So I’m sitting here, downloading MP3s, listening to the Arctic Monkeys, and doing laundry while Joe plays the new Socom. Yep, it’s Friday night at our place. I know you’re jealous. It’s ok; not everyone can be this cool.
Seriously though? I wouldn’t have it any other way.
By the way, dark chocolate Raisinets are the candies of the gods. And these are too cute for words.
Yesterday morning when I went into the bathroom to brush my teeth, I found sunflowers in a vase sitting on the sink… a Sweetest Day gift from Joe. He always manages to surprise me with flowers when I least expect it.
Speaking of surprises, despite saying we were not going to exchange gifts for our anniversary, which is tomorrow, Joe got me two gifts and was so excited, had me open them today. The first one was a puzzle of a beach, to remind me of our wedding, and also because paper is the traditional gift for the first anniversary. The second gift was a Nintendo DS Lite, in black, and as Joe pointed out, the modern gift for the first anniversary is clocks, of which the Nintendo DS has. My hubby is so clever!
He wasn’t sure what game to buy me, so he picked up Catz, but since it’s really meant for the Gameboy Advance, it lacks cool graphics or touch-screen capability so we took it back and got Brain Age instead. I’m embarrassed to report on my first training I got a brain age of 70. On the second one I got 56. At least I’m improving! It also has Sudoku on it which I never played before. I’ve been perusing Walmart.com for other DS games and have a list of eight games I want already, some of which haven’t even been released yet (including the DS version of Catz).
My husband is awesome, and I am a terrible wife for not getting him a gift. I should have known he wasn’t going to stick to our agreement. I have to do better for Christmas in order to redeem myself!
Earlier today someone kept calling me but when I didn’t pick up (because I was busy and didn’t recognize the number), they refused to leave a message. Finally after the fourth call, I was aggravated so I answered, and it was the survey company I signed up with a few years ago. They typically call asking me to spend a few hours at a location in the suburbs looking at advertisements and answering questions, although I haven’t been to one in awhile even though it pays well ($75) since they’re usually scheduled before my work shift ends.
Tonight they had something new for me: a survey I could do at home. All I had to do, I was told, was tune into a public access channel for a half hour, watch the show, then answer some questions when they called me back. Paid to watch tv? I’m so there!
The show sucked but I worked out while I watched and the follow-up questions lasted less than 15 minutes. They are sending me a check for $25 for my time which worked out to be less than an hour total. Pretty sweet deal, if you ask me. Hell, that’s more than I make at my real job! I told them to give me a call anytime.
Welcome to October, my favorite month! Some people don’t care for October, but it’s probably my favorite because I love Fall and Halloween. Also, I’ve come to regard October as a lucky month for us. Good things always seem to happen in October.
October 24, 2003: Joe’s divorce became final
October 15, 2004: We moved into this house
October 23, 2005: We got married
So what’s not to like about October? It kicks ass! In fact, I think perhaps we’ll play the lotto a few times this month just in case our luck continues.
My schedule was off all week, peaking on Thursday because I had a conference call scheduled at 6 pm with one of the offices in another country. Since my shift normally ends at 4 pm, I came in late to even things out. Joe also had a late work evening, so we both didn’t have to get out of bed til 8 am. You may or may not be surprised how much a three hour shift difference throws things out of whack. All day I felt like my head was in the clouds. I like being up early so I can get home early. I don’t think I could ever go back to working 9-6 like I did when I worked for the cable company.
I stopped at the library on the way into work to pick up some more books on beading since I had so much time to kill. I have a necklace design for Joe finished, I just have to string it and I’m nervous about that. Plus I’ve been putting it off because we’ve been busy watching tv in an attempt to keep the DVR empty enough to pick up all the new Fall shows.
We’ve also been spending a good two hours every night playing Lego Star Wars II. That game kicks a$$! I never thought I’d be so addicted to a video game. I love how all the characters are rendered like Legos and when you slap someone it makes a clicky-clack noise. Too cute. Sometimes when we’re done with a level we’ll just sit there and slap one another which I am sure reduces our points but is too much fun to pass up. Right now we’re stuck in Dagobah and can’t find a way out, so I have to hunt down some hints online.
Man, I have a load of feeds to catch up on. I haven’t spent more than a half hour total on my home computer since Sunday (and I never read blogs from work). Last Sunday I spent a good three hours creating entries and uploading photos from the weekend and it really irritated me how long it took. It just further confirmed that it’s not how I want to spend my time anymore, particularly during the week. Since the kids are over this weekend and it’s raining, I’m slowly catching up on my reading. After I’m done I’m going to seriously reduce the feeds I’m subscribed to because I feel anxious having all those un-read feeds just sitting there.