[Editor's Sidenote: I wonder how many posts I've had titled that way.]

Anyways. I have a new favorite pair of pants [link removed]. (I’d post the picture instead, but I can’t do that right now due to computer issues.) I want to wear them all the time. I want to own them in every color known to mankind. Unfortunately, they’re only available in two or three colors. Sad, I know. Also, I cannot think of an acceptable and fulfilling career that would let me wear them every day. Gym teacher is not an option. Neither is hobo.

I finished my paper last night. It’s not very good, I have to admit. And I decided I don’t care. So there. I have an exam on Monday (the same day the paper is due), and so this weekend will be spent studying for that, since I haven’t started. I have no time to polish the paper.

At work, I am currently learning about wikis, and how to possibly implement them in our intraweb. I doubt this will go anywhere, but it’s the current educational opportunity. Our paychecks were bigger today because it’s the 3rd paycheck this month. I got an extra $12. Woo-hoo.

I’m tired of not having my own computer at work. Unfortunately, this situation will persist for all of next week. Bummer. The computer I’m borrowing has a squeaky chair, wooden armrests that I keep bruising myself on, is super-slow, has a tiny monitor, and doesn’t have the programs I want to use. Wah. I thought my setup was bad, since the combination of my chair and mouse placement gives me chronic shoulder pain. Typing in this cube, however, gives me elbow pain, which is a much bigger problem. There’s no arm support whatsoever, and it doesn’t work for me. I had to wear my brace-thing all day yesterday and take Advil.

I’m having motivation issues today. This is a bad sign, going into a weekend that involves some reading and studying for an exam. And wedding planning. Must do some of that. I’m blaming the weather - it’s grey and rainy. Maybe a chocolate bar will fix it. Whatdya think?

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Can one blog while at this council meeting? The answer is: sometimes. I am currently lacking a way to entertain myself, and we’re on break. I borrowed a magazine from , but I’ve got to say that Lucky is up there on my list of worthless magazines. Most women’s fashion magazines are fairly worthless – Cosmo is at least entertaining. This last issue of Glamour that I purchased was probably the last that I ever will, which just adds it to the list of magazines I won’t ever purchase again. I can’t remember at the moment which others are on the list.

I’ve got a haircut after work tonight, and I will be making an initial consultation on wedding hair options. Just want to run by my stylist what I’ve thought of so far – I need someone else’s honest opinion of what will look good, what is possible, what will look silly, etc.

There’s been a lot of talk lately about wedding plans, but technically no actual planning. I need to get on the florist thing. said he would work on the photographer. We need to sit down and figure out what we want to eat so we can get a caterer. And then this weekend we need to talk to someone at the church about music. I haven’t had time to check the book yet to see if there’s anything else we need to book now – I carried it with me all day Tuesday but never touched it. Bummer.

Got our midterms back in class tonight. I got a 40/40, which was very exciting. Not surprising, but still exciting. So I have 188/190, which puts me at 98.9%. Fun to report that to later today. Got a paper back Monday morning on which I didn’t do as well on, also not surprising. I was much too biased about the subject matter (Indian removal) to write a good paper. It was the worst grade I’ve gotten on a paper so far (this time around college, that is). What was that worst grade, you ask? 56/60. I know… it’s still a 93%. Maybe when I take classes at a different school where the standard is higher I won’t do as well. We’ll see.

What else, what else…

Called and left my landlords a harassing message yesterday. That was fun. I might make the time to do it again today. I don’t so much enjoy being a b*tch, but being nice isn’t getting the job done.

I get to see baby soon! Monday! keeps sending me pictures – he’s growing so much! He’s huge, actually. Linebacker size. Takes after his dad that way. But his face looks just like . I hope I get a chance to babysit soon. I offered. They’re so busy, and I’m so busy, so it probably won’t happen often. gets to babysit all the time, but she lives right there. And I have no desire to live in the northern suburbs. I could get myself a car, though…

Patience has been my mantra lately. Dress shopping on Sunday (and Monday and Tuesday subsequently short ventures through my Macy’s downtown on my lunch break) has made me want my own dress. You know, the white (ivory) one. There are an awful lot of prom (”special occasion”) dresses out there that are white. And quite beautiful. I want one! But, it’s worth it to be patient, for it to be the right dress. Mindful that it will be free (to me, at least) also. And tailor-made. I didn’t get that “ohhhhhh” feeling when we went wedding dress shopping two months ago, but the prom dresses certainly tickled my fancy. (I’m quite tempted to make a very inappropriate “your mom” joke here, but it’s very crude, and I’m sure you can figure it out for yourself. My apologies.)

Could have killed a few co-workers last night. No use fussing about it now, but suffice it to say I was less than happy when I left. And I stayed late because I got started on the test-grading late and needed to finish before leaving, so I didn’t get to walk to class. That turned out OK, actually, because it was pouring rain while the bus drove me there. The walk home was lovely, though, and I did some grocery shopping.

Delightful note: we had BLTs for lunch today. I’d been wanting one for a while now, but doesn’t like bacon, and I so rarely buy it for myself, especially from the co-op because it’s too expensive and I end up tossing out half of it.

Alright, the meeting is starting up again. I’ll stop babbling… I’m still bored, though.

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Here’s the deal with my work computer. It is dead. Hardware has irreparably damaged the operating system somehow. Don’t ask me - it’s just what IT tells me. The good news is that I’m getting a brand spankin’ new computer with all the bells and whistles, the newest model (so new they don’t even have any in stock, they have to order one), and it will hopefully be fantastic (I really hope it doesn’t have Vista - I doubt it). The bad news? 10 days. 10 days I will be without a computer. Today I am using ’s computer because she is not here. Another co-worker is not usually here Tuesday-Friday, so I can use his computer. Both of them are crappy computers with dinky little monitors, and I can’t do any web work or Microsoft Access work (because normal people don’t have those programs on their machines). So… it could be a slow few weeks. Also, because I’m using other people’s computers, I need to keep my non-work-related internet usage to a minimum. So not so much with the blogging. I feel guilty right now using this one. The T-F one shouldn’t be as bad, since I know I can clear out the cookies and it’ll be OK, but I don’t want to do it to this one. And then I have to remember to sign out instead of just closing windows…. you get the idea. One big pain in my butt.

We found dresses for and yesterday, which was exciting. I’d link to the dress, but I haven’t been able to find it anywhere online. It’s brown, tea-length (below the knee), halter (though I think ’s going to turn it into strapy instead, right?) It looks cute. They can get cute brown sandals, and now that piece is done at least. And hopefully bridesmaids dresses will be picked out next Monday, which will be good, because we really haven’t done any planning since getting an official date. We’ve been busy. Really busy. I should probably call florists. , this is me reminding you to get me that info on the florist that A&N used for their wedding.

OK, so ’s cube is absolutely hilarious. There are two curling irons on the floor, and one, two… 7 visible pairs of shoes (4 closed boxes that I’m not looking in). I had to clear a space on the desk to put my drink down. The few sheets of paper I’m working off of are sitting on one of the many piles of stuff. I don’t know how she gets any work done in all this. It frightens me to think of her leaving all this to… someone. No one wants her job. And so when she retires, between then and when they finally cajole someone into doing it, what in the world is going to happen with all this stuff, with everything she has to get done, with all the questions she answers on an hourly basis? It’s truly a frightening thought. Part of me is quite glad that I’m pretty sure I don’t have the experience level or… lots of other stuff necessary for them to even consider promoting me to fill that position. I’m sure she makes a lot more money, and in some ways the responsibility would be nice, as well as a nice career move, if this was a career. But would it be worth the stress? That’s hard to say. It’d be wonderful to have an office instead of a cube though. Ain’t gonna happen, far as I can tell. They’ll bring in someone from the field probably. And then I’ll have a new boss. This is sometime in the next year or two, mind you, but sitting here reminds me of all that.

Alright, back to working. Bah.

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Well… yeah. I’m sitting here attempting to use a co-worker’s computer because mine is dead. Very dead. That hardware problem I had (involving the blue screen of death with the message “beginning purge of physical memory”) that was ignored last week when they fixed Microsoft Office on my computer… it’s become unmanageable. I tried booting three times this morning, each time getting that message. So IT has been contacted, and four and a half hours later I am still without a computer. There are a few things I can do from this computer, but it’s lacking some of the programs I need, so I have been largely unproductive all day. I can surf the internet, check email, and I should probably work on some of the Word documents that I’ve got in the queue, but basically without my own setup I’m screwed.

But, on the upside, it’s given me a chance to blog, which I haven’t done in awhile.

Last night I spent three hours working on a paper that’s due Monday. I’d already spent 3-4 hours working on it, mind you. I started at 6, shortly after I got home from work, and it was printed and stapled by 9:15. Then I decided to take a shower. And then, at 10:15, I decided that I should eat dinner. And then I went to bed before midnight, and fell asleep before 12:30, which had been a struggle all week. And then I woke up in the middle of the night. Only it wasn’t the middle of the night, it was 1:45. I could have cried. I fell back asleep soon enough, but really.

Wednesday night I had a good time with . We found out that Joe’s Crab Shack has closed, so we had to come up with an alternate, and we ended up at Chili’s, a standby of ours. Queso dip, one margarita, and two delicious entrees later, we left and went to Michael’s, where we managed to kill over an hour and a half, and yet spent less ten dollars. They did not have any of the things on my list.

And Tuesday night… what did I do Tuesday night? That’s right, I worked on my paper for a while, until I realized that it just wasn’t going to get written. So I did some reading instead, because I felt the need to do some homework.

I did get caught up on email earlier this week, and now everyone is ignoring me. So sad. No emails for Kelly.

Plans for this weekend include homework (have I mentioned it’s Spring Break? how come I still have homework?), trying to not sleep in (and maybe get my sleep schedule back on track), and going shopping with and on Sunday.

Alright, I’ll get back to work. Or get to work, perhaps. It’s quite frustrating to try to do from here though, and my phone doesn’t ring in this cube either…. However, I had decided last night that I was going to be in a good mood today, so we will not let this dampen that.

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That’s exactly how busy it’s been at work these days. I haven’t earnestly blogged since Friday (Unconscious Mutterings does not count as blogging). Sorry. No time. Despite the fact that it’s Spring Break, I have 2 papers to write. I have tons of projects at work. is in Texas, but just for today. Tonight and I are going out for dinner to Joe’s Crab Shack, and on Sunday us girls are hopefully getting together to go shopping for dresses. What fun, I tell ya.

I could write more, but then people would be upset that I didn’t do the work they requested.

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1. San Francisco :: Summer of
2. Sadness :: heart
3. Spirits :: liquors
4. Harriet :: Island
5. State :: Park
6. John :: Doe
7. Offense :: Defense
8. Timeless :: Endless
9. Account :: -ing
10. Refuse :: pick up

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So, we met with the pastor tonight, and now we have an Official official wedding date. Yay! And he gave us this questionnaire to fill out online, and everything sounds good. I think a key moment (of the 25 minutes that we had) was when he ran through the different parts of the ceremony and got to the unity candle part, and asked us if we were doing that. We said “no,” and he was quite happy about that. was happy too, when I told her (that she wouldn’t have to go do that). All in all, he seems like a great pastor to do our wedding, and it seems like a good church for us to get to know better. Much more in line with what I’m looking for in a church, at least - laid back, sense of humor about itself, smallish, youngish, communal…. It’s been quite a while since I’ve felt truly positive about a church.

I don’t really have much else to say. Long boring day at work. Glad it’s the weekend.

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My co-worker is being an a** today. This after I was talking to last night how my annoyance with him is in part due to my attitude. Oh no, today it’s all him. And so I am ignoring him, but he’s not getting the idea. He’s sitting there in his cube and keeps making sighing noises as if I’m going to turn around and see what’s going on. He’s acting like ’s dog, actually. Lucy does that - mopes around the house whining, hoping someone will come entertain her.

Joy of joys - last night at Target I found a gate for my door for $10! I haven’t gotten it to work in the space exactly yet, but for $10 I’ll make it work. What a simple solution to a frustration at my house, and since I’ll only be living there for another 6 months, it seems foolish to spend any more money on it than that. Hopefully this will keep Lucy out of ’s food. came up with the idea of cutting a hole in the mesh so that she can slip through and yet the gate can still sit on the ground (I’m not sure she can jump over the gate on a regular basis, and putting it off the ground gives me the problem of not being able to step over it easily, plus it was designed to sit on the ground and doesn’t support it’s own weight while suspended). We’ll see what happens - I’ll rig it up for this weekend while I’m gone.

Lunch calls.

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I’m on phones today. And tomorrow. And Friday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. And Thursday until noon. Go ahead, ask me how I feel about that. I dare ya.

In other news, my lunch, which I have not finished yet, has made me very sleepy. And I have been thirsty since yesterday afternoon, despite having consumed many liquids in that time (including a 32 oz Gatorade). Also, my shoulder hurts a lot today. And my eyes have been itchy lately. Wah. I shouldn’t complain that much - has yet another cold.

Tonight I get to go to Target after work, or will wither away into nothingness… or become the size of a normal cat. I’m supposed to go to JoAnn’s and get some things I need there too, but… I’m feeling too tired to do so at the moment. We’ll see how I feel later. I should do my remaining homework for this week tonight, which includes taking a quiz and writing a paper that is due after Spring Break (that I am officially on now, until the 26th). All that really means is that I have my Tuesday night free next week, and have slightly less homework.

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10 push-ups, for someone who has been physically unable to do them for the last 2 years, is a lot. (And, I don’t remember when the last time before my tendinitis I had actually done one.) BUT, my arms don’t hurt this morning. Yay. Now perhaps my arms will not look so small and yet also flabby. Must be careful not to overdo. We need no repeats of that major flare-up.

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I won the “Spring Break Package” from Citypages! I get to go find a swimsuit at this place in Minnetonka, and assorted accessories. How cool is that! Now if I could only win a honeymoon….

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Paper back in World Civ: 50/50
Quiz back in World Civ: 24/25
Mid-Term taken; suspected grade: 39/40

Also, found a time to go bridesmaid dress shopping with and

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I think ’s entire life is planned out for him. As entitled this picture, I present: “Daddy Day Care”

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It is… gorgeous outside. I didn’t even mind that I had less than 15 minutes for my break, because I walked to and from Starbucks outside, in the sun the whole way. It’s 58* outside! Who could ask for anything more?

OK, well, if we’re asking for more… my work computer is screwed right now. As long as I’m not trying to use a Microsoft product, I’m fine. So… web updates, searching the internet… these are about all I can do. And I’m quickly running out of those and needing Microsoft Word back again. Grr. Hopefully IT will get here soon. I was led to believe they’d be here pronto, but that was 2 hours ago.

If you wanted to know, last night I did half of my homework for Wednesday and half of my homework for Thursday. I also studied for my mid-term that is tonight. The first time I took the practice quiz (Saturday), I got about 80% of the questions right. That was not good enough for me. So I pulled out the book and looked up all the answers and made sure to read the 2 chapters closely (it’s not a cumulative test, just worth more points than our usual quizzes). Then I did some other homework, and later went back and took the practice quiz again. 100% That’s right, I’m awesome. OK, maybe “awesome” isn’t the right word….

sent me a really cute picture of . I’ll see if I can post it later today. I also need to fix up the picture I had take for me last night of my new sweater, so I should get around to it. I also have some outlines for class to fix, but I’m waiting for IT to get here, and trying to work on actual work in the meantime (because they’ll already be upset with me for having programs installed that I shouldn’t and generally being an idiot, not that I am, but they assume that, because, well, they’re IT and probably most of the problems they have to deal with are idiotic).

Back to work….

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I’m pretty sure I’ve said this before, but it bears repeating:

Sandwich purchased to make headache go away (due to not eating) will not work effectively sitting on your desk. It must be consumed. No matter how much Excedrin you take or Gatorade you drink, you must eat the food.

Sometimes, I do things that just aren’t that smart. (Notice how I didn’t say, “Sometimes, I am stupid.” Doing and being are very different things.)

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