Everyday Randomness

Just Not In The Mood

I so haven’t felt like blogging today.  I’ve had a lot on my mind and even more going on behind the scenes.  I had to bitch about a few things, but I’m over it now.  I bitched to the people I knew would understand and kept it out of my blogs for once.

I honestly haven’t felt like blogging much in the last two weeks.  It’s not because I don’t have a lot to say.  I just haven’t felt like sitting down at the computer.  When I have felt like sitting down here for a few minutes I’ve done something else.

I love creating signature tags, but I do it in spurts.  I’ll create like crazy for awhile, then I’ll just stop for a few months.  This has been one of those weeks when I’ve wanted to create.  I guess I can attribute it to the fact that I just needed something to take my mind of all the crap we’ve had going on around here.  In the past when I would get upset or pissed off I’d sit down with Paint Shop Pro.  That’s how I handled things.

I’ve been kind of down and out with all that’s going on with the bike, but I think I cured that tonight.  Lisa made sure to let me know about a big Bath & Body Works sale that’s going on, so I racked up.  I saved $41.75 on things I buy every few months anyway.  I’ve done so much shopping for Hubby this week it felt good to buy a few things for myself and my home.

I think I’m off for now.  I need to grab a shower before Hubby decides to jump in there, and I just realized I’ve hardly eaten anything all day.  I may return later.  We shall see!

It’s A Pain

I’ve noticed a pattern here lately.

Day 1:  I have a horrible headache all day.

Day 2:  It rains all day, and I feel fine.

Day 3:  The rain is gone, but my horrible headache is back.

This cycle really needs to stop.  My allergy meds are doing great for most of my symptoms right now, but the horrible headaches are coming on strong.  In the past this is the time of the year I’d run out for a haircut.  I’ve always kept my hair pretty long, and it’s so thick the weight would cause my headaches to be worse.  Cutting my hair almost always relieved the headaches.

So now that I’m keeping my hair short (about shoulder length), what do I do now?  As much as I hate taking extra medication unless I absolutely need it, Excedrin Migraine has been my best friend again.  It’s the only thing that’s helped the headaches at all, except for today.  I took Excedrin Migraine this morning before we left for my Grandpa’s appointment with the doctor, but my headache is still raging!

Don’t Drag Me To The Mall

Normally I absolutely loathe shopping. You practically have to drag me into a brick and mortar if I know I’m going to have to actually hunt for what I need like clothes.

I don’t mind grocery shopping so much because it’s something I have to do. I know what I’m going for, and I’m in and out the store in a very short time period. I go in prepared for the simple fact that I know it won’t take me half as long to do my shopping.

With that said, my best friend asked me to go to the mall with her today to look for a swimsuit. I’m sorry Alli, but I hate the mall more than I hate most brick and mortars. A 45 minute drive to get there, then circling numerous times to find a parking spot just aren’t appealing with gas prices this high. On top of that the shops in the mall hike prices of products. I can get the same thing in a local shop or online for much less.

I couldn’t go with her anyway. I had to go to the doctor with my Grandpa this morning, but if I had went to the mall it would have been a long painful trip. I would have probably locked myself in B&BW while she shopped for the swimsuit.

Instead of suffering through that excruciating experience, I gave her another option. I order almost all my swimsuits from Newport News. I love the choices they have, the sales, and the swimsuits I’ve ordered from there have outlasted any others I’ve bought locally. I showed her a few I thought she’d like, gave her the link, and then passed along a coupon for 20% off as well as another for free shipping. Why go to the mall to search for something you might like when you can shop online, find exactly what you want, and find a great deal to go with it?

Running My Legs Off

I just finished explaining to two of my friends how my life has turned into a total unorganized mess over the last couple of weeks.  My house looks like a train wreck, and I slowly feel my life going in that direction.

Because I’m the one who works from home, I’m the one everyone calls when they need help with something.  I hate running from place to place all day and coming home to realize I haven’t done anything I needed to get accomplished all day.  I’ve ran my legs off for everyone else.  That’s kind of how I’ve felt this week.

Run here for Nana.  Pick up cousin from school because she’s not feeling well.  Run back home, let the dog out.  Run to my mom’s to make sure she turned the iron off this morning.  Go to the pasture to feed the orphan calf.  Oops, there’s thunder.  Run back home to shut the PC’s off.  Run to Home Depot to grab a new tape measure for Hubby.  Run Run Run!

Yesterday I ran around all day and still had to try to bid on my parts list on Ebay through my cell phone.  That was horrible!  I’ll never try doing that again for the simple fact that it took me at least a minute to send in each bid.  I just don’t have the patience to sit there timing something like that, especially when it’s the one part we really need, and I miss it by $1 because my last bid goes through a full minute after I send it leaving me no time to throw in one last bid.

By the time I got home last night I didn’t feel like doing anything, yet we still had to go to dinner with Hubby’s family, and then we had to get our hoist setup around the bike so he could start disassembling the front end.

I wanted to get some housework done today, but I’ve already ran my legs off this morning.  It’s almost 11, and I still haven’t found time for a shower.  I decided to use the few minutes I have to let off some steam here.  I’m going to try to jump in the shower, then I’m right back out the door again!