Archive for March, 2009
This is why I haven’t posted in 2 1/2 weeks.
Mar 26th
The Bloggess is pretty much my hero. I’m pretty sure I’m afflicted with the disease as well.
I apologize for the lack of posting. My computer was on the fritz for a while, and my computer chair was buried under a stack of quilts. Last weekend, though, we did a semi-spring cleaning (that’s where you get most of it done but the leftovers sit in your hallway and living room for a week afterward not getting cleaned up). We moved my desk out to the living room, and put the quilts in the closet where they belong. Now I actually use my computer a little! It’s crazy. Of course Ryan thinks that me looking at facebook for 10 minutes is his chance to run off and start playing a computer game that will take at least an hour. Meh. At least I can watch House Hunters and Gossip Girl while he’s doing that. Although I should be finishing up that leftover cleaning. Maybe tomorrow.
It’s Sam’s birthday party this weekend, so there are a ton of friends coming to town, and I am SO EXCITED. Also, we might end up the night at a bar that’s only a couple blocks from our apartment, which is pretty much the best thing ever, because neither of us has to drive! We’ve already stumbled home drunk from that bar once, and considering we don’t drink (a lot) that often and we haven’t even lived here a year that’s the college equivalent of doing it once a week.
Do you guys get super-nostalgic for college? Because that happens to me A LOT. I LOVED college. I loved hanging out with friends, having free time in the middle of the day, working on homework that was challenging sometimes and a total bore others, all of it. I miss all of the friends we have that used to live in Duluth with us that we now only see a few times a year (if that). I even miss having almost all of our weekends taken up with playing in pep band. And I’ve been out of college for 6 years almost. Sometimes I wish I had stretched out college to 5 years instead of graduating in 4. But, as was pointed out to me recently while talking about that, my scholarships would have expired and I would have a LOT more student loan debt. Plus, I wouldn’t have moved to Delaware for a year, and that was one of the best things I ever did. Seriously – Delaware is pretty much awesome.
Well, it’s about time for bed. That’s all I’ve got.
Seriously, did you just say that?
Mar 5th
Ryan and I were catching up on our Jeopardy episodes tonight, and the final Jeopardy question was asking what country that the US does NOT have diplomatic relations with is the furthest North. My guess was North Korea, and Ryan mentioned Cuba. I asked him if we have diplomatic relations with North Korea, thinking that would be the only way he wouldn’t pick that answer. And this is what he said (there is some paraphrasing, as this was at least an hour ago and I can’t remember anything):
Ryan: I think Cuba might be further north than North Korea.
Me: *stunned silence* “Are you serious?? North Korea is next to Russia. Near Alaska. Remember?
There was then some discussion of how he didn’t remember exactly where North Korea was in relation to the equator. After I mentioned that it was north of Japan (which I think is probably also north of Cuba) he seemed to realize what he was saying.
Obviously geographic spatial memory is not at the top of his list of skills. Good thing he’s smart in other ways and I love him anyway. But seriously. I won’t be forgetting that any time soon. It will be good to bring up the next time I say something dumb. Which will probably happen tomorrow. Or tonight. I haven’t fallen asleep yet, so there’s still time.
Screwup
Mar 3rd
I screwed something up at work. I guess technically the insurance company screwed something up, but I should have caught it before I did, and I didn’t. And that’s on me. And I feel like crap about it.
This is the first job I’ve ever had where I couldn’t do it all myself. It’s been a learning experience, figuring out what and how much I need to delegate in order to get the other stuff done, and it’s still a work in progress. Most of the time I get everything done, but sometimes something gets missed. Like this. And I feel horrible. And my boss is going to lecture me. I know he will and I understand why, but it still makes me upset, because I KNOW I screwed up. Him telling me it again isn’t going to make me know it any more. It’ll just make me cry. I hate crying at work.
That’s all I had to say. Please tell me that some of you screw up at work sometimes? I’m not the only one, am I?
Questions:
Mar 2nd
In bullet form, because I’m feeling bullet-y:
- Why are meeting rooms always so cold? It is commonly known that if you are going to attend a continuing ed class (I have to attend classes to keep my insurance license) you should wear layers, because it will be freezing. This is not just in Duluth. And it’s not just insurance classes. Is it some sort of public speaker conspiracy or something?
- Why do people not participate in class-like discussions? Every time I go to continuing education, the speaker tries to get the class involved by asking questions. Yes, most of them are easy, and no one wants to shout out an answer that they think is easy only to find out that they are wrong, but does no one else feel sorry for the speaker? I’m totally the obnoxious person in your class that ACTUALLY ANSWERS THE QUESTIONS. And I don’t feel bad about it at all. In fact, last time I did it, they gave me chocolate for participating. Also they told me I was “on fire” because I could answer like 3 questions. That everyone else in the room knew the answer to, but didn’t say because they are too cool for school or something. I am not exceptionally smart. I am, however, becoming convinced that this is the reason I always did well in school. EVERYONE likes it when you make their job easier. And audience participation (at least if it’s respectful) makes a public speaker’s job much easier.
- Why am I always hungry and bored at about 3 o’clock? It’s getting so that it’s kind of late in the day to go get a snack. I mean, once the time hits 4 it flies by, so there’s really only an hour to go. Obviously I should bring a snack to work with me. But do you think that I ever actually do that? Nope.
- What the heck is so awesome about facebook that is giving me withdrawal pangs? I gave up facebook during work for lent. Which sounds weird, but it was getting to the point that I would check it about 10 times a day. And even if it’s just for a couple seconds, that is too much. So I’m not logging in during work at all. Not even on lunch, because that would be a slippery slope.
- Why don’t they make healthy food that tastes like raw chocolate chip cookie dough. And carrot cake with homemade cream cheese frosting? I would be the healthiest person EVER if that was the case. And yes, judgers, I’m still going to the gym, and I’m mostly eating healthy. I just kind of slip and fall sometimes. Or totally wipe out…whatever.
