I suppose

I should make a post since it's been a while. Nothing new to say though.

Work = same as always

It's foggy here right now. V. weird. I am planning on dragging the chritmas tree out of the apartment today, but I have lots of other things on the docket, so I might forgo that until we are back here on Monday afternoon.

Jake is working until 4pm today and then we are leaving for EC. Just to hang. I'd rather have the extra night, to make tomorrow last as long as possible. :) I'm not gonna go crazy. Maybe. No, I won't. Jake might. He gets together with Nims and Salwa and off he goes.

The more I hear about the "Hastings was broken into" story, the more it makes me think that hobos or high schools walked in to take stuff. That, OR, the neighbors wandered over for christmas presents.

I was looking forward to just a low key New Years party, but it really seems like it's going to be OC. Which, I don't know how I feel about that. Oh well. If I get over loaded, I'll just go back to Hastings.

For those of you not in the know, in 2005 and early 2006, when I did nothing but party and drink every weekend, that was depression. It really does change you pretty much. I don't think that I was clinical or anything, like the medication kind, but I wasn't right. My normal state is solitary. It takes an amazing amount of effort for me to be around people all the time. It's quite draining. That's why for 99% you would never see me at parties, etc. by the time I turned 23. I mean, let's be honest, when I was 23, I'd been in school (undergrad) for 5 years. I felt old. I am old. :) I do enjoy the low key parties -- where you can just sit and talk and hang out and don't have to have the music BLASTING!, but I really blame Jake for blasting music. :)

So, anyway, I don't know if I'm going to be a life of the party or what. I doubt it. I am looking forward to seeing Colio, but my guess is that he will probably be in public mode and it will be not very much fun. He (and all the other trombone players) will be in trombone player mode. If you are on the outside looking in, you know what I'm talking about.
Okay, that's not really fair right now, but I'm thinking that I have PMS, because I've been really angry since yesterday afternoon. Irrationally angry and quick to get pissssst.

Maybe I'll yell at Nims this weekend. He wanted me to the last time I was there, but I was mellow. OH well.

Okay, I have to go change the laundry and I'm going to start on making all the goodies that I am planning on making and taking up to EC with me. :)

This is NOT very Christmas-y, but...

it is freakin' hilarious. If you haven't seen it and want better quality than this, you should prolly just go to You Tube and check it out.





Funniest thing to come out of SNL in a long time.

On the plus side, I recieved $100 in iTunes GC for BSG, so now I will own all seasons. Or I will burn all the ones that Ryan recieved (or will recieve) for Christmas when we are down there. Whenever that is. $50 from Parents and $50 from Aunt and Uncle -- pretty sweet. They even got Jake $50 too. $25 would have been okay.
Also recieved a cat litter thing that is supposed to trap the odor and whatnot -- sweet a. Got some Good Eats DVD's, but I already had the ones that my mom ordered, so I have to get them returned and get a new set. Oops. Got Pj's with kitties on them too. Slippers included. Chocolate and a french horn decorative lamp, which is cool. Not a real Fhorn, but that's a-ok.

Now, all I need is the t-shirt that says "E=Fb". Musician's Theory of Relativity.

djalsdjflasjdfl. Back to work tomorrow. Oh well. The vacation was nice while it lasted. Short week this week, very short week next week. And another short week after that. Totally amazing.

Anyway, that's all. Bye bye.

Happy Chritmassss!

So, Friday night began the weekend of Chritmas. Went to my Aunt and Uncle's house in Elm Grove (basically 5 mins away) and hung out. My cousins (who are 10 and almost 8) got some sweet lego stuff from my parents and Jake and I just gave them money. Hey, when you're 8, $20 is sweet. A little less at 10, I guess.

Found out that my 10 year old cousin is a little bit of a pill. I think that he's just too smart. Very sarcastic, but I was that way and so was my oldest cousin Bryan. The 8 year old is pretty sweet, even if he's a little on the wild side. Those two are going to be beating the crap out of each other very soon.

Was quite drunk upon returning to the apartment and probably stayed up too late with the husband. the end.

Saturday -- woke up too early, gathered the necessary crapola to take to GB and took off about 11am. Hung out with Jake's aunt and uncle on his dad's side (the youngest, coolest sister basically) and their three kids -- two of whom are teenagers. That was different also. Teenagers are just different. Was very tired and went to bed pretty early and slept like a log.

Sunday -- got up, still tired, feeling kind of sicky -- probably from deviled eggs, but they are so delicious! -- hung out and I was getting tired again. Ate a smaller dinner of ham (which I ate four bites and then had to give it up as a bad job), scallopped potatoes, which were altered with provolone cheese, making them taste....well, nothing really. Provolone is really mild. And finally green bean casserole. It was okay.

Opened presents before dinner, actually. Brookie got a Nintendo Wii for her gift and it is pretty much amazing. Very fun. I got a pink vest from Brooke (one that will NOT be stolen), pj's and a game from the in-laws, self-inflating mats from Josh and Kristine, some christmasy decor from Grandma Judy, and finally, a sewing machine! A new one! I'm pretty excited. It is definitely better than the old one and I will take MUCH better care of it. I just need a place to work. A good place to work. Hopefully when we have a house, we can find one with a space for me to set up a small sewing/crafting area with a nice sewing table and my chaise lounge chair that I bought for sitting and reading and cross stitching and stuff like that. I should attempt to re-make the upholstering with different, cooler, nicer fabric at some point. Slightly bigger screw-on legs would be nice too, so I could store boxes underneath. This project would take a LOT of planning.

So, I was excited about that, even if my lack of quiet/alone time recently makes me extremely tired. For those of you who really got to know me in the past year or so, I am not, by nature, a social person and it is completely draining for me to be "on" all the time, as I still feel most of the time when I am in GB. I get so tired being around people all the time. alksdjkfjasdlfj

Anyway, that is the front half of chritmas so far and there is more to come from my parents. I gave them a good list, so I am hoping that we do get some cool stuff. I know Jake is getting the new Zelda from my mom and I'm hoping that I get some good things. I don't even remember what I asked for, so it will probably be pretty sweet.

Anyway, I hope you all are having a wondering Chritmas, being chritmas eve and all. I hope that some of you will be back in the Eau C for New Year's so I get to see you (G.Nate, I am looking in your direction if you are around). If I don't see you, have a wondering Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Love
fosterak

I just pulled a Jake....

I was on the phone with Colin and I started pacing around the apartment and cleaning up shit. Probably nervous energy associated with talking to someone that I hadn't talked to in a long time. Can't relax, have to keep moving.

I killed my lappy. It's really out of power. I'm on Jakie's compy until mine charges enough so that I can turn her on. Oh well. The people upstairs are interfering with our antenna.

Plans are in motion. It's a good thing.

Ode to Battlestar Galactica

Gosh, I LOVE this show. There are times when I'm like, it was good. And then there are times tonight. I compare it to when I was watching the season 2 finale of The X-Files (the first love of my life...yeah, I'm a huge nerd, what are you gonna dooooo?) and when it reached the end of the show, all I could do was yell out loud NOOOOO!!!

I was watching at my parents house on my iPod and you can hear the drums in the music getting louder and louder, and it gets more and more intense and then.....!!!!!! You have to wait for the season to restart in January. Poop.

But, it was amazing and I will probably watch the whole season again. Actually, I should probably watch the whole series again, just to find out what I missed.

I'm going to talk to Salwass on the phone right meow. Okay bye

Well!

So, I'm home again. For those of you not in the "know", I was in the Eau C this weekend.

Went up Friday about 10am, got there right before bandy band. Hung out at Hastings for a bit, went and ate with Yakob at Panera, got a sweet cord for my iPod, so you can hook it up to the red, yellow and white plugs and watch cool stuff on the TV. Hung out with Salwass and Nims (Nim) for the rest of the night. Drank and bottle of wine and just hung out and talked. It was pretty sweet.

Woke up early on Saturday....and by early, I don't mean when I couldn't sleep past 7:30 like last year. I mean, like, 9am. Sat around waiting for people to wake up, went and ate at Red Lobster with Nims and Salwass, which was AMAZING. Then, just sat around. Went over to the House for Adam's Party, which was different -- more a graduation party for family than actual party. I was sort of disappointed, but it was nice to see people.

The thing I discovered this weekend was who I am truly friends with and who I just happen to know and interact with occassionally. I'm not going to say acquaintance. I don't like that word. There were people who saw me and just went, hi. and there there were the people that went HEY!!! I don't expect people to be like super excited all the time to see me, but there were many people that I haven't seen in a very long time that I guess I thought we were a little better friends than that. Oh well. Makes me truly appreciate the ones that appreciate me. I don't live an hour away any more. When I come up there, it's a long haul.

I woke up at 8am this morning, grabbed all my stuff, left a note for the Hastings boys and took off. It was pretty nice. Being tired like that makes the drive go faster because I can drive on auto pilot. Reminds me of High school, when I was so tired driving to school that I hardly remembered the drive most mornings.

Brooke is still here today. Josh and Kristine decided at the last minute not to come, which is irritating because we were invited to Brunch with my godparents and extended-extended family and I didn't worry about trying to make it, because I thought 3 family members were here. Oh well. My aunt called on my way home this morning and wants to get together on Friday for Chritmas. Sounds good to me.

Well, off to watch the Packers and hang out. Whenever Brooke and Jake get back from Beihoff.

Wellllllll

I guess a post is in order. I hate to go longer than a week without saying something new and exciting.

Unfortunately, I don't really have anything on that order. aklslkjsdklf

Josh, Kristine and Brooke are coming down this weekend. Brooke can finally go through all my old clothes and then I can give the rest away. Which is good.

Only a little bit of chritmas shopping left to do, probably some of which I will try to do this weekend. I should have some time to do that sort of thing.

I came very close to crying at work yesterday, basically because I feel totally ignored in an office of 10 people. Oh, that and while everyone else is busy busy, I am totally bored most of the day. So, this just isn't working out for me. I'm really hoping that I can locate something else. There is a position open at the Wilson Center, so I might apply for that. I should any way. Le sigh.

That's all. I'm going to go shower and then sit around some more. I have the day off. It was my last day of vacation. woot.

Copying Becky, Copying Mary

YEAR-END SURVEY

1.) Where did you bring in 2006? At teh House

2.) What was your status by Valentine's Day?
my status? Married

3.) Were you in school (anytime this year)?
January and February for one stupid Project Management class -- learned almost nothing

4.) How did you earn your keep? Worked at teh US Bank and at Realty Executives, ending at Executive Title

5.) Did you ever have to go to the hospital?
No.

6.) Have you ever encountered the police? No.

7.) Where did you go on vacation? Road trip to Eau Claire for a week and road trip to Ohio

8.) What did you purchase that was over $500? Rent. New Queen size bed.

9.) Did you know anybody who got married? 2006 -- Dave and Stacey. I think that's all.

10.) Did you know anybody who passed away? Kelly Heyer

11.) Have you ran into anybody you graduated high school with? Yes, actually, I just did a week ago. Very strange.

12.) Did you move anywhere? To Tosa, 5 hours across the state

13.) What sporting events did you go to? Brewer Game

14.) What concerts did you go to? None, but I played in one.

15.) Are you registered to vote? Yes

16.) If so, did you do your patriotic duty on Nov. 7? Yes

17.) Where do you live now? Tosa

18.) Describe your birthday. Wake up, shower, drive to work, work all day. Share birthday treats with agents and co-workers. Come home. Jake comes home. Go to Mall, look around. Go to parents house and get sweet ass video iPod.

19.) What's the one thing you thought you would never do but did in 2006? Be happy again.

20.) What is one thing you regretted this year? No regrets. No time for that.

21.) What's something you learned about yourself? I can be happy and be married.

22.) Any new additions to your family? None.

23.) What was your best month? Hmmm....I don't know. August.

24.) What from pop culture will you remember 2006 by? Fuck that.

25.) How would you rate this year with a scale from 1 (shitty) to 10 (the shit)? Front half: 4-5; Back half: 8-9

Copying Becky...

Rename Yourself!!!

1. YOUR ROCK STAR NAME: (first pet & current street name)
Kate 111th...wait. Does that even make sense?

2. YOUR GANGSTA NAME: (fav icecream flavor, favorite cookie)
Strawberry Chocolate Chip ...no seriously, does this makes sense?

3. YOUR "FLY Guy/Girl" NAME: (first initial of first name, first three letters of your last name)
A Hey ...now, really. You get extra points for calling me this though.

4. YOUR DETECTIVE NAME: (favorite color, favorite animal)
Pink Mongoose ....sweet. Actually, I think that should be my porn star name instead.

5. YOUR SOAP OPERA NAME: (middle name, city where you were born)
Kathryn Cleveland

6. YOUR STAR WARS NAME: (the first 3 letters of your last name, first 2 letters of your first name, last 3 letters of mom's maiden name)
Can I just keep Becky's?
Heyankro (married)
Fosankro (non-married)
You make the call...

7. SUPERHERO NAME: (2nd favorite color, favorite drink put "The")
The Black Margarita

8. NASCAR NAME: (the first names of your grandfathers)
Actually, I don't know this one. I can do this: George Levi

Levi was my grandmother's boyfriend at the time of her death and the closest thing to a grandfather that knew from that side of the family. George was my actual grandfather.

9. STRIPPER NAME: ( the name of your favorite perfume/cologne)
Very Sexy II (that's kind of dumb)

10. WITNESS PROTECTION NAME: (father & mother's middle name)
Ann Rufus

Okay, that killed some time. Sweet.

The Joe is here waiting for Jake and Josh to show up to go to the concert. woot.

Grrr and *le sigh*

So, supposedly, I was supposed to be getting paid twice today -- once for last pay period, which was the Wednesday BEFORE Thanksgiving and for today. Now, the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, I had to have the company write me a $600 check so we would make it through the rest of the month. The $600 was not my full paycheck, but I could deal with that, because it was close enough. I'm still owed probably about $100 from that one. Maybe a little extra.

Today, I go look at my bank account -- because it's direct deposit -- and there's only todays paycheck in there. And it seems like it's less than I usually get from them. So, now, I have to go talk to HR AGAIN, because it still hasn't been corrected from 11/22, I'm still owed money, and it's really frustrating, because I know that SHE forgot to do something this time. Well, the payroll place could have fraked up again, but, this seems more like user error -- actually, both times have seemed like user error. The first time, my rate of pay was entered in the time area and nothing was entered into rate of pay -- so basically, I got paid for one hour. It's fucked up again, so now I have to wait ANOTHER paycheck for this to all get corrected.

I just want to vent, because venting to the husband really does nothing for me, because some problem with where he works is ALWAYS worse that anything that I have to vent about.

You know, I completely stopped being friends with someone in HS that I had been friends with for years because of this very syndrome -- the "what happens to me is WAY worse than what happens to you" thing. I hate it. It's not having a conversation, it's just about showing how your woes are worse than the other persons. Which is basically why I try not to talk about myself too much.

When do I get to not be married to the husband anymore for this reason? Never. That would be ridiculous. But, it certainly is fraking frustrating.

Rant over. End Communication.

EDIT:
So, I got a paper check from the new company today. All is well.

A Recommendation....

If you are going to rent the 2nd Pirates of the Caribbean movie, just wait until the 3rd one comes out. the CotC series has "Back to the Future" syndrome.

have had a headache for 24 hours. Nothing seems to want to make it go away. And I get nothing but crap from the husband.

Went out and bought a bunch of colored sugars and sparkles for sugar cookies, which I will probably use tomorrow while Jake is at a concert. Makin' cookies.

The Pirates movie was very good and I ABSOLUTELY love the music score -- very brass heavy and all. I like that.

Anyway, I'm going to sign off and go to beddy bed. One more day of work this week. But, I get to leave at 2pm for a work chritmas party and I don't have to go back to work. sweetness.

And.....not so much

So, just a 24 hour thing (or so) with that whole flu thing. I sure did feel like hell when I wrote that post.

Stayed home a day and just chilled which was nice. Back to work today. And I'm making up 3 hours so that I still have a day of vacation to use sometime this month. Pretty sweet. I don't know when I'll use it though.

I still feel a little funny, but I can handle the hot flashes okay.

The little cat is eating out of the big one's bowl. I'll kill her. He's annoying enough when he does eat all his food. Grrr....

Anyway, off to eat some dinner. Ta.

Awww....shit.

So, I think that I'm getting sick. With what, I don't know. Flu? Cold? I think it's the flu. I was sitting at my parents house during the fucking Packer game, and my whole body was hurting me and I had kind of a dull headache. At 5pm, I was ready to pack it in for the night, but I managed to make it until 9:30. Then, I had four blankets on me and I was still a little bit cold. Then, I was super hot this morning. So, fever, body aches, headache. Prolly the FLU. I think that I'm going to have to wait until 12noon to see if I am going to be okay enough to go to work or not. Not good.

I "slept" all night, and I still am SO tired. I hate fever dreams. They are insane and I feel like I am really really there. Like, I don't know it's a dream. Usually I know that I'm dreaming and it's not real. But, stupid fever ones I think that everything is happening live AND I wake up a lot. Ugh.

I guess the Joy of Hastings party is Friday, because QMA is Saturday, so I won't be attending a previously discussed here. I'm not really that upset about it. Well, not right now anyway. I'm just feeling crappy right now.

That's all I've got. I'm tired. My ears and head hurt and my chest hurts. alkjdfkljaslkj! THIS SUCKS! I HATE being sick. Cold-sick I can handle okay. Flu-sick, BLAAAH!.

So....

Josh just called and asked if I wanted to go to the Packer Game tomorrow with Betsy, Brooke and Kristine.

They have pretty good tickets. I don't really have warm enough clothing to go sit outside in 20 degree weather for 3 hours. I also would rather go with everyone, or more to the point, I would rather go with boys, because I act like a guy at sporting events. I think that I would feel self conscious. However, I may be missing my last chance to see Favre in action, although I'm pretty sure I caught him at a Milwaukee game when I was younger at County Stadium. I think. I don't quite remember. I don't know. I'm feeling conflicted. And, I really really don't want to drive back in Packer traffic tomorrow, but I don't know if I'm being an idiot. I already said no, but Jake said something like he would go because he's never been to a game. Well, I never have either -- I don't think that they remember that part. I would rather have my first time be with my husband there too. (DAH!)

So....

There we go there. I had cream cheese artichoke dip for breakfast. I should probably drive over to the workout place to run it off. I get so motivated and then I lose all motivation to do anything. It's sad. I should probably stop getting on scales. It's only discouraging.

My new phone is back up on facebook. I don't know where it went. I'm starting to think that I entered it in and then forgot to save the chances, so it was erased. oops. It's up there now. Well, I'm going to back to watching chritmas movies and crocheting.

I spoke too soon

Okay, NOW winter decided to show it's face.

10 inches plus down here. Wow. Who ever that was who asked for snow (and I think it was Hayley), you got it. You just have to drive a little bit to get here.

Not as much as that time in March when RF got 19 inches, but it's close.

On top of everything, my boss had her baby today, a month early. I think that she was happy. It was a pretty exciting day.

Glad for the weekend. Two days off will be nice. woot!