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Today is a two cup of coffee kind of morning. . . happy Monday!

Last night (well this morning) we finally got home and in bed by about 2am.  We were installing the light fixture DH made in the bar he is opening up. . . . Wednesday is the big day, yay!!!!  By 3:15 or so the crazy, intense thunderstorms started in our area.  I had to go downstairs and try to sleep on the couch because our mutt is petrified of the thunder and will bark like crazy if alone for it, but be fine if he has someone to snuggle with.  I knew DH had a much busier day than me, so I went down to calm him.  I half slept until the alarm went off at 7.  Today is going to be rough, and I already drank both cups of coffee. . . . maybe it'll be a three cup day!

In unrelated, but ironic news. . . . . there is a girl in my office who shares my name who happens to be pregnant.  Everyone has been congratulating me because there are only two of us with this name, and I have a more visible position so more people know of me. I just found out that she is naming her son Leo. . . . which just happens to be my most favorite dark-haired baby boy name of all time.  I feel like i'd have to choose another one if I ever have a dark haired son (let's hope DH's blond genes come through for any future children!!)

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  • It's definitely a two-cup morning for me too, except I don't get coffee this morning. I'm flat broke, and I don't actually like COFFEE, just mochas. (I'm kind of a speshul snowfwake when it comes to coffee...) 

    Moved out of two apartments this weekend. Spent allllll day yesterday loading my dad's truck with FI and my dad, and then cleaning both apartments (luckily mine hadn't been lived in very much, haha), and then unloading all the stuff we'd just loaded earlier that day with my brother, sisters, and dad. I am still pooped even after sleeping like a rock last night, and my arms feel like noodles.
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  • We had crazy storms by me too!  Thursday night we had a storm and our poor dog was going crazy.  So last night the storm would wake me and then I'd stay up listening for poor Melo.  He was actually calm the entire time didn't make a peep.  But now I'm exhausted bc I got such a lousy nights sleep.
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    I need two cups of coffee and a big, fat pastry to deal with this crap. 

    I woke up late & didn't have time to walk the dog, which I normally do every morning. I let her outside to do her business and she did, but instead of coming back to me to go inside she decided to run full-speed across our yard, onto our dock, and into the lake. Just great. 

    After drying her off I realized she had grass hanging out of her butt, so I had to let her outside again, put on some gloves, and pull that out. With it came more feces. Fabulous. 

    I then proceed to get into the shower, where I find a huge spider on my bathroom sink. I had no weapons to use against it, so I threw a tissue over it and tried to hit it with a bottle of calamine lotion (because oh yeah, I have poison ivy all over my legs). The spider fled and I could not find him, resulting in me taking ten hours to get ready because I was being over-cautious. 

    I tried to get dressed which just sucked because I can't shave my legs due to the raging poison ivy on them. All my dress pants are dirty and I don't have any work-appropriate long dresses. Jeans it is. 

    Can we skip the rest of Monday?
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  • I'm about to get my second cup now. Who the hell schedules a phone interview at 9am on a Monday? Forgot about it until about 10 minutes after I was supposed to leave the house, so I had to rush like a mad woman. Think I broke a land speed record on my way in, and now he has prevented me from eating breakfast. I want a bagel SO BAD. /managerproblems

    Had an AWESOMETASTIC weekend though! Dress fitting on Thursday (squeee! still too tight in the bootie though, womp womp. maybe no bagel) and then camped with the famdamily Thursday and Friday nights for our annual family get together. Guys, my family freakin' rocks. They are seriously the best. All ze bebes running around laughing and playing and petting all the puppies, and my sisters and cousins and I drinking all the sangria. Fantastic. Was SUPER bummed I had to miss Saturday night (and the accompanying fajitas and margaritas), but FI and I had his cousin's wedding to attend. LAST WEDDING before ours! It was a Catholic ceremony at a BEAUTIFUL cathedral (Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit, look it up) and get this, NO GAP! Reception was 30 minutes away but whatevs, the booze and hot apps started flowing as soon as we got there. Danced all night and gossiped about FSIL's white dress. So much fun.

    FI crashed his bike yesterday though (road bicycle), and the poor guy is in SO much pain. It's heartbreaking. I don't know how fast he was going, but he has gotten north of 50mph on that thing and he is not the type to ever roll along leisurely. THANK GOD he was wearing his helmet because he went right over the handlebars and landed on his head. Don't think he has a concussion, but his shoulder looks like hamburger. My poor honey. :( I didn't even know/get home to take care of him for hours because I was helping my mom pack up to move and my phone had died. Thank goodness some kind man driving by stopped to help him and make sure he was ok. :( Stupid Michigan pot holes!!! 

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  • Sorry, but I'm still in bed.  I will justify by saying I'm almost west coast though.  Today is the day I start T-25 Beta.  But I think breakfast is first.  I just need to get it over and done with quick so my procrastination doesn't kick in.  

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    @ElcaB you should probably skip straight to wine with a Monday like you've had so far!!!

    When I got to work I heard that a lovely, sweet coworker's 19 year old son was killed early this morning in a motorcycle crash.  My heart is breaking for her.. . . . I can't even imagine how awful that must be!

  • I'm so not excited for my morning commute this morning.  An hour on the train and it looks like my cell didn't charge correctly last night so I can't even have my Pandora playing. :(  I guess I'll have to find my ancient IPod, so I can drown out other people.  Good thing I started a new book last night, so I'll have plenty of awesome reading!  I did get sleep last night though very minimal because of how damn hot it is in my second floor apartment. 


    FI had to be up earlier than me, but he ended up making all kinds of extra noise, so I ended up getting up earlier than I needed to.  It probably didn't help that my cat decided it was time to  play tag with the sunshine on the bed though. so not two cups of coffee but two cups of green tea.

                                               

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  • I am extremely thankful that Mondays tend to be my days off now. I need to run to the post office, check with my name change, check on passport stuff, look for a comforter set for my sister, and some other stuff that I really don't want to do. Whine.

    My condolences to your coworker Kaos, that's terrible.
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  • My boss isn't here today, which means my annoying co-worker has been standing at my desk all morning complaining about everything under the sun. Can I just throw my coffee at her instead? 
  • GREAT!!! *throws hands up in air* Just burned my toungue.

                                               

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  • kaos16kaos16 member
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    So how do we figure out a way to just skip Mondays. . . . Tuesdays always seem so much less stressful!

    I think I am going to go get Subway for lunch. . . . that always puts me in a better mood.

  • I need an IV drip today.  I was up early for boot camp (who am I kidding, I didn't sleep all night because of the crazypants storms anyway), then came home, showered and slept for a few hours.  What I woke up to, was a shit storm.

    There is finally a light at the end of the tunnel to this crazy wedding I am in (Friday, huzzah!).  A million texts plagued my phone AGAIN (never mentioned that in the time I got my e-pics done two weeks ago, I had 180+ texts waiting for me).  Anyway, I digress.  This morning, they were all about making a scrapbook for the bride AFTER the wedding.  As in, everyone hanging out and working on this super fun and exciting project OMG.

    No.  After Friday, I am finished.  The bride is still a close friend, but these BMs are getting the boot.  I feel like I have become this bitter person who hates life, but these women just don't seem normal to me.

    Anyway, happy coffee drinking! 
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  • I'd really like to know how the 5 day work week started. Who decided that we had to work M - F with having just two days off?? This is some bullshit. 
  • Just finished day 1 of Beta!!  Yay me for motivation!!  But I totally forgot I had a dental appointment this morning and missed it.  Oops.  Good thing they could get me in for Wednesday.  Even on vacation, Mondays are out to get me

  • Ugh.  I need all the coffee this morning.

    Went scuba diving yesterday, which was fun, but I'm always SO EXHAUSTED afterwards.  I tried going to bed early, but kept having wedding/job related nightmares and tossing and turning; I ended up going out to the couch to sleep so I didn't keep FI awake.  And my ears haven't popped correctly, so I feel like I'm stuffed with cotton.

    Boss is back from a conference last week, which means it's "OMG-PANIC-GET-ALL-THE-STUFF-DONE" mode.  Dude.  Chill.  Ain't no one gonna die if we don't finish this spreadsheet in the next ten minutes.
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  • Mondays (and usually Tuesdays) are my days off, but I was up earlier than I have been in weeks! FI is getting his car detailed today, so we had to drop it off at 8 at the place which is 30 minutes away. I had an eye appointment at 10:30 and wasn't out until almost 12:30 and my eyes are dilated and the sun is so bright! Wahhhhhh! FI is in his office and working on finishing up two weddings and cursing profusely at his iMac. The projects and files are huge (since he shoots in 1080p and 2K) so we'll probably have to upgrade to a Mac Pro after our wedding. Oh, and I had 2 Trenta iced coffees from Starbucks already.
  • I had the best night sleep last night. First I took a sleeping pill. Second DH got hot and moved down to the sofa where the a/c is located. Third the bulldog followed him. YAY. Whole bed to myself = best night sleep. The bulldog normally sleeps up against me. I hated. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Then I took a sample to the vet. Our rescue is worm free. Another yay. ------------------------------------------------- This afternoon we are suppose to look at a townhouse. Kind-of excited, but I really want to wait until the fall/winter to buy. I will have a bill completely paid off by then, plus our lease ends in March, I would rather not pay a penalty for leaving early. IDK, I guess it doesn't hurt to look.






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  • kaos16kaos16 member
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    As I drink coffee number 3, iced, things are starting to turn around. . . . . I don't know if anyone remembers, but I spoke at a great group for girls a few weeks back. . . .the one started by the mom whose girls were in Girl Scouts with other young girls who couldn't afford uniforms.  She wanted a group where everyone could be included.  I just got a giant envelope full of Thank Yous from the girls.. . . . .. it is the sweetest thing ever, they are such great girls.  I think I will rearrange my weekend work schedule so I can accompany them on a field trip they have scheduled this Saturday.  I'm excited!
  • I'm getting married on Saturday! Friday afternoon my coworkers threw a surprise shower for me! Somehow this past weekend felt like the start of vacation - probably because I'm only in today and tomorrow and my manager is out, so I'm basically just keep an eye on my email and not doing other work. We finished up the escort cards and programs this weekend and I really don't have much at all to do on Wednesday and Thursday except for pack! We had no plans this weekend, which hasn't happened in over a month. So FI and had a nice low key weekend. It was great, and just what we needed the weekend before the wedding.
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