on the couch

so I'm on the couch. My intestines hurt and I haven't spent more than 4 hours at a time at work this week. So here I sit, or rather, here I lay because sitting for too long hurts my insides. At least today I'm working at home on a borrowed laptop. I think I'm going to go to bed shortly so I can get up on time for work tomorrow, and hopefully put in a full day. Why is it that every time I get sick it's a huge cluster fuck? Well, hopefully tomorrow will be better.

i need a nap

so all my work sanding on saturday was mostly a waste of time. Some of the plaster was not completely dry and could not be sanded, and the rest of the room just wasn't coming out the way I should have. I ended up covering most of the room with a skim coat of plaster on sunday morning with the intention of sanding on monday night and being done with it. That didn't happen. I ended up feeling terrible on monday, stayed home from work and slept most of the day. Then at about 2am a rediculous case of food poisoning kicked into high gear. I was woked up by some severe lower abdominal pain which was followed by a mass exodus of everything in my digestive tract and stomach. It was the first time I have ever had to puke into the trash can while on the toilet, and I hope it was also the last. I can honestly say it was the most unpleasant experience of my life. Tuesday was spent on the couch feeling completely miserable. Today I dragged myself to work and can't wait to get home to my bed.

This unfortunate series of events has put me seriously behind schedule on all of my projects.

One consolation is that John and I printed the xmas cards on sunday, so there is minimal work left with that project. I think I'll have them in the mail on monday, which is not what I hoped for, but accepteble.

Sometimes I wish being me wasn't such a shit show, but what can I do.
Til next time.
kk

dust in my eyes

so I'm taking a little break from sanding the ceiling and walls of my crap hole of a bathroom. This has proven to be much harder that I anticipated, mostly because the sanding block keeps skipping on the ceiling and shooting shit into my eyes. That and the fact that I didn't wake up taday until 2:30 is discouraging me a bit.

I was supposed to go to a party tonight, but that is totally not happening now. I've had a headache/migrane for 30 hours straight at varying intensities, and I feel like it will be a miracle if I can finish the task at hand, never mind go out afterward.

I really wish it had occured to me to get some eye protection when i has at the hardware store yesterday. too late for that now. time for a big glass of water, then back to work so I can hopefully finish before John gets home from work.

let's see how long this lasts

I am a lazy bastard. I have been sitting on my ass since my wedding last fall. 1 year of being a bum has not turned out so well, so I want to make some changes.

I have a million things floating around in my head that I would like to do with myself, from starting a new band to finishing decorating my apartment. I decided make this blog a place to document my accomplishments so I will have a record of how much I do, or don't do with myself over the next year and beyond.

Right now I have 3 major projects in the works.
1. sprucing up my bathroom - resurfacing, sanding and painting the ceiling; patching, sanding and painting the walls; and installing moulding along the ceiling. I am planning to start this project tomorrow, because when I decided to do this my intention was to have it done before 12/17/08. I'm really going to try to make that happen because my bathroom looks like a complete shit hole.

2. making my own christmas cards - I have already designed the card, made a sample, and purchased all the supplies. Now I just have to actually start the work, and get them done asap so I can send them out. I need John to help me cut the paper, and I am planning for us to start working on them this sunday. I am hoping to have them in the mail by 12/13/08.

3. Christmas cookies - every year I make a ton of colorful and yummy christmas cookies to give as gifts, and I do most of this with Nora. This year we have planned to bake together on saturday 12/13/08. This means that I have to test the new recipes I want to try, and have all my doughs ready that am. This is not a difficult task by any means, but along with the other projects I want to finish it will be difficult to fit everything in.

In order for me to do any of this I have to keep my fat ass off the couch and get some shit done every day. I also need tp put my exterior christmas lights up and finish shopping.
I hope I can do it.