Sick and Tired...

Thanksgiving brought about stress... and germs.  Seems my relatives have super germs, I rarely get sick and Wednesday I just felt dead.  Noticed it coming on Monday with sneezing and extreme fatigue just by walking to my gym...  Didn't help that the great monthly started quite early for December and showed up in all it's glory late Monday night.

At least I got two things over with at one time.

Anyways... Onto the days!

Sunday ~ It was a slow day, We stayed home for the most of it and finally put the TV up.  Finally on top of the freezer chest it turned out to be quite the perfect fit for such a TV.
   Supper Was:  White Castle.


Monday~  Boring day.  At least with the TV and other items set up I could drag the Christmas Tree out. I swear that tree is out to kill me... putting it up and taking it down I always get little cuts all over my arms and legs.
      Once out of the box I had to check to see if the lights connected to the tree still worked... Guess getting a tree with the lights attached wasn't quite the smartest of moves. I was prepared to have to cut the lights off the top third of the tree and put normal string lights on it but..... A miracle.  Most of the lights came on all three sections, A few dark spots were easily fixed by using string lights to cover them up.
     Might be a little strange but I could just be happy with a tree of lights, no ornaments... The beads and ornaments will slowly be added of course but even now they are not.
    Went slowly to the gym, ended up feeling like crap once I got there but worked out anyways... Nighttime lead to sneezing and the evil monthly "friend" quite early.
     Supper: Home cooked Chicken/Cheese/Ham, Baked Beans and Avocado!

Tuesday~  Yep, I'm sick.   The bathroom faucet is leaking to the point of a stream now, It had been dripping since Spring and no one bothered to fix it even after being told three times.  "Next Week." They say.  Now they will be bugged till they fix it....
      Anyways,  Wild Eggs we went.  Blueberry pancakes for breakfast/lunch.  I actually would have rather just stayed home and slept but I went out into the cold...rain.  Main thing to drive me was we planned to see Harry Potter at 4:00.... Went to the Mall for a couple present buys and to kill a little time after food.
   4:00,  Harry Potter. I won't get into that right now.
    It got over later then I thought it would, felt pretty shitty afterwards and just went home..
    Supper; Don't remember, Wasn't much.

Wednesday~ Sick..... Cleaned the apartment a little. Didn't do much else...  Chinese for supper but not a lot of food for me.  Sink is still leaking.  >_>

Thursday~  Not feeling as bad as Wends.,  Dragged myself out to go to Cafe LouLous and then Gamestop to poke around for some PS2 games.  That was a fail.
      While we were out the Maintenance came over to "fix" the sink but, When we got home we found a note that they ordered a part to fix it and will ASAP.  Turns out while he was poking around with the basin he screwed up the pipes underneath.... The entire bottom cabinets were flooded with water.  Good thing we only kept one plastic box under there...
      An emergency call and a call back from Maintenance lead to a little tweeking and the "fast drip" seemed to quit.  Just in case, After the clean up we kept a bowl under the pipes and it's a good thing we did.  Checking the bowl before I went to bed.... There was a little puddle of water in the bowl.
      Supper;  Left overs.

Friday~  Cold, Crappy, Snowy. Stayed in most the day with the icks and cold.  Some cleaning was done and the maintenance guy never showed up to check in the pipes.  Guess it's a full weekend of dripping and leaks for us.  Oh well.    It really isn't -that- bad.
      Bought Black Butler 3 at B&N with a coupon plus the membership discount, Love knocking these down to below 10 dollars.
       Supper; Mr Gattis....  Not a lot though.

Saturday~  Taco Bell!  That's all I really have to say, I love their tacos. They are perfect for a sick person.. they make me relatively happy.  Some minor XMass shopping was done.
      Supper;  Hot pocket and baked sweet potato.
 

Oh wow...

I.... almost did it again.  I almost forgot about this place, It's the curse of all my blogs I just loose interest.

Delayed Weekly! If I can remember stuff....


Monday {22nd}~  Didn't do much, Went to the gym and cleaned the apartment. Beef burritos for supper.

Tuesday {23rd}~  This was a doomsday type deal.  Had to go rape my savings account 1800 out.... Gave dad 1k of it, 300 for XMass gifts and... We went and bought the new TV with the other 500.
     We decided to get the LG at WalMart since we know more about their return policy and it was cheaper there then most places. Before when we went there they never had any of the boxes set out but today when we got back into the Electronics area... They had two set out.  It was like they were waiting for us to take them home, had little handles on the top and everything.
     It was a quick buy, We walked in and grabbed the box. Took it to the counter and the guy rang us up and out we went...  After getting past the door guard I waited in front of the store for the dad to pull the car up. Into the backseat the box slid and....it... fit! No adventure or drama here just right in it slid.
     Seems we chose correct, Our little Rio couldn't fit anything bigger. We got the TV home and just checked on it, made sure the screen and such were fine...  Didn't have the space to set it up yet.
   Lunch Was; Tea Station.  Food and Bubble Tea!  The Passion Fruit Boba here isn't as good as the drink the now closed Taste of Asia had but it was "okay".
   Dinner; Leftovers.

Wednesday {24th}~  What are we doing for Thanksgiving.   That was the question of the day... Dad did his normal gym routine and I stayed home and cleaned/gym.  The TV was still snug in it's little box...
      When he got home from the gym he called up the relatives and... Yes. We were getting together at the Uncles for Turkey Day.  Good.   We didn't have to worry about food for the next day, Shopping at the grocery store the day before Thanksgiving wasn't what I wanted to do.... Hanging around relatives wasn't exactly something I wanted to do either but... At least it's free food.
       Supper; Bonefish!  Finally.  We had tried the week before but the car decided to take a sick day. BangBang Shrimp for five dollars is a very nice deal.  <3

Thursday {TurkeyDay}~  The morning started off.... quiet.  Asleep at 8 AM my fan suddenly stopped. This always wakes me up from even the deepest of sleeps... The power had gone out for some unknown reason. It's raining outside, That's actually reason enough with this power.
      Good news though; It only stayed out 15 mins so I just stayed in bed and went back to sleep.
10:30 AM; Time to get up.  Had to leave for the Uncles at 11:30. Yep, I was full of nerves....Relatives make me nervous and the questions make me feel sick.
      Once out of bed and into the living room... X_x  Oh look!  The TV is set up on a...speaker.  As long as it held I didn't care what it was sitting on.... it was so pretty.  My TV.... my big TV... 32 inches isn't big for some people but to me it was wonderful and it still is.  Bright screen just begging to have video games played on it....  I knew the dad couldn't stand just looking at the box for long.  Now I didn't even wanna leave.
      Uncles house; We got there at noon... expecting to see grandma but.. No grandma.. WTH.  Where's grandma!  Okay, Cousin went up to get her and the aunt... Long story short. Grandma wasn't feeling that well so she and the aunt didn't make it.  Cousin, Uncle, Uncles GF and Uncles GFs Sister.... That's who was there.. It turned out. Okay.....  Cousin was on her phone most the time... Uncle was fairly quiet.. Uncles GF was as talkative as ever....
     The awkward questions of what I've been doing all summer and why I never come up to visit... All of those were there.  No one up there knows I'm an unmediated bipolar with who knows whatever else... I held up fairly well.. didn't eat a lot.... Kept thinking of the TV waiting for me at home. hehe
     After we ate and talked a little we wandered up the road to the grandmas house, Pretty much the same thing there but without the food and less awkward... Stayed a couple hours then home we went!
     Home... Cheeseball and fruit for a small supper...  TV.    Turkey day wasn't so bad, I didn't feel as sick as previous years when I got home...   <3  TV.

Friday {26th}~  Papalino's for Lunch/Breakfast!  My favorite pizza.  Ordered two slices, One with Anchovies & Pineapple and the other with Chicken Sausage & Garlic Spinach.  First eaten there with the second brought home for supper.
     Had to find a "TV Stand" for the DVD player and other things that connect to the TV, A stop at Barnes & Noble for coffee and a XMass buy... then to WalMart!  It was later in the day so most the crowd from the morning sales were gone... The only area that was still relatively packed was the Electronics section. Had our TV gone down in price since Tuesday?  Nope.  Same price. Good.
    We found the stand pretty quickly and got out of there... Home we went. Was planning to go to the gym but we got home later then expected and it wasn't nice outside, So I stayed in and just had my second slice of pizza for supper...
      Pizza Day!!

Saturday {27th}~  Normal Saturday.  Havana Rumba for lunch... Coffee.... Store... Home.   We put the stand together... It went okay.  I swear dad and I get into arguments about everything... and most the time it's about something I was doing wrong.  -_-   Wasn't going anything wrong either it was just I was doing it different then what he'd do....
      In the end; We got the stand together but not quite right.  Which I find amusing because he was so pissy about getting it correct...  It stands up and holds weight so that's all fine.  I wouldn't put the TV on said stand though, The "wood" isn't very strong.  Maybe I am just paranoid.  TV is still sitting on that speaker, It's a super speaker.....
     Supper;  Leftovers.

Not late this time.

Sunday~  I didn't do my little roundup Sunday, Can't quite remember why but I think it was because I was talking to someone on MSN.  Then ended up going to the mall where... I didn't buy anything.  It was that pre-holiday shopping trip to just see if I actually wanted anything or got any ideas of things to give others. Did I find anything? Not really. 
     I did find that Santa Clause at the Malls over a month before Christmas was a little strange. Soon he'll be there in October.  :(
    Food Was -  Panera, The place we go when we don't really feel like anything else.


Monday~ What did I do?  I made cookies!  Also cleaned but that wasn't anywhere near as important as making cookies.  Did I go to the gym? Hell No.  I ate cookie dough.
     Food Was- Dairy queen double cheeseburger and steamed green peas.  Love their cheese burgers from time to time, Don't care for french fries though.

Tuesday~  This is where the week went a little sour, It was raining outside and our car must have been a cat in it's past life.  Trying to get to Chuy's for lunch the cars check engine light came on and it started to shake...and miss...and just do all kind of bad things that cars do when their angry with you.
     Somehow we got to Chuy's for a not so great lunch, The entire meal I just felt sick with worry about getting back home. Amazingly enough when we went back out and started the car it was like nothing had ever happened... the engine light was off and there were no funny noises or shimmys. 
     We got home.
     Supper?  Smoked Salmon cheese ball, crackers, apple and grapefruit.

Wednesday~ Car adventure part two, At least I wasn't in the car this time. Dad was driving to the gym when it went apeshit again.. same problem but this time it never stopped.  The weather wasn't even rainy this time but he had to turn around about five miles into his journey, come home and call the car place.
     They could see it Thursday.
     The broke car wasn't that big of an issue for me so, I just went ahead and walked to the gym. Supper had to be changed it was going to be Bonefish for the 5 dollar BangBang Shrimp but it ended up being the Deli within walking distance of our place.
     I won't name names here but this Deli has gone downhill on sandwiches, My Caesar Chicken wrap was lettuce and chicken... It was much, much more lettuce then chicken.  Kinda wondered who stole the other piece of chicken that should have been there... Asked for a few slices of tomato and the waitress just looked at me funny then hesitantly said okay.  The place will do for a pinch but it won't be my to-go place for sandwiches... Subway is better.

Thursday~ The car had an appointment at 7:30 AM, Dad being the morning person that he is was all good with this.  Triple A is really worth the yearly fee, The Fix-The-Car place charges 100 dollars a tow were the membership is around 132 dollars a year and that's 6 tows.... When your car thinks it's a cat 6 tows are good to have.
     Anyways, Something was up with one of the spark plugs and the coil that supplies the zap or whatever... Costs was a bit over 300 dollars.  Boo.
   TV Breaks, Car Breaks, Please no more breaks my bank can't handle anymore raping.
     The car got home before I even woke up so that's all good...  Went out to the Olive Garden for lunch. Car ran pretty well even in the rain, No sputters, No nothing.  I still get all stressed out while driving around though...
     Supper?  Cheese ball, Crackers, Apple and grapefruit.  Yes, Again.  Did I mention Cookies for dessert all week?  

Friday~  I was lazy, I cleaned but I felt pretty crappy so I didn't do a hell of a lot. Moved the living room stuff around so the tree will fit, washed dishes and just tidied up a little.
     Was a little worried about going out in the car again but, Went to BJs at the mall for pizza.  Medium, Half Anchovies/Pineapple, Half Pepperoni/Kalamata Olives.    I do not suggest the Anchovies or Pineapple here... The pizza is just too thick and tomatoes overpowering for the two flavors to mingle well.
     Car behaved itself, Which was good... didn't wanna get stranded out in the cold, dark night.

Saturday~ Queen of Sheba for lunch, Love their veggie dishes. This time the portion size was HUGE, No idea why it was so much larger then normal but leftovers were had.
     Even with the yummy food my mood was pretty much dead, I've just been overly tired lately and jut not into anything.  My drive has really been lost... it's like the same thing every week and with the weather changing to cold it's just going to get worse.  As always November thru Mid-March just sucks ass.
    The only thing I have to look forward to is getting the new TV, I'll finally be able to use my PS2 again which has been useless for the past four plus years...
      When I got home I did muster up enough motivation to walk to the gym....
    Supper?  Yep! Cheese ball, Crackers, Apple, Orange and half an Avocado....

Now it's Sunday, It's kinda warm outside... Going to head out to the Summit soon just to have something to do.  Oddly I do enjoy looking around at things that I can/could buy but when it comes to the buying part it's usually not that fun... sometimes I regret it later which is why I am so picky.

The rest I will leave for later.....

This is Late...

Well, I was going to post this on Sunday but... I didn't feel like it.  Here it goes....   


Monday~ The start of the week is always bad, It wouldn't matter what I had planned it'd still be bad. With that stated it's no wonder I never really do anything on Mondays.  Just the normal, Cleaning up from the weekend and washing clothes that can't be laundered. Since it was actually warm outside, It was walk,walk,walk time.  I'm gonna miss the warm days...
       Supper?  Penne with homemade marinara sauce and garlic sticks

Tuesday~  Wasn't such a Meh day, Woke up and just hung around till noon then we went out for lunch at Cafe MiMis.  I always get the same thing at this place, The turkey pesto sandwich. Costs 10 dollars but with half the sandwich leftover for supper it's worth the price.   Everyone seems to come here for muffins but honestly, I don't like their muffins.  Got a free sampler box once and all of them were just so-so...
     After eating we headed over to the theatre to see Megamind, Not in 3D however the theatre has suspended it's discount Tuesdays until after the Holidays {Boo} and when they do bring it back the 3D prices will be the discounted normal ticket plus three dollars.  Good thing I don't NEED to see most movies in 3D,  For some I will fork out the 8.75 though....
     We were almost the only people in the theatre, Two women came in just as the movie started and a woman with five kids showed up a little into the start.  The kids behaved themselves thru the whole things but the mother was a bit annoying... what's up with using your cell during the movie.. rawr.
     Anyways, The movie itself was "okay".  Was a bit predictable in most cases but I wasn't really expecting Metroman to be alive.  Hearing the reasoning behind his faked death it was understandable though.... The dork turns superhero turns villain and the villain turns hero and gets the girl.   Entertaining but, Probably not a DVD Buy.
    After the movie, Michael's, Kroger, Home.  Supper the leftovers from lunch plus sweet potato fries. How I love thee sweet potato fries.

Wednesday ~  Yes, I finally went to the gym.  Yeeeeeeyy, Go me.  Still warm outside so had to take advantage of that, Don't get a lot of nice days in November.  Weights, Some walking then outside walking.
     Supper?  Homemade chicken with crab rangoon.  My stomach paid dearly for the crab rangoon but damn we make them better then any restaurant.

Thursday~  Day was pretty good, Still warm outside.  Taco Bell for lunch, No idea why but I love their tacos. It's great that their 99/89 cents, they don't upset my stomach and they are just yummy in general. A biggest plus about Taco Bell is... Not having to worry about Cilantro!
     Best Buy then WalMart came next, Had to look for a new TV. Found quite a few "maybes".... with how indecisive I am this may take a while. The idea of being able to play my video games again without any problems is actually quite exciting... Of course I may have to buy a new SNES so I can play my Zelda again but that shouldn't cost all that much.
     Supper?  A hot pocket and ranch multi-grain Pringles.  First time for the ranch, they are actually quite good.

Friday~  Gym again, A little outside walking as well.  Just a lot of messing around per usual.
     Supper was fun in ways, Ordered from Papa Johns for Carry Out  {Damn you delivery fee}.  About ten minutes after the dad went to get the pizza I heard the doorbell ring, Thinking it was probably a Jehovah's Witness or something I took my time getting to the door.  Open the door... It's a Pizza Dude.  After exchanging some confused expressions he finally spoke up "Did you order a pizza?"   "Ummm" I said and he said my address and I then finally said...... It was supposed to be for carryout and the dad just went to get it.
Heh, So the pizza went back to Papa Johns... The guy should have just left it here since when he got back there the Manager just gave it to us for free.
     Yey!! Free Pizza!!  The price even with the coupon was going to be 17 dollars with the delivery fee tacked on.  If the drivers got the fee it wouldn't be a big deal but, I have no idea where the fee goes. 2.25 for one pizza is a bit much... Guess it's just the luxury but the place isn't even a mile away so Carry Out FTW.
     Heh, Yes... My life is a real bore with this situation being entertaining for me.

Saturday~ Normal Saturday, Not a lot happening.  Went to BDs for an overly stuffed lunch and then off for some coffee drinks. BDs took the duck off the choices which was a little disappointing so shrimp and squid it was....
    Took a little tour of the Big Lots near the coffee joint, That place still amazes me.... so much stuff in such a little space.
    Only thing out of the ordinary, I went to the gym! Yes... second day in a row and on a Saturday even. Have to take advantage of 24 hour access sometimes.  The weather was cooling down and I got rained on but, It was worth the shower.  Main icky thing about this time of year, 6 PM is pretty damn dark.. the walk home was rainy and dark...very dark... Must find the flashlight next time.
     Supper?  Ham and cheese hotpocket and ranch pringles, I may be addicted to hotpockets now.

Now,Now,Now, Next Sunday I have to do this... it feels odd on a Monday.

It's Sunday....

Well, It's Sunday again.....

Last week was seven days of ups and downs, That tends to happen a few days before the dreaded time of the month.  Sometimes I really hate being a female....

Monday; What can I say, It was a Monday. Should have went to the gym but didn't, Had to hand wash some of my clothes and clean up the apartment.  Actually ate chicken and rosemary garlic red potatoes at home.

Tuesday;  Taste of Asia is gone, Booooo. With absolutely no warning they just up and vanished. {Their facebook is even gone.}This wasn't actually a surprise since their food was right there in the average range, I could probably make the food better myself.  The thing that makes this so bad?  Since Bubble Cup closed Taste of Asia was my main place to get Bubble Drinks.  RIP Lychee Smoothie. 
     With ToA gone we ended up back over in Norton Commons at the Tea Station. I must say their food is far,far superior to ToAs was but...  They don't have Lychee Bubble Anything.  Their Coconut and Taro Boba are so far the best.
       After food/drink I remembered to go vote and since the polling place was close to the gym, I bobbled over there for a little work out.  Supper? Leftovers.

Wednesday; Mehness, Gym and that's basically it.  Supper was actually a hot pocket and sweet potato fries, Go me for eating in a second time in one week.

Thursday;  BJ's Hot ham and cheese sandwich is an amazing comfort food, I'm sure it's also one of the most unhealthy lunch options but...OMG the bread is scrumptious.  They even let me replace the evil tomato bisque with minestrone.  I love Minestrone soup, BJs having one of the better ones. Olive Gardens is okay, Spaghetti Factory's quite good, Carraba's is more like a cabbage soup then Minestrone but it's tasty as well.
        Went to Borders with a 40% off coupon, Bought the first Card Captor Sakura Omnibus.  I know I said no more manga other then Finder but, Passing up 40% off a 20 dollar Manga would be nuts.
           New rule? Two Manga a month.

Friday;  Pretty crappy day, Felt achy and terrible all day. Knew what was coming and it did, That time of the month always sucks. Had sausage and mushroom pizza for supper, Perfecto Pizza has yet to totally fail me.  Their anchovies totally suck but the other toppings have been pretty good.  After was B&N, White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake.   <3    Sure we have a Cheesecake Factory here but, It's cheaper to buy slices of their cheesecake at B&N and the CF food sucks anyways.
        Friday was freakishly cold for November.

Saturday;  The TV died.  It died last winter as well and we had it fixed at a TV shop for like 100 dollars.  The first time was a slow death, it was dying for a couple weeks before it finally stopped working. This time? The screen went black.  Turned it off and back on, stayed on for like five minutes before going out again. Still have sound, No picture. Won't be worth it to get it fixed again, Just gonna have to wait and use the dinky backup TV until we can afford a replacement.
         Went for Fish Tacos at a local place, Dragon King's Daughter or something to that extent. Wonderful food, Very unusual food too.    No left overs. :(
       Checked out the Fresh Market as well, Didn't bother with any of the free sample specials since the lines were huge.  The place is a lot like Whole Foods just not as big, The cookies were cheaper then WF so I tried a Kitchen Sink, Sort of like WFs Jumble Cookie but it wasn't dry and brittle like the last one I got at WFs was.  Bought some Pork Potstickers for supper, 15 for 6 dollars.  Quite cheap, Only ate five last night so these will be breakfast for a couple days as well. They aren't as good as some I've had out but... for the price and convenience I can't complain.

Now,Sunday....... I feel crappy. Can't really use Pamprim or Midol since they put me to sleep for some reason, Even the ones with the caffeine.  The time change last night was nice, Gave me an extra hour to watch Being Human.... but now it feels like 3 and it's only 2.  -_-
       Maybe I should just curl up on the couch and sleep the rest of the day.

The Results...

I Finally Got a Hair Cut... Been meaning to for a couple weeks. It's due in part to my pants buying failure. I should really do something different with it but... I'm just not that eager to try something new and have curly hair from hell.

Sundays mall excursion was an utter failure, I didn't find any suitable pants or a winter hat... Maybe I'm just too indecisive. I always think, What if I find something I like more in the next store then comes the next store and that's the same...  *sighs*  Such Fail.
    I did however pick up the Vampire Knight Fanbook at Borders, Gotta love their 33% off coupons. The book is quite nice, details on all the characters and a load of other odds and ends within.

With the failure at the Oxmoor and St Mathews Malls it was decided to try the Jefferson Mall on Tuesday, Tuesday... The day a giant storm just decided to come floating in. I woke up to windy, tornadoy weather.. The rain was extremely needed, We haven't had any significant rain since August so this huge downpour made the lawn very happy.  

Anyways, The storm settled down around noon-thirty so we could start off to the far away mall... Over 20 miles is fairly far for me to go {certainly for shopping}.  My mind was set on finding at least something to make this trip worth the trouble... and I did.  I found a hat.... yes... a hat.. that's it.
     JC Pennys seriously needs to check their sizes or I was in the wrong area... I swear their sizes run large or something because I was swimming in pants that I normally can wear.  Could it have been me changing body sizes? Nope, I've gained five pounds. Gaining means the swimming should not have occurred. They didn't have any sizes that fit so... No pants for me. 
   The other places just didn't have anything I liked... I am just too picky. I'm happy though, I'll find more pants eventually and now I have a hat that will fit my big head. Finding winter hats is almost impossible for people with giant heads..hehe. 

   The Red Lobster over in that area is also quite nice.. Red Lobster has really turned into a lunch only place seeing their seafood has gone up in price so much. I'm also not that big on fried fish of any sorts so I mainly go there for the Shrimp Skewers.  Their biscuits are the best part of the meal of course...

    I've... also managed to go to the gym Monday and Wednesday so far, Which is right on schedule. I haven't been slacking there even with the near mile walk there and back.