Days of busybusy (magazine, family stuff, social stuff, housekeeping stuff) has fried my brain. I'm broke, but my pantries (typo: panties) are full (eww!) and the magazine will start wending its way to people tomorrow, after which the next issue goes to the printer at the end of the month (oy!). Been really enjoying reading The Graveyard Book to the Munchkin, and catching up with TV shows while I do clerical stuff for the magazine.

Haven't talked much about my new hobby, which is couponing, because I'm strangely embarrassed to be having so much fun doing it. I got $22 worth of stuff at CVS today for $.89 plus tax, and I immediately called my mom to brag. It's a game, and I'm having a blast (and feeding my family for less than $80 most weeks). Also, I think I will never again run out of cereal, toothpaste, mayonnaise, spaghetti sauce, or canned soup. Those things are always on sale.

( And now, surveys from micheinnz because that's all I'm up for. )

Want to entertain a hopelessly self-involved navel-gazer who has just barely two brain cells to rub together? :-)

Then ask me anything. Heck, ask me ten things. About me, about you, about the Universe -- whatever. All comments will be screened, and I'll only say who asked the question if you tell me it's okay. Anonymous questions are fine.

Ask me LOTS and LOTS of things so I can pass the time doing something other than fretting about all I am not getting done, 'kay? :-)

I'm really tired, but I just put a casserole in the oven (don't ask me why; my brain isn't working right), so I'm up for a while. I shall spare you from having to read the nonsense I post tonight by using a liberal amount of cut tags.

( survey micheinnz says she got from me, but I don't recognize it, so here it is... again? I stole at least one of Miche's answers. )

Last time, there were staples. This time, just steri-strips (and, I assume, superglue or something).

( Look behind here to see my scar )

So one of the advantages of the new surgeon's being, like, twelve is that he has leet incision skillz.

Stuff:

1) Is it my imagination, or does that whole family just get more repulsive as the years go by?

2) They used the proper size blood-pressure cuff on me yesterday, and my pressure was 119/79. Fat arms. That's my life-threatening health condition.

3) People around me are more worried than I am about my impending surgery, but it's rubbing off a little, so I'm getting a tiny bit anxious. Being aware of it, though, means it's not causing me too much distress.

4) Super-busy at the Best Job Ever, because school just started. It'll slow down, but meantime, I'm working my big tushy off, and loving it.

5) The magazine is going to be good. I'm very excited about it. The thing I'm most nervous about is making it LOOK good, because I'm not visually oriented, but I expect I'll get some help with that.

6) Oh. Em. Gee. The landlady and the people upstairs have gotten together and figured out a solution that gets the Munchkin her own room. For only an extra $100 or so a month.


Nonsense:

( Long survey nicked from firecat, along with at least one of her answers )

Taking a few moments to just relax. Taxes were filed, rejected, filed again, rejected again, before I realized TurboTax had made some major errors, which their support community says has been happening a lot this year. I'm trying another service, and if they're still rejected, I'll mail 'em in. It'll take longer to get my refund, but that's the way it goes.

( three things, stolen from firecat, along with some of her answers )

I concur with the person I got this survey from: the way it was initially written (Add "Honestly,..." before each question) is beyond annoying. I've fixed it, because I do think some of the questions are interesting.

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Another numbered list; can you see how much brainpower I don't have? :-)

1) Early next month, I have to attend a class on tubal ligation and Essure, even though they've already told me I exceed the weight limit for getting Essure, so ligation's my only sterilization option. Don't get me started on how fucking arbitrary and paternalistic that is. Or maybe yeah, get me started. I could use a chance to use my stompy boots today. Anyway, in a couple weeks, I'll take the class, and then as soon as they let me, I'll get my tubes tied. If you know me, you know this will make me very sad, even though it's exactly what I want to do. Be gentle with me if I get extra misty when we talk about your kids and your pregnancies and your grandkids and just kids in general, 'kay?

2) I'm working on my second website for the month. It's my first PHP/CSS integrated site, and I'm having fun and frustration learning to make the pages do what I want them to. For instance, right now the site works fine in Firefox but is blank in IE. This is just the kind of puzzle I love, until I overdose on frustration and want to quit. :-) Anyway, if you want to help me diagnose it, let me know; otherwise, just hang on a few days and I'll show you the working site. :-)

3) ( the femmy a-to-z thing that's going around, most recently seen at clever_doberman )

4) Tomorrow, work for a couple hours, then home to cook and clean until my fingers fall off. Then this weekend, other than (I assume) a visit with stonebender, I may not leave my house. I may not leave my BED. Downtime, downtime, downtime.

The FIRST thing, stolen from autographedcat.

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Nicked from custardfairy:

01) Are you currently in a serious relationship? Lots of them. Two of them are romantic relationships: stonebender and someotherguy. Several of them are familial or chosen-familial, and a great number of them are friendships.
02) What was your dream growing up? Being a famous singer
03) What talent do you wish you had? I wish I could talk Presidents and other world leaders into ending all wars. Hey, we're wishful thinking here, okay?

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I may spend the rest of the day alternating between doing a little housework and answering LJ surveys. You've been warned.

This one, which I ganked from mamagotcha, has actual meaty content, though I suspect it was written by someone who's a little young and titillated by the ooh-scary-controversial! nature of asking about things like abortion.

( The 'controversial' survey -- I stole several of mamagotcha's answers )

Just a few quick notes:

1) I am so busy that I'm not posting, and I guess that's a good thing. But I had a lovely two weeks of birthday goodness, and I love love love LOVE my job. I've been there two months now, and it just keeps being great, and they keep loving me, and I could keep writing this sentence on and on and on. :-)

2) The amount of stress that has been reduced by cutting out most of my work for the webcommerce company is huge. Sad, though, because I really love the company and the people (literally love them -- my co-workers are all family members). But I was poorly suited to the job, and I don't do well when I am bad at stuff. It sucks my soul out. So now I'm sticking to the part I'm good at, making 10% of what I was making there, and getting some of my soul back. :-)

3) wtfpotatoes has been here fifteen weeks, and I love having her here. It's a BIG adjustment having three people here, but it gives me so much joy to give her a happy, stable home to live in. I wish she hadn't had to leave her home and her friends, but I'm glad I get to be here for her, and I'm glad to get this time with her.

It's been a long time since I had the time to just sit around and play on LJ, but today is still my birthday (observed), and I'm blowing off anything that's not exactly what I want to do.

I stole this survey from hobbitbabe, who has probably had as drastic a changing past-ten-years as I have.

( This one got long, because I'm feeling chatty. )

Stolen from clever_doberman, along with at least one of her answers.

( I deleted the questions that didn't interest me (mostly of the 'who will answer this first?' variety). Feel free to put different questions there, if you want. )

Stole this from gloriajn:

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Long day. Mostly good, some really bad. I have just enough mental energy to spend time bolding text.

01) Bold what is true about you.
02) Underline what is half true.
03) Italicize what you wish was true about you.
04) Add one true thing about you to the end of the list.
05) Tag five LJ friends, if you want.
06) Ask me anything about any of my answers, if you want.

I'm tagging bettybaker, melanie, elwoodontario, moominmuppet, and leback, but don't feel obligated if you don't feel like doing it.

( Seen everywhere, but this one's from firecat. Warning: it takes a long time to do )