"it's not to keep me in, but to keep all the sickies out."

strange day. it was ups and downs. let me tell you about. it.

i last talked to you this morning around 9am, right? yes. i believe so.

so, i left work at 9am and went back home. i slept from 9:15am-9:45am. it was a very strange day of sleeping for me. let's recount it together so i can keep it straight:

SLEPT FROM:
3:15am-6:45am
7:15am - 7:45am
9:15am - 9:45am

wait, that's only 4.5 hours of sleeping. is that right? yeah, it is right. man, that's not very many. i thought i got more sleep than that. ah well.

anyways.

so, i got up at 9:45am and got ready to go to the doctor's appointment. i had left a note for the resident telling her that we would leave at 10:20 because her appointment was for 10:40.

so, i go downstairs at 10:15 and she's at the stove cooking something. and so i ask her if she got my note. she says yes. i say, "well, are you ready to leave?" she says, "this just has to sit for a minute." alright.

we wait for like, 5 minutes. i tell her, "okay, let's go." she says, "i just have to run upstairs and get something." ok, fine.

i pull the van around and we leave. she asks, "oh, can we stop at The Little Store real quick?" it's 10:30 now. "ok, but be quick." she's quick. we're still late for the appointment because of a huge hold up in the parking garage.

i might email Dartmouth Hitchcock and tell them how horrible their parking garage is. it has like, 9 floors or something crazy. but, each floor is SOOO NARROW. it's so incredibly hard to drive in there. the parking spaces are DEFINITELY more narrow than normal ones. i'm not kidding. it's horrible. it's waaaay too tall and waaaayy too narrow.

so, whatever. the appointment went fine. again, it was a midwife i had never seen before. like always, it's like meeting them for the first time.

the appointment was actually long. we didn't get back in the car until 11:39am. back to the house. i logged about the morning. talked with my boss for a bit.

then around noon went upstairs. now, i had originally planned to go back to sleep. because we didn't have staff meeting until 1pm. but, i decided that instead i should eat something. because, i wouldn't be able to eat anything until after 4:30pm. so, i made some eggs and toast. checked email, stuff like that. Ruby got her breakfast too. she had ocean whitefish and tuna in gravy. she liked it a lot.

so then i got ready for staff meeting. i think every place i went today i had on a different outfit.

i wore yoga pants to work at 6:45am.
i wore sweatpants to work at 8am
i wore a black shirt and grey cardigan to the doctor's.
i wore a grey t-shirt and teal cardigan to staff meeting.
i wore a grey t-shirt and blue cardigan out for errands this evening.
currently, i'm wearing yoga pants and my ben kweller sweatshirt.

wow! it's an Aliya day of outfits!!! loves it! my favorite outfit of today has been the grey t-shirt and blue cardigan combination.

ANYWAYS!

got ready for staff meeting. then staff meeting at 1. it was fine, i guess. i got really upset at one point. there were some tears. and i actually couldn't concentrate after that. i'm still really upset.

and that pretty much set the mood for the next couple hours. i just couldn't think about anything. and i really wanted to cry for like, 3 hours after that.

but, i didn't. we had our residential staff meeting after normal staff meeting. and then we had birthing class. it wasn't really a birthing class. we made a plaster belly cast. the girls here have the option of having a belly cast done when they're in their 9th month. so, we did that today. i had never done one before. so, it was fun. took about half an hour.

then me and Courtney stayed and talked with another staff member named Julie. she's really great.

and then it was 4:30pm. and i went back home. was sad still. Ruby was happy to see me. i can't remember what i did.

then a little later i went out to do some errands. i needed eye drops because i am worried that i will run out soon. and i don't want to be without. i also needed conditioner. and nail polish.

oh! they had a nail polish SALE! i needed black. because i gave my last black away and i wanted another one so i could continue being edgy and sophisticated. and then they had this really great yellow. it wasn't sparkly, it was just yellow. not like banana yellow. like, corn, maybe. it's kind of flat. mute. Yellow Mute. that's what i would call it if i was naming it. i'm pretty excited about it.

then i decided that i needed a good Rom Com to watch tonight. because i wanted something light and funny that would get my mind off of being sad. so, i went to the video store. little did i know that it would be one of the most enjoyable times ever!

first i went into the comedy section. i found a movie that i had wanted to see when it first came out. but never saw it. Mini's First Time. with Luke Wilson and Alec Baldwin. the tagline is: sex. drugs. blackmail. there's a first time for everything.

nice.

and then i walked around a little. i looked to see if they had Veronica Mars. they didn't. so then i walked around the new release wall. i found Confessions of a Shopaholic. TOTES PERF. yep. exactly what i wanted.

so, i head to the checkout. i have to wait a minute or two because the people in front of me take a long time. and then it's my turn. and, the checkout guy is someone who i recognize from my frequent trips into Hollywood Video. he was the guy in the conversation about Winona Ryder that i had that one time.

here is what went down:

GUY: Hey. How are you?
JULIE: Pretty good. How are you doing?
GUY: Good. Oooo, this movie rocks.
JULIE: Oh yeah? Which one?
GUY: Confessions of a Shopaholic. I loved it.
JULIE: Awesome.
GUY: I haven't seen this one (holds up Mini's First Time.)
JULIE: Well, Luke Wilson is in it.
GUY: (reading the tagline) Sex....drugs....blackmail. Hm. Sounds like it's got everything.
JULIE: Yeah, what more could you want, really?
GUY: Yeah. Um, do you have your membership card?
JULIE: Actually, I don't. I think I lost it. Could I get another one?
GUY: Nope. Definitely not.
JULIE: .........
GUY: Just kidding. Sure. I was trying to trick you.
JULIE: (laughs)
GUY: So, if you find your old cards, they won't work anymore, because I just activated these.
JULIE: Ok.
GUY: Also, that will be $3 to get the new cards.
JULIE: Um, ok, fine.
GUY: Ugh! You're too easy.
JULIE: (laughs)
GUY: Ok, what's your last name?
JULIE: Evans.
GUY: First name?
JULIE: Julie.
GUY: Birthday?
JULIE: 25 February.
GUY: Year?
JULIE: 1986.
GUY: You're so old.
JULIE: Wow, thanks man!
GUY: I'm just kidding. Ok, do you want damage protection for $.25?
JULIE: No thanks.
GUY: Any popcorn or candy?
JULIE: No thanks.
GUY: Would you like me to sing you a song?
JULIE: Um, YES.
GUY: Aw man. I thought you would just keep saying no.
JULIE: Nope. I definitely want a song, please.
GUY: .....Uh, what do you want me to sing?
JULIE: Umm...how about some ABBA?
GUY: Uhhh....well, there's no music. So, I guess I can't do it today.
JULIE: Well, next time, then.
GUY: But, I love ABBA.
JULIE: Yeah, me too.
GUY: When I was in high school I would totally rock out to ABBA in my car. I mean, who hasn't?
JULIE: I'm guilty.
GUY: Alright, well, these will be due back tomorrow.
JULIE: What?
GUY: Haha! Just kidding.
JULIE: (laughs) Ok, good.
GUY: They're due back on Sunday.
JULIE: Ok, great.
GUY: Have fun with your sex, drugs and blackmail.
JULIE: I'll let you know how I like it.

um, best conversation ever?? YES. i tell ya, the people in that Hollywood Video RULE. i always have the best conversations with them. for realz. i liked that guy. if i had a 'let's be friends' business card, i would absolutely have given him one.

and THAT put me in a good mood again. it was a happy rest of the night. thank you, hollywood video store guy.

so, i came home. went upstairs. Ruby was happy to see me. AND THEN - i watched the first episode of 'Bored to Death.' it was great!!! i highly recommend it. i laughed a lot. it was really cute and funny and kind of sweet. about this struggling writer who pretends to be a private investigator after reading some of his old detective novels.

and WOW - what an AWESOME theme song!!!!! if you don't watch the whole episode, at least watch the first minute or whatever so you can hear the theme. it's a GREAT new song by Coconut Records!! loves it.

i wish i had HBO so i could watch the show for real on tv. but, i've already added the first season to the 'saved' section of my Netflix. so, i'm on top of it, kind of.

then i just hung around here. worked 9pm-10pm.

tomorrow i have no plans and i am really excited about that. well, i have to be up for work at 6:45am. and then i'm working 8-9. i just got the call. my boss called and asked if i wouldn't mind watching the house until 9. i was excited NOT watching the house until 9 because that meant i could go back to bed for good at 7:15am. which, is still kind of nighttime to me. but now, i have to get back up again at 7:45. so, i won't be able to get back to sleep until after 9. and now that's morning.

i guess i consider "night" to be like, midnight-8am. ish.

haha, for some reason i am reminded of a joke that Jimmy Fallon did on Weekend Update once. it went something like this:

"A new study reports that 'night' is the number one most dangerous time for police officers. The second most dangerous time? Day."

haha. funny, right?

hm. well. now it's 11:17pm. i guess i might make supper now. and watch Shopaholic, probs. or, maybe the other one. i don't know.

but, i'm supposed to get 2 netflix tomorrow. Weeds, disc 3, season 4. and more VM. i think i've got 2 discs left in season 1.

ALRIGHT !!! what did you do today? anything fun or special?

i think that's all for me. i'll hopefully be able to go to sleep semi-early tonight since i didn't get much sleep last night. we'll see!!!!!

ok! goodnight!! have wonderful, sweet, mint chocolate dreams.

i don't know why i said mint chocolate dreams. but, it sounds delicious. and, it seems kind of fitting that a dream would be mint chocolate.


<3,
J.