stick 'em up!

Yeah, it's late. I know. I get it... I'm behind the times. I was going to post last night and schedule and all of that, but I went straight to bed after I got home from work. But anyway, without further ado, here are my better-late-than-never stickies!

i've seen better days

I woke up yesterday morning ready to go to my dentist appointment where I would get 3 fillings in an appointment that would take 1 1/2 hours. Not only that, but I woke up with a quite swollen right eyelid. Apparently I have a stye. I hate that word. It sounds so gross. Now today the eye is even more swollen and I can't wear makeup and the dentist scratched my face and pinched my lip yesterday, so I am a mess! Also, I ended up staying in the town where my work is last night because the roads are all icy. It's been freezing raining all day and I might get stuck here again. Staying with friends is nice, but it's not like home, where you can get up nice and easy, do your hair and makeup, etc. Nope. This morning I barely blow-dried my hair and I wore my glasses, not to mention my complete lack of makeup at the start of the day. Then when I got to work, I got in big trouble with my bosses. I can't elaborate, but it's not good.

So, succinctly, I feel and look like crap.

This brings me back to the dentist's chair yesterday. I love that laughing gas they give you to help with the anxiety and uncomfortable drilling and shots. I love how, with just one big breath, I no longer care that it hurts. Everything is still there, I still feel all that is happening, I just don't care. I wish I had laughing gas for my whole life. That way when things started to hurt, I could just take a whiff off the ol' laughing gas and feel all better. Everything in my surroundings would just become an echo, a distant mumble.

But I know the truth. Life doesn't work that way. In order to love and grow, you have to feel the pain. You have to work through the bad days and enjoy the good ones. Laughing gas may make life painless, but it also makes it joyless. No, I can't give in to the easy way out. I'll experience the sadness, love the happiness, and take each day one step at a time.

this is so unfortunate

So, it's 5:44 am. At least 20 minutes (more like an hour) before I usually get up. I have been wide awake for almost an hour. This is not fair!

Maybe it's because I got so much rest yesterday. See, I tried to convince myself all day Saturday that I was not sick. That ended Sunday morning when I woke up and I was definitely sick. So I slept until noon (cuz I didn't sleep all night) then spent the rest of the day relaxing. I went to bed around 10 but couldn't really fall asleep.

So really, I don't know why I'm awake. I should be taking advantage of every sleepy moment possible, right?

Well this is a great way to get energized for this week, though. Usually, in our fair HR office, we have 7 people working, in the HR part alone. Today we should have 3. I am one of them (administrative assistant) and Payroll Lady and Working Mom (also admin asst) will also be there. Boss Lady and Boss Man are both going to a conference and we lent Hiring Lady and Hater to another company. So it's sure to be an exciting day.

Now that I'm no longer house-sitting I will also have to remember what it's like to commute. I'm not excited about that, but it sure does feel good, no great, to be back in my own house! I missed this place. And I missed my roomies, too.

Well, as long as I am wide awake, I may as well get out of bed (yes, this post comes to you directly from my bed :) and get ready for work. It can't hurt to get there a little early!