quidditchgrrl

Things that you should not Tweet:

1. The fact that your husband has committed suicide.

That is a hell of a thing to read on your Facebook update list. :'-( I will be heading over to her house soon, once I think of something appropriate to say to her.

Hugs and smooches to the lovely salemdipity, on this (late) day of her birth, whereby the world became a better place.

\:D/

Trying to cram life into 24 hours is exhausting.  Heh.

Trying to walk on rest days = FAIL.  Who knew that I'd actually prefer to run?  Insanity, I tell you.

Bernie is still not 100%, so we will call the vet in the morning.  Poor puppy; I think he had some bad food rather than bad rawhide - Andy said that Bernie was having tummy trouble before we gave him his bone.  So, my fault.  :(

Went to Dayton tonight to see rlanto, generalmanda, ladybug_rjc and ciberw0lf, and to listen to Homeland (a Celtic-type pub band) play at Dub Pub.  V. fun!  Met a vegan, buddhist, meditation-practicing AF engineer, which was interesting.  Forgot to pay my bill for dinner, though *forehead slap* before I went home.

There is nothing so terrifying than driving on I-71 at midnight - the sheer number of drunk drivers - I'd wager at least 60% of the cars on the road were being driven by intoxicated drivers.  I just tried to look alive out there.

I have been a witness to three accidents since Wednesday...I feel like the CPD knows me by name when I call...I think I've given reports on 6 accidents this year alone!  Be careful, people - I'm so attractive that people crash into each other when I'm near!  LOL

( Karen showed me these two pictures, mainly her before and after (but I think I'm about 10# lighter in the second one): )

I went wall climbing with Martie from work earlier Friday.  Note to self:  do not ride your bike to Vertical Adventures again.  Those two miles home will seem like ten when your arms feel like ground beef!  Martie is a really good climber, though, so hopefully she'll be willing to go with me again. She's also not attached to the notion of sticking too closely to the marked routes, so I didn't get yelled at today.  :-P

Actually,several people at work have expressed an interest in it, which is pretty awesome.  Who says library folks are milquetoasts?!  AND, if any of YOU locals are interested...wall climbing is FUN!  You don't have to be in great shape, you don't have to be a skilled climber (or else I wouldn't be able to do it).

You know you wanna! 

Tomorrow, the gym (ugh, won't be getting much sleep), then we're going to see 1408. I love seeing horror flicks in the theatre, and I think this is the scariest thing Stephen King ever wrote.  So we'll see how it translates to the screen.  Then...maybe I can convince Andy to go to the driving range or something.  Or I'll head down to Comfest.  Hm.

Hope you all have a GREAT weekend!!

I have a vacation hangover today. My throat is scratchy and I'm just feeling slightly sick and wrung out. Maybe I should have gone into work (i.e. a "hair of the dog" way to get back on track)?

Yeah, no. I'll probably stop in tonight to drop off pralines. The Tim-Tams are mine, however. MINE, I SAY.

I uploaded lots of pictures to my MySpace. avidbeader, is it okay if I filch some of your pics?

( Overall impressions )

( Tuesday and Wednesday )

I am still in my jammies. I need to shower and work out. I also need to attempt to eat something besides Tim Tams and Diet Coke. Yes.

First off, let me thank all that is holy that February is over...definitely one of the worst months I've ever had.

March has GOT to be better.

I got my car tuned up (and my wallet, too) and now the thing practically refuses to run.  I think they messed up the spark plug wires or jogged something loose around the battery.  The idle is too low as well. 7:30am Monday morning, I will be at the service place with my lovely car and an equally charming smile, since they will be fixing this for free, oh yes they will. 

Friday was the split of the bad and good.  Bad = funeral of someone I knew growing up.  I got to hold her beautiful 5-month-old baby, but I couldn't be sure if I was sad for the baby or hopeful that the universe was unfolding as it should.  Once again I got to talk to many people I don't see all that often, which is often the side effect of funerals and deaths. 

I went out with midnightcircle, madlori and rachet on Friday night to see Zodiac. A++ WOULD SEE AGAIN.  The only thing that I could say against it was sometimes the pacing was a little slow, but oh, the story was well-told and captured the milieu of the time.  Lots of good actors, as well (Anthony Edwards!  Dermot Mulroney!  Jack's dad from LOST!) as natural makeup -I LOVE to see real-looking people on screen.

I busted both of my knees in the parking lot at the theatre.  Luckily I didn't bust my head; I threw my arm up enough to protect my head from my rear-view mirror.  I got the air knocked from me and I slid halfway under the car next to mine, but all I could think about was how appropo it would be for me to have been that third bad thing.  If I'd hit my head as hard as I hit my knee, there would have been scrambled brains, for sure. Not too much pain now, just stiff and annoying knee and elbow pain.

Anyone super-excited about a) 300 or b) The Grind House? Because I am.  This year's couple resolution (well, MY resolution,which Mr. K will just have to bend to) is to see one movie a month in the theatre.  So.  We're up to one, El Oh El.

Speaking of Mr. K, he left me a present in my car today - a bottle of Diet Wild Cherry Pepsi, and a note, which read:

I'm sorry you've had such a shitty week
It's bound to end this awful streak
The thing to remember most of all
Just give the word and I'll kill them all

Yes, my husband, he's such a romantic!  (This is a Simpsons reference, no need to worry.)

Hope you all are having fun weekends!

Happy birthday, chickadilly!!


Hope you had a GREAT day! >:D

Happy birthday, roguebitch!!!

Hope your day has been a great one! :)

*blows dust off journal* Well, hello!

I've been lurking of late, spending some time on MySpace and being busy with things like Holiday cards, baking and shopping.

I got nuthin' to say aside from that.

Oh! Look what some lovely person wrote for me! Observation, a Neville/Ginny fic that is actually HOT. Wow.

Hopefully I'll feel more verbose later. Right now holiday stress, work and family drama leaves me so drained that everything else has kind of fallen by the wayside.

*hugs to you all*

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I don't expect reciprocity, either, so don't worry about it. I'm also not a stalker-type; I can just as easily stalk you via the internets! And really, that's all the energy I'm willing to expend on stalking. The whole showing-up-at-your-door kind of stalking seems like too much effort.

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