I'm (____-)cured.
Jan. 3rd, 2004 04:18 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
verbminxI had the hardest damned time getting to sleep last night without that lost Ambien, but I eventually gave in and took something less effective (antihistamine "sleeping pills"). I hate having to take the things, but my schedule gets so screwy. I like to be up during the day, because it's less lonely and there are places I can go and things I can do, but I like being up at night, because it's quiet and I can accomplish things and am generally left alone. And then I love sleep because it's wonderously comfortable and because my dreams are almost always interesting, in a freaky Henry Darger sort of way at least. But you can't have it all three ways, and the healthiest thing to do in this society and probably as a human being is to sleep all night and be awake all day. No waffling like tonight - going to bed really exhausted at 4AM and getting up around noon, which is a respectable (if not great) time to be getting up on a Saturday morning.
Anyway, I got a late xmas present of a manicure and pedicure today, at the salon where Lorra works. I'm now all nailed-out in OPI's new "Chocolate Shake-speare" (groan). This took most of the afternoon. Hit an Origins counter after that, over at the mall, to pick up some of their superlative NEVER A DULL MOMENT face scrub. I quit using it a year or so ago in FL, and adopted a cheaper Clean & Clear blackhead reducer, but my skin has gotten drier since I moved. I took a shower on Wednesday, and when I lightly wiped my face with a paper towel after I was done, little peels of skin just came rolling off. & it looks so dull most of the time - I really never considered that my skin type would change and go back to "combination" from being "oily." *** Anyway, Never A Dull Moment is kind of pricey, but it lasts, and since I've mostly quit wearing foundation and am thus spending less money on it, I don't feel toooooo bad. (really, I quit wearing foundation not only because I don't need it as much up here, but also because - and I am super-irritated about this - L'Oreal quit making Translucide.)
Hit Best Buy after that to spend some Reward Zone certificates that we got from buying this computer. I got a printer (some lower-end HP Photosmart model), which I've needed for months, and a Lupin the 3rd movie dvd that came with a keychain, & the momster bought some DVDs of her own. Then dinner @ Olive Garden, a stop at Borders (I got the latest Get Fuzzy book), and home. Not really much xmas money left aside from a few gift certificates, so I suppose today was my last day of splurgy. Now I'm going to sleep, and tomorrow? I suppose tomorrow I figure out if I can manage being at the storage compartment without wrecking my nails, because there are lots of things I would like to get out of storage ASAP.
*** but what IS expected and very very welcome about the move is that my health indeed seems to be improving. Instead of feeling too sick, tired, and discouraged to find a decent job, I'm feeling bored as hell and irritated for not having one. My inner overachiever is apparently feeling much better in the drier, cooler climate. "Honey!" I sob, embracing her in her stiff little Prada suit, "Honey, I thought you were dead!"
Anyway, I got a late xmas present of a manicure and pedicure today, at the salon where Lorra works. I'm now all nailed-out in OPI's new "Chocolate Shake-speare" (groan). This took most of the afternoon. Hit an Origins counter after that, over at the mall, to pick up some of their superlative NEVER A DULL MOMENT face scrub. I quit using it a year or so ago in FL, and adopted a cheaper Clean & Clear blackhead reducer, but my skin has gotten drier since I moved. I took a shower on Wednesday, and when I lightly wiped my face with a paper towel after I was done, little peels of skin just came rolling off. & it looks so dull most of the time - I really never considered that my skin type would change and go back to "combination" from being "oily." *** Anyway, Never A Dull Moment is kind of pricey, but it lasts, and since I've mostly quit wearing foundation and am thus spending less money on it, I don't feel toooooo bad. (really, I quit wearing foundation not only because I don't need it as much up here, but also because - and I am super-irritated about this - L'Oreal quit making Translucide.)
Hit Best Buy after that to spend some Reward Zone certificates that we got from buying this computer. I got a printer (some lower-end HP Photosmart model), which I've needed for months, and a Lupin the 3rd movie dvd that came with a keychain, & the momster bought some DVDs of her own. Then dinner @ Olive Garden, a stop at Borders (I got the latest Get Fuzzy book), and home. Not really much xmas money left aside from a few gift certificates, so I suppose today was my last day of splurgy. Now I'm going to sleep, and tomorrow? I suppose tomorrow I figure out if I can manage being at the storage compartment without wrecking my nails, because there are lots of things I would like to get out of storage ASAP.
*** but what IS expected and very very welcome about the move is that my health indeed seems to be improving. Instead of feeling too sick, tired, and discouraged to find a decent job, I'm feeling bored as hell and irritated for not having one. My inner overachiever is apparently feeling much better in the drier, cooler climate. "Honey!" I sob, embracing her in her stiff little Prada suit, "Honey, I thought you were dead!"
