She Left A Note That Said, "I'm Sorry, I Had A Bad Day Again"

I had a plan to post every day in May, to see if I could do it. I've posted once so far; clearly, I cannot do it. Maybe I'll do it in June.

My weekend was terrible. I spent last week frantically trying to study for the exam I had to write on Saturday. By Friday I was feeling pretty crappy but I made myself go to work anyway (does anyone else feel a bit dodgy calling in sick on a Friday? I always feel like my boss is going to think I'm scamming a 3-day weekend.) So I force myself to get up, get dressed, get on the train, all while feeling like I've been run over by a truck. I get to work, vomit, and within 15 minutes of being at work I'm taking a $42 cab ride home (not that I'm complaining - I, erm, put it on my company credit card.) Friday was a write-off. The only thing I managed to do was head to the travel agent with S to book our trip to Mexico. Which was sold out. More on that later.

Saturday I wrote my exam. My plan was to not eat anything in the morning (the logic being that if I didn't eat anything, there would be nothing to throw up.) This was a bad plan. Not eating before an exam means that your hand shakes while you're writing it. Not writing the exam on Saturday wasn't an option because it would entail me getting a doctor's note, writing a letter to the university explaining why I couldn't write the exam, re-applying to write the exam and then worrying about it until the next exam period (in a month.) I wanted it to be over and done with so I wrote the exam. It wasn't too bad. I certainly didn't ace it but I'm not worried about failing it either. I'm so happy to be finished the course.

After the exam I went home and died. Only for an hour though because I had to get ready for S's show. The show went well (but I missed the first 3 songs because I couldn't find parking.) It wasn't great because I felt like shit and didn't really get a chance to talk to any of our friends who had come out, but S had a really good time and got a lot of positive feedback from the crowd.

I spent Sunday being lazy. I'm reading "Special Topics in Calamity Physics" right now and I'm really enjoying it. It's one of those books that you don't want to read too quickly because you don't want to it to be done.

Sunday was also spent having lots of bickery little fights with S. We're both stressed out right now and it's making us a bit prickly with each other. It's juvenile, I admit it, but the fight we're having is about Mexico. We've been planning to go away for months. S is turning 30 so I told him that he could pick where we're going. He couldn't decide between an Alaskan cruise or an all-inclusive Mexican holiday. About 6 weeks ago, I told him he had to make up his damn mind because we weren't going to have any options to choose from because everything would be booked. Still he hemmed and hawed. Two weeks ago, he asked me to get a quote on the Alaskan cruise, which I was happy to do because I work in front of a computer all day and he doesn't. I got the quote and had the cruise on a 24-hour hold. I told S he had a day to decide. He couldn't make up his damn mind until the day following the 24-hour hold. Of course the cruise was sold out. So we were left with Mexico. We went to the travel agent and got information on different resorts. There was a particular resort that we both liked but S still couldn't commit. We went home to think about it. On Friday we went to book the trip because S had finally decided that yes, this resort was perfect. Unfortunately, by this time the resort was booked up. All weekend we fought about the holiday debacle. It's resolved now - we changed our holiday time to the following week and were able to book in the resort we wanted. This means we're leaving in 3 weeks. I am beyond giddy at the thought of being on the beach in 3 weeks.

After posting about the skin product samples, I had a couple questions about my skin type. (If you're wondering if it's worth it for you to fill out the survey to get the samples, it should be noted that the samples I got were "for all skin types.") I've got really sensitive skin. Washing my face with plain water makes it splotchy and red. I use the Clinique 3-step regimen but it took a looong time to be able to use the "clairfying lotion" (toner) without my face feeling like it was peeling off. My skin is combination skin, but not the normal oily/dry combination. It's a dry/drier combination. My forehead, nose and chin are dry. My cheeks are drier. The toner is an essential part of the cleaning process because it removes all the flakes that would otherwise be clogging my pores and turning into zits (just thought I'd clarify why I made myself build up a resistance to the stuff that made my skin feel like it was peeling off. In case anyone was wondering.) Using a new product, like the kiwi scrub, is a bit of a gamble for me. I've had some pretty crappy reactions in the past (bright red, itchy, swelly reactions) but this doesn't prevent me from fulfilling my love of trying new beauty products.

I think that's all the randomness I can summon up for the moment, so I'll leave you with a picture of my puppy being a ragdoll: