It's all a little blurry right now...possibly a good thing

Last night I looked in the mirror after work and almost scared myself.

Apparently I do look like I feel.  How nice. 

I am also dying of sleep deprivation.  Between the cats and my inability to stay asleep for more than two hours at a time (and oh, hey, did I mention that I also seem to have insomnia on top of the inability to stay asleep longer than two hours?), I'm surprised no one has died yet in a fit of insomnia-induced rage. Because believe me, there is rage.

Btw, did I mention that it's THAT time of the month?

On the bright side, today is my last full day of work this week.   Praise Jesus.  Then all the students will go away and all will be right in the world.

I am also leaving tomorrow for Des Moines for two days for a conference.  Every time I think about it, I get an image of me, F. and M. peeling out of the parking lot shouting, "So long, suckers!" to the rest of the staff as we leave them to deal with the end of semester craziness.

You know, I think that no sleep thing is getting to me.  :P


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Excuses

So.  The 30 Day Shred.  Not happening today.

I know, I know.  I said no excuses but this is a crazy week for me at work with my co-worker being gone and one of our students just left and well, I don't handle change well, okay?

The plan is to start it on Friday which is my day off and take it from there.  I would really like to still be alive when I go see Alice in Wonderland on Saturday.



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I'm tired and I wanna go home ...

Home...
Home...
Hooooooome.


(Don't worry if you don't get the reference. Although you are missing out on one awesome John Wayne movie.)

Lack of sleep combined with stupidly forgetting my allergy pill is making Kelly Lynn not a happy camper. I am grumpy and also, snotty.

I am ready to go home to my nice warm bed with my nice warm kitties and perhaps not wake up until oh, April? How does April sound to you?

Alas, I have to go home in the fog, which my weather alert tells me is not just fog but DENSE FOG. Which means snail speed all the way home. Yay!

And there will be no bed for me when I get home. I need to fix supper, clean off the table, put the dishes away from Monday, put the clothes away from Sunday and Monday, and OMG CLEAN THE CAT BOXES! Seriously, two kitties should not feel the need to poop and pee as much as they do.

Then and only then am I allowed into bed. Where I will be smothered by Emme and Kisa. Kisa will sprawl lengthwise down my body (of which she is almost half of me!) and be dead to the world while Emme will pin my legs down and bite me if I move and growl in ALL CAPS because OMG MOM! WE ARE TRYING TO SLEEP!

Let me just say that it is not a fun time when the alarm goes off.




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Okay....

... not sure why my background has pulled a runner.

And now it's back.

Weird.

And now it's gone again.

And back.

:sigh:

Everything is April Fresh

A little over 3 hours ago, I got a different washing machine!  I wanted to say "new" washing machine but that would be a lie (unfortunately).  My landlord had another washing machine that the repairman swapped for mine.  The repairman didn't know what was wrong with it and may have to completely take it apart.  Oops.  The new-ish one seems a little smaller than my old one.  Not sure if my queen comforter can fit in it.  T_T

So I was a little late to work because I didn't want the repair dude in my house.  Alone.  With my cats.  I'm not sure if I've mentioned this before but just about everyone that has ever come to my house leaves the front door and my apartment door wide open.  Even in winter.  I don't understand this.  I don't think I have to worry too much about the cats getting out, though.  They are terribly traumatized every time someone not Mommy or Grandma is in their house.  Emme actually growls when someone knocks on the door.  Before fleeing in terror, of course.  Kisa just flees.  No warning growl just absolute terror.  But there's still that chance.

I was kinda upset that I had to be late to work.  I had the first part of work all planned out in my head.  We started giving treats out to the students for their birthdays and I had December so I made some Rudolph Cupcakes.  As a side note, I need to go to Cupcake Remedial School.  They were kinda scrawny looking cupcakes.  I'll try to post the picture later.  If I can figure it out.  So I had cupcakes to bring and I just got some ornaments for my tabletop tree to take to work.  I was going to to spend the first half hour decorating the tree and getting my desk ready for Christmas!  Well, the tree is up but I forgot the extension cord in my rush.  The cupcakes survived the trip to work until I had to shift into park and my elbow hit them and they kinda mushed a little but they looked okay.  And I forgot my new Trans-Siberian Orchestra cds. 

But I will not complain (too much)!  I now have a washing machine that doesn't try to do the hokey pokey and go through the wall!



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The Luckiest Unluckiest Person...

... in the entire world. Yes. That's me.

I give you two examples.

Unlucky: My fridge broke at 3am on Saturday. Whatever makes the door stick has decided to unstick. With just bought groceries inside.

Lucky: I had two bungee cords in my car that just fit to keep my fridge door shut. Of course the tension on them causes the door to spring open in a way to cause Sudden Death.


Unlucky: My mom lost her phone. Two weeks after she lost it at K-Mart. With the ringer off (my fault). She knew she lost it at either Wal-Mart or Goodwill. Neither place filled me with hope. No insurance on the stupid thing. Can't afford another one.

Lucky: After several searches and one ill-fated trip to Wal-Mart, it was found under the front seat of my mom's van.



Dude.


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Confusion and Cleaning

My mind has started to slip.  I got out of my car today and noticed that I had forgotten to change my shoes.  I am wearing my flip flops that I wear for around the house and after showers.  I had my shoes all ready to change into but apparently my brain had other ideas.  At least I wasn't wearing my slippers.  Although the pink and purple stripes would look absolutely darling with my teal shirt.

Possibly I am still suffering the aftereffects of the ILL & Copyright webinar I attended yesterday.  The presenter completely freaked out one of my co-workers before we realized that what the presenter said and what was true were two totally different things.  That was fun.  Also, very confusing and brain hurting. 

When I got home last night, the only thing I wanted to do was something not brain hurting.  Cause pain and I  are totally unmixy things.  So I told myself that I was going to read until 6pm.  Then I was going to get up, make supper and do some stuff around the house.  When I finished the book at 8pm, (it was a Dresden File, okay) I went on a cleaning spree.  Very unlike me.  I picked up all the garbage in the living room, dining room, kitchen and bedroom.  (I had a lot of juice boxes.)  And all the dirty dishes. 

Then I started on the laundry.  As in I took all the wrinkled clothes from my dining table and put them back into the dryer to get rid of the wrinkles.  I was totally surprised that they came out sans wrinkles.  I actually hung them up right after the dryer buzzed.  The stuff to be folded is still in the basket but hey, it's just pjs and undies.

After I talked to my mom and got ready for bed, I got really ambitious.  (And if you're asking why, I have no idea but it my have something to do with what's happening on Friday.  But you'll have to wait. ^_^)  I cleaned up my counter, put everything away, got all the dirty laundry out, put away all my random crap and then. 

And then I cleaned my toilet.  I am ashamed to say that I had never done this.  My mom does it when she's here.  (hangs head in shame)  It was just as disgusting as I had thought.  Also, I had two little helpers.  I put Emme and Kisa into the bathtub so they could watch the never-before-seen event.  (My cats love the bathtub and are ecstatic when they can play in the water.)  Then I had to flush the toilet about twenty times before I felt that the water was now safe for them to play in.  Then I closed the lid because I am paranoid.  And shut the bathroom door because I am neurotic.


So more cleaning when I get home.  In preparation for Friday.  Which I'm still not going to talk about.  Except to say that I am soooo excited and if it doesn't work out, I will cry.  Cry like the little girl that I am.

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I so fail...

Yeah. That whole April goal thing? Didn't really pan out so great. I got some really horrible news the first day and then I was sick until oh, yesterday. I am so not even going to try to exercise tonight. I have to close the library tonight at midnight and then be back at 8am. Isn't that super? So all you're getting tonight is a post on what I am going to do to pass the time until I have to go back to work. In list format because I am lazy.

• All my laundry and ACTUALLY PUT IT ALL AWAY! I am great at doing laundry but I absolutely hate folding/hanging everything.
• Make tater tot casserole. With the frozen hamburger I forgot to take out of the freezer this morning. Yumm.
• Do my dishes and ACTUALLY PUT THEM AWAY! Yes, I have problems with this as well. I also need to figure out where to put the dish set that my mom bought me for Easter.
  
• Watch Twilight or an episode of Supernatural. Such decisions.

Expect a longer (and more coherent) post tomorrow.

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One out of two?

Kelly is Gaelic for "Warrior Woman". No offense to my Irish forefathers and mothers and aunts and whatnot but in my case, they only got Woman right. So here I am, looking for that mysterious Warrior part of me. Will I ever find it? Who knows. Hopefully I'll have some fun looking for her. My fun these days? Going to WalMart. Please contain your excitement.