So, there's this thing people often talk about, called a "Self-Fulfilling Prophecy." I've always believed in them, because to my knowledge, they've always come true.
Today was no exception.
As part of the whole moving process, I have to paint some walls back to white where there had been some polka dots and still is some bright green (I'm not done yet, don't judge me). So, I dutifully filled a paint tray with white primer, and carried it over to the wall with the spots. I set it down on a small end table, then went to move the lamp that was also on the end table, so it wouldn't be knocked over.
To my surprise, both the lamp shade and buld came off the lamp, leaving the base dangling by the cord. As I'm grappling with it, I start to think "Oh God, this is about to be a catastrophe. Something bad can only come of this. An accident waiting to happen. Catastrophe!" And then, right when I had the lamp under control, the accident I'd been expecting happened.
The entire tray of freshly poured primer upended itself and landed all over what had been pristine carpeting. AWESOME.
So, as I'm scooping primer up with my bare hands and praying that I could scrub hard enough to avoid any permanent staining, it occurs to me that the spill is all my fault, because had I not expected it to happen, it wouldn't have.
So today's life lesson is that you get exactly what you expect to get, be it good or bad. So when you're dealing with a tray full of primer, expect only smooth sailing and cleanliness.
Everything's the same.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Step 85: She's Cracking Up
OKAY. It's been THREE DAYS now, since I left the house. Well, technically I left today and deposited a check in the bank, but that was a ten minute trip, and really doesn't count, when you consider it's been 71 hours and 50 minutes of the inside of my house.
I am dying, I think. Or at minimum I've got some seriou cabin fever. Go out, do something, you say? I live in Podunk, South Dakota! Nothing is open, except the bars, and I'd rather be bored than drunk. Just sayin'.
BUT! Tomorrow I get to go out into the world, because I ran out of milk. I have deemed that a valid reason for abandoning the Chore List for a little while. I need milk. DO NOT ARGUE WITH ME ON THIS. WHo am I yelling at?
My crazy is showing. I should go.
TEN! ZERO! ZERO!
I am dying, I think. Or at minimum I've got some seriou cabin fever. Go out, do something, you say? I live in Podunk, South Dakota! Nothing is open, except the bars, and I'd rather be bored than drunk. Just sayin'.
BUT! Tomorrow I get to go out into the world, because I ran out of milk. I have deemed that a valid reason for abandoning the Chore List for a little while. I need milk. DO NOT ARGUE WITH ME ON THIS. WHo am I yelling at?
My crazy is showing. I should go.
TEN! ZERO! ZERO!
Monday, January 18, 2010
Step 84: Crunch Time
I did not have a hangover the other day. I just felt the need to let the world know. Though, by the relative coherence of my last post, I'd think that was obvious anyway. Actually, there were fewer typos in that post than there are when I'm entirely sober. ANYWAY.
My mom left for her new job yesterday, leaving me here and in charge of getting the house ready for the movers to come. I get to do all sorts of fun things like pack books and linens and paint walls back to white. I know people would be jealous if they knew.
As for everything else...hmm. The thing with my sister, I'm still trying to work out. As much as I like for life to be cheery and happy, we've all got issues that make it less so. Generally speaking I think being happy is about choosing to be happy, but sometimes that's a hard choice to make. Knowing myself, though, by the time I see her, I will have chosen it, and everything will be fine.
Though I need to clarify that I'm not talking about repressing anger and sadness. That's what I mean about the choice. You have to face those emotions head on and ask yourself if they're still really worth the effort of feeling. If they are, you confront whoever is the source, if they aren't, you let it go. So far in this situation everything has been worth letting go, especially seeing as there's an apology behind all of it.
I suppose one might think a simplistic view like that makes me naive, but I'm happy, so am I really all that naive?
Right. So there's Sarah's Theory on How to Be Happy. Just choose it.*
Current Status: Tensandaire
Money Earned: $0
Spent: $3
*Assuming one has no chemical imbalances that make emotional control impossible. Like chronic depression or PMS.
My mom left for her new job yesterday, leaving me here and in charge of getting the house ready for the movers to come. I get to do all sorts of fun things like pack books and linens and paint walls back to white. I know people would be jealous if they knew.
As for everything else...hmm. The thing with my sister, I'm still trying to work out. As much as I like for life to be cheery and happy, we've all got issues that make it less so. Generally speaking I think being happy is about choosing to be happy, but sometimes that's a hard choice to make. Knowing myself, though, by the time I see her, I will have chosen it, and everything will be fine.
Though I need to clarify that I'm not talking about repressing anger and sadness. That's what I mean about the choice. You have to face those emotions head on and ask yourself if they're still really worth the effort of feeling. If they are, you confront whoever is the source, if they aren't, you let it go. So far in this situation everything has been worth letting go, especially seeing as there's an apology behind all of it.
I suppose one might think a simplistic view like that makes me naive, but I'm happy, so am I really all that naive?
Right. So there's Sarah's Theory on How to Be Happy. Just choose it.*
Current Status: Tensandaire
Money Earned: $0
Spent: $3
*Assuming one has no chemical imbalances that make emotional control impossible. Like chronic depression or PMS.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Step 83: Hee!
Okay, so I *might* be a little bit drinky right now. I should explain that. I heard once that some language doesn't have a word for drunk, so they use a word that translates to "drinky."
Anyway, my status is as such because, being that it was my last night at work, and I worked with A, she insisted that I go out and have a couple drinks with her and her friends. So I did.
It was a fun time. We sang songs loudly and poorly, and I didn't pay for a thing. I do that a lot. Go out and have PLENTY to drink without paying for it. Win? I dunno.
So, couple things. FIRST! I set up a few small pranks at work tonight. Nothing big, but as little things, they'll add up to a "Sarah, you little sh*t!" moment for Manager in the morning. THe list:
1. I put my key on the chair in the office, then saran wrapped the chair, then clipped my nametag to the saran wrap.
2. I switched around the most popular brands of cigarettes so that what is usually and automatic reach to a certain spot will now require some extra thought.
3. I only did five drops. Backstory: Usually when we get more than $100 in our drawere, we're supposed to drop some cash into the safe. On a normal night you'll have between 12 and 15 drops. The MINIMUM you can do is 5. Top safe ($100), Rolled Coin ($120), Checks (Varies), Drawer (($10 - $15), and Cash (Usually $100 - $200 at a time). The last drop, for Cash, was $1,079, all at once.
4. I swapped several grocery items so they make no sense. For example, rather than having spaghetti next to the spaghetti sauce, there is Kleenex. And rather than having Jelly next to the peanut butter, there is Tylenol.
5. I cleaned out the chip rack and replaced it with bread.
6. I hid the bucket of cleaning supplies for the bathrooms.
I think that's it, I don't remember. Anyway, as individual things, they're not much, but all together they're funny. So I think anyway.
OTHER big thing that happened was my sister called. Long story short: We didn't talk for a couple years because she was a jerk. Anyway, she called and is evidently sorry. We'll see, though if I'm being honest I'd like to forgive her and have her back, but that might be because I'm not sober. Who knows?
Sorry, code and spellcheck elude me right now. I earned the usual and spent about $200 on the light bill and that makes me a tensandaire.
Anyway, my status is as such because, being that it was my last night at work, and I worked with A, she insisted that I go out and have a couple drinks with her and her friends. So I did.
It was a fun time. We sang songs loudly and poorly, and I didn't pay for a thing. I do that a lot. Go out and have PLENTY to drink without paying for it. Win? I dunno.
So, couple things. FIRST! I set up a few small pranks at work tonight. Nothing big, but as little things, they'll add up to a "Sarah, you little sh*t!" moment for Manager in the morning. THe list:
1. I put my key on the chair in the office, then saran wrapped the chair, then clipped my nametag to the saran wrap.
2. I switched around the most popular brands of cigarettes so that what is usually and automatic reach to a certain spot will now require some extra thought.
3. I only did five drops. Backstory: Usually when we get more than $100 in our drawere, we're supposed to drop some cash into the safe. On a normal night you'll have between 12 and 15 drops. The MINIMUM you can do is 5. Top safe ($100), Rolled Coin ($120), Checks (Varies), Drawer (($10 - $15), and Cash (Usually $100 - $200 at a time). The last drop, for Cash, was $1,079, all at once.
4. I swapped several grocery items so they make no sense. For example, rather than having spaghetti next to the spaghetti sauce, there is Kleenex. And rather than having Jelly next to the peanut butter, there is Tylenol.
5. I cleaned out the chip rack and replaced it with bread.
6. I hid the bucket of cleaning supplies for the bathrooms.
I think that's it, I don't remember. Anyway, as individual things, they're not much, but all together they're funny. So I think anyway.
OTHER big thing that happened was my sister called. Long story short: We didn't talk for a couple years because she was a jerk. Anyway, she called and is evidently sorry. We'll see, though if I'm being honest I'd like to forgive her and have her back, but that might be because I'm not sober. Who knows?
Sorry, code and spellcheck elude me right now. I earned the usual and spent about $200 on the light bill and that makes me a tensandaire.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Step 82: I Don't Even Know
I'm not really sure what my problem is lately with keeping up here. You'd think that in cutting back on Other Internet Things, I'd have time for this, but alas that be not true.
I think a lot of it has to do with not having much that is either interesting or relevant to write about, and the rest of it is in putting all the boring irrelevant stuff in my hand-written journal, because only I will see it. Run on sentence.
Anyway, I think what I'll do is just tell random stories from the day and toss the tallies at the end for good measure. Which is what I do anyway, but it makes me feel better to announce that that's what I'm doing, so there.
Also, I got Sandy back from the mechanic, and she runs beautifully now. She ought, as it cost $600 to get her that way. :\
Today's Story: The Obnoxious Hutterite
Okay: backstory. In the area where I live, there is a colony of Hutterites. I don't really know much about them other than they all speak with German accents and dress kind of like the Amish. And they annoy the crap out of me with their constant haggling. I do not work in a store where haggling happens. Ever. Pay up or get out.
Also, this month our pizza special is a large single topping for $9.99.
Enter Scott. The Obnoxious Hutterite. Apparently R had a difficult time with him on the phone telling him that ONE topping means ONE topping, not two. He was convinced that the pizzas COME with one topping, so in adding another, he shouldn't have to pay the extra $1.75.
He ordered a beef and onion pizza.
He comes to my register to pay for it, and, because the order has the onions marked, crossed off, then marked again, I am unsure which it is. So, I'm about to ask, when his phone rings. Not only does he not ignore it, or answer it and say "Let me call you back in a minute." but he holds his hand up to be in a "Shut up." gesture, and proceeds to take the call.
No, you didn't.
"Does that have beef and onions on it?"
"*phone conversation*"
"Your total is $12,50."
"*ends conversation*"
"I thought it was $9.99."
"That's for a single topping, does that have beef and onions on it?"
"No, it comes with one topping, so I don't have to pay the extra."
"That's not what I asked, does it have beef AND onions on it? It's a yes or no question."
"Well, yes' but it comes with--"
"No, the only topping your pizza comes with is cheese. Your TWO toppings are beef and onions. And it's $12.50."
"*phone rings again, and he answeres it, and proceeds to talk*"
At this point, I've got a line of customers behind him, and being that my last day is tomorrow, the Shortimers Syndrome has made me gutsier than I usually am. So, I took his pizza, and set it on the ice cream cooler.
"If you need to take that call, I need you to step put of the way, and I'll ring you up after these people. *voids out his transaction and smiles at the next person in line*"
Anyway, as it happens, I won, and Scott was pretty much flabbergasted that I put him in his place. But honestly. Don't come into MY store and first try to steal from me, then try to manipulate me, then waste my time, then get in the way of my other, nice customers. Just don't do it. Or I'll take your pizza away and make you stand in the corner.
With my last day being tomorrow, I find myself feeling rather less humorous toward the stupidity that I encounter at my job. Normally I laugh it off and go on about my business, but tonight everything kept making me more and more irritable until I finally locked the door and then it all went away because I was free for the night.
Except tomorrow it all starts over again. I have a good feeling the last night shenanigans will be fun, though, so I'm not worried.
Status: Flat BROKE.
Earned: $52.50 - taxes
Spent: $230 (Bank of Mom loaned me the rest)
I think a lot of it has to do with not having much that is either interesting or relevant to write about, and the rest of it is in putting all the boring irrelevant stuff in my hand-written journal, because only I will see it. Run on sentence.
Anyway, I think what I'll do is just tell random stories from the day and toss the tallies at the end for good measure. Which is what I do anyway, but it makes me feel better to announce that that's what I'm doing, so there.
Also, I got Sandy back from the mechanic, and she runs beautifully now. She ought, as it cost $600 to get her that way. :\
Today's Story: The Obnoxious Hutterite
Okay: backstory. In the area where I live, there is a colony of Hutterites. I don't really know much about them other than they all speak with German accents and dress kind of like the Amish. And they annoy the crap out of me with their constant haggling. I do not work in a store where haggling happens. Ever. Pay up or get out.
Also, this month our pizza special is a large single topping for $9.99.
Enter Scott. The Obnoxious Hutterite. Apparently R had a difficult time with him on the phone telling him that ONE topping means ONE topping, not two. He was convinced that the pizzas COME with one topping, so in adding another, he shouldn't have to pay the extra $1.75.
He ordered a beef and onion pizza.
He comes to my register to pay for it, and, because the order has the onions marked, crossed off, then marked again, I am unsure which it is. So, I'm about to ask, when his phone rings. Not only does he not ignore it, or answer it and say "Let me call you back in a minute." but he holds his hand up to be in a "Shut up." gesture, and proceeds to take the call.
No, you didn't.
"Does that have beef and onions on it?"
"*phone conversation*"
"Your total is $12,50."
"*ends conversation*"
"I thought it was $9.99."
"That's for a single topping, does that have beef and onions on it?"
"No, it comes with one topping, so I don't have to pay the extra."
"That's not what I asked, does it have beef AND onions on it? It's a yes or no question."
"Well, yes' but it comes with--"
"No, the only topping your pizza comes with is cheese. Your TWO toppings are beef and onions. And it's $12.50."
"*phone rings again, and he answeres it, and proceeds to talk*"
At this point, I've got a line of customers behind him, and being that my last day is tomorrow, the Shortimers Syndrome has made me gutsier than I usually am. So, I took his pizza, and set it on the ice cream cooler.
"If you need to take that call, I need you to step put of the way, and I'll ring you up after these people. *voids out his transaction and smiles at the next person in line*"
Anyway, as it happens, I won, and Scott was pretty much flabbergasted that I put him in his place. But honestly. Don't come into MY store and first try to steal from me, then try to manipulate me, then waste my time, then get in the way of my other, nice customers. Just don't do it. Or I'll take your pizza away and make you stand in the corner.
With my last day being tomorrow, I find myself feeling rather less humorous toward the stupidity that I encounter at my job. Normally I laugh it off and go on about my business, but tonight everything kept making me more and more irritable until I finally locked the door and then it all went away because I was free for the night.
Except tomorrow it all starts over again. I have a good feeling the last night shenanigans will be fun, though, so I'm not worried.
Status: Flat BROKE.
Earned: $52.50 - taxes
Spent: $230 (Bank of Mom loaned me the rest)
Friday, January 08, 2010
Step 81: %*&@#
I am trying VERY HARD to maintain calmness and not freak out on someone who really doesn't have it coming, BUT!
I am really very frustrated. My car, which I have been waiting on since Tuesday is STILL not ready. Even though the part for it is in the shop, and all they have to do is put it on. Also, my mom's car is STILL in the shop because they can't firgure out what's wrong with it, and she refuses to believe it was a fluke (which it WAS for crying out loud).
To add to this, the rental car that we've had for a week now apparently absolutely MUST be returned TODAY, because it's getting to expensive to keep. It must be returned to Sioux Falls. An hour away.
And I have to be to work in less than two hours.
The repair shop that has my car? The guy's super busy and can't come to the phone.
The repair shop that has my mom's car? Mum's the word.
My mom? In a meeting.
And me? Sitting here hands tied needed to know whather I'm going to be late for work, or if I need a ride to work or WHAT?!
I NEED ANSWERS AND NO ONE WILL GIVE THEM TO ME.
Edit: I just called and my car will be done in about 5 minutes. I still don't know whether this means I'm late for work or need a ride (this time to pick my car up), but at least it's PROGRESS.
My statuses are the same as yesterday, only I didn't spend $3 today. *still too irritated to type it all out*
I am really very frustrated. My car, which I have been waiting on since Tuesday is STILL not ready. Even though the part for it is in the shop, and all they have to do is put it on. Also, my mom's car is STILL in the shop because they can't firgure out what's wrong with it, and she refuses to believe it was a fluke (which it WAS for crying out loud).
To add to this, the rental car that we've had for a week now apparently absolutely MUST be returned TODAY, because it's getting to expensive to keep. It must be returned to Sioux Falls. An hour away.
And I have to be to work in less than two hours.
The repair shop that has my car? The guy's super busy and can't come to the phone.
The repair shop that has my mom's car? Mum's the word.
My mom? In a meeting.
And me? Sitting here hands tied needed to know whather I'm going to be late for work, or if I need a ride to work or WHAT?!
I NEED ANSWERS AND NO ONE WILL GIVE THEM TO ME.
Edit: I just called and my car will be done in about 5 minutes. I still don't know whether this means I'm late for work or need a ride (this time to pick my car up), but at least it's PROGRESS.
My statuses are the same as yesterday, only I didn't spend $3 today. *still too irritated to type it all out*
Step 80: Psychic
Okay, I meant to post about this the other day, but I forgot so I'm posting it now.
Last Sunday night I forgot to take the dumpster out to the curb before I went to bed, so when I woke up spontaneously at 5 am, I remembered and rolled out of bed to take it out as the truck was pulling up to our block. Whew. Close call.
When I went back inside, I decided that I just didn't want to trudge back down the stairs to my bed, so I settled in to the couch (when I'm barely awake, EVERYTHING seems like too much effort, even going down a flight of stairs). I grabbed my phone and set the alarm for 7:45, with the thought that I'd get up then and take my mom's car to the mechanic (the battery's acting funny again). At 7:44 and maybe 56 seconds, I was startled awake by what I thought was my mom saying "Sarah, your alarm's about to go off." I was so sure, that I sat up straight and looked around for her. Then, less than 5 seconds later the alarm DID go off. Coincedence. I decided that I was still too tired to be awake, and my mom hadn't called to tell me they had an opening, so I decided to go back to sleep until she did.
A couple hours later, I woke up to what I again thought was my mom saying, "Sarah! Phone's ringing!" I sat up and not two seconds later the phone DID start ringing, it was my mom telling me to go ahead and take the car in. But now this is getting weird.
So, I took the car in, came home, ate breakfast and decided I needed a shower. So I gather my things and hop into the shower and while I'm in there, I think I hear the phone ringing again, but it's faint. Still, I grab my towel and walk out into my living room and listen. It's silent, so I think maybe I just missed the call. As I'm turning around to re-enter the shower, the phone rings. It's my mom.
"What'd the mechanic say?"
"Did you just try to call?"
"No, why?"
"I thought I heard the phone ring, I was showering."
"Oh. So what did the mechanic say?"
I finish that conversation, and decide that this is one too many coincedences, and I MUST have missed a call. I went upstairs to check the phone with caller ID...I did not miss any calls.
So either I was having some kind of psychic experience or a paranormal one...I don't know, but everything stopped once I went to work.
Anyway, I haven't got anything interesting from today, other than to note that this is the first laundry day since the last time I posted about it (on 11/18, yes I DO have that many pairs of socks and underwear because yes I DO hate laundry day that much).
Current Status: Multi-Hundredaire
Money Earned Today: $52.50 - taxes
Money Spent Today: $3
Last Sunday night I forgot to take the dumpster out to the curb before I went to bed, so when I woke up spontaneously at 5 am, I remembered and rolled out of bed to take it out as the truck was pulling up to our block. Whew. Close call.
When I went back inside, I decided that I just didn't want to trudge back down the stairs to my bed, so I settled in to the couch (when I'm barely awake, EVERYTHING seems like too much effort, even going down a flight of stairs). I grabbed my phone and set the alarm for 7:45, with the thought that I'd get up then and take my mom's car to the mechanic (the battery's acting funny again). At 7:44 and maybe 56 seconds, I was startled awake by what I thought was my mom saying "Sarah, your alarm's about to go off." I was so sure, that I sat up straight and looked around for her. Then, less than 5 seconds later the alarm DID go off. Coincedence. I decided that I was still too tired to be awake, and my mom hadn't called to tell me they had an opening, so I decided to go back to sleep until she did.
A couple hours later, I woke up to what I again thought was my mom saying, "Sarah! Phone's ringing!" I sat up and not two seconds later the phone DID start ringing, it was my mom telling me to go ahead and take the car in. But now this is getting weird.
So, I took the car in, came home, ate breakfast and decided I needed a shower. So I gather my things and hop into the shower and while I'm in there, I think I hear the phone ringing again, but it's faint. Still, I grab my towel and walk out into my living room and listen. It's silent, so I think maybe I just missed the call. As I'm turning around to re-enter the shower, the phone rings. It's my mom.
"What'd the mechanic say?"
"Did you just try to call?"
"No, why?"
"I thought I heard the phone ring, I was showering."
"Oh. So what did the mechanic say?"
I finish that conversation, and decide that this is one too many coincedences, and I MUST have missed a call. I went upstairs to check the phone with caller ID...I did not miss any calls.
So either I was having some kind of psychic experience or a paranormal one...I don't know, but everything stopped once I went to work.
Anyway, I haven't got anything interesting from today, other than to note that this is the first laundry day since the last time I posted about it (on 11/18, yes I DO have that many pairs of socks and underwear because yes I DO hate laundry day that much).
Current Status: Multi-Hundredaire
Money Earned Today: $52.50 - taxes
Money Spent Today: $3
Wednesday, January 06, 2010
Step 79: Make an Awesome Dinner
In an effort to be a little healthier this year, I've started franken-cooking each night to find new, leaner recipes that are also delicious. Tonight I found one.
I made chicken wraps, with spicy baked chicken and spinach. There may or may not have been some cheese involved, too. >_> NOT MUCH THOUGH! And I had chips and salsa as a side dish. I gave my mom her plate first while I finished up putting mine together (psh, table schmable, we eat on the couch), and by the time I went in to sit down, she had half hers gone and said, "You could not make these any better." So that's a win!
Sandy's still at the mechanic, though it's sounding like it's really not going to be that expensive. He said comforting words like "spark plugs" and "brake pads" which are two things I know to be inexpensive.
There's another blizzard happening. I hate snow.
Other than that I've not much to say still. Except I took an extra shift this week to earn a little extra money before I'm jobless again.
Current Status: Multi-Hundredaire
Money Earned Today: $0
Money Spent Today: $0
I made chicken wraps, with spicy baked chicken and spinach. There may or may not have been some cheese involved, too. >_> NOT MUCH THOUGH! And I had chips and salsa as a side dish. I gave my mom her plate first while I finished up putting mine together (psh, table schmable, we eat on the couch), and by the time I went in to sit down, she had half hers gone and said, "You could not make these any better." So that's a win!
Sandy's still at the mechanic, though it's sounding like it's really not going to be that expensive. He said comforting words like "spark plugs" and "brake pads" which are two things I know to be inexpensive.
There's another blizzard happening. I hate snow.
Other than that I've not much to say still. Except I took an extra shift this week to earn a little extra money before I'm jobless again.
Current Status: Multi-Hundredaire
Money Earned Today: $0
Money Spent Today: $0
Tuesday, January 05, 2010
Step 78: Weight Loss TV
Tonight was the premier of the new season of The Biggest Loser; I watched it. So far I don't really have a favorite. All I know is that my favorite will NOT be the person who comes up with 75 excuses why they can't do whatever it is, and it will also NOT be whoever cries every ten seconds.
Anyway, there are few reality shows that I can appreciate, because most of them make me roll my eyes in disgust. This one however, where it follows people losing weight after they've hit rock bottom and the only option left is The Ranch or die is inspiring, I think. I dig it.
I took Sandy to the mechanic today. When I called for a status update they said they had to order parts and that they'd be in tomorrow. Still crossing my fingers on it not being an expensive job. And that I get her back and she drives like a dream. The first thing I'm going to do when I get her back is pull her into the garage and clean her out. There's not any garbage, just "stuff" that doesn't really need to be in there, and also she's pretty dusty.
My mom signed the paperwork on the house today! Now all we have to do is move in and start making it home. We were discussing color schemes for the upstairs tonight. Personally I think she should paint the dining room the rust color she likes so much and let the living room be the gold color, but she's leaning toward painting them both the same color. We'll see.
So...that's all I got for today. I'm kind of boring, I know, but I blame it on Winter.
Current Status: Multi-Hundredaire
Money Earned Today: $0
Money Spent Today: $0
Anyway, there are few reality shows that I can appreciate, because most of them make me roll my eyes in disgust. This one however, where it follows people losing weight after they've hit rock bottom and the only option left is The Ranch or die is inspiring, I think. I dig it.
I took Sandy to the mechanic today. When I called for a status update they said they had to order parts and that they'd be in tomorrow. Still crossing my fingers on it not being an expensive job. And that I get her back and she drives like a dream. The first thing I'm going to do when I get her back is pull her into the garage and clean her out. There's not any garbage, just "stuff" that doesn't really need to be in there, and also she's pretty dusty.
My mom signed the paperwork on the house today! Now all we have to do is move in and start making it home. We were discussing color schemes for the upstairs tonight. Personally I think she should paint the dining room the rust color she likes so much and let the living room be the gold color, but she's leaning toward painting them both the same color. We'll see.
So...that's all I got for today. I'm kind of boring, I know, but I blame it on Winter.
Current Status: Multi-Hundredaire
Money Earned Today: $0
Money Spent Today: $0
Monday, January 04, 2010
Step 77: Buy a House
We bought a house! I am so excited because now I can start mentally decorating and designing and all that fun stuff! YAY!
So far the resolutions are going quite well and I've every confidence in keeping it that way.
In other news (and yes, this is gonna be a short post) tonight at work was hilarious in it's calamity. Between dropping baking pans, getting maced in the face with butter spray, nearly knocking a clock onto my head, spraying myself from head to toe with water and trying to throw Mountain Dew at ourselves, it's a good thing we closed at 11:00. I think another hour and both A and I would be in hospital.
But it WAS hilairous.
Current Status: Hundredaire
Money Earned Today: $52.50 - taxes
Money Spent Today: $2
So far the resolutions are going quite well and I've every confidence in keeping it that way.
In other news (and yes, this is gonna be a short post) tonight at work was hilarious in it's calamity. Between dropping baking pans, getting maced in the face with butter spray, nearly knocking a clock onto my head, spraying myself from head to toe with water and trying to throw Mountain Dew at ourselves, it's a good thing we closed at 11:00. I think another hour and both A and I would be in hospital.
But it WAS hilairous.
Current Status: Hundredaire
Money Earned Today: $52.50 - taxes
Money Spent Today: $2
Friday, January 01, 2010
Step 76: Resolve
So it's been an hour since the new year began, and I've already enacted the first of several New Year's Resolutions I've made. I took a picture.
Among other things this year I vowed to take a picture each day, print it and put it in the handwritten journal I'm also going to keep each day. No real reason for this other than to develop a habit of consistency. Or routine. Something like that.
A lot of people I know don't make resolutions, actually most of the people I know don't, but I like them. Everyone has goals and things they envision themselves being and doing "someday" and New Year's day provides a splendid opportunity to stop waiting for someday and to make it happen. No one just wakes up one day with a book ready for publishing when the day before they only had a hazy memory of what a word processor was. Likewise no one wakes up a svelt 130 pounds one day when the day before they were 250. Why not use January 1st as the starting point for bringing your goals to fruition? I hope to succeed with my goals this year, and honestly, I've not set myself anything unachievable, so we'll see where I've gotten on December 31st, 2010!
In other news, my evening was quiet. We watched the replay of the ball drop and toasted with our mimosas. Both my mom and I remembered to wear our red underwear (an Italian tradition we picked up from our exchange student years ago). Anyway, now, two mimosas in I'm pretty sleepy, so I'm off to bed.
Current Status: Tensandaire
Money Earned Today: $0
Money Spent Today: $0
Among other things this year I vowed to take a picture each day, print it and put it in the handwritten journal I'm also going to keep each day. No real reason for this other than to develop a habit of consistency. Or routine. Something like that.
A lot of people I know don't make resolutions, actually most of the people I know don't, but I like them. Everyone has goals and things they envision themselves being and doing "someday" and New Year's day provides a splendid opportunity to stop waiting for someday and to make it happen. No one just wakes up one day with a book ready for publishing when the day before they only had a hazy memory of what a word processor was. Likewise no one wakes up a svelt 130 pounds one day when the day before they were 250. Why not use January 1st as the starting point for bringing your goals to fruition? I hope to succeed with my goals this year, and honestly, I've not set myself anything unachievable, so we'll see where I've gotten on December 31st, 2010!
In other news, my evening was quiet. We watched the replay of the ball drop and toasted with our mimosas. Both my mom and I remembered to wear our red underwear (an Italian tradition we picked up from our exchange student years ago). Anyway, now, two mimosas in I'm pretty sleepy, so I'm off to bed.
Current Status: Tensandaire
Money Earned Today: $0
Money Spent Today: $0
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