Vacation, all I ever wanted
Nov. 19th, 2007 01:35 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
quidditchgrrlI could be a very successful trust fund baby, methinks. This week off work has been great - I can't remember the last time I took a not-going-nowhere-just-hanging-out-here-at-home vacation.
It has been, in a word, nice. There was time and relaxation to write (Honeybunch makes me too anxious to allow me to write - he Does Not Approve of teh Smut - and he's here ALL THE DAMN TIME. Seriously, when I say I married a hermit, I wasn't kidding. As I don't have a laptop, I have to plan special to do any writing at all.
Anyway, yeah. The fic is written, beta'd (*smooches* to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
alissomora), corrected, and is ready for submission. I am very happy with what I did, and I hope my recipent is happy, too. Even though I've written different things, this fic was my first on many levels.
The weekend was a little up and down. First off, OSU beat Michigan, which will always start the weekend out right.
I can no longer drink alcohol. I had a post-drinking spell a few weeks back (which sent me to the ER), which I thought was a one-off. Last night some friends and I went out for a bachelorette party. I'm a freaking cheap date so long as the date is short. Alcohol goes straight through me...one drink and I'm drunk, but 45 minutes later I'm stone-sober. We drank, danced, took drunken pics of our boobs (you know, the usual). I was fairly tipsy most of the evening.
I woke up feeling pretty good - no headache, nausea, or hangover symptoms - until I tried to move.
Then, oh my GOD - vertigo. Just like the last time. Couldn't walk, literally staggering against the walls of the staircase with every lurch. My head spun so hard that I threw up several times trying to move from the couch to the kitchen. It is WEIRD to spontaneously hurl when you aren't feeling sick to your stomach! And unpleasant, to say the least.
So, that's that, I guess.
Birthday doings were nice - and THANK YOU to everyone who posted/commented for me today! Mal and Natalie took me out for lunch on Friday, and gave me a Cranium desk calendar and a gift card to Sephora (OMG WOOT). I bought something small - an angled eyeliner brush - but I'm amazed at how much better the brush is versus trying to use a pencil eyeliner. I made a list of things I want, although I have the feeling I'll be filling that list myself. No matter, I'm headed back tomorrow to buy a 9-color cake eyeliner palette and check out some of Too Faced's little compact eye creator kits. They are carrying Clinque and another department store brand now, too, so I might try some of their stuff to see how I like it.
Why yes, I am a Sephora whore, funny you should ask. :-P
Andy and I went out to lunch on Saturday. Funny/sad/pathetic that here in Columbus, on the weekend of the OSU/Michigan game, you can be one of a handful of tables in a popular restaurant during Saturday lunch because the game is on. We were excited; we went to Best Buy and bought a couple of movies (Zodiac and Sixteen Candles). Also, I found this for the PS2. WANT.
Today I spent the day with my family, surrounded by cake and presents - none of which were for me. :-| It was Natalie's birthday party (her birthday is the 21st). My sister made a great Sesame Street cake (100000000x better than store-bought, and she had the exact color of Sesame Street red) and Natalie got tons of toys, including a Dora the Explorer tent.
Why can't I get toys on mah birfday? :-S
My brother was there, too. He seems to be doing better every day. There is still a lot of short-term memory loss, but he swears he's sticking to his diet and not smoking, etc. I really hope he is. He's been back at work for about a month, and so far, so good - I think he can compensate enough to get by until he's in the swing of things again. Luckily, he didn't have any speech or motor damage, so his deficits are not so noticeable. Good progress considering they weren't sure he would ever be able to return to work because of the memory problem.
What else? Going to the in-laws' for Thanksgiving, NOT shopping on Black Friday (whatevs, man), and chillin' in general. Sounds like a plan (that is impossible for me to follow, but it's nice to have goals ;D).
It has been, in a word, nice. There was time and relaxation to write (Honeybunch makes me too anxious to allow me to write - he Does Not Approve of teh Smut - and he's here ALL THE DAMN TIME. Seriously, when I say I married a hermit, I wasn't kidding. As I don't have a laptop, I have to plan special to do any writing at all.
Anyway, yeah. The fic is written, beta'd (*smooches* to
alissomora), corrected, and is ready for submission. I am very happy with what I did, and I hope my recipent is happy, too. Even though I've written different things, this fic was my first on many levels.The weekend was a little up and down. First off, OSU beat Michigan, which will always start the weekend out right.
I can no longer drink alcohol. I had a post-drinking spell a few weeks back (which sent me to the ER), which I thought was a one-off. Last night some friends and I went out for a bachelorette party. I'm a freaking cheap date so long as the date is short. Alcohol goes straight through me...one drink and I'm drunk, but 45 minutes later I'm stone-sober. We drank, danced, took drunken pics of our boobs (you know, the usual). I was fairly tipsy most of the evening.
I woke up feeling pretty good - no headache, nausea, or hangover symptoms - until I tried to move.
Then, oh my GOD - vertigo. Just like the last time. Couldn't walk, literally staggering against the walls of the staircase with every lurch. My head spun so hard that I threw up several times trying to move from the couch to the kitchen. It is WEIRD to spontaneously hurl when you aren't feeling sick to your stomach! And unpleasant, to say the least.
So, that's that, I guess.
Birthday doings were nice - and THANK YOU to everyone who posted/commented for me today! Mal and Natalie took me out for lunch on Friday, and gave me a Cranium desk calendar and a gift card to Sephora (OMG WOOT). I bought something small - an angled eyeliner brush - but I'm amazed at how much better the brush is versus trying to use a pencil eyeliner. I made a list of things I want, although I have the feeling I'll be filling that list myself. No matter, I'm headed back tomorrow to buy a 9-color cake eyeliner palette and check out some of Too Faced's little compact eye creator kits. They are carrying Clinque and another department store brand now, too, so I might try some of their stuff to see how I like it.
Why yes, I am a Sephora whore, funny you should ask. :-P
Andy and I went out to lunch on Saturday. Funny/sad/pathetic that here in Columbus, on the weekend of the OSU/Michigan game, you can be one of a handful of tables in a popular restaurant during Saturday lunch because the game is on. We were excited; we went to Best Buy and bought a couple of movies (Zodiac and Sixteen Candles). Also, I found this for the PS2. WANT.
Today I spent the day with my family, surrounded by cake and presents - none of which were for me. :-| It was Natalie's birthday party (her birthday is the 21st). My sister made a great Sesame Street cake (100000000x better than store-bought, and she had the exact color of Sesame Street red) and Natalie got tons of toys, including a Dora the Explorer tent.
Why can't I get toys on mah birfday? :-S
My brother was there, too. He seems to be doing better every day. There is still a lot of short-term memory loss, but he swears he's sticking to his diet and not smoking, etc. I really hope he is. He's been back at work for about a month, and so far, so good - I think he can compensate enough to get by until he's in the swing of things again. Luckily, he didn't have any speech or motor damage, so his deficits are not so noticeable. Good progress considering they weren't sure he would ever be able to return to work because of the memory problem.
What else? Going to the in-laws' for Thanksgiving, NOT shopping on Black Friday (whatevs, man), and chillin' in general. Sounds like a plan (that is impossible for me to follow, but it's nice to have goals ;D).
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Date: 2007-11-19 09:58 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-19 06:29 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-19 12:05 pm (UTC)Are you seriously NOT going shopping on Friday? (G)
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Date: 2007-11-19 06:32 pm (UTC)I usually work on the day after Thanksgiving, which I don't mind at all. Typically if I do go out, I go out around 4pm and listen to the crickets chirping at the mall - and I get the same exact deals that the folks who get up at 2am do - when people have gone home for the day.
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Date: 2007-11-19 12:26 pm (UTC)Boo for the alcohol thing. That sucks.
he Does Not Approve of teh Smut - and he's here ALL THE DAMN TIME. Seriously, when I say I married a hermit, I wasn't kidding. As I don't have a laptop, I have to plan special to do any writing at all.
Oh, that sounds all too familiar, including the hermit part. Perhaps Honeybunch and Mr A could become hermits together (ignore the oxymoron) so you and I can write whatever we want without annoying them? :P
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Date: 2007-11-19 06:34 pm (UTC)I would so send Honeybunch over to your house if you'd come over to mine! :D
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Date: 2007-11-19 04:55 pm (UTC)Definitely. Ever since I used a similar brush I've never needed a pencil again. Brushes generally create a better result than trying to apply things without them. I recently bought some Clinique brushes and they have made my make-up routine a lot easier. ;)
Thanks so much for the card today! It made me laugh. :D
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Date: 2007-11-19 06:34 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2007-11-19 08:06 pm (UTC)Oh man, I remember going shopping on Black Friday in 05. It was insane.
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Date: 2007-11-20 12:34 am (UTC)I miss Black Friday---it was a tradition with my aunts until I was sucked into the 9-5 world. Don't miss working retail, though. Trying to stay ahead of Waldmort drains your soul.
Hey, which ever Sunday coming up works best for you to start hiking I'm all game for it! Woot! Get in shape to start biking again come spring..
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Date: 2007-11-21 05:53 am (UTC)The next weekend I won't be free until 5:30 (I work), and then in the mid/late afternoon on the Sunday after that.
Just give me a time and place, and I will meet you for walking/hiking. :)
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Date: 2007-11-20 11:43 am (UTC)I'm glad your bro is doing better. Srsly. It's really great. :)