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5:27am had my braces tightened for the first time yesterday and was told they would really hurt me. I guess I'm the exception to the rule in this case!:) can't get back to sleep and I've got to get up in 40 minutes for placement so I'm just going to read for a whilegoodmorning GR:D
2:43 a.m. EST Suddenly feeling tired, so I think I'm going to knock off and nap. Finally have a cool breeze blowing in through the window, but will have to lower it before I fall asleep so we don't have a repeat of the cat-out-the-window thing from last week. It was cool today, but has been hot inside 'cause the A/C isn't working properly; the line outside ices up and it doesn't cool, plus it's leaking water all over the floor. Yuck.
10:00 AM. We got home at midnight from the concert. It was a pretty good show. Sound quality-wise, The Moody Blues were MUCH better. Alice and Marilyn put on a great show though. I even got some pictures on my phone. Going to eat some breakfast, need to clean up the house a little, and get some reading done. Happy Tuesday!!!
You know who put on the best show I've ever seen? Jethro Tull! That was back in the mid-1990s (1997, I think?). But wow, they put on a good show. Sounds like fun, Kathryn! Glad you enjoyed it.11:24 a.m. EST Just up and cleaning out e-mail. Had a quick chat with E.J. Dabel this morning, and now I guess I'll read. Learned that an author I really liked is a complete and total jerk, so that was disappointing... *sigh* What gives people the right to be rude and confrontational? In this case, he had contacted a blogger without following her submission guidelines, so she wrote back and said she was not accepting the book and that maybe he might want to personalize his requests and follow submission guidelines for better success and he basically unloaded on her! I mean, come ON, he was in the wrong there... We have submission guidelines for a REASON, y'know? Anyway... Hopefully everyone is off to a good start on their Tuesday, or whatever day it is over there on the other side of the world... ;-)
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Kathryn glad you had a nice time at the concert. I never really liked Manson at all. Not my style of music I guess.
Katy sorry to hear that your AC is not working properly. We had to replace our outside unit last year. Luckily hub has a friend in AC and he was able to get us the unit for $500
Haha, Janie, I'm not really a fan of his either. I went more for Alice Cooper. Haha
Thanks, Janie; can't really complain to the landlord as we're way behind on rent... O.O2:37 P.M. EST Just preparing to finally read the Deacon Chalk series by James R. Tuck. Whee!
5:24pm. Just got done with a spin/core workout class! 45 mins. Going to workout little more, subway for supper, Walmart and home!
9:56 p.m. and I'm attempting to catch up on some posts and a bit of reading. Gonna be rough for a couple of days, but what the heck. I will get there eventually. Will sit up another hour or so then I have to hit the sack. Hope everyone is well. I haven't been able to read a lot of your posts the last few days. Almost finished with Heart-Shaped Box. Maybe I'll finish it in the next couple of days.
11:04 p.m. EST Tried to take a nap, but even pulling out and covering myself with all my ice packs, it was just too hot to sleep... So, guess I'll read!
9:47 AM. It's Wednesday! My husband went back to work today, :(, but we had a great four days together. Plus, he only has to work three days, and then, it's the weekend! Haha! Had cereal for breakfast, and drinking coffee. My focus is going to be on Joyland today. I'd like to finish it by tomorrow. Hope you all have a great day! :)
It 8:42 am I just had coffee waiting for my friend so we can do our morning walk. Then some chores and hopefully some time with some shadow hunters
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4:21 PM. Getting ready to go workout. Have a slight headache, but hopefully that goes away soon.
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5:50PM and I've had a busy day. Dr appointment this morning and then since all of us were out I took my family to IHOP for a late breakfast. Came home and all of us had a nap and a little time to read while the kids were sleeping. Just cleaning and doing laundry, going to make dinner for my son soon. It is a fend for yourself night since my wife has book club tonight. Hope everyone is doing well.
9:24 p.m. EST Had quite a day. Dr. appointment this morning and you want to hear something really messed up? Because I didn't have ENOUGH roxicodone in my system, they wouldn't give me the prescription for it this month! Also, the morphine levels were low and there were NO metabolites in my system. Did they stop to think that maybe that was a sign that my body processes things differently? That maybe this is why I have such an insanely high tolerance for it? NOOOOO. GAH! Idiots. If I have a bad month, I'm calling them every damn day. Then I came home and had to send hubby to work, and then try to sleep. It was so hot and one of my cats wanted to sleep on my head and the other on my leg and ugh... but I tried. All day. Well into the evening. Finally gave up. Making good progress on the Deacon Chalk series - halfway through the 2nd full novel, having read two novellas and the first full book since yesterday, so ... when this one is finished I'll have one more novella and one full-length novel and I'll be caught up on the series. Tomorrow I am meeting an intern for the local free paper, so that should be fun. Now I'm clearing out all the e-mail that has accumulated... wheeee.
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10:30 p.m. EST Wow, I piled up a lot of e-mail today while I was pouting... LOL Coming to the end of it finally!
10:36 p.m. and I've been home a grand total of 53 minutes since 6:00 a.m. How's that for multitasking? Probably won't read tonight because I'm exhausted. Hope everyone had a great day!
9:38 PM. Had a great workout, and dinner was good, easy, and healthy. We went and got more water for our water cooler. Now, I'm talking to one of my favorite friends on Facebook, and getting ready to read. :)
10:51 p.m. EST almost done with e-mail, hubby should be home soon. Hope he brings some food, I'm SO HUNGRY...
10:19 AM. GOOD MORNING GR!! Already ate my cereal for breakfast, and am drinking some coffee to wake myself up. Today, I am going to focus on finishing Joyland, and hopefully start a new read. :)
10:20 AM and I'm dead tired and bored. At work and wishing I was home. Looking forward to lunch break so I can go home and see my family for a bit, and I'm starving. Listening to Hannibal to help me pass the time.
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Katy wrote: "9:24 p.m. EST Had quite a day. Dr. appointment this morning and you want to hear something really messed up? Because I didn't have ENOUGH roxicodone in my system, they wouldn't give me the prescr..."
Katy, I'm so sorry for your pain and your frustration. It's such a totally helpless feeling to be at the mercy of the health "care" establishment. Sending you good thoughts and **hugs**
Chris, sounds like you're doing better. YAY!!
2:07pm EST. Saw the eye doc this am and got some much needed new glasses. What a difference! Raining on and off today. Pretty humid. Getting ready to watch the Reds and the Cubs. Hub is off today, he's out doing grocery shopping. Plan a leisurely evening. Got some great stuff at the library, so I'm all set on the reading front. Have a great evening all my GR friends!
Katy, I'm so sorry for your pain and your frustration. It's such a totally helpless feeling to be at the mercy of the health "care" establishment. Sending you good thoughts and **hugs**
Chris, sounds like you're doing better. YAY!!
2:07pm EST. Saw the eye doc this am and got some much needed new glasses. What a difference! Raining on and off today. Pretty humid. Getting ready to watch the Reds and the Cubs. Hub is off today, he's out doing grocery shopping. Plan a leisurely evening. Got some great stuff at the library, so I'm all set on the reading front. Have a great evening all my GR friends!
Terri wrote: "Katy wrote: "9:24 p.m. EST Had quite a day. Dr. appointment this morning and you want to hear something really messed up? Because I didn't have ENOUGH roxicodone in my system, they wouldn't give ..."I am doing better Terri thank you so much. It is great to see you post, it sounds like you have a lovely evening ahead of you and that's great.
I'm adjusting to being back at work, but hating the job makes it tough. Family is doing well though so what more can I ask.
3:03 PM. Finished Joyland and wrote my review. Going to take a pause for the cause and start a book later on tonight. I haven't fully decided on what to read next, so hopefully a few hour break will help me decide. I've read a few large books lately, so I was thinking a shorter one, but maybe by a different author and different genre. But, the book I've been thinking about reading is Rebecca, and it's not as short as I was wanting to read. See why I might need a little break? LOL. Going to do the dishes, get a workout, and think about my next read. :)
Katy wrote: "9:24 p.m. EST Had quite a day. Dr. appointment this morning and you want to hear something really messed up? Because I didn't have ENOUGH roxicodone in my system, they wouldn't give me the prescr..."
Just got my new glasses a few weeks ago and it helps tremendously. I'm happy for you.
Just got my new glasses a few weeks ago and it helps tremendously. I'm happy for you.
7:49 p.m. and I finished Heart-Shaped Box. It was just OK for me and I thought it was a little tactless when it came to the name choices for the women. Other than that it was alright. Want to read some more on The Next Time You See Me tonight and then we'll see where the road leads from there.
Cindy wrote: "7:49 p.m. and I finished Heart-Shaped Box. It was just OK for me and I thought it was a little tactless when it came to the name choices for the women. Other than that it was alright. Want to read ..."Are you talking about Jude's nicknames for the women (the state they were from)? I thought it was pretty fitting for his character, no?
Thanks, Terri; I just counted my MS-Contin today and was only given enough to take me to the morning of the 10th - exactly 28 days from when I saw the PA - but the doctor isn't in on Wednesdays, so I can't see her until the late morning on the 11th... which means I'm TWO doses short. GAH! I can adjust the timing of my doses slowly over the course of the month until I've basically "skipped" two doses, but it won't be fun. Any more than 15 hours after my previous dose and I start with withdrawal...8:18 p.m. And I'm already started with the late doses. I'm going to try to hold off on my next dose until at least 11; took it at 9:30 this morning, 7:45 p.m. last night... *sigh* Slept most of the day despite the heat by using ice packs and bottles of frozen water, so that was nice. Of course, I was supposed to meet someone at 11 this morning and slept through it... oops! Still, I needed the sleep; I hadn't slept much in the previous two days.
New glasses are awesome. I last bought new ones I think three years ago from EyeBuyDirect.com, two for $25. Apparently my prescription hadn't changed, so as long as I don't lose all of them (have lost two out of four pair I had) I'll be good... O.O
Tonight I'll likely finish the Deacon Chalk series so far, and tomorrow I'll go from there. I have a short by John Abramowitz to read, but that review will have to wait until it's up on Wattpadd... still, going to finish it and have it all set up. I'll let you know when it's live.
Oh, we have a thunderstorm and the power just blinked. Right in the middle of setting up this post! I better post before it happens again!
Chuck wrote: "Cindy wrote: "7:49 p.m. and I finished Heart-Shaped Box. It was just OK for me and I thought it was a little tactless when it came to the name choices for the women. Other than that it was alright...."
I guess it is pretty fitting for his character, but I just on a personal level didn't care for it. That's all.
I guess it is pretty fitting for his character, but I just on a personal level didn't care for it. That's all.
9:39 p.m. EST Listening to a BlogTalkRadio show about the paranormal while I finish my e-mail. Interesting! It's about Shoe Marks, which is about a true-live haunting in Texas. Sounds really interesting...
9:02 PM. Had a great workout this evening and has spaghetti and meatballs for dinner. I made some of the best meatballs I've ever had. Waiting a bit before I eat some grapes for dessert. Still thinking of my next read, and getting the urge to pick something up. :)
10:04 p.m. EST E-mail cleared out (except the one that just came in... LOL) and now ready to go back to reading. Will need to finish the BTR show later...
9:04 PM and I just wrote my review for In the Tall Grass. I got back home from karate and read a little ate some apple pie for dessert. Now I'm going to read some more.
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9:25 AM. Good morning GR!!! Stayed in bed for a while because I didn't sleep well last night, but that proved to do absolutely nothing for me. Definitely going to need some strong coffee today. Going to make a bowling cereal and coffee, and find something to read.
9:34AM, Hope your day improves Kathryn. I also didn't get much sleep last night and had to be at work early for a meeting today. I'm dead tired and barely made it through my meeting without falling asleep. Got my energy drink and praying I make it to lunch without dozing off. May or may not read while it is slow. Don't want to tempt fate.
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Kathryn, I hope you are feeling better and Chris I hope you dont have to bad of a struggle today with being tired.
Finally back amongst the living again. The problem was I had developed an ulcer on top of ataxia a real heady brew. Ataxia is an awful medical condition at it's worse, on numerous occasions if we had the same gun laws as the States I would have happily blown my brains out. Have not been able to read a thing for a week, which then makes me more depressed. Anyway worse over with, start reading tomorrow, which always gets ME THROUGH.Cheers
Recuperated Sean
3:04 pm est - stranded @ home, car is in the shop :(doing a little pickup getting ready for family visit tomrrow.
3:25 Just came in from shopping. I am going to make Sofrito for the first time. Then I will mix that in with the rice and peas I usually make. I usually buy the Sofrito. But I want to keep a fresh batch.
4:15 p.m. and I am working again this weekend. One of these days I'm gonna find the time to clean my house properly. Anyway, I'm gonna attempt to read on The Next Time You See Me and maybe take a shower and clean house when I take breaks from reading.
3:43 PM. Have had a good day of reading so far. I started the classic Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier, after all, and its even better than I remembered. I did pause to do some house cleaning, and am going to workout soon. I will read a bit more in the mean time, though.
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I'm so jealous, I wanted to go to the Ailce Cooper Rob Zombie concert a few years ago and didn't have the money. I bet that was a great show. Hope you had a blast.
10:41and I'm just spending time with my wife watching some TV. Heading to bed soon. Hope everyone had a good day.