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Clean Up Day

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Today I cleaned my apartment. I got rid of most of the clutter, did the floors, dusted, etc. I hate cleaning almost as much as I dislike doing the laundry. I need to do that also, but I may just have it done again this week.

Part of this cleaning was me backing up a bunch of CD-ROM’s I had lying around. They start to pile up. I backed up everything of value onto my computer and then stored the CD’s. I tossed the rest of the crap. With blank CD’s so cheap I find myself burning crap and then just tossing them in a few weeks when I don’t need them anymore.

Didn’t do very much else today. I tried to sleep in but couldn’t. I have not been sleeping well for weeks. I used to be able to sleep till noon on weekend’s now I can barely make it till 9AM without getting up at least once.

Cari’s New Place

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We went to check out Cari’s new pad. it is down in little italy. it is a nice place. Not my taste but she got a deal and can do allot with it. I will stick to the lazy living that I currently have, but of course will go hang out there due to its killer location.

We went for desert at a restaurant on Mulberry street. it was good. I had chocolate cake and a cappuccino. Since I think it is bitter normally I put like 4 sugars in it. Then it tastes great. The problem is we had desert around 9PM tonight. I am still wired from it and probably wont sleep right tonight. Not that I slept right last night and I didn’t have a coffee then!

I am going to lie down even though I know I wont fall asleep right away. I have to try! More tomorrow!

Electrician’s Also Do Snow Plowing

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Funny story I was told by Kai a few weeks ago when it was snowing. He needed to have some electrical work done, and setup a time for the contractor to come out and do it. Turns out that day it was snowing (and had snowed the previous day). He called to see where his contractor’s were and they were like, yeah we need to get to you later this week. All the guys are out plowing. Turns out when it snows this company throws some plows on their trucks and they do plowing for nearby communities. I have never heard of electricians that did plowing. I got a good laugh out of that! This is for the wierd but true file!

New Pillow

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I have been having a huge problem sleeping recently. I think that it is part of the reason why I have been getting head ache’s but I cannot be 100%. I just know I wake up in the middle of the night and cannot go back to sleep. I decided a few days ago to try and get a new pillow. I went to Bed Bath & Beyond and picked up what you can call an ergromatic pillow. it form fits to your head when you lie down on it. It was not cheap. I don’t want to say how much I spent, but lets just say I hope this thing emits vallume to get me sleeping well for what I paid.

When I opened it up from its packaging, I got a little card that read “you may notice a “newness scent” when you remove this item from the package”. Basically this may smell, but just leave it out for a while and it will be fine. I thought that was the funniest thing I read all day. So I am following the directions and it is airing out now. I hope to sleep like a baby tonight!

Missed Appointments

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I was going to meet up with Gus last night for dinner. Then I wasn’t. Then I was, but I ended up canceling. I started getting a migraine (very common recently) around 1 or 2PM Friday so I decided to go home and head off the problem. I left G a VM saying I was out of it and canceling. I feel bad since I never see him anymore. Except of course for going to the Apple store with him on Thursday and then to lunch. That was sudden and unexpected. He finally got a MacMini. I got a Bluetooth USB adapter for my Mini at home. Miguel got an Airport Express for his apartment. Jay and Danny just came along for the trip.

Since we never see Gus much we went to lunch down in SOHO. We found a little italian resteraunt. it was good and cheap, until we all digested it. Then it was not so good:(

I will try to reschedule with the G man sometime next week or so. Seeing him I realize how much things have changed at work recently. It really is a different place to be for me without him. In some ways more stress full, and in others less.

Sprawl Mart

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Today I took a trek to Sprawl (Wal)Mart. For this trip we had Jay, Gretchen, & Danny. We all stocked up so much stuff that we had no more room in the truck and danny and I had to hold stuff in the back seat. This was on top of what I couldn’t get with my Freshdirect delivery on Thursday. I went from having no food last week to having a stocked fridge.

Besides a hair cut today I did not much else besides the trip upstate to the walmart. I still haven’t been sleeping so I was up before 9-am today. I met up with jay and gretchen for breakfast before our trip.

I am in the process of trying to clean my place now, but I doubt I will finish up.

PS if you don’t know what I mean by Sprawl Mart, you are not watching enough Simpsons!

Jim’s Last Day

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Today was Jim C’s last day. Well big Jim C, since we have 2 of them at work. I missed his goodbye lunch but I ended up at Dukes for drinks after work. Several of us showed up. I had 1 drink (big macon jar of Jack and lemonade) since I am still recovering from my issues last week. Of course that 1 drink was dam strong. We had a good time.

It kind of sucks when someone you like actually leaves your company. There are plenty (well a few, not as many as before) of other people that I would rather see go. He is moving back down south so it is not like he is punking out and going somewhere else. He is moving so we all will miss him! Well I assume everyone will miss him, but I don’t know that for sure!

On the bright side I was wide awake enough and feeling up to actually going to a bar. That is a big step from how I was feeling all last week, and most of this month.

I need to go put away laundry and then hopefully do some more writing. Until then…

Insurnace Companies

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I am not a fan of insurance companies right now. I went to fill 2 prescriptions I got from my doctor today and found out some “problems” with one of them. Turns out that even though they were going to charge me $35 and not the traditional $5 co-pay for the drugs, I couldn’t even get one of my migraine drugs because my doctor needs pre-approval from my insurance company before I can get it. I am all for protecting from insurance fraud (since if asked that is the reason the company will probably give for the restriction) but come on. My doctor is prescribing me a drug that he thinks will help me, why on earth can’t I get it? I goto the doctor once a year (if that) and only get prescriptions. I have no major issues thankfully, and I get the run around. I am the perfect person to the insurance companies. They make money off of me. Why then can’t I get my dam drugs?

Not happy right now. Thankfully my doctor and my dad are trying to sort through the situation but it is the weekend. Hopefully the drug I did get works when needed. it is a knock off of Zomig, another drug I used previously. I am just not a fan of the way it makes me feel when I take it.

Lucidity

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For someone who has been unable to sit up and do most normal tasks, being lucid and able to get up and do stuff (any stuff) is like someone in the desert finding water. you want to drink it all, but you know you shouldn’t. that is how I feel now. I am lucid and want to do so many things I couldn’t before. But by doing too much I run the risk of relapsing. I feel almost able to go into work. But if I do I know I will overdo it. So I won’t. For now I am working remotely, and “trying” to take it easy.

I finally had semi normal moments last night around 7PM. I woke up from a nap and I could sit up without getting dizzy. that is always a good sign. this morning I am able to sit up and actually function. I will see how I feel later today!

Have A Green Day

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Well maybe I shouldn’t have said that. I have been a bit queasy recently so green reference should not be on my list of things to say. I got up and showered thinking I was good to go to work today. I felt not 100% but I figured I would try going in. Well while putting on my socks I realized I needed to lie down again. I didn’t get back up again until like 3PM. After further evaluation of my issues we think that I may be having a reaction to one of the drugs I was taking. My doctor is not 100% convinced but my dad and my brother in law (both ER doc’s) think it is entirely possible. if that is the issue, I need to wait until that drug clears out of my system.

So as Tom Petty said, “the waiting is the hardest part”. I am still waiting for the effects to wear off.

Still waiting,

and waiting…