Questions I Hate

There are 3 questions that I hate when people ask me:

#1 - How's married life? Honestly, how do they expect me to answer this question? Am I supposed to say it sucks? (It doesn't.) Married life is a lot like life when we lived together - only now I have insurance.

#2 - When are you having kids? None of your damn business, asshole. I actually find this question to not only be annoying but incredibly rude. How is the timing of when we will have kids anyone's business beside mine and Kenji's? And, furthermore, how do you know I haven't been trying to get pregnant for 5 years and you just poured salt in the wound? Why is this an acceptable question to ask?

#3 - So what's been happening/what's new? This one isn't so bad once in a while or when "Not much" is the expected response. But don't ask it and then look at me expectantly - like you want a long, detailed story about my life. I'm really not that exciting. Especially on a weekly basis.

This blog is brought to you by my oh-so-caring bosses, who, combined, manage to ask each of these questions at least once a week.

Another Nightmare...

With just over 30 days to go, I'm having wedding nightmares again. The latest, you ask?
So, I get to the reception center on a beautiful May day and I'm putting on my dress and stuff and I realize I forgot to buy shoes and don't have any white shoes to wear. So, rather than wearing a pair of shoes I already own or going barefoot because who's going to see under my dress, I decide to look for a Payless to get some shoes quickly.

I can't find a Payless Shoe Store. Apparently, they don't exist in Draper. I had to go to West Valley and still couldn't find a store.

And to top it all off? It started raining and was dark outside (even though it was morning) and I kept losing my car in the dark, because apparently you have to park your car to look for a Payless at a strip mall. And it wasn't just a little rain - it was a deluge - think Noah and his ark - and I couldn't remember if I told the reception center to bring everything inside and I worried that my guests were getting soaked.

Yup - there's my subconscious bringing my wedding worries to the forefront. I'll probably buy shoes tomorrow.

Why I never want to stop wedding planning:

Do you realize how great an excuse wedding planning is to get out of any social obligation. "I can't go to that because we have to meet with [fill in the blank vendor]."

Someday, I'm going to have to start going to things I don't want to attend and that day is going to suck.

Four months of nightmares?

So. Yesterday we found a place to get married - YAY! There's so much included in the package that I now have very little to stress about - double YAY! So how is my subconscious dealing with this new lack of stress? By giving me wedding nightmares. Last night I had two of them. Each had its own special crisis. In the first, Kenji forgot about the wedding and went to work and I had to call to remind him. In the second, I forgot to get a veil. It was strange. Ugh. Am I in for another 4 months of this?

And so it begins...

There's no turning back now. I have become a Bride. I can no longer function within my job without becoming easily distracted by this beast called Wedding Planning.

Distraction #1:
For once, I was legitimately looking at Craigslist for a work-related issue (rather than my usual "check out the job market or find an apartment" search) when I noticed there was a wedding-planning discussion forum. Needless to say, I had to check it out. It was, um, interesting - but not so different from every other wedding-planning forum I've seen. Returning to the work-related issue, I was once again on Craigslist's local homepage. Under services, there's an event planning section. I clicked on the link to see what wedding related ads I could find.

I've abandoned my work-related problem. I'm just not going to find the answer today.

Distraction #2:
Scattered around my computer screen are many, many post-its (because we all know post-its are God's gift to the unorganized). There's the one with my To-Do list, two with information to do some follow-up this afternoon, one with contact numbers, my voicemail information, etc. And then there's the one with a list of reception centers (researched on my office computer with highspeed internet) and phone numbers.

Distraction #3:
One of the morning DJs on the radio station I listen to is also planning her wedding. I was late for work this morning because I was sitting in my car listening to her talk about it.

Distraction #4:
Typing this list when I have a fairly long To-Do list. It's there at the bottom of my computer screen...right next to the list of reception centers...

My first wedding-related priority problem...

So, Kenji and I were talking last night. I mentioned that the two big goals for January would be to find a place to get married and to find a place to live (because our lease is almost up).
He suggested that finding a place to live is probably more important.
I'm not so sure he's right about that...

More Friday Randomness

What is it about Fridays that causes me to be so incredibly random…and then feel the need to share that randomness with everyone? I think it’s a bad sign, though, that I’m beginning this particular bit of rambling before lunch…I think I’m in for a very long day.

There must be a better way to spend my day than constantly updating the local Craigslist page, reading virtually every category, hoping there will be something new…

Seriously – is leaving a voicemail message really that big a deal? I’ve been working here for several weeks now and I’m getting so tired of people’s reluctance to leave messages. I don’t want to write down the message and take it back to her desk – that’s takes work, and, quite frankly, I’m lazy. Just leave the message and she’ll call you back, OK?

Oh – and while I’m complaining about idiot callers – I didn’t give you the option to hold. You can leave a message. I don’t want to worry about your call. It’s much easier to just go into voicemail. But, then we get into that whole leaving a message thing again, don’t we. Gah – I need a real job.

YAY – Kenji just called and we’re going to have lunch together. I like days when we do that. They make me happy.

Have you ever thought about human nature? I mean really ever thought about it? You never do anything without some kind of motivation. Every little decision you make is based on some other thing. There is no such thing as a completely selfless act – you always get something out of what you are doing.

This office is very very cold…just because it’s very hot outside, it doesn’t mean we need to be 5 degrees inside.

Mmmm…coffee…

Is it just me or is this a slow week for job postings? I’ve only sent one resume this week and it seems like not nearly enough…

Do you think if I just sit here with this pile of files on my desk, people might actually think I am working?

I hate having a lot of people in my office – it makes me feel like I should actually be doing something. And that really sucks when there’s nothing to do.

Nope, nothing new at Craigslist.

Using terms such as “honey” or “sweetie” in an office is so unprofessional. You know, that really irritates me.

Busy weekend coming up…I just hope I get a *little* time to relax…I’m exhausted after last weekend’s 3 days of family and then little to no sleep during this week. I don’t need a lot of time…just a little will do fine.

Almost finished with HP#6…only like 20 pages to go. Maybe less. That’s really annoying. I think I already know all the important stuff…but it’s just knowing there are so few pages to go before finishing.

Um, as a public service announcement, just because you have a boob job (and a pretty good one at that), it doesn’t mean that everyone needs, or wants, to meet the girls.

Still nothing new at Craigslist. The Hartford and New Hampshire boards look pretty slow, too. But renting is expensive there. I knew that already, but still…

Ugh. It’s only noon and I’m ready to go home…long afternoon ahead…