grrr...
tried to sleep in today, mostly because i went to bed at four in the morning but some loser across the alley somewhere made it impossible to do so. sounded like he was (and i'm sure it was a he) revving his chainsaw over and over and over. and it's not like i didn't try to wait it out or block it out but after half an hour i got up. then i was going through some of my old emails in order to delete but instead i don't feel like sorting them into delete, save piles and i just feel grumpy. i was such a fool at times. a total fool.
i've got a case of the old restlessness. thus staying up until 4 last night. we got home around 10:45, and around 11:30 sarita gave up control of the tv and i put in chocolat. it was pretty good, then i channel surfed, watching the end of remington and steele and other types such as this until i came upon that delores clairborne movie, which i've only seen parts of, so i stayed up and watched it until 4. movies on tv are so irritating because of the commercials. they are sooooooo often and sooooooooooooo long. arg.
i've just had an hour long elicia intervention. talk that is. catch up. conversation. well i was more on the listening side most of the time but that's ok. she's no talker that one. oh no. :)
yesterday was a doozie. at work i mean. what a doozie. a dooze. lisa was off (what a surprise.) lone fridays seem to be my lot. i was just on my feet and go go go all day. lots of physical labour. dave d asked me if i was feeling stressed and overwhelmed. "why do you ask?" i said with an ironic smile. i had just snapped at perpetually bitter rick who said people couldn't wait for him to go on vaction. he knew this because they kept asking him about it. "why do you have to be that way?!" i said, having it up to here with is paranoid bitterness. "maybe they just care about you and are interested in your life!" he just laughed. i was in the middle of doing the dishes. i had to do the dishes because there was no one else to, which meant there was no one else to do the cleaning i usually do while the dishes were being done. plus the campers came and dumped their unclean dishes and pots that they borrowed from us and huge garbage bags of sleeping bags on the washing machine. like hello, did you want us to do your laundry?? i had just pled with wesley to wash the counters. he looked concerned and said yes. all this and i was off in an hour with the floors and the money and the laundry still to do after the dishes. so yes i was feeling stressed and overwhelmed, but i wanted to be brave. dave helped me out a little bit and said "i bet you're thinking 'i went to school for four years for this?'". "five and a half." i muttered under my breath. in the end i got it all done except the money and the daily, but i left those and left at 2:40, drove away, forgot my bling bling, returned and left for good.
had a deep one hour nap on the couch downstairs with multiple pillows piled high so as not to sink into the deep abyss of the corner. when i woke up i thought it was 7, not 4, and i thought they all forgot about me and left without me. nope it was just 4, not 7. we all, karey, elicia, sarita and i, (heather dropped out last minute) went over to scott and mark's. randy was there too, and scott made us some delicious butter chicken. i had it on some saffron jasmine rice. i'm having this strange liking for rice lately. it just seems so good. they were watching the bc lions edmonton eskimos game on their humungeous tv, but if you want to see large then their speakers are the largest i've ever seen, all on an extraordanrily large mahagony dresser that mark got for ten bucks. they also had a dasani beverage fridge like the kind they have in the stores. a total guy set-up.
randy, karey, elicia and i went down to the pool for a swim. scott joined us later. i don't even remember the last time i was in a pool. it has to have been before my mission, and possibly before fort mcmurray. maybe junior high is what i'm saying. oh no, i have gone to a water park and i suppose that counts. that was at least 5 years ago though. anyways you get the point. pools are so low priority for me that they aren't a priority at all. but we had fun. karey and i had races and dove for scott's keys and she stood on my shoulders in the deep end and we all played a rousing game of marco polo. randy quit when he was it. he said he was still sick and maybe he had mono. "mono!?" i exclaimed. "why are you swimming with us in a pool when you might have mono???? if we all get it you are going to be in big trouble." i said shaking my fist at him. he was sitting on the bench at this time. i don't think he has mono. i think that he didn't want to be it, and the swimming tired him out. a combo reason.
after we got out of the pool, i told karey that i'd wait for my turn in the shower in the sauna. it wasn't on, so karey turned it on for me. only it was like two minutes later when she was done and poked her head in and there i was sistting in relative coolness. we both thought this was quite funny. scott showed us the common room where they had pool and darts and much to my excitement shuffle board. i was trying out the darts when i turned to see them all staring at me. "uhhh why did we come here?" i asked. i thought we were going to try out the games. "scott just wanted to show us." said karey. ohhhhh. well let's go then...
we had ice cream and cake back in the apartment (they were still watching the game) and the ice cream was very good. it jus hit the spot. oreo cookies and cream. we were sooo tired that we just sat there not saying anything. finally i realized that i was the driver and the one to say to go, but i didn't think that they wanted to go yet so i was thinking of how to bring it up, when helpful karey said "laura when do you want to go?" that was all i needed.
and that was yesterday. i hunger and thirst.
i've got a case of the old restlessness. thus staying up until 4 last night. we got home around 10:45, and around 11:30 sarita gave up control of the tv and i put in chocolat. it was pretty good, then i channel surfed, watching the end of remington and steele and other types such as this until i came upon that delores clairborne movie, which i've only seen parts of, so i stayed up and watched it until 4. movies on tv are so irritating because of the commercials. they are sooooooo often and sooooooooooooo long. arg.
i've just had an hour long elicia intervention. talk that is. catch up. conversation. well i was more on the listening side most of the time but that's ok. she's no talker that one. oh no. :)
yesterday was a doozie. at work i mean. what a doozie. a dooze. lisa was off (what a surprise.) lone fridays seem to be my lot. i was just on my feet and go go go all day. lots of physical labour. dave d asked me if i was feeling stressed and overwhelmed. "why do you ask?" i said with an ironic smile. i had just snapped at perpetually bitter rick who said people couldn't wait for him to go on vaction. he knew this because they kept asking him about it. "why do you have to be that way?!" i said, having it up to here with is paranoid bitterness. "maybe they just care about you and are interested in your life!" he just laughed. i was in the middle of doing the dishes. i had to do the dishes because there was no one else to, which meant there was no one else to do the cleaning i usually do while the dishes were being done. plus the campers came and dumped their unclean dishes and pots that they borrowed from us and huge garbage bags of sleeping bags on the washing machine. like hello, did you want us to do your laundry?? i had just pled with wesley to wash the counters. he looked concerned and said yes. all this and i was off in an hour with the floors and the money and the laundry still to do after the dishes. so yes i was feeling stressed and overwhelmed, but i wanted to be brave. dave helped me out a little bit and said "i bet you're thinking 'i went to school for four years for this?'". "five and a half." i muttered under my breath. in the end i got it all done except the money and the daily, but i left those and left at 2:40, drove away, forgot my bling bling, returned and left for good.
had a deep one hour nap on the couch downstairs with multiple pillows piled high so as not to sink into the deep abyss of the corner. when i woke up i thought it was 7, not 4, and i thought they all forgot about me and left without me. nope it was just 4, not 7. we all, karey, elicia, sarita and i, (heather dropped out last minute) went over to scott and mark's. randy was there too, and scott made us some delicious butter chicken. i had it on some saffron jasmine rice. i'm having this strange liking for rice lately. it just seems so good. they were watching the bc lions edmonton eskimos game on their humungeous tv, but if you want to see large then their speakers are the largest i've ever seen, all on an extraordanrily large mahagony dresser that mark got for ten bucks. they also had a dasani beverage fridge like the kind they have in the stores. a total guy set-up.
randy, karey, elicia and i went down to the pool for a swim. scott joined us later. i don't even remember the last time i was in a pool. it has to have been before my mission, and possibly before fort mcmurray. maybe junior high is what i'm saying. oh no, i have gone to a water park and i suppose that counts. that was at least 5 years ago though. anyways you get the point. pools are so low priority for me that they aren't a priority at all. but we had fun. karey and i had races and dove for scott's keys and she stood on my shoulders in the deep end and we all played a rousing game of marco polo. randy quit when he was it. he said he was still sick and maybe he had mono. "mono!?" i exclaimed. "why are you swimming with us in a pool when you might have mono???? if we all get it you are going to be in big trouble." i said shaking my fist at him. he was sitting on the bench at this time. i don't think he has mono. i think that he didn't want to be it, and the swimming tired him out. a combo reason.
after we got out of the pool, i told karey that i'd wait for my turn in the shower in the sauna. it wasn't on, so karey turned it on for me. only it was like two minutes later when she was done and poked her head in and there i was sistting in relative coolness. we both thought this was quite funny. scott showed us the common room where they had pool and darts and much to my excitement shuffle board. i was trying out the darts when i turned to see them all staring at me. "uhhh why did we come here?" i asked. i thought we were going to try out the games. "scott just wanted to show us." said karey. ohhhhh. well let's go then...
we had ice cream and cake back in the apartment (they were still watching the game) and the ice cream was very good. it jus hit the spot. oreo cookies and cream. we were sooo tired that we just sat there not saying anything. finally i realized that i was the driver and the one to say to go, but i didn't think that they wanted to go yet so i was thinking of how to bring it up, when helpful karey said "laura when do you want to go?" that was all i needed.
and that was yesterday. i hunger and thirst.
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