An indication of a day in my life...oh wait, I don't have a life right now...

I am complaining again. I apologize but this is getting flat out ridiculous.

I got to the client's at 8:15 this morning (woke up at 6 a.m.-got to sleep in since the client is closer to home!) Left the client's at 6 p.m. to start my day at the office. It is now 9 p.m. and I am still at the office and no closer to being finished.

The only thing that makes me feel better is that I am not the only one still here. GROAN.

Ass slapping, mexican food and impulsive arms...

I smacked a guy in the ass today at lunch. I wish I could say I did it on purpose to create dropped jaws and "YEAH RIGHT" moments, but I can't. It was an accident. But funny, nonetheless. Especially since I think he liked it. He looked at me for a second, grinned, and said, "Thanks for that...I needed a good slap in the ass." And right then and there I turned so red that my face exploded and I died. It would have been different if it was a grandpa or something. But NO, my arm chooses to jut out involuntarily into the ass of a rather hot 30 some year old. At least the arm has good taste, I guess.

Quote of the day

"People have this idea that what they do changes who they are... but really, you do what you do. Not without consequences for other people, of course, sometimes very grave ones. But it's not very helpful to regard your choices as a series of right or wrong moves. They don't define you as much as you define them."
-Ann Packer

Broken phones and such

Last weekend a few of our friends from college were in town to hang out with us and to watch some spring training baseball games. It was so awesome to have them here!! They got in on Friday night and left Tuesday night so we had quite a bit of time with them. I felt bad because I still had to work while they were here (even Saturday) but I put in less hours so I could see them more...

I think they had fun hanging with us... maybe they'll even move to Phoenix-that would be awesome! Anyway, Saturday night we all went down to the pool here and grilled out and hung out. Last weekend was freezing here (like 50s and 60s and a little rainy) so I decided I was not going to get in the pool or hot tub because it was so cold. I wore jeans and a sweater. Everyone else decided to wear swim trunks... apparently 60s felt warm to them. Anyway, for whatever reason (we won't go into details), I eventually made the intelligent decision to jump into the pool with all of my clothes on... oh, and did I mention that my phone was in my pocket? Brilliant. So, when I eventually realized that indeeed, my phone WAS in my pocket, it was too late. It died. It was a sad, sad day in the life of my phone. Hopefully I'll be able to at least get the numbers out of it eventually...we're hoping it just needs a new battery.

Anyway, we had a few pretty late nights with our friends so I was pretty tired all week...but it was so worth it just to be able to see them. Friday night, though, I slept for 11 hours...I think that I was catching up from the lack of sleep in the beginning of the week. I can't remember the last time I slept more than 8 hours... it was very weird.

Anyway, we love vistors...so anyone who has not come to see us, come right away! Well, maybe if you want to see more of me, come after about May 15th. I think we are pretty fun people... I jumped in a pool with all of my clothes on just in an attempt to entertain my guests (and I think it worked!) Anyway, it was so good to see friends... as much as we love Phoenix, it's hard to not be around our friends. And even though I know we'll continue to build relationships here, it's not the same as the people we've known for several years. At least we still see them every once in a while and when we do, it's like we've never spent any time apart. So, I guess it all works out...

And as a sidenote, can anyone else get their head around the fact that it's the freakin end of March? I'm not kidding when I say the first three months of the year felt like 3 weeks. I have no idea where they went or what I did. Oh wait. I worked. Right. But still...unbelievable. The end of March?? What?? Astounding.

New profession

As we were driving home tonight after a long day of work for me (fantasy baseball for Tim), shopping, and dinner, I had this revelation: I totally should change my profession and become a DJ. If I were a DJ, I would know every song in the world. And that would save me from the annoyance of hearing awesome songs on the radio just to wonder for the next year what the hell they even are. So, new life plan: become a DJ. Or perhaps I should become a bartender or waitress in some exotic place: like Hawaii or Greece. I wouldn't make as much money but for some reason that sounds like such a trip. I would totally do it.

And if I chose one of those professions, I wouldn't care about the money because I would have so much spare time that I could actually work out. Imagine that. I can't even fathom the fact that I would have that kind of time...time to actually take care of myself, my life, my body? Sounds freakin amazing. No 5-10 pound weight gain because of constant dining out, sitting on the ass all day and zippo working out? Fan-freakin-tastic. And I wouldn't care about suburbia life. No mortgage, no car...I would live in a hip little apartment on the beach and be able to walk to work. Sigh...

I am completely beyond stressed. I'm sick of busy season, I'm sick of crack head clients (with the one client I'm dealing with right now, I'm thinking about writing a point in our report that we issue that we recommend he take yoga. Some diaphramatic breathing would probably improve his frazzled freak show life exponentially). I have been so unmotivated the last couple of days that I'm making it worse because I'm procrastinating and therefore screwing myself. So, DJ or jet away to Hawaii/Greece/Australia to have a pointless job for a few years... sounds perfect. Although, I really, really do like my job here...it's credible and I feel like I'm doing some sort of good, I love my boss and the people I work with... and I do like our life here. And I actually do like busy season... I'm just having issue after issue with the current client... Once I get that wrapped up, I'll feel so much better. And after that, only 7 more weeks of busy season. Although I really do wish I knew every cool song in the world and that I lived in an exotic place... maybe I could be a part time DJ or maybe someday I'll move to somewhere exotic... hmmm...

Update...

So what have I done in the last month? I can't believe I seriously haven't posted in a month! Holy cow...where does time go? All I've really done is worked. I really can't complain because this busy for me is probably not all that busy for other crazy professions (like doctors/residents) who work insane amounts of hours on a yearly basis. I've been leaving my house at around 7 a.m. every morning and I get home around 8 at night (except for Wednesday of last week when I achieved a new record. I left my house at 7 a.m., got home at 10:30 p.m. and I was at a client's until 10 p.m. Insane). On Saturdays I leave my house around 9:30 a.m. and get home around 4:30 p.m. I rather like being busy, though, so really, I'm not complaining. And I really like the people I'm working with along with the work I do. The past two weeks, I haven't been doing audits but I've been sent out on reviews (a step below an audit) by myself. I'm told that it's good that they think I'm competant enough to do these reviews. There are people at my level that have been there 1-2 years longer than me that they don't send out alone... so I guess I'm finding that I'm not to bad at what I do...always a good thing. I'm just amazed that I am capable of putting in these long hours (something I never thought I would do) and that I'm actually enjoying it. I've definitely had my stressed out, freaked out moments but other than those, everything is great.

Our house seems to be coming along well... Last week we had windows, bathtubs, and the ventilation stuff. We went by yesterday and there was even more progress. I'll post more pics later from this week's progress.

I feel bad that I have nothing interesting to say. I'm serious when I say all I do is work. Lame, I know. I haven't even had time to exercise. UGH. I've gained icky weight. Not much, but it still makes me mad. But I know once things slow down, I will be able to get back into more of a routine.

Last Sunday Tim and I went to a spring training baseball game. We went to the stadium in Surprise (just north of us) where the Rangers and Royals play. The Royals weren't playing last Sunday so we went to a Rangers and Brewers game. We bought the most expensive tickets ($20 a pop 3 rows behind home plate-I couldn't believe how awesome the seats were and how cheap the expensive tickets were...spring training is cool!) Anyway, we were kind of in the shade behind home plate and even though it was like 75 degrees last Sunday, we were freezing! So in about the 3rd inning we moved out to the outfield and sat in the sun...

Yesterday was completely surreal. We haven't had rain here in 143 days and yesterday it rained ALL DAY. It was amazing. I think we ended up getting over 2 inches. I haven't seen rain since September. I can't say I missed it that much but we did really need it and it was a nice change of pace for a day. Along with the rain came freezing cold! Yesterday the high was only 46 (the coldest I've ever seen it here) and this morning when we woke up it was 40 degrees and felt like 33-we actually had a windchill! It snowed a foot or more just 40 minutes north of here...amazing!

Anyway, enjoy the pics below.

Brewers and Rangers Game 3-5-06

Surprise spring training stadium

Spring Training

No postings in ALMOST a month...

Does that give anyone an indication of the current status of my life?

Completely and totally out of control. Ugh.

Someday soon I will return...I hope.