Trip Like I Do

I am so glad that the work week is over and that this is a 3 day weekend! Yea! I can finally catch up on some much needed sleep!

Yea, my 4 hour nap on Monday did throw my sleep schedule off for the rest of the week. Doh. I took naps 3 days in a row this past week and couldn’t get to bed before 3am every day, except last night.

Both my boss and my co-worker were out of the office for 2 days this week. It was glorious. I like my co-worker, but she is so burned out that she has a really negative attitude and it’s kind of hard to deal with sometimes.

I still didn’t get much done though. I am just so swamped I have no idea where to begin. Yes, I should just start 1 task and focus on that and get it done, but when everything is a priority, well, where do you start?

Also, OCD actually came back into the office on Thursday. How bizarre. I really can’t stand her.

However, it is always quite entertaining whenever she does come in.

I also went to a friend’s birthday get together on Thursday at the new Harbor Court Bistro. It was okay. We just stayed over on the bar side and I was a little befuddled by the place. I mean, looking at the menu, the food looks really good. I ordered the crab cakes appetizer because I love crab cakes and it was just okay. It was nice that they used a lot of real crab meat in them, but it was covered in a buerre-blanc sauce. I really couldn’t place the sauce when I tried it. It was almost flavorless. It had just a hint of chive flavor and it really could have used some kick to it, like a little cayenne or something. A friend of mine ordered the calamari and the poke. I didn’t try either of those because I am just not a big fan of calamari and raw fish just grosses me out.

I used to eat sashimi until I was about 8 years old and then one day, I just couldn’t do it anymore. I tried to like it again, but I just couldn’t. Anyways, my friend said that the poke was really good, but the calamari was okay. It came in a really bizarre presentation actually. It came in a cone of paper in a holder, so it was kind of awkward to get out.

It was just a little awkward being there though. I don’t do well in social situations actually. It also didn’t help that I was in the company of several attractive, intelligent and articulate people. It just made me feel like a Frumpy McFrumpersons.

I’ve been in an intellectual vacuum for the last couple of years. I need some mental aerobics. I tried to have an intelligent conversation with someone and my mind was completely blank and frankly, it scared me. I used to be one of the smartest people in the room, and I am not that person anymore.

Maybe it is a sign that I should go back to school or something, but I have no idea what drives me anymore. I have lost focus.

On a more positive note, my annoying neighbors have moved out!!! Hu-thefuck-ray! These people were so annoying. We had to call the cops on them 2 weeks after they moved in because they were having a major fight and the fighting never ended. Ugh. They kept having the same argument over and over again too. I think the fellow finally broke up with the lady, but I also think that they moved into another apartment together too. Weird. They would also blast their TV so loud that we would be able to hear every word from at least 50 feet away. It looks like they are finally gone, but 2 of their 6 cars are still parked on the street. Yea, the couple had 6 cars between them. Why? I have no idea, but parking became a real pain in the ass around here because of them.

It’s late, I am finally transferring files from my old laptop to the new one, but I still have an hour to wait until I can start transferring the files to this computer. Whoopeee!!!!

Doh. I took a 4 hour nap this evening. I was only going to sleep for an hour, but I guess I didn’t hear my alarm. Gosh, I hope this doesn’t screw up my sleep schedule for the week.

Man, it kind of sucks though. I was going to go to Best Buy tonight to pick up a laptop bag that is on sale, but I got up after the store had closed. I also need to get some kind of phone line connector since the main line in my living room is dead since I disconnected some kind ringing enhancement device my Grandma had in the bedroom – that she never used or never worked. Oh well, I shall get those things tomorrow I suppose.

I did stop by the local drugstore hoping to pick up the phone line thingy, but my local Longs Drugstore is undergoing some major renovations. It’s cool though since the place hasn’t been spruced up since the 70’s or 80’s. I don’t know if the renovations are taking place because a Walgreen’s is opening up across the street or because it was finally time for the place to get updated. The store is definitely looking more spacious though. It’s just a pain sometimes since I can’t do my late night shopping runs there right now since they aren’t stocking a lot of the things that they normally do because of all of the stuff they are moving around.

I was hoping to catch up on my work today, but the calls kept coming and coming and unfortunately, I only got to tackle part of one pile on my desk. I didn’t get a chance to look at the schedule tomorrow, but I hope it isn’t bad. I have a ton of stuff I need to complete tomorrow. Oh I hope the phone doesn’t ring as much as it did today.

Can I get a woot woot?

I finished my Olympic Challenge tonight!! Heck Yea!!! What was the Olympic Challenge? My goal was to bike/walk 150 miles and do 150 push-ups during the Olympics. I finished the push-ups a couple of days ago and well, I wasn’t going to, but I was so close, I just had to finish the 150 miles today at the gym. Ooof. I was on that bike for an hour and a half today! It was nuts!

Yea, it might not have seemed like a very lofty challenge to some people, but I am pretty out of shape and well, I wanted to pick a goal that was kind of out there, but still achievable in two and a half weeks.

I knew I could do it and for my reward, I got this.

I really don’t need it since my old laptop is still running fine. But, I have pretty much run out of hard drive space and I am not always in places where I can use one of my external drives. Plus, this puppy has a 17inch, widescreen monitor and 4GB of Ram! Yea! I am sure that there are some peeps out there who are cringing that I got a PC laptop, but as great as Macs seem to be, I can’t afford a Mac. I mean, really, could I have gotten a comparable Mac for less than$700? I don’t think so.

It’s an interesting laptop. It is “bigger” than my old one, but seems to weigh less and it has one of those separate keypads on the side, which I think will come in handy. It also has a built in webcam. Eek! I might actually sign up for Skype now. LOL.

Of course, my big test for this will be World of Warcraft. I haven’t played in a year, but there is a new expansion coming out in a couple of months and if I ever have the time, it should be pretty smooth on this machine. At least I am hoping it is.

Now that I’ve successfully completed this challenge, I kind of want to start a new one, but I haven’t figured one out yet. I haven’t finalized it yet, but I think I will start something this coming week and have it end on Election day. I am trying to figure something out that will incorporate strength training as well as yoga since an almost pure cardio challenge is just going to be too boring. I need some variety dagnamit!

I used to try to set weight goals for myself, but have failed miserably with that since I don’t like to weigh myself. A fitness challenge seems a heck of a lot more interesting to me actually. I think I have lost a little weight since my clothes seem a little looser. Yay!

Anyways, I am pooped. I think I shall watch part of a movie on my new laptop and then go to sleep.

Things were a little better at work today. Not great, but slightly better – mostly because I just kept to myself.

I still wonder if there are going to be any repercussions tomorrow because I am not going to be attending a meeting the boss scheduled at 5pm. Oh well. She knows I get off of work at 4pm, but I am pretty sure she still expects me and my co-worker to attend this meeting that is not supposed to end until 6:30. Of course there would also be the clean up after that, so in reality, we wouldn’t get out of work until almost 7pm. Hmmm, yea, I don’t think so.

Plus, I want to hit the gym tomorrow night so I can get closer to my goal. I did another 20 push ups today! Yay! I was going to crank out the last 50, but I got distracted by Excel. I really suck at spreadsheets and I kept trying to get the formatting right on this one spreadsheet I was working on at home. But, I just couldn’t get it right. Oh well.

I am so very sleepy right now. I think I will bring my laptop in to work tomorrow though. I have yet another meeting to attend – pretty much to show face and I am hoping that I will be able to sit in a corner and get some more work done. Whoo whoo. I am nuts.

I did 20 more girl push-ups today, so that brings my total to 100 done! I just have 50 more to go before this Saturday. Go me!