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I'd just like to announce (loudly) that the freaking slowness of the internet is driving me bonkers today. I want to lash out at something. But I don't. Mostly because Twitter's taking too long to load. Boo.

But it did give me time to contemplate things...
I was thinking about all the things I like about working from home.

I don't have to wear shoes unless I want to.

The new pillows I bought for my bed make me want to sink into them. In the middle of the day. That might be a bad thing.

Which color should I dye my hair? Neon red? Blue? Green? So many choices!

A movie a day. Whether I like it or not.

I've found that I do have a capacity for cooking. Sure I use the same several ingredients in all my things, but I'm doing it! Does anybody remember the frozen pizza incident?

As part of above, I'm eating a lot healthier because I have the time to cook. I also get to go on walks with Cole. And play pogo with the boy in the afternoon.

I can drink good coffee whenever I want to. And I'm making it making it myself so it doesn't cost me an arm and a leg.

More creativity from me! Buckets of it! I love all the ideas I'm coming up with. Writing, selling, creating! Woot!

I'm not at work.

So, there you have it. I really never liked wearing shoes. That was a big one. Sometimes I wear slippers when I drop Cole off at school. Best thing ever.

I got a call from my former assistant at the bank. They're being audited. That was my absolute least favorite thing about my (former) job. It happens once a year and it was horrible. HORRIBLE. At least for me because it had so much to do with my (former) job. I'm so glad I'm not there anymore. (see above) :)

Now, I have to get back into reading again. How many weeks have I been off work now? 8? And how many books have I read? None? Ouch. That stings a little.

I'm off. I think I have some shows to watch. Or something.
Later!

OMG! I had an 8:00 meeting this morning. That's fine. I can do that. Except that one of my tellers was out of balance this evening and I didn't end up leaving work until 7:50. Holy crap! I hate 12 hour days.

I had things to say today. Things about our weird weather (fog, fog and bits of patchy fog) and how much I wanted a frothy iced coffee this afternoon. However, it has all been negated by my 12 hour work day. Suck. I loathe when that happens.

I'm getting my hair done tomorrow. I think I'll treat myself to a coffee to make up for that horrible 12 hour day.
Later!

Book #99 - Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie - The hardest part about reading this set of Christie books is that I only have them on the computer. It's difficult to sit at the computer for a couple of hours while reading. About this book? Yeah, I didn't see the murderer coming. Not one bit. That Hercule Poirot is brilliant. He always figures out what's going on.

Still no word on when my mom and I will be signing our paperwork. Dammit. I'm still convinced in the darkest part of my heart that we will be in that house by the end of next week. Only time will tell at this point. *sigh*

Oh, and I didn't pack up my bookcase today. Sometimes I like to be a hardcore rebel. You know what I'm sayin'?

This vacation (day 2 of it, thankyouverymuch) is making me think about what I can do so that Cole and I eat healthier. I already try to eat as little processed food as possible, but I think I can do a lot better. I've been researching online and looking at healthy-eating cookbooks. I really do think it's doable. It's just something I have to apply myself to.

I really want to go to Borders tomorrow just so I can get an extremely tasty coffee from their cafe. They use Seattle's Best coffee and it's the most delicious coffee in the history of forever. Rock on.

I'm done now.
:)

OMG! I went to bed at 8:30 last night. How sad is that? Super sad. However, I had a really good day today which I can attribute (at least in part) to the many hours of sleep I got. Sleep! Boo-yah!

Did I mention that I've decided to seriously cut back on my coffee consumption? Yeah. Thus far, I've had one frappuccino this week. I am completely rocking this. At least until tomorrow. Or maybe I'll be good and won't have one tomorrow. Word.

Hailey and I had a discussion today about whether there were tigers in any of the Indiana Jones movies. For the record, there aren't.

I think I'm going to start getting Cole settled in for bed. later!

I've watched almost all of my shows from this week. I have Supernatural and The Office left. I'm almost impressed with myself. Almost. I thought Lost was very good and I'm sorry that iron_knife is going to have to stop watching soon (To quote the most quotable movie in the history of forever ... "Eric may be right."). BSG was ... sweaty. Lots of sweaty, manly arms for me to look at. What happened in the episode anyway? Just kidding. I totally watched it, like, 10 minutes ago. It rocked. With the sweaty arms. And the ... sweaty arms.

In kinda weird work news, my manager totally bailed today at 12:30-ish. I totally wasn't expecting that. It made for a nice afternoon. It's funny how when my manager isn't there I manage to get 3 times the amount of stuff done as when he is there. Go figure.

My foot hurts.

I think I have all the episodes from the current season of Doctor Who on tap. I'm very tempted to get caught up with that. You know, that show just hasn't been the same for me since Rose left. As you can probably tell by the mood theme and icons. That Rose Tyler. She's a hoot. Even though she can look kinda weird sometimes. Still, I've been hearing good things about this season, so the thought is percolating in my head to watch it. Tonight it's really percolating. It's like, "I'm making coffee, here! Watch me! I'll caffeinate your brain!" How can I deny that? Coffee-brain!

I'm still convinced that I can finish book #38 this weekend. I think that if I want to accomplish this I'm going to have to do some reading. It's a thought.

I'm done now.
Simple, right?

I'm deep into my next book and I really, really love the series I'm reading. YES! It completely helps that the author is one of my favorites. And that I re-read the entire series at the end of last year. Yay! Okay, enough about my books.

I was really hoping that I'd get out of work early to on time today. Alas, Mondays suck and it wasn't to be. Sadly, I rarely get out of work on time and I was looking forward to it with a burning passion. Burning. They have creams for that, you know.

I drank 2 Frappuccinos today. TWO. Man, I got a lot of stuff done today.

On a completely unrelated note, my sister's asshole ex is back on drugs, living out of his car and ignoring his kids. Nice. I kinda have this urge to thwap him upside the head. THWAP!

I'm going to watch Bones now. I'm quite excited for a new episode after such a long wait. Woot!
I'm off.

Dudes. I missed my nap today because I was having my hair done and I'm so freaking tired right now. Maybe I'll make a nice pot of coffee. That sounds good. Anyway.

Book #27 - Witch Hunt by Shirley Damsgaard - The 4th in the Ophelia and Abby series finds Ophelia trying to find a murderer and save an innocent woman. These are definitely fun to read, but I seem to be skipping through them alarmingly fast. I started this one yesterday evening. :/

I talked Hailey into watching The Wizard of Oz for our evening movie (Cole's spending the night at his dad's) because I didn't think I could watch Aladdin for the 3rd time this week.

Movies reviews up at blabapalooza! Check them out!

I'm going to go make that coffee now. *wanders off*

Our damn fish is still alive. How? Why? It lives it's life upside down!! That can't be comfortable.

I really like Ghost Hunters International. Cole does also. I like that they try their hardest to debunk some of these ghostly sightings and half the time they can't. They're just all "Yeah. We believe you're house/bar/hotel/creepy farm is haunted." Dude. That's so cool.

I'm trying to cut back on coffee. I did an awesome job of giving up soda last year but I found that I've doubled my normal coffee intake. Damn. So, now I'm going to go back to limiting how often I can get a tasty Starbucks. Damn. Since my coffee drinking revelation happened I've found that I've been drinking gallons of tea. Gallons. It's a good thing I love tea or this could be a problem. It does pose another question ... Will I find myself trying to cut back on tea soon? I hope not.

I've almost finished my next book. :) I way outdid myself this month. I was only aiming for 10.

I'm done now.

ETA- Book #18 - 4th of July by James Patterson - These are still incredibly fast reads. I liked this one. It introduced a new character that looks to be sticking around and there was a lot of murder. Word!

Seeing as I'm not about to fall asleep while typing (which I most definitely was last night), this post should make a little more sense. Or maybe not. We'll see.

Point #1! Have you ever wondered what bank people talk about when they're not processing your transactions and/or opening your accounts? Well, I'd be happy to tell you what my branch talks about behind the safety of the several-inch thick bullet proof glass.

Yesterday's topic of discussion (shared by everyone at one point or another) was "what superhero powers would you choose if you could choose two?" We had such awesome answers as (and I quote) "I'd be mute." (technically not a super power, I'd like to point out)
"Wings, so I could fly, but not like bat-wings. Feathered ones." (I questioned how one would sleep with full-on wings. I suggested clinging to the ceiling with the wings wrapped around them, hence the "not like bat-wings" comment.)
"I'd be a cross between Wolverine and Jean Grey." (cop-out!)
There was some mention of being able to shoot ice out of one's hands (later discarded for super-healing), invisibility (another cop-out), telepathy (possibly this was part of the Wolverine/Jean Grey hybrid) and sweating mayonnaise (or ketchup, mustard, butter, or any other condiment). The last one left us with hours of speculation about how condiment super-powers could be used. You know, sliding in on a wave of ketchup that the bad guys slip in in their haste to capture you.

Hee!

Point #2: Book #73 - Castle of Wizardy: Book four of the Belgariad by David Eddings - Okay, I have one more book in this series and then I have the Crimson City series that I just bought. I'm kind of chafing at the bit to start that one. My original plan was to have the entire Belgariad series and *maybe* the Mallorean series finished before I even bought the CC series. Dammit. Now I'm all screwed because I HAD TO HAVE that Russian movie. Which reminds me ... THE CHALK OF DESTINY is in Day Watch, the sequel to Night Watch! It'll be on DVD at the end of October! I'm in heaven! HEAVEN! I'll finally get to see THE CHALK!

I don't think I said much about the book, but it was good. Word!

Point #3 - Cole and I will be visiting with jenahville and kimbrchick tomorrow! Cool! We're going to watch disaster-type movies (Zombies! Vampires! Werewolves! Oh my!) and be all talky and stuff. It'll be fun!

Point #4... Starbucks has their Pumpkin Spice Frappuccino back on the menu! Pair that with a pumpkin scone and you're in taste bud heaven!

Point #5 ~ I saved this one for last because I'm quite thrilled about it! I have lost 9.5 pounds since I started my healthy eating earlier this year. My original goal was 10 pounds, so this is AWESOME! I'm still toying with trying to lose an extra 5 (that would put me nearly at my pre-pregnancy weight which is WHOA!) but I'm more concerned with staying healthy than hitting any hard and fast numbers. That said! NINE AND A HALF!

Now I'm done.

I've been doing some real bone-headed things the last couple of days. First off, Book #48 is being rescinded as a counted book this year since I read it back in January/February. I also read Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris today (the next book in the Southern Vampire series and the book that follows #48) only to find out that I've also already read that one in January/February. Okay. To top it off, I went to Best Buy today because I realized that SGA season 2 is out and I really wanted to watch a few episodes. I got home and opened it only to find that I bought THAT at some point and now I have two opened copies.

Seriously? My brain? Gone.

*sigh*

On the good side, I'm going to dinner with kimbrchick later. That'll be fun. If we can figure out what we want to eat. I also managed to get A LOT of stuff done on my day off. I took Cole to school this morning and then ran up to Target to buy yogurt and bagels for Cole and I and yummy coffee (Seattle's Best) for my July 7th gathering with jenahville, kimbrchick and debalita! I then went and had a pedicure (the toes are PINK this time!), had my car washed (for the 2nd time this year!) and stopped at Best Buy. I'm still slightly peeved by how the Best Buy trip turned out but I really have no one to blame but myself. It's kinda weird that I totally don't remember buying SGA season 2. Totally don't.

I should add a new tag. "Bonehead things I do".

Anyway. I need to find a new book. Hopefully, this will be one I haven't read this year. Of course, I could buck the odds and just go buy some more from Amazon. That would negate the chance of a previous reading. Crap. I also need to find room for the books I ordered during my last Amazon spree. *facepalm*

Have I mentioned how much I adore neversince? Well, it's a lot. Tons. She made me pretty, pretty icons. I'm going to blow kisses in her general direction and the next Starbucks I buy will be bought while thinking of her. Love you, Christie!

That is all.