-The Uber Dork-

I have been in one of those moods where laying in bed and sleeping seems to be the best thing to do. I wouldn’t say its being depressed, more just lazy? I don’t know but I think I’m snapping out of it. Yesterday I actually didn’t come home & nap after class. I went to Monroe with Renee. She had to return a Coach bag at the commons for her mother. Never did I realize how much I missed her when we weren’t talking for almost a year. She is such a fucking awesome person 99.5% of the time. That other .5% I truely want to stab her in the face with a spoon. We picked up Starbuck while we were there & laughed about driving all the way to Monroe years ago to just get Starbucks. We didn’t have one in town until like last year. Then I had to drive home because she can’t deal with rush hour traffic at all. We took a detour to see Nate. He just got home from a swim meet and qualified for a national meet in August down south. There is a good chance I will be flying down with him to cheer him on and video tape it for his parents who will be in Europe.

He inspired me to get back into the pool. I want to do it for me. Aside from flute & my music I was happiest when I was in the pool. The miles I swam at practices, the pain, the success, it was all just awesome. I think I’ll be using my old high school pool, and the college’s pool on a regular basis soon. Who knows once I get back into shape I can start trying to speed up. Nate is telling me if I work hard enough I can make a club team. At 24 I have to be damn fast to make a club team… And I don’t see that happening at all or for a very long time. Right now I’m doing it for me.

Dreading work tonight. I just hate going in at 4:30pm my night is shot. And I don’t wake up early so getting anything done before work never happens. Tomorrow though after my class I will be cleaning if I don’t nap. The clutter in my room is starting to make me antsy. Something needs to be done.

Guess I can shut up now.

So this morning I had a meeting/training. The usual pointless nonsense really. The thing I think I was most annoyed about was the fact that my Senior (someone who I personally feel shouldn’t be in that position) spoke up about a pair of e-mails myself and the other sales operator sent out. It was about the mess that is left in our little box when we aren’t there. Then we walk in the next morning and its a sty. And we have voiced this to people, and finally Yashira sent out an e-mail. I replyed and stated something about using the right sized trash bags because I don’t like touching other peoples filth. I did not see any rudeness in either of our e-mails. Even Emily who is our supervisor, didn’t see it. So basically I think it hurt his feelings. It was only sent out to prove a point & get someone to notice that when we are not there, they have to clean their shit up. Gah I just need to vent because seriously I hate overly sensitive people. As much as this person is a perfectly good hearted person. At work he drives me insance 99.7% of the time. Mostly its tolerable and I enjoy the banter back and forth because we push each others buttons. But this morning I got snappy. My mother was sitting across the room and I could see her laughing a little like “Thats my daughter.”

Now that I got that out of my system. I have studying to do & Harry Potter to watch. I made Don watch the first one last night, and 2nd today. He only saw the last one. I was like “Oh no that won’t do!”. Last night before I passed out I annoyed him with recieting lines from the movie. When I fell asleep he finished the movie like a good boy & said he enjoyed it. I have the second run running right now for background noise.

Yeah I’m done.

So one thing you do not want to do when I am PMS’ing is annoy me. And this can be done by simply glancing at me in the wrong way, occupying space, living. Well last night I was working & I get a phone call for Geek Squad. Generally I would transfer it but the 2 Agents were up front dealing with issues with customers. This man on the phone wanted one of them to walk him through installing, or re-installing his video card and troubleshooting it. Well our Agents aren’t trained in tech support over the phone… So this annoyed me & here is the conversation.

Customer: I need to have one of the guys to tell me how to set this up and get it working.

Me: Well sir we can’t give you that advice over the phone. You can call 1-800-GeekSquad where there are trained Agents who can give you tech advice over the phone.

Customer: Well I never had a problem getting help from the store. So get one of them on the phone.

Me: Sir can I ask you a question?

Customer: *clearly super annoyed now* FINE.

Me: Do you have children?

Customer: YES. WHY? WHAT ARE YOU GETTING AT!

Me: Well when one of your kids falls and cuts themselves do you get on the phone and ask the Dr how to stitch them up? Or you to pay them for a specialized service to have them do what they were properly trained to do? Its the same concept.

Customer: GIVE ME YOUR MANAGER!!!!!!!

Now needless to say I wasn’t at all rude to him. I was just proving a point. Whatever, you call up acting like a wanker you get to deal with the wrath of PMS. I can’t help it if I am witty! The manager that got that call basically told him to call 1-800-GeekSquad and that I was totally correct in what I said & how I handled it. But I have to say sometimes the shit I come up with and say sometimes shocks even me. That’s going in the list for sure.

I’ve been slacking in the blogging area. Sadly I have been listening to Harry Potter audio books. Which I am totally in love with. Although I think listening to them while driving is a bit dangerous for me. I keep thinking I am seeing people flying by on brooms. I kid you not. Also started reading Harry Potter fanfic…. Yeah horrible addictive stuff.

Woke up early to get Mom from Auto Alignment World. But actually she didn’t need an alignment at all so she just met me at ShopRite and we shopped quick. Got some fruit & Grape Nuts cereal… I thought I would end up with more, I guess not. A bulk of my shopping has to be done at Walmart tomorrow night anywho…

Enough rambling.

Its hot, sticky, & miserable for most outside. But I am loving it! 98 degrees is pretty much my heaven. I plop my ass down with a homemade iced tea (I make some amazing iced tea), my DS with Animal Crossing, and my Harry Potter audio book, nothing is better. Thats how I have spend my last few days, which is why I haven’t really blogged. I don’t think thats all too interesting.

Class today was an entirely different world now that I am not sick. I was able to pay attention the entire time. Last week I was wiping my runny nose, and rubbing my itchy eyes. My teacher is pretty fucking cool I think. He talks very, very, very fast but so do I, so I catch on pretty well. I should do some homework later, I have my first exam on Wednesday.

I’ve been PMSing. I am basically the most miserable creature in the world while doing so. Poor Don, and any person who has to deal with me.

Life in general is alright. I’m going to sip on some more tea, listen to more Harry Potter, and download a few more movies.

I think my allergies are gone for now. Last time I had anything like this was 7 or more years ago. So maybe every few years something blooms that decides to beat the shit out of my immune system. It was attractive last night I could press on my face and hear whatever was filling my sinuses move & slosh around. Right before bed I had a lovely sinus headache. That was my cue to sleep. And that I did, all night without waking up.

My burn is mostly healed up. I am peeling like a lizard in spots. I really want to tan tomorrow, but sadly I don’t think I should. I rather not have to burn again. Almost thinking about letting my tan fade, joining up with Sun Spa since they have newer and better beds and its… 4 minutes from my house. I probably won’t do that though. They are more expensive & I don’t need to spend the money. I’m just pissed off I can’t tan until Monday now.

Life has been dull thanks to these allergies. I haven’t done anything, gone anywhere, or even had anything remotely interesting to speak of. I guess thats better then having the drama cloud hanging over my head though. I hate drama, and people that thrive on it. I work with a few of those people. Its drives me insane. I don’t get it, and I doubt I ever will.

Guess I should start the process of getting ready for work. I really don’t want to go in. Laying in bed all day sounds lovely.

I wanted to write last night. Sadly I am so burned that I really couldn’t manage more than cropping a few pictures from K Fest. And the cropping was half assed because my face hurt every time I’d move it. And my arms I am pretty sure were making a crunching noise when I’d move them as well. There goes 2 weeks of tanning down the drain. I am now sporting a very sexy tank top tan line. Envy me.

But I will say that burn was worth it. K Fest was amazing. There isn’t really another word I can think of to sum it up. Sure not everyone was great, but most of them were. I can also say buying my Rebel XT & my zoom lens paid off, big time. We sat behind home plate because I am suffering from allergies and didn’t have the energy to fight with people for standing room by the stage. So we were a good 200ft away from the stage. Take a look over to the right, and browse my Flickr to see a few of the pictures I had the energy to edit a little bit. The one person I’ll take the time out to write about is, Wyclef. He was simply amazing. And not because he came pretty close to us in the bleachers (a set or so away from us), but because he enjoys performing. He kept my attention and I didn’t want him to leave the stage. He didn’t either. It made me happy to know he was there enjoying himself & what he does. I thought I’d be happiest to see Blake Lewis. He was awesome & I still want his beat boxing babies. Wyclef drew me in & will be on my list of Top 10 Concert Performances. If you ever get the chance to see him live, do it. I promise you won’t regret it.

Had class this morning. Felt like ass the entire few hours of that. I was so uncomfortable that I found it hard to pay attention. Between coughing & my sore burning skin it was misery. I think right now I am going to get into the tub. I’d like to take a hot bath but that probably isn’t wise at this point in time. So a cool one will due I guess.

Ending this mess with a picture of Blake for good measure.

I think the constant laughing at people who have allergies finally bit me in the ass. Its probably because I was laughing at my manager for being miserable the other day with allergies. I think now I am suffering from them myself. I felt like complete shit at work for awhile & then I felt like total ass when I woke up this morning. Not sick more worn down and just ‘Ugh’. Yeah ‘Ugh’ is a feeling by the way.

Yesterday I went tanning & I purchased new bronzers. They got me dark. I’d say I am now an entire shade darker from just one use. I’ve also been cheating a little and using Jergens Natural Glow on my face. Overall I am happy with looking tan, and not a yellow-ish white that I have been.

I start class Monday. It’s 8am until 12:30pm! Thats a long ass time. I am going to be tanning at 1:30pm. So after class I can grab Subway then tan. I have to get a hold of my Grandfather to plan a trip upstate. Ideally I would love to be up there for July 4th. Last time I was up there for the 4th I was little & we spent it in Oswego. I simply adore being upstate, but its only for me in the summer. No way can I live through the cold & lake effect snows.

I might go nap. Maybe I will wake up feeling better? Probably not.

It probably isn’t a good thing that I don’t trust my own place of employment to take my laptop, send it out, and have it returned to me working properly. That is if its even returned at all. But sadly its the reality I am facing. I have my service plan & I need to use it for my keyboard that is crapping out now. On a daily basis I have Geek Squad customers yelling at me because A) Their computers are still broken after bringing them in B) Their computer has been out to service for 2 months C) They just want want someone to yell at. Who knows I might end up being that person in a few weeks. Hopefully a simple keyboard replacement isn’t beyond them though.

I got really pissed off at Don yesterday. He had the nerve to say to me “Maybe you are bipolar”. I woke up in a bad mood, and was taking it out on whoever was near me. And he was the one yesterday. If there is one thing I know I am not is bipolar. So it naturally upset me & he then said “Well I didn’t mean it.” Yeah most people learn when they are 4 don’t say what you don’t mean. It hurt my feelings and upset me a great deal. And secured his spot on my shit list for a little while. I’m also not going to let him forget it. Now I will respond to all my fits “Its probably because I am bipolar?” I have a family member who is bipolar & I in no way resemble any of the nonsense they display. Thankfully she is finally on medication (which I hear she doesn’t take). Hopefully Don will think a little more before he speaks. As much as I am  a joker when you comment on my health, mental or physical in a negative manner joking or not, expect a response.

I went tanning yesterday, sat around miserable, & later at night I played some World of Warcraft. I’m bored with the game in general. I am over the raiding, not so much into pvp, I hate questing. Last night I got to talk to old guildies on ventrilo. We played around with some lowbies and bullshitted, it was nice. I want to start playing Sims 2 again. Finally installed all the expansions on my computer but since I have been using my laptop a lot, I haven’t played.

I probably should start getting ready to go into work. I need to head in a little earlier to have the Geeks send my computer out and such. Say a little prayer for it please for I may never see it again.

Wow I can’t believe I am awake. After the night I had last night. Although nothing crazy by any standards. I decided to have a drink with mom and her friend & it turned into a few too many. By the time I finally got into bed the room, bed, earth were spinning. I am pretty sure I was on the phone with Don and was talking nonsense. And I know I was typing nonsense at one point as well. Which is exactly why I don’t like getting drunk in public. I turn into a mumbling mess, or an uncontrollable fool. Here I am the next morning with no puke to speak of, no headache to baby. I nearly never have hangovers which I fantastic. Although I probably jinxed it for next time. Oh well….

Yesterday I got pulled over. I name dropped & was actually honest this time. Usually when you get pulled over the standard response when they ask “Do you know why I pulled you over?” is “Oh no officer.” or crying. But I simply said “Yeah my inspection, which was due in January.” He asked me about my record, which is clean. And then told to me “Have a nice day sweetie.” Seriously makes me feel like I cheated death or something when I drive away from situations where I might get a ticket. Mainly because everyone else I know never seems to be so lucky.

While at work yesterday I was helping a customer with GPS. When I hear “Stephanie come it. ANYONE SEE STEPHANIE.” Now at this point it sounded like A) I was getting fired or B) I had a really big customer complaint. So I bring my customer to the front registers, and see Joey walking towards me. Seems that an older gentleman took a spill in computers and they though “GET THE NURSING STUDENT” granted I am not able to touch or treat him. But I was able to ask questions and observe his condition for the EMT’s. And it turns out I know him, and 2 of his grandchildren. So that was kind of neat. I was cute though that people at the store thought to get me. Made me feel smart & special.

I am starting to feel a little sick right now. Back to bed maybe?

These last few days I have been out of it. Mainly my head has been clouded thanks to monthly hormonal changes. But also nothing really awesome has been going on. Much of the same being lazy, working type things. I have another week to enjoy it then summer class starts. Yay!

Don & I went to see the new Indiana Jones movie. I have to say it wasn’t the greatest movie I have seen, and not the best out of the series. But it held its own, and I enjoyed it. Partly because I have a thing for Harrison Ford and his fedora, and partly because overall it satisfied my expectations. Although I could have done without some parts, mainly related to my xenophobia. I give it 2 thumbs & 2 big toes way up. Go see it if you haven’t yet!

So yeah… That was the excitement of my last few days. Oh no no no! I didn’t get to write about my burn! Yeah after I wrote the other day I started feeling itchy. Next day my back hurt. I burned about a 6″ section of my back. It wasn’t too horrible. Some aloe and the weekend off helped it. Back at it Monday though. I’m thinking tanning is going to be my happy time come the start of fall semester. Which isn’t a bad thing at all!

I think from weather reports summer might be showing up sometime soon. Or at least weather thats warmer than the 60’s. Its about time!