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Is this week over yet?! I’m glad tomorrow is Wednesday and all, but it needs to be Friday. There is a bottle of alcohol with my name on it. (I haven’t yet decided whether that bottle is whiskey or vodka.)

My goal tonight is to get my ass in bed early, but I really wanted to stop in here and say hi. I feel kind of bad that I’ve been paying more attention to Freaking Bookworm lately. (More on that soon! My dreams are coming true!) If you’ll excuse my laziness, here is an update… in bullets!

  • I had allergy testing done yesterday. It turns out that the crazy, all-over itching probably has more to do with my cat than the Mystery Autoimmune Disease. I am allergic to everything – including my cat — except dogs. It fucking figures that I’m a cat person and am allergic to cats, and am not a dog person but don’t have a problem with them. I actually had no idea that I was allergic to my baby. The proof is in the weal that is still on my arm. The biggest weals are ragweed and birch tree, though.
  • I attempted Jillian Michaels’s 30 Day Shred: Level 1 last night with Sandy, and discovered that it is definitely not for people with joint pain. It’s too fast paced, too intense, and today I am paying the price in all of my muscles and joints. I’m gonna stick to crunches from here on out, and try to go for a walk every day. I’ve been staying away from garbage snacks, though. Apple cinnamon rice cakes are my crack.
  • I’m kind of afraid that I can’t hold a full-time job. My symptoms are affecting me more than I thought they would when I signed my contract. The Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome, fatigue, and pain are kicking my ass. Right now I struggle to get through those eight hours, and by the time I get home I’m exhausted. I’ve been putting whatever energy I have left into Freaking Bookworm, and then collapsing into bed. I can absolutely not afford to go to bed at midnight and get up at six in the morning anymore. Today I came home, slathered myself in Icy Hot, popped a Tramadol, and lay in bed reading The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo for hours.
  • Sandy is organizing a team for a kidney walk in honor of her little guy, Konner. The name is Team Konner. If you can, please donate to Team Konner. If we are Facebook friends, you can contribute to my fundraising goal, but either way, the donations go to the Kidney Foundation for research. I thank you in advance.

That’s really it, for now. I do have news on the other thing, but basically it’s just a surgery date; we don’t know anything new in terms of how bad it is. I’m still waiting until I know for sure that all of my family members are up to date before I go talking about it on the internet. Thank you all for your understanding and support.

I hope you are all well. I tried to play catchup on Twitter today. I miss you all!

PS: Go check out my Freaking Book Club! We just finished Nana volume 1, and are now reading The Almost Moon by Alice Sebold. It’s free and it’s fun! (At least, I’m having fun!)

The "whatever" way of life

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When I turned on my laptop, I promised myself I wouldn’t check my email or do any blogging. But I couldn’t ignore the siren call, so here I am.

And I promise I will write a REAL update soon. For now, you get bullets!

  • Life sucks. I know this. I’ve embraced it. Whatever!
  • I have officially given up on sleep. I stopped responding to caffeine about three weeks ago. Whatever.
  • Yesterday I ran a booth and mingled with my city’s business people. You may have seen me twittering about it. I’ll probably add links here later, if not… whatever! :P
  • Today I attended my community college’s Writers’ Conference. I won 2nd place for this year’s prose contest and read my 1st place winning piece from last year’s contest. I’ll probably post both pieces here later. If not… (Psst: You’re supposed to say it with me!)
  • I bought Sims 2 for the PC because I am addicted and have no life aside from web design. I need this. Trust me.
  • I got my hair cut, and have lots of pictures. I’m just too lazy to upload them. Tomorrow, perhaps.

I will probably not write said real post tomorrow. We’ll see what happens, I guess. The important thing here, people, is that I am alive. Sort of. Blargh. See how my eyeballs pop out and roll away? I have achieved zombiehood!

Someone like me

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You know, as I was straightening my hair earlier, I had a whole blog post composed in my head. Thanks to Tramadol, I have no clue what it was (and can’t type, either).

I have been having pain in my left hand/wrist and my ankles all day today, so I figured I’d take Tramadol so I might actually get some sleep. The pills are 50mg, so I cut one in half and it still completely wrecked me. I should not have been using a flat iron or hair drier. Hell, I shouldn’t even be using my laptop! I can’t not take this stuff — I do need to get some relief now and then — but no matter what I do it completely messes me up. Oh well.

So, what has been going on with me?

  • I have decided to leave my second day job, mainly because I have entirely too much on my plate right now. Fortunately, they still want me to do occasional freelance work for them.
  • I’ve had several nervous breakdowns in the last couple of weeks and am trying to find a therapist. I am one of the most stubborn people you will ever meet, and I never admit when I need help. I’ve realized that I am a lot worse off than I was letting myself — and everyone else — believe. I’m not too thrilled about admitting any of this, but I hope that it helps someone else out there. Maybe it will help someone realize that they need help, too.
  • I treated myself to a pedicure this weekend. My mom and I went to the nail salon after I got out of work on Friday. Mom got a manicure and her eyebrows waxed. I totally meant to take pictures of my awesome feet — there’s something about a pedicure that actually makes my feet look cute — but I’m a slave to the Tramadol right now and probably shouldn’t be allowed to operate a camera. Just know that my toenails are ORANGE and they are smexxy! (Yes, I just said “smexxy,” which is a leftover of my old LiveJournal days.)
  • I also treated myself to the new Blue October and Kings of Leon albums. For the record, if I hear one more person mistakenly call them “The Kings of Leon” — yes, I mean you, Mr. Radio Host Guy — I’m going to curse at my stereo, worse than EVER. (Yes, that’s all I’ve got. Sigh.)
  • I really, really want elizabethbarone.com, but some real estate agency has it for some unknown, unfair reason. This is just a random fact and probably has no significance whatsoever, except that it further proves how much of a nerd and no-life I am. Since elizabethbarone.com doesn’t expire until 2012, I was trying to come up with another domain name. So far I’ve got: elizawhat.com, elizabethkaylene.com, and elizabethkaylenebarone.com, all of which are available. I basically wanted elizabethbarone.com for a portfolio website, and of course for branding purposes, and the other ones just don’t pack the same punch. This is my sad face.
  • I spent today — Easter, as some might call it — sitting on my ass playing video games. For the first half of the day, however, I had no idea what to do with myself. This is what happens when a workaholic tries to take the day off.

Blah. I really wanted to write a better update.

Quickie!

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My life is so boring right now:

  • I start at SCSU on Monday. I’m just now getting anxious about it. I still have to go get my books and a backpack (so I don’t have to carry anything). I’m a little nervous about driving back and forth there by myself. It’s all so unfamiliar and weird. I know I’m being silly and will get used to everything really quickly. I usually thrive on big changes like this. So.
  • I just updated and submitted my resume. I’m hoping to get a full-time web design job with one of the big web design firms in my area so that I can get my own place.
  • I started a website for a really big local restaurant at work today. I really like the design mockup I made this afternoon. I honestly didn’t want to go home, and for the longest time after I got home I just sat and daydreamed about finishing this site. I’m such a nerd. Heh.
  • I’ve been using Facebook a lot more lately, and only because I’ve been using it for work. I actually like it now. So if you have one, add me!
  • I want to start building and decorating dollhouse kits. I know it’s so childish, but I think they’re really pretty. Target has them on their website, and so does Toys R Us. I think it’d be a fun hobby to get in touch with my inner child with. Don’t judge me. :P
  • I really need to start writing daily — and I don’t just mean blogging. I need to start writing at least a chapter a day and finish my novel.
  • I’ve been trying to take better care of myself. I’ve officially quit smoking, have been organizing different appointments with doctors, dentists, and staying on top of my chronic pain. Now I need to go get a haircut. I badly need a trim, and I’m not just saying that to make excuses to pamper myself. My hair is really dried out and I have a lot of split ends. :(

This is by far my most boring update, so I’ll understand if you unsubscribe from my feed. ;)

Quickie

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Quickie post in bullets, ’cause I want to get to work on a couple writing projects ASAP!

  • I’m not too happy with a certain person named after one of my favorite TV characters right now. “Jude” seems to be blowing me off left and right for “Tommy”.
  • My back is killing me and has been since yesterday.
  • I received my financial aid refund from this semester yesterday. It was for over $500 and is all going to the get-me-a-better-car-NOW fund.
  • I plan on submitting to several writing contests in the next couple of weeks.
  • I just realized that I have some Aleve in the house and it just might help my back.
  • I picked up a copy of Stephenie Meyer’s The Host and plan on starting it as soon as I finish Stephen King’s Gerald’s Game — which is very good, by the way. I want to pick up copies of Cut (Patricia McCormick — all three of her books look good), Go Ask Alice (Anonymous, everyone should read this), The Giver (Lois Lowry, amazing YA novel) and a few other YA novels to get a feel for what the genre is looking for. (My NaNo novel this month is YA.)
  • Mike turned 24 — and old in my opinion — as of the 10th. Happy birthday, oldtimer. :D
  • I have three new poems I will post probably tomorrow. Thursday night put me in a poetry-writing mood. I think I like poetry now.
  • There’s something wrong with this theme, so I’m pretty sure that these bullets are going to be FUBAR when I post this. I think it’s time for me to develop my own damn theme. Heh.

I promise a real post soon!