I thought I’d make a quick post since I’ve been posting so sparsely lately.

I’ve been having issues with my eyes the past couple weeks. It seems like my right eye has changed enough that I need a new prescription. I can’t wear my contacts for very long before getting a headache … and not a normal headache … it’s more of an ache near my temples. Not pleasant. So … I’ve been wearing my glasses. And these damn things are almost 6 years old. So the prescription is REALLY old. I have an eye appointment this Friday. I’m hoping it’s just that my eyes have changed and not that using that other contact solution caused the problem. I just know I can’t wait to get a new prescription so I can actually see the computer screen clearly again. I’m getting both contacts and glasses. Hopefully I can still wear contacts.

And I’ve been helping out a friend the past few days. Robin bought a house (a townhouse actually). She closed on Friday. I helped her out this weekend sanding and painting her kitchen cabinets and taking down the million nails that were still in the walls. And I helped take down the wallpaper border in the bathroom. I’m home tonite ‘cuz I’ve got a bunch of stuff to catch up on … bills, budget, etc. She said that she’d just be cleaning tonite … prepping for painting, I’m sure. I should be able to help her tomorrow nite after work. I can’t wait ’til she’s all done. It’s a nice townhouse, and the colors she picked for the kitchen (a flesh color for the cabinets and an orange rust for the walls) are gonna look awesome. And she’s painting one wall in the living room a deep red. It’s gonna be awesome.

Other than that … not much else is going on with me. Lisa is coming up this weekend (one more person to help Robin move … LOL). We’re going to a RedHawks game on Friday nite. I’ve got 2 free tickets from work. It’s a ‘work outing’. We did it last year too. Hopefully the weather will be nice. Then Saturday will be spent helping Robin move.

Well … I’d better get going. I need to get my crap done tonite so I can help Robin the rest of the week.

Mood: blah

I’ve been meaing to post just randome stuff, but my website has been down since Saturday morning

I mentioned that I was going to RibFest on Wednesday to see Little Texas. I did … with Robin and a couple of her friends (Tracy and Marie). I had fun hanging out with them, but the concert disappointed me. They played a lot of their old (classic) stuff in medleys. And they played more new stuff than old (they’ve got a new CD coming out this fall). I don’t know. They’re just not what I expected. Maybe it’s because “back in the day”, they had Brady Seals and Tim Rushlow and neither are with them anymore. Dont’ get me wrong … they were still good. Just not what I was hoping.

On to Friday … the last day of the work week … I was named “Geek of the Month” at work. Basically, it’s employee of the month, but since we’re a geeky company (web design/hosting), we have to have something geeky. I got a $10 gift certificate for Best Buy too. Hmmm … what CD do I want?

Next is Saturday. Well … you already know what happened then.

Other random stuff …

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Mood: okay

I went to RibFest on Saturday with Lisa and Robin. We ran into Neal (or rather he ran across us) as we were eating. [I had a brisket sandwich. HUGE. And only $6! Not bad.]

After we ate, we mosied up toward the stage to grab a spot to stand. Emerson Drive was playing Saturday nite. I decided I wanted to get a funnel cake so I could have it eaten before the concert started. I HAD to have a funnel cake. I love ‘em.

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Mood: ecstatic

It’s RibFest Time!! Good food and cheap concerts. This year’s lineup …
Tonite: Little Texas
Thurs: Kansas
Fri: Styx
Sat: Emerson Drive

I’m heading out there tonite with Robin and a friend of hers. I LOVE Little Texas. And who can beat a concert for $5 $3 with a coupon? In the past, I’ve seen Trick Pony and Steve Azar. I’ll be going out Saturday too. I’ve never seen Emerson Drive and have always wanted to.

And the FOOD. Who can beat BBQ? And yes … I am wearing a white shirt. I should probably change. But I’ll be careful. I don’t want ribs anyways. I always get a brisket sandwich. Nummy … And I can’t forget a funnel cake. They might be a bit spendy … but they’re work every penny …

I’m taking my camera with too. I’ll post the pics in my photo gallery later. I’m not sure how close I’ll get. But I’ve got zoom …

I’ve still got an hour before Robin gets here. Even tho I’m eating there, I think I’m gonna eat a small bowl of salad now. I’m hungry. If I eat a little now, then I won’t spend too much tonite.

I found a link to another dollmaker site at Lisa’s blog. I got sucked in to it. This is what I did …
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Mood: amused

I found this over at Lisa’s blog. Of course, I had to do it too (all the cool kids are ). I need a new avatar over at Harold’s Place anyways.

Mood: blah

What was ‘Step 1′? Well … it was ‘get off my ass and start getting in shape’. LOL A couple of weeks ago, I posted a couple lists. One of the things on one of the lists was that I wanted to change my exercise habits. Well … I started that today. I went for a walk earlier this afternoon. It was only about a 30 minute walk, but it was a start. I need to work up my stamina so I can go for longer walks. I am so frickin’ out of shape that isn’t not even funny. I’m hoping to change that this summer.

My plan is to start going for walks after work or later in the evening if it’s too hot when I get home from work. And if it’s crappy and rainy out, then I can do my ‘Walk Away the Pounds’ DVD. I’m gonna keep the walks at about 30 minutes for a while until I build up the stamina and then start increasing the length. Then, after I can go for hour walks, I plan to rotate the length of the walks … 30 minutes one day then 60 minutes the next. And do this every day of the week except for Sunday. I’m hoping the exercise will help my mood and make it so I’m not so damn tired all the time … as well as help me lose some weight.

I’ve already started working on my eating habits. I haven’t been snacking on junk food for a while … I never have it in my apartment. LOL When I get hungry in the evenings, I’ll eat things like crackers (Triscuits) and cheese or pretzels. I need to get some fruit in here too so I can snack on that. I still really need to work on portion control though. That’s a biggie for me.

Well … I’m gonna go sit out on my balcony for a while. It’s so nice out. I just can’t stay inside.

Mood: good

Things I Wanna Change About ME

• my attitude about myself
• my confidence level
• my diet/eating habits
• my exercise habits
• my outlook on life … be more optimistic

My Goals for the Rest of 2006

• feel better about myself
• be more outgoing … get OUT of the corner!!!
• LIVE LIFE!!!

I had SOOO much energy on Saturday. Even though I didn’t go to bed Friday nite ’til after midnite and I was up Saturday morning by 8:30am. Where the hell has all of that energy gone? Maybe it was the fact that I drank a pot of coffee (a little over 2 cups) … LOL. Maybe I need to make a pot tomorrow before work.

Sorry. I’m watching the Nascar Busch Series race in Mexico. I took 2 years of Spanish in high school, but can’t remember anything else right now … I blame it on my cold. LOL.

Yeah … I’m sick. I’m not talking about the normal ’sick in the head’ … I never claim to be normal … LOL. But I’ve got a head cold or something. I’m thinking it’s probably a sinus infection. I have a tendency to get that. My poor nose. It’s yelling at me … ‘get some fucking softer kleenexes’ … LOL. I do have some sinus pills I bought at Walmart (the stored brand), but I’m not sure if they’re working. What I’d really like to get is some Mucinex-D … but they’re almost $11 at CashWise. I think they’re on sale at Walgreens or Osco this week, but they’re still almost $10. And there’s only 18 or 20 pills in the box!! But maybe I should try them. I’d like to get rid of this crap before it decides to travel down to my lungs and turn into a chest cold or something worse. Right now I feel fine except for the need to blow my nose every 5 seconds. I guess I should have gotten MORE kleenexes when I went to Walmart the other day.

I think I’d better go crash on the couch and watch the race. I can’t seem to concen … oooo, look at the pretty flower … trate. Maybe it’s time to take another pill for my head. I think it’s been 4 hours since I took the last one …

Mood: sick