16 posts tagged “anna”

Sweet:

-My credit union canceled almost all of my overdraft fees.
-Pike is paying me to work on a web project, and Corey is okay with it.
-I’m working on a blog post for my company. Blogging for work is fun!
-My dad is coming to visit me this weekend! I’m not sure how much I’ve blogged about this, but family is extremely important to me. My dad and I are exceptionally close. I really wish my brother could come, too, but I am really looking forward to spending the weekend with my dad.

Sour:

-Anna is being particularly cranky. She is annoyed because her underlings ask Corey questions and not her. We do this because Corey doesn’t bite heads off.
-She is also going to be here in my office basically all day because Molly is out sick. I could really use someone to talk to who is on my side. I miss Keith. He emailed me today.

Salty:

-Every time I see Lacey’s friend Meghan (twice this weekend, I guess Meghan is becoming my friend, too) I get interested in law school again, because she’s a law student. She’s in law school right now.
-It really depends on if I can get a high enough LSAT score to make it into the top law schools. One school (third tier) is having an online LSAT 101 course next week in the evening and I’ve signed up for it.

Minus:
-Anna blew up at me today. For a complete misunderstanding. Which I of course couldn't explain.
-The New Guy likes to wear social awkwardness on his sleeve.
-I still don't know what happened with Dan on Friday.
-Had to borrow money from my parents again because I have more loan payments due. I hate being near broke all the time! I can't even afford the new Luxe book. Sigh.
-I'm getting to bed too late again.
-It's Wednesday and my apartment is already a mess.
-I have a dentist appointment this month, I don't remember when, and I can't find my dental insurance card and I have no idea how much the copay is. If it's too much I may not be able to buy groceries this month.

Plus:
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List the three best times/things of the year
1. Quitting grad school and starting my job.  It’s not perfect, but it suits me and I earn money.
2. Finally getting laid again!
3. Starting this blog.  Being able to write openly like this has really helped me out.

List the three worst times/struggles of the year
1. Breaking up with Pike.
2. Deciding to quit graduate school.
3. Figuring out how to deal with Anna.

List three personal traits you've changed throughout the year
1. Becoming in control of my own life.
2. Even though I’ve always been positive, I think I have become even more optimistic.
3. A slight increase of motivation.

List three personal traits you haven't changed throughout the year
1. I’m still self-obsessed.
2. I’m still messy.
3. I’m still rational.

List three people you've met this year
1. Anna
2. Keith
3. Redhead boy

List three people who have made a major impact on your life this year
1. Anna
2. Pike (even ending the relationship made an impact)
3. Travis (the catalyst)

List three people that you had to say goodbye to (even if you didn't know them) this year
1. Everyone from graduate school
2. Travis
3. My family, every time I see them I have to say goodbye again.

List your three greatest accomplishments of the year
1. Getting my job and keeping it for as long as I have.
2. Having the guts to end things when Pike even when I didn’t really want to, because it was the right thing to do.
3. Getting my own apartment!  And in general, just being able to make it as a real grown up person.

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Current Nanowrimo Word Count: 0

“Oh gods* Cloudy what’s wrong with you?  You didn’t manage to write a single word all weekend!”

Actually, I wrote 200 words of the novel on Saturday.  Then my mother asked to use my computer.  I left the room for a while, and when I came back, it seemed to be sleeping but would not wake up.  My mom reported that it wouldn’t stop thinking so she’d just left it alone.  I restarted it manually, but it would not start up and I heard a noise that said “hard drive failure.”

I found my receipt and it turned out it had gone out of warranty five days before.

We spent most of Sunday driving to an Apple store way out in the suburbs that had Genius bar appointments available.  I told he guy I thought it was a hard drive failure and why, and he confirmed it.  He told me the process I’d have to go through for them to replace the thing, and that I’d need to find someone else to attempt to get my data off my harddrive.

I said, “I do tech support so I think someone from my company can get my data off of it.”

“Oh, well you can just pick up a new harddrive and replace it yourself then,” he said, and told me what kind I needed.

It was off to Best Buy.  At the store, I only found one hard drive that would work, and it was way more super powerful than I needed.  We found a couple guys to ask, and one pointed to a sign of a cheaper, less powerful one that they didn’t have in stock, but I realized it was the wrong kind of harddrive, so I pointed this out.

“You really know your stuff!” said one of the guys.

“She works in IT,” said my mom.

“Oh really?  Where?” the guy asked.

I explained my company and The Company we work for and he seemed impressed.  It was unfortunate that my mother was there, since he was rather good looking.  I don’t go into Best Buy much.

But I now have a replacement harddrive (my mother bought it for me since she was using my computer when it died—rather fortunate for me) and I just have to install it tonight.  I’ll try to do some writing during the day today, but I just asked Anna for new projects, so I’m probably doomed to be busy.

Ooh!  Ooh!  My business cards are in already!

*I realize that I’m the one who uses this phrase.

Mal:

-I miss my cat.  I wish I could have a kitty in my apartment.
-It's a general boring day at work.  Anna took me around to meet the other offices, but hardly anyone was having any technical problems.  We did run into Corey (the owner of our company) and we had lunch, so that was actually good.
-The temperature is quite cold for October in The City.
-I had a dream where I wanted to get back together with Pike.  Then yesterday he decided to break his sponsor's rule and come over.*  He arrived right after Rowan finished asking me out.  I was a bit on the edge of my seat there.  At one point, when Pike was over, I started rubbing his arm out of habit, and he said, "Cloudy!" and I stopped.  I still feel so comfortable around him I forget that I'm supposed to behave differently--as friends.  That's hard.

Bueno:

-Keith left early today so I get to have the office to myself.  OH!  It turns out Keith is actually dating someone younger than him right now, so no cougars at the moment.  I'm not sure if this is such a great thing, because if he was dating a cougar I'm sure it would provide much more interesting vox fodder.
-Two days of Project Beautify before the date.  Must bleach, work out, and exfoliate like I'm a celebrity.  (I'm not sure if this really goes under bad or good.  Two days is better than one?)
-My dishes are nearly done at this point and I think I might actually have my apartment clean before my mom and her friend show up for the weekend on Friday. 
-I'm really looking forward to having them here.  Her friend is closer to me than my actual aunts.**  My mom is also bringing me some of my things from my parents' house and some groceries and necessities.  I also can't wait for her to see how I'm living like a grown up person in The City!  I've got a job and my own apartment in one of the most important places in the world.  I've made it!

*He brought me stuff I left at his apartment in exchange for supper
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**I have a lot of aunts and uncles who all have a lot of nieces and nephews.
 

A while back I briefly mentioned that I had to do non-harassment training with Anna’s Crush.*  It ended up not happening that day, but we had it today instead.

This did not happen because luckily the woman who was providing the training was nice enough to go through everything extremely quickly.

The meeting was originally supposed to be in my office complex because I could reserve a conference room, but the woman came to my company’s main office instead and we didn’t realize this until Anna’s Crush was in my office waiting for her to show up.

We decided there was no way she was going to be able to find my office, and decided to meet her instead.  Of course, I wore my heels today and had a difficult time keeping up.  Anna’s Crush said, “Sorry I’m walking so fast.”
I replied, “Sorry I wore heels.”
Anna’s Crush asked, “Why do you girls torture yourselves with those things anyway?”
I said, “I like the sound they make.”

This is true.  I like the “call call” sound they make when I walk.  When I was a kid that meant a teacher was walking nearby.  It was a sound of authority and power.  Heels make me feel powerful.  They make me taller and they look important.  I know that some women think they’re demeaning, but I’ve never felt that way.  They send a message: Here I am, world!  Get out of my way, because I’m coming through!

Ouch

*Anna has not admitted to this crush, but it is completely obvious when she talks about him.

Anna’s Mood Meter: Better walk on eggshells.  She is seriously upset about something and I have no idea what it is.

I bought some tooth whitening strips the other day and used them for the first time last night.  This is going to be a part of Project Beautify.  Since I’m a card-carrying member of Singledom, I ought to do what I can to make myself better looking.  This also includes exercise.  I just need to find a way to do that without hurting myself and thus making it difficult to exercise further.  I’m considering joining a gym, but that would involve money.  What I should really do is go out running.  Any other suggestions?  What I want is a flatter stomach and more toned bum, thighs, and arms.

But back to the whitening strips.  I’m supposed to wear them for 30 minutes each twice a day for 10 days.  They’re so unpleasant to have on.  They taste bad, they’re slippery, and my mouth burns a bit.  However, I think I noticed a difference already this morning.  That could just be a placebo effect, though.  I should have taken a “before” picture.

I watched Secretary last night.  Very good film.  It wasn’t really what I expected; it was quite a bit better than my expectations, actually.

In high school a friend of mine tried to do a research paper on sexual fetishes.  We all went to the computer lab to do research (I was doing sleep disorders--this was for psychology class) and she could only seem to find porn sites, so she ended up picking a different topic.  One classmate that I'd never heard really say anything before (and this was senior year) did an amazing presentation on hallucinogenics.   He gave us all smarties wrapped in foil and glowsticks.  Another friend of mine in the class asked me if the smarties were actually real drugs because she was a bit freaked out.

Private school was the best.

Bitter:

-It's Tuesday, which means I'll be seeing Pike, causing the usual flood of crazy mixed emotions.
-My muscles hurt like hell from exercising too much on Sunday.  (It's muscle cells eating up fat cells that's causing this pain, right?)
-Not much going on right now bitter or sweet, good or bad.  Which is rather boring!

Sweet:

-I've been posting in this vox blog for seven weeks, according to the title of this post.  It doesn't seem like it's been that long.  I feel like I wrote my first entry only a week ago.
-Anna and Keith are not fighting today, and no one is mad at me, either.
-Going to have empanadas for dinner!

Boo:

-I noticed that my neighborhood only entries get way more attention than my public ones (probably for obvious reasons).
-I hate telling people in Hometown about the break-up.
-A client started telling me about her new puppy and I really wish I could get a pet (I'd probably go for a kitten) but my landlords are against it because their child is highly allergic to animals.  This makes me sad.
-Anna's back and cranky.

Woo:

-I finished unpacking everything at my apartment over the weekend!
-Work has been going by really fast.  I didn't even glance at the clock until what I thought was around 10:30am, but it turned out to be 12:30 already.
-Travis emailed, and wants me to go to some kind of happy hour with him on Thursday along with other work people.
-I picked out last names for the characters:

Katia Perkins (lust)
Seth Fournier (gluttony)
Astrid Van Tassel (greed)
CJ Barker (sloth)
Sandy Penn (anger)
Josie Soto (envy)
Porter Kelly (pride)

Oh, Tuesday, how I am apathetic towards thee.

Filthy:
-I need to talk to Pike today, since I will be seeing him, but I can’t.
-Anna’s Mood Status: Ready to explode at any moment.
-Still need new shoes.
-No clue what I’m doing for Thanksgiving.  Not enough time off to go to Hometown.

Gorgeous:
-New dress!  Black with floral print, silky, with single strap that goes across the back.  Unfortunately too fancy for date with Jon.   New bracelet, too.  I went all out!
-Ogling puppy photos with Keith and discussing if we need to be accountable for our actions in parallel universes.
-Keith in general for being so damn funny.
-Today for going by so quickly!  I can’t believe it’s almost noon.
-Anyone who gets the musical reference of this post.