Mishmash...
I am tired. I really have no reason to be, I just am. So I blame the weather. I think the new ice age is upon us!
Ordinarily, when the weather gets to be this cold, I like to hibernate inside. This past Saturday night, however, I went with my husband to his work holiday party (they do it in January every year). I had a great time – dinner and tons of dancing – my kind of evening. They even had the NFL games showing on a large screen T.V. in the lounge area, so all my bases were covered.
The only thing was that this woman, who to her credit works really hard all year, decided to consume massive amounts of free alcohol that night to unwind. Who cares, you might ask yourself (or me). Well, she drank so much that her sense of balance was extremely altered! In the process of stumbling backwards on the dance floor, in high and pointy shoes I might add, she stepped rather heavily on my ankle (narrowly missing my Achilles!) Luckily my husband was there for me to grab because I would have fallen as well. She was so drunk that she didn’t even realise that she had stepped on me, let alone caused me severe pain, so she didn’t apologise. I only mention this whole thing because it really hurts to walk in shoes or boots now. Seriously people – if you are going to drink, drink responsively – not only should you not drink and drive, you should not drink and dance if you cannot handle your booze!
Oh well – at least the injury has given me yet another excuse to get out of exercising for a few days. Speaking of exercising, it is amazing how many excuses one can derive, when that one is me, to get out of stepping onto the treadmill. It is too bad that I don’t burn substantive calories in the process of thinking up the excuses! Despite the fact that once I am on the treadmill I actually do not mind that much to continue running, it is like pulling teeth for me to get to the machine! The only upside to this horrendous weather that we have been suffering through is that I won’t be wearing a bathing suit any time soon so I guess I am ok for now.
One more thing about the weather – my ‘routine maintenance’ break warning light keeps coming on…but only when the car is really cold (it doesn’t come on after I pull out from my heated underground garage). I tried getting a hold of my mechanic on Friday but he didn’t call me back. I know I should go somewhere else but I actually ‘trust’ my guy to not rip me off…anybody have any ideas???
p.s. I have decided to keep writing about me, but I will try really hard to not write about my friends anymore.
Ordinarily, when the weather gets to be this cold, I like to hibernate inside. This past Saturday night, however, I went with my husband to his work holiday party (they do it in January every year). I had a great time – dinner and tons of dancing – my kind of evening. They even had the NFL games showing on a large screen T.V. in the lounge area, so all my bases were covered.
The only thing was that this woman, who to her credit works really hard all year, decided to consume massive amounts of free alcohol that night to unwind. Who cares, you might ask yourself (or me). Well, she drank so much that her sense of balance was extremely altered! In the process of stumbling backwards on the dance floor, in high and pointy shoes I might add, she stepped rather heavily on my ankle (narrowly missing my Achilles!) Luckily my husband was there for me to grab because I would have fallen as well. She was so drunk that she didn’t even realise that she had stepped on me, let alone caused me severe pain, so she didn’t apologise. I only mention this whole thing because it really hurts to walk in shoes or boots now. Seriously people – if you are going to drink, drink responsively – not only should you not drink and drive, you should not drink and dance if you cannot handle your booze!
Oh well – at least the injury has given me yet another excuse to get out of exercising for a few days. Speaking of exercising, it is amazing how many excuses one can derive, when that one is me, to get out of stepping onto the treadmill. It is too bad that I don’t burn substantive calories in the process of thinking up the excuses! Despite the fact that once I am on the treadmill I actually do not mind that much to continue running, it is like pulling teeth for me to get to the machine! The only upside to this horrendous weather that we have been suffering through is that I won’t be wearing a bathing suit any time soon so I guess I am ok for now.
One more thing about the weather – my ‘routine maintenance’ break warning light keeps coming on…but only when the car is really cold (it doesn’t come on after I pull out from my heated underground garage). I tried getting a hold of my mechanic on Friday but he didn’t call me back. I know I should go somewhere else but I actually ‘trust’ my guy to not rip me off…anybody have any ideas???
p.s. I have decided to keep writing about me, but I will try really hard to not write about my friends anymore.
posted by Icecoldcranberry at Monday, January 15, 2007
6 Comments:
Is your car a VW, by chance?
Nope - Toyota...
Still haven't heard back from my mechanic (left another message this morning)
Are there any other blogs you read (besides the ones listed under your "links")?
Not regularly, no. I do read some political ones off and on - but realistically, I don't even read the ones that I list on too regular a basis.
Do you have any suggestions of other blogs that are 'must reads'?
Hmm.. good question. Most of what I read are friends blogs. The political blogs often get me annoyed - as they degenerate into fighting matches.
I enjoyed Krista's blog, but she doesn't post as much any more...
Others that can be good (and are local) include:
http://hsender.blogspot.com/
http://denes.blogspot.com/
Yes, my apologies for the minimal posts...I'm still working back into the whole writing thing after what has been a very long 4 or 5 months. I will do better...
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