Conversations with Groundhogs

It has been awful. I have been sleeping about 4 hours a night. If I am lucky I get 6 hours. I have tried sleep advise and herbal crap....it was time to go to the doctor. My doctor is really cool--she believes in alternative medicine and conventional. I told her how worn down I am and that I cannot stay asleep once I finally fall asleep. I was given a hand out. I told her this has been going on a month or so and I REALLY need some sleep. Apparently my sleep clock needs to be reset and I was given Rozerem to do the trick. I am sure you have seen the commercials with Abe Lincoln and the groundhog. I was wanting Lunesta to have a visit from the sleep butterfly, but I will take what I can get. It has been 3 nights now. I am progressively sleeping more, but still waking up every few hours and not falling asleep for at least an hour when I try. I love the groundhog.

Because 9 was not enough

I have had 9 ear piercings forever. 5 in the right ear and 4 in the left. When I was in high school a kid at the lunch table use to pierce my ears. I did one myself with a needle (I do not recommend). Since I just had a birthday I am still in denial about I felt the need to feel a little more counter culture or punk....so now I have 5 in each ear and for the 1st time in a long time I have earrings in all the holes. Did I mention I wore a Hello Kitty shirt to work today? Well, I did.

Theft by Taking

DSW is having a mother of a sale. Stop reading this and get your ass over there.
I love DSW for several reasons:
1. They have my favorite brands: Kenzie, BCBG, Jessica Simpson, Guess, Rocket Dog and many more.
2. The sale section is larger than most shoe stores.
3. The prices are unreal. Example: Tonight I scored a pair of Jessica Simpsons that are super soft leather with acrylic leopard heels for $18 that were just marked down 70% from $60. I think crappy shoes at Payless are more than that. I also picked up a killer kitten heel pair of shoes from Charles David for $21.
4. They play good music. One time I was in there and actually turned my iPod off.
Really, they just marked a crap load of shoes down. If you need shoes, want shoes, wear shoes or dream about shoes you need to go. I may make another trip without the fab hub cause, well you know....sometimes shoes just find their way into the house.

Are you talking to me?

I love my convertible this time of year. When I leave work and drop the top and turn on the radio I am instantly removed from my work day.
Today I was driving home with the top down listening to the radio when an old Nirvana song came on. I love the song and was singing along. Then a guy looked over at me. Yeah, I was singing Rape Me. It's still a great song.
Whatever.

What I am

What I am thinking: I have shit in my own barn. Sometimes it really stinks. Still not sure if I meant to do it. I may have a mess to clean up.
What I am listening to: Anything from 30 Seconds to Mars or Muse
What I am reading: Endless demands. Cruise searching.
What I am watching: I am in withdrawal from Grey's Anatomy & Desperate Housewives. I have a new summertime addiction: Criss Angel
What is up at work: Case load of 140+ currently has me stressed out. I need to get my junk together for CPCU.
What I think about season finales: Edie can hang. George better be back. Can't wait to see Kitty's wedding.
What I am worried about: The opportunities that may come. Falls under the "be careful what you wish for" school of thought.
What I looking forward to: Girl's weekend, drinks, the beach, Steve & Barry's
What I am dreaming about: Metamorphosis
What I am eating: Anything from J. Christopher's
What I am in denial about: My birthday last week.
What I am sick of: The smoke from South GA smoothering the city. It is 200 miles away and you would think there was a fire in your yard when you walk outside. Yuck.

DWTS Oh Yeah!

So happy for my Apollo! He won the super cool mirror ball trophy. At least with Dancing with the Stars my votes count! I wish he were on the tour.....and for that matter I wish it was coming to Atlanta.

Ha ha ha Leila. I may have enjoyed her getting kicked off too much.

Hooks, Spatulas, and Squeegies

Friday was brought to you 100% by Xanex.....

January 2005 I had my first laser eye surgery. It was time for the enhancement on my left eye. My vision was so crappy it could not be done in one shot. I was freaked out for the 1st procedure and the second did not really bring warm fuzzies either. I planned ahead and had my one lonely pill of Xanex. The fab hub took me to the laser center early Friday morning. We were going through the pre op stuff...measuring, comparing and all the good stuff when you correct vision. The first time they "create a flap", aka: cut the top micron layer of your eye to reveal the orange peel layer below. This is freaky. Did I mention you can see when the top layer is off? It is like opening your eyes underwater.
The second time you have laser eye surgery they lift the original flap. This is where it got freaky. The surgeon "marks" the flap edges. When I think of marking things I think of a Sharpie Marker. When a surgeon marks a flap he uses a needle on a handle. CRAP!
I had not had the magic pill yet and he was coming at me like a spider monkey. I asked for 30 minutes to let the magic pill work.
He came back and "marked" the flap. It was more like scoring my eye. Now it was time to go back and visit my friend the laser. I had a patch on my right eye, Yarr! Next it was time to fully lift the flap. The spider monkey came at me with the little hook instruments that are similar to what the dentist uses to scrape your plaque. I see the two hooks fighting to lift the flap. I see them enting my vision from the right, the top, the left, all over moving across my vision to lift the flap. Then a spatula came and lifted the flap to the side. It was finally up and the familiar underwater vision was back. Then there was some laser action. I smelled the yummy burning. The flap was placed back into position. Then there were squeegies smoothing the flap and getting it into good position. It was like two little window washers working quickly. Finally I was done. See ya later!
Next day I was able to read half of the 20/20 line with my left eye only!! Woot! My goal was street signs.
This is the freakiest thing. You see it all. Totally worth it....just bring you Xanex.

Pair-Rhree

Paris, I am sorry---but you really screwed the pooch.
Drinking and driving never ends up well. I think we have all done it, but we all regret it. We call it lucky. Paris is looking at forty five days in the clink. Not to bad considering.....
She will be on cupcake duty. I love Paris, really, more than Brittany. My girl did wrong.....I still love her. Don't hate.

Community Service

So I owed a close friend a favor. Or more so, the fab hub was the one in debit.
DP was so kind as to lend his skill and know how to make it possible for us to have a HUGE party deck for last 4th of July party. A ton of sweat and tears went into this. We have a huge 700 sq ft deck. It is beautiful. It was our turn.....
I helped plan and execute a rocking hillside garden. There was nothing but weeds and scrub bushes and some stupid cypress trees. I picked out some butterfly bushes for the top, Shasta daisies and a yellow clumping daisy called Jethro Tull and lantana that is very hardy for freezing temps to fill in and make a pretty garden for humming birds and butterflies that will be drought friendly and low maintenance to come back every year and look great. It was damn near 90 degrees and this hillside garden made me feel like a mountain goat. MMMAaaaaah......I think I got off easy given the trade.