I've been getting more than 12 hours of sleep a night since I came back from Denver on Tuesday. When that happens, I can never fall asleep. And when I do, I never wake up. The vicious cycle continues, to which I am wide awake at 2:41 a.m., mere hours from when I have to be at work ( Read more... )

A residing dull pain can be just as painful as a sudden burst of pain ( Read more... )

If there's some sort of delicate balance in life, I definitely need to add a significant amount of weight to the other side to even out.

Holding down two jobs is quite a task, emotionally, physically, financially. I can see why my dad almost had a heart attack and ended up going to the hospital to get open heart surgery. People shouldn't have to ( Read more... )

I've noticed recently that my sacrum has become discomforting again. I guess breaking it twice can do that to you. I don't know what I did to aggrevate it. Was it from the countless hours sitting at work? Or the countless hours standing at work? Or, and this might be the winner, going snowboarding? That's how I broke it the second time. Ugh ... ( Read more... )

I've noticed pens are quite the commodity at my work station. So is the bucket of candy I keep. Keep your hands to yourself, people! Don't be greedy. When I leave work Monday before a day off, I don't expect a bucket full of Reese's to be almost empty when I return Wednesday. But alas, that is what happened. Bitter? Slightly. That bag of candy wasn ( Read more... )

Is it sad that I dropped 12 bucks today on a bottle of lotion/gel/whatever it is to help alleviate the pain on my arm commonly known as a burn? NOT only that, but when I put some on before coming to work, it STUNG like a bitch!!! That's the last time I go to a natural health food store. The person SOUNDED as though she knew what she was talking ( Read more... )

I have to be at my second job in four hours. Why did I decide to drink a Rock Star AND Dr Pepper today at work? It also doesn't help that the wind is blowing like no other outside and is keeping me awake ( Read more... )

Welp, it's official. I signed over $1500 today to secure a house in Steamboat II. What does that mean (besides the obvious)? It means Amanda is saving money by living closer to work. It means Amanda can FINALLY empty out her car after a month and a half. It means Amanda has a home in Colorado as of Jan. 3.

A lot has gone on since I last posted. For ( Read more... )

I have vivid accounts of my previous outings snowboarding before I moved here. I remember them as painful, frustrating and not at all fun. In fact, it was just last season where I would take a beating so hard that made me vow never to go again. See, that last experience resulted in a broken tailbone and a shattered ego. OR should I say shattered ( Read more... )

I'm starting to question whether I made the right decision. At the Merc, I had it easy. I sat there and copy edited. Nothing else. No designing, no budgeting, I just read and wrote spex for eight hours. Some people may see that as monotonous and not at all appealing, but to me, it was ideal. Now, I have to lay out the pages, read the stories (not ( Read more... )