I've been to the gym three days in a row, and this morning's workout was even better than yesterday's. I did a tad over 30 minutes/2.75 miles and didn't even notice the first 1.5 miles thanks to the workout mix I made. It's still a work in progress, but at least now I have something to listen to while I run in my hamster wheel.
February 2007 Archives
Dear XM,
I am concerned about some of the song selections on your channels this week, specifically Squizz and the Bone Yard. While I love BuckCherry, neither they nor "Crazy Bitch" belong on the Bone Yard at this point. I'll be okay with it in 10+ years or so, but I think playing them now is a bit premature, to say the least. Also, Nickelback is no longer Squizz material. If the song had been one of their earlier efforts, say, "Not Leavin' Yet," perhaps, I wouldn't have had an issue, but I have yet to hear a song from their new album that is Squizz-worthy. I am hoping that these two instances are just blips, that the Squizz and the Bone Yard will soon be back to normal.
Sincerely,
Kate
PS: Was it necessary to have K-Fed do a commercial for the top 20 channel? I mean, really.
Maybe it's the endorphins, but I'm having a great morning. Even my still-persistent headache isn't putting a damper on things. I heard "I'll Be" on the way in this morning, from the very first sax note. I love that song. I've loved it since the first time I heard it (spring of '99, in the car on the way to the beach for a weekend away with my mom, sister, a family friend, and her daughter), and it's one of the rare songs that I haven't gotten burned out on, no matter how frequently I heard it on the radio. Good Charlotte's "Girls and Boys" was also on this morning's XM soundtrack, and I love that one too. I didn't hear all of it, but I came in before my favorite part, so I was still happy. If I could just keep my sock from slipping off my heel, my morning would be perfect.
The gym opened while I was on my deathbed last week, so Mike and I went after work yesterday, and I was miserable for the entire 21 minutes I was on the elliptical trainer. Three years ago I was working out in the evenings after work, and I was fine with it. Now a mid-afternoon workout kicks my ass. I think it's because I'm getting up earlier now and I'm more tired in the afternoons than I used to be. Whatever the reason, I'm much better off working out in the mornings. If yesterday is any indicator, working out in the afternoon leaves me grouchy and snarly, whereas working out in the mornings leaves me energized. With that in mind, I went to the gym before I left for work this morning, and it felt great. I did 2.25 miles on the treadmill, put air in my tire at the gas station across the street, and went home to eat breakfast and shower. The puppies were confused by the change in our former routine, but I think they'll get used to it soon. The new gym is awesome, by the way. They're still putting a lot of the equipment together, but when it's all in place, it's going to be great.
Even though Mike and I have been talking about getting a new comforter since the end of last year, I've put off getting the duvet cover because it's expensive, and we don't have a comforter to put in it yet, and so on, but the store that carries it online is having a sale on all the Nautica linens today. Procrastinating saved my ass 15%. Ha! Now I just have to find a good comforter to put the cover on.
I did not, in fact, succumb to the Peruvian Death Flu, and am back at work after being out all last week. It took me three tries to remember my login password, and I'm lucky I got it right the third time otherwise I would be spending a good part of the morning on the phone with our help desk begging them to reset the damn thing already.
But! Since I am still alive, I have realized that the world is still moving on, with or without me, and my sister's birthday is in three days. And I have not bought any part of her present yet. This is Not Good, particularly since a key part of her present needs to be bought online. The earth is doomed. Thankfully I have a backup plan to get me through till the real present gets in, but that means a previously unscheduled stop at Bed, Bath, and Beyond sometime before Thursday. Normally I have things stockpiled for months, or at least weeks, before the actual day, and the problem is usually that I can't find where I've so cleverly hidden the presents, not that I don't have them at all. In light of my abnormally late start on my sister's birthday present, I've started shopping for Mike's birthday an entire month early. That should give me plenty of time to burn down the barn. Hee.
Still dying, still thirsty and hungry. I'd planned on going in to work today but that got taken off the table around 3 this morning when I woke up with just enough time to get to the bathroom. I was able to get in to see the doctor this morning, and he confirmed that yes, it is a virus, and yes, it is indeed evil. The only thing he could do for me at this point was give me a list of things that shouldn't (ha!) upset my stomach and a prescription for a new anti-nausea/vomiting medicine. I took one of those pills over an hour ago, and while I don't feel all shiny and good as new, I haven't thrown it up yet either, so I'm taking that as a good sign. My backup plan is that all my prayers for death will finally be answered, because this shit sucks.
I am dying. Slowly, from lack of any kind of fluids in my body. Any attempt I make to rehydrate myself is violently rejected. I am also miserable. And whiny, because I do not suffer quietly.
The gym did not, in fact, open on Monday because they did not pass an inspection of some sort. To say that I am disappointed is a gross understatement, even though it's not like I'd be in there working out right now if it were open. Fucking death flu.
A tri-level house is quite a liability when you can barely get yourself from the bed to the bathroom and back, even more so when your bedroom is on the uppermost level, your doors to the outside world are on the first, and you have puppies that need to go out, sometimes more than once a day. I am not at my best when crawling up and down the stairs.
Mike's sick too, and he had a must-attend meeting at work today, poor guy. He made a special stop on his way home to bring me Gatorade, and is therefore more my hero than ever before.
I haven't felt this bad since my trip to the ER last year. I've actually found myself longing for an IV far more than I'm happy about over the past few days. Ugh.
I'm still counting down to the opening of the gym tomorrow, still trying to get used to not having my nipple rings in (I can't get the ball back in the hoop to close the loop so I've been putting the hoops in during the day and taking them out at night), still not thrilled about the cold weather/ice/snow we've got, and my head still hurts. In the plus column I finally got to the library and paid my fine, I have some new books to read, I found some new workout pants, and tomorrow is a holiday.
My doctor's office called yesterday to give me the results of my MRI. My brain is fine, my sinuses are clear, and I need to see a neurologist if the headache continues, which it is. While I'm glad they didn't find anything like a tumor, I'm a little disappointed that there isn't an obvious fix to this, something with a long unpronounceable name that will be cured with a one-week course of antibiotics and green tea. It has been suggested that perhaps stress is the cause of the headache, and if that's the case, it'll be a bit more tricky to treat than my mystery green tea disease. It might even require phone calls to a few people informing them that they'll need to stop with the x, y, and z immediately, please, because it is causing me stress and giving me headaches, and, possibly, making Father Christmas weep. Ha. This is one more reason I am excited about the new gym opening on Monday.
I did not, in fact, get to keep my belly button ring in for the MRI. This is the first time in five years that I've had all my piercings out at the same time, and it feels weird. I've taken my eyebrow ring out a couple of times before, and I don't really notice that unless I'm rubbing my eye or something and remember it's gone. Same with the belly button ring. It's the nipple rings that are taking the most adjustment. Maybe it's because they're the most recent piercing (I got them done two and a half years ago, the eyebrow ring three and a half years ago, and I've had the belly button ring forever. Or 6 years. Close enough.), maybe it's because they're in a more sensitive area, I don't know.
The MRI was not nearly as nerve-wracking as I thought it would be, but it is much harder to keep your eyes still than I would have imagined. The only hitch was when I was changing into the gown they gave me and couldn't figure out if it was supposed to tie in the front or the back. I settled for the back, and since no one stopped me and told me to go back and switch it around, I can only assume that I chose wisely. Luckily I was not wearing a thong. The MRI room was chilly, but they gave me a blanket so I was pretty comfortable for the 45 minutes it took to do the actual MRI. Well, I was comfortable until my ear started itching, at which point I started wondering if it was because a bug was crawling into it, then my imagination went into overdrive trying to figure out what kind of bug it could be and exactly how would one have a bug removed from their ear.
Last night when I checked the status for my building, it was scheduled to open late at 10, and when I checked it again before I left for my appointment that had been changed to noon. With that in mind I went straight to work after my MRI, only to find out that they'd closed the building for the day. I like snow days a lot better if I know about them BEFORE I get to work.
Thanks to the weather I got to leave early today and I don't have to go in tomorrow until 9, although I'm not going to be there long because I have to leave at 10 for an MRI. I'm a little nervous about the MRI. My only other MRI experience was when I was in the ER last year (I can't believe I didn't write about that here), and I had just been introduced to morphine at the time, so I'm not terribly clear about the whole procedure. I do remember that I got to keep my eyebrow ring and nipple rings in for that one, but I had to take the belly button ring out because they were checking to see what was going on with my stomach. Since tomorrow's MRI is for my never-ending headache, the nipple rings and eyebrow ring have to come out, but the belly button ring can stay in. Too bad that's the easiest to take out and put back in. Although, I don't know that for a fact; I haven't taken the nipple rings out since I first got them pierced. I'll find out tomorrow, I suppose.
Edit: As it turns out, I had a cat scan in the hospital, not an MRI, so now I'm even more nervous about tomorrow.
This week is crazymadbusy at work, so I was not thrilled when I heard yesterday that we were supposed to get snow/ice beginning last night and through tomorrow. And yet I was disappointed when Mike woke me up this morning to tell me there was no snow, not even a teensy dusting. There's too much stuff going on at work for me to take a day off this week and not feel guilty about it, but if they close the whole building down then it's a guilt-free holiday for me. I've put in a request for a foot of snow, just at my building, but it doesn't appear to be working yet.
In other news, the gym is now scheduled to open next Monday, which is not the 8th or the 10th like I was told when we signed up, but it is also much better than the nebulous "whenever someone from the city comes out to inspect the building" I was told when I called on Friday to see if the gym was still opening on the 10th. I can't wait to finally start working out regularly again.
Episode 1 - Rudolf Martin: Buffy! (Dracula in Buffy vs. Dracula)
Episode 1 - Nichole Hiltz: Buffy! (Diana in Seeing Red)
Episode 3 - Stephen Root: Office Space, Dodgeball
Episode 3 - M.C. Gainey: The Haunting, The Mighty Ducks
Episode 4 - Chris Mulkey: a guest spot on Season 1 of "CSI: Miami"
Episode 4 - Carlos Jacott: Buffy! (he played Ken in Anne)
Episode 5 - Patrick Fischler: The Black Dahlia
Episode 6 - Henry Czerny: Mission Impossible
Episode 7 - Lochlyn Munro: Freddy vs. Jason, Scary Movie, Dead Man on Campus
Episode 10 - Brian Austin Green: 90210
Episode 11 - Sarah Rafferty: a guest spot on Season 1 of "CSI: Miami"
Episode 12 - Josh Stamberg: a guest spot on Season 1 of "CSI: Miami"
Episode 14 - Jamie Brown: a guest spot on Season 1 of "CSI: Miami"
Episode 14 - Michael Landes: "Lois & Clark: the New Adventures of Superman" (he was the first Jimmy Olsen, before Justin Whalin took over)
Episode 15 - Kim Coates: Silent Hill
Episode 15 - D.B. Sweeney: The Cutting Edge
Episode 15 - Nicholas Lea: "The X-Files" (Alex Krycek)
Episode 16 - Rocco Sisto: "The Sopranos"
Episode 16 - Keram Malicki-Sanchez: Buffy! (He was Freddy in Earshot)
Episode 17 - Gina Torres: Angel, "Firefly" and Serenity, "Xena: Warrior Princess," "Hercules: the Legendary Journeys"
Episode 19 - K Callan: "Lois & Clark: the New Adventures of Superman" (Clark's mom)
Episode 20 - Dash Mihok: Romeo + Juliet, "Felicity"
Episode 20 - Steven Culp: "Desperate Housewives" (another Mike pull)
Episode 21 - Will Rothhaar: Buffy! (James from Lie to Me)
Episode 22 - Eddie Kaye Thomas: American Pie/American Pie 2/American Wedding
Episode 23 - George Newburn: Adventures in Babysitting
Episode 1 - Cliff De Young: a guest spot on "The Magnificent Seven"
Episode 2 - Chad Michael Murray: "One Tree Hill"
Episode 3 - Chris Payne Gilbert: a guest spot on "Gilmore Girls"
Episode 3 - Mary-Margaret Humes: Dawson's mom on "Dawson's Creek"
Episode 4 - Kaarina Aufranc: Buffy! (Nancy from Beneath You)
Episode 5 - Jennifer Sky: Buffy! (Heidi from The Pack)
Episode 5 - Jack McGee: Buffy! (Doug from Becoming: Part 1); also had a guest spot on "The Magnificent Seven"
Episode 6 - Michael Chieffo - "Roswell"
Episode 6 - Beth Grant: a guest spot on "Two Guys, a Girl, and a Pizza Place"
Episode 6 - David Lee Smith: a guest spot on "Pacific Blue"
Episode 6 - Wade Williams: Buffy! (General Gregor from Spiral)
Episode 6 - Phe Caplan: Old School
Episode 7 - Ryan Cutrona: Kuffs! (the florist)
Episode 8 - Sam Hennings: a guest spot on "The Magnificent Seven"
Episode 8 - William Mapother: The Grudge
Episode 9 - James MacDonald: Buffy! (Detective Stein in Ted, Becoming: Part One, and Consequences); also a guest spot on "The Magnificent Seven"
Episode 9 - Gina Phillips: Jeepers Creepers
Episode 10 - Michael Trucco: "One Tree Hill"
Episode 11 - Chad Lindberg: Buffy! (Dave from I Robot, You Jane)
Episode 11 - Perrey Reeves: Old School
Episode 12 - Joe Ochman: Buffy! (the janitor in Blood Ties)
Episode 12 - Michael O'Keefe: Caddyshack
Epsiode 12 - Joey Slotnick: Hollow Man
Episode 13 - Kevin Chapman: Blow
Episode 13 - Keith David: Where the Heart Is
Episode 14 - Rick Worthy: Nathan from "The Magnificent Seven"
Episode 14 - Jeff Kober: Buffy (Zackary Kralik/Rack in Helpless, Wrecked, Villains, Two To Go ); a guest spot on "The Magnificent Seven"
Episode 14 - Devon Gummersall: "My So-Called Life" and "Roswell"
Episode 14 - Leslie Grossman: "Popular"
Episode 15 - Elizabeth Berkley: "Saved by the Bell"
Episode 16 - Tracy Middendorf: "Angel" (she was in the first ep, which is one of the few I saw) and Wes Craven's New Nightmare
Episode 17 - Christopher Gorham: Buffy! (James in I Only Have Eyes For You)
Episode 17 - Jonathan Tucker: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (remake)
Episode 17 - Jeremy Roberts: Buffy! (Kakistos in Faith, Hope, and Trick); also had a guest spot on "CSI: Miami" (Season One)
Episode 18 - Garret Dillahunt: a recurring role on "Deadwood"
Episode 18 - Sarah Lancaster: a guest spot on "Pacific Blue" and "Saved by the Bell: The New Class"
Episode 19 - Charlie Hofheimer: The Village
Episode 20 - Gilbert Gottfired
Episode 21 - Patrick Fabian: "Saved by the Bell: The College Years"
Episode 21 - Susan Walters: "The Big Easy"
Episode 21 - Lisa Wilhoit: "My So-Called Life"
Episode 21 - Arielle Kebbel: "Gilmore Girls"
Episode 21 - Lee Garlington: Buffy! (Jessica Harris in Hell's Bells)
I've seen two episodes of CSI: Miami, and I don't hate it like I thought I was going to, but it also hasn't grabbed me like CSI: Las Vegas did. I expected to gnash my teeth every time David Caruso was on the screen, but the only time he got on my nerves was in the beginning of the second ep when he tried to pull off a Gil line. Miami seems more flashy than Las Vegas, which is fine as long as they stick with that and don't try to duplicate Las Vegas. Unless, of course, they're cloning Warrick, in which case I am all for it.
marry: CSI: Las Vegas, sparkling grape juice (the purple kind), my cupcake candle, bunny ears! for ferrets!, cute doxie pics
fuck: plus 44 (I know, I know - late to the game AGAIN), Archer Farms pizza, honey-wheat pretzels dipped in raspberry jam
kill: headaches that linger for over three weeks, late days at work, cold toes
I had to stop at Target on my way home last night, so while I was there I picked up some Archer Farms sparkling grape juice. I really like Archer Farms' pizza, and the other products I've tried from them have been good, but the sparkling grape juice? Was awful.
Mike and I have had a lot of stuff going on since the first of the year, but at the end of it all, we're right back where we started. Except that's not entirely true. We're at the exact same place, but now there's a different outlook and different emotions, most of which I think we'd be better off without. The past several weeks have been a crash course in selfishness, imaturity, and greed, among other things, and trying to sort through and processing all the changes, emotions, and fallout is draining. I hate watching someone I love get hurt, knowing that there's nothing I can do to change the situation and make the hurt go away.
The library has the first three seasons of One Tree Hill on dvd. Since I didn't even realize OTH was on its fourth season, I have some serious catching up to do. The library ALSO has seasons 1-6 of CSI: Las Vegas. <3
My nose is red. Not just a little pink, no sir, it is bright, bright red. And this bothers me for many reasons, but most of all because there is no reason for it to be red. Just because my hair is red doesn't mean it's a flattering color for my nose.
