Protected: [God Stuff] People at Church, Life
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Spoiled? Not Me! :)
Meme time….If you have 40 or more checked, then you’re officially spoiled.
Do you have:
(*) your own cell phone
(*) a television in your bedroom
(*) an iPod
( ) a photo printer
( ) your own phone line
( ) TiVo or a generic digital video recorder
(*) high-speed internet access
( ) a surround sound system in bedroom
( ) DVD player in bedroom
( ) at least a hundred DVDs
( ) a childfree bathroom
( ) your own in-house office
( ) a pool
( ) a guest house
( ) a game room
(*) a queen-size bed or larger
( ) a stocked bar
(*) a working dishwasher
( ) an icemaker
(*) a working washer and dryer
( ) more than 20 pairs of shoes
( ) at least ten things from a designer store
( ) expensive sunglasses
( ) framed original art (not lithographs or prints)
( ) Egyptian cotton sheets or towels
( ) a multi-speed bike
( ) a gym membership
( ) large exercise equipment at home
( ) your own set of golf clubs
( ) a pool table
( ) a tennis court
( ) local access to a lake, large pond, or the sea
( ) your own pair of skis
( ) enough camping gear for a weekend trip in an isolated area
( ) a boat
( ) a jet ski
( ) a neighborhood committee membership
( ) a beach house or a vacation house/cabin
( ) wealthy family members
(*) two or more family cars
(*) a walk-in closet or pantry
(*) a yard
( ) a hammock
( ) a personal trainer
( ) good credit
(*) expensive jewelry
( ) a designer bag that required being on a waiting list to get
( ) at least $100 cash in your possession right now
(*) more than two credit cards bearing your name
( ) a stock portfolio
( ) passport
( ) a horse
( ) a trust fund
( ) private medical insurance
( ) a college degree, and no outstanding student loans
Do you:
( ) shop for non-needed items for yourself (like clothes, jewelry, electronics) at least once a week
( ) do your regular grocery shopping at high-end or specialty stores
( ) pay someone else to clean your house, do dishes, or launder your clothes
(*) go on weekend mini-vacations
( ) send dinners back with every flaw
( ) wear perfume or cologne (not body spray)
(*) regularly get your hair styled or nails done in a salon
( ) have a job but don’t need the money
( ) stay at home with little financial sacrifice
( ) pay someone else to cook your meals
(*) pay someone else to watch your children or walk your dogs
( ) regularly pay someone else to drive you
( ) expect a gift after you fight with your partner
Are/have you:
( ) an only child
( ) married/partnered to a wealthy person
( ) baffled/surprised when you don’t get your way
( ) been on a cruise
( ) traveled out of the country
(*) met a celebrity
( ) been to the Caribbean
( ) been to Europe
( ) been to Hawaii
( ) been to New York
( ) eaten at the space needle in Seattle
( ) been to the Mall of America
( ) been on the Eiffel tower in Paris
( ) been on the Statue of Liberty in New York
( ) moved more than three times because you wanted to
( ) dined with local political figures
(*) been to both the Atlantic coast and the Pacific coast
Did you:
( ) go to another country for your honeymoon
(*) hire a professional photographer for your wedding or party
( ) take riding or swimming lessons as a child
( ) attend private school
( ) have a Sweet 16 birthday party thrown for you
My total: 18
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The Opal Madness
I just finished reading How Opal Mehta Got Kissed, Got Wild, and Got a Life. All I have to say is that I wish, so much, that she’d not gotten caught up in all the scandal. I really enjoyed reading it. Am I a traitor for feeling that way? I don’t know. I do feel betrayed a bit, as some of my favorite parts turned out to be parts she’d allegedly lifted.
Sigh. This makes me VERY paranoid that I might be ripping off a favorite author of mine, intentionally or not. 
(Originally published at Anywhere Is…)
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Word Counts
Now that CRUSH is finished and marinating, I am working on a couple of new projects. No goals in mind yet, just really playing around, seeing what develops. Here is what I have so far:
UNTITLED:
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1,120 / 50,000
(2.2%) |
MOVES:
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835 / 50,000
(1.7%) |
Good times. I’ll see how I work with each of these, then run with whatever project takes off. YAY, it’s so nice to write. 
(Originally published at Anywhere Is…)
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Sleep & Pain. Pain & Sleep.
After that exhausting weekend in Chicago (exhausting in a very good way, mind you!), I finally took Tuesday night to CRASH. I climbed into bed about 5:15pm, and didn’t wake up until about 7ish this morning. Woke up with quite a surprise, though. PAIN like whoa in my left ear, jaw. Swollen gland, hurt to swallow. I actually had to brace myself to swallow, it hurt that badly. It got worse over the course of the day. I got tired and weak, and the pain was growing. I called and scheduled a doctor’s appointment for 3:15. Thought I’d be able to make it ’til around then at work, but started to feel so badly and so tired I left at 12:15. Came home, went to bed, and was asleep within five minutes or so.
Went to the doctor, where he did a throat culture. NEGATIVE. Damn. That means there is nothing they can do. My instructions were to rest and drink plenty of fluids. By this time, I was starving, seeing as I hadn’t had a decent meal since Monday evening. I took a Percocet which took the pain away enough so I could eat some soup, and then crashed within thirty minutes of finishing.
I’ll play it by ear tomorrow. The Percocet is wearing off now, and if I’m in pain again when I get up in the morning, I’m taking another one and crashing all damn day.
It’s a good thing Aidan is with my mom this week. I can’t imagine taking care of him when I’m feeling this crappy. I do miss the little bugger, though.
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