Why is it that when I have to deal with something tedious and out of the ordinary, it’s never just one problem at a time? I’m going to go on a long rant here!
On 1/4, the first business day of 2010, I found several problems that needed to be tackled:
I went to the drug store today to pick up a refill of one of my prescriptions. I get that it’s a pharmacy so I’m likely to encounter the occasional sicky while I’m there. That’s fine.
What I have a problem with is this:
I walk into the store today and I see a kid, maybe 9 years old. He’s got a SARS mask on. OK, you’re sick and you’ve got a mask on. Good. He’s got this horrible sounding hack, so I’m actually pretty thankful that he’s got this mask on. I decided to pick up a card and some earplugs before making my way over to pick up my meds. While I’m wandering around the store, I see this kid again and again. I realized later that while his parents were in line at the pharmacy, they were letting this kid wander around the store, unsupervised. His shirt is soaked, so I assume this kid has an active fever. Yes, ladies and gentlemen, this kid looks to have symptomatic H1N1. Definitely contagious. It would be one thing if he was standing with his parents, keeping his mask on, not touching anything. But this kid is wandering the store, picking up toys, touching all kinds of stuff, and the last time that I saw him, he had pulled his mask down around his neck and was only half coughing into it.
FUCK.
Granted I got my H1N1 vaccine over 10 days ago (the amount of time it takes to fully take effect) so I’m 99.9% sure I’m not going to catch this thing, but I guarantee that there are other people in this store who have not gotten their H1N1 shot. When you have a contagious disease and you don’t need to be out in public, stay the fuck away from people. Or at least keep your sick kid in the car if you have to bring him with you.
What is wrong with people?
I’m ashamed to say this, but I’m now a fan. My sister has been trying to get me into this phenomenon for quite some time, but to no avail. Then I saw the previews for New Moon. It looks awesome! But I can’t see it without seeing the first one.
So it’s official. I’ve seen Twilight. And I loved it. I want to own it on Blu-Ray so I can watch it over and over again. I think I’ve regressed to my teenage years.
OK this week is better. I’m not sure where I got this “second wind” but I’m not going to question it.
I’m more settled into this new job of mine, and I’m more caught up on things related to my unpaid gig. And the first job, well that’s smooth sailing as always. I love that job.
I truly hope this isn’t a fleeting thing that will go away next week, because this week is really good. I think I can manage if things stay this way. Who cares about long hours right now? I’m about to get my first “grownup” paycheck, I’ve found time to go to the gym, and I’ve even worked out a way to continue eating well (or at least eating less junk). Maybe the issue is recharging on the weekends. I can get on board with that 
Some of you already know I started my new job this week. But for those of you who don’t, yeah I recently went from being under-employed to over-employed.
I have 3 jobs.
We’ll call my original paid job “Job A”. My unpaid internship will be “Job B” and my new job will be “Job C”
I’m not sure what I was thinking, but I think I’m losing my mind. It’s been a week and I’m exhausted. I don’t want to go out. I just want to sleep. I work 11 hours 3 days a week, 12 hours 1 day, and a straight 8 the other. It’s long. I get home, eat dinner, and have time for maybe one TV show before getting ready for bed so I can do it all over again the next day. I haven’t been to the gym at all this week and I hate it. It’s especially bad because there’s so much candy at Job C.
I think the flaw with this plan is that 2 days a week I go from Job C to Job A to Job B. The other 3 days a week I only have to go into 2 places.
I’m not sure which is worse – under-employment and having no money, or over-employment and having no time or energy to do anything.
Maybe this week is an anomaly. After all, I was dealing with getting settled into the new job, dealing with all kinds of bullshit related to insurance companies and getting my car fixed post-accident, and figuring out loan repayments. And we all know how well I do with change LOL.
Hopefully next week is better. I worry I’m going to lose my mind. And that’s one thing I don’t care to lose.
I work with salary figures and other confidential information. Sometimes I print stuff that either I keep for a while then need to discard, or realize I just don’t need altogether. In these cases, I don’t want to recycle that stuff. So I started a shred pile. There’s one shredder in my building, 3 stories down. It’s in a room that’s basically the size of a coat closet on an isolated hallway. Needless to say, I don’t like going there much.
So I don’t.
This leaves me with an ever growing pile of stuff to shred. This pile recently became so massive that I decided it was time to ask my boss if I could buy a shredder. Simple enough, and he said yes. Score!
I was looking for something inexpensive but durable. Like would shred credit cards and an occasional staple. And at least 8-10 pages at a time. I sorted through our work catalog and settled on one – the Corporate Express CEBC12.
It arrived today, so I decided to open it and have a shredding party.
OMG SCORE. This machine is a BEAST! First and foremost, it shreds up to 12 pages at a time. It also does CDs and credit cards. It has a really awesome slide out drawer for all my shreddings (makes it super easy to empty!). Oh and it has 3 lights when its on: Ready, Overheating, Overloaded. So you know when you’re doing something wrong BEFORE you break the machine. YES! (This feature is particularly important for me)
Last but not least, this thing came with wheels. And these wheels have brakes. Like, let me roll my awesome shredder over to me, then brake it so it doesn’t roll away while in use. Who thinks of these things? Hahaha
I do realize that I just raved about a shredder for several paragraphs, but I don’t care. So far, this thing is totally rave-worthy!
After a long summer hiatus from quality programming on television, it seems that things are back in full force! I realize now that there are WAY too many good shows on and I know I’m missing out on a bunch of really awesome ones. Like Modern Family. I’ve heard it’s great, but I never added it to my TiVo, and thus it’s not a part of my weekly routine. And I’m behind anyway. Downloading shows and catching up on multiple seasons is such a pain in the ass, so I think I’m going to spend my winter break catching up on what I can. Like marathon days in front of the television.
So here’s the list of shows I’m addicted to and watching religiously:
We all know how much I enjoy Stephen Colbert. I also really enjoy his “Cheating Death” segment, as it’s a sure source of comedy. Last night’s edition of this segment was probably one of the funniest bits of all time that I’ve seen from this man. Seriously genius. And so funny that he himself couldn’t keep from laughing. Enjoy!
| The Colbert Report | Mon – Thurs 11:30pm / 10:30c | |||
| Cheating Death – Snus & Placebo Effect | ||||
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Its not even 8am and already I have been called “sweetie” and “hun” by random strangers. I HATE this and I’m tired and cranky. But they did volunteer to let me cut them in line so I guess its ok? Lol
Time for an in-flight nap!
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