stank on my hangdown

it's been a long & somewhat stressful week here in balto. started out with the unexpected death of a good acquaintance. really sad news. we saw him just a few weeks ago, when we were out to dinner celebrating our anniversary. it's a reminder that life is fleeting & we're totally not in control no matter how hard we (i) try to be. is this the age where more & more people we know, in our age group, start to get sick & die? if so, i advise you not to leave your mid-twenties, if you can help it.

the remainder of the week was a mixture of mostly sleepless nights & lots of drama & nonsense at work. i was glad to see the work-related baloney come to a close today when the new folks received their work assignments. jeez. i know, my life is incredibly exciting... (seriously though, i was pretty excited about it - & a bit stressed.)

enjoyed a tasty meal this evening in celebration of the departure of a friend who's relocating to the west coast. i had hoped we would hang out while she was here but it didn't turn out that way at all. alas...

that about wraps it up for me, folks. sweet dreams to all (including me).

i know it's bizarre, but i feel kinda sad to finish physics... now that i've done the one thing i procrastinated for 10 years, i'm not sure what comes next...

i'm a miracle

i don't know where you were at 2:45 this morning, but i'll tell you where i was: at work. that's right. actually, i probably didn't get to work until closer to 3... i woke up at 2:45 in a state of panic when i realized i'd left a truck out of the garage with a bunch of unsecured extension ladders on it. what the hell!! i knew i wouldn't be able to go back to sleep if i didn't check it out. sometimes i'm real glad work is 2 minutes away. so i went to work in my jams, pulled the truck in to the garage (after i noticed everything was securely cable-locked to the ladder rack) & i went back home, to bed. couldn't get to sleep after that anyway...


when did i go insane?

#6, 5, or 4

another hot topic of conversation last night was palm reading & personality types. for those of us who are nerdy & enjoy analyzing ourselves with personality testes like the myers briggs type indicator, you may enjoy the enneagram. we were looking through a book about it last night & talking about folks' personalities. this girl i'd never met before & hadn't really spoken to pegged me as a #5. initially indignant, i got over it when i came home & took a quick little test on line & read about the types. i think she may have been right & dammit, that's annoying! the interwebs said i could be 6, 5 or 4 though...

big fat seed

the first half of turkey day i spent deep-cleaning the kitchen, thanks to a cup of caffeinated chai. our place would be a lot cleaner if i consumed caffeine on a regular basis. oh well - we'll just have to be dirty. farmer katie & i went to the garden to pick some veggies & herbs to add to our meal, which was very exciting. i hope to always have a garden - it makes me happy to pick fresh foods i've grown & then turn around & make a meal out of them. for dinner, we were joined by katie's sister & several other good folks. a wacky group. the conversation was a bit bizarre at times. this morning i had to check out one of the random topics that came up. apparently, this is what the young folk have been enjoying these days: what what. it seemed pretty silly until 2-1/2 minutes in & then i just felt grossed out. so... that's that.

talked w/ my folks this morning. my dad's being layed off in mid-january. his company's been struggling for a while, so it's not a huge suprise. my mom's part-time job doesn't provide benefits & my folks really need healthcare coverage. i worry for them because it's never easy for folks near retirement age to find jobs & i imagine it will be much more difficult in this ecomony. i often find myself wondering & worrying what things will be like a few months from now. will there be another depression? this is where dan would say, "we'll just have to wait & see" just like he does when i start asking all kinds of questions during a movie...

the other night when i was procrastinating our turkey day preparations, i was catching up on reading the blog, no impact man. The recent post about christmas & gift-giving really speaks to me. i'm not a fan of running around, spending lots of money, buying gifts that aren't really needed & feeling stressed about it. you can read about it here, if you're interested. i wish it was easier to move in a different direction with the celebration of christmas... but i don't see that happening any time soon either.

the danner's off at work on this black friday. no fun. & i'm off to clean up the disaster in our kitchen & then learn some physics for the final - also no fun.

lazy weekend

not much going on. wrote some physics labs - hooray! ate some bad cheese - boo! got some sleep. hung out with my pal, katie & my hubby, d. fixin for a 3-day work week & then 4 days of jackin' around, cooking & hanging out. it'll probably turn into 1 day of cooking & 2-3 days of some mean physics learnin for the final exam. there's a wacky little bug on our couch cleaning his antennae. kinda cute, kinda wierd. i got a raise the other day. that hasn't happened often in my life - mostly because i seem to switch jobs every year -this year being the exception.

wanna know something embarassing? sometimes, when i'm bored, i watch an instant download of Charles In Charge on netflix.

freedom on the horizon

one more physics class before my final. how the hell is that? whatever. i just want it all to be over! even if i got a zero, i think i'd still get an A in the course. the thing is, i want to know how to do what we're doing so i'll probably read the book & study & spend an insane amount of time figuring it out. plus, part of me doesn't want to let the teacher down. i mean, he thinks i'm super smart for whatever bizarre reason. i'm such a lame!

turkey day's next week. can't believe it. me & the d-bone will be enjoying a tasty meal with our pal katie & possibly some other folks. we shall see. wish we could hang w/ the oregon gang + rr. maybe in the spring?? i succeeded in carrying over a few extra vacation days so i don't have to stress too much about running out next year.

well, the excitement of the new gang is starting to wear off. my supervisor was right. it was just the newness. i mean, they're still great & everything. but i think we're starting to slide a ways down as reality sets in & they realize it's going to be cold as crap for the next 3 or 4 months & they won't always get to work with folks they like... such is life, i suppose. in a few months, i'll have to start the whole process over again.

i'm off to read some physics & eat some diggity-dog dinner. ciao.