Pet Peeves of the Day:

1. Patrons complaining about the music. Especially those who complained about it yesterday and made me switch out all of the CDs. You only get to complain and make me do that once per week.
   
2. Patrons who are sitting outside the door at 8:15 and follow me in as soon as I get here to open, knowing full well that we don't open until 8:30. This morning, it prevented me from getting some money from petty cash to run to the drugstore and replace our empty toilet paper supply. I guess we'll just have to use Kleenex until lunchtime when I can get some more.
   
3. Sticky-tack that isn't really very sticky at all.
   
4. As usual, children with surnames for first names. For crying out loud, people... give your children real first names. If I meet one more child with a gender-ambiguous surname for a first name, I might have to scream.
   

Today's Weather: hot, with a chance of thunderstorms.
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  Blog This! Just checking out the Blog This! button on my toolbar to see what it does. Did you know that the universe is shaped like the Eiffel Tower?  ¶ 11:15 AM (0) comments

  It's early, and I'm at Curves, having switched shifts with D. I had a breakfast shake, and the women are complaining about everything from the hours to the temperature to the music. I can't please them this morning. maybe it's just because it's so early.

What's on my mind? Sleep, mostly. I don't know quite where this post is going. I'll have to come back later and edit it when I have something more to say. In the meantime, I'll spend some time on my current favorite pasttime of the moment: Rocket Mania.

Today's Weather: overcast. maybe it will rain.
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  Kudos to...
A good friend who graduated this past weekend from Hollins University. It's been a long time in coming, and she's done a fabulous job of persevering to get to this point. Here's her blog.

Kudos also to me! I found out yesterday that I will be starting an internship with the EPA/NIEHS libraries! Funding is truly one of the more exciting possibilities in my life right now.

An Interesting Dilemma...?
I was thinking about blogs this weekend. About how we don't know who's reading them unless they tell us. I "keep up" with several of my friends by reading their blogs, whether or not they know it. It's just a strange new world we live in, where we can know what's going on with people in our lives without actually talking to them. Nice, but still strange. I have a lot of long-distance friendships, so it's nice to know how people are. At the same time, it reminds me that it wouldn't be that hard to actually call the person, or even to visit, so that I don't have to be kept up-to-date by their blog!

Today's Weather: it's gonna be 95 here. whew!
Song going through my head: "Nowhere to Run." It's playing on the Curves music right now.  ¶ 11:05 AM (0) comments

  taking deep breaths... I'm not sure what it is about me that makes me totally intolerant of sudden changes. Mostly, sudden changes in plans. I mean, really, it's not that big of a deal when something that I've been planning on falls through. Sometimes things just come up, and plans can't be kept. But I think I must overreact to it, because everytime it happens, no matter what the reason, I get really irritated and usually end up taking it personally, even when it's not. People don't plan on getting sick or having other things come up. I know that, but something in my brain must short circuit when it comes to processing it. I get all disappointed and sad. Oh well.

Registered for the Race for the Cure today. A good cause. Everybody should do it. Apparently they now have a "Sleep in for the Cure," where you pay the registration fee without planning on running. That way, you get to support research and still get your much-needed sleep. I'm running, though. I guess that means I'd better start training!


Today's Weather: hot! and really humid.
Song going through my head: Not applicable. I'm at work, and loud aerobic beat music is playing. That doesn't leave room in the music part of my brain for anything else.  ¶ 4:59 PM (0) comments

  It didn't even occur to me that I would get sunburned walking around Duke Gardens today. I don't typically think of May as summer. As consequence, I am walking around a little pinker than I normally consider healthy.

Today's Weather: 90 and humid.
Song going through my head: something I heard on the radio - not sure of the title. (=  ¶ 11:56 PM (0) comments

  I should be in bed. But my sleep cycle is all messed up right now. I had a massive migraine on Tuesday night. I used to get the typical, bad headache type of migraines. For the last year, about every couple of months, I get the classical, aura-seeing, head-splitting, wanna-puke, can't-deal-with-noise-or-light kind of migraine. I honestly though about going to the emergency room. I have never felt like that before. This one was definitely the worst. Three days later, my body is still reeling, and if I turn my head too fast, it is still sore. I don't know how people who get these frequently deal with them. As soon as I get insurance, I'll have to ask my doctor about keeping something on hand to take when the aura hits to keep the migraine from becoming full-blown. I can't afford to be that out-of-commission for that long.

On a positive note, I had an interview with the EPA to see about an internship in their library. So, wish me luck! I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it pans out well. It would be the perfect job for me.

Today's Weather: Nice. But it was freezing cold with the AC on at work, so I didn't get to enjoy it much!
Song going through my head: Stay. Like the oldie.  ¶ 11:23 PM (0) comments

  So I'm trying to edit my blog template some more, and it seems to be working only some of the time. Oh well. I'll keep working on it. In the meantime, I'm off to watch my latest TV obsession, Starting Over. Given that I watch next to no television these days, I guess it could be worse.

Today's Weather: hot and muggy. 90 degrees again.
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  Argh. Did I mention that there's nothing fun about acid reflux disease? For approximately the past 48 hours I've felt nauseated for no particularly good reason. Nausea and hunger at the same time has to be the strangest feeling I've ever experienced.

Today's Weather: Damn cold. Where's spring?
Song going through my head: ohmigod. how in the hell did "Hitchin' a Ride" get into my head?  ¶ 11:00 PM (0) comments