I’m getting in that program… I don’t know yet.
And so, it’s Thursday. I feel like crap. I want a comfy bed and lots of goth music, and at least 48 hours of sound sleep. Is that too much to ask?
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Monday, March 12, 2007
Weekend Woes
...
What a way to begin the week… I was supposed to attend a meeting at the capital but the transportation guy never appeared… So I waited from 6 to 8am… to no avail. I am quite pissed, tired, and it seems I am also getting the flu… I would just go home and go straight to bed if I was given the alternative… I feel like crap. This weekend was taxing in every way. All the things I expected to do could not be completed.
On Saturday, had an appointment with the nutricionist early in the morning. I guess I still have some shock factor even if I think I look normal… Seems I don’t. Normal me is quite different than professional me, and although the black hair brings some seiousness to my demeanour, the psycho in me always shows up. LOL In the afternoon the cistern was the issue… It was changed for another one, and was put up, and it wouldn’t work. The whole afternoon went away pulled by the frustration and despair of the frickin thing not wanting to work properly… In the end a miracle happened and it seems to work… So… Finally after 3 months, the cistern is up and running. Wheeee o algo. Oh, and the highlight of the day was that we made the lovely discovery of a sewer that looks like Sadako will come crawling out any minute from it… Quite eerie and disturbing…
If Saturday was a bit frustrating, yesterday was the pits. Tried putting up the cats fence in the balcony… At days end, only part of the cats fence was up… Gotta get in a ladder to complete the fence on its highest side, as well as gotta complete the framed fence that Zordak began to put together. Nothing worst than when you are working hard, with your tongue out, and having people watching and doing nothing to help you out. No one goes out of their comfort zone to help, not even a slight remark offering polite words… Nothing. That plus a feeling of being invaded and overruled was simply too much… I was beyond upset. I hope this sort of thing doesn’t repeat itself… I know that my staying quiet was a one hit wonder. I rather be an unpolite bitch than a stupid asswipe that gets stepped over. That’s the problem when you are good… people step all over your rights quite happily. I may be good, but I am not stupid. Sometimes I prefer to avoid open quarrels, but now I know that it will be impossible to do so without having innocent blood taking most of the blames.
Thanks to Groundel for helping even if his foot was bleeding, and to Zordak for being candid even when misunderstood.
La-la-la
10-4
What a way to begin the week… I was supposed to attend a meeting at the capital but the transportation guy never appeared… So I waited from 6 to 8am… to no avail. I am quite pissed, tired, and it seems I am also getting the flu… I would just go home and go straight to bed if I was given the alternative… I feel like crap. This weekend was taxing in every way. All the things I expected to do could not be completed.
On Saturday, had an appointment with the nutricionist early in the morning. I guess I still have some shock factor even if I think I look normal… Seems I don’t. Normal me is quite different than professional me, and although the black hair brings some seiousness to my demeanour, the psycho in me always shows up. LOL In the afternoon the cistern was the issue… It was changed for another one, and was put up, and it wouldn’t work. The whole afternoon went away pulled by the frustration and despair of the frickin thing not wanting to work properly… In the end a miracle happened and it seems to work… So… Finally after 3 months, the cistern is up and running. Wheeee o algo. Oh, and the highlight of the day was that we made the lovely discovery of a sewer that looks like Sadako will come crawling out any minute from it… Quite eerie and disturbing…
If Saturday was a bit frustrating, yesterday was the pits. Tried putting up the cats fence in the balcony… At days end, only part of the cats fence was up… Gotta get in a ladder to complete the fence on its highest side, as well as gotta complete the framed fence that Zordak began to put together. Nothing worst than when you are working hard, with your tongue out, and having people watching and doing nothing to help you out. No one goes out of their comfort zone to help, not even a slight remark offering polite words… Nothing. That plus a feeling of being invaded and overruled was simply too much… I was beyond upset. I hope this sort of thing doesn’t repeat itself… I know that my staying quiet was a one hit wonder. I rather be an unpolite bitch than a stupid asswipe that gets stepped over. That’s the problem when you are good… people step all over your rights quite happily. I may be good, but I am not stupid. Sometimes I prefer to avoid open quarrels, but now I know that it will be impossible to do so without having innocent blood taking most of the blames.
Thanks to Groundel for helping even if his foot was bleeding, and to Zordak for being candid even when misunderstood.
La-la-la
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Wednesday, March 07, 2007
Slowdive...
(too slow)...
Still no luck finding the car’s rear door… The quest goes on. Main focus a bit detoured onto the cistern and closing open areas with chicken wire so the cats won’t be able to go away once at home. Blah, blah, blah.
Last night had a friendly gathering at a local fast food. Groundel treated for dinner, and so we summoned LightShadow to complete the trio of renegades. Had a great time laughing off at others expense. Raven and Coriolis were unwilling victims as they called just in the right timing… The highlight of the night was the Prostitutes of the Caribbean starring Johnny Deep. Erm… No further comments about that. .Sinned a bit since we ended up at an ice cream place and I couldn’t settle for the sugar free chocolate thinguie (I’m not crazy about chocolate ice cream, not my favorite) and went for a lemon mousse cheesecake cone. Now that was a delight. Wow, real sugar! LOL Fortunately it had no ill side effects.
At work have been working on the art for a simple site I’m completing for one of the branches… The art came out very nice, I left my eyes on the 15” blurred monitor I’ve been forced to use since my laptop died… All I need now is that they complete all written gaps and make an English version of all the text so I cut & paste. I’m not taking care of that, it is enough I’m taking time to do the site without being part of that work team. Can’t deny that at least someone gives some credit to my talents… since the oh-so-lovely IT department ignores the fact I’m rotting most of the time just because they don’t give me something exciting and challenging to do. After 10+ years of giving end user support, too much stupidity in a continuum is beyond annoying…
At home, auntie bitching as usual… I know she must be desperate for us to move out. I know I am desperate to do so, but it’s been one thing after the other… Hopefully the cistern thinguie will be completed this weekend. We need to move ASAP. I need freedom of speech and movement. Hopefully I won’t get too spooked in the house at nights. That is the only thing that concerns me… The mage arrives almost at midnight, so I’ll be alone in the dark for almost six hours… Hope spiders, roaches, and serpents don’t eat me up by the time he arrives.
Been feeling melancholic, sad, frustrated, angry, powerless, tied up, useless… That happens when you want to do things and you can’t because the plans completely change at your dismay. Whatever. I know the light keeps on at the end of the tunnel… Just, why the tunnel has to be so frickin long!
Back to reality… LOL The phrase of the day… Courtesy of local crappy politicians…
10-4
Still no luck finding the car’s rear door… The quest goes on. Main focus a bit detoured onto the cistern and closing open areas with chicken wire so the cats won’t be able to go away once at home. Blah, blah, blah.
Last night had a friendly gathering at a local fast food. Groundel treated for dinner, and so we summoned LightShadow to complete the trio of renegades. Had a great time laughing off at others expense. Raven and Coriolis were unwilling victims as they called just in the right timing… The highlight of the night was the Prostitutes of the Caribbean starring Johnny Deep. Erm… No further comments about that. .Sinned a bit since we ended up at an ice cream place and I couldn’t settle for the sugar free chocolate thinguie (I’m not crazy about chocolate ice cream, not my favorite) and went for a lemon mousse cheesecake cone. Now that was a delight. Wow, real sugar! LOL Fortunately it had no ill side effects.
At work have been working on the art for a simple site I’m completing for one of the branches… The art came out very nice, I left my eyes on the 15” blurred monitor I’ve been forced to use since my laptop died… All I need now is that they complete all written gaps and make an English version of all the text so I cut & paste. I’m not taking care of that, it is enough I’m taking time to do the site without being part of that work team. Can’t deny that at least someone gives some credit to my talents… since the oh-so-lovely IT department ignores the fact I’m rotting most of the time just because they don’t give me something exciting and challenging to do. After 10+ years of giving end user support, too much stupidity in a continuum is beyond annoying…
At home, auntie bitching as usual… I know she must be desperate for us to move out. I know I am desperate to do so, but it’s been one thing after the other… Hopefully the cistern thinguie will be completed this weekend. We need to move ASAP. I need freedom of speech and movement. Hopefully I won’t get too spooked in the house at nights. That is the only thing that concerns me… The mage arrives almost at midnight, so I’ll be alone in the dark for almost six hours… Hope spiders, roaches, and serpents don’t eat me up by the time he arrives.
Been feeling melancholic, sad, frustrated, angry, powerless, tied up, useless… That happens when you want to do things and you can’t because the plans completely change at your dismay. Whatever. I know the light keeps on at the end of the tunnel… Just, why the tunnel has to be so frickin long!
Back to reality… LOL The phrase of the day… Courtesy of local crappy politicians…
10-4
Friday, March 02, 2007
TGIF, Alas!
LOL...
Finally, Friday is here… It has been a bumpy week, with mayor troubles but somehow things are falling in place little by little. Friends are friends again, and then we’ll all live happily ever after… O algo…
Haven’t been at any movie rental in quite a long time… This weekend shall be no exception, it seems already full. The electrician is supposed to go finish things up on Sat morning, then the guy that will do the cistern on Sun morning has to go with the mage on Sat afternoon to get the missing pieces and to lend his truck so we get the fridge, washer and stove… So maybe I’ll have the change to wash up downstairs IF there is water on Sat afternoon, and maybe will be able to paint the forsaken cabinets and install closet tubes on Sun morning while the manly men work… Any volunteers? Cleanup promises to be a bit of a bitch downstairs, everything is dust-loaded.
Must contact the ceiling-fences guy, but since payment for electrician & plumber are due will have to wait until the 15th to see if I can gather the half I owe him so he finishes up his part. Also must try checking more junkers around the isle to see if I can get the fricking back door for my Ravy… And in the middle of it all, trying to actually see if I can develop some wedding pictures so I can try scrapbooking at least the ceremony, since there are 500+ pics for the vacation and I have no way of editing them… I need a computer ASAP… Another addition to the spending woes… With the IRS around the corner that will have to wait after my B-day… Ugh!
Going back to La-la-Land…
10-4
Haven’t been at any movie rental in quite a long time… This weekend shall be no exception, it seems already full. The electrician is supposed to go finish things up on Sat morning, then the guy that will do the cistern on Sun morning has to go with the mage on Sat afternoon to get the missing pieces and to lend his truck so we get the fridge, washer and stove… So maybe I’ll have the change to wash up downstairs IF there is water on Sat afternoon, and maybe will be able to paint the forsaken cabinets and install closet tubes on Sun morning while the manly men work… Any volunteers? Cleanup promises to be a bit of a bitch downstairs, everything is dust-loaded.
Must contact the ceiling-fences guy, but since payment for electrician & plumber are due will have to wait until the 15th to see if I can gather the half I owe him so he finishes up his part. Also must try checking more junkers around the isle to see if I can get the fricking back door for my Ravy… And in the middle of it all, trying to actually see if I can develop some wedding pictures so I can try scrapbooking at least the ceremony, since there are 500+ pics for the vacation and I have no way of editing them… I need a computer ASAP… Another addition to the spending woes… With the IRS around the corner that will have to wait after my B-day… Ugh!
Going back to La-la-Land…
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