I am doing mail and I am stinking bored,  not random chats with people from colorado about cowboys and people in the oil biz about what my dad did.  The mail never tells me I have a good looking voice and it makes me hang out in my own head singing "henery the eighth"  though that replaced the theme song from Orang is the new black ( Read more... )

Well, I brought cupcakes to work.  I took justin to AA last night to see me get me 1 yr medallion. Otherwise, when asked what we did to celebrate 1 year, the answer was "watched a lot of Orange is the new black ( Read more... )

The AC is out here at work.  It has been out for awhile, but this is the first day it is *sweltery* from the very start of the day.    The rain has made it difficult for them to fix it and last week they discovered it was more broken than they thought ( Read more... )

I need a place to put some writing while I sit here waiting for hte phone to ring--on the days when there is lots of waiting.  I still like this job but boy can it be boring sometimes.  But i am to old and wise to quit  a good thing just becasue it is momentarily boring.  Instead, I want to take a page from an anecdote I heard last ngiht about ( Read more... )

I've been a woman on the verge of a nervous breakdown for the past few days--since Thursday I think.  This morning I woke up with bloosy thighs.  "oooh! that expalins it" said I . I remember Sonya's comment of years ago "you are the only woan I know who is constantly surprised by your period."  well, yeah, when the damn thing is 5 days early.  Oh ( Read more... )

What a difference a year makes.  Jim and I were trying to remember what we did last NYE and so I figured I would consult the internet.  yep. http://livsmama.livejournal.com/820303.html as I suspected, I spent the night in tears, it may have culminated in a couple hours of sobbing in Justin;s shower...yeah. And we knew the sobriety  was coming--all ( Read more... )

once my kids are big I am so going to opt of of Christmas ( Read more... )

Please remind me that there is no aggravation so great that it won't be made worse by drinking ( Read more... )

I was worried about Thanksgiving. But I had a good time, I was relaxed, I chatted I played games, it was fun. Wait, let me reittereate: I had a *good* time at thanksgiving at Jim's sister Barb's house. I drank ginger ale and I drank coffee and I stayed longer than we usually do. Then I took Jim's Aunt Julia home on my way back tot eh city. Jim ( Read more... )

I know why I drank so long without sobriety, but dear god why did I stay in that job so long. The happy in my head, in my heart, is really kind of amazing. My co-worker who was in my training class muttered today as she left "I hate this job." no me man. I am HAPPY.