All the Small Things

Okay, so since I am up sneezing like crazy and I went to bed at 8:30 pm and am now awake mostly to the sneezing part, it sounds like a good time for an update. Our cars are getting re-keyed and the keyless entry stuff re-programmed. My Subaru is going to be the cheapest because I only have one external door lock and I don't have a microchip key, unlike my sister's Honda which has multiple external door locks and a microchip key. Tomorrow my sister will be filing our renter's insurance claim and following up with the police to get the police report. I also managed to get a start on straightening out all the bank stuff but having to change my direct deposit really sucks when I get paid weekly because they might have to mail a check to me and sometimes I don't end up getting it until Saturday and they haven't been delivering the mail lately until like late.

Somehow I managed to make it through my first day back at work but it really sucked because of my runny nose and uncontrollable sneezing that seems to be a result of all that congestion I had last weekend. Oh joy. I want my 60 degree weather back. I left for work at 6am Wed and it was like 19 degrees! Yuck!

I don't think I mentioned this but my Mom did teach me how to make the blocks for the crochet afghan that I had mentioned like back in November-ish. It's using 8 colors of her new Vanna's Choice yarn from Lion Brand and it's a variation on a granny square with the center of the square being a round of cluster stitches. The cluster stitches turned out to be a lot easier once I was able to watch my Mom making the stitch. Their directions aren't really geared towards newbies or people that really suck at reading patterns, but it was one of their free online patterns, and it's working out now that my Mom decoded it for me. I do better with charts which is funny because a lot of people think that is harder.

I think I mentioned that I saw the movie P.S. I Love You while out in the Carolinas (I am obviously very scatter-brained right now. Anyways, before I left I went to the Best Buy by my parent's house and bought the soundtrack. Shocking! I haven't technically purchased a cd since Fergie's solo album that I bought in late June. Anyways, it was so worth paying the insane Best Buy price because there are a lot of Irish bands on the soundtrack including one of my favorites, Flogging Molly. Irish music is actually really soothing to me. I can honestly say that I actually listen to all of the songs in the car which is not something I normally do.

Things are starting to put themselves back together slowly. I will be really glad when I can get back to my normal work schedule next week and maybe some normalcy. I'm going into work early this week so that I can leave early to go do all of the stuff that isn't open later in the evening.

I thought about doing a music recap of what I liked best but then I read the latest issue of Blender magazine (with Fergie on the cover) and I actually agree with their choices (as voted by their readers). They listed Umbrella by Rihanna as the Song of the Year, and anyone who has heard that song knows how catchy it is and probably secretly hums the chorus while sitting in their cubicle. I have mixed thoughts on reading Blender. It seems like every other issue is good but I do like their music trivia and this issue also did a piece on Led Zeppelin which made me very happy because I am a big fan of their music.

Anyways, I think I am going to crawl back in bed and try to get a couple more hours of sleep before I have to go into work.