Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Burning Foot Syndrome
You know, there really is such a thing? Its actually called burning foot syndrome too. I thought it was just made up. Anyway, apparently its more common in people over the age of 50, those who consume great amounts of alcohol for many years, gastric restriction in morbid obesity, or for those who have thyroid dysfuntion. For some reason I dont seem to fit under any of those categories. What do ya know? My feet happen to feel hot and burn-y-ish right now. My house is similar to that of an oven.
I love the sun, and I love summer. I tried to make an appointment with my new doctor this morning only to find out that she's on vacation until August 3. So I had to settle for that. I just feel like I shouldnt waste a moment on my birthday doing boring things. Who am I kidding though, I'll most likely go to work from my appointment anyway. Its not like my husband will be around.
Today Im going to Lake Cowichan. Leah Hobbs invited Esther and I. Her grandparents have a place right on the lake and its supposedly really nice. I've never been to Lake Cowichan. I am looking forward to it. The way I feel on days off seems to be that I shouldnt waste a moment's time doing anything boring or useless. No sleeping in past 9, because the day will waste away. I have to squeeze in as much fun stuff as possible. So when I suggested we leave around 10 Leah was like "woah Sarah, you're hardcore." Well maybe I am, what of it? She's on her first week of maternity leave. We're taking Esther on a brief tour through Chemainus to see the murals. Actually I dont know that Ive ever really seen the murals myself. I thinkI recall a sign on the highway from here to Victoria that says "Chemainus the little town that could" but i could be wrong. It might actually be Ladysmith that "could." But on this sign there's a picture of a stick person with a paintbrush. Arent I full of interesting things to say today?
My feet really are burning right now. I feel the need to soak them in cold water, and maybe I should have a shower, and find something to eat.
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Sarahstottle posted @ 8:35 AM
Saturday, July 23, 2005
I have nothing to wear to work
It feels wrong to wake up on Saturday morning and know that my day is taken up with going to work. Wish with all my heart it werent true, and I could go with Kyle to buy a new outfit for his band performance today. He cant very well go by himself, and i dont want anyone else picking out his clothes so I guess he's just going to have to wear something he already has. I should've been on top of things and gone during the week and picked something out and had it layed out on the bed this morning when he gets home from tennis to surprise him. Why do I always think of these things after the fact? Its fun to dress up the hubby. I make him look good. Its pretty much the only way I can, seeing as I dont have free reign on the hair that exists. I suppose i could trim his body hair in interesting ways...
I havent written in so long. Its gotten to the point where there are so many things that have happened that I should write about, I dont know where to begin, and i feel overwhelmed and then push the thought of writing out of my head and do something else. Thats bad. Im the worst blogger sister because I hardly write. Its bad. Sometimes I'll consider it, and then I'll end up checking everyone else's and by the time I've read up on everyone, I either have no time or dont feel like it anymore.
This week hasnt been so busy at the Cutting Room. Well, it has for others but not me. Edwin was in LA until thursday so that had something to do with it I think. I've done a few cuts- mostly on kids, and the rest have been blowdries and a whole lot of shampooing which can get tiring. The days of being 21 are regretfully coming to a close. I dont like my hair right now and Im unsure what to do about it. Do I cut it again? Or do I let it grow and live through the awkwardness? What about color? I havent coloured it since beginning of april, and thats a long time for me, because usually I know right away what I want to do next, and this time I dont. Random thoughts all over the place. My blog is no ordinary blog.
Hmm what else? Oh had fun at sproat lake on Monday with the fam. It was really too bad that Kaetlyn couldnt have stayed because it probably would have been her funnest day here. I hope she had fun. David came over on Thursday and we got chinese take out from the place right by where I work. It was good. We watched a really really dumb dumb movie. I knew it was probably going to be dumb. Dave and kyle didnt mind it as much as I did. It was the kind where you dont feel the slightest bit uplifted but rather dark and depressed and you just waisted two hours of you life. Why do I let the boys dominate? We should have watched the ice princess. I have to get ready for work, and already I dont know why Im posting this entry.
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Sarahstottle posted @ 8:44 AM
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
A Queen Size Bed
You would think on a queen size bed, there would be no bed-hogging issues. Well, this is not the case with Kaetlyn. With her in my bed, I am left a narrow strip along the corner. Finally I asked her to move over a bit this morning. I was just weird, cause its not like that with Kyle. We both sleep on our sides, and other than the initial cuddle as we fall asleep, we dont really touch during the night until wake-up cuddle.
Oh I shouldnt talk about kyle too much. I miss him. Its sort of silly really, but my heart aches when he's gone, and it aches that he's not really a part of my everyday life, and I really hate how when he IS around I work so much. In fact it really annoys me if I think about it too much- that every saturday is a working day for me, that i'll never just get that day off. Never. So basically, I dont get a weekend. If I do get monday- who cares? No one else has monday off, especially Kyle.
Kaetlyn and I have been having fun together. We went shopping on Monday, and she came to family home evening with me. I taught the lesson, and then we played the game where you have the name of somebody on your forehead and you have to guess who it is by asking questions. We werent allowed to just throw questions out though, we had to take turns and go around in a circle. My name was Rocco. Kaetlyn had Marilyn Monroe who she doesnt know. Who doesnt know who Marilyn Monroe is?! Yesterday and the rest of the week except sunday I have to work though, and I dont want her to be totally bored. She stayed home while I was at work yesterday and watched movies and tv, and possibly read. Then when I got home we went grocery shopping and came home and ate. I even splurged and bought chocolate with particularly Amy in mind including rittersport for the movie night at Katie's. We went to Katie's and had a good watch of Everafter. I love that movie, and it had been a while. Kaetlyn had never seen it, and didnt seem to really like it. When Katie asked her, she answered with a noise. We came home and discussed what we're going to do with her hair tonight, and I felt a little nervous because her hair is black, and to colour over it is a challenge. Then we went to bed and talked for about an hour, and finally sleep found us.
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Sarahstottle posted @ 8:54 AM
Thursday, July 07, 2005
Will it stay sunny? A news update on Torsos
This weather is really annoying me. How am I supposed to decide what to wear today if the weather is sunny right up until I go to work and then turns cloudly and rainy? Its so deceitful.
When Kyle went to the Lan party last week, he took our computer and when he brought it back, the internet wasnt working. Then he left for Vancouver for the week, and never fixed it. How annoying is that? I couldnt even write in my blog or check the weather network or read other blogs. It added to the lonliness. Well this morning I was feeling more optimistic, as the sun shone through the window and I know Kyle comes home today, I decided I would have a go at it and see if it would work. Well, would you look at that-here I am using the internet and feeling rather efficient. Actually it just looked like the cable part was touchy and needed to be fiddled with a bit, that's all.
Amy and I were at Katie's the other night for our tuesday night movie night of sisters. Quite frequently the movie will be paused for one reason or another, and we'll end up having interesting conversations. One in particular was about torsos. I mentioned that the first time I got garments the lady gave me tall tops, which are quite long on me. Amy was like "you have a short torso." This got us talking about our torsos. Amy is infamous for her long torso and Katie and I were curious how we compared. So we sat three in a row on Katie's hope chest Amy, me and then Katie. Right away we ruled out that Katie has the shortest torso, which I figured made sense because she's the smallest. I felt like Amy's was indeed longer than mine, so Katie got up to check. Katie noted that Amy didnt have sloping of the shoulder syndrome that many of us have in our family (thanks mom), but that torso-wise we were pretty much the same. I found this amusing because standing up, Im taller than Amy, meaning that Amy, has long torso in perportion to her legs. Then we got talking about hight. Amy and Katie realized that Katie might not be the shortest in the family. So they stood back to back. Amy was taller by just a smidgen, and I also noted that Katie's bum was a whole bum higher than Amy's almost non existent bum. Amy informed me yesterday that flat bum's are in. Good to know. So Amy is about Katies hight with a torso as long as mine. It was good times.
Yesterday Karey came over and I cut her hair. Mostly, I just thinned it out a lot more. It was nice to have a visit with her, as it always is. We also had a few chuckles about the tufts of spikey hair she had from the last person who "thinned it out"
So what if my gloomy mood was a little silly. Thats just what hormones do and I dont like that I cant control it.
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Sarahstottle posted @ 8:34 AM
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
Gloomy
Yes, my title goes from getting excited to gloomy. I mean, why is it so easy to go from a high to a low? I just woke up feeling sad today. Sad that Kyle was gone again, sad that it was raining and dark, sad that my vacation is over (not that it was a vacation- it was only two days off)
Now Im at mom and dads doing desparate laundry and dreading going home to be alone. Not that it makes much difference, Im alone here too. The house is dark and empty. Not to sound dramatic, but sometimes I just feel like I dont have a purpose.
I worked a long day at work today, which was fine, for money purposes and also, it took my mind off my gloom. I started at 9:45- I never start that early, and was steadily busy until 6:30-ish.
The anniversary was really fun. Our bed and breakfast hosts were really nice and friendly. They're from Hungary. The lady loved to entertain us and tell us stories and plan all the things we should do. We ended up doing a little shopping, going to the waterslides, watching batman begins at the paramount theatre downtown (kyle is so go-go-go we filled up all the time) I was quite proud of myself because I found my directed Kyle (by pure instinct) from downtown to metrotown. Thats quite the accomplishment for me because I have always felt overhwhelmed by the vastness of the mainland. It also felt good to realize that I knew downtown better than Kyle, and he would ask me where to go and stuff. Made me feel important.
Im bored.
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Sarahstottle posted @ 6:56 PM