So I had to go get another iPhone today. This makes my 3rd iPhone 4. Haha. Long story. What happened was the ear speaker stopped working. It was funny because I discovered it yesterday when I tried to call and order Thai food delivery. I did all the stuff you are supposed to, yanno, to trouble shoot it at home. Synced, updated, ect. And nada. So I had to march down to the Apple Store and get it sorted out. They couldn’t fix it. New iPhone. Ugh.

I don’t mind getting a new phone. I DO mind being disconnected from my life as it syncs and crap. I am totally stressed about it. The last few weeks I have LIVED in that phone. I did sync it last night so all my *everything* should pop back up and be fine. BUT IT’S TAKING FOREVER!!!

Oh well. What’s up with you?

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Yesterday we had Happy Hour on the back patio with a friend. We usually do that for ourselves about once a week. We get out our little pineapple bowls and fill them with snacks, dips, and other food items. We enjoy mixed drinks. We mellow out a bit. This week we really needed to mellow. You see, it’s “walk-through” season at work and we both were visited by some higher-ups in our respective buildings. Talk about stress! We spent a week and a half of non-stop hard labor perfecting the store all for a 2 hour little visit. Lots of long days and missed days off… Oi vey.

Anyhoo, so it was nice to just chill out and spend some chisme time with a friend. Heh.

Today is my closing shift, so I slept in a bit. I did some stuff around the house. Now I am procrastinating. Nothing new there.

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I have been under more than a bit of stress lately. I am trying to deal with it, but it still is making me feel “off”.

You see, there are two new leaders at the workplace. In fact they are the 2 positions above me. So right there you can probably the issue. I feel like I am constantly on egg shells at work. I feel like I am constantly being questioned. I feel like I am under a microscope.

I am sure most of it is in my head.

I also feel annoyed and resentful of the change. Yet at the same time optimistic and excited.

I think I need a vacation

To top it off we have a major corporate visitation coming up. *cries*

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OMG. My parents will be here in San Diego, IN my house in just a few hours.

I think I am ready. Well, kinda ready. I mean, I put fresh sheets on the guest bed, cleaned, polished, scrubbed, vacuumed, and otherwise freshened the entire house. Richard trimmed the backyard to tropical perfection. The house is as ready as it will ever be. But… Am I?

I haven’t seen my parents in a year and a half. We get along great. I miss them a lot. However, there is always that nagging feeling that I will be judged. I hate that feeling. Last time they both told me I was fat. Nice, right? Well I have lost a few pounds, so maybe that won’t come up. Hopefully they won’t think we spent to much money in the nearly 3 years since they’ve been out. Hopefully my mother won’t be critical of our friends. Meh. It’s all probably a non-issue. They really are good people. But these are the things in my head. It’s my parents. They give me stress, That’s normal right?

Speaking of all my friends, I met them all through this blog that my parents know nothing about. How the hell do I juggle the conversations if I introduce them to people? As soon as I turn my back Mom will ask “So how do you know Dan and Richard?”. So?? What do I do? Ask all my friends to lie? Really?

Oi vey. So much to stress out about.

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You know when you have one of those dreams that is so stressful you wake feeling really tense and feeling like you never slept?

Yeah. That was last night..

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Boo! T.I.R.E.D.

Really tired. So tired that when I was looking at this article I could have sworn that under ‘De-stress’ number 24 said Get a gun. Sounds like a great way to de-stress, I think. Especially in my line of work. Heh. Apparently it really says to Get some sun, which oddly adds to my stress since earlier the article recommends not tanning. You see the dilemma there?

Anyway, I should be off to start my day…

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I should be happy to be caught up. That is awesome, considering how much there has been to do here at work. But you know what?

I am kinda bored. Weird. I must be addicted to stress. Is that possible?

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The hard part is over. I survived another inventory. Phew.

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One Christmas a long time ago Santa Claus had problems. Four of his elves were sick so Santa got behind schedule. Then Mrs Claus told Santa that her Mum was coming to visit; this stressed Santa even more. He went to see his reindeer and found that three of them were about to give birth. More stress. Then when he began to load the sleigh he dropped the toy bag and scattered the toys.

Santa went into the house for a shot of whisky but the elves had drunk him dry. Just then the doorbell rang and Santa cussed on his way to the door. There was a little angel with a big Christmas tree. “Merry Christmas Santa”, said the angel, “Isn’t it a lovely day? I have a beautiful tree for you. Where would you like me to stick it?”

Thus began the tradition of the angel on top of the Christmas tree.

via Popbitch.

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I am sore today. I must have been holding my body tight yesterday with all the stress. Even my jaw is sore! Sheesh. I am glad I have today off to recuperate a bit. I just got back from the gym. Not the big gym, but the little one up the hill there. It felt good to exercise, stretch, and get my cardio on. Heh. Who knew my body could hold so much tension?

Today is a bit of a wasted day off. Well, not totally, I did chores and stuff. Wasted as in I do not have my car, so no enjoying a drive with the top down. I always feel that way on a nice day, even if it’s just a trip to the grocery. My car had a weird light go on last week, you see. I actually did not recognize it when it lit up. It looked like a pregnant woman warning or something… I actually had to open the glove compartment and retrieve the Owner’s Manual. After a bit of fumbling with the multiple sections of the manual (there is a section on everything!) I finally found the proper diagram of the dash that included the various warning lights. Turns out it is the airbag light! Wow! And to think I had already driven around with it for a whole day. As I read further, I learned that in my case it could also be a ROLL BAR MALFUNCTION! Great, so my car potentially has no safety features. At the very least crippled, half assed safety features. Peaches puh-leeze!! It just shouldn’t start if it becomes a death-trap on wheels. So I call to get an appointment. I explain the malfunction light that is lit. “Okay, I can get you in next Tuesday…”, she says. Next Tuesday?? I of course inquired as to the urgency, but there were excuses. Okay. Well I survived the week in the death-trap. Sometime today I should find out the ‘real problem’. Should I be upset if it was the driver side airbag? Seems like that is serious, yanno?

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