Subtle Glow

my stubborn will, is learning to bend...

And then there are days like this one

Filed under: Sorta Daily — Lily at 6:34 pm on Monday, May 23, 2005

What I Should Be Doing Today:
At Work:

-Working (This is a “summary” task, purposely provided without detail)


At Home:

-Dishes (needed to be done yesterday, and the day before, but somehow managed to make it to today’s to-do list anyway)
-Laundry (see note for dishes)
-Other Household Cleaning (see note for Dishes and Laundry)


What I am actually doing today:
At Work:

-So far… Working, which when compared to what I need to be doing at home seems to turning “What I’m actually doing” into “Wasting Time at Work (when there are far more things needing to be done at home.)”
-Also overhearing two men in the kitchen, one giving the other a complete dissertation on the linguistic evolution of “d’jeat” and why it is understood to mean, “Did you eat?” or “Have you eaten?” as the other nods knowingly and makes appropriate grunting noises.
-Find it amusing to consider they both could be grunting and it would at least be interesting.
-Smile fakely at the two of them, as I heat my nutritious and calorie-conscious boxed/frozen/microwaved meal claiming also to be delicious.  Think to myself that they both creep me out. 
-Flee kitchen before visible creeped-out shudder is seen by men in kitchen.
-Eat freshly microwaved meal. Find it tastes like cardboard.  Finish it anyway.  Have a mint.
-Blog.  I am on my lunch anyway.


At Home:


-Zip

What I Would Rather Be Doing Today:
At Work:

-*censored to protect job security*

At Home:

-*censored to protect illusion of sanity, but admitting it might involve some sitting, staring, and weeping, mostly having to do with the censored part of what I’d rather be doing at work thing, but also because I just feel like it.*
-Also have movie night with kiddo, because he has begun dissolving into tiny puddles of tears these days from missing his dad.
-Watch last night’s episode of ‘Alias’ because even though I find the show to have gone off on the other end of ridiculous, I still watch, and I still want to know what happened.  It was the season finale, after all.


Post Weekend Blues

Filed under: Sorta Daily — Lily at 6:32 pm on Monday, May 23, 2005

Monday so totally cramps my style. It’s very upsetting to go through a nice weekend only to be so very harshly woken by a jarring alarm at very-dark-early in the morning.

Sundays I like to relax and prepare for the whole Monday morning jarring. I do laundry, light housecleaning, and lots of riding the couch and watching unhealthy amounts of television. And not the good kind of television. The kind that offers absolutely no redeeming quality at all. Specifically - ENTERTAINMENT television. Yes, Internet, I am an E! TV watcher. Unless, ‘Meet the Barkers’ is on over at MTV - which I think now stands for ‘Mindless Television’ instead of ‘Music Television’.

My Sunday was not as relaxing as I prefer it to be, and there was not nearly as much entertainment as the ‘!’ in ‘E!’ would suggest. Not to mention, my stomach decided to have it’s own fun form of attack on the rest of my body. It does this from time to time, either due to stress or more likely due to any spicy or otherwise acidic food or drink consumption. Specifically coffe, spicy food, and alchohol. ALL of which basically make up three major food groups for me.

To top it off, my computer is grousing at me. What’s worse - I suspect it’s not actually my computer. Because for whatever reason I cannot seem to reach my blog - although I can clearly get to the admin section just fine. Just not the actual website - where you or others would be able to read all my randomness and evidence of thinking, or lack of - as in the case of E! watching and all. I like to check on it once in awhile to make sure what you’re seeing is what I want you to see and all. Super annoying - since I can get to any and all other sites - just not mine. So if you were able to get here and see this today - woohoo.

I don’t know what’s going on, but for now I’m ignoring it and hoping it goes away.

Also, for the Monday part of the entry, I have to call someone today and give them bad news, when they are actually expecting me to call and confirm what they assume will be good news. And that is just an ever-so-fun prospect on any given day, but particularly Monday.

As hot and sunny as it was this weekend, it is now overcast and chilly. Perfect for a Monday. I’m cold. And tired. Any more coffee and I fear a repeat of yesterday tummy fun.

Poor, poor me. I need a nap.