Another Monday...

Once again... Monday is upon me.

The difference today is that it is COLD outside. 38 degrees to be exact. And there are freeze warnings and frost advisories. And that is just odd.

I am still expecting 100 degree temperatures.

I don't think that's gonna happen. It's going to hit the high sixties at the most.

My weekend. This was a slow enough weekend. When I say slow, I mean there were no pressing things to do. And that's how I like it.

I had some burglar alarm work done this weekend. The alarm at my house back on October 1, I believe, and had to rush home to see about it. Heck, I didn't even say I was leaving work, just left. We have an unbelievable gossip news wire at work, and let's just say I didn't want to be the headline for the day. So I just left. Turns out that one of the sensors of my bedroom window was going out. I'd had a problem with it a few months ago, when me and my sister were talking in my bedroom and the alarm chimed like a door was opening or something. We figured out that it was my window. Opening and closing it seem to fix the problem. But I guess not, because I got a call at work.

By the time I got home, the police had come and gone. And looking at the boxes, there was an error with that same window. So I had it repaired on Saturday.

Okay, somebody help me out here. The repairman said he would be here between 8 am and noon.

Why did Ray-Ray come up in here at 12:01? What the heck is up with that? Why do they do that??? Geez?

And of course he couldn't find anything wrong with my window. I explained it to him several times and he just looked at me like I was crazy. After MUCH convo, he decided to change my bedroom windows over to wireless. Good enough.

I wanted to yell, "Now get outta my house with your late behind!"

But I didn't.

LOL

Television for womens. I ended up crocheting most of the day, and then having to run down to Fayetteville for more baby yarn. It's a 30 mile journey, so I made the drive and called my BFF LadyTee to see if I could stop by, since she lives down that way. They were watching some ol' sappy movie on the Hallmark channel. Ugh. I don't like touchy-feely movies.

"Lee, I like movies on the Hallmark channel," LadyTee said. "You know you're gonna have a happy ending."

"I can't stand that," I said. "Give me some violence."

*LadyTee kicks the hard eyeroll*

Needless to say, when their nice touchy-feely movie ended, we turned to Lifetime, Television for women.

I like Lifetime. Somebody is cheating, getting shot. Some woman is usually on the run from some angry dude. I like that!

LadyTee doesn't. But she and I watched a movie anyway. It was quite violent!

I'd taken a bag of crazy bread and crazy sauce over and we shared that. We both got sleepy as hell. I didn't watch the entire movie. It was one of them thangs where I was like "Ok! Commercial Break! I'm outta here! The movie will still be on when I get home, so let me know what happened!"

*Lee snatching up crochet project and running out the door*

LadyTee watched me walk out to the car, yelling (as usual) "Hurry up and get in that car! It's cold as hell out here!"

LOL

I got home, got in the bed and called her and she finished filling me in on the movie, the part that I missed. That movie was too doggone mysterious and complicated for Lifetime.

I guess they are getting more sophisticated over in those parts, I suppose.

Sunday. A good slow day. I went out to the white people's Whole Food for groceries. It was a field trip of sorts, because I usually go the ghey people's Whole Foods in midtown. (That is closer to the job). But the one in ritzy buckhead is very nice. A nice field trip indeed.

Then I came home, watched football and crocheted. (Man, I really need to smoke out this current crochet project. REALLY).

I am also finishing up a book right now: Soul Kiss by Shay Youngblood. Never heard of this writer, but Tayari dropped her name and seems to like this writer's teaching skills. So you know I worship the ground Tayari spits on. I probably can't afford to take a class by such a writer. So I decided to read some of this chick's writing.

My goodness, Tayari. We must talk. This is a bit on the deep side. A GREAT writer, but my goodness. GLBT writing is a bit hard to read. Good grief. I am a bit mentally exhausted behind it. YIKES!

A cool laid back weekend indeed.

Well, it's time for my quarterly assessment, a look of things that happened in my life that had an effect on me, between the months of July to September.

And I need to get it out the way... as there has been October drama already.

Man... I was thinking that I may have to sensor myself up in this camp. Negroes from the other buliding pulling me to the side, emailing me about some stuff I wrote. You wouldn't believe some of the stuff said about me. WOW. I didn't know peeps lurk on my blog THAT hard.

LOL. I ain't gonna sensor myself. This ain't high school. I'm grown.

Two things going on here: I am either a terribly malicious, very BAD person, or I am one who doesn't do what folks think I should be doing.

You know which one it is.

There are people in this world who simply don't like me. Imagine that!!

LOL!

Very interesting. And can't worry about it. I will continue being who I am. I don't apologize for that. AT ALL. I'ma do me, and I'ma BE me. I gravitate towards people who build me up as a person. Constructive criticism is key for me too, especially when it comes with finding solutions. But craziness don't count. Now, when you begin manufacturing the air I breathe, then the negative things you think of me will begin to matter. And since that ain't never gonna happen, well... you get the picture. I'm learning to know who my true friends are. Period. And that's a good thing. (As if I didn't know this already. Really.)

Keep it smurfy or keep it moving.

Quarterly assessment has its perks. It's for suffering through my nonsmurfiness. So, as usual, any comments left in the next 2 weeks of my assessment period are up for the book drawing. I'm giving away 2 books...

Like last time, if you comment, I will enter your name in a drawing and you have a chance to win one or both of the following books.

One of my favorite books, blogger Chele's Confessions of a Beautiful Woman.




And/or Write it Down, Make it Happen by Henriette Klauser.



This book was a staple of my old journalling group. If you need some direction in the proper goal setting, then this is the book for you.
If you have both of those books, we will just have to figure something out. Maybe I'll send you some money or something, lol...

(Don't hold your breath).

I will sprinkle pics of my vacation in here somewhere in the mix. Still have much more to share.

I had a good week last week. Me and my doc came up with a good work plan for myself. (It's BAD when my doc has to do this). And things are working out better. I have been having some stress related isshas, and they are clearing up. I am happy about that. Hopefully I can hold it down this week.

You hold it down too... on purpose.