Ho hum ho hum...

Life has been busy lately. It seems I get up (usually late), rush to get ready for work, rush to meet the vanpool, and then coast through the day on massive amounts of caffeine before returning home to make dinner, maybe do some laundry, watch tv or play runescape. Ongoing projects that I just can't seem to get motivated to work on are painting my stairwell (to cover up the pepsi-cola blue) and cleaning the carport. LOL. I did manage to get some things to Goodwill last week so all was not lost.

Speaking of lost, LOST premiered last night on ABC. I thought I might be able to lessen my obsession with the story this season but alas, I could hear the fishing reel whizzing by as I took the bait. I'm hooked for yet another season and woe is the person who dares to call during that hour! Just kidding. I just won't answer or even get up to see who's calling. hee hee! Leave a message and wait to hear my sunshiney voice returning your call...

Runescape has been a big obsession lately, not that it isn't usually, but I find myself playing during my lunchtime now as well so...yeah, I admit I have an addiction to the game. :P~~~~~
I busted butt last weekend (with the huge help of the ever fabulous Becky) cutting & fletching logs to be able to graduate up to yew trees. Now I only have about 4300 logs left to the next tree level. ONLY... I won't be able to do them all at once. I haven't yet figured out how players can only work on one skill for weeks at a time. My one-week stint at making bowstrings nearly drove me mad. If I hadn't had a custom order from another player I would have said "forget it!"

What else, what else. Oh yes, my lovely little sister relocated to the gulf shores of Florida. Having seen shark attack shows on the discovery channel, I decided it was my duty to demand that she NEVER go into the water at: dawn, dusk, overcast, or when the water is murky. She must also NEVER wear shiny jewelry or carry shiny things as the sharks think the reflecting light is off of fish scales. Needless to say she just looked at me rather oddly and humored my demands by saying "of course I won't". I don't know if she will or not, but I decided not to ask. I was already hearing the theme of JAWS in my head... When I visit, they'll be lucky if I'll put a toe in the water. (Bullsharks use the Gulf as breeding waters. It may have been a bad move to see JAWS at the age of 10....)

Seen some spectacular sunsets lately and even got a picture of one (not that I've downloaded the camera images anytime recently). Maybe in a month or two I'll actually get it posted on here. I've also been spectacularly blinded by said sunsets since the cold weather has set in. I swear there's something about fall/winter and being blinded by the sun...maybe the clouds are less dense or something. *mutters* So, I'm considering some prescription sunglasses (my transitions are useless in a vehicle) to help prevent my retina from being burned away.

Bought X-men III the other night. It was great! I can definitely say the X-men series can be added to such notable entertainments as the Lethal Weapon series. It just makes me happy when sequels are as good as, or better, than the original movie. Also had an opportunity to see a few minutes of a Scary Movie sequel. Sadly, these movies make "Red Sonja" and "Sheena" look good. Not that I've seen either of them recently. *studies fingernails* Nope, haven't seen any of those on TV recently or even looked forward to them. Maybe we should change the subject...

Ho hum ho hum...finally got back on track with my National Geographic reading. I'll post more on that later as I just finished an article about drilling in the ANWR. grrrr.

Had a weak moment today. I blame it on only getting four cups of coffee instead of six...but I succumbed to temptation and subscribed to two more magazines. It was for a good cause!! The proceeds from my subscriptions will benefit the class of a coworker's child. Of course, I gave a warning before handing over the order form. They know I'm ornery and will often dish back just as much as I dish out. Anyhow, given that I'm a bit of an environmental person, I ordered The Environmental Magazine and Mother Earth News. If there hadn't been discounts for the fundraiser I would never have gotten both but oh well -- at least they're only six issues per year. So I told my coworker that I will not answer to or address comments relating to tree hugging, green girl, or other variations of these themes. I wonder if my desk will be covered with leaves tomorrow...

The office has been tense lately. It seems everyone is a grouch except for me. Kinda makes you want to put up a sign asking grouchy people to "please move away from the desk". No matter what my day is like, I feel it's unfair to burden my coworkers with my bad mood so I try hard not to do that. Unfortunately the consideration is not returned. That's when I turn on my Back or Mozart and bury my head in work. Except for today...today I had to avoid my desk for awhile as my allergies to strong scents went on a rampage until we found the culprit --- our boss -- who had an uncapped candle open in her office. Now that she is aware of my sensitivities, hopefully it won't be open for long periods of time. I don't expect, and wouldn't ask, that she get rid of it -- merely reduce the exposure time by closing it when she's gone so it doesn't drift out to my cubicle. ;) Aren't I cooperative? I was actually a little worried for awhile. I thought maybe the girl who sits next to me might have put on a new fragrance while at lunch and I was struggling over a polite way to tell her that her smell was giving me a nasty headache and making my sinuses burn. How do you tell someone that they stink??

Well, that's enough for now. Time to get some sleep. I've figured out that I don't need to take my insomnia meds if I'm already tired from lack of sleep during the week. Duh Gidget! Maybe that's why I was walking like a zombie this morning?? So, to sleep!