Tuesday, May 16, 2006
THREE THINGS...
I'm lazy, I'm bored, and I'm exhausted. Really, the first two stem from the last one, but it's irrelevant. I can only imagine what Adrianne is going through. I know she's working that beautiful ass of her's off, trying to get things in order for the wedding, all while trying to pack up her life and move down here with me. We need more time!!
Yeah, I should've thought of that a few months ago! I've tried to tell her to just put the moving stuff on the backburner, because she has enough to worry about with the wedding. This is where me being 300 miles away really sucks. I know she needs my physical and moral support right now, more than anything else.
Anyway, I'm exhausted. The weekend finally caught up with me, and I'm hitting rock bottom. I went to bed right around 11 pm last night, and slept like a rock. However, I could not get out of bed this morning. I hit my snooze button at least three times, and finally crawled out of the rack at 7:40. Needless to say I was late to work this morning. However, it was only by five minutes, which was good, because my boss came around as I was hanging my suitcoat up.
Me getting up late also meant that I didn't work out this morning, which is the most depressing thing. I've been so good, and I can already tell a little bit that it's working. However, usually once I jump off the wagon, it's really hard to get back on. So, I have to fight that battle tonight.
I can't keep my eyes open here at work either. Staring at the computer screen is just making the lids creep ever more closer together. I could easily crawl under my desk and take a little siesta. Man, I need a vacation! Well, in a week and four days I'll get one.
I was out running around last night until almost 9 pm. I had to run to the tanning bed. Funny story there... It was my last visit on my unlimited visits package, and last week I stayed in for 15 minutes during both visits. So, I decide I'll hop in there for 20, just to close out strong. Bad idea! My back is burnt, as are right around my biceps on both arms. I've been complaining about my arms getting no color, and now I'm paying for it. They've got color all right. RED is a color, correct?
I also ran over to Marshall's while I was down in Southaven. I've been looking for some wire framed sunglasses that won't give me big raccoon eyes. I've got a pair of Oakley Full Metal Jackets that make my face look really, really stupid if I wear them out in the sun all day. This is about right...
I'm not that fuzzy and cute though!
So, I actually found two pair that I really like. They are both really similar, but one pair is much lighter than the other, so, I bought them both. Who knows? Maybe I'll lose one pair before we even get to Mexico? Then what would I do? Well, I guess I could donate some funds to a Mexican sunglass vendor?
Finally, I went over to Wal-Mart. Yes, my most favorite place in this vast universe we live in. I know you can't tell sarcasm in typed word, but there is a metric ton of it in that last sentence.
Nothing really exciting about this trip. I kept forgetting the things I was looking for, so I made at least three trips back and forth across the store. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, because I really can use the exercise. The dumbest thing I did all night happened here though. I didn't grab a cart when I was coming in. I always go in the Lawn and Garden area, if it's open. There really aren't any carts there, so I usually grab one that someone left out in the parking lot. I like to help out the workers as much as possible, because they're people too, and they probably don't want to get the rogue carts either.
Anyway, I'm strolling toward the grocery area, and I look at my list (that I've actually written down). There's only four things on it, so I say to myself "Yeah, I don't need a cart". Umm... Did I already say this was a stupid thought? I must've not really looked at my list, because "yogurt" was on there. I don't buy the Sam's Club Econo-Tub of vanilla yogurt either. I buy the small, individual containers (since I usually eat this for breakfast), and I was planning on buying enough to last me until next Wednesday. Now, lets all do the math... Yesterday was Monday, and I have Tuesday through Friday of this week, and then Monday through Wednesday of next week. How many days is that? Can I carry that in one hand? Exactly! I'm a dumbass!
So, I pick up several things, and my two hands are completely full. That's when I have the "yogurt revelation". I start walking toward the front of the store to get a cart. I'm secretly hoping that someone just abandoned one in a aisle someplace and I can grab that one. **Background info alert: The yogurt is in the back of the store** I make it all the way up to the frozen foods before I actually come across an abandoned cart. Yes, it sucked!
I grab the cart, go back and get my yogurt, then head to the checkout line. I get in line behind a guy in the "20 and under" line, when I figure out that I forgot to pick up my pictures that I had sent over via the internet, for one hour processing. I think I actually left my brain over at the tanning salon, because it was escaping me alot last night. Maybe my alzheimer's was kicking in. Good thing I don't drink soda's out of aluminum cans anymore!
The best part of the night came when I left though. It actually put a smile on my face...
Two girls were playing "bumper cars" in two of Wal-Mart's powered wheelchair things (with the little basket on the front) out in the parking lot. I saw them when I walked out, and they were hootin' and hollerin', which just made me smile. That's not the capper of the story though.
I get to my car and I hear this older woman say "Umm, would you mind getting off that, so I can use it!" You have to close your eyes and imagine a extremely large, angry black woman saying it though, head cocked and all! It's the only thing that's putting a smile on my face today. Dammit! I'm tired!
||Inflicted on you by John, at 10:54 AM