5 posts from August 2009

my horrible life

i seem to be focusing on a lot of negative things right now.  work seems to be consuming my life and i think it's important to take a moment to review some of the good/exciting things that have happened recently in an attempt to pull me out of my funk.  for example:


this was the first of three courses served to me in international business class on my way home from VENICE!  did i mention business class?  venice?  how about that the trip was a gift from my extremely generous grandmother?  yea... sucks to be me.

the DART rail is prepping itself right now to whisk me away to the fair and central market and mockingbird station where i never have to worry about parking again.  did i mention it's right out my front door?  SO inconvenient.

my huge/insane/crazy/heavy/nutty/unbearable workload should slow down next month.  i'm on a call right now wrapping up one of the huge projects i worked on where i did a pretty good job.  i'm proud of me.  and it's over.

i have tickets on my fridge right now to see britney spears.  and guess what, i can take the rail there and avoid the high priced AA center parking.  cocktails?  yes please.  

i'm slowly and easily drifting in to my new vegetarian ways.  i'm learning to cook all kinds of new things and it's really fun.  i doubt i will ever give up sushi and i may help myself to some chicken or pork occasionally, but who cares.  my diet is 4x better today than it was 3 months ago.

even though i'm half assing my meditation practice i can already tell a difference.  it's no where near as beneficial as it could be if i did it correctly and with regularity.  but i'm not beating myself up over it.  what's the point in that?

i'm broke, but it's forced me to create a budget.  i finally found a free online budgeting tool that does what i need it to.  i'm saving for several awesome things including this bed set i found on my favorite design website.  i'm so far up west elm's tukus that i recognized it immediately.  it will be mine in a month or 2.  maybe for my birthday.



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overworked

so this marathon crazy work business has got to stop.  i haven't had 24 hours with no work obligations since i got back from italy.  i'm thinking "boo hoo liz, you went to italy for 2 weeks.  poor you."  but seriously i need a break.  it doesn't slow down.  plus since i got back i've been sharing my extremely small space with someone else.  i'm close to postal.  i'm trying not to whine but things are not so awesome.  change must come soon.  it must.  or i don't know what i'll do.


i've got 10 minutes before i'm back to work.  i got called out 2 hours ago and i was sitting at my desk 3 hours before that.  yawn.  i'm going to so my best to write a more uplifting post soon.  focus on the positive liz.  focus on the positive.

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saturday

weeds
weeds
sitting around watching weeds after grocery shopping and lunch.  later in the evening i'll be headed to a birthday dinner and then to check out the lashouts.  i'm looking forward to the night out.  i pray i don't get called out for work.  right now i'm enjoying the wonderful comic acting of justin kirk.  andy botwin may be the whole reason i watch.  actually no, he is the reason i watch the show.

to do list: 
fix everything
get stamps and mail bills (i like snail mail)
clean the apartment
brush the cat
buy a new vertical track and wash the blinds
clean out the file and shred all my old stuff
touch up wall paint
pick bathroom/kitchen color
send thank you card to grandmother
start sewing
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sad face

i'm going to take some time to vent.  i can do that because this is my blog and i can do whatever the hell i want.  so i will begin by saying i'm very happy to have a job.  other people in my same position aren't so lucky right now.  my company treats me well and i think my pay and benefits are more than fair.  there is a particular project that i think is being run very poorly and i'm worried that it will cause some trouble.  every time this project is mentioned i hear something totally different and it seems like no one is tracking anything.  there seems to be little communication or direction.  i've got a ton of large projects all happening at the same time and i'm having a tough time filling someone else's PM role at the same time.  I work morning, afternoon, evening, night and my work mobile rings constantly.  At 7AM, at 3AM at 6PM.  I feel like I'm really going above and beyond and doing an excellent job but my boss doesn't really praise people.  I just hear problems all day with little in the way of "thank you"' or "good job".  I just got back from vacation but I don't feel rested at all.  that on top of huge changes at home makes me want to cry.  i hope september is better.  this summer has been mostly hell.

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back to life back to reality...

well the vacation was awesome.  then i came home and worked so hard i barely even remember last week.  the state finally came out on DVD and i've been watching it for 2 days.  i got all the household chores done and am headed back to work tomorrow to get all caught up.


bart made it in on saturday.  he'll be staying with me for a month or so until he finds a place.  it will be good for me to learn compromise.  i'm fairly territorial so it's good to have someone in my space to challenge me.  as for my diet i'm now completely confused.  i've just read the 'omnivore's dilemma' and i'm on to 'in defense of food.'  these books were ment to clear up the confusion but now i'm more confused than before.  i'll sort it all out eventually.  i'd post more but i'm distracted by the state.

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i'm nostalgic for conversations i had yesterday. i've begun reminiscing events before they even occur. i'm reminiscing this right now. i can't go to the bar because i've already looked back on it in my memory... and i didn't have a good time.

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