I'm feeling kind of . . . odd.

So did you hear about this? That young people are misdiagnosed when they present with stroke symptoms?

This does not bode well for my hypochondria. Nope. Not at all.

Tuesday Makes Me Smile.

It was Clinique Bonus Time and I was in dire need of a red lipstick. So I went to the store and tried a few slightly differing shades. It's been a while since I wore really red lipstick, but it used to be my staple and E shouldn't be the only one who is having a midlife crisis. So I ended up buying one, but when I got it home and tried it, I looked like a clown. So I had to go back and oh my god this is the most boring blog post ever in humanity.

In more entertaining news, I went to game night at a friend's house and one of the people who regularly shows up brought someone new. Someone who sucked so bad that EACH AND EVERY OTHER PERSON PRESENT wanted to punch her in the face. Or some other bodily area. She was wretched. But of course, we all tried to be polite and exacted our revenge in countless petty ways, like rigging games so that she would lose. Because we are adults. She is not allowed to return. And that person is not allowed to bring anyone else unless that individual has been vetted.

Also this past weekend, we attended Are You Kidding Me Yet Another Science Night at the Girl's school, which is like a Debutant Ball for nerds. Because I am a sucker, I agreed to help out, while making it clear that I could not stay to clean up because I had other plans. But really because I hate cleaning.

So I was stuck at the LAMEST of the tables, helping kids find out what happens when you put pennies in cups of water. ***SPOILER***The water spills out of the cup!! WOW! There was something about surface tension, but who gives a shit, really? I was bored out of my mind and had a hard time selling what I was doing. I also had horrific gas. So it was win win.

Seriously, though. Those kids are nerds. One kid spent I cannot even tell you how long just COUNTING the number of pennies he was putting in the cup. OVER AND OVER AGAIN. His mother stopped by the table briefly, asked me what he was doing, and when I said, "Counting", she said, "Oh, yeah, he does that all the time." AND THEN SHE LEFT. WITHOUT KID COUNTS-A-LOT!

Gah. I hate kids. And their parents.

Gah.

Got through a day of classes. Not an interesting one in the bunch.

Actually, I'm being hateful. Some of the classes were very interesting. I'm just lacking the impetus to be interested. I want something fun to happen. I feel very boring. I'd like to have a really fun and exciting hobby, but I can't think of one.

Gah. When am I going to grow up and stop wishing my life was something else?

Random

I think my favorite moments as a parent are those when I'm doing something hilarious and my kid is laughing along with me. I was walking back toward G while we were shopping and I decided to strut. She could not stop laughing, and neither could I. It was a nice parenting moment. I'll remember that when I have to drop her off at the end of the block so no one can see me.

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I'm partnered with someone I had never met for a class we're taking. To say that she is less than involved is putting it mildly. She is awful. I'm trying to be o.k. with that.

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I need to spend more time looking for work. I hate that part of working. Just give me a job. I'm a good worker and I won't spend all day IMing.

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Speaking of, a new person started at work, and even though during orientation, the tell you that your computer will be monitored, she wasn't there one day before I noticed she was IMing and shopping online. Seriously. I know I spend a few minutes playing Spider Solitaire when I'm trying to think of my argument, and I'll obssessively check the weather when a storm of some sort is in the offing, but even I have not gotten so blase about IMing. Bizarre.

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E spent Friday night and most of Saturday attending the funeral of his uncle's partner. That whole thing was a big ball of crazy. I'm glad I didn't go, but he's wiped out.


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I think one of the reasons I detest Scalia is that I'll be reading an opinion and think, "I know I am diametrically opposed to his worldview, but he's almost making sense setting up this argument . . . " and then I'll hit the point of his idiocy and go, "Ah, there it is." He strings me along and wastes my time, and I do not appreciate that.

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I got fingerprinted! Woohoo! Everyone was talking about how they went and got fingerprinted and were surrounded by parolees/probationers and were freaked out by the sketchyness. I didn't notice anything. I don't know if that says anything about how uptight some white people can be or about how skeevy my world it. Probably a bit of both.

Unbelievable

First, E gets in a car accident this morning, where a kid slid into him on the black ice, pushing E's car into the car in front of him. He's fine. The car needs lots of work. The idiot police officer wanted to amend the police report to leave the car E slid into out of it [because the lady didn't have any damage and didn't want her insurance company involved]. And by amend, I mean change what happened. Which I think is completely WRONG. And going to be a pain in the ass with the insurance company who E had already contacted about this.

So that sucks ass.

And then, when E finally gets home, he finds out his uncle's best friend/gentleman friend of 40 years died. And I can't even begin to get into the drama that is unfolding from that. Suffice to say, recriminations and Not Speaking and . . . poor E is Mr. Calm in the center of it all. Which makes me V. Cranky. Because what the fuck, people? Act like grown ups.

And I'm on call tomorrow and have not read a single thing. I'll do that later. Maybe before class. That would be optimal. We'll see how that goes.

I'm going to find a book I love to read and go to bed soon.

Where Have You Been?

Happy February. Suck it, Punxsutawney Phil.

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Today the girl and I finally took down the fake evergreen garland that we hung on the front porch and back deck. I'll be honest. The only reason it came down today was because the neighbors took down their christmas decor yesterday. And it was 40 degrees today. Had the temperatures continued to be in the single and negative digits, those things would have stayed up until the spring thaw.

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I've had a headache all day. Filling out my bar app did not help.

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We've been watching Leverage. It's pretty good to watch with the girl. E said it reminded him of the A Team. Kind of. But with an Ocean's Eleven bent.

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I went swimming this morning. The lifeguards were having a training, which was annoying. Also disgusting, because most of the lifeguards are young men and women in their late teens and there is one guy who is in his mid to late 40s and who was the only one wearing a speedo? Yeah. That guy. So many kinds of pukey.

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I'm starting to get kind of concerned because we have had 2 more people in our lives die. This is getting really creepy. I want it to stop. These two were more peripheral in our lives than most, but still, it's not good.

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You know what are disgustingly delicious? Fried mozzerella sticks. They're like breaded crack.