Becoming a Zombie

And surprisingly, it wasn't as painful as I was expected. Still have some more misc. stuff to move like my lap top and coats and sewing machine but I do have until Monday night so I consider today a great success!

Made another smoothie tonight and this one is sooo creamy it tastes like a milkshake! I'm going to start making these all the time! Nom nom nom (❤ ◡  ❤)

Sooo I'm moving which is great; going to a smaller/cheaper place which I'm super stoked on because I'll finally be able to save some money, pay off some bills, and be on my way to making my dreams happen! 

Only moving three houses down the block and staying with the same land lady which is also cool because I have a really great land lady and deposits and all that kind of stuff transfers (yay!). Need to be out by Monday and in the course of starting to pack I've begun to have all kinds of problems with my toilet. 

First the water in the bowl was seeping out from under the wax seal so it was reset this morning. I flushed it for the first time since about 20 min ago and again, the bowl emptied but this time the sewer backed up out of my shower drain. It's so gross! I have the door closed and fans on because the smell is horrific! I'm sick and can barely breathe out of both nostrils and the smell is overwhelming so I figure it's got to be pretty bad.

It's such a coincidence that just as I'm leaving all these problems arise. There isn't anything I'm aware of that I've flushed besides waste and TP so I have no idea why this is happening but I'm glad I'm leaving soon too.

Goodbye long nails, I loved you while you lasted.

So the plan has changed again and now my boyfriend won't be back for at least another month. He was supposed to be gone for only ten days and he's been gone for more than 30 now- stranded in bum fuck Texas.

I can't even....

The plan was to be productive all weekend but per my usual habits, I spent all of Saturday pwn'n noobs on World of Warcraft. So today I have to work double-time to get everything I wanted to accomplish done. I can do it!

Yesterday was the day from hell. I actually had a pretty good morning even during the weekly meeting but once I got on that phone it was a disaster. The theme in my calls for the day was the customer asking me to second guess someone else- they demanded that I explain exactly why or why not some other tech told/did something and I don't know, I wasn't there. I can only look at what story the record tells, see what's happening right now, and help them fix the problem. Apparently that doesn't satisfy them.

So I have a great commute home just laughing my ass off with K and she drops me off and I remember wondering why my roommate didn't leave any lights on which is so unusual for her. I open the door and flip the switch and no light. Then I remember there was a planned power outtage scheduled from 8am to 4pm so maybe I need to flip the breakers? I do. Nothing happens. The display on my meter is digital and it was off, so, furious I grab the notice and call the number to check on the status- they finished work and power was restored at 5.15 so why is mine still off?

I walk out to the street and all the neighbors to the left of me have power all the way down the street but me, the guy on the corner next to me and the two houses behind us are dark and I can see people walking around with flashlights. You've got to be fucking kidding me.

I call the electric company full of fury ready to rip someone a new asshole and a girl answers and she sounds tired- I decide not to yell. It's not her fault and she doesn't deserve to have her day ruined just because I'm mad so I phase into that state where your mind becomes oddly clear, you feel numb, calculating, even cruel and your voice is deadly calm, even, and quiet. She tells me there were no reported problems but that she'll send someone out to scout asap.

My roommate and I hang out while we wait and laugh while reading an astrology sex book I have. The guy comes out to our place and looks around for about 45 minutes before telling us that the work crew today must have blown a transformer and didn't bother to check or replace it before leaving and that he'll have to get another crew together to replace it so it will be at least three hours (this was at 8.30pm) before power is back on.

Because there is no power, there is no heat. I gave up and tried to just go to sleep and get a full eight hours in- but will my body simply cooperate? No, of course not. Everything about this stupid day had to be difficult. I couldn't sleep. I couldn't get comfortable. Finally I managed it though, only to wake up three hours later because my many blankets made me waaaay too hot but the problem then was that once I get too hot while sleeping, I have to get ice cold to the point of shivering to not immediately overheat under any kind of covering, even a top sheet. I hate my body so much sometimes- I don't understand why I overheat when it's 40 degrees in my room.

1.30am and I can't sleep. I turn on the flash light and read a chapter of my current book (Sex At Dawn, Christopher Ryan and Cacilda Jetha) to help me feel sleepy and it works so well that I can't focus on the words anymore but once I close the book and try to drift off into dreamland- nothing. I finally slept for maybe another hour. The power came back on around 3am and I got up 30 minutes later. 

I've been staying up too late.

And I feel bad. I have about ten days to complete about five projects for my boyfriend and best friend before they both arrive here but I don't know that I'll be able to finish. I have tried to be diligent and work on them even if I didn't feel like it and I really needed to last night but I just couldn't. I couldn't focus on my own thoughts even. I have scrambled eggs for brains after work especially after bad days like yesterday. But I have to get it done. 

And yet... I keep encountering set backs at every stage like the purse strap I braided yesterday is too short and too thick. I think I'm going to get rid of the dark blue strand and just have the purple and olive. I can use the blue for a trek bag. 

To do:

Kings Cup Drinking Game Cards: Label each card, draw symbol on each card, hole punch, bind.

Pikachu doll: Cut out ears and attach, embroider hands/feet/nose/, attach eyes and cheeks, stuff, stitch up.

Pokeball plushie: Everything.

Blue Purse: Attach sequins to back, sew on pocket lining.

Om ring: Everything.

Silk purse: Sew cut pattern pieces together and add zipper, braid hippy cloth for strap, attach strap.

I was browsing Murderotic's blog and decided that since I had such a bad day I'd make myself a nommy smoothie to cheer up. It worked!

I didn't have bananas which is the only ingredient I wish I had to add to this, but I used frozen blueberries, fresh strawberries, fresh red grapes, fresh lemon juice, vanilla almond milk, almonds, spinach and the tiniest pinch of salt. I made too much so now I have breakfast too!

Yesterday was a holiday which was grand, but of course the trade off for an extra day of sanity is to implode the next day. At 5pm when the call queue closed today there were still 2,900ish people on hold! Da fuk?! That hasn't happened since the summer time and January is supposed to be DEAD.

I just don't get it.

It's the middle of the month, not a full moon, and no major events happening since the world didn't end. Last year we were lucky to have anyone in the queue at 5.03pm and died of sheer boredom waiting to leaving but oh ho ho no! Not this year.

Today was really rough, right off the bat I was getting yelled at for things that weren't my fault but the customers kept trying to make it personal which is so frustrating. And yes there were a couple where the problem really was our fault, but not something that can be fixed on the phone. Why? Because it's a government agency and we're dealing with legal documents which means original signatures and forms galore are a must. But try getting someone who thinks you're a corporation or private entity to understand that.

And the amount of people who waiting on hold or for a call back for an hour and half that didn't have their license or VIN numbers and took five minutes to find it all while bitching about how they had to wait on hold..... YOU ARE THE PROBLEM. If everyone had decent listening (not hearing but understanding) skills and just touch of forethought that wait time could be cut in half. But noooo. Nobody pays attention and it's all my fault that I can't just read their minds.

Look at what I found at the fabric store..... STAR TREK FABRIC!!!! They had The Next Generation print there too but the original series is my absolute favourite. Not exactly sure what I'm going to make with it yet but I just HAD to have some before I left the store.

I miss my boyfriend more than I can even put into words. He's been gone in Texas visiting his grandpa for the past two weeks and I feel like I'm gonna explode if I can't touch/kiss/hug him soon. When he comes back is up in the air still and while I really hope his grandpa is doing well and getting better from his surgery, I just want to know a date so there is a happy thing to focus on and look forward to.

Although, I did receive the gift he sent me today and it's awesome. Sea shells to warm my mermaid heart. <3