(stolen from margaritaabate, although maybe I should give it back!)

So... in the depths of my severe allergic reaction to MSG last night, I lost something like 10 pounds.

Could have done without the pain, though. I yi.

Oh well... Sick day for me.

MSG = PAIN

*curls up and dies*

Stole it from tamatersweet and margaritaabate. What I want to know is how Voldie, Dumbledore, and Ron all scored higher than the Malfoys...

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I kind of wish I knew what was going on today. I need to run a few errands.

but someone's always in the shower, so that puts a bit of a cramp in getting ready to go out.

My parents might be coming to the city to do something for mum's birthday. I asked them to let me know but I still haven't heard from them. They're waiting to see if a part for dad's grain cleaner arrives by bus in Weyburn or not before they committ to coming in to Regina.

At least I have today off!

If nothing else, I'll go run my errands and spend the rest of the day sorting through my clothes and papers.

And I think I'll price out a stationary bicycle.

Not impressed with the roommates. Apparently, they arranged yesterday for someone to view my room today - and didn't tell me until about an hour ago - less than two hours before the person is to show up.

They informed me at the time I start getting ready for work. I'm most displeased.

It doesn't help that the room has no storage, so that the person will be walking in and seeing a pile of clothes on the floor, and boxes of stuff everywhere.

Also, I'm not moving until July 18th and the person probably thinks they can move in July 1st.

Ugh.

I'm hungry, too... Haven't eaten yet, and likely won't get to, since I have to clean like a dervish.

Got some overtime shifts this week and a call from my second job, so I might not be around much to post. I'll step in when I can, though. Have a great rest of the week and weekend, everyone.

I keep missing days. It's okay, though, because the year's not even half-done yet and there will still be lots of chances for points later.

My hand was being weird Sunday and yesterday but seems to be behaving today, so not sure what was up with that.

Have an appointment with the doctor tomorrow - follow up on the sinuses.

Mowed the grass and did lots of tidying today. I will be doing more of the same during the week along with weeding.

And I think that's all, folks.

Had a lazy day today for my day off. I should make something to take for my work lunch tomorrow. Oh yay! Tomorrow's payday! *huggles payday*

I kind of want to do the movie quote meme but it's been so long since I've seen movies that I'm having a hard time thinking of 20 off the top of my head. That should change when I move though, since I'm getting my tv and dvd player back! :D

Still a bit tired. My mom thinks I've been tired the past few days because it's the first time in almost a year that I've had the luxury to be tired without having any major pressing tasks hanging over my head. I think she might be onto something....

This posting everyday gig is hard. I didn't think it would be when I started on June 1.

Today was SO busy at work. There was so much going on and so few staff. If we didn't have the Human Physiology and Sports Co-ordinator in on weekends, we'd have been fucked sideways!

There were three birthday parties today (2 at 1:00 (one climbing and one in the lab)); two public climbing sessions; four stage shows, one Gyro Gym demonstration; and the family craft. Not to mention staff lunch breaks and such.

The boardroom was vandalized today by a 12 or 13 year-old who snuck into the museum with his friends. He pouted and was uncooperative during my Cryogenics show, then he snuck into the construction area... Eventually he and his posse got caught and kicked out but what a mess.

Good things about the day: I didn't pass out after the steroids today (not that I have... lmao), I got 8 hours of supervisor pay, I got 30 mins of OT (had to stay late and tidy exhibits and take out trash, etc), had a lovely lentil pilaf for lunch, there were only 5 climbers during my climbing session, and I climbed higher today than I did during the last session where I did the demo climb.

Um... what else?

Mmm.... Adjusting to the corticosteroids, maybe. Still ungodly tired and feel like crashing about seven or eight hours after taking my day's dose but can't sleep the full night. This morning I actually got one of the side effects listed on the info sheet: Nausea. I could have lived without it BUT I slept it off and still got to work early!

The actual sinuses haven't gotten worse, though I'm not entirely sure they're getting better either. Mind, I've had sinus trouble for so long that I'm not sure I'd recognize what they're like when they're completely healthy!

Oh, and there might be another federal election called soon in Canada. I guess we'll see on Monday if Ignatieff (Sp?) can accept the Conservatives' "stimulus package" proposal. I have to say, I'm not very impressed with it myself; I think it will hurt the economy rather than help it. Still, I don't think I can handle another federal election at the moment. Kthxbye.

I knew I was sinful when I stole this from margaritaabate and tamatersweet.... Little did I know:

The Dante's Inferno Test has banished you to the Second Level of Hell!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:

Level	Score
Purgatory (Repenting Believers)	Very Low
Level 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)	Low
Level 2 (Lustful)	Very High
Level 3 (Gluttonous)	Moderate
Level 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)	Very Low
Level 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)	High
Level 6 - The City of Dis (Heretics)	Very High
Level 7 (Violent)	High
Level 8- the Malebolge (Fraudulent, Malicious, Panderers)	High
Level 9 - Cocytus (Treacherous)	Moderate

Take the Dante's Divine Comedy Inferno Test

ETA: You have come to a place mute of all light, where the wind bellows as the sea does in a tempest. This is the realm where the lustful spend eternity. Here, sinners are blown around endlessly by the unforgiving winds of unquenchable desire as punishment for their transgressions. The infernal hurricane that never rests hurtles the spirits onward in its rapine, whirling them round, and smiting, it molests them. You have betrayed reason at the behest of your appetite for pleasure, and so here you are doomed to remain. Cleopatra and Helen of Troy are two that share in your fate.

I was going to say that I didn't do much today but I guess I did. I've been up since 5:15 am (bad since I work till midnight). I think it might be the corticosteroid my doctor put me on. I guess we'll see. It sounds like she means for me to take it for a looooong time.

I went to the store to get some Tylenol Sinus, since the doctor said I could take that with the nasal steroids for breathing at night. Maybe I'll get more than 4 hours sleep tonight then. :D

I also got insoles for my sneakers. I can't believe it. I got the shoes in mid- or late-April and they're already moslty worn out! I hate shoes.

What else... Oh, Avamys has a side effect where it raises blood sugar. I can't think why but maybe that's why I've been so bloody hungry all day.

And there's nothing left to do for the move except sorting and packing and moving. All the utility and moving arrangements have been made. I don't think I've ever been this organized going into a move in all my life.

Is it just me or are the tunes for "Head and Shoulders, Knees and Toes" and "The Farmer in the Dell" pretty much the same?

And WHY have I been awake since 5:30am? And I mean AWAKE - like, so awake that if I were in Gr. 1, the teacher would have foregone making the class sing "Alive, Awake, Alert and Enthusiastic" (complete with actions!), in the morning after "Oh, Canada" and The Lord's Prayer... just because I would be awake enough for the whole damned class!

It really isn't fair that I'm so awake, either. I mean, I work until midnight tonight and I can't nap at all. I wake up feeling hung over... if I wake up on time at all. The few times I tried to nap my first year of university ended with me sleeping through supper and waking up around midnight, which led to my first boyfriend accusing me of trying to be anorexic. What a mess!

I'm thinking of going to the pharmacy to get some Tylenol or Advil Sinus (doctor said I could take those with the steroid nasal spray), and taking a PM dose... I might be able to nap that way and still wake up in time to go to work. Maybe I'll just get some sinus stuff on the way to work late this afternoon, though... I mean, I have a morning shift tomorrow, so I'll need to be damned tired to fall asleep right when I get home from work anyways. Then again... if I have to do anything with the wall tonight, I should get a nap so I'm somewhat alert.

Gah!

YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I want to know 28 things about you. I don't care if we've never talked, never really clicked, or if we already know everything about each other. I really don't. You are obviously on my flist, so let me know with whom I'm friends!

1. Your Middle Name:
2. Age:
3. Single or Taken:
4. Favorite Movie:
5. Favorite Song or Album:
6. Favorite Band/Artist:
7. Dirty or Clean:
8. Tattoos and/or Piercings:
9. Do we know each other outside of LJ?
10. What's your philosophy on life?
11. Is the bottle half-full or half-empty?
12. Would you keep a secret from me if you thought it was in my best interest?
13. What is your favorite memory of us?
14. What is your favorite guilty pleasure?
15. Tell me one odd/interesting fact about you:
16. You can have three wishes (for yourself, so forget all the 'world peace etc' malarky) - what are they?
17. Can we get together and make a cake?
18. Which country is your spiritual home?
19. What is your big weakness?
20. Do you think I'm a good person?
21. What was your best/favorite subject at school?
22. Describe your accent
23. If you could change anything about me, would you?
24. What do you wear to sleep?
25. Trousers or skirts?
26. Cigarettes or alcohol?
27. If I only had one day to live, what would we do together? (If you have no idea, just say something crazy, it'll entertain me!)
28. Will you repost this so I can fill it out for you?

So, good news #1: I don't actually have sinusitis - yet. The doctor gave me a cortisteroid (yay sample!) to take once per day and I have a follow-up appointment next week.

Random odd medical information: Not only do I have crazily angled inner ears and ear canals, I also have crooked nasal passages. Hence, I have lots of sinus trouble. Weird.

Good news #2: I went to raise some hell at the university about my transfer credits not having been transferred yet. As it turned out, the lady at Athabasca University who does transfer credits had just finished entering me into the system when I was walking into my registrar's office at Luther College.... The wind was taken out of my sails but in the best possible way!

Good news #3: I filled out the application for October convocation. woot!

Good news #4: My credit rating was high enough to get internet/phone/tv service arranged without having to pay a deposit. woot!

All this - except the weird nose thing - more than makes up for the crappy shift at work last night. The lab/classroom where the kids eat was a master disaster last night. The Creme de la Creme workshop stuff was out and hadn't been cleaned up. There were empty cartons of cream out, open but unrinsed, jars from the butter-making experiment left unwashed, as well as the remnants of the curds and whey experiment - also unwashed. Not to mention the bits of berry sauce and whipped cream all over the floor. What a mess!

It took almost an hour for me and another staff member to get the lab into appropriate shape for the kids' activities and food.

On top of that, while there were only 29 kids, most of the chaperones were a waste of space. They broke so many of the safety rules we laid out for the kids it wasn't even funny. I don't care if you're a grown-up and you smoke - don't go through closed doors without being accompanied by a staff member because the doors WILL lock behind you and you WILL be left OUTSIDE for the duration of the effing night! On top of that, respect the staff at the facilities you are paying to use and do not undermine their authority with the kids.

Seriously, there should be a chaperone-screening process or something....

Still, today more than makes up for all that!

Not much going on today - still absorbing the fact that I nearly have my very own place, one without roommates.

The managers of my building have offered to sell me a loveseat/hide-a-bed for $40. It's in nearly-new condition and has maybe been folded out twice. I'm thinking on it since I don't have any living room furniture at all. (Nim, I think that may count as my something frivolous.)

The apartment (flat for the Brits and Down-Underers), is on the 6th storey. It's a one-bedroom with a den, so it's really large and spacious. It has closets - oh sweet luxury!

My family will be moving my stuff in on July 18th, which is my first day off after the available date. It won't be ready for the 1st because the previous tenants who lived there were smokers and had the apartment for something like fifteen years. The landlord is having all of the rooms repainted and new carpets put down. The windows were already replaced last year... and there's something else that I can't remember - maybe updated appliances, though the ones in weren't very old.

Jeff's stuff, which I'll still be looking after, will be coming in on a different day. Details have yet to be worked out but one of his friends agreed to help with that.

Oh. I need to call to arrange for internet (and maybe phone) to be connected for when I move in. I think I'll do that today. I already made arrangements for power hook-up yesterday (heat and water are taken care of by the landlords), when I paid the key and damage deposits and the July rent. I also made arrangements with the current roommates, and I will be paying July rent on the basement, so I don't have to worry about stuff.

I'll save hounding the university about my truant Athabasca transcript tomorrow when I finish at the doctor's office. I don't feel must like going there today since I was there yesterday to pay the remainder owing on my account for my May class - which I passed with flying colours, by the way. Woot! Still... the Athabasca thing is a pain in my ass. They were supposed to have couriered my transcript for the Creative Writing class to the University of Regina almost two months ago. I paid extra for courier so that it would arrive within 5-10 business days. They even snail mailed me my copy and a slip to say that they'd sent one to the U of R.

But, yes, I'm dealing with that tomorrow.

I feel better today but I do remember having a day, last time I was sickening with sinusitis, where I felt great only to feel the next day like I'd been hit by a freight train. I guess we'll see. Maybe it's just allergies....

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Oh... It's 2:30. How the day flies when I sleep until almost 11:30am! I should hurry and do stuff. I still have to eat and get ready for work and call the internet provider. Oh - and I'm going to call my mom and ask her to bring my tv and Super NES on the 18th when they come to help me move.... :D

So, I had to go back and try until I got a better result than death by Lucius. So....



I can take amazing sex death. Yep.

Stole it all from tamatersweet!


I can do better than that, I think!


Dammit, Lucius!


Hmm... Pretty sure there's better than that.


Damn - shoulda stuck with Lupin! Game Over.

It's been rainy the last couple of days, with more rain forecast for tomorrow, I think. Good stuff. I prefer the rain to all the snow we were still gettin in April and May.

So, for those I haven't told yet... Jeff and I broke up a couple nights ago for various reasons.

Not much else going on. I've been kind of fallen in love with my job all over again over the last couple weeks. It's actually been pretty exhilerating going in to work the past few days: everything looked shiny and new; there have been bigwigs from other science centres and science museums from across Canada. Even though I didn't work the gala or attend any events, it's been cool seeing them around work, poking around, taking pictures, and generally being very interested in everything.