sickly sick sicko

a few weeks ago i caught the cold that the twins at work had.

i thought i was getting over it. however, now i feel like crap again but in a different way. i have been having a harder time breathing (almost like mini asthma attacks) and am producing huge amounts of clear, normal snot. i blow my nose a trillion times a day and it never stops. i'm thinking that perhaps it is a bad allergy reaction to something, but i really have no idea. in any case, i am so tired of feeling like poo!

i'm going to try and schedule a doctor's appointment in the near future, but who knows how that will work with my work schedule. all i know is that i need a solution to what ails me. fast.

dear mother nature....

are you pmsing?

monday it poured rain. it was windier than all get out. it was cold.

yesterday was gloomy, but slightly muggy. it looked like it should be colder outside, but when i walked out into the open, my first thought was EW.

and today? the sun is shining a little too hard. it's a warm day. i got in my car to head to find some lunch this afternoon and the inside was BOILING. for the first time in 2 days i didn't want to be all snuggled inside.

i'd really appreciate it if you could make up your mind and stay a bit consistent with the weather for a while. it was great that my car got a natural wash and that i got to break out my new furry hoodie, but now my sinuses are trying to figure out wtf you are up to and my winter clothes are feeling like they've been teased.

let's go one way or the other. i'll deal with whatever, as long as it lasts more than 2 days at time.

sincerely yours,
shoe.

i'd take the stairs.

when it rains, it pours

literally.

and i'm loving it. i want to be back in oxford and walking down the road into town. i want some nifty rainboots and a funky water repellant jacket. dangit, all my winter hats are in storage.

i love the sound of the rain. the smell. the way everything looks covered in drops. how clean my car looks. :) i'm thinking that perhaps i'm destined to live in seattle.

the down side is that i want to be home, in my sweats with a good book, a warm dog, latifah and the blankets pulled up to our chins. i want to take long naps as the sound of the rain lulls me to sleep. i want hot chocolate. mmmmm, with marshmallows and fresh whipped cream.

am i sinning as a native californian? i'm supposed to love the sunshine and all that jazz, right? but i'm such a fan of this type of weather. it makes me positively giddy (and sleepy).

i think i may just have to go splash in some puddles.

if i had a superpower

at this point, i'd like to make time stand still. that way i could get everything done that i needed to do and not waste any time doing it.

too bad i already sold my soul for eternal youth and beauty...........

it's about that time

this is usually the point in the year when i begin to think about the new year and how excited i am that it's coming up.

the chaos of a new school year will be pretty mellow by then. the major holidays will be over and done with. the stress levels will dissipate a little. my birthday will be approaching....you know...all the good stuff.

why is it that this time of the year always sneaks up and attacks? it will be halloween in about 2 weeks and then holiday time is on. for cripe's sake, there are already christmas cards and some decorations in target. that should be freakin' illegal. every year i say i am going to be prepared for christmas. it never happens. one minute it's the middle of summer and the next minute we have 3 shopping days left until christmas. wtf?

i think that latifah and i truly need to plan an honest to goodness vacation in the new year. perhaps in the spring. neither one of us has had a vacation strictly to get away in who knows how long. i think the last time i really went on vacation just to go was when i was still living in so cal, still engaged to the schmuck and working in a nanny job i truly loved. ages ago. that's like 10 years ago. how sad am i?

we want to go somewhere neither one of us have ever gone before. we want to go where we have no family members (no offense!) and no obligations. i'm rooting for ireland, but i'll be happy for somewhere in the US that we've never seen (NY would be nice).

i think 2010 will be the year of travel. we'll take all of those lovely people who have offered a place to stay on their offer. we'll mark places off our list. we'll buy silly magnets and send postcards. i know we've been talking about working on finding weekend getaways nearby that you can drive to and allow pets, so that will be the first step.

where have you been? where should we go? is it just me or when you read through sunset magazine you want to rent a motorhome and see the united states? :)

dude, it's friday

and in 1.5 hours i will be OFF.

OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF!!!!!!!!!

and what's sad is that i am excited to be at home this weekend and clean. and organize. and put about a month's worth of laundry away instead of having it in various parts of my bedroom and spare room. YES! **fist pump**

i can't stop watching/listening to them

i'm addicted. seriously. go watch all their stuff. now.