You know what’s annoying?

When criminals live better than I do. When I watch shows like Lockup and I see all these programs and services afforded to people who have broken the law, and I have access to squat because I make too much money, it gets me feelin’ some kinda way.

And also, when I live on a cash only basis and have to save money for things like a Wii, or a TV, or a trip, or tires for my car, but some dude with an XBox Live gets a hold of my debit card number and decides to buy $150 worth of points on my dime…. that really sticks in my craw.

I am amazingly calm about this, probably due to the fact that both my bank and Microsoft support are doing the right thing. Microsoft marked the charges as fraud (but when I asked about if this person would still have a live, active account so he couldn’t do it to someone else, they were mighty evasive), and my bank also reversed the charges and canceled my debit card. So now I have to wait for a new card. Between now and when my new card arrives, I will need to buy 845 things at the store but won’t have my debit card. That’s how it always goes.

And also, I must have carried a lot of tension in my neck yesterday from my walk because it is really, really sore today. I want to go to CVS and get an icyhot patch and put that on there… oh, I don’t have a debit card. *grump* Which means I have to go to the bank and make a withdrawal and I hate going INTO the bank. But my neck hurts, so… has to be done.

As for where this person got my card number, I’ve no idea, since I have my card in my possession. Could be anywhere.  Places I order food from take a carbon copy of it. Wonder if someone got a hold of one of those? Don’t know but, it means I’ll probably be paying cash for things from now on, though.

All I can say is that thank God I have to keep tabs on myself and have the bank send me alert every time something goes through my account. I wouldn’t have noticed it until things started bouncing. Like my rent check.  *grump face*

And that’s how my weekend went, besides going to see my Aunt yesterday, almost melting at her house (why do old people keep their houses so hot?!?!) and her asking me if I’d found a man, yet. I told her no, but I wasn’t really looking, either. I get the feeling that dating was a whole lot easier back in her day. Or maybe she just remembers ti that way.

I’m off to get some tea and count the minutes till lunch.

Healthy You Check in for 5/25. Nothing to write home about this week.

Beginning weight: 269

Last week’s weight: 246

Today’s numbah:

247!

Gain since last week: 1lb

The past month:

Over the weekend I got up to 249, then bounced back down to 247 again. And here I sit.

I feel like poo poo today.  I *think* my cycle is on the way. If my upset stomach + the feeling that  am sloshing around+ uhmmmm other indicators are proving right, it’ll be here soon.  I want to get this show on the road so it can be here and gone, man.

I was kind of hoping I would see the 230′s by the end of Walk it Out. I am tired of looking at 240′s. I am sitting almost exactly where I was on May 1st. I’ll be honest, I am unhappy and disappointed with that. I feel like I am working pretty hard and not doing much. Maybe after my cycle is gone I will see some change and I can say I at least lost 5lbs this month.

I was so hoping for snow this morning. Not because I really like snow, but because I could stay home and snuggle under the covers and flip through daytime TV and be nice and warm in my comfies. I have so much other writing I could be doing. I have books on my Kindle I could be reading. I am annoyed that I will get up, shower, dress, drive down the street to work and sit there and wait for it to start snowing, and then drive home.

People always laugh when I tell them how close I live to work. I don’t like a commute! It’s not as easy as people think it is, though. It’s not like I roll out of bed and get in the car. I still have to shower, dress, and drive to work, just like anyone else. I just don’t have to drive far.  I’m still late 4 out of 5 mornings.

Of course, there is a chance that it won’t snow at all. In fact, I am banking on nothing of the sort. According to the morning news, it will be mostly rain by the time it hits North Fulton County. I’m in Cobb, just above Fulton. I am guessing it will just be rain. BoooHiss. If we’re going to get bad weather, it should be bad weather for all, so we can all stay home! The boss is out today, there is no Tuesday meeting today, several members of the Exec staff (whom I work for) are traveling today. It would be a perfect day to stay home. With a big cup of coffee and something sweet from StarBucks.

I won’t, though. Because I always feel guilty about taking days off, even when I’m sick. I took last Monday off and spent half the day worried my boss was mad. So, I’ll get up and go to work and sit there and watch the window for the first hint of flakes. Just my luck, they won’t come.

Again I say, BoooHisssss.  Watching Weather.com like a hawk,

Edit: Yep, guess who is back home?  Totally doing the ‘at home in the middle of the day, dance’!

I thought of this in the shower, as I was pondering what to blog about today. I looked through a few memes but none of them seemed interesting enough and none of them were really ‘ME’. So I thought I’d give people a chance to talk and tell me some things. Even if you don’t normally respond to my blog posts, I hope you’ll have a suggestion or two today!

This week I am looking for a recommend on good books. I know ‘good’ is subjective, but if good to you = Twilight, we probably don’t read the same genre. I have a Kindle full of books that I picked up on a whim and decided I should read. Some of them I got a chapter or two in and decided it just wasn’t for me. Some I devoured in mere days. I have a hunger for a great storyline, a twisty tale, a little bit of delicious salaciousness throughout.

I’m not much for the snappy sarcastic mid-twenties I-shop-a-lot-but-I’m-knee-deep-in-credit-card-debt-but-it’s-hilarious-bceause-I’m-really-cute kinds of books. I recently read a great post on That Girl and I’m not much into it. I want something… more gripping. More dramatic. More real than a spoiled brat trying to become unspoiled. Spare me, unless she saves a life or something. [Read more →]