Hey, B.When all else fails, shop. Right? It worked for a little while today. The instant gratification wore off quickly, though, so I went and had my acrylics reapplied. That helped.
I'm sorry I didn't write yesterday. Not to make this a super long story, but I went to the commissioner's meeting last night and was so utterly appalled at the way the operation is run that I could barely sit through it. I had to leave as soon as the final screwing of my husband was complete; I only made it as far as the parking lot before I burst into tears. By the time he got home, a half hour later, I had managed to suck down an entire box of Dibs (minus a handful I'd eaten earlier) and was waiting at the door with my wine in hand to head over to our personal pity party at K&R's. R was actually at the meeting too, so between the three of us, we filled in K and S&T on the details, everyone commiserated and comforted and then, by midnight, when we were all totally crocked, we felt better. We walked home full of gratitude for our friends and reminded each other that this isn't the end of the world.
Today I just went shopping. I went to Tacoma Boys and Costco and the mall. I used my Macy's gift card to buy my new kitchen gadget and two pairs of pants for JJ; I came home and, instead of napping (which I really, really wanted to do, since I slept about 5 hours last night - 5 pretty drunk hours) I started cleaning my kitchen in order to make my chicken for dinner. Before I knew it, I had spotless counter tops and a stuffed whole chicken fully spiced and nesting warmly in my new crockpot. I splurged, by the way. I bought the higher end one. I was planning to buy these salt and pepper shakers that I had seen in the ad, but when I got there they were really ugly. So I figured I had already spent that $20, right? I put it towards the better cookware. And I'm so happy! :-) My house smells great, everything is clean, the laundry is plugging along at a good pace, and my nails look beautiful.
Yeah, just couldn't do the au natural thing one more day. I knew I wouldn't be able to. I didn't even feel defeated. Perhaps it was my hungover depression that steered me into the salon today, but in the end, I would have been there by week's end anyway. Maybe I'll focus on the long, unruly hair instead.
Tonight J will actually be home for dinner, so I'm looking forward to some down time. He did indeed go to work today; they're testing for battalion chiefs and he's part of the interview board, so he kinda had to go. I'm quite certain he would much rather have continued drinking 8 Seconds and Sprite through the night and well into the golf course today, but the boys couldn't talk him into it. Maybe it's just as well; he tends to do better when he doesn't dwell. By the same token, I'm a little worried about all the s**t piled up in his head that he can't let out, lest he goes postal. At some point he's got to break. I did last night and I know his wall is coming.
You know what else I did today? I ordered business cards for my blog! I was so excited when I got yours, I had to get some for myself. I probably ought to actually write in it, now, if I'm going to advertise it.
I hope you enjoyed your snow day yesterday and that you didn't correct one single exam. Curious, though: isn't your Little Man Principal your old friend? Has he turned out to be a Dark Side Traitor? There's nothing like administration to destroy a teacher.
I have to get a couple more things done before I start on the accoutrements to dinner. Garlic mashed potatoes, roasted brussel sprouts and salad...I'm thinking a glass or two of my $3 wine ought to compliment that quite nicely.
Hope to hear from you later - even though I know I've been terrible about writing...again.
Love, A
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