Behind the times.

I'm behind on the following:

Housekeeping
Laundry
Reading
Sleeping
Exercise
Enjoyment
This Blog

Things I really want to catch up on:

Sleep
Reading

Guess what I'll be doing next .... g'night.  More later.

Mildly cranky with a side of pissy.

Ever wake up some mornings and just feel, well, pissy? Pissy at the world, pissy at yourself, pissy at your clothes, just in general piss-tacular?

That is me today.

I am planning to go to graduation here (a couple of coworkers are graduating and I am being supportive) and as such, had to go get measured for my cap and gown. I pray I don't look like a dork. But I will. Because my sash/tassel will be turquoise. Yeah, SPEA!

I have a date tonight with a new guy. Date 6. Yes, I am counting them. All have been good dates so far, he is quite a gentleman and makes me laugh. I am hoping he brings me out of my funk. We are going to a wine tasting tonight that a friend is hosting. Should make for good discussion fodder on the way home.

I'm kinda tired, feel bloated and want to just lie under my desk and take a nap. That appears to be frowned upon though.

Harumph.

General stuff ...

I was rear-ended last night. No mega-damage but enough to cause a trip to the body shop. New bumper and irritable Honda owner. And my shoulders hurt from bracing myself. Nothing sucks more than watching an accident unfold and knowing, just knowing, there isn't a damn thing you can do about it.

I have tickets, courtesy of Peteski of Wausau, WI, to the Colts/Packers game on 10/19. Yes, I will be in Wisconsin all weekend and yes, I will be purchasing a quantity (as yet to be determined) of Spotted Cow. Amen for regional brews.

I am helping with interviews for security staff. Why, I'm not sure, except I agreed to do so. Oh, and I guess I have a vested interest in ensuring that when I walk out late at night, the security guards are a help, not a hindrance.

I received 30, yes 30, freshly brewed beers from my friend the brewmaster. In fact, I'll call him Brew. 15 Octoberfest and 15 spice beers. Sharkfamily, from what I understand, the spice beers will be in fine, eminently quaffable form by the time you arrive in town in mid-November. I will keep them in reserve for our weekend. I promise nothing on the Octoberfest :) HOWEVER, there is a chocolate raspberry stout coming ... mmm mmm mmm. I'm thinking this is the December beer -- and so a trip to the Sharkfamily residence will need to be scheduled appropriately.

I missed catching up with Scully and her husband thanks to my car issues. Sorry, friend. :(

I have cute shoes on today.

That is it for today. Be good, be well, at for goodness sakes, watch where you are going :)

So much to discuss ...

It has been a wild couple of days in the life of Athena.

I returned from gorgeous, sunny, beautiful 80s Florida into 60s Indiana.

I am considering relocating ... not immediately, but in a couple of years. The more I am in Florida, the more I realize how much I like it there and how much I'd enjoy living there.

Back to work, back to stress. Same old, same old.

My uncle died yesterday. I head to La Porte for a funeral on Thursday. Although he had been sick for a few years, it is still 'final' and that feels weird.

I'll be in La Porte all weekend for Mother's Day. I may well need electro-shock therapy upon my return to Indy. I haven't been back since Christmas.

Sister is ready to blow a gasket over wedding planning.

Saw my former college roommate and her family yesterday before they flew back to Oregon. She looks so happy and her husband and children are fabulous. Lucky girl.

I voted today.

Brackets, Friday, March Madness, Etc.

A big 'welcome back' to A1 who returns to us from Texas and Mexico after a nice, long spring break. I would be more jealous but: a) I head to FL in a month and b) she is kind enough to house-sit for me while I am gone. Mucho thanks A1. Also, as a side note, the more I think about 'George' and your friend's roommate, the closer I am to not ever wanting sex again. Gah!

So March Madness and Brackets, I am so very there. Today Butler won and Gonzaga lost so I am pretty much in my happy place. I am, like Maestro, so very fucking sick of Butler being referred to as 'Gonzaga of the Midwest' by various sportswriters. As I said succinctly before, Suck It Gonzaga.

I spent some time watching the games. So far on my brackets I suck, but have gotten some games right (WKU vs. Drake) which probably offed others brackets. I also had Gonzaga (of course) going out first round but that is more out of spite than any mythical superpowers I may or may not have.

I plan to watch more games. Oh Happy Athena.

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In other happy news, the Chatterbox downtown is hosting a Dyngus Day celebration on Monday. For those that are not of La Porte or South Bend origin, Dyngus Day is a traditional Polish celebration the day after Easter. In La Porte it is celebrated by a bar crawl complete with City TransPorte doing a 'route' from bar to bar all day/night long. The Tavern Association pays for the City buses to run from tavern to tavern and there are various festivities at each. Talked to Sister, I think we shall Dyngus on Monday at the Chatterbox. Be prepared for another 'dear body' post on Tuesday if that plan goes through. I am already thinking I am woefully understocked in bottled water and ibuprofen.

For those who may be interested in participating, there will be a Polish band there and of course drinks for days. A chance to see yours truly completely smashed and polka-ing is something not to be missed!

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Have a date this weekend ... will keep you all posted if that turns out to be anything worth mentioning. He is a young'un ... and I think I am crazy for saying yes but with recent events of those my own age I must say that it doesn't appear that 'inconsiderate fuckwad assweasel' is limited to any one age or completely removed from another. More later.

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No family Easter this weekend. Family Easter is next weekend at my house. I will welcome any and all family craziness stories on this blog for ridicule/commentary by readers. As for me, I am totally stocking up on booze for next weekend. I will need it.

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Received ridiculously cute pictures of my cousin's children in the mail today by way of Easter card. Cannot believe I am related, even remotely, to anything so adorable.

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I gave a presentation today to about twenty people regarding grants today. It went well, in fact, so well I now have a few meetings next week with various faculty to get some grants started. I am very pleased.

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That is all folks, have a fabulous day and weekend!!