Good Luck With That.

For the last 3 nights in a row, I've been super tired.  I don't even know why, really.  Just crazy hey-this-almost-feels-like-8-months-pregnant-but-that-would-be-a-medical-miracle-and-plus-I-think-I-would-have-noticed kind of tired.

So I've been going to bed at 8:30, at which point I get the insane idea that I can probably make it through a 30 minute recorded tv show.

I have started the same 30 Rock three nights in a row, and have yet to see the end.  I thought about watching it this morning, but it sorta takes all the sport out of it, don't ya think?

I'll try it again tonight.  I'm considering it practice for the New Moon midnight showing next week, which yes, I DO already have tickets to the double feature starting at 9pm.



(Stop Laughing!.  I CAN HEAR YOU!)

Random Monday

Just random thoughts moving through my brain today....

***********

Pretty sure I burned out another running partner this morning.  She said she'd run 3 miles with me and I prodded her to do 4.  Looking back on it, she probably didn't really feel like she could say no.

I guess I forgot to explain the runner's code - which is basically that your partner is supposed to challenge you a little, and you are supposed to really say no if you can't or don't have time or whatever.  I think we just did the "challenging" part, without the "it's ok to say no"- part.  (Sorry Catherine)  (But you did great!!)

***********

I'm going in today to work on my ongoing pipe dream (meant with both meanings thankyouverymuch) to try to get/keep my gray hair uh, not gray.  Do you think it would be weird to go blonder in November?  Because, in the summer I don't think it's weird...  but in the winter???

And at what point do you just give it up and gracefully go gray?

***********

I told myself I wasn't going to drink Diet Coke until 10 am every day.  But that was before the time switch, so 10am is really 11 am, right?  So really, if I crack one open at 9am, it's all the same.  Yes, I know this is pathetic.

....it's 10:00 somewhere, right?

***********

I realized yesterday that I may never have to go to the store again.  I now have 3 kids who are officially adults and can buy spray paint, bb's, benadryl, and lottery tickets all on their own.
Not that I buy lots of those things.  But it's just happy to know that I wouldn't have be the one to go.

***********

Too bad they aren't old enough to drive with Mimi.  She's going in to get her driver's permit today.

***********

I have figured out why older women wear darker lipstick.
Uggh.

***********

I saw a radio station giving away Free! Air! Guitars!! I think I've found the perfect Christmas gift.  I just have no idea how I'd wrap it.

***********

 

Remember when you got your first blog comments??  My friend Nat  - who has recently emerged from life as a technophobe (and I mean that in the most loving way!!) - has decided to start a blog to document One Thing that was wonderful, or happy, or worth remembering every day.  If you have time, head over and welcome her to blogland, tell her YOUR One Thing for today.

***********

And if you have any thoughts on Christmas gifts for teenagers, besides the air guitars I mean,  let me know.  I'm completely stumped this year, and it's driving me nuts!  This was going to be The Year.  And you know exactly what I mean.

***********

Did you ever used to watch Grammar Rock and wonder what exactly Geraldine was so insulted by?  Because it always looked to me like Geraldo was really working hard to show affection appropriately.

I don't know if I learned more about Interjections or Interpersonal Relationships while watching Grammar Rock.  I think it's safe to say I learned a lot about both.

***********

Yeah.  I know.  Random doesn't even begin to describe it.

I Guess I Found My True Comfort Food

Yeah, I bought this shirt. (from Tamn)




It was like a little trophy for me.

I wore it 2 (TWO) times.




dangit.

Things I Wish Somebody Had Told Me

Probably everyone looks back at things in their past and wonders what the heck they were thinking!? I’m not talking about leg warmers or Madonna net skirts, either. Well, yes I am. What were we thinking? Anyway, here are five things I wish someone had mentioned to me earlier.

1. Leg warmers and Madonna net skirts are stupid.
2. You should have a plan for your elbows. I mean, I always knew that my elbows were kinda rough, but I never really had a plan, you know? But then my friend Q taught me a new trick. For the last year or so I’ve put lotion on my elbows every time I put it on my face. Who would have guessed what a difference that would make?
3. Never buy disposable socks. And by disposable, what I mean is, any socks that don’t exactly match all the other socks. If I could have all the money back from pairs of socks that have only ever been worn once in this house, Maybe I’d have had enough money to hire a financial adviser to tell me to take my retirement fund out of the stock market before last month and we could have actually retired someday. See? Cute socks are evil, and have brought down the economy. Anyway, once I learned that I could buy white or black socks 3 pkgs at a time I never looked back. That’s 24 pairs of socks that all match exactly for about $15. And the best part is because they all match each other, I don’t even match socks anymore. I just throw them into the sock basket and let everyone grab them as needed. This theory works best when all the kids in the house wear the same size socks, but even when they didn’t, I was still better off buying all matching socks in each size.
4. You are 5 times thinner than you think you are. All my life I’ve thought of myself as having weight issues. Now I look back at pictures and wonder WHAT I was thinking! Come on - you do the same thing, right? If I could talk to myself 10 years ago, it would be a serious pep talk about this… which kinda leads me to wonder if future me would tell present me the same thing right now.
5. There is no such thing as too much sunscreen. My short stint as a Mary Kay lady taught me a surprising amount about skincare, and I saw too many women who didn’t wear sunscreen and what those years of UV rays will do. I wear it every day on my face and hands... And elbows.