Thank you, Veda...

The good news is that I found a company to service us with digital cable and high-speed internet. The bad news is I know nothing about them and have only heard of them once...last Thursday when I had to ask the Google who in the world would service my tv and Internet in my area. And because I had never heard of them and had no references to go on, I was a little nervous taking the plunge with them. But Friday, my friends rallied around to help me in my quandary, and lo and behold, one of them scrounged up another friend who uses them and she gave me what I needed in order to feel confident with the choice. So I went online and submitted an order for a tv/internet bundle and when Veda, the customer service rep, called me today to set up installation, she was extremely helpful and friendly. That was a good sign to me and since they are a smidge cheaper than Uverse my heart is filled with gladness. It is my hope that I will be able to provide them with a good reference for someone else. It remains to be seen.

In other news, I had to stay home from work on Monday. When I tell you I was sicker than a dog through the night Sunday night, I mean it was not pretty. Not at all. I haven't done what I did that night since 2001, and y'all, I don't want to do that again, well...ever. And I don't want to talk about it anymore because it's a horrible memory.

But my knee is feeling good. Since the half marathon that I started but did not finish back in March, I have been resting it, icing it, squatting and lunging to strengthen the muscles around it, and continuing with some cardio workouts. And it is working. It's sill not 100% because I still feel it a little when I run, but it does not throb, lock up, or hurt afterward. And that also fills me with gladness. I am looking forward to revving up for another half marathon in the next year or so.

And on that note, I will shut it down. If I don't get some sleep this week I will not be a good move supervisor on Friday. And we all know the move can't happen without the supervisor!

Cookies and the internet...

I'm drowning in piles of stuff and things and boxes, and I'm overwhelmed (and a bit ashamed) of the excess we've accumulated since we moved in three years ago. I mean really...how many dead batteries does one couple need? And why...WHY...do I feel the need to stockpile contact lens cases? I just can't bring myself to throwing a new case that's never been used in the trash can. It's like throwing out perfectly good food. I guess. Or maybe the thinking that's happening inside my head when I open a new bottle of saline solution and a contact case falls out is that there may come a day when I actually need that many cases. Or someone might come over and they will need a contact case and, being the greatest hostess around, I will have one for them. I suppose it is also possible that I have my teacher friends in mind when I'm doing the stockpiling because we all know that teachers are the most resourceful group of people on the planet and if anyone could repurpose a contact case it would be a teacher. Or some of you wild DIYers that I see on Pinterest. Who knows? All I know is that I have a sickness over contact cases and a drawer full of them I don't know what to do with.

So anyway.

I'm way behind on getting my excess packed into boxes, and that is starting to stress me out because we are moving next Friday. When I get stressed out, I become overwhelmed, and when I get overwhelmed, I'm paralyzed. And being paralyzed stresses me out. It's like when you give a mouse a cookie!

But I suppose it will get done next Thursday night.

Which brings me to the next point. The neighborhood we're moving to does not get service for Uverse. Or Time Warner. Or Comcast. What? Hello...we're not moving to the boonies! Oh...and it doesn't have a neighborhood pool! Dang!! This is stressing me out because who am I going to get to provide my Internet and tv habit and WHERE am I going to lay out? The mall may be getting a new friend this summer. This is not good. Oh I just really don't need anymore moving stress because...well...there's just not time for the chain of events that occurs when I get stressed.

But the good news is that there is only 9 more days of school. Happy Friday to all of us!

TNL junkie no more...

I'm in mourning tonight. I might have to rip my clothes and wail in the streets because I think my love affair with toffee nut lattes and chocolate chip cookies is over. And now I'm wondering if I'm going to have to become a full-on card carrying member of the vegetarian team. Because...you see...it's midnight forty-one and I'm still awake. Just like I was a few short nights ago. Blah! And I might just be getting to the age in life where rest is more appealing than melt-in-your-mouth cookies.

However, you'll be happy to know that I prayed for you. Yes...you...the one reading this post. I hope you get that miracle you've been wanting.

But anyway. Since my taste buds have changed...against my will, mind you...I have been searching Pinterest for healthy recipes. And easy ones, too, because no one wants to stay in the kitchen too long after working all day and blogging all night.

So I found one today that makes me want to sing. The two people in my house licked the bowl clean on this one. It was not linked to a blog and there was no name for it, so I will call it the salad that makes you want to sing.

Fresh spinach
Cucumber
Avocado
Cherry tomatoes halved
Black beans
Cilantro
Evoo
Red wine vinegar
S & P

Go on. Give it a try.