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Monday, August 17th, 2009

I could not come up with an interesting title for today’s post. #brainfail

Can you tell I’ve been on Twitter too much lately? I really have. I find myself texting friends and family that way, as though I only have 140 characters. Makes me more efficient, but sometimes they text back majorly confused by my cut up sentences. Ha ha.

Speaking of Twitter, I’m sorry about that Twitter Digest. I must not have noticed I clicked on it, or I forgot to unclick it in my Twitter Tools update. You guys don’t need a digest! You have my Tweets displayed in the sidebar! :) So let me fix that so we don’t have that problem again, ok? It looks pretty unsightly.

Oh, and before I forget, we have the first official post up at Tales From the Hollow Tree! Check it out. I have a movie review about Penelope starring Christina Ricci and James McAvoy. Anyone here seen it? Come comment!

Let me go get started on my endless list of things to do today. *sigh* Someone will have to dig me out of the huge pile of clean laundry sometime this evening. I may only fold half before I pass out. ;)

Color Me Neurotic

Tuesday, November 20th, 2007

I’m back! Actually, I was back yesterday, I just did not have the time or patience to sit and write out a blog post. I would have been all extra snarky anyway. ;) Not exactly pleasant.

Let me tell you a bit about my weekend. It was actually really nice. As you guys know, I went to Vermont to visit with some friends. I miss them terribly, and although I moaned and complained most of the car ride up, under my breath like a petulant child, when I actually saw them, all thoughts of inconvenience disappeared. We chatted until the wee hours of the morning, had strawberry daquiris (YUM… sooo good), ate home made pizza, and just overall, caught up with gossip and such. The next morning, we pulled ourselves out of bed and headed out to get ready for a day with their new friends whom we were meeting for the first time. My darling Erin made a turkey dinner with the works and I was impressed to say the least. When everyone arrived we played Boulderdash (the best game in the world, btw) and Taboo. And we ended the night with some yummy Butterscotch Pie.

Sunday as we were leaving, Matt fell and broke his ankle. *Sigh* Yea, we saw ourselves out as he hopped the ambulance to the hospital. That boy is far too accident prone.

So, we get home, and I’m wiped from the weekend, I lay down for a nap and I’m out for like 3 hours! Then I have to rush and get up to go to my work meeting! Sunday night holiday meeting to prepare for Black Friday and to give us a heads up on our seasonal goals and such. Only, I’m not paid to be there the miserable 2 hours, and I have to open the store at 7am the next day! I didn’t even leave work until after midnight! All for the sake of stupid get together games? Yea, I was not a happy camper.

Yesterday I worked until 3pm, but didn’t leave until 4. Then, I went and had dinner at the inlaws. That was nice. Baked Ham is delicious. By the time I got home, I was already exhausted again (notice a pattern here?). But, I had to write, because well all weekend I did nothing but obsess about how behind I am. So I wrote out the end of the chapter I’m currently working on, and hated every word. But whatever, I’ll worry about that later. Right now, I’m just glad I have an idea where I’m headed. Somewhat.

I meant to blog yesterday, but as you see, I’ve been a tad frazzled. So here I am. Complaining to all you lovely people, because you’re all great listeners. ;) Ha ha. And because I just finished some lunch and am planning to do some serious cleaning, even though I should work on my WIP again. *shakes head* Procrastination, thy name is Isabelle.

Haaa….llelujah!

Friday, October 26th, 2007

*sung in beautiful operatic soprano*

It’s Friday!Thank goodness! I started my celebration by purchasing C.E. Murphy’s Heart of Stone, which I’ve been reading during my lunch breaks at work, and jumping in head first. I really love it. Although, strangely enough, her heroine reminds me of a good friend of mine! Ha ha. Might be why I was drawn to her from the start. She’s A LOT like her. Not just in her chosen profession but in her biting wit and her relationship with her roommates. It makes me snicker sometimes as I read it. And the irony of it all is, the heroine’s best friend in the book… her name is my friend’s real name! *shakes head* It’s all very confusing.

I have no major plans for the weekend. But I kind of like it that way. I’ll read. Plot. Write. Sleep. Eat. In that order. LOL No, seriously, I plan to just take it easy. I may play football tomorrow afternoon with some friends. May visit my mother *loud groan* who’s having a good friend of mine over for dinner who is coming from NYC. Saves me a trip. Plus I love her and her family so I really want to see them.

Next week I plan to get back on a semi-diet of sorts. I’ve gained a few pounds since returning to regular food and I’m not feeling too great about it. A lot of it is the stress of the new job and emotional eating. But most of it is really just being unable to hit the gym regularly like I was doing, because of exhaustion and time constraints. Which means I’m going to have to just MAKE time. *sigh* Does anyone have time they want to sell me?

Plus, my writing has suffered a bit because I can no longer do the late nights I used to. I’m getting old. ;) I really need a good schedule. Too bad I don’t stick to them. Ha ha.

Happy Friday everyone!

Now or Never

Sunday, September 30th, 2007

It’s Sunday night. Already. How did that happen? And more importantly… How do I undo it? Not that I mind work, don’t get me wrong. Another few hours in book heaven, a.k.a B&N, always makes me feel good. I think it’s the smell of new books and coffee. It does weird things to my system. Happy things. :D

I think what really has me dreading Monday is the thought of another full week of work and activities and plans. Another full week of (warning: cliche up ahead) running around like a chicken with her head cut off. Because let’s face it, I’m one of the least organized people in the known world. It causes a lot of unnecessary headaches.

Hubby, in his infinite OCD/anal-ism *ahem* wisdom, has created a schedule he thinks might help me. Just trying to follow it makes me even more exhausted. Ha ha. Sad, huh? ;) What can I say? I’m a free spirit. I cannot be chained down by tasks written on paper!

I hoped to just crash this weekend. Veg, sleep, read. Recharge, basically. No such luck. I ended up far busier than I intended to be. Not bad busy. I got to spend time with my beloved nephews whom I adore. Got to hang out with a friend from the city who I haven’t seen in months. Still… it’s nearly Monday. And I got no vegging, reading, and hardly any sleeping done. When will I learn my lesson?

On the writing front… *sigh* Well there really is no writing front. I’ve had a really crummy writing week when it comes to productivity. I’m supposed to be working on a 20k novella. The idea I was trying to shape is just not working out. I think I hate it. Which is really really bad because it has to be done by January. I’m a little concerned, but not muchly. Just enough to make me crazy. On the other hand, I reopened my WIP to add another 1k or so. Hadn’t touched that in about a week or so. So it was a nice change of pace.

I think I’m going to go clean up and indulge in a book for a bit. I totally deserve it. ;)

Hope you all had a great weekend!

Na-cho Cheese

Thursday, September 20th, 2007

I just stuffed my face with a homemade, makeshift cheesedip. It had some leftover turkey ground meat. Peppers. Cheddar, American and Pepperjack cheese. Argh. I sooo should not have eaten that. But I couldn’t help it! I’m in one of those junk food craving moods. *sigh* I should have hit the gym, I bet it would have kicked the craving, but I had too much to do. Now I feel like a slacker. *wails* I gotta get up early and jog. Or hit the gym like 6 times tomorrow. Ha ha. I’m such a weekend warrior. :-P

I had a really great day at work today! I ran the register. I’m really getting the hang of it, finally. There are tons of codes which I can’t for my life remember. The people who already work there shout them out like times tables! It’s amazing. I was soo impressed. I fumbled a bit, but people are generally kind as long as you keep your cool and smile. Some people told me not to worry that I was doing great, which of course had me smiling like an idiot. :D And oh yea, I got a tip! WOOT! I felt so accomplished!

On another note, I’m really excited because I’ve got some neat ideas in store for my WIP. Its going to take a while for me to get myself together, particularly because I’m scheduled to work 4 days next week, and I’ve got to get this house in order, so my writing time will be a bit less. But that’s ok. All in its time. It’ll get done. I’m trying not to stress too much over it. *Can you see my left eye twitching?*

I’m really tired tonight, so I’m just working on fixing up the chapter I wrote last night and adding a few things I missed. Then I think I’m crawling into bed and reading for a while before passing out. It’s almost Friday. YES!

Today’s art, which I found kind of adorable, came from Magicyoyo271 @ deviantart.