dear God

I wish I had never found this game.

TAXES

Our taxes are done! Thanks to TaxSlayer.com I was able to get the taxes done is less than an hour. We are getting nice little returns from Federal and State and they should be direct deposited in two weeks! What a relief!

drama

more water drama
On this topic I have strong opinions. We here in AZ are very quick to overreached when we are told there is any kind of a storage or problem. The gas "crisis of 2003" when people waited in lines for hours just to get gas. Now this water thing. And this wasn't even for real! That's the worst thing about it. If I lived in Phoenix proper, I would sue the government for inciting panic.

Church drama

too much drama. thank god none of it affects me directly.

blame it on the rain, part deux

Phoenix residents have turned into a bunch of paranoid freaks. So, there is a problem with the water. It's not gonna kill you, people. But places are closing down and panic has set in. It's really making me laugh. Here at my work alone, there are signs everywhere saying not to use the water. Signs on the bathroom that say, do not use water to wash your hands. Um, what else can I use? I have hand sanitizer stuff at my desk anyway, but it's just funny. Plus, they are handing out bottles of water to anyone here who wants them. People are taking like 5 or 6 bottles at a time. Plus, since the cafeteria here does not want to use water, the managers are buying pizza. Like delivered food with be so much safer than food made here. I just can't stop laughing at this. I had put ice from the ice machine in my cup and poured my soda before realizing that I shouldn't drink it. But I am. And i'm ok. I really don't think it's a huge deal. Plus, when I am home, I am not in Phoenix. I plan on running my Scottsdale water until my heart's content!

oh great

Today is supposed to be the most depressing day of the year!

suck

Just found out that my review will not be today.
My boss said that she has not gotten final approval on our raises and so she wants to wait to do the reviews until she does. She said it has to be sometime this week. But not today. boo hoo.

blame it on the rain, yeah yeah

It rained last night.
I woke up with a headache.
Today is my performance review. I keep telling myself it will be a good day because I get to find out what my raise will be.
Today we are working out for the first time.
Last night, I got home 11 and 1/2 hours after I left that morning. I don't like that. I don't know if this new schedule is all it's cracked up to be. I hope I get used to these long days. I was so tired last night I hardly got anything done that needed to be done. I am lucky that I managed to get our gym bags ready.
Plus, I know we are going to be busy today. We were busy yesterday with all the fools out driving in the blizzard. I slid into this, I slid into that. He slid into me then I slid into that. Blah. Blah. Blah. STAY OFF THE ROAD WHEN IT SNOWS, freaks!
Anyway. Let's see what the rest of today brings...
at least more money. at least more money. at least more money.
(yes, I am trying to convince myself its worth it.)

Saturday

This is what we did on Saturday...
Verde Canyon Railroad

more shoes

got these new shoes, in white, so I have something to work out in. I love that they are mesh and are very breathable.

jury duty

So, on Wednesday (another thing to add to the shitness of that day!) I got a summons for Jury Duty. The last time I got one I was a college student, so I got to be exempt. But now I have no excuses. So, not only did I get the summons, but they informed me that I am going to be on call for the entire MONTH of March. What I have to do is every weekend in March, starting with February 26th, I have to call to find out if and/or when I have to appear. So, for one whole month, I am the federal courts bitch. Great. I am not happy about this at all. I had to fill out the questionere where you can put down your reasons for wanting to be excused, but I figured "Cuz I don't wanna do it" wasn't good enough. Why me? Chris said to just tell them that I am racist, but I can't lie about shit like that. I think I am the perfect juror candidate actually. And that's why I'm pissed.

more bonus cash-ola

My bonus check is broken up into 80% in December and 20% at the end of January, or beginning of February. I just found out that I will be getting the other 20% on Monday! Party. Party. Party. It's not much, but any extra money is good for me. Plus, I get paid today! Don't rob me. hehehe.

Plus, my work day is almost over. I hate to brag, but that's awesome!

early start to today

but maybe it will get off on a better foot than yesterday. yesterday was just bad all around. the only good thing that happened yesterday is that Chris wanted to go out to dinner, so we went to Macayos. that's become my favorite restaurant.
anyway, we carpooled today for the first time. we had our orientation at the fitness center. thrilling. she just showed us the machines. one really cool thing this that they have satellite radio and TV. you bring headphones and plug in and you can watch or listen to whatever you want. with the radio there are only preset stations, but with the TV, as long as no one else is watching it, you can put on whatever you want. neat. so, I am only here for 4 hours and I am rejoicing over that! Chris is coming back to pick me up at noon and then I am gonna take him back downtown and we are going to lunch together. sounds nice. at least we are getting along today...

in case you needed confirmation (of me not wanting to be here today)

...been arguing with husband all day via email
...some new hire freak from sales sat with me and listened to my calls for two hours
...lunch changed until right now, so that the freak could sit with me. been here since 8:00 and haven't eaten anything. ok, that's a lie. I ate a Krispy Kreme! DAMN!
...all our systems went down all at once
...still really tired

AT LEAST I ONLY WORK FOR 4 HOURS TOMORROW!!!!!!!

I don't want to be here today

this is not my day... I just typed a long post and then my stupid computer freaked out and it's gone.

the jist of what I wrote was that I have been tired for the last 3 days. I've been going to bed at around 10:30 every night, but I wake up and I am still tired. I wish I could wake up. All I want to be doing today is sitting on my butt at home watching QVC scrapbooking day. And I hardly ever even scrapbook!

get that damn SONG out of my head

why do I have On the Way Down by Ryan Cabrera in my head?
I hate that song.

Happy MLK Day

looks like lots of things are changing...

Chris and I are signing up for the gym at my work. It's about $40/month of the both of us and it's open 24/7. We are going for our orientation on Thursday morning, before I start work. We are going to start going after work at least 3 days a week. Chris is gonna start taking me to work and then meeting me in the gym after I get off work. I don't know how I feel about it. The trainer chic I met today is not real nice and I am very intimated by it all. But I am really only planning on starting on the treadmill. I can walk and not look like a fool. I know it's something that needs to be done and Chris really wants to do it. So, we are going to try it together. I would love for the outcome to be that I loose weight, but I have no goals attached to this. I will go to support him, and get some benefit out of it myself, I'm sure. I just want to start feeling better. Doctors can't really help me. I know my body better than anyone and I need to start paying more attention to it.

more neatness from QVC

I think this weird stuff just happens so frequently with me and QVC because of the frequency in which I purchase from them. So, anyway. I bought those new Birks from them a few weeks ago and right before New Years, the clogs came. I was sooo happy, until I started wearing them. They were busted. I had to send them back. So, I got an email from QVC that they could not exchange them for another pair because they were out of stock. I was pissed. I went to the website and found out that the email lied! According to the website, they have them in stock. So, I just ordered a new pair. And - THEY HAVE SHIPPED. Which means, they had them in stock all along. Unless... and I just thought about this now... they are going to send me back my old, busted pair. No, they would not do that. They shouldn't have put that pair back in stock. If they do, they are fools. Anyway. I am getting a new pair, either way. They are freaks.

Proactiv

So, I have resisited it for a long time, but I do have zits and I hate them. I have finally broken down and purchased Proactiv. It was on QVC - shock of shocks - and that's were I bought it from. It was a kit that has everything you need. It is on auto-delivery, which means it will ship every 60 days. But I am not sure if I will keep that up. I want to try it first, but I bought the auto delivery so that I can keep that cheaper price, in case I do keep it. I am praying that this will work. Nothing else has. I am even eating better and nothing seems to work. I will keep you posted...

last night's concert

In case you haven't heard, the only interesting thing that happened on the Tsunami concert last night was my boy cursing. You can read this article if you want to. This article says that when he said (hold your breath - it's a curse word!!!) shit, it was bleeped on the West Coast broadcast. Um, nope. It wasn't. Maybe my broadcast is not considered the "West Coast," but whatever. I heard him say shit and it was only because he was so into his playing. It just came out as he was turning his head. I think it's hilarious though that people are making a big deal out of it. What a controversy he has started. I guess those people who just stood there and sung and were not emotionally into their music are better than John Mayer.
Oh, in case you did watch it and were wondering what he sung... it was Bold as Love by Jimi Hendrix.

Watch it - Saturday, January 15th.
Not only is it a good cause, but my boy's gonna sing. What more reason could you need?

credit card fraud

I have finally had my first experience with credit card fraud. On Monday night, I was looking at my credit card statement online and noticed a charge from some random web site. I didn't think I had bought anything from there, but I went to the website and then I was sure that I hadn't made the charge. It wasn't porn or anything. Oh, that reminds me, we did have one unauthorized charge to our debit card from a porn website. But this is much worse than that. Anyway. On my statement, there was a phone number next to the website name, so I called it and it was a voicemail for some guy named Alex and it sure did not sound like a business phone. So, I called the credit card company and wanted to dispute the charge as unauthorized. The dispute department was closed for the night. This is find very strange. Anyway. I came home early yesterday and was gonna call them back, when I checked my email and saw that I had an email from the credit card company saying that my account had been suspended due to possible fraud. FRAUD! Holy crap! Heck yeah there's fraud because I didn't make that charge! So, to make a long story short, I talked to the fraud department and they asked me if I made that charge that posted - um, no. Then they asked me if I made two other charges, one for $339 something and $33, to two different website companies. Um, no. He said that they had declined those charges, because they (being the credit card company) suspected that they might be fraud. I was totally shocked. The guy said that they will close that account and issue me a new account number and take care of the charge that did post, so I will not be responsible for it. Thank god. It wasn't a lot of money, only $25, but I still didn't want to pay for it. I just kept saying, "Oh my god. I can't believe this happened." I thanked the guy over and over. The last time I had used that card was on Amazon and when I purchase using Amazon, they have my credit card on file, so I just point and click and I don't have to put the number in each time. So, I went to Amazon and deleted all the cards that I had kept on file with them. I recommend you do this too. I don't know if Amazon is responsible for these three different places getting my info, but since that was the last time I used it, I am taking precautions. And after my mom's advice, I put a fraud alert on my social security # with the credit bureaus and got a copy of my credit report. There was nothing on my credit report that was fraud, thank god. (that rhymes!) It will all be ok. It will not effect me in any way. The worst part about it is not knowing how it happened. I have my card in my possession. It was not stolen. People used to tell me things like that all the time when I worked at Discover, but at least I am not naive enough to have thought it would never happen. I will not say the cliche that I thought it would never happen to me. I am just upset that I don't know how. I want to know how. Bastards.

Lots of water

Look at this picture.

Looks like people enjoying a nice meal until you look out the window!!
This is apparently in La Jolla, California from the storm the last few days. Those are waves hitting the windows of the restaurant. That's nuts!

whataday

Chris is in Vegas. His plane landed on time. Well, at least I assume he's there. I told him if he does not get on the plane for any reason, to call me. No call. So I assume he's there.

Last night he was coughing like no other and it kept me up. AND - I think I've caught his sickness. My throat hurts. I've got pressure in my head. I WAS JUST SICK! How does one person get sick so often? I guess mom was right when she said that I get sick all the time. I was taking echinacea, but I haven't been taking my vitamins (see New Year's resolutions). So, my immune system must be shot to hell. Lovely that I am sick again.

I put in to leave early, even though I have to pick Chris up at the airport at 7:15pm. It would actually work better if I get to leave early. That way I can go home, then come back and pick him up.

Must go back to work for now...

movie reviews

I keep forgetting to post my reviews of the weekend movies...

Troy: it was decent. Glad I didn't pay to see it in the theater, though. It was really long. I thought it was really funny that Orlando Blooms' character used a bow and arrow, just like Legolas. Brad Pitt is very nice to look at. But I really liked Eric Bana's character, Hector. He was an honest, just man who protected his family. He is a good actor, too. I would say that if you have 3 hours to kill, this is not a bad way to do it.

Garden State: I actually got Chris to watch it with me. (This is a rare occasion worthy of mentioning.) At first I was not sure what to think about it. I really liked Natalie Portman's character and the music was great. I think I liked it. I was not blown away by it, but it was good in it's own right. SPOILER ALERT: It ended very traditionally, but as I discussed with Mandy, you were not sure if they would end up together or not. In most movies, you know for sure that they will. But it was not clear until the last moment in this movie. So, that was good. It is worth watching.

movies to watch

forgot to mention that I have two new movies to watch... Garden State & Troy.
need to get to watchin...

flowers make me smile

Guess who bought these for me today? ME. I bought them at the store this morning.
I said to Chris, "I am easily pleased. These flowers have made my day." I am hoping he took the hint. (He never buys me flowers unless I come right out and tell him to.)
Hopefully, I will be able to get through my crampiness and enjoy my flowers.

ooh, gotta take the Christmas tree down today. It's starting to get on my nerves.

It makes perfect sense...

This lady called today to report that her vehicle had been vandalized. Before I could really start to take the claim, she just went off. She said that someone took her car keys and took her car out and backed it into something that ate off the paint on her bumper. She said that it was done by the people that have been harassing her for a long time. She said that they were satanic worshipers and doctors of parapsychology. She said that she has a government case worker at the state senate office who she reports the harassment to. She kept going on and on and then she said that she worked for the grassroots efforts (she lives in Florida, mind you) to re-elect President Bush - ENOUGH SAID.

new hours?

So, we have this thing here at work called your Optimal Schedule. You get to submit to scheduling your ideal schedule. If you could work any shift in the world, what shift would you work? So, I guess every once in awhile they review everyone's Optimal Schedule to either declined it, approved it or give you other options (they call it "counter offering"). Well, this has taken place. I had put my Optimal Schedule as 4 - 10 hour shifts, Monday-Thursday. Well, no one got Monday-Thursday or Monday-Friday shifts. They were all declined. But my boss told me that my counter offer is to work 10 hours on Monday & Tuesday and 10 hours on Friday & Saturday. Yikes! I do not want to work Friday AND Saturday. Plus, the hours I might have to work on the Friday & Saturday would be (maybe) 11am to 10pm! YIKES again! So, no. I don't want that counter offer. I counter offered back and I have a good feeling about it. I said that I would want to work 4 - 9 hour shifts and 1 - 4 hour shift. The 9 hour shifts would be Sunday-Wednesday, and the 4 hour shift would be Thursday. That would be great. I really don't mind working Sundays. We are so slow that it doesn't seem like working. So, we are waiting to see if my counter offer has been approved. If it is, it will take effect on the 16th ( but I will only be working 1/2 day that day, because it's Golden Globe day!!).

Five for 2005

I really like this too...

Five Resolutions for 2005
1. Find more balance in my relationships
2. Re-connect with my friends
3. Control my stress level
4. Drink more milk
5. Get my headaches under control

Five Things I'm Looking Forward to in 2005
1. Buying a house
2. Not living in an apartment
3. Paying off debt
4. Getting new furniture
5. Baby?

Five Things I'm Not Looking Forward to in 2005
1. Change (ie. Buying a house)
2. Moving
3. Moving
4. Moving
5. Did I mention moving?

Five Books I Want to Read in 2005
1. Magical Thinking: True stories
2. Why I'm like this : true stories
3. Bad girl : confessions of a teenage delinquent
4. Hello Kitty : The Remarkable Story of Sanrio and the Billion Dollar Feline Phenomenon
5. any and all James Patterson books

Five Things I'm Going to Try to Cut Back On in 2005
1. Doritos
2. Carrying grudges
3. Spending money on useless crap
4. Procrastinating
5. Worrying about things I can't control

Five Things I'm Going to Try to Do More of in 2005
1. Exercise
2. Save money
3. Drink water
4. Take my vitamins
5. Blogging (hehe)