Yes, I'm excited that I saw Billy Madison yesterday. It's one of my favorite movies and I hadn't seen it in a long, long time. It was on Comedy Central. I know many think it is stupid, but I find it to be silly and humorous. - Stop looking at me, Swan!
Anyhoo, I am enjoying another L-free work week. She's in Plano once again along with 3 other people so it is quiet in the office. Too bad I'm taking a long weekend, that makes it kind of a waste to miss out on two full days she's not here.
I'm going to San Francisco with my mom for our yearly bonding trip. Although, I don't think we bond because I never talk to her about my life really, but she thinks we're close, so I take advantage of the free trips. I know that might sound bad, it's not like I dislike my mom, we're just not close. We're not friends, she's just my mom. If she does help me out, she kind of holds it over my head like she did me a favor. Which, yes, it was a favor, but as a parent sometimes it's just what you do.
Lately, I have been thinking about looking for a new job. I'm not in a big hurry because I'm waiting to see if I get a bonus. If I don't, I'm out of here for sure. If I do, I'll probably hang out for a little bit, but plan to really be looking or have something new by the end of the year. I don't want to go to another job just like this, I'm looking for something I will truly enjoy. I know that's very hard to find, but I believe it's out there. I'm just tired of working these hours and being treated like a child but being the only person L depends on to get work done. My job is not my life. She will never get that, so I need to look elsewhere.
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Wednesday, April 19, 2006
Little Bunny Fu-Fu
Easter weekend was nice. I love having days off from work. Thursday night I met Beckii Dial and Jacque Gibson at Diamondback in Belleville. It was quarter-beer night so it was packed. They got the last table at 8:45 so we had to sit directly in front of the mens' bathroom. I even had to wait in line when I arrived at 9:50. I always have fun there. I enjoy country music on occasion so I'm not bothered by it. Plus they switch to hip-hop/dance music between sets so it really is a mish-mosh of music. Remember at Tiki Bob's, that old guy who went every weekend and danced with the young girls? Well, Diamondback has their own old guy. He wore a cowboy hat and a collared shirt with shadows of men riding horses on it. He knew all the line dances and even got down to 50-cent. We laughed about that. Anyway, we left around 12:15 and I decided to stop at a Dearborn bar to say hello to my cousin (home from AZ for the weekend). They were at Howell's, a small, corner bar, not a club. They played Johnny Cash's Ring of Fire at least a dozen times between 12:45 and 2:00. We laughed about that.
On Friday I was totally lazy. That night we went to Lucky's in Novi for Danielle's b-day. It would be nice to have a place like that nearby where we live. I enjoy playing the old video games and skee-ball and the addicting coin machine. The drinks were expensive so I didn't buy any but I still had a good time. It's always fun when all of the Winkler siblings are in the same room :) We stayed until about 1:30. I was starving on the way home but we were all tired (Saran even fell asleep) so we just went home to bed.
Saturday I did some reading. I finished Harry Potter #6 (finally). I'm so proud, it only took me 4 1/2 months - ha. Now I'm going to read Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner. Anyway, I did make a trip to Target to get paper plates and cheese sticks. I also bought the board game, Sorry, but we never played it. Beckie, Mike, Dan and Jessica came over. When Sarah finally got home from Panera we watched Shaun of the Dead. I had never heard of it; I quite enjoyed it. It was very funny even though I had bad dreams about zombies that night. I'm not sure why, but within the last year I now have nightmares after I watch "scary" movies. I had bad dreams after watching Saw II and some other movie I saw over the summer (don't remember which movie...). I never had nightmares growing up. The closest thing to a nightmare would be the dreams I had about Freddie Kreuger, but he was always my boyfriend or something bizarre like that. Now I have bad dreams and I wake up in the middle of the night. I wonder if it has to do with sleeping alone? Did I get used to having someone next me and that subconsciously made me feel safer so my mind would dream scary things? If that's it, I'm in trouble. I do not foresee sleeping next to anybody any time in the near future.
Easter Sunday was nothing new. Every year I go to my aunt's house on my dad's side of the family. She makes the same meal every year - ham, potatoes, corn, rolls, salad and we have cupcakes for dessert. This year she did make green bean casserole too. I came home and watched Sex and the City until DH came on. I was angry that Grey's wasn't on this week. I think that is by far my favorite show now.
Work is rather nice this week. L was off on Monday and she's in Texas for the whole week (and I think next week there is another meeting in Texas she has to go to - par-tay!) I only talk to her once a day to get and give an update on things to do and get to leave at 5:00. Hip, hip....hoorah! I'm so happy because the weather is so nice now. I go home and take Louie for a walk. Figure it's the only thing I can do for exercise right now since I'm not paying money for a gym and it's too hard to workout at home - the dogs would jump all over me as soon as I sat on the floor. Need to come up with a better exercise plan...hmmm.
Well, I'm going to do some work now. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate financials?
On Friday I was totally lazy. That night we went to Lucky's in Novi for Danielle's b-day. It would be nice to have a place like that nearby where we live. I enjoy playing the old video games and skee-ball and the addicting coin machine. The drinks were expensive so I didn't buy any but I still had a good time. It's always fun when all of the Winkler siblings are in the same room :) We stayed until about 1:30. I was starving on the way home but we were all tired (Saran even fell asleep) so we just went home to bed.
Saturday I did some reading. I finished Harry Potter #6 (finally). I'm so proud, it only took me 4 1/2 months - ha. Now I'm going to read Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner. Anyway, I did make a trip to Target to get paper plates and cheese sticks. I also bought the board game, Sorry, but we never played it. Beckie, Mike, Dan and Jessica came over. When Sarah finally got home from Panera we watched Shaun of the Dead. I had never heard of it; I quite enjoyed it. It was very funny even though I had bad dreams about zombies that night. I'm not sure why, but within the last year I now have nightmares after I watch "scary" movies. I had bad dreams after watching Saw II and some other movie I saw over the summer (don't remember which movie...). I never had nightmares growing up. The closest thing to a nightmare would be the dreams I had about Freddie Kreuger, but he was always my boyfriend or something bizarre like that. Now I have bad dreams and I wake up in the middle of the night. I wonder if it has to do with sleeping alone? Did I get used to having someone next me and that subconsciously made me feel safer so my mind would dream scary things? If that's it, I'm in trouble. I do not foresee sleeping next to anybody any time in the near future.
Easter Sunday was nothing new. Every year I go to my aunt's house on my dad's side of the family. She makes the same meal every year - ham, potatoes, corn, rolls, salad and we have cupcakes for dessert. This year she did make green bean casserole too. I came home and watched Sex and the City until DH came on. I was angry that Grey's wasn't on this week. I think that is by far my favorite show now.
Work is rather nice this week. L was off on Monday and she's in Texas for the whole week (and I think next week there is another meeting in Texas she has to go to - par-tay!) I only talk to her once a day to get and give an update on things to do and get to leave at 5:00. Hip, hip....hoorah! I'm so happy because the weather is so nice now. I go home and take Louie for a walk. Figure it's the only thing I can do for exercise right now since I'm not paying money for a gym and it's too hard to workout at home - the dogs would jump all over me as soon as I sat on the floor. Need to come up with a better exercise plan...hmmm.
Well, I'm going to do some work now. Have I ever mentioned how much I hate financials?
Sunday, April 09, 2006
This too shall pass
As I lay n bed, I think how boring my life seems these days. I work a 10-12 hour day and come home and sit on the couch to watch TV for a couple hours then go to bed, wake up and repeat. On the weekends I could redeem myself and do something fun and exciting, but who am I kidding, I live in Michigan. Last Friday I stayed home and watched Four Brothers with Sarah and Darren. On Saturday I went to my parents house during the day. That was Tiki night. Sarah, Darren, Luke and I headed to Pontiac for a happy hour party. Boy, has that place changed. It was totally packed by 10pm. It was an 18 and over night, which totally sucked. I stood at the bar for 20 minutes waiting to be served. As I watched everyone around me come and go, I got an attitude with the bartender. He was an asshole. I told him that I was next because I had been standing there so long and his reply was "everybodys waiting". I was like, Hell No!, I have seen everyone get served and leave and new people get drinks before me. Sarah and Darren both went to a different bartender and got drinks before I ever did. When the asshole finally came to take my order, three people around me asked to order for them. With all the drinks, I didn't even get what I wanted because the bartender was so sucky. I felt bad because one of the guys next to me ended up paying $12 for two beers and two shots that were all $1 each. I only had a twenty and knew it would take forever to get change from the asshole so the guys just asked for a kiss on the cheek. I was like, whatever. We ended up leaving Tiki after about a half hour to go to Teddy's, Darren's "jump-off" (yes, that what he called it). That place is ok. It is full of white trash, way too smoky and the DJ plays good music but talks too much and ruins a lot of songs. I ended up not drinking that night. On Sunday I went to an engagement party with Beckie in West Bloomfield. We drank frozen martinis and ate coconut shrimp, beef tenderloin and awesome desserts in a 3.5 million dollar home on a lake. How awesome would that be? I don't even know where to begin to try to make that kind of money. Hmmm, how many people can go in on a loan? I say if we are all still single in a few years we all go in on a huge house with lots of bedrooms and live together :)
During the week all I did was work. I was supposed to plan dinner with this guy I met online awhile ago, but between his schedule and my schedule it didn't work out. He said we can try for next week, but I'm not going to. No point, I'm really not into him and already have plans 4 of the 5 nights next week. Also, Tall Mike end up being a jerk. Since I didn't want to spend the night at his house or sleep with him, he stopped calling me. I guess it's not that big of deal because I didn't see any potential for a relationship or anything, but it was nice to think I might have someone to go out with and have some fun every now and then. Time to start over. It sucks. I have been really down on myself because GMD called me over a week ago. We talked for about 10 minutes. About nothing really, but just talking to him brought back all of these feelings I thought I had put behind me. I miss him again. Probably not him, but the idea of him, and I fell lonely and sad.
Anyway, two nights ago I went to Mt. Clemens and had way too much to drink. I passed out on the table at Denny's and got sick in the driveway when I got home. It was horrible. I am too old for that shit. I'm not 21 anymore and should be able to control myself. Last night I went to Teddy's with Sarah. Again, too smoky and too white trash. We tried to dance a little but we were swarmed by nasty guys and that makes it annoying. "You can look but you can't touch it, if you touch it I'm gonna start some drama, you don't want no drama, no no drama, no no no no drama. So don't pull on my hand boy, you ain't my man boy, I'm just tryin' to dance boy..."
W got home around 1:30 with our BK and then went to bed. Today I'm going to my parents' for dinner. In a small way I want to go out tonight. I have this overwhelming urge to meet someone and it's not going to happen sitting on my couch. But, seriously, who am I going to meet at a bar? Nobody worthwhile, so I'm just screwed.
Tomorrow is the Tigers' Opening Day game. I'm going with Sarah, Darren and Zac. I'm so glad o have the day off tomorrow. And with Friday being holiday, it's only a 3-day work week. Yahoo!
Well, time to get up, shower, go to Target....blah, blah, blah.
During the week all I did was work. I was supposed to plan dinner with this guy I met online awhile ago, but between his schedule and my schedule it didn't work out. He said we can try for next week, but I'm not going to. No point, I'm really not into him and already have plans 4 of the 5 nights next week. Also, Tall Mike end up being a jerk. Since I didn't want to spend the night at his house or sleep with him, he stopped calling me. I guess it's not that big of deal because I didn't see any potential for a relationship or anything, but it was nice to think I might have someone to go out with and have some fun every now and then. Time to start over. It sucks. I have been really down on myself because GMD called me over a week ago. We talked for about 10 minutes. About nothing really, but just talking to him brought back all of these feelings I thought I had put behind me. I miss him again. Probably not him, but the idea of him, and I fell lonely and sad.
Anyway, two nights ago I went to Mt. Clemens and had way too much to drink. I passed out on the table at Denny's and got sick in the driveway when I got home. It was horrible. I am too old for that shit. I'm not 21 anymore and should be able to control myself. Last night I went to Teddy's with Sarah. Again, too smoky and too white trash. We tried to dance a little but we were swarmed by nasty guys and that makes it annoying. "You can look but you can't touch it, if you touch it I'm gonna start some drama, you don't want no drama, no no drama, no no no no drama. So don't pull on my hand boy, you ain't my man boy, I'm just tryin' to dance boy..."
W got home around 1:30 with our BK and then went to bed. Today I'm going to my parents' for dinner. In a small way I want to go out tonight. I have this overwhelming urge to meet someone and it's not going to happen sitting on my couch. But, seriously, who am I going to meet at a bar? Nobody worthwhile, so I'm just screwed.
Tomorrow is the Tigers' Opening Day game. I'm going with Sarah, Darren and Zac. I'm so glad o have the day off tomorrow. And with Friday being holiday, it's only a 3-day work week. Yahoo!
Well, time to get up, shower, go to Target....blah, blah, blah.
Thursday, April 06, 2006
Geek or No Geek?
My score is 26
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0 to 29: Stuck in the Last Century
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30 to 60: Heading to Geekdom
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