And now for your latest update

We're back! Mexico was awesome, SUCH a great time with lots of sun, fun, booze & food. We managed to miss some of the worst weather of the winter, & hopefully that will be the worst of it for the rest of the season. I managed to NOT fry myself like a Colonel Sanders special (yay!), but still got some much-needed color. It all seemed to fly by though. But all good things do, don't they?

I watched the inauguration on tape-delay, as I had to go back to the salt mine today. It was wonderful, & inspiring. I am humbled by the power of the people.

I'm giving serious thought to changing jobs. I feel like I'm at a crossroads - I'm standing at the fork, looking down both paths... and I've no idea which way to go. I suppose it's the new year, & thinking about my rapidly approaching birthday. How is it that I'm going to be 30-fucking-seven!? I don't feel that old! I barely feel 25! sigh Ugh. Enough of that line of thought.

Other than that, nothing too much going on. Trying to get back into the regular routine. Hope everyone is well.

That is all. We now return you to your regularly scheduled life.

Ohhhhh... the weather outside is:

FUCKING RIDICULOUS! Welcome back to the horrors of Minnesota winter! I guess it could be worse - we could be in Moorehead or Fergus Falls, where not only is it snot-freezing cold, but they have a honest-to-god blizzard going on right now. I personally have not ventured outside the comfort of my jammies & house today, but The Hubby informs me that it SUCKS outside. He went to the gym at like 1:30 & it was 37 degrees - by the time he came home the wind had picked up, & things were flash-freezing. Did I mention I was glad I didn't go out today? :) So now I'm starting to dread the drive in tomorrow - here's to hoping MnDOT gets off their lazy asses & throws some salt on the roads.

On the upside, the Vikes are WINNING!!! WHOOT WHOOT! And it's d- 26 days until Sun & FUN in Mexico!!!

How odd.

So on my way home this evening, I stopped at Davanni's to get a pizza. While waiting for said pizza, I passed the time scanning the Strib & came across this article. The thing that caught my attention was that in the paper copy, the subheadline said "...his common law wife said." Now, why on earth was it necessary to point that out? Perhaps some of my more literary friends who read this can unboggle my feeble, Indiana-edjamakated mind.

** Note that the online article called her "his girlfriend".

Ah well. Other than this random observation, not a whole lot going on. Turkey Day was good, the day after fun, the Hubby's mother is insane, but all in all it was a pretty good start to the "holiday season". Onward toward Christmas!

I am witness to History.

At approximately 10:00pm, CST on this day, the 4th day of November, in the year 2008, I bore witness to a moment in history. Today, the United States of America, which only 138 years ago gave African Americans the right to vote, elected an African American President. I honestly never thought I would see this day - or at least not this soon.

I have never been more proud of my country than I am today.

YES WE DID!!!!

This is why I was so worked up...

... in my last post. I would gladly take animals 99% of the time over most humans.

See here.

Terriers rock. I outta know...

God I fucking hate people.

This sorry-ass excuse for a man should be run through a wood-chipper. Feet first.

Fucking dickless bastard.

I'm Tired...

So Mr. Negative had this to say about the election. It's highly amusing, & so true. And I'm not just saying that because this is one of my all-time favorite movies! ;)

Therefore, I bring to you, the lovely Lilly Von Schtupp. Enjoy!

LOL

One crazy week.

I pretty much had the Week From Hell last week. I started a very long, boring post rehashing the gory details, but couldn't quite finish it. Mostly I attribute that to not wanting to relive the events again, after having told it, oh, 5 or 6 times between Thursday evening & Sunday. Let me just give you some quick bullet points to catch those of you up who don't know already:

* Got a meeting request Monday evening from my boss's boss. Wasn't sure what meeting was about but had a bad feeling.
* Meeting wasn't until Thursday. Had almost 2 days to stew about it.
* Feelings turned out to be right - got reamed once again for having an "attitude" with someone, even though I was completely innocent (and this time I truly believe it.)
* Really, REALLY wanted to tell my bosses to shove their sorry-ass job up their ass sideways, but refrained.

So that was everything up until Thursday, in a nutshell. There are a lot of details in between - for those of you that care, shoot me an email & I'll tell ya the rest. I was feeling pretty low on Thursday afternoon & evening - about as low as I've felt in a very long time. Unfortunately Hubby was out of town, but very fortunately I have some awesome friends who threw me a lifeline. To those of you that tried to boost my spirits, I love you guys - each one of you. I hope you know how much you mean to me. /End sappiness.

I decided to take Friday off from work (fuck the fucking fuckers), & what a good decision that was. It was such a beautiful day - sunny, perfect temps, & I got to go hang out with more friends for most of the day. Then it was prep time for the big Munch-N-Jam for the band. Talk about a whirlwind of events! It seemed to come & go so fast. But what a FUCKING BLAST Saturday was! :) I, along with a few others who shall remain nameless, got wasted after the shindig, but a good time was had by all. The best part was that I got to forget the previous week's events, even for a little while. Sunday started out a lazy day, then had a BBQ to send off a friend back to Texas. Hopefully he made it back before any of the heavy rains hit from Gustav. Yesterday, I slept. A LOT. But that's ok, because I guess I needed it.

Today - it was back to the Idiot Factory. But I was ok, surprisingly. I was dreading going in, but I decided, well... FUCK THE FUCKING FUCKERS. I'm going to do my job, & screw 'em. I'm gonna work on my resume over the next few days, & get it out there. But first I need to figure out what I want to do, because I'm not going to get stuck in another Idiot Factory again.

It's the End of the World As We Know It...

Awhile back, the Drifter posted this disturbing article about a girl who was ridiculously abused. After reading it I was horrified that such a thing could happen, & that I thought I'd read it all. Until today that is, when I was reading the Star Trib & came across this.

sigh

We're goin' on the express train to Hell, folks. Hang on, it's going to be a bumpy ride.

And off to another week of fun...

Ahhhh, Monday. How do I loathe thee, let me count the ways. Yes, ladies & gentlefrogs, it's the start of another fun week. Now, you might be saying to yourself in looking at the time of this post, "Nik, why aren't you at work yet?" Well friends, let me tell you why. I'm playing Ms. Responsible again. You see, as I type this, the folks from the landscaping place are ripping up (part) of what's left of our side yard & leveling it. Then they're gonna put down black dirt & sod to make our lawn look respectable again after our remodel. Yay! I was SO tired of the weeds that were starting to grow, & also the rocks & sand. I had no idea the soil was so bad! Yuk. So I'm hanging out waiting for the sod guy to get here so that I can confirm just what they're doing in the front yard (tearing the whole thing up vs. correcting the giant ruts that were caused by the backhoe when they drove it onto the yard). After that, THEN I will head to the SaltMine. Mr. Yuk says "BLECH!"

Ohhhweeohh... yoooooo! (LOL, yes, I watched Wizard of Oz last night.)

Crazy Motherfrakkers

*Sigh*

So I don't know if you saw this news item from yesterday, but it indirectly impacted my day. You see, my mom works at the nursing home that this complete waste of air decided to kill his wife at. The victim worked at the nursing home, on the 3rd floor as a nurse's aide. My mom knew her - they weren't friends, but they said a passing 'Hello' in the hallway. The scary part was a) my mom was due to leave around the time of the shooting (3pm), & b) the woman was killed 3 cars down from my mom's car. My mom had to wait until 7pm to leave, as there were bullet casings under her car & thus was part of the crime scene. Luckily, my mom was fine (albeit quite shaken up), & so was her car (her co-worker's car, which was on the other side of her, had a bullet hole in it). Sadly, this poor woman left 2 small children, who basically lost both their parents in one stupid, crazy act. And caused one helluva mess.

As Jason so correctly pointed out, humanity sucks ass. Nobody screws with my mom; no one gets to make her cry, or be scared, or get upset. Stupid fucker should get the chair or the needle for what he did to his poor wife & kids, but OH NO we don't have that in Minnesota. Bah.

People suck.

Ahhhhhh... Admirial!

Baaaah

Yes, I'm a sheep & do what I'm told. Per my little friend, here's a new post. He actually had a good post with a link to a really cool site. These webisodes (that's what they're called) are hy-sterical. And so very true.

In other news, I'm back to work, it sucks, but I'm dealing. I'm seriously considering making a change tho. The 2 hrs on the road each day (not to mention the gas it takes) is driving me nuts. I'm kinda toying with the idea of going back to school full-time. Not sure for what tho. All I know is I'm getting real tired of working in a cube farm. It sucks big donkey dick.

Other than that, not much going on. Oh, I have a bachelorette party on Saturday night. Yay big fun!

The Most Wonderful Week of the Year...

is about to commence! Every year beginning the Saturday after the 4th of July, the Dayton clan (& various relatives & friends, in different quantities & years) all head to Gull Lake in lovely Brainerd, MN for a week of sun, fun, boating, boozing &, most importantly, RELAXATION! It is one of the things I look forward to in the summer - strike that, it's THE thing I look forward to every summer. It's such a good time. Now, as many of you know, I don't swim, but I do go out in the boat & fish. And I definitely indulge in adult beverages! It's a wonderful time to recharge the ol' batteries.

We're definitely gonna have a full house this year - it'll be terrific! Hopefully you all have a safe & Happy 4th of July weekend. Much love!

Hah, dorks.

Ahhhhhh.... silence

We are finally house-guest free. Over the past week some of my family has been here visiting - my uncle, aunt, cousin & her daughter came up from Chicago. It's been a whirl-wind week. They arrived on Monday evening, & they left earlier this morning. They went to the Waterpark of America on Tuesday (which I was able to get out of, thank goodness), then we all went to the Zoo on Wednesday. That was a lot of fun. We got to see the new Grizzly Coast exhibit, which the Zoo did a very nice job with. The weather was gorgeous, & I managed to fry myself pretty good (which, if you know me, isn't that hard). I'm not Casper any more! =)

Thursday was the big Wall of Maleria day. My cousin's little girl (who's now all of 13 & quite the teenager - whiny & self absorbed & all) was looking forward to that day for months. We walked around 3 of the 4 floors & were there probably 5 or 6 hours. Yes, I am completely insane.

Yesterday we took the light rail downtown to Nicollet Mall. My aunt wanted to see the Mary Tyler Moore statue, & the Basilica of St. Mary. So we did that. And walked. And walked. And walked. I swear I've walked 50 miles in the last 3 days.

All in all it was a good time though. This particular branch of my family is my favorite, so that helped. The only issue came Monday night when my mom decided to wig out on everyone. She was the most stressful of anyone. I swear, that woman could try the patience of Mother Teresa.

Oh, & I drove a minivan. I HATE minivans. They suck.

It's like thunder...lightning...

Check these out... I think I just had a Weathergasm. Whee!

So what do you think?

I monkeyed around with the format. Let me know what you think. Unless you hate it... then STFU.

Whoot!

My Boys

I had a GREAT Friday today. It was sunny, warm & I had the freakin' day off from work. It was so nice & relaxing. I needed it - between the shit going on at work & fighting my typhoid affliction for the last couple weeks, I've been a bit frazzled. But today was very nice.

Tomorrow should be fun too - I get to hang out with the guys at band practice. I don't really do anything, I just sit & listen & try to help where I can. But that's ok, because it's a good time. And I've offered to cook tomorrow too - hopefully they all have cast-iron stomachs. ;-) Teehee, just kidding!

Sniffly, sneezy, coughy, achy...

Yeah, this is me today. Altho I'm not entirely sure, as I'm doped up on Benedryl. & it makes me kinda loopy. But I do pretty much feel like this:



Ok, back to bed.