My hours were cut again. On the one hand, I agree with the decision to be closed on Tuesdays, but on the other hand it feels like the beginning of the end, as if my bosses have resigned themselves to simply blaming the economy. I've considered sending them my ideas of how to improve business, but the massage guy thinks that is unwise and unwanted ( Read more... )

This weekend, since I didn't have a car, I decided to take the Greyhound bus to the city to see D. Wow. I didn't realize there were so many drifters. One lady had a cumbersome loose bundle of random possessions, including a tennis racket that I'm sure she has never used. The bus was crowded, and we didn't leave on time, and I don't want to do ( Read more... )

In my efforts to quit smoking I decided to order a Blu starter kit. Blu is a brand of "electronic cigarette" that uses flavored vapor instead of air, in theory mimicking the ritual of smoking. The kit comes with two rechargeable batteries, two atomizers, 25 flavor cartridges, and two kinds of battery chargers--and one of them is cleverly designed ( Read more... )

We had a nice Thanksgiving, and we even took a bottle of wine from the Holy Cross Abbey where my sister got married this summer. I'll be honest, this Thanksgiving I was more grateful for my family because of a dream I had a couple nights before. But everyone is fine, and I think perhaps my mom didn't invite our extended relatives that live in ( Read more... )

I'm still fighting this HiNi-like thing, and now D has it, co-worker has it, and my sister has it (but definitely not from me.) It's going around I guess. And D is home for the weekend, meaning we are both sick. Ugh. I worked last night until 4am, which means I didn't get enough sleep. All of this is to say that emotional blogging is a bit ( Read more... )

Well, it's the middle of November, and we're all still here, and I think that's something to be grateful for. But the last few days I've had a terrible chest cold. It started Friday night when I worked til 4am. But part of me thinks it's just my body's way of cleaning out my lungs. I actually texted in sick today, and I was glad my boss got my ( Read more... )

I got my sister's car--another Cavalier, making three total that I've owned. This one is a 97, so it's the youngest as well. But I'm having trouble releasing my emotional attachment to Pegasus. It's a stick-shift, and the new one is an automatic, so there's also a visceral aspect of driving that is not there. But the new one has some nice ( Read more... )

Co-worker N is quitting/being pushed out, and this was supposed to be his last week. He came in and took over my shift yesterday, and he was supposed to work for me today, and then he didn't show. My boss called me, saying "why aren't you at work?" Um...cause it's my day off. He acted like I should have been at work or should feel guilty for ( Read more... )

A brief recap: Vacation was spent mostly at home. We were going to go to Denver to see King Tut and the Aquarium, and to have a proper date night to celebrate our TWO year anniversary(!) but D really wasn't feeling up to it. So we went to Chili's (and let's face it, it's pretty good food and nothing is going to top the Magic Castle anyway;) ( Read more... )

T died last week. I found out today. I missed the funeral ( Read more... )