I am losing my mind…

I feel like I’m just sitting on my hands while I’m waiting to hear about funeral arrangements for my grandmother.  I want to book a ticket to Nashville, but I need to know when the services are going to be so I can time the flights!  Grrrrr….argh…I am just so freakin’ impatient.

And on another note…I’m trying to clean out my cubicle today, as that seems to be the only thing I can do without stressing out too much, and the new business manager in the next cubicle is defeating the purpose of headphones by blasting the music out so loudly that I can hear every SINGLE song as if I were playing it myself.  FUUUUUUUCK ME!

If I had a handful of nicotine gum on me, I’d be chewing it like there were no tomorrow.

RIP

Eula Frances Williams 5/28/27 - 6/4/08

I love you, Granny.

Geek Me

Driving into work this morning, I noticed that one of the local wireless stores has posted AT & T banners over their signage, which means only one thing to me…

IPHONES ARE COMING TO WYOMING.

Okay, people in other parts of the country who are hipper than I…start laying it on me. I want to know why I should start saving my pennies to buy into this super-sexy cellphone phenomenon…besides the fact that I’m a total Apple whore. I don’t travel much, so is the iPhone worth the cost for someone who will mainly use it around town? And speaking of cost, how much does a monthly plan run? I can’t really figure it out on the AT & T website.

My Verizon plan doesn’t expire until January or February, so I have a little time to contemplate making the leap and do more research, but I’m looking forward to hearing what the “word on the street” is!  Woot!

I’ve Got a Rocket in My Pocket

After all of my yapping about the weather yesterday, Mother Nature threw us a bone and showed us the money for a few hours yesterday afternoon. Just before we left the house to shoot rockets there was a break in the weather, and it actually ended up being a really beautiful afternoon.

Terry decided that it would be brilliant if we got the bikes out and rode over to the park, so we did…and I learned:

• Friends don’t let friends bike drunk (I’d had a glass of wine before leaving the house)
• I’m sooooo out of shape! I was completely winded by the time we got to the park, and it was a less-than-5 minute ride up the bike path. Shit.

I obviously need to work up some stamina. A winter’s worth of inactivity has definitely taken a toll on this fat ass.

Anyhoo, rocket-launching was SO much fun. Fireworks aren’t allowed around here, but rocket-launching is apparently quite legal, and almost as much fun. Especially when you’re working on an adult juice box:

It might be the trashiest way I’ve enjoyed a pretty decent wine…straight out of a paperboard box. I guess it might have been trashier if I’d drunk it through a straw…it’s hard to say!

At any rate, more pictures from the rocket launch can be found on my Flickr page. Good times!

Huh-uh-uh…I’m bored!

Happy beginning of summer, y’all…it’s overcast raining & 50° right now. Makes me want to put my flip-flops on and eat some freakin’ hot dogs, don’t you know! I know it’s better than snow, but would a little SUNSHINE be too much to ask for? A little warmth??? I had no idea that I was moving to the North Pole. My outdoor activity for the day is meeting some of my friends from work and shooting off rockets with them…I guess I’ll be putting on my raincoat and hoping for the best.

I could be doing the indoor activities that I need to catch up on…little things like housecleaning or finishing my taxes…but I’m so not motivated to do anything that resembles work. I’ve poured myself a glass of wine, and I think I’m just going to continue chilling out. I love that we came back from vacation just in time for a three-day weekend. Woot!

Oh, the neglect…

Do you smell the musty stank of neglect lingering around this blog? I do. I had to knock cobwebs off of the URL to get to this post. Once again, I’m falling into a pattern where I neglect to check in and write anything. I could blame it on the show I was doing in April/May (5 weeks of 12 hour days), or the vacation I took last week (hurrah, Florida!), but really, I blame it on The Sims.

The switch to the new MacBook with 4GB of memory and a significantly larger hard drive allowed me to reinstall The Sims 2, and due to some freakish pricing error on Amazon’s behalf, I was able to buy the Seasons expansion pack for about $13.00. I have no idea WHY the fucking thing was so cheap, but I pounced on it. Soooooo…the OCD in me has been compulsively playing The Sims every chance I get. I haven’t even touched the Wii in a month. My house needs to be cleaned. My husband misses me. I’m sure this phase will pass, but at the moment, I’m feeling compelled to go play, because I have a half hour before I have to get ready for work.

Addicted!

Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy….

Just a quick update from the in-laws house in BY GOD Florida, where the sun is shining and the temperature hit 90° by noon.  We arrived late last night, and it wasn’t until this morning that I realized how much the long Wyoming winter has worn us down.  We’re about to sit down to lunch, then I’m going to fry by the pool.

Glorious.

You Have Got to Be Kidding Me.

At the risk of sounding like a broken record:

Detailed Local Forecast

• Today: Cloudy. Snow likely this afternoon. Thunder possible. Temps nearly steady in the mid 30s. Winds SW at 10 to 20 mph. Snow accumulations less than one inch.
• Tonight: Snow likely. Thunder is possible early. Low 22F. Winds W at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 90%. 3 to 5 inches of snow expected.
• Tomorrow: Snow showers becoming mixed with rain later. High 37F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of precip 50%. Snow accumulations less than one inch.
• Tomorrow night: Snow showers will become more widely scattered later on. Low 21F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph. Chance of snow 40%.
• Friday: Morning snow showers. Highs in the mid 40s and lows in the mid 20s.
• Saturday: Few showers. Highs in the upper 40s and lows in the low 30s.
• Sunday: Showers possible. Highs in the upper 40s and lows in the upper 20s.

Obviously, Mother Nature didn’t get yesterday’s letter.  Dammit.

I’m still here…

I’m about 15 minutes late getting ready for work this morning, but thought I should take a moment to write, since I’ve been so off in the last several weeks.  Our world premiere work opened on Friday night, and I think that everything went well…the audiences so far have been very receptive to the piece. We didn’t have performances on Sunday or Monday, so I took some well-deserved time off with my honey.

Sunday we drove to Fort Hall, Idaho, and played at their little Indian casino.  You know that you haven’t been anywhere in a while when you get excited about interstate driving and reaching speeds of 75 miles per hour.  The casino is small, VERY smoky, and the service at their grill SUCKED, but we had an excellent time playing slots.  I actually walked out having blown only $60.00 of the $200.00 I’d set aside for gambling, so it was a great day of gaming for me.  Someday I’ll learn to quit when I’m actually ahead.  Someday.

Yesterday we actually reached temperatures around 60° (whoohoo), so I spent some time outdoors, cleaning off the deck and enjoying my favorite summer drink, the mojito.  After a drunken phone call to my best friend, I grilled some burgers, and we watched WALK HARD:  THE DEWEY COX STORY over dinner.  Sigh.  I love a good day off!

Today we’re supposed to see a big storm system blow in, bringing rain, hail, & strong winds.  What’s the weather supposed to bring for the rest of the week?  You guessed it:  snow showers.  ARGH!  Dear Mother Nature:  for the love of all things holy…enough with the cold & the snow.  I just can’t take it much longer.  Thanks in advance,  Tracy.

Still Kickin’….

I’ve been slammed at work this last couple of weeks, but the show I’m working on previews tonight.  Whoohoo!  Hopefully I’ll be back to regular posting for a while.

Almost all of the snow in our yard has melted…that is, except for the dusting that came overnight and the possible 2″ - 4″ we might get tonight.  Will it never be warm again?????  Yargh!