Is anyone else sick with this headache/sore throat/insane fatigue BS?

Everyone in this house has it, which means I'm not making it up and it's not just work slowly eating my soul.

TOTALLY.
NOT.
COOL.

I'm just going to put this out there, no friend filtering or any of that nonsense.
It's been a long time since I've felt a pure emotion, one that isn't mingling with other emotions and confusing matters.
No, I am simply mad. And all because of off street parking wars.

Backstory:I have two vehicles (company truck and personal car) and live in ( Read more... )

Getting licensed to kill (pests) requires testing ( Read more... )

For those of you who don't know, Bippy (mah bird) doesn't like to poop on people. Or herself. So to prevent the latter from happening, she avoids pooping on flat ground. I set her on the bathroom counter this morning, and after getting all worked up trying to find the best place to go, she finally backed up and crapped into the sink ( Read more... )

Why is that ( Read more... )

Later this week or next, I have to take a drive test for work.  "Nothing scary, just driving around with me, so I can see how you drive and if you are ok in a bigger vehicle,"  said the boss man.

How have I gone all these years not knowing how to back into a parking spot?! WHO DOES THIS ANYWAY? IN A MASSIVE TRUCK?! 
Oh, this will be the end of me

Being the way that I am, I decided to embark on a taco cart run.
At 6:20pm.
On foot.
To a cart 2 miles away.
At 7:45pm, I returned victorious.

Even though, or should I say, BECAUSE the burrito stewed for a good 35 minutes before being enjoyed, it was sooooo goooood. Actually, that is a vast understatement. If it were made with regular refried beans, I ( Read more... )

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The problem with drinking coffee all day is that it makes you antsy-pantsy and makes posting on LJ a thing to do, even if there's nothing to say.

Let's do this.

COOKING ADVENTURES
(of the past week or two)
*in no particular order

1. Horseradish-Mashed-Potato Shepherd's Pie

Made this for dinner tonight and it was pretty decent.  But really now, Rachel ( Read more... )

It appears I will never learn. Somehow, I keep doing things in entirely the wrong order. Not too long ago I was cursing at the world for starting grad school before finishing an undergraduate degree. And now, I have a place to live in Portland, but no job to pay the rent with ( Read more... )