but i shaved!
With my 30th birthday quickly approaching (17 days!), I find myself in some sort of nesting mode. Sure, 30 is just a number but if all things go according to the loose plans that we have for life, this next year is going to be a pretty big one. So, in a way, I’m preparing to give birth to a new phase in life…to be all corny and new age about it.
I’m taking baby steps in getting our house in order. I’m taking care of long-overdue tasks, like getting new glasses (which I’m going to go pick up in a little bit eeee!). I’m trying to dig myself out of a stress and depression induced slump in which I totally let myself look like I was stressed and depressed. I bought some new clothes and shrugged my shoulders at the larger size and am also subscribing to the philosophy that a little lipstick can make you feel a lot better. I’m still no big fan of makeup but I’ll indulge it more often.
Am I sounding like a Cosmopolitan issue yet?
Anyway, another big thing is that I’m actually keeping a calendar. I have a pile of abandoned day planners and good intentions. But the calendar on my iPhone is actually the right tool for me. I make note of any event that I need to remember, thereby lessening the strain on my poor brain.
I knew that I had my annual gyno appointment today at 9 a.m. and got myself all prepared. The baby slept at the mother-in-law’s house last night since he is off school today, making our departure much more streamlined. I got to the doctor’s office a good five minutes before my appointment and went to check in, but the receptionist couldn’t find me on the books. That’s because my appointment is TOMORROW at 9 a.m.
I really, really had to restrain myself from asking if I could just have my appointment then anyway, since I was there and ready to face the stirrups. But I guess they don’t cushion the schedule for nitwits who show up 24 hours early.
No matter. I went to CVS and bought Claritin in the hopes of reclaiming my head from the depths of these horrendous allergies. I keep hoping that they’ll just go away but I’ve been hoping that since, like, February.
By the way, if you’re in Pittsburgh and looking for a haunted house to visit, you can go ahead and skip ScareHouse. The wait to get in ranges between 1 and 4 hours and it really is not that scary or even very interesting. There were some parts that were alright, but I really don’t know how it got all of the accolades it did. Tom Savini’s various haunted houses were much better and you’re probably better off going to whatever cheap local thing you have near you.
October 13th, 2008 at 11:09 pm
Don’t worry about sounding too Cosmo. They probably have different suggestions with what to do with the lipstick.
October 15th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
very true.
October 14th, 2008 at 12:56 am
btw, I’ve met Tom Savini before, once, long ago. We discussed places to get fire powder – the stuff you can create fireballs with, given a lit match and a small handful. Similar to flash paper. Great, great guy.
October 14th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
fyi, according to imdb.com, mr. savini has a small part in the new Kevin Smith film.
can. not. wait.
October 15th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
oh SWEET! are you going to the premiere thing at the Oaks?
October 15th, 2008 at 1:05 pm
cool! he lives near my mom and apparently people see him all the time. I’ve only seen him once…I think.
October 15th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
There’s actually a cult of young adults who house sit for Tom Savini and have sex in and around his hot tub.
October 15th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
ew.