I have never been a tea drinker. Gimme my coffee anytime yo! But alas, no coffee for me this time of day. Weirdo. I have to get to sleep. Richard has made me some of his tea to help me. I can never sleep when I have to sleep. Do you have that problem? I can’t be the only one as Richard makes it seem. You see, I am the early opener at work tomorrow. Early as in FIVE. Yup, you read that right. Five in the morning. That of course means that I need to be up at three. Ugh. I am up way too late already. So my mind is wired, my body is antsy, and I will be up all night worrying about waking up. I have taken relaxation pills, had some wine, and now am heading into my teacup of herbal sleep aides. Hell. You’d think I’d never wake up! But sleep is still a concern.

Hell this tea is hot. I think my man is trying to burn me. Smells like cat nip too. That’s just great. I am drinking boiled cat drugs. Tastes like cat-box. Bah.

The nice part is that tomorrow we’ll be off early! Richard is on the same shift. He thinks we’ll want to go and like do something. I said yeah, like come home and sleep. Heh. I am already planning that. I wonder where he wants to go? He is clearly nuts. Waking up at three. That’s barely bedtime. Not waking up time. This is all wrong. Hell. I feel like I am taking crazy pills. Oh, the tea must be working!

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Actually the internet came back to me just in time for bedtime, so I got back on the iChat, bid goodnight to any of my lingering peeps and off to bed I went. I slept in super late today too. Richard rarely sleeps in, so when he does I stay in bed too. It’s cozy like that!

Today is just a big ol’ day of chores. We have been working the last 6 days so the house is in just a tiny bit of disarray. I have finished a lot of it, but I still have to vacuum, change the bed, and empty all the trash cans. I really wanted to get my car washed today too. The weather just looks too questionable though. Probably should skip that. Then we have to go to 2 different grocery stores. Is that normal to have to go to more than one store? I understand going to the grocery and to Target. Two actual groceries seems odd. But we are odd. I gues it is about right then. Heh.

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Ayup. You know. I think I have writer’s block. I do. Can I call it that though? Do I do any real writing? It must be blogger’s block. I seem to be able to put off posting anything real around here with any excuse the past few days. Like just now. It’s late. Really late by most people’s standards. I am still up because I am trying to come up with a post (which may just be a way to put off sleep, but that’s another whole post). Instead of typing, I check the internets for software updates and then decide I must charge my phone immediately. See what I mean? Then more time passes and I will usually go for a link-tastic post instead. By the way, is it amazing that I can dredge up an insane link on the web easier and faster than dredging my brain for content?? Heheh. Sad actually. I probably shouldn’t point that stuff out. My other big excuse is to save stuff for the podcast. Cause I podcast so much. It’s semi-irregular at best. Speaking of, I had the best idea for a podcast on my way into work this afternoon! I forgot what it was though. Idiot!

Anyhoo, enough insanity. I absolutely must go to bed, even if I can’t sleep. It’s 3 in the morning for cry-eye. If I were in the military it’d be time to wake up already!!

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So anyway. I made it through the day. I was fine until our management meeting. I mean, we were warned that it would be a long one, but when they said ‘long’ I figured like an hour. Maybe an hour and a half tops. Well guess how long we sat there. Guess! Three hours!! Oh my freaking GAWD. I thought I was gonna DIE in there. Bad enough to be talked at so long, and my boss is a pretty good speaker. I wasn’t that lucky though. It was training broadcasts by non-actors. Can you say YAWN? I seriously was dozing off. In fact every time I looked up folks were looking at my smiling and mouthing something. It wasn’t till the end of the meeting that I realized the gal next to me was actually SLEEPING. It was that bad.

Other than that? Well. Not much going on. Sunday was the bowling thing for work. It was fun, and I really do like bowling… Sadly though, I do not have a sporty bone in my body and come of kind blase during a team activity. I was the team caption, and I actually think I might have brought down the team spirit. Sad. I just haven’t the slightest idea how to behave in that situation. I know I suck at bowling, and the whole yelling and gesturing thing after every throw (?) is just not me. So I clam up. Meh. I am clinging to the idea that I was fun and engaging at the table when I wasn’t up. Plus I bought beer. So that helps right?

At any rate, I totally want to go bowling more. Too bad that it is in a place riddled with naughty snacks and beer.

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Here I go! Yup, time to go back to work. I did get a full 4 hours of sleep…

#$%@

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The past few days off have been torturous in the morning. You see, someone that lives here has devised a new wake up system for me. Poking. And not in the good way. It’s like this. He wakes up, puts on his t-shirt and leaves the room, but on his way out he pokes me. This is to be ‘my cue’ to get up. I hate it. First it’s rude. I mean, ew. Poking? I open my eyes and grunt about how damn rude it is and try to go back to sleep.

Then the rest of the morning I get to hear about how behind I am making us because I didn’t get out of bed upon being poked. WTF? I’d rather just set my alarm…

How are you normally woken up?

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Well, I hope everyone had a great day. Mine was spent sleeping in. Heh. Couldn’t be helped. I was tired. I am still tired! LOL.

It was a nice day tho. We woke up eventually and had coffee, Richard tried to Irish it up, but ten thirty in the morning was a bit early for booze so I switched to regular… Then it was the family phone call. I am not used to that. I haven’t had that many holidays away from my family. This is only the second! But it was that call where they pass the phone around and I answer similar questions and say similar things over and over. Till it got to my dad. We had a fun conversation! So unlike us.. It was holiday magic I am sure, or that Irish coffee.

Then it was get dressed and off to brunch at the Hotel Del. It was fine. I think we were both hoping for better, and the Hyatt on Thanksgiving was awesome! I guess the Del is a bit of a tourist trap, and we got tourist food. It was fine, but not special.

We have since been relaxing at home and sipping chocolate martinis and watching movies on pay-per-view. We will so regret that next month. Heh! All in all it was a nice day. HOWEVER, the nightmare continues as I have to be at work at six in the morning. Damn! I hate mornings!!!

Anyhoo. holiday kisses from dp.com!

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So first I had to work. Bright and early, well not bright, actually it is still dark as I arrive for the 6-3 shifts I am plagued with this weekend. So work, work, work… Then I went home. My husband, or maybe it was me… someone was bitchy. I changed, realized I should have showered, pouted, and then went to the couch. As I was about to drop off into a deep sleep, Richard suggested a trip to the bookstore. He is obsessed with Hillary Clinton right now and had to get a third book about her… After that we were hungry, so he decided we should go to a Mexican place I heard about on the radio. The crew on the Star morning show are always going on about the perfect night out. Dinner at Jimmy Carters and drinks at The Lamplighter. So we went to Jimmy Carters for take out, and while we waited I INSISTED on a drink at The Lamplighter. It was *just* what I wanted it to be… Old, retro cute, kinda smelly, and filled with characters. I fell in love with the place. I even took a picture, as you can see if you scroll down. Heh. As we walked in this fabulous butch looking lipstick lesbian type was belting out this great song that of course I cannot remember now… It was a perfect song for the place. She was at the bar, singing, bitching about her shots not coming fast enough. The hawt blonde bombshell bartender brought her a regular sized glass of booze and a beer chaser. Did I mention that at 5 on a Sunday afternoon it seemed to be a total drinker’s bar. They made me the strongest margarita I have had in a long time. And I think I had the only fluffy drink in the place! Apparently they do karaoke in the evenings too. Heh. I’d love to see that. Anyhoo, I was drinking my glass of booze and lime too slow so Richard went out to pick up our order. In the meantime these two guys that had come in a while ago began to discuss whether I had been with with Richard, or if I was on my own. I think it was my little comedy vogue routine I had been doing when the jukebox was blaring Tom Jones ‘It’s Not Unusual’ that had gotten their attention in the first place. Did I mention that my drink was strong? Anyway, Richard returned with the food, and we went home and watched Basic Instinct 2. That movie was so damn hot. I don’t care if it flopped. I LOVE Sharon Stone in that role…. Over played or not. It is so damn sexay! Heh. And now I am up waaaay to late for my final 6-3 shift of the 3 day weekend. Then I will sleep Tuesday, celebrate Richard’s birth on Wednesday, a day early… but the best I could do. Then… well, Butch Walker on the 13th! Hollar!! I have to try to sleep now. Gah!

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So interestingly enough I came home from work and took a nap. Actually it was 2 naps. It turns out that even though I got 4 hours of sleep going to bed at 10 (which is crazy early for me) I was still tired after the infamous 5 till two shift. Then I woke up and started washing the insides of the windows. Crazy, I know.

The weird part is that I never nap. I hate naps, and napping. It feels like a waste of time. But I was refreshed when I finally got moving again. What do you think about the napping thing?

do you nap?

total votes: 33

i love a good nap

 55% (18)

 

i never sleep during the day

 12% (4)

 

sometimes i'll rest my eyes...

 9% (3)

 

there will be time for sleep when i'm dead

 6% (2)

 

i try to nap every day

 9% (3)

 

other (in comments)

 9% (3)

 

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