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 You're in the holiday spirit year round... because you're all about celebrating and giving. |
***You Are the Furthest Thing From Grinch***
You love and live for the holidays. You even love the Grinch!
You're in the holiday spirit year round... because you're all about celebrating and giving.
Are You a Grinch?
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| You Are a Gingerbread House |
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***You Are a Gingerbread House***
A little spicy and a little sweet, anyone would like to be lost in the woods with you.
What Holiday Food Are You?
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When I was eating dinner at work last night, someone literally came running back to the break room to tell me that my husband was on the phone, and that he sounded really weird, and something might be wrong. Well, it was Dan, and he was all hyper because he had taken a bunch of sudafed for his cold. So he did sound very weird, but luckily nothing was wrong. He was calling to tell me about Steven's first official high school matches. He wrestled up a weight class, and lost to a senior from Melvindale, then beat the other kid from Allen Park. So he did very well for a freshman. And they changed the schedule so the first tournament will be at Hudson rather than Birch Run. We are trying to figure out a way to go, given the situation with the incontinent elderly dog.
I had to cancel our summer vacation. I had to cancel my trip down to Indiana for a long weekend to visit my older son on his birthday. I really do not want to miss my younger son's first high school tournament, too, especially since it is less than two hours away! We might just go, figuring on cleaning up a huge mess when we get home...
One more night of work this week, thank God.
Dan is starting to feel a little better, though he says that his chest feels tight and hurts. I am still sort of feeling worn out, and hope to get some good extra sleep tomorrow.
Tomorrow I hope to get some Christmas presents ready to mail out, and order the others on the internet. That wll be my project for the day.
Our big gift this year will be a new computer for the entire family.
Thanksgiving this year was a nice family day. Dinner was great, with plenty to eat for everyone - and the cats loved getting pieces of (cooked) turkey skin. Dan and I both came down with being sick that day, so we were pretty quiet, but still had a great day.
Dan still has a terrible cold. Mine is better, though I still do not have much energy to get stuff done. All I feel like doing is curling up in a ball and sleeping. I read a lot of short mystery books, which I will blog about later.
Last Saturday, Steven had the first wrestling tournament of the season. It was an organizational tournament rather than his first offical high school one (which will be this coming Saturday up in Birch Run). He did fine - only lost one match, and that to a state championship tournament qualifier from last year. He even beat a senior and a junior, which is pretty good for an incoming freshman!
Bill is back at school, and we, of course, miss our big guy!
Steven's first official wrestling meet as a high school student is tonight in Melvindale. of course, I must work instead of watching him, and that has me cranky as h*ll. I hope that Dan is up to driving out there and watching him!
I had to change my health care insurance - MCARE, the HMO I have had for more than twenty years is no more. That has been a pain in the butt to figure out. I am also trying to figure out if I should set up a flexible medical spending account to pay the copays and for over the counter medications.
I just found out that a friend is getting divorced after nine years of marriage, and that has made me really sad, too.
At least I know what I am going to get everyone for Christmas (other than Dan and the kids). I just need to get my act in gear and take care of it!
Tonight has been busier than last night here at work. As a result, people have not been bothering me as much. Go workload!
And Bill has made it safely home.
Life is better now!
I have been working ever since breakfast here at home. I sorted and folded and put away five loads of laundry. I do not mind washing and drying the clothes, or even sorting them out, but for whatever reason, putting them away has always irritated me. Yes, I know that is probably weird! But it is just the way I am, and I cannot seem to help it.
Then I get to go in and work at work tonight.
Sometimes you just cannot win. ;-)
Work was grim and sad last night. I work with this great guy, and have for over fifteen years now. He and his wife have a beloved daughter. They wanted to have a large family, but they were only able to have one child. Well, she has been married for awhile, and my friend and his wife were ecstatic when their daughter became pregnant. Since her husband is also an only child, his parents were also beside themselves with joy. Well, the baby was recently lost. Oh, that baby is so mourned by so many!
Last night I did what I had promised myself I would do whenever I get too stressed out. I seduced my husband. Take that creepy coworkers! Make me listen to constant whining and complaining and anger every single flipping day, and you still cannot ruin my life! Take that Mr. Grinch! Come popping into my life to be mean every few months like a demented jack-in-the-box and you still cannot take away laughter and joy! Take that death! I will answer you with life!
Yesterday was my last day off of my long weekend.
It was just this nice and quiet Sunday at home with Dan and Steven.
We did some dishes and laundry; Dan cooked pancakes for breakfast, and we had leftover pasta for dinner.
It was warm for so late in the month and we took a short walk with the elderly dog.
I read a couple of short mystery books, and the boys watched the Detroit Lions game.
At about two in the morning I woke up crying.
Yes, that is how stressed out I was about coming back to work today.
It is not the work itself, it is some of the ever-grouchy people I have to work with. Sometimes I can feel my physical and mental health slip away bit by bit, one whine, one complaint, and one temper tantrum at a time. Oh - that temper tantrum will take another year off of my life! That whining fit cost me a week of life! I honestly think some of the people I currently work with need to have psych evaluations based on their poor and childish behavior. The work is fine - the weird whiney people are pure and unadulterated stress.
I try not to complain about it, either to Dan, or even here. I do not like to even think about it most of the time. But when I have been away from it - that is when I realize how terrible it is, and how it is starting to break me. When I am not at work I can sleep. I can eat without feeling like throwing up. I do not get diarrhea on a daily basis.
To make life worse, Mr. Grinch has been at it again lately. How many times do you have to dump someone to get them to leave you alone? How many beloved mutual people and places do you have to leave to get someone to leave you alone? He came out of nowhere - after having blessedly left me alone for months - and started trying to pick fights with me again. Simply because I was happy that the Lions had won a couple of games, something which had literally nothing to do with him. He spoke to me and my face broke out in a nasty rash and I got the runs for days. I was angry and upset enough to make the mistake of speaking back to him, and I was nasty enough that he did shut up after two exchanges. I thought that got the message across, but this weekend he was nasty again, and I can proudly say that this time I completely blew him off. I do not think anyone I have ever known other than my mother has ever hated me as much as this man does. If he actually wanted to be friends, or even talk occasionally, wouldn't he be nice???? If you had repeatedly treated someone poorly and lied to them, wouldn't you quietly approach them in private and be very nice to them if you changed your mind and wanted to be friends after all???(Actually, wouldn't he have been willing to work it out during that year when I tried to work things out, and he just kept treating me like crap and lying? How many chances does someone need????) Wouldn't he apologize?????????? Only pure hatred would explain following someone around and being mean and picking fights the way he has for nearly two years now (it will be two years in February since I broke things off with him the second time, next month will be three years since he started treating me like crap and I broke things off with him the first time).
The sad thing is, I am pathetic enough that if he were to be nice, I would probably be willing to meet him halfway, for the sake of all of our mutual friends if nothing else. But there is not danger of that ever happening, now is there? I think if someone offered him a million dollars he could not find it within himself to be nice to me.
One good thing - Steven's report card came and he got a bit over a 3.94 GPA. I guess I did not warp him for life by home schooling him for a year after all.
And Bill will be home from school tomorrow for a few days, for Thanksgiving. That will be great, too!
Holy crap, cats, and cows - I am in a terrible mood. Going back to work and being bothered (AGAIN!!!!) by someone who hates me and tries to pick fights with me just does not agree with me at all. Three work nights this week, one night soon to be down, and I can home with my family again. If I ignore Mr. Grinch maybe he will leave me alone (at least for a few months) for awhile again.
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