Sigh

Another night of not much sleep, and another morning with a lingering headache. I don't know why I'm unable to sleep well; I don't think I'm stressed about anything in particular. Maybe I'll have better luck tonight..

Tomorrow is the memorial service for the wife of my former boss. I'm kinda happy that I'll be able to see so many of my former co-workers, but don't want it to be under these circumstances. Maybe that's what has me "insomniated".

My Malakal tribe lost the only challenge on Survivor last night; it was a combination reward/immunity. Each tribe picked someone from the other tribe to go to Exile before the challenge and this person would get a this-time-only personal immunity. The Airai tribe picked my Ozzy to go, so I didn't have to worry about losing him, but I still have to put in my $.50 for losing the challenge. The winners got a pizza and beer party along with tribe immunity.

Better finish getting ready for work. More later. Eventually.

Hurray for The Boy!

Finally, after working at CBS for months and months and months, they are going to hire him as a "weekly"! This means that he will be guaranteed 40 hours per week, and will be getting vacation time like regular people! As a daily, he was accruing vacation pay which is paid periodically throughout the year (I think they get one or two vacation checks a year from the Union) but now he can actually earn paid vacation time. It's been a long time coming ... his boss didn't want to have both C and F as "permanent" employees because he didn't want to be accused of nepotism. They were both working there anyway, and if anyone had problems with it, it wouldn't have mattered whether C was a "daily" or a "weekly". But YAY for C! And of course, P left this morning for her weekend with her mom and grandmother so she can't even celebrate with him. I told F to take him out.

In other news, I didn't get any knitting done last night. I am determined to work on my scarf this evening, headache or no. I can't go to bed early because it is SURVIVOR NIGHT!!!! and a new CSI. I may not stay up for CSI. We'll have to see how it goes.

Showed the ultrasound pic of the g-nephew to one of the girls at work -- she says he looks like a giant bean. I told her that's ok, as long as it is a Pinto bean and not a Lima bean. She may have just given him his first nickname, though!

Anyway, gonna end here and check out The Blog of My Sister, and KR, and read my book.

Here's a picture of my soon-to-be Great-Nephew (or is that Grand-Nephew?) James Atticus. He is due to arrive on or about August 14. I'm hoping he's 4 days early!

I am so glad to be home! I've had a migraine trying to take hold all afternoon, and all I want to do is sleep so it will go away. Unfortunately, if I do that NOW I won't be able to sleep tonight and I'll be miserable tomorrow. I'm just going to jot down my blog entry, and then go de-stress on the couch. Don't know what is causing the migraine; I haven't had one in a while. Wonder if it was the buffalo meat last night? Heehee. I'm sure that isn't the cause.

I'm hoping the headache will go away quickly so I can knit this evening. I'd really like to complete the scarf so I can send it off to the intended recipient. I think I'm about 1/4 through the second ball of yarn. I don't think it is going to end up being as long a scarf as I had hoped, but it should be a nice length. Of course, I could always frog the whole thing, and make it a couple stitches narrower - NOT!

Don't really have anything to post about, so I'm going to end for now. Just wanted to get an entry in before Sis does tonight! :-) Good old sibling rivalry. Especially since I'm the old sibling!

Ok, I know it isn't a competition, but Sis's blog is already better than mine. Hers is all full of nice, colorful pictures and interesting news about her knitting and stuff. I'm going to have to do better.

Did some running around with P after work today. Her jeep died on her and she had to get it towed home, so I went and picked her up at home and we went to the Mills to get some stuff she needs for her trip to Frisco this weekend. During our "travels" I saw this poster at a fast-food restaurant and had to send a picture of it to Duh ... it isn't the best picture I've taken (also not the worst) but it gets the message across.

I remember when we HAD to go to a certain breakfast buffet in Las Vegas because they had Cap'n Crunch cereal (and she thought she hit the jackpot because they had Crunchberries!). SO, when I saw that she could get a CC milkshake ....

I haven't done much knitting lately, although I really need to finish the scarf I'm working on for ES. It is just plain knit, every row. I thought that it would be the best way to show off the yarn, but it isn't the most exciting "pattern". I'd like to have another knitting/crafty day soon, although realistically it probably won't happen until after the wedding. This Saturday is the memorial for TLH's wife, and the wedding is 3 weeks after that. Of course, I can still have the crafty day on the 12th, 19th or 26th. Any of those days good for you, Sis? Anyway, one of my other WIP items I could work on is the pink/grey sock ... which is also all knit knit knit. Wonder where I put the pattern for the other sock I have on the needles. That would give me a little change in pattern, if I worked on it. OH - or the wavy scarf I've been working on for a couple years now! No, not continuously. :-)

I would like to invite VT from work, too. I know she crochets (here's two pics of a baby blanket she just finished) and I'm sure she will "fit in" well with the group. Hm, group. Sis and I. Not much of a group, but when we add in P and Duh, and Sis's co-worker, and maybe even MH, we become a group.

Anyway, after finishing at the Mills, P and I met C for dinner at Buffalo Inn. Had some very yummy buffalo tacos. We've eaten there quite often, but I've never tried the buffalo. It was quite good and I'll have it again. They only have the tacos on Tuesdays, which seems to be the trend these days. Not necessarily only selling tacos on Tuesdays, but a lot of places have special pricing for them on Tuesdays.

Anyway, gotta go take my shower so I don't have to get up early in the morning to have one.