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It’s My Birthday, and I Don’t Really Care

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Today is my birthday, and this year I don’t really care. Why you may be asking? I feel like crap. I have been sick, and am still sick. I didn’t go to work today. I went to the doctor. I didn’t go out to eat for my b-day. no hanging with friends, & drinking. I did get blood taken though.

I don’t know how I made it to my doctor? it took a full hour on the subway. Then I waited a full hour until I saw the doctor. He poked and prodded for a while and then gave me a list of new prescriptions. he believes I am just having a cluster of migraines. Wow, I didn’t need to travel to him for someone to tell me that. he upped some med’s and gave me a bunch of different ones. Then he sent me to get blood work, just to be sure it wasn’t anything else.

The nurse took my weight with all my clothes and shoes on. It was higher than it has ever been. She said it didn’t matter since it wasn’t a checkup but put it on my chart anyway. When I got on the stupid gown and took my shoes off I weighed myself again and I was like 8 pounds lighter. Right in range I thought I should be. Dam chart is wrong!

Everyone was so nice. They were like “are you having a happy birthday”? dam DOB on all my paperwork. I was trying to be nice, but I was like I am here and feel like crap, how do you think my birthday is going? The blood lady was the funniest. She is getting ready to stick me with a needle and asks me that. I was like lady I am sick, at the hospital and you are going to stick me with a f–king needle, how do you think I feel? she was like, good point.

Thankfully I made it home with no issues besides a train full of annoying high school kids. Why do kids in packs larger than 3 think they are the only people anywhere they are? That is a question for another post.

I ended up in bed the rest of the night trying to sleep away the constant dull pain in my head. Lets hope the rest of my 31st year is better than my birthday.

Beware The Ides of March

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Actually I usually don’t, but this year Shakespeare was right. What normally is part of 3 fun days for me, turned into a nightmare. I got up early since I couldn’t sleep. I ended up going into the office an hour early because of it. About 2 hours into work I started feeling like crap again. I thought I was being smart and decided to go home. Well I didn’t decide fast enough. I ended up getting really sick at work again (aka puking). Thankfully I felt a bit better after that so I left for home quick. I felt like crap the rest of the day.

My dad convinced me to goto the doctor. I called and thankfully they had a cancelation the next day. I did nothing else but lie in bed the rest of the day. Man I felt like crap.

Mr. Non English Speaking Delivery Guy

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Hello Mr. non english speaking delivery guy. I have a few words to say to you. Since you don’t understand english I will write my frustration on this blog. See I can bitch you out all I want here since you don’t speak english, and probably don’t know what a “blog” is.

You see if I order food, and you deliver it I give you money. Since I am not a magician I give you more than it costs and I TELL YOU how much to give me back in change. Now depending on how good a mood I am in, and how quick you bring the food you get a tip out of that change. Now I almost always give a tip, and try to keep it on or around the traditional 15%. But you don’t really get a say in how much I give you. So if I give you a twenty dollar bill and ask for lets say $13 back, you don’t act like you are just off the boat and give me a ten back. And then when I repeat my self and say $13, you don’t give me 1 more dollar back. See the thing is you may not be the brightest bulb in the lamp, but unless you just got the job that day (and that is after all possible) you know how to count to 20 in english. And since the US government has been nice enough to put the actual number on each bill you can see that also. So by giving me a 10 back and go “ok”, is not ok. See I know you are playing me, so when I tell you 3 times how much change I want, I think you should give me the money. The $7 I paid has your tip in it. It was in fact a good tip, but if you proceed to be an ass, I may decide to ask for 15 back and say f—k your tip.

I am beginning to believe Jayson’s thoughts on the state of food service in this city. I have done food service before myself. Trust me I know it sucks, but unless you were a total ass to me, I treated you right. So why do people working now a days thing everyone else is stupid and play games with us? Of course I am the sucker because I will still order from whatever place I have a problem with if the food is good enough.

I don’t mean to put everyone down that is a delivery person. I won’t say the majority of you are good, but I would say about half. Living in NYC you rely on delivery more than most places. I mean the Domino’s delivery guy who came to my door during a blizzard (really have no idea how he biked over) got like a 40% for his outstanding work.

I leave you with this final question, if I goto mexico and order take out, will the delivery people speak French? English? Anything but the native language? Just wondering!

Old Friends

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Spoke to Gus for the first time in a month or so on the phone. We email back and forth but haven’t spoken in a while. He (hopefully) will be in NYC this week, so we are trying to goto dinner. He also was doing some work with VMware and needed a Windows 98 image. Since he knew I built every windows OS since 3.1 into a virtual machine he gave me a call.

As I mentioned earlier this week I have been emailing back and forth with an old friend from college (jennifer). Yes, I know I need to reply back to your last email. It is on my to do list Jenn!

I also recently heard from Lefty. He is still in jersey. I need to get together with him soon. Not sure if/when that will happen. You would think a few miles and a river wouldn’t prevent people from hanging out. You would guess wrong.

How Can He Be A Pisces Too?

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It felt like Friday, even though I worked from home yesterday. I am feeling better this afternoon, but this morning I still felt lousy. Jayson took off at noon on his week long trek to Baton Rouge. I think his timing on the drive was off, but I wasn’t going to argue traffic patters since neither of us drive that much anymore. I wasn’t driving down there, so I was happy. Danny is moving this week so I won’t see him till Wednesday. I feel all alone!

It was Nelson’s birthday today and they did the traditional birthday lunch with him. A bunch of people also went out after work. I went for 1 drink. It was one too many. I knew I shouldn’t drink if I was sick recently, but I was stupid. Thankfully I only had one.

I am just trying to figure out how Nelson and I are both Pisces. I think he is faking it or something. I have made it almost a mission for me to distance myself in every way from him. And Nelson if you are reading this, yes I am kidding! Dan if you are reading this, no I am not kidding.

What Is Up With Me?

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I had to leave work early yesterday because I felt like crap again. I am feeling better today, but still not 100% myself. Not sure what is up but I need to take it easy. Jayson thinks I am overworking. I need a vacation. I am working from home today. But I am actually working so I am not that much more relaxed than I would be at the office. At least I can play music and sit at my computer in my PJ’s.

I hope I am better for tomorrow. I need to goto my sisters. I also am planed to help a friend move on Saturday, but my body (and my dad) are advising against it. I feel bad but I need to call him and discuss the situation with him.

Emailed Jenn again tonight. I have written her more in the past week than I have in the past 2 years. I miss talking to her. I miss talking to steve also, but getting him to talk is much harder than speaking to Jenn! I hope to see both of them soon.

Still Lingering

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I had lingering feelings of sickness this week. I left work early Thursday because I felt like crap. I ended up working from home most of the day on Friday. And unlike many of the people I know “working from home” actually means doing some work for me. I ended up going into the office anyway in the late afternoon. I had 2 meetings I needed to keep.

Friday night I took Gretchen & Jayson out for dinner at the Outback. I felt like thanking them for making sure I was not dead last week when I was sick. It is nice to have good friends, who aren’t afraid of being contaminated by you! The Onion is still good, but man it seems like the Outback has raised the prices at their restaurants like 2 times since I moved last year.

I am feeling allot better now. I will take it easy today so I can be all good for Morgan’s birthday party tomorrow.

I Feel Old

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I feel a bit older today than I normally do. One of my best friends from college just had a baby. I am not sure what makes me feel older the fact that friends my age are now having kids or that I will be 31 next month? My congrats to Sean and Kelly. Also a hello to little Scott C. According to recent readings he will not have any problems being the only Scott in his classes when he grows up.

Sean and Kelly are lucky. FAO does not have in stock the big dog stuffed animal I was going to get. Dam FAO. Now I have to wait till my sister has another kid to piss someone off with the dam big dog, but it won’t be so fun to give it to her. She is starting to think she wants the really big one for the next kid:(

Where In The World Is Scott?

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Many of you may have thought I died. If you saw me on Thursday that is probably what you thought was going on! I am not dead. I felt like I was going to die, but it was just the flue. I am feeling better now. I am still really tired, but I am awake and not lying in bed feeling like I was run over by a truck (i figured that getting run over by a truck had to feel as bad or worse than how I was feeling yesterday. I may be wrong on that, sorry).

I have no idea what happened. I was feeling fine on Thursday morning and then within 5 minutes I went from feeling fine to feeling like I was going to die. I guess my cold turned into the flu. Who knows. I just don’t know how I made it home. Thanks to Jayson, Cari, & Danny for making sure I made it home alive. Thanks to the unnamed cabbie who had to put up with my puking in the back of his cab. To my defense we had a garbage bag and made no mess. I am a well prepared sick person.

Also I would like to thank Gretchen for the chicken sandwich. Fast food never tasted so good. Also a very special thanks to Pierre for keeping me company. Sorry that I couldn’t play with you more buddy, but I felt like crap. Thanks for not crapping though:) Oh, Pierre is a dog if anyone was just a bit confused.

I slept today during the day so now it is late and I am not tired. I am going to take some more Tylenol PM and hopefully sleep the entire night. I have watched a ton of TV today, and I felt like getting a bit of writing in before I collapse to sleep. I don’t understand how I can be so tired and not sleepy.

I will take the day off to take it easy. My dad keeps telling me not to rush back into my routine or else I will get sick again. That happened last year and I don’t want it to happen again. More tomorrow…

Birthday Gifts

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My niece’s birthday is next week. I have no idea what to get her. It’s not that she is a girl. It is that she is 2. What do you get a 2 year old? I don’t have any ideas. My sister is no help. She keeps coming up with things that she needs approval on that will be “special”. That was great for a first birthday since Morgan didn’t remember opening gifts. This year is different. I need for her to have something to open on her birthday. My brother in law doesn’t think she needs anything. So he was no help either. So far I will get barbie’s first roller blades (inline skates, excuse me roller blade inc.). My sister also might want me to get a wooden cash register toy. I still have time so hopefully this will get sorted out.

Also this month I need to get a gift for my cousin Merric. he is turning 11 or something. Man I am getting old. I cannot remember how old he will be. Dam family that I care about and have to get gifts for:)