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Oh. My. God.

I woke up this morning around 8:30-ish, feeling like I had been hit by a very large truck. Got some water, took some Pepto, stared at the huge mess, and promptly said to myself “fuck this shit, I’m going back to bed.”

I woke up again around noon, when Brian called, feeling much better. The very large truck has been reduced to an Echo Hatchback (tiny, but still big enough to do some damage), and I’m well enough to eat some toast, which will be directly followed by some Advil.

The best part of this morning, though, was making that 2nd trip into the kitchen at noon, and finding that MY ROOMMATE CLEANED UP THE ENTIRE PARTY MESS!

I was so shocked - but she said “it’s all good, you spent all day cleaning the house before the party, and I was bored anyway - and I’m probably in much better condition to clean this morning than you are.”

*love*

Perhaps she can stay after all.

So i just had a gathering of good friends to celebrate my new BBQ and peanut’s foray into town.

Holy shit am I a mess.

Everyone just left (yah, we’re old and lame at this time of night) and I’m right fucked up.

I’m trying to lick my lips, because (I think) they’re dry, and I can’t actually feel them.

I’m drinking LOTS of water, I hope I don’t feel too horrible in the morning.

I LOVE everyone who came over. The night was the raddest night EVAR thanks to my retro mix from a million years ago (or 1999) courtesy of my friend Rascally, and a lot of liquor.

I figured the crazy busy week was over. Then I woke up this morning (after 11 hours of sweet sweet sleep), and realized my house is a mess, and I still have to do that laundry.

Oops.

Looks like my morning *will* be a bit busy - I gotta get this shite done before my guests arrive.

A Plus though - While looking for paper plates, I found half a bottle of Vanilla Stoli that I forgot I had

I feel like I’m living in an alternate universe right now.

I’ve been trying to call a few people all day - people who *should* pick up their phones, and would do so on any normal day.

But today, all I get is voicemail or endless ringing - and yes, I’ve tried multiple telephones.

A few things (since I’m too lazy to do separate entries):

1. That thing was good. I had fun, and would love to connect with a few of those people again on a more personal level. Observation: Bloggers seem to be much more attractive than IRCers (the only other internet based group I’ve been brave enough to meet en masse).

2. Poor UI design complaint of the day: In the spots where I need to enter dates on my program at work, it’s nice enough to fill in the slashes. Example, when I type 20040727 it shows up as 2004/07/27 - makes the process much quicker. Unfortunately, if I miss-type something and need to backspace, the forward slashes don’t automatically delete. It takes that extra keystroke to remove them. So it’s only two strokes to make the mistake, but it takes 3 to fix it. My brain doesn’t exactly compute that way, making me shake my head in confusion about 20 times a day.

3. I am a windows user and an idiot, and deleted that handy button next to “Start” that brings you straight to your desktop. It’s like my “Advance to GO” Monopoly button. I use(d) it a lot. That’s what recklessly clicking “yes” will get you. Does anyone know how to get it back?

4. You can’t even imagine how excited I am, after an insanely busy week, to spend my Friday night with myself, my laundry, and 8 episodes of The Sopranos.

Ok, so the back of my ear was feeling a bit funky, and had some gunk on it, so I start feeling it up etc.

I pull my hand back - red.

The hairdresser cut my ear. It’s a tiny nick, and I didn’t even feel it when it happened. She does a razor cut, so it’s just a wee baby slice; not like she scissored a chunk out of my ear.

BUT SERIOUSLY - CAN I JUST STOP BLEEDING FROM EVERYWHERE NOW? JUST ONE BLEEDING-FREE DAY IS ALL I ASK.

At this rate I’ll have to go from giving blood to receiving it.

I’m having some really crazy mood swings lately. I usually get them the day or two before, and the day of my Depo Provera shot… but this time I didn’t get bitchy until now (a week after the fact). I didn’t get it early or late or anything. I did everything the same as I usually do.

But I’ve been seriously going through spells of wanting to rip almost everyone’s head off at some point today. Thankfully, I do have *some* self control, and haven’t actually attempted to injure anyone yet.

I kindof wonder if it could have anything to do with the total lack of exercise & enormous amounts of processed food I’ve eaten lately. While the mood swings haven’t totally coincided with the Birth Control, they’ve certainly matched up perfectly with the crap that I’ve given my body this past week….

I’m going to that thing tonight. Are you?

I’ve been really busy lately.

How busy? Let me tell you:

I’m going on a training walk today, and bought some new workout clothes in the 12 minutes between work and my hair appointment.

Why did I buy new workout clothes?

Because all of the ones I currently own are dirty, and I’ve been too busy to wash them.

Ok people, I’m putting out a call for random medical advice:

I am lately (the past 8 weeks or so) suffering from chronic nosebleeds.

I’ve been to the doctor, and he’s said that I have some capillaries in my nose that are sitting right on the edge of the skin, and when they’re wont to break, break they will, and my nose will spew red.

His advice: be very gentle with my nose.

Unfortunately, in my world, activities such as “walking at a moderate pace”, “sitting at the computer” or “turning off the shower” don’t contain any sort of rough (or even gentle) noseplay - and still, it continues to bleed at random (and usually inconvenient) intervals.

Apparently there is another option open to me: cauterizing the offending capillaries - so I’m wondering if anyone out there in the blogosphere has had this done? To me, it sounds pretty painful to stick burning things into one of my mucous membranes. How do they do it? Will they use a local anisthetic to freeze my nose (another ouch in itself)? Will they use liquid nitrogen, or a sauldering iron, or a blowtorch?

If it’s not too bad of a procedure, I may get it done, because I’m getting sick of having to tote a pack of kleenex and a small pot of vaseline (good for stopping bleeding before the clotting takes full effect) everywhere I go. And I really don’t want to have to revert to wearing tampons in my nose as a pre-emptive strike in an effort to save my light coloured clothing.

For once I actually hauled my butt out of bed, and got to work at 7:00am. I had to do it, because I made a hair appointment for 3:30 - but I just feel like such a moron for all the snoozing I’ve done the past few mornings, and not getting in to work until 8:30. It’s not all that bad once I’m up, I’ve just gotta do it.

Brian and I gave the BBQ its innagural run last night. Worked like a charm Except I need to go invest in a wire brush (oops) and rescue my BBQ tool set from his house. This morning I am extremely bloated from the meat (wings & steak) and Stella, but I did manage to hold off on the ice cream. We got half a pineapple instead (my new favourite fruit).

After the BBQing watched 50 First Dates. Very Adam Sandler. Very cute. I’m consistently amazed at the chemistry he and Drew Barrymore have onscreen. It’s a wonder that they’re not married.

Overall, a pleasant evening. The bitterness and angst has subsided
ps. I’m halfway to my fundraising goal for the Weekend to End Breast Cancer! Wanna help get me the rest of the way?

You know who you are.

And I am blaming you entirely for my BBQ, Breyers and Beer binge tonight.

I’ve been going through the blogs that everyone suggested when I put out a call for more reads, and this is one of my favourites: ljc fyi.

This girl is a complete and utter Domestic Goddess.

She cooks, bakes, crafts, gardens, paints, and has an adorable puppy (and a pretty cute husband too).

I’ve been getting more and more domestic lately, and her Martha-y endeavors have totally inspired me. Perhaps I need to go make some pillows or something…

UPDATE: bunky link fixed.

And now, for your daily dose of fun:

GWB & John Kerry square off in a rousing animated rendition of This Land is Your Land, This Land is My Land.

In other news, the grouchiness continues. I had planned to make burritos for dinner, until I discovered my lettuce is rotten and my wraps are so old they’ve all stuck to eachother.

I’m now eating beef/beans/corn on toast with cheese melted on top. It’s not bad, but it’s just not the same. *le sigh*