Posted Friday, November 20, 2009 12:48 PM
Work is still crazy. We had an office rally yesterday and I was presented with my project manager plaque. I think everyone was pretty surprised. I was just pretty relieved I finally got it. Our marketing guy still sucks. All I hear are complaints about him, but yet he's still here. And having me do stuff that my boss specifically asked him to do. I can't wait til boss gets back this afternoon and finds out.
We're doing our weekly grocery shopping trip tonight -- smaller than usual though since we're only going to be home Monday & Tuesday night next week. My pups birthday is next week (she'll be 4!), so I have to get her a gift :) I'm going to make turkey-shaped sugar cookies for the family get togethers next week, so I need some of the ingredients for those, too (the best recipe I've EVER found for sugar cookies -- they're very popular everywhere I take them!).
I'm going to spend a bunch of time with my horses this weekend if it's nice. If it's gross out, then I'll be putting plastic on the windows and temporarily rearranging furniture for Christmas decorations. Our church dedication is tomorrow at 4:30, so we're going to go to that and then head downtown to the mall to get my rings cleaned and to eat pepperoni breadsticks/salads at my favorite little pizza place -- I can't wait! They're going to have the Christmas lights up too around the circle, so I'm going to try to get DH to go on a carriage ride with me :) I am a little aggravated though that I have to go all the way downtown for my ring cleanings now because it's super out of the way for us. I have to have them cleaned too for the warranty to replace my diamond if it ever falls out. There used to be a store by DH's work, but I went one day to have the rings cleaned and they were just gone! No warning, no sign, no nothin'. Couldn't they have at least put a sign up? Or let me know 3 weeks before when I was in there that they were closing up? Oh well....
AF never did show up. Three days late now. I tested at the end of the first day and I got a blurry negative, which is different, but still a negative. I don't know what to think anymore. According to my chart, I definitely ovulated and then had the temperature rise afterwards and it's stayed up for about four days now. I don't really know anything about all this charting honestly -- I don't have the patience or time to try to understand it. DH tried to educate me last night and even showed me the readings from nfpandmore.com, but it's still just latin to me. He said I'm testing too early and wasting the tests, so I'm banned from testing again until Wednesday morning if it's still not here. It's probably better that way, so I don't obsess. I kept telling myself that I didn't care one way or the other -- I'd definitely be happy if I was pregnant, but it would be ok if I wasn't. But I do think I am going to be a lot disappointed if I'm not. I am definitely sick as all get-up in the mornings from 5:15 to 6:30 and then again from 8 to 10, for the last 2 days my smooth shiny hair suddenly looks like it hasn't ever seen conditioner EVER, everything tastes bland except for McDonalds and pizza, and my boobs are literally busting out of my bra and hurt SO bad (I'm not even kidding about them busting out either. DH thought it was hilarious this morning. I, however, did not find it very funny when I found out that all of my $45 Victoria's Secret bras no longer fit me -- hello sports bra world!).
But anyways, ya'll are probably tired of hearing me go on and on about this haha so I'll stop. I need to write out some bills before my lunch is completely over, do the marketing guys stuff so I can get some of my own work done, and try to get out of here by 4:30 so that I don't have overtime this week for corporate to ask about.
Have a good weekend everyone!
Posted Wednesday, November 18, 2009 1:22 PM
1. No AF yet. We'll see though -- the day is still young. I'll wait to test though. DH can barely contain his excitement. It's illegal for your work to fire you because of pregnancy right? I'm just not sure how they'll handle it since they're all men....but how would they feel if it was their wife/daughter/sister/neice? Right?
2. I hate tuna as of today. It's one of my favorite foods and I have it for lunch 2-3 times a week. I couldn't even finish half of it today without gagging. Sigh. Good thing I brought snacks and yogurt.
3. My mom and I go shopping every Black Friday. She buys my Christmas present then (clothes!) and I shop for my siblings/DH's fam. We FINALLY decided to just stick with the mall down south and avoid the traffic drama up here that day. I get to see my friends that night. I'm glad :) It's been nearly 3 months since my BF's wedding.
4. I'm starting to wonder if our receptionist comes to work drunk somedays. When you talk to her she goes off on tangents that have nothing to do with what you're talking about and rambles and mumbles. She laughs this donkey laugh when anyone says anything. Seriously. I told her I had melanoma and I'd be out for a while for surgery and she laughed. She's just very socially awkward. I don't always know what to think of her. She's a single mom who is apparently in a lot of debt (think debt collectors calling at work for her :/) with a VERY spoiled child who pouts until she gets what she wants. But just some things make me wonder what her deal is.
a. The 15-minute bathroom breaks 4-6 times a day
b. Major flub-ups everytime she pages someone over the intercom.
c. Her obsession with leaving for lunch EXACTLY at 1...not one minute before, not 1 minute after. And she gets super p!ssed if I have to run an errand and hold her up.
d. If I need any office supplies ordered, I have to go the store Web site, print off the product description and give it to her. Otherwise it won't be anywhere close to the right thing.
Then yesterday my boss (who is not her boss) had her in his office for like 10 minutes with the door closed. I have no idea why, but it was just strange. I think it might have been about the phone. She kinda sees me as co-receptionist when I'm most definitely not. So if she doesn't answer it she figures "oh S can get it this time while I read my magazine." Um, no I cannot. I have my own separate job description with deadlines and details that require a lot of attention. I will answer for her when she's at lunch, otherwise I don't feel like it's any more my responsibility than anyone else in the office. So anyways, a couple of the techs around here really respect what I do for them all and had been getting really tired of watching me answer the phone 500X a day, so I think they may have said something to my boss and then he had a talk with her. Who knows. I just know that I didn't answer the phone today until she left for lunch!
Haha enough b-tching about her! I need to get back to work!
Oh, and my side is just bruised from moving our church this weekend, thank goodness. I was able to walk 1.5 miles last night on the treadmill with no problems -- didn't even break a sweat! And my flat booty is getting slightly rounded thanks to all the walking 
haha maybe now my jeans won't sag a little in back anymore!
Posted Tuesday, November 17, 2009 1:36 PM
I would like to thank you for the electricity going out last night on our road because of the transformer someone hit. I especially enjoyed the part where I missed 45 minutes of CSI: Miami, DH lost work on the computer, I didn't get to finish my treadmill run, and nearly had an anxiety attack because you weren't sure if it would be up this morning. (my hair MUST be washed, dried and straightened before going out into public if I want to resemble a human being even slightly).
Sincerely, S*
They did eventually get it back on sometime during the night, but it did ruin the better half of my evening. Sigh.
Not much going on here -- crazy work again, crazy receptionist who won't answer phones even though that's pretty well her only job, and bad sinuses. I'm also having some pretty severe pain in my right side that shoots up and down. I hope it's not my appendix -- I think I may just be bruised from moving our church this weekend, but it's really painful (like level 7) so I don't know. It hurts to move around. If it's not gone by Friday, I think I might go in. I was so nauseous and dizzy and my side hurt so bad, I don't think I could have finished my treadmill workout last night even if the electricity had come back on.
It's rainy and dreary and ugly here, so I'll probably stay on the couch tonight with some tv and milk my "wounded" side for all it's worth :)
AF is due tomorrow. The way my chart is reading I don't think it'll come. Even though we weren't actually trying, I know DH will be SO disappointed if I'm not pg. We'll see I guess.
Don't worry, I'll let ya'll know ;)
Oh, and I had McDonalds again today. It was delicious. lol But seriously, I hated it for two years and in the last two weeks I can't get enough of the plain cheeseburgers. YUM
Posted Monday, November 16, 2009 12:41 PM
For busy work days. I'll be begging for busy work days when it's 20 degrees and snowing and the construction sites have been put on hold. But as of now, I'm insanely and I can barely stay caught up -- I need an office to prevent distractions (i.e. technicians). I'm really afraid to ask for an office, but I think I might today since my project manager certificate is sitting on the boss's desk. Hopefully he'll give it to me this afternoon when he gets back in from the field, we can snap the obligatory pic of us shaking hands, and then he can *attempt* to hang it on my cubicle wall, at which time it'll likely pull my entire cubicle down and then I can ask for an office. Good plan right? lol
Friday night we went to Fazoli's, did our typical weekly grocery shopping and then came home and pretty well went to bed. We were both beat. Saturday we slept in (til 10! shame, shame) and then picked-up/mowed leaves for about four hours. Right as we were done with that, I noticed a woman (~ mid 20's?) at the neighbors' place attemping to mount a horse from her blazer (she had the back hatch open and was standing it). This is a huge no no in my book. Super dangerous. But anyways, every time she tried to swing her leg over, the horse moved out of the way. So after about 10 minutes of watching, I went over to help (no one was home at their place to help).
Now, these neighbors have about 20 horses on 4 acres that they do NOT feed or separate in any way. For the most part, the animals look terrible and these people should be turned in. However, they're psycho and I do not want to come home to find my own horses shot or my house burned down. I'm not kidding 
.
The girl who was over there was a just a friend of the neighbors and has been working with this 4-year old appaloosa. She's been teaching it English and Western riding styles, but I got the feeling that she was a little afraid of it and didn't really know much to begin with (i.e. she was very jumpy, anxious, and tried to tell me that I was tying a western cinch incorrectly - LOL - DH literally let out a snort when she did this). Since there's not really any place to ride over there, I offered up our "arena" area for her to ride in. As soon as we made it over to our place, she asked to borrow my barrel saddle with the deep seat because she felt "more secure." Now, I understand why she would feel like that. However, I also feel like if you can't feel comfortable enough in the small English saddle all the time (especially when that's what you primarily ride), then you shouldn't be riding in it ever. I let her borrow the saddle and watched her ride around for about 5 minutes before she got off and asked me if I would take the horse through its paces. I rode the poor little thing for about fifteen minutes. She was a nice little horse and had an easy trot, but my gosh she needed some grain. Her eyes turned into saucers when she saw our hay in the barn. I had to share. I felt WAY too bad. I told the girl to bring her over again next weekend and we'd ride together. She was really nice and I think we could be friends, but she really does need to get off the whole "I know more about horses than you" kick.
So anyways, after all that we got a pizza and the most recent Ice Age movie and then went to bed.
Sunday morning we tried to make it to 8:00 a.m. mass, but got up too late so we made waffles and then went to a 9:30 at a different church and then headed over to help our parish move everything out of one building and into the new church building. It's a relatively new parish, so they've been renting a building while they build up their property. They've finished one small building to use as the church now while they wait for funding on the big church.
After the move, I took a nap and DH shot guns with our neighbor in the back of our property. We made pulled bbq chicken for dinner, chicken and dressing for the rest of the week, and I froze some chili I had made Friday night. Hopefully my cooking is done for the week! (besides some oatmeal/white chocolate/cranberry cookies I want to make!).
Ok, I've rambled enough. Have a good day everyone!
Posted Friday, November 13, 2009 1:45 PM
WOW. I can definitely tell it's Friday the 13th!
Last night I made a big pot of chili and then went to bed after we ate. The only thing I asked of DH was to take the trash out. I didn't say "just sit the trash cans out empty at the end of the drive." I said "empty all the indoor trash cans before you take the big cans out." WTF do I find when I get up? All the trash cans in the house completely FULL and two empty cans at the end of the driveway -- just as the f-ing truck pulls up. Wonderful. I could have killed I think. The worst part is that there was his rotten asparagus in the kitchen trash -- the asparagus that he just HAD to have b/c he loves it so much. Do you know how bad rotten asparagus smells? BAD. Instant gag bad. So that'll be an awesome smelling trash can / garage by next week. I just wish I knew where his head is sometimes.
After we got that out of the way and apologized to each other (me for freaking him, him for forgetting), my day got better with that McDonald's biscuit I was craving all week. Until I got to work and all hell broke loose.
1. We had like 5 jobs that were uncovered today. Then two more called in. Then one more moved to an earlier time. So, I called a tech and asked him if he could be there at a certain time. Nope. Well, what time then? He got frustrated with me and flipped out a little. Now I typically have a pretty tough hide and I rarely cry. But for some reason, it just set me off. I mean I"m an English major in an engineering world and sometimes I don't understand how long it takes these guys to run certain tests in the field, but boy can they really make me feel like a worthless piece of cr-ap when I don't understand. After I got off the phone with him, I went to the bathroom and cried for like ten minutes in the big stall. I had to keep reminding myself that I was a good person and I have my own talents. I so wish I was kidding. lol
2. I have 500 things to do here and I'm not allowed overtime right now. I need at least 1 hour to get everything done, but NOOOO. So, I guess it just won't get done. I am only one person and I can only do so much in one day.
3. There is a flourescent light flickering above my cube. It's really annoying.
4. My glasses are still not back from the lab. I cannot properly see.
5. The Vick's VapoInhaler is my best friend. http://www.vicks.com/products/vapor-inhaler
6. I got DH a rifle today for Christmas. It's in the back of my car. Now htf do I hide it from him when we carpool together?
7. Even though I'm off the pill, DH and I aren't actively trying to have a baby. But we're not preventing it either. We're just kinda letting it up to God. However, if I do get a BFP next week I won't be surprised. I feel like I'm a walking hormone between my weird cramping, boob achiness, wild mood changes, mid-morning nausea, and random crying fits (I nearly started sobbing this morning when my stapler ran out of staples. sigh).
I have no idea what we're doing this weekend besides winterizing and I don't even care. I need a massage.
Or a beer.
Posted Thursday, November 12, 2009 1:59 PM
Last night I cooked another dinner (2 days this week! that's a record for me!), did laundry/dishes, ran 2 miles, and watched the CMA's. I felt accomplished. I don't know where my burst of energy and motivation came from, but I hope it stays.
I'm dragging today a little, and a tech this morning wouldn't leave me alone. He just wanted to keep talking! I need an office with a door. That's my next goal here at work haha
Something I've never told anyone besides DH and my mom: I suffer from hyperhydrosis -- I sweat like a freaking crazy person all over my body. Through my clothes, onto seats, A LOT; so much that I was uncomfortable and had to shower twice daily and change clothes numerous times. I lived in black clothes for over a year because I sweated through anything else. So, my dermatologist prescribed me a prescription that's commonly used to treat stomach ulcer-like pain (which I've suffered from since I was 18 so double the benefit for me!) and has a side effect of reduced sweating. It works. WONDERFULLY. My sweating and stomach pains are gone. But sometimes I still have bad days. Today is one of those days that I'm really glad I decided to wear this white and black t-shirt/ dark jeans combo instead of those light gray pants with the purple shirt. Oh, and Edmo is a genius. The deoderant and body mist is a big help during days like this!
Hyperhydrosis is very common and ranges in severity. However, no one talks about it because of the stigma associated with sweating. If you know anyone or suffer from it yourself, talk to a dermatologist. I've learned it's nothing to be ashamed of (however, I don't broadcast it to the world -- if someone asks, then I tell.). There are many different treatment options and the pill version works best for me.
Anyways, back to work for me! Have a great Thursday everyone!
Posted Wednesday, November 11, 2009 12:50 PM
How sad. haha Typcially as soon as Monday hits, I'm already counting down to Friday night. So this countdown hasn't just begun by any means!
My bubble bath in our spa tub (it's from like the 80's so don't get too jealous lol) didn't happen last night, but I did run 2.5 miles and worked my arms and thighs. I felt pretty accomplished, but I probably shouldn't have worked my arm at all. I had a 120 stitches back in March after they removed my melanoma; my doctor said it would take over a year for the tissue to grow back (my arm is badly dented in) and that I shouldn't lift weights. But I was feeling pretty good last night, so I did. Any now I'm paying. Ah well, another lesson learned.
So after all that running? Another full pound gained. WTF. I give up. I'm going with what Edmo said -- I'm building muscle. haha even though I can't see any of it. I feel like I gave up big reds and hot fries and fast food and cheddar jalepeno poppers for NOTHING. I had McDonald's for lunch.
Sigh. It really isn't like me though. I've been 110 lbs FOREVER. And usually after a hardcore workout like that I'm down 2 lbs the next day. I know my weight b!tching is probably getting old, and I don't really have any right to do so since I am 5'7 and now 114.8 lbs, but it is aggravating. I just feel uncomfortable at this weight. Darn my mom for instilling body image issues in me at such a young age.
Ok enough with the weight haha that's my last weight comment, I swear :)
So our receptionist was in the restroom again this morning, which leaves me to answer the phone because God forbid anyone else do it. When she came out (20 MINUTES LATER!), she beeped me and said "I'm back -- I promise I didn't drown!" My boss was right outside my cube, and he very dryly says, "I don't know, you might want to go see if she's wet." haha even he's noticed how long she spends in there each time she goes! I seriously think she's just hiding out when she does that.
I finally got DH's new gun for Christmas reserved at ***'s. I'll probably pick it up Friday and attempt to hide it in the car somewhere. I guess I need to tell MIL since they actually agreed to go in on it and she was all up in arms about them running out of their stock. Because you know, there's not SIX other ***'s in the Indy area to get it at. *Big Sigh* I have a very dramatic MIL.
Back to my crossword before my boss gets back from lunch! Oh, and our pups is going to love me best tonight -- I saved the rest of my fries from McDonald's for her (her favorite human-food snack)!
2.5 more days!
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Filed under: working out, weight, guns
Posted Tuesday, November 10, 2009 1:19 PM
With my project manager certification for work. It feels good. I get my certificate next week and then I'm asking for an office since pay increases are still frozen.
So I'm at 113.8 lbs now 
. I don't understand it. I work out everyday, I eat *mostly* healthy, I don't drink soft drinks...I just don't understand. I'm the one who loses weight easy -- like two pounds or more if I cut out soft drinks and snacking and exercise a little, but this is sticking! I'm about to go crazy over it! DH is convinced I'm pregnant (I'm also crampy and my chest is so sore it hurts to touch it or let water hit it in the shower). I personally think all those years of eating whatever I wanted have finally caught up with me practically over night. Who knows. We'll find out in a few weeks I guess!
I'm super tired of our receptionist not answering the phone around here. I wish I could properly explain my frustrations. It's one thing if she has to run to the back or if she's on the phone with someone, but to just not answer b/c she's reading a magazine or chatting with someone up front is no excuse! And tell me this, why is it necessary for her to spend 15 minutes at a time in the bathroom 4-5 times a day? Really? That's like an hour or more a day just spent in the restroom.
Anyways, tonight's going to be another bath night for my poor sinuses and stress headache.
I like Mondays better than Tuesdays.