Five on Friday #211

EINS - Random Shit

I can't post this on my neighborhood page without getting judged but I considered it...

It's about ducks. FUCKING DUCKS. AND fucking geese! How do I run off ducks and geese?

Truthfully, I don't overly mind the fowl in our neighborhood.. eeeeexxxxcceeeeppptttt thattttttt... when I walk the dogs, we ALWAYS, without fail, come across the flock of geese or ducks and Meri loses her shit and Pax is like, "WUTT, Meri is losing her shit? OH SHIT DUCKS. DINNERS, MAHM? TASTY DUCK TREATS FOR MERI AND I?! PLS, MAHM????" Our first walk since Pax's incident, Meri was SCREAMING like I was beating her within an inch of her life to get to the ducks. I was mortified, but I knew that when anyone looked out their window to see what the commotion was, they'd see me, facing the opposite direction of 2 fowl-crazed beasts, gently trying to tug them towards the direction of our house, AWAY from the fowl flock.

I AM that crazy lady who runs out the door yelling at the ducks when I seem them in my yard because I do NOT want their poop all over my yard/sidewalk/driveway. But how do I run them off from the house 4 doors down? I mean, besides the obvious: let my dogs chase them and they get a treat... Except, I can't do that since I can't run as fast as Meri on the hunt and I won't let them off leash since we don't live in a gated area.

PS.  There are no ducks or cats when you walk at 8:30 at night.. but there are still plenty of things for both of my dogs to be SUPER interested in that distract them and cause them to walk like drunkards..

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My least favorite part about summer is the pressure changes that come with hot air and conflicting pressure systems.  I mean, other than the perpetual swamp ass/yeast factory situation and the being hot and sweaty when you open the door, maybe #BarometerHead is actually why I hate summer.  No one knows.

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After much neglect, I finally updated my books post this week.  It will post in October since I do book posts quarterly.  I could probably do monthly posts again, but the quarterly level of effort really suits me right now.

For some of the books, I had to read the synopsis to even remember what the book was about.. so that tells you how my reading life has been going.  That said, I'm currently listening to A Woman Is No Man and reading The Ragged Edge of Night and I'm loving on both and cannot get enough, much to the detriment of my homework situation.  More on that in the next blurb....

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It is absolutely no surprise to anyone reading this that I'm an overachiever.  I've talked a lot about my self-inflicted school stress and this semester (all 5 days that we've had class so far, thanks, Hurrication), I've been doing very good about not running myself into the ground.  And you're like, it's like 3 days into the semester, how could you possibly be running yourself into the ground already... AND THAT'S EXACTLY THE PROBLEM.  I could be, but I'm trying to check that this year.

In fact, PITA professor that I have for 3 classes gives a quiz every.class.  And this year, I've embraced a more "come what may" attitude about it.  In his former classes, the homework and the quizzes were the same, so to do the homework meant being prepared for the quizzes.  This semester that isn't true, so rather than stress myself out over trying to know absolutely everything and torturing myself with never being able to know everything, I study for a bit and then when I am no longer focused or get tired, I walk away, prepared or not.  Sometimes before class, I'll skim the notes and hope for the best, but... come what may.

I do not plan to fail any of my classes and while I would like to keep my Dean's List streak going, there's no way that C's could mean I don't graduate, sooooo C's get degrees, Gentle Readers.

Someone please remind me of this entire section in December when I'm having a mental breakdown about exams and final projects/papers.  Kthx.

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I arrived to school around 0700 on Wednesday and proceeded to my dungeon.  Since some "can you complete this in the next 2 hours before our Sprint ends" tasking came in, I spent my lunch time in my dungeon... Then, my afternoon class.  All said, I was in that room for 6.5 hours.  I only left to pee and heat up my lunch.  Few things are more depressing than thinking of this.

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I tried the Dropps laundry pods.  I always want to be more environmentally friendly and shit.. but I also always want my laundry to smell delightful.  The Dropps pods did not provide that smell I need for proper laundry motivation.  Seriously.  If my laundry doesn't smell good when I take it out of the dryer, it's less likely to get done and Lord knows I need all the motivation I can get to get the Laundry Fairy to come out of hiding.

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As the only person who ensures that there are spare rolls of toilet paper in all the bathrooms (unless I specifically tell someone else (Teh German, duh) to take care of it, I feel validated to leave just a "is that going to be enough?" amount of paper on the roll for the next person (also, mostly likely Teh German), so they have to change it.  #NotSorry 🤷

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I have been planning to make enchiladas for dinner for over a week.  It was on the menu.  I did not have any refried beans, so I made my own from canned black beans I keep on hand.  Then, when I went to assemble said enchiladas, I realized.. I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE ANY TORTILLAS.

WHAT THE FUCK, MEGAN?  Is this how you adult, really?  No.
Thankfully, Teh PT Wife saved dinner and donated a pack of tortillas to our cause and we had enchiladas for dinner.  Whew.

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Pax had his foot check up on Wednesday.  Since I was bringing one in already, I rescheduled their toes did appointment for the same day, which meant wrangling 2 dogs alone.  Always fucking chaos an adventure.

Pax's stitches were removed with only minor difficulty.  I was right, the stitches didn't really hold well and the wound was still pretty open, but it had completely scabbed over, so that's good.  The doc said if it doesn't close up, maybe more stitches, butttt this Mom says probably not.  We did get 2 more weeks of antibiotics since it's still open, which is fine.

Both dogs got their nails cut and I made an appointment for October, because I'm serious about getting these nails under control.

Both dogs HAD to be by me, and since that's where they were, that's where the techs decided to remove Pax's stitches.
Yes, please crowd me in this tiny corner.
That's my favorite thing.
Siiiigh.
Please note that Meri is hiding behind me.

Pax pitched a fit when he was muzzled and crated and gave himself a nose boo-boo.
The scab fell off yesterday and now he's got this sexy scar.
Silly goose moose.

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We had an opportunity to go to Disney World before Thanksgiving with some friends, but after some consideration, we're not going.  I discussed this decision with Teh German this week and he understood.  We've not been to Disney together since he proposed and we'd both like to go, butttt I'd rather plan our own trip than be thrown into someone else's plans, especially if there isn't a stellar financial incentive (aka, cheaper) to go with friends.

Siiiiiigh.  Adulting is the worst.
This also means that I don't have to juggle a lack of PTO and trying to take time off/teleworking.  #SilverLinings

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List of languages that I'm dealing with this month/at this time:
Java
Kotlin (knowing of it, not writing it)
Ruby
AsciiDocs (for work)
command line instructions
made up language for a class

List of languages I'll have to deal with before the end of the semester:
C++
Bash
Haskell
+ the ones listed above

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One of my fave parts of this week: Me talking about how I wanted it to be cooler and Teh German posting Denver temps.  We might not always get along, but lawd he gets me when it comes to the cold.

Please also note that Teh German has Denver's weather saved as a favorite location in his weather app.  So if you think I'm serious about CO, Teh German is MORE serious.

PS.  Our Denver friend commented that it actually snowed in CO this week.  Another friend commented that maybe I should move out of the South and I explained to her that we're stuck here for at least another 238 days (see last section for what is in 238 days, if you don't already know).

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Things that make me (ir)rationally angry:

-The fucktards at school who drive these big ass dually trucks (these people are probably actual military individuals who teach at/go to The Citadel) and park right behind the building taking up 1.5 parking spaces and then people who drive normal cars can't fit in the 3/4ths of a space they leave between each other.  #RAAAAGGEEEEE (I snapped about this one morning and one of the drivers saw me.  #NotSorry MFer.)

-When the sweet tea runs out.  This doesn't really make me angry so much as disappointed.  Unless, of course, I asked for light ice and they fill the cup with ice then I'm out of tea that much quicker.

-Convenience/etc fees when you buy something online.  Essentially a fee for more than the product that isn't tax because the website is providing a service.  Think Ticketmaster or online race signup fees.

ZWEI - Money Shit

-I invested in Company's investment program.  It's weird since we're an LLC, but whatever.  Does it get more adult than investing?  I think not.  Well.. maybe if you actually clean your toilets on a regular schedule yourself...
-Sam's club stock up.
-New shoes x2.  The Merrell lady still gave me the 50% off discount even though I only bought one pair since they were sold out of the shoes I came in looking for.  #SorryNotSorry.  And I also finally broke down and bought the Brooks I've been drooling over.  Not sure if I'm going to keep them or not, but we'll see.
-Power bill
-Bojangles 1 time ONLY.
-Cocoa Cup 5k
-Dog nails
-Dog bully sticks
-Dog toys (because I have no self-control, but I did use my remaining rewards dollas, so I only paid $4.)
-New earbuds after I lost mine on Monday, because that's how my life is now.
-New muzzle for asshole dog, I mean Pax, since he decided that he didn't want to be in his crate after his incident.
-Wendy's for lunch, after I forgot my lunch today, even though I realized I forgot to pack my lunch when I was putting my stuff in the car and then promptly forgot to pack it after I told myself to grab lunch.  FML.

DREI - From My Phone Shit

I've been killing the "thrown together" dinners this month.

People in Dubai don't like the Flintstones, but people in Abu Dhabi do.

Translation faillllllllllll.
Please also note: only for white skin. LOOOL
Also, how can skin be ruddy and shiny?
So much fail.

VIER - From the Internet Shit

This applies to anything that has a dark mode, but people leave it in the default light mode and I'm blinded by the light.

Your lowest moment will not hinder you from reaching the heights you have been called to.
-MHN

You are about to enter depths you have never entered before,
and you might brave moments where you are not sure if you have the strength for this.
And I hope it is in those moments you are able to remember that even though this is different,
you have had to be strong before,
and those moments prepared your heart to carry on all the more.
-MHN

Your successes do not define you...
And neither do your failures.
-MHN

1. Be kind to yourself.
2. Take care of yourself.
3. Challenge yourself.
MHN

FÜNF - Things that made me happy this week

1. A thawing of the frigid season that has been going on between Teh German and I.  I can't really explain it, but we've been more gentle with each other in the last few days, after several weeks of tension and bickering between us for no real discernible reason (with the exception of some occasional discernible reasons).
2. School not being difficult yet.  AKA, I don't feel like I've been beaten into submission yet.  I'm sure it's imminent.
3. A tropical storm in the Atlantic.  Look, Gentle Readers, I don't want storm damage to occur or for people to die.  I just want it to rain and be cooler outside.  I want less humidity and to not have to experience air that is so thick that you can almost part it with your hands or you need gills to breathe or your car windows fog up in the morning because your hair is wet and it's so hot outside (#FirstWorldProblems, I know).
4. Graduation application submitted.  238 days, people.  That's 34 weeks.  That's 7.5 months.  That's less time than it takes to fully gestate a human baby.  If a woman can host a baby for 9 months, I can survive 7.5 more months of college and programming languages and Cadets and driving downtown and homework.  Maybe.
5. Pax having his stitches removed.  His laceration has scabbed up but the stitches didn't really do much for him since the wound was so gnarly.  Thankfully, he's not bleeding all over the place, despite the scab being opened up when they removed the stitches.  I think he'll be fine.  I'm ready to get back to our normal operations (to include walkies, which are good for the beasts AND for me).
6. A "normal" week for me.  Routine is so hard to get into when everything is always crazy.
7. Good books.  It feels like it's been such a long time since I've been completely enraptured by a good book.
8. Getting to spend some time with Teh NY Chef on her birthday.  
9. An absolutely stellar chiro visit where I'm 95% certain I grew 2 inches.  Sooo good.
10. New school shoes.  I know this seems silly, but we always got new school shoes to start the school year (and usually new school clothes).  Now, I buy clothes all the time, but I don't buy shoes all that often and I like having new school shoes for whatever reason.  I purchased Merrell shoes last weekend and my Brooks that I ordered online arrived today.  I can now purge the shoes I have, if necessary, or rotate through some running/workout shoes.  I'm undecided.  #FirstWorldProblems, I know.

Happy Friday, Gentle Readers.

Weekend Review {08/12}

FRIDAY

Friday was work and I left around 3 to hit up the gym.  While I was working out, Best Buy called to say my computer was ready for pick up and I scheduled to pick it up at 7.  After my workout, I went home and showered.  Teh German came home a few minutes after me but did some job/computer things before he showered.  Around 6:30, we headed to Best Buy to pick up my laptop.

Guessssss whhhhaaaatttt, Gentle Readers....
The screen is ACTUALLY fixed!
ANNNDDD yet again, my laptop did NOT come home with me!!!!  Crazy, right?
Honestly, I'm not even a little bit surprised.  I actually laughed when the tech told me it'd need to be sent back, again, for the repairs.

So what had happened wasssssss...
When the tech opened the laptop, right away he noticed that the laptop hadn't been reassembled correctly and tabs that shouldn't be showing, were, in fact, showing on top of the keyboard.  ANNNDDD, in addition to that, the plastic piece covering the rear hinges/guts was broken.. ANNNDDD it had to be sent back because the tech couldn't put the tabs back in without taking the computer apart AND since it was broken, the plastic piece had to be replaced, which they don't keep in stock, understandably.

Sooooooo, I mean, I didn't cry this time, that's progress.  Teh German asked if I was really ok and I was.  I think he was surprised I wasn't more pissed off about the situation, but when you're me, you just go into shit expecting to be disappointed and then it's not overly surprising when you ARE disappointed.  🤷 And #DemAnxietyPillsYo

We had agreed on the way to Best Buy to go to my fave Mexican place for dinner, La Nortena.  Thankfully, Teh German acknowledged that Wild Wing Cafe, which is in the same parking lot as Best Buy, had recently received pretty poor sanitation ratings and he didn't really want to go there.  Fun fact, had he suggested WWC, I would have informed him about the poor sanitation ratings and we wouldn't have went there anyways.  I was glad I didn't have to disappoint him.

Lingua chimichanga with a side of cilantro.
#ProudCilantroLover

After dinner, we headed home and released the beasts, then headed over to Teh PT House for socializing.  At yawn-o-clock, we finally headed home for bedtime.

SATURDAY

Saturday was lazy day.  I'm not used to not having things to do.  Soooo, I woke up early because I had to pee, fed the dogs, then went back to bed.  When I got up later, I decided to walk the dogs before it got too hot (I was too late).  I took the beasts on a walk and I was literally dripping sweat by the time I got back. 

Gentle Readers, I am a Southern Belle, in all ways except for the part about glistening.  No.  I sweat.  Like a pig.  Sometimes, I drip sweat.  It's the most disgusting thing to me.  Hate, Hate, HHHHAAATTEEEEE.

The only silver lining to the sweating session was that Meri was giving a toy lawn mower in someone's yard the motherfuckin stare down and she ran into the silk fence around one of the construction lots and because that surprised her, she then jumped and got caught halfway on the silk fence.  The commotion and noise was so abrupt that it freaked out Pax, who also jumped, but did not come in contact with any silk fence.  I, on the other hand, lost my shit cackling at everything that had transpired.  I was not laughing when I got home, dripping with sweat.  Ugh.

I called Teh Running Bestie and told her and Teh German of Meri's demise with the silk fence and they both got a chuckle.  For many years I've waited on Meri to hit her face on one of the steel rods holding up the silk fence or some other issue and finally the day came!  Her near misses have baffled me for years, but my wait was worth it.

After getting back home and drying myself off, I had breakfast and coffee and then we videoed with Mama G for a bit.  I managed to toss in some German and understood enough of what was going on the majority of the time.  After it was over, Teh German and I worked to get Skype working with Alexa so we can just use the Show next time for video.  It would be awesome if Amazon also integrated with WhatsApp, butttt that's probably never gonna happen.

I moved to the couch and finished a book, nothing great, and Teh German left to go "help" Teh PT Husband smoke a turkey as a pre-Thanksgiving trial.  And by "help" I mean, they sat outside together in the mabillionty degree weather and watched the electronic smoker do what it does without assistance.  I refused to go outside after my stint with the dogs, so after I finished my book, I laid down and took a nap...

..and woke up 3 hours later... and then I just laid on the couch because I had nothing to do.  I'm not good with having nothing to do...

Around 4, Teh German texted telling me smoked turkey was almost done and asked if we had any sides we could contribute.  So, I made mac and cheese and warmed up peas and baked beans.  Pantry hoarding to the rescue!

August Thanksgiving

By 5, we were enjoying the fruits of our labors.  I'm not disappointed by smoked turkey.  We hung out for a while longer, Teh PT Husband introduced me/us to Big Mouth, a show on Netflix, which had me cracking up.  Teh German and I agreed that we would watch it next/when The Americans gets too heavy and we need something funny to watch.

When we got home, Teh German offered to let me peroxide his ears.  It was gross and awesome.  After, it was bedtime.

SUNDAY

Again, with the needing to pee super early.. Ugh.  I fed the dogs while I was up, because #BestWifeEver, then I went back to bed.  Around 8 or 0830, I woke up to some beeping and was super confused and then finally deduced that it was probably the fish tank, so I woke up Teh German, told him the fish tank alarm was going off and he got up and I went back to sleep.  When I did wake up again, I got dressed and took the dogs on a walk... again. 

Sunday was not as miserable as Saturday, thankfully and there was sweating, but not dripping. 🙌

When we got home, Meri insisted on going outside for a while, then came in and watched the front door for a bit, then she laid down for less than 3 minutes and was up being a busy body again.  I swear to Buddha that dog is solar-charged.  Like, I joke about it, but I was ready to take a nap and I'd only been awake for 45 minutes.  Pax was laying on the floor panting with me questioning if I'd almost given him heat exhaustion.... and Meri was like, MOOOAAARRR!!!  Weirdo.

I finally got tired of dealing with her, so I gave both dogs bully sticks and after, they finally settled.  Shitheads.  Teh German left to go help the Biker Gang move something, so I had another boring day ahead of me.  This time, I decided to be productive. 

First, I repaired Pax's caterpillar.  I had to repair it in the guest room because when I took it into the loft, Pax did not approve and we played tug until I finally gave up and he brought it back into guest room.  He supervised my work, then he DNGAF when I was finished with it.  #RUDE.

Next up, I showered because I was gross.  After the shower, I started laundry and purged my clothes, as I had planned.  Then, I headed to Walmart to pick up my hot flashes BC and a few items that were on the list.  Then I came back home and made brownies for the cookout Teh German and I were going to for dinner.  Then... I waited for Teh German to come home.  I did my Duolingo lessons and played Solitaire and talked to Teh Dad, who I almost hung up on because he insisted on comparing me to Karl, which he thought was funny for some reason, but 100% was not since Karl was a fucking douchewad and he was saying I was being like Karl since I was pissed at Teh German for being late.  Anxiety pills did NOT help in this situation.  Then again, neither did Teh Dad, who seemed to be insistent on trying to piss me off more, even though he thought he was being funny.  Only one of us was laughing and it sure as shit wasn't me.

Teh German came home an hour later than we had agreed on, then he tried to pull some shit where "[I] said 3:30."  Bitch please, I literally broke down the schedule for you and repeated you should be home to get ready by 2:30 no less than 2 times, and then we'd leave at 3:30.  Don't pull some shit with me like you were confused.  Own it, because it's not MYYYYY fault that YOU are late.  In the end, he didn't get to shower before we left and I didn't care.  He knew that he was wrong, even if he'd never acknowledge it and will blame it on the people he was helping, because I'm 100% confident at no point did he ever say to them, "I need to be home by 2:30 because we have plans this afternoon."

We made it to Teh Advocates' house shortly before 4:30.  The rest of the guests arrived around 5ish.  We had burgers and socialized with their new German exchange student and each other.  I didn't understand everything, but it was super loud and I couldn't hear well, so it was fine.  I was struggling to understand English conversation as well, so it was NBD.  Around 7:30ish we headed home to feed the beasts the other half of their dinner.  We watched an episode of The Americans and then it was bedtime.

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Part of me hates weekends with nothing to do, but most of me loves them.  It's a difficult situation because I'm so programmed to be doing something.  I also know that in the very near future, my weekends will probably be shit because they will be filled with homework and I'll be having to coordinate my time again.

This is another quiet week, as I purposely planned.
I have a massage today.  🙌🙌🙌
Friday is hairs did day and then we're going to an Aquarium After Hours event with Teh PT Husband/Wife.  Yes, I purposely rescheduled my hair appointment for a day when I knew we had activities going on so I could show off my fresh hairs.  #NotSorry

Five on Friday #155

EINS - Random Shit

-I did some Java practice.  I still suck.  That's gonna make this CS class suuuuuuper fun.

-We have officially signed up for 9 Round.  I'm serious enough about it that I bought us both extra hand wraps, mesh laundry bags to store the hand wraps in, and deodorizer sacks for gloves and to put in the hand wrap bags.  They should arrive today, thank allah.

-My Calc 2 class goes from 1015-1330 on Fridays.  What fucking nightmare am I living right now?  Thankfully, I do not have my CS class on Fridays.  But still.  COMEEEE ONNNNNNNN.. Ugh.

-With a Wednesday off, it was like having 2 Mondays and 2 Fridays in one week and my brain likes and dislikes it. 

-With fireworks going off until who fucking knows when on Wednesday night, Thursday was rrrrroooouuugghhh. 

-Speaking of Thursday, it was my first day of summer school (for the first time everrrr) and it was a series of unfortunate events all day.  The only thing that didn't happen was getting stopped by a train.  First I almost left waaaayyy too early, but caught my mistake (I was thinking of my fall schedule).  Then the power went out, so I almost left anyways, but then realized that I wouldn't be able to get out of the garage unless I disconnected the garage door and so I had to google how to fix it so that way I could send it to Teh German so he would know before he got home why the garage door opener wasn't working.  But then the power came back on and I realized I had some time before I needed to leave, so I put my packed lunch in the fridge... where it stayed for the rest of the day.. to include after I left for school.  #MeganFail

I made it to school and class was fine, with the exception of it being 12° (C or F, doesn't matter) in the building.. WTF?  I then ended up spending over 2 hours working on my first Calc homework with some classmates after class ended since my work tasking is still being tossed back and forth between individuals who do not want to deal with the "nightmare" that is this tasking.  After finishing the hw, I left and headed to the grocery store to pick up something for lunch.  I picked up cottage cheese and a peach and headed to my CS class.  I parked in the garage and ate my lunch at 3:15. 

My CS class sounds fun, but is definitely going to be difficult.  I was surprised to learn that summers at the Citadel are like regular classes at any other university.  There are no cadets (I don't think) and the professor is wearing civilian clothes instead of her uniform.  Makes my purple hair seem less of a big deal.  It was interesting going to College of Charleston for a class because there were SOOOO many females in the CS class.  I'm not used to that as the Citadel is not a first choice university for most females... and if they do choose the Citadel, they don't usually major in CS.

The aquarium is sooo close!

My fave bridge from the balcony from my CS building.
This makes a 4:00-6:20pm class bearable.

On the way home, I stopped at Willie Jewell's to pick up dinner for us.  There was an accident so it took longer to get there and the food took fooorrreeevvveerrr.  I was ranting to Teh German that I would have given them a 1 star review on Yelp for just how shitty the service was.  The phone didn't work, so I couldn't call in my order, no one was friendly, there was no music going, and then the wait?  No me gusta.  But then I got home and the food was delicious and we had an extra bread pudding, despite a sauce mix up, and I told Teh German that I'd bump up my review to 3 stars. 

It was a looooonnnggg day.

-Actually having to learn things on the first day of class is overrated.  Ugh.

-I LURVE MY CRICUT.  I WANT TO CUT ALL THE THINGS!  Instead, I get to do work and homework.  This is my life.  No but really, I have 2 projects that I need to do this weekend and I'm on the hunt for more things.

-My primary doc has no idea what is wrong with me after doing bloodwork... and that dumbass didn't check for FSH levels, which definitely should have been on her list of things to check as 1- I am female, 2- I have reproductive organ issues, 3- Hot flashes are a menopause symptom and FSH levels affect that.  This doesn't bode well for our future together.  1- She didn't run tests that I consider common sense, but I'm not the one with a medical degree, 2- She wasted my money ($25 copay for the initial visit, $25 copay for the follow-up where she had nothing to tell me, + whatever LabCorp charges me.  THEN seeing a specialty (ob-gyn) was a $45 copay + whatever LabCorp charges me, + another $45 when I go to get my results next week.) 

Have I mentioned lately how much I hate our healthcare system and what a rape health insurance is?  I cannot count the number of times I've had a doctor's office tell me that my insurance company is shit.  #ThisIsMyLife

-We went paddle boarding for the first time on the 4th and it was fabulous and we're considering buying paddle boards and I want to go all the time.  You know, in my free time that I don't have.  Just like I want to ride Bagheera all the time.. but I won't if my perfect conditions are not met.  /shrug

We hid out under a bridge when it started raining.

ZWEI - Money Shit

-PURPLE HAIIIIRRRSSSSS
-Globe decorations
-Linen pants
-Sweet tea x3
-Shutterfly photobooks
-Random house things
-Sam's grocery/house order
-Workout items (extra hand wraps, deodorizer/drying bags, mesh bags)
-Cricut....
-Cricut tools
-Calc book that I probably won't use (I only paid $20 to rent it, so I'm not sooo upset)
-CofC parking pass for the garage
-Doc copay x a mabillionty

DREI - From My Phone Shit

Why are there no knock knock jokes about America?
Because freedom rings.

So thoughtful.

Attack da momma!

Successful test run!

Teh German's cigar case.
He picked the quote, I did the printing.

Metto's apple cinnamon poptart.
OMGGGG YAAASSSS

Meri and Pax have been real attention whores lately.
I'm 50% complaining, 50% not.
Just depends on how many pounds of dog is on my toes at the moment
ORRRR
if they are rearing back like horses and scratching me with their talons..

My favorite German is more patriotic than me.
I'm just gonna call it balance.

Fireworks, because duh.

This peach was huuuuuggggeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Dem red shoes, loool.

VIER - From the Internet Shit

For those Parks and Rec fans, this article had me cracking up!

In fact, I went through our cable drawers a few weeks ago and ensured they all went to something and got rid of any extras.
NO CRAP!  NO HOARDING.
I only went through my drawers, I did not go through Teh German's drawers (hehehe), that's not a task for the faint of heart.

FÜNF - Things that made me happy this week

1. Finally starting school.  I hate waiting for shit to begin.
2. Cheap/free textbooks.
3. Willie Jewell's
4. Willie Jewell's BREAD PUDDING and getting a freebie.
5. Getting this posted before I had to leave for school.
6. All my audiobooks coming in the same time. Ok, this kinda frustrates me too, but YAY books!
7. Cricut!!!
8. An OB/GYN who gets me and gives it to me straight and get down to business instead of trying to be my bestie.
9. Speaking of besties, I get to see Teh Running Bestie in TWOOOOO WEEEKKKKSS!!!
10. Working out.  Punching shit.  Walking in the am.  Walking with dogs.  MOVING.
11. Extra attention from my attention whores.
12. Excuses to wear a sweatshirt in the middle of the summer (when your class is subarctic, this is life)
13. 17 more days of summer school!
14. The ability to telework.
15. Slow mornings and eating breakfast and having coffee at home.
16. Cottage cheese.  I've really been loving that lately.
17. My wireless mouse.
18. Photoshop skills to make pretty pretties for printing.
19. Bloggers who email back and forth with me about school and life and even if we don't know each other IRL, we are friends.
20. MY LIFE.  Seriously ya'll.  I have an awesome, abet mildly stressful, life and it makes me happy.

Happy Friday, Gentle Readers.

Three Things..

Three Things has been going around the blogosphere in the last few months and I felt like this would be a fun mix up from my regular post schedule.  I also like simple blogs sometimes that I don't have to put much brain power into.  Feel free to steal.  #notsorry

Three things I've enjoyed lately

1. Reading a not ereader book before bed.
2. Teh German stepping up.
3. Meri and Pax play sessions.

Three things I dislike participating in

1. Daily status meetings of a project I don't do work on.
2. Rush hour traffic.
3. Charleston summer. It really is too fucking hot.

Three things I don't feel like doing anymore

1. Laundry (despite the new machines, I bet if we didn't have 2 stories I would be much more productive)
2. Being healthy
3. Dealing with Dan Ryan warranty repairs/House things.  It's a new house!  It should just be fine!

Three things I'm excited to do this year

1. Get hitched to Teh German, which goes hand in hand with seeing all of our people in Charleston!
2. Ride Bagheera in the fall/when it's not a mabillionty degrees outside.
3. Run a half marathon again... which I should start training for.... it would help if it wasn't still Charleston summer.

Three things I’m glad I did this year

1. Hip surgery
2. Started school.
3. Hired a wedding coordinator/planner.

Happy Halfway Through September, Gentle Readers!

Sunday Sweats #4

Acclimating to the Charleston heat/humidity really might kill me.
HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT (if you missed it on Wednesday):

I'm gonna be a princess!!!!!
 Teh MD Adult Roomie and I were able to sign up for the Glass Slipper Challenge and 5k for the Princess Weekend at Disney World.  Lots of F5 went into getting registered.. and many, many heart palpitations and I missed Tasty Tuesday.. #worthit

 

SUNDAY

AM: 1 mile walk with the dogs to the river access.

PM: Went riding with Mr. Scrooge and sweated my ass off.  I'm counting it because I had to shower when I got home.

MONDAY

AM: 2.76 miles (10:12m/m).  This was my first AM run since moving to the new house.  Part of my delay was how hot it's been in the AM and by hot I mean humid (because that's a thing on the East coast/in the South).  79 degrees (F) and 93% humidity.  I need some gillyweed for these conditions.

PM: Nope.

TUESDAY

AM: Storms on Monday night kept me up all the night long, so Tuesday morning I needed all my sleeps.  I considered doing yoga and then I stretched and went back to sleep.. so it was kinda like doing yoga.  

PM: Walked the dogs to the river and back (1 mile), dropped them off and ran 3.4 miles (10:17m/m).  This was my first PM run.  While it "felt like" 97, it was really 88 degrees and 64% humidity.  At least breathing wasn't as difficult, even if I made a poor life choice and failed at grabbing my water bottles for my hydration belt.  #lessonlearned

WEDNESDAY

AM: Planned to get up and do yoga, but I ended up being unable to sleep which meant taking something to aid my sleep problem at midnight, so there was no way I was getting up.. AND I hadn't set up the Roku to have the yoga channels, so all the #firstworldproblems prohibited progress.  Yes, I know workouts don't have to be perfect, but for me to want to do them, they have to be.

PM: 3.38 miles (12:32m/m).  I'm not really upset with this pace because it included the dogs for parts.  The first 1/2 mile was jogging to the river with Phil and Meri.  We walked the 1/2 mile back home to drop off Phil (my big boy can't handle too much with the heat and his age).  Meri and I ran mile 1 then I dropped her off at home to finish up miles 2+ on my own.  My average split for miles 2+ was 10:29m/m, so I'll take it.

THURSDAY

AM:  Did Yoga for Runners (Thanks Alyssa for making it so easy to just go to your Sunday posts and get the videos)!  I finished the video and wanted to do more (I'm also used to yoga being an hour long).  I started perusing, but realized I didn't have the time (I probably did in hindsight, but making a decision always takes me forever which is what takes so long) to do more videos.  This will be motivation to not snooze my alarms next time.  I seriously needed these stretches, whew!

PM: Nothin'.  I was gonna run, but then it was hot and I was full of excuses.  Fail.  Nahh.. let's call it a "rest day."

See I was gonna run!  But then someone decided that I needed to just stay home and she "trapped" me on the couch...

FRIDAY

AM: 4.53 miles (10:39m/m).  I had to make up for being a lazy ass on Thursday evening... and whatever eating damage I would inflict on myself over the weekend.

PM: Nothin' but laziness and a nap and glorious laziness.

SATURDAY

AM: I should have done a yoga video when I got up, but instead piddled around on the internet until it was time to go ride Mike with Mr. Scrooge.  There was lots of swamp ass and wet shirts, so riding and sweating a workout.

PM: I was sooo exhausted from the ride that it was everything I could do not to nap all evening and it was sooo hot.  I did ride Monty (see below) about 3/4 of a mile in the neighborhood to test it out some.  Monty needs a new seat and some air in his tires.  I was lazy even though I should have at least walked the dogs or something.  Nothin'.  Then around 8pm a stranger** messaged me and said they were about to go out on a run and I felt extra guilty because I hadn't done anything, so I vowed to go Sunday morning before church... Tune in next week to see if I was successful!







Since I last checked in, you'll be happy to know I acquired a bike on Craigslist, it's name is Monty since it's a Mongoose bike.  I have yet to ride it other than from the garage to the car when I moved...  But below I see that I have 30 days to get my ass in gear.  Maybe on my cross-training days biking will be my preferred torture activity.

I still haven't been to the pool for laps either.  I really should.  30 days Megan, 30 days.  I also need to figure out a bra/swimsuit situation for the transition from the swim to the bike.  I'm not overly concerned about the bra thing for the bike portion, but for the running part, I HAVE to have the girls supported properly and there's a snowball's chance in hell that I would survive the the running portion with just a swimsuit.  Something about swimming in my $60 bra makes my blood run cold.  We'll see.

I finally did some yoga!  It was delightful.  Now if I could find a class that isn't expensive... or a gym with classes that isn't wallet rape, that'd be most excellent.

I know why I haven't been to the pool/ridden the bike.  Part of me isn't overly worried about the Tri.  I'm doing it for the medal* (#nothintohide) not for time and I'm not worried a 225 yard swim, 8 mile bike course, or 2 mile run (pffth, that's not even a "short" run).  I AM worried about 13.1 miles on Sept 20th, then Nov 14th, then a 5k, 10k, and 1/2 Marathon sequentially in February though.

So worried that I added training plans to my calendar for all upcoming runs, which is serious business.  If it's on the calendar before the day of, it is happening, no ifs, ands, or buts (most of this is because I can plan and adjust as needed).  When I added my training plan for the Navy-AF 1/2, I was already 2 weeks behind on my training (I still probably wouldn't have ran due to moving, but may have felt more guilt about NOT running, whatevs).  My training for my Sweet Tea 1/2 overlaps my Navy-AF training, and my Princess training overlaps my Sweet Tea training.  My plan for this is to run the longer distance if there is a difference.  #somuchrunning #runMeganrun


Countdowns make it more real!


countingdownto.com


Online Countdown Clock


Countdown Clocks


*I have since discovered that what I thought was the medal for the Ramblin' Rose Tri was, in fact, NOT the medal.  Apparently the medal doesn't look like a beautiful sun-catcher (like the pretty shiny that is displaced on the race home page photo thing).  Nope, instead it's just got cutouts...  Le siiiigh.  I'm not even going to pretend I'm not disappointed.  Granted, it's still going to be a pretty sweet medal to add to my collection, but principle.  I feel duped.

**a stranger is now the term I'm going to use for dudes that message me through the online dating site.


Linking up with Holly for Sunday Sweats

Confessions {5/20}

-After all the encouragement (and being unable to "attain") All the Bright Places, I signed up for a library "card".  Technically I didn't get a card, but I did register with the library on base.  I really had no excuse not to.  I walk by the library each time I go to the gym (which has been frequently lately since it's been so hot/humid in the afternoons) so it was just a matter of taking the 5 minutes to fill out the paperwork.  #bookworm

-I've been wanting to make panna cotta since labor day 2014 when Mr. Scrooge came up to MD to visit me and we went to Olive Garden and I had it for the first time ever.  I looked up recipes and got overwhelmed at gelatin so I never bothered.  I did more research last weekend and kept reading about how easy it is so I bit the bullet and purchased all the ingredients.  Then I waited because I'm lazy.  The process of making it took 10 minutes.  The process of eating it could have taken less if I didn't have such amazing will power.  #foodismyweakness #therewerenophotos

-I get the "bye Felicia" thing, but I didn't GET it, so after seeing the below photo, I did some research and watched the video from the 90s where "bye Felicia" came from and I 100% get it now.  #byefelicia

-There is a chair fairy that comes in the office every single day and fucks up all the chairs in the conference rooms so they aren't where people actually sat.  It makes me crazy.  #putthingswhereyoufoundthem

-Related to the above, Mr. Scrooge puts things in different places each time he uses them or moves stuff that has a place all the time and it makes me crazy.  Crrrrrraaazzzzyyyyy.  So when I was trying to tell him that something was on the "beer shelf" in the fridge he was confused because he had put the beer on a different shelf since there wasn't room on the beer shelf at the time for the beer.  The beer always goes on the same shelf when I'm putting things away....  He said to me after I had to get up and physically hand him the bowls that he couldn't find because I was describing them on the beer shelf, "And you say I'm a control freak!"  #thisisnotOCD #organizationworks

-The blankets on my bed HAVE to be tucked under the mattress.  There is no laying the comforter over the bed all pretty.  No, no.  Apparently, I have a death wish in my sleep and I am constantly pulling the covers up.  The problem with this?  If the covers aren't tucked under the mattress, I end up with all the blankets around my head and my toes are freezing and I'm asphyxiating because I can't breathe because all the blankets are around my neck/face. #blanketstrytokillmeinmysleep

-Songs with obnoxiously long/high pitched guitar/trumpet sections/solos are my least favorite thing and guarantee I won't make it to the end of the song.  #kthxbye #noisepollution

-Now that it's sweaty summer time, after I blow dry my hair, I change the settings to cool and then blow dry the sweat off my body.  I especially like to put the dryer up the back of my shirt and down the back of my pants.. if I'm wearing clothes when I dry my hair.  If I'm not wearing clothes, it's game on all over for a cool blow.  Teehehee, sorry I couldn't help myself.  #hairdyersaremultipurpose #SometimesIPointTheHairDryerAtMyFaceAndPretendToBeInASuperModelPhotoShoot #noshame

-I've been using hair oil since January after pretty much raping my hair trying to get the blue out.  When I had my hair cut at Home, Home, my hair dresser commented on how soft my hair was and I was like #fuckyesbitches.  I love when shit works. #bluehairrocks #bleachedhairsucks

-I may or may not have stopped after the burial ceremony at my hair dressers place since she was right down the street from the cemetery, even though we were supposed to be going to a luncheon for the family.  I felt way less guilty about it after I arrived at the church after getting my hairs did and no one had eaten yet because the immediate family hadn't arrived yet.  #thepriceofbeauty #dontjudgeme

-Mr. Scrooge keeps a hatchet beside the bed.  It kinda freaks me out.  He claims it's for if someone were to ever break in...  Mmmmkay, sparky.  #selfdefense

-Mr. Scrooge has this ridiculous thing where he doesn't like messy eating/eaters... and I get it.. but holy shit if he tries to wipe my mouth again or hand me a napkin (because he thinks I don't have one when I do, I just haven't had a chance to use it because whatever messy food I'm devouring is too delicious to worry about the corners of my mouth at that moment/my hands are too messy to bother/I haven't had half a second to pick up my napkin), I might physically abuse him.  It's not like I've been sitting there with shit all over my face for a solid amount of time.. No no, this is like I take a bite and he immediately offers/attempts.  #wtfno  #iamanadult #icanwipemyownmouth #tyvm #rageescalatestoviolence

-I thought it might be slightly awkward to eat corn on the cob for lunch while sitting at my desk...  Yes I brought my own holders.  #donotcare #NothingComesBetweenMeAndFood

-18 days into May, I realized that my watch date was a day behind.  I haven't made the effort to fix it yet...  #daylateandadollarshort

-Speaking of 18 days into May, how the fuck did we already get through half of this month already?  #wheredoesthedaygo

-Sometimes when I'm looking at word documents that aren't for my work, I get very confused why they feel so cluttered... then I remember that I have proofmarking symbols on.  No proofmarks really clears up a document quick!  #techwriterproblems

-One of my quadrant mates has a new job and I'm a bit sad about it because he's the only person close-ish to my age at Company who can share military stories with me and understand my plight in life.  The other reason I'm all the sads is because it's making me wonder what other jobs are out there for me, which leads me to not wanting my clearance to expire which leads me to "do I want to do tech writing for forever?" "do I want to get back into the intel world?" "what about the shitty schedule/shift work that comes with the intel world?"  Just all the considerations and all the things. #workingwoman #firstworldproblems

-Company uses SharePoint at work as a file management/sharing system and I really struggle with people who don't understand how to use it.  Leaving a file open in your browser means that you're the only one who can make changes and if you don't respond to your tech writer for several hours, she starts to get pissy when she's being cock blocked by your retardation.  #l2technology