hello, lovely

Ahh, I remember the weekends where I’d get off work, TC would come pick me up, and we’d high-tail it to Denton or Deep Ellum (Oh, Curtain Club, how I miss you!!) to go see Dollybraid, Plasma Jack, Edgewater, and any other band who may have opened for them. Friday and Saturday nights glued to a stage with camera in hand, not leaving until closing, or even a bit after, and stopping IHOP on the way home… the ringing in my ears so deafening that I didn’t go to bed until at least an hour after getting home, sometimes two, just to get up and do it all over again the next day. Man, I miss those days.

Tonight, I spent my Friday night doing laundry, and putting laundry away, and knitting while Joe plays video games on the Wii.

I? Am the epitome of exciting.

The problem with my job is that I’m not able to blog. Unfortunately, that’s the only time I think of things to post about, and when I get home, I don’t really want anything to do with my computer aside from checking gmail and poking around on Ravelry.

Some updates for you, though…

* We were going to have to move towards the end of April, but now we don’t have to! Yay! Unfortunately, the opportunity to get rid of crap that comes with moving is no longer there, so now I’m going to have to MAKE myself do it. The good news is that now I can thoroughly enjoy the little trip I’m going on mid-April with my knitting buddies.

* I have Joe’s birthday present, Megan’s birthday present, and TC’s birthday presents ready to go. I still need to put something together for Joe’s sister’s birthday and my stepdad’s birthday. The month of April sucks as far as birthdays and my bank account are concerned.

* We’re going on vacation, but we went from deciding to go to Florida to So Cal to Vegas to Reno to “sooo..where are we going?” in a matter of a couple of weeks. So who knows, but I hope we go somewhere or my week off of work is going to be a huge waste of time… not to mention completely boring.

* I downloaded the new Jason Mraz EP, We Sing, and I LOVE IT!! Mraz rules.

* I need to lose weight. Ugh.

So.. there you go. That’s all that’s really going on in Manda’s world. What’s going on in your world?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, APRIL!!!!!!!!

and

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!

I’m excited! I’m going to be getting new glasses soon.

My current glasses are on their last legs. The right bow is being held on by Scotch tape, and I don’t think it’s going to hold much longer. lol. I noticed a few weeks (yes, weeks) ago that it broke. It’s hard to explain so maybe I’ll take a picture once I get new glasses, but the top part of the bow that attaches to the frame with a screw had part of it break off right where the screw goes, so there’s not much holding it together. I somehow bent the bow in the shower and had to repair it with tape. lol. It seemed to hold alright, but the tape looks stupid, and I finally found my insurance card, so I’m going at lunch on Tuesday to have my eyes checked & look at new glasses. I’m hoping I pick some at that point and can get ‘em that night after work. That would rock. The dr. I’m going to is right next to LensCrafters, and they normally do glasses pretty quickly. I’m contemplating getting a pair of sunglasses too. All the glasses I’m gravitating towards have thicker frames (which will be good now that Joe is around most of the time. I can’t hug him without him knocking my glasses… lol) and won’t fit my clip-on shades. It’ll be nice, though, because if I get prescription sunglasses, I’ll actually get to wear pretty sunglasses for the first time since 6th grade. LOL

In other news, our vacation is on. I got approval for my vacation time, so yay vacation!

Not much to report, but Dina posted an update, so I feel like I should, too.

I’ve been reading a lot more. I’ve been trying to read a bit before bed, and so far it’s worked. I finally finished Creation in Death by Nora Roberts/JD Robb, and I started Strangers in Death, and then I don’t know what I’ll read. I have plenty of options. Maybe I’ll catch up on the Merry Gentry or Anita Blake series.

Joe and I have decided we need a vacation. Aside from a quick weekend trip for my birthday, we haven’t really gone anywhere. I really want to go to Hawaii, but I think we’ve decided on Florida. Then again, no other plans have been made, so who knows when that’ll happen. I have to give 30 days notice at work for all vacation time, so who knows when we’ll be going. I feel a bit guilty about going somewhere other than back home, but then I figure… just because I’m traveling doesn’t mean I HAVE to go to Dallas. People can always come out here to see me if they really want to, and we’re planning on visiting in December for Christmas. Besides, where I live is a better vacation destination, so people better start visiting me. Dammit.

Work is crazy. I love that I have things that take up my entire day. The day goes by so quickly now. The only instability seems to be in my Monday schedule. We’re trying a new schedule with all of the meetings that happen Mondays, and I think they’re trying to work it so I’m working a normal schedule instead of some crazy-ass schedule. It’ll be nice, but I’ll miss my sleep-in Mondays.

The day was so beautiful today. I really need to get out and go walking, especially now that it’ll be lighter after work thanks to the time change. My knitting group is putting together a team for the Breast Cancer 3-day that’s happening in September. We’re waiting for our team captain to get back from her vacation so we can start getting together & getting everybody signed up and start the training schedule. It should be fun, and I think it’ll be a great bonding experience with the other women.

Not much else going on, though. Joe and I are blasting our way through 24. We’re currently watching the last disc of Season 5. It’s been a pretty good season so far.

Enter the ICHC online Poker Cats Contest!

i love this website.

I can’t wait until this weekend. Specifically Saturday.

Do you know why? Because then I can stay up until whenever and I can sleep until whenever, and then I don’t have to get up and do anything crazy like…….. go to work the next day.

I shouldn’t have started the whacked out movie I’m watching right now. It’s almost done, but still … it’s way late.

I don’t know why I’m whining about something I can fully control… just turn everything off and go to bed, but nooo.. that would be way too easy. And I felt like typing.

hrm. remind me not to blogpost when I’m tired. lol

I have nothing to say. I’m restless.
I need a vacation.

Look at how green the hills are!! It was like, 65-ish today. So pretty. I really love California!

One of the lovely women in my knitting group had a birthday this past week, so we went down to one of her favorite areas, Niles Canyon, to Tyme for Tea. It was a lovely shop, and the service was really nice. If you’re ever in the area, I highly recommend it.

I had such a great time today. The area we were in is a old-fashioned looking downtown area, but it’s full of antique shops and stuff. I think we went into about 4-5 of them, including an awesome bead shop, and it was so much fun.

My new-found friends are awesome!

Now I’m going to go make some dessert.

lol…
I just signed into flickr to see if any of my contacts have posted new pics, since the emails I normally get are still not working, and the little “hello” message… the one that’s in a different language everytime?… greeted me in “lolcat“. rofl

I didn’t get a screen capture, but here’s what it said:

“OH HAI hello lovely!”
Now you know how to greet people in Lolcat!

Too freakin’ funny.