Oh My God

It's Monday.

Again.

WTF?!

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This weekend was quiet and that was great. I alternatively avoided going out to dinner/out for drinks/to the beer festival/to a party and assorted other things that I felt like I "should" do, but that I just didn't have the energy for.

I still don't have energy.

My chest is croupy and all the running has drained me to nothing. Except the fat - that's still hanging on for dear life. *rolls eyes*

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It was gorgeous this weekend. I did see pumpkins (bought some) and the air show at the base - didn't even have to leave the neighborhood. The planes were all overhead. It was insane. I've never seen one before but holy cow - it was a mix of terrifying and surreality and sheer amazement.

I know that they are instruments of war and destruction, but there is an unbelievable beauty and grace about those planes that makes me think that even in the midst of our self-destruction, humanity seeks out the best parts of ourselves and highlights it.

Mattie was not impressed. They were loud and it scared him. He hid his face and cried. Bless.

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I finished the run 2.2 miles everyday for a week plan. I ran 15.4 miles last week. Holy cow. I have to say - it got a lot easier through sheer repetition. I need to kick up my speed though. A lot.

I brought my running stuff to go to ASC after work today - if I feel like it - and try and see if I can't bust out a few 11.5 minute miles. If I walk between them that should help. But it's getting embarrassing that I'm not improving when I'm putting so much effort into maintaining.

I shall skip my "I'm frustrated" rant in favor of silence.

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Verizon pissed me off. I may switch to AT&T and get the damn iPhone, which is what I wanted in the first place. And the patronizing manager that I exchanged words with yesterday can suck it.

Sweet Tea will make it allllll better. *pets*

Today has crossed the border to surreality. I've finally talked to S again, since he's come back to the office. We've been bickering, but not really, since he got here. He's mad at everyone in the whole world and telling me about it, but then he gets worked up and starts yelling like I'm the one who peed in his Cheerios.

Which I told him and then he got worked up at me for various reasons so I walked away. Then we got over it and decided to go have lunch and finally the waitress says, "I remember you guys."

S asks her if it's because we're so much trouble.

"No, you're just heavy drinkers."

To which S says, "You have no idea."

Hee. ... but I digress.

But, this is my problem - she kept refilling my glass, so I kept drinking it. It's vaguely like Mt. Everest. Eventually you have to climb that bitch, just because it's there.

So now, I've pumped so much sugar into my bloodstream that it's gone sludgy. And I'm partially sick and partially hyper as hell. So when S starts bitching (again) about yet another person, I went to stand in the hallway next to E's desk. He called E and continued his tirade, only now I could hear him through the phone and down the hallway, which struck me as both ridiculous and hysterical. I backed up enough that he could see me and told him that he sucked at "laying down the law."

BP pauses as he walks by and says to us both, "You two have the weirdest relationship."

Now S and I are both flustered, only I've got sugar-giggles and literally cried from laughter - because I realize how our conversations must sound to people walking by. Very, very bizarre.

But, I've still got my To Go Sweet Tea. And it's still sugary bliss. So, I shall keep drinking.

Speaking of Yuletide Noms that should happen...

I know. Hate me if you must, and I hate myself a bit for admitting that I like this, but...

THE SCENE WITH THE GUY WITH THE GLITTER OUT OF HIS SHOULDERS HAS CONVINCED ME THIS IS SOME SORT OF FIGHT BETWEEN FALLEN ANGELS AND I WANT MORE. OMG, I WANT TO READ THAT SO BAD!

Which brings me to a book I read, which someone (Benjamin Bliss) turned into a trailer and won a Book Award for:

The trailer highlights the thing about the book I hated (the Twilight feel of it), but also captures some of the things that made this book impossible to put down. And the ending... ( ambiguous spoilers here )