Honestly, Spring is in the air! It's going to be 44 today, the snow is melting daily, and I noticed yesterday that the sun isn't setting until AFTER I get home in the afternoon.
Just - just - ugh. Yeah - the bishops say that they wanted to undertake the investigation to demonstrate their willingness to confront abuse in the church.. BUT - they allowed this abuse to continue unchecked for years, and engaged in a huge cover-up. We're supposed to believe that they will accurately report numbers? ::head explodes::
Why do I read these articles?
From unemployed single mom to billionaire. Good for her!
Mel Gibson just needs to go away now. Don't be stirrin' up so much trouble, Mel. Go make another Lethal Weapon movie.
Quite the soap opera playing out at city hall... and everyone always says that nothing happens in St. Paul.
Running a move again tonight/tomorrow morning... but I think we're ready as we'll ever be. Onward! Ciao, babies.
2/26/2004 5:05 AM
I was going to say that this was a good thing... but then, well, who's going to be the 'decency' police, anyway?
The first morning I've been up and ready to blog a lot - and there's just nothing in the news that I feel the need to comment on. It's lull-day, the mid-point between moving. Maybe I'll get to finish up a little more paperwork.
Two shout-outs: one to DadM - get better! and one to Uncle - Happy Birthday!
And one more shout-out: Dame, who loves ya more than me?
One more thing - Zicam IS the miracle drug. Took it for three days in a row, and the cold only lasted three days.
Ciao, Bellas. You're beautiful.
2/23/2004 10:42 PM
Tomorrow will be a better day, I think. I might actually get to have some catch up and catch my breath time. Then we gear up for the next one this coming weekend.
I'm all worn out, though. I can't believe that I used to routinely work 14-16 hour days - on my feet all day long - when we had the stores. I couldn't do it anymore. I think, too, that my metabolism is messed up a little bit. You can't have that many chemicals pumped into you and still be the same.
Anyway - keep sending me energy. Or good thoughts. Or something. It can't hurt! Ciao.
2/23/2004 5:08 AM
I've been up since 3:30, obsessing about work and life in general. And that's all I've got to say right now.
2/22/2004 8:22 AM
Let's get all caught up again.
The Friday move went well. When all was said and done, I was pretty calm about the whole thing. We'd done all that we could to get ready for it, and at that point whatever was going to happen - well - that was it. It was just 3 hours of complete chaos while they were there. At one point, I had 4 people trailing behind me, waiting to ask me questions. Then we had to set all the equipment, which also went fairly smoothly. I have the best team in the world. I was out of there by just a little after 6:00. I'm so glad we started at noon instead of at 5:00. So life was good, and I got to have chinese food for dinner.
I woke up yesterday with what still is not-yet a horrid cold... but a cold all the same. I went in to the office to just check on a couple of things, and finally went to the grocery store, but I couldn't make myself do the Target run, too. I have to do that one this morning. I stayed home last night and watched Cast Away - ALL the way through, thank you very much.. no walk-about breaks or anything. I must have been tired. Most of the time I'm barely able to sit through a one-hour show... much less three hours!
Today I have to make the above-mentioned Target run, clean up the place a bit, pay the stupid bills and then - oh yeah - it's HOCKEY time! We're going to the Wild vs. the Avs. I'm fairly certain we'll lose, but hey - it's HOCKEY and I haven't been to enough games yet this year.
We go right into another move this week - but it's only 22 people, and I feel like we can do that without even really trying. I guess it's good to get the bad ones out of the way first. Another busy week coming up. And what are YOU up to?
Ciao.
2/20/2004 5:08 AM
Things aren't looking so good for Martha Stewart. Gee, thanks friend..
If I get through the move today, I get to go have chinese food tonight. I need a goal toward which to work! We start at noon. Send positive thoughts my way, pleaseandthankyouverymuch. You have a good day as well. Ciao.
2/19/2004 5:08 AM
Being sick sucks, being so busy at work sucks, and therefore my blogging sucks.
Have a good day - I'll have the best one that I can. I'll tell you move stories later. Ciao.
UPDATE at 8:30 PM
I don't QUITE have the full-force cold of death - but it's right there, waiting to pounce on me. I'm wrapping myself up in sweatpants and comfy clothes and I'm going to lay on the couch until I start to fall asleep, then dash into bed. I have to move 95 people tomorrow. Yep, you read that right. Ninety-freakin'-five. After that, I have to move 205 more, but not all at once... we'll do it in manageable groups.
So apologies for lack of excitement - or anything - but I've just gotta get thru this and maybe I'll feel healthier and have a little more energy. I don't want to run myself down too much. Sleep well, Bellas. Ciao.
2/18/2004 4:58 AM
This is what woke me up this morning at 4:45 - oh no! what if I don't have the right kind of twist-lock outlets installed for the copiers we're moving today?!
I am a long, long, long way from the elementary ed degree I pursued for so long...
You know that weird feeling you get in your nose and throat just before you get a cold? Oh yeah, that's what I've got right now. Broke out the Zicam and Vitamin C last night. I can't get sick right now. As Mac said, "sick sucks".
Wish me luck! Ciao.
2/17/2004 5:26 AM
Another busy day coming up - no time to write. If this doesn't kill me, it'll make me stronger. Or something. Or maybe it'll just make me crazy. Or thinner. Yeah, that's it. Thinner from all the running around. Ciao.
UPDATE: 8:00 PM
This is how I know my life is out of control Instead of stopping at the grocery store on the way home because I need milk, bread and all kinds of staples... I stop at Arby's because it's just easier.
2/16/2004 4:33 AM
Well, yeah, it's 4:30 AM. I woke up at 3:30, my mind racing with all the stuff I have to do. What does a panic attack feel like, anyway? Think I mighta just had me one of those...
If Comcast does take over Disney, will my e-mail address change again?! I always wanted a mickeymouse.com address...
Good for him. Stop for a minute and think about what 600 pounds must look and feel like.
I looked at what could be my new place yesterday. You know what it's like when you walk in the door and it instantly feels like home? That's what it was. Not that I'm rushing into anything - I've got months yet before I have to do anything.. but it's good to keep thinking about it.
Part two of running around starts now. Ciao!
They are feeling the LUV in San Francisco.. Good for them!
This is a huge loss for Gopher Women's basketball.. Lindsay pretty much IS the team.
I'm feeling a little better about the project after yesterday - a lot happens in one day in a project like this. I have front doors now, and a back door will be in place by Monday. Doors are good. Doors are important! The GC said he'd have guys working up there this weekend.. there's a big part of me that wants to go in and check it all out tomorrow. But then I need to remind myself that I'll be there for several weekends in a row starting next week. Gotta keep that work/home life balance.
I have a go-zillion things I must do today, much erranding and haircutting and the like, so I'm off. Have a great day. Ciao!
2/13/2004 4:42 AM
It's official. I'm officially freaked out/wigged out/mental/terrified/paralyzed/petrified about this build-out project. 5 days (counting the weekend) until the moves start. And I just don't see how it's gonna be ready. I'm going in to work now.
2/12/2004 5:31 AM
Whoo hoo! IKEA store opening in the Twin Cities soon!
More IKEA info here. (Is it sad that I'm this excited about a store?)
Sounds like we'll have more Peanuts statues this summer, but maybe not Snoopy and the doghouse. Still cute, though.
People! When will everyone wake up and just get an Apple? Boy... they probably should have come clean on this one a little sooner.
We'll get to see Snoopy and his doghouse around St. Paul this summer. I'm kinda sad that this is ending. I might have to put up all my slideshows of the statues again.
Can you imagine being at your current job - whatever that job may be - for 85 YEARS?!? What a terrific lady. I want to be that spunky when I'm 102.
I was gonna let myself sleep in a little today, and not go in until 8:00. E-mail at work went down for those of us M-Z people at about 3:30 yesterday, and it won't be back up until first thing this morning. I realized that EVERYTHING I do at work involves e-mail in some way, so I can't get a lot done without it. Of course, I woke up - eyes wide open - at 5:30 on the dot. So much for the sleeping in a little. Eh, I'll just move a little slowly while I'm getting ready.
Yeah, That's about all I know. Have a day of it - I know I will. Ciao.
2/10/2004 5:19 AM
How the internet has changed my life: When I wake up my computer and it doesn't immediately connect to the internet, I don't feel mildly annoyed... I go to that place somewhere between pissed-off and panicked! I must get online! How will I blog? What if someone sent me an e-mail? Is Dame waiting to chat with me?
10 years ago - when I first bought my own PC - I never thought it would become part of everyday life. What did I ever do before "Google"? And I vaguely remember reading news that was printed on actual paper. It's a different world.
2/09/2004 5:07 AM
I didn't even leave the house yesterday, but what a productive day. I cleaned out the scary hall closet and 3 kitchen cupboards. I half-watched the All Star game.. chatted with people, tried to do laundry twice but the laundry room was busy.
People who get seven hours of sleep at night live the longest. According to this article, then, I should live about another day and a half.
Something fun to play with: the Cryptographever. (My post from last Thursday contained the message "the book is red" - whatever that means..).
Okay - work just called - I gotta fly. Ciao, Bellas.
2/08/2004 9:53 AM
The weekend so far - Friday night chinese food... yum. You know you are a 'regular' when they now know you by sight AND by name. But it's just so good! Saturday I was mostly just a lazy girl...did a little cleaning, ran to the store. After the insanity of the work week, it's good to just be in my OWN house. The jury's still out on the home & garden show today. If I'm gonna go I have to go soon, because I wanna catch at least part of the hockey game.
Speaking of house - I'm trying to get my brain around the possibility of moving. Still within the neighborhood, but there are a lot more possibilities now. I've been in this place for 10 years - longer than I've lived anywhere. As Mare just said, though, I could look at it as an adventure, getting into a new place. It would motivate me to clean and purge a little bit, anyway. The good thing is that I don't have to decide anything for a couple months.
Finally - this is how my day started. I woke up at 4:30, got out of bed, fed the cats, made coffee. Then I realized that it's Sunday, and I don't have to go to work! I went back to bed until 9:00.
Drop me a note - tell me what you're up to. Ciao.
2/06/2004 5:10 AM
The kid who burned down the church and apologized actually just used the furlough opportunity to buy some pot and smuggle it into jail. Yeah. Show of hands - who thinks this guy will be in and out of of jail for the rest of his life? That's what I think, too.
I've been following hockey this season, but not talking about it as much because my Wild suck this year.. but this weekend is the All Star Game! And while the game is being held about 6 blocks from my house, chele doesn't get to go to the game. Life ain't fair, is it?! It's a great big deal for St. Paul. Thanks, Norm!
Speaking of hockey (and isn't it always fun to speak of hockey?!) here's a guide to player's gear - specifically what goalies wear. Take a look at it and then try to figure out how they're able to skate at all!
And one more hockey story - "Miracle" - the story of the 1980 US Gold Medal Hockey team - opens today.
It's been just a hella week.I've gotta say that this is about as much stress as I've ever been under at work, and there'll be no easing up - at least not thru the end of April, when all the moving is done. Gotta get through just one more day. Then we can go eat chinese food and drink copious amounts of beer. Well, two anyway. Have an adequate day. Ciao.
That's all I've got. Lemme see if I can come up with somethin' else during the day! Have a good one 'til then. Ciao.
2/04/2004 5:10 AM
You see, State Troopers aren't supposed to use their lights and sirens to get someone to a hockey game on time. Whoops! Also - not a good plan to tell and Explorer Scout to lie about it.
They're still searching for the Winter Carnival Medallion. This is when it almost gets lame... you get to the last clue, and they come right out and TELL you where it is. I love reading the clues and guessing, but it's too damn COLD to be out there digging in the snow. Why don't they do this in July? Well, because it's the Winter Carnival, I guess.
When I got home last night, I noticed that my water had been off again during the day, and that's probably why. Yep. This is when it's fun to live in Minnesota. Bursting pipes! Floods! 22 degrees below zero! Feh....
Can you tell that I'm a little sick of winter? I always get this way about this time... and then it's time to go to the Home and Garden Show. Wander around, look at the indoor gardens, see the new little plants.... I know that it's nearly Spring. It's still cold and dark in the morning, but last night at 5pm when I was driving home it was still light. We really are almost through it.
And that's what I know. Ciao, Bellas!
2/03/2004 5:17 AM
Ugh - Ever wake up with one of those headaches? The kind when it feels like your brain wants to crawl right outta your skull? Well, I WISH I felt that good this morning.
Show of hands, please. Who's sick of hearing about this? Yeah, me too.
I didn't realize that TiVo could track your use of the pause/replay button. Yeah, I confess... We did it, too. "Is that what I think it is? Yeah, it is."
What is wrong with these "church people"? They seem like the meanest people in the world.
Did a little online shopping last night, and got one of these, in bubblegum pink, of course. I will have the most stylin' iPod ever.
Now, two cups of coffee and about 30 minutes later, my headache is calming down a little bit. I'm gonna get myself ready for the day. Be productive. Ciao.
2/02/2004 5:17 AM
This is great. It's finally above zero. And it's snowing like a mad-man out there.
It was a great Super Bowl. Well, for the last half, anyway. And football is always better with Dame!
And yes, of course, we saw Janet Jackson - ALL of her. We TiVo'd it back just to make sure.
And I guess there was a streaker too. They barely talked about it on TV. (get it? barely? heh heh).
It's gonna be a bad commute, so I'm leaving early. Drive safely. Ciao
2/01/2004 9:46 AM
Let's talk about chele's day yesterday, shall we?
I had a fairly uneventful morning.. Spent some time online with Dame, helping with iChat set-up. We finished up at about 12:30, and I jumped into the shower. I got out, had just stepped into some sweatpants, when the fire alarm goes off. We have an announcement system - "May I have your attention please. There is an emergency in the building. Please evacuate the building using the stairwells." Well, shit. So I run to the closet, grab the kitty carriers, grab Issy and shove him into one. (you have to picture the 22 pound cat being shoved into anything. it isn't pretty). Grabbed Maddy and threw her into the other one. Put on big furry coat (it was only about 4 degrees out there), grabbed my keys, cell phone, wallet and inhaler and threw them in my coat pocket. The shoes closest to the door were my clogs. BIG mistake. You see, I live on the 18th floor. Have you ever tried to walk down stairs wearing a big coat, carrying 35 pounds' worth of cats wearing clogs?! After a couple of floors, I took the clogs off and shoved them in my pockets, too. We got all the way downstairs and OUTSIDE. brrrrrr. Thankfully, they let us wait in the lobby after just a little while. Turns out that it was a broken water pipe that feeds the sprinkler system. They let us all go back upstairs by 2:00.
And at 3:00 - it happened again. People were fuming. I know a bunch of them didn't even come down... they knew it was a false alarm. But here's the thing - what if it WASN'T? Now they WILL have people who will just sit in their apartments when the alarms sound. The building manager was down there with us the second time around. I felt sorry for the poor guy... It obviously wasn't his fault, but people needed to yell at someone. We got downstairs and they let us turn around and go right back up.
Now, let's talk about how one's calf muscles feel after walking down 36 floors while carrying 35 pounds of cat. Yep. I can barely walk this morning. Those of you who do yoga and complain about being sore ain't got NOTHIN' on me!! :-)
The worst thing about all this is that right now I don't feel safe in my own home... and I hate that. My home IS the most important thing in the world to me. It's where I go to feel safe from the rest of the big, cruel world (now I am the drama queen, Megan!). But you know what I mean, right? And now there's a part of me that can't relax, because I'm waiting for the damn loudspeaker located next to the bathroom door to start WHOOPing and telling me to get out of the building. I know I'll get over it. After all, I've lived here for 10 years and we've only had to evacuate 2 other times.. and both of those were for REAL fires, although they were just in the trash room.
So that was my day. I'm hoping for a calmer one today. And oh - did I mention the freakin' snow?!?
I think I'm just goin' back to bed. Ciao. Be safe, Bellas.
