11-30-03

It's official, we have the household Christmas tree up and there are are now only 25 days until Christmas...sad, I haven't even really gotten halfway through my shopping.

I still can't kick this damn cough.  Thank god I have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday (it was a follow-up appt. from a while ago) because hopefully he can do something about this cough.  My head is stuffed just enough so that shit drips down and makes me continually cough.  It's better than it was, but I still am coughing.

I must go fold laundry - I do not understand how Moe and I can create so much dirty laundry.  It's not like I wear all that much - but it seems like we have baskets and baskets at the end of each week.  I'm buried in laundry at this point.  If you see a big pile of clothes with a hand sticking out, you know where I am.

I did accomplish stuff today though - the tree is up - we got all our winter clothes out of storage - and in the gross catalog, I changed the shower curtain liner, which proceeded to fall on me and cover me in slimy gooky stuff that had been building up on it.  So I had to take a shower with the new shower curtain.

11-29-03

Back from NY and a fairly good Thanksgiving - I'm pooped - I think Moe and I are going to grab something eat and then hit the hay so we can get some stuff accomplished before he goes to work tomorrow afternoon.

Let it be known that during my "black Friday" experience, I did not experience this...Only in America...

11-25-03

The word for today is "fart"

Yes, Annoying Coworker let out another huge one today.  I don't mean to sound mean (well I do mean it actually), but I'm sorry - everyone farts, but you don't sit in an office and let out one so loud that the entire office turns and looks at you and then don't even bother to say "excuse me."  It half sounded like she shit in her pants and all she did was move her chair around, trying to make it seem like it was a squeak from the chair.  Sorry honey, but you can't disguise that one.

Sadly the entire building knows about her - we were talking to some people outside on break and they were like, oh is that "fart girl?"  Yes, the building knows my Annoying Coworker as fart girl.  It's so appropriate.

Turret's Girl was out sick for the 2nd day in a row.  I'm starting to really hate listening to people bitch about her not being there so they can't get their shit done.  I don't even tell them that she's not there, I just dump them into her voicemail, which is at this point, full, so I can't even do that anymore.  So there's at least like 40 messages on her voicemail to fill it up.  I doubt she'll answer any of them.  So the people will just call back and when I'm being a nice guy and helping out with phones, I'll get all these bastards yelling at me.  Yeah, just what I want.

I'm still coughing - the stuff I picked up last night turned out to be cough suppressant but also expectorant too - so while I don't cough as much, I cough up all this shit now.  So it's back to the drug store tonight to get plain vanilla cough medicine so I don't cough again.  Perhaps it was the fact that there were 8 million choices of cough medicine in CVS and after 10 minutes I was like "fuck it, I'll take this one."

Moe and are baking away like madmen at the moment - I've got a pumpkin pie and chocolate chip cookies to bring home to NY tomorrow and he's got several cheesecakes to bring to NH tomorrow.  So we're tag team cooking - going back and forth between dishes.

Then we're supposed to grab some coffee with Sharon when I got out to get the new cough medicine.

11-24-03

I want to stop fucking coughing.  I've been coughing for 2 weeks now since I "got over" the flu.  It's not constant coughing, it's not even deep coughs, it's just enough to drive you crazy.  My nose is still stuffy and I'm guessing that's what is making me cough.  I've tried Claritin, Sudafed, cold medicine, even vix vapor-rub and nothing seems to clear it up.  Lately at night it's been even worse, so when I go to go to sleep, I start coughing more and end up not being able to sleep.  It sucks.

Thanksgiving is just around the corner.  I think that my Mom is planning a fairly quiet event, especially since this is the first holiday since my Grandfather passed away.  We may Monica and her family over for some deserts afterwards.

I am feeling better about the holidays though.  I used to always dread them, because other than my Mom and Dad, no one knew I was gay and that Moe and I had been together.  After a while it just got old, I mean, you're "friend" doesn't come home for the holidays and your mother doesn't treat him like a son for no reason.  Well now with my Grandfather gone, even though it's a horrible thing to say, I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders.  I really have no reason to pretend or keep up appearances anymore.  My Mom and Dad treat Moe like family, and I hope that everyone else will.  I've been talking with some of my extended family and it appears that this is the case and this is cool.

Of course, it figures that Moe won't be coming home with me for Thanksgiving.  We're traveling to our respective families this time.  Me to NY and he's going with his Mom and his sister up to NH to celebrate Thanksgiving with their Grandmother.  Christmas however, he is coming with me to NY for what everyone is expecting to be the mother of all Christmases.  My mother today was complaining to me that there might not be room for a tree because she's gone so crazy.  She didn't appreciate my suggestion of putting a spruce branch on the wall and calling it a tree.

I'm just happy that slowly but surely Moe and I are building a family and being respected and loved by both of our families.  I never really thought about it before - you know - you're young and you don't care when someone says "when are you getting a girlfriend," but now I just want to say, I don't have one because Moe and I have been together for almost 7 years.  How many girlfriends last that long?

Plus with what appears to be inevitable, Moe and I could get married in a few short months if we wanted to.  I don't know when it will happen, but the thought that we actually could do it is amazing.  I'm not sure the SJC here in Massachusetts realizes what a tremendous difference they have made in some lives.

Waiting for Moe to come home so that we can do some baking and then we're heading out to go grocery shopping.  He and I both volunteered to provide the deserts for our respective holiday dinners.  So I'm working on pumpkin pies and cookies and he's got cheesecake and brownies to work on.  All that in only 2 days - since we're both leaving on Wednesday night.

Now if I could just stop coughing...

11-23-03

Oh Yeah, Romney, Finneran and their cronies on Beacon Hill might not have such an easy time passing a constitutional amendment to the Massachusetts Constitution to ban gay marriage.  Right on residents of Massachusetts - let's show the country where we should be going, instead of trying to hide under a rock by passing constitutional amendments to moot the SJC's decision.

I didn't accomplish anything today - I had a horrible time sleeping last night - couldn't stop coughing - and then today - didn't get up until noon.  Moe left for work around 2 and I fell back asleep until about 6.  Now I know it's going to be a bitch to go to bed tonight - but I do have to go to work tomorrow.

Got some stuff done that Moe had asked me to do since then and have to bring it down to him.  Then I might pick up some groceries - if the place is still open by the time I get there.  I'm not rushing.

Spent a good part of last night as Moe and Brendan watched 28 Days (I do not watch scary movies) trying out FrontPage 2003 - not all that much different from the old version.   I also stuck up the blog information over there on the right.

11-22-03

Mohegan is bad...

Yes, very bad...

and no, we didn't need to go, but Moe wanted to and consequently, I spent what should have been staying in the bank...

Oh well...the worst part was it wasn't even fun - no big hits anywhere...this means, I've got to climb back on the wagon and make it for another month or two now before going back.

Other than that - we tried to get our hair cut and even got there before the place opened - but there was already a line of blue hairs in front of us.  6 of them to be exact - all chit chatting and waiting for the place to open the door.  As soon as the door opened, they all ran in.  We'll try again tomorrow.

And then after we got back - made dinner and then went to Sam's and did some Christmas shopping and I actually made quite a dent in my list of stuff to get for people.

11-21-03

I got into a baking streak when I got home from work today - go figure...pumpkin pie and sugar cookies...

Moe's sister Sherri stopped by after work too - so we talked while waiting for Moe to come home from work.  When he did - we headed out for dinner. 

It's the weekend - woo hoo!!!  I'm so glad I'm out of work and next week is only a 3-day week.

11-20-03

I almost forgot, yesterday was 2 years at my job.  Oh yes, can I throw myself a party...

Well work wasn't all that much more exciting than the rest of the week, though I did have a few things to do and my phone, god forbid, actually rang twice and both times people had questions that I could answer.  I just about fell out of my chair.

I guess this is what happens when agencies have no money for new projects and all your old projects are pretty much on auto-pilot because you're too good at keeping everything updated.  Sometimes I wish I wasn't so industrious when I actually had work, because then I would have something to do when I'm so bored.

Annoying Coworker needs to go to physical therapy for her pinkie.  Now why do you go to the therapist for that and even more important, what do you do to your pinkie to need to go to the therapist?  I'm not going to even ponder that...

One more day until the weekend and then only a 3 day week next week - I can't wait to get out of work.

Moe's asleep and I'm wondering if I should just crawl in and go to bed too (it's 6:30) because I'm so wiped out from staying up late every night so far this week.  I'm going to crash sometime, it might as well be now.

11-19-03

I am amazed at the complete lack of work I have in the office.  Today I read a few reports and marked them up a bit.  Yesterday, I responded to an email.  So I guess I should feel lucky that I had more to do today.

I have also managed to write like 8 reviews at epinions in the space of a few days because I've been so bored.  Pretty sad.

Annoying coworker was bitching all over the place because her fonts disappeared from Word - I was like "don't even bother asking me because I don't know," even though I knew what happened.  I refuse to give her any assistance anymore because she just yells and freaks out more.

The Governor here has come out against gay marriage - screw him - I didn't vote for him anyway and I sure as hell won't next time around.

Moe and are going to have an early night - going to grab some dinner and then go to bed.  I can't take going to bed at midnight every night all week.

11-18-03

Massachusetts' Supreme Judicial Court rocks!  They announced today that gay marriage cannot be banned under the state constitution as it is written.  Therefore it will take a constitutional amendment to ban gay marriage.  Basically this means that there will be gay marriage for at least 2 years in Massachusetts, because it takes at least that long to amend the constitution.  But the state does not need to start issuing marriage licenses for 6 months.  So let's keep our fingers crossed and see what happens.  I for one will be out there fighting for the rights we were just given.

I'm in the process of upgrading my computer - just finished with installing XP and now am moving onto Frontpage 2003 - so there may be some issues here and there with getting onto the site and updating.  So far, so good though.

11-17-03

I've still yet to get into the holiday spirit - but Moe and I are going to attempt to go Christmas shopping tonight.  I'm gonna need all the holiday cheer I can get to get into the mood.  I don't know, but when stores start putting out Christmas stuff a month before Thanksgiving, it gets hard to get into the holiday spirit that early and now, even 2 weeks away from Thanksgiving, it seems a bit too early to be thinking of it.  But it will be here sooner than I think, so I might as well get ready.

The office wasn't as bad as I thought - Indian Engineer Girl is on vacation for 2 weeks in India (hopefully she doesn't bring back any strange diseases) and I spent most of the day playing around and writing reviews on Epinions.  At this point, I literally have nothing to do.  I made up a few file folder labels.

11-16-03

Back from NY

I'm almost afraid to see how much will be under the Christmas tree when I go home for Christmas.  My Mom is going crazy - crazier than I have seen her in a while with Christmas shopping.  It probably helps that there's been an inheritance.  I mean, it's cool, let's spend money - but wow...that's all I can say.  She keeps asking for lists from Moe and I and keeps wanting more ideas.  Now I just have to make sure that Moe gets Friday and Saturday off, since she's already told me that she'd kill us both if we're not both there for Christmas.

I had a good time shopping :)

I also had to go to my former step-cousin's child's christening (he's the son of the daughter of my Grandfather's 2nd wife).  I guess in a way we're really all the family that each other has.  On our side there's just my Mom, my Dad, my brother and myself.  On their side it's just the Grandmother (the one that was married to my Grandfather), her daughter (her husband died last winter) and her two boys.  For the last 15 years we've been a family because of of my Grandfather and their Grandmother.  I'm not terribly fond of them, but they are ok.  And I felt really good because Mark, one of the brothers, asked me how Moe was doing.  I guess after 7 years of "my friend coming over for Christmas and Thanksgiving," people got a clue.  Now that my Grandfather has passed away, I'm even less willing to be accommodating - he's my partner, boyfriend, whatever you want to call him - but it was cool that they already knew and I didn't need to say anything.  You find coolness in the oddest places.

Today I went to everyone's favorite oil change/car wash in Brewster, Mount Maya.  Where else can you find a Mayan themed oil change/car wash?  It's built like a little mountain and the car wash is set up so it looks like you're going through an ancient Mayan temple.  Tacky, but they changed my oil quickly and it wasn't expensive.

Now it's work for a full week (did you see me running away screaming?)...argh...hopefully it's not too bad.

I was bored tonight since I got back - I reviewed Out Magazine on Epinions.

We haven't made any decisions on whether or not I will apply for the job in Maine.  I'm still conflicted on whether or not to at the moment.

11-14-03

Off to NY

There's a chance I'll be sending in a resume for a job where I used to work in Maine.  Moe and I are considering the job and its consequences (mainly going to Maine).  It pays about the same, but it would be a lot better than what I have now, I'd be doing something I love, and it would be a challenge - all things I'm missing out with my job now.  Maybe I don't have to wait for that layoff notice after all...

11-13-03

Sorry - I've been horrible with the journal.  I'm finally just starting to feel close to 100% better since my cold of last weekend and much of this week.  I had made it into work on Monday only to go home halfway through the day and sleep.  Then on Tuesday, I slept for a good part of the day (it was Veteran's Day - a holiday) before Sharon called and we went to Mohegan Sun (and yes, I came home with what I went with, so it was a good visit).  By Tuesday afternoon I was feeling better (why I went) and by Wednesday in the office, I was feeling close to normal, except I still had quite a cough.  Today I felt even better when I woke up but now I've got a bit of a headache, which I imagine is just from the antics in the office that were going on all day.  I hate annoying coworker.  She cannot admit she was wrong.  She printed like 45 copies of something and then claimed that she didn't print it.  Being the replacement IT guy I stated for everyone to hear that the only way it can print, is if you push the button and since it's got your name on it, you pushed the button.  Oh god, it just wouldn't end all day.  I wanted to wring her neck.

Last night Moe and I hit the mall after I got home from work.  Tonight I'm not sure what we're doing.  He's taking a nap right now and I just got home from work.

Contemplating going to NY this weekend to visit my Mom.  I haven't decided what to do yet.  I'm thinking I'll probably end up going.

You can see how bored I was at work today - I managed to get three new reviews up at Epinions.  One on D'Angelos Sandwich Shop, another on flash memory and still another on Outdoor Photographer magazine.

11-9-03

At least I feel good enough to get out of bed and get dressed today.  I still don't feel good, but I feel better than I have been feeling.  Of course, I have so much cold medicine in me, I feel high at the same time.  Now I'm just trying to keep myself moving around a bit - getting myself prepared to going back to work tomorrow.  I'll be damn sure to have my inhaler (an old prescription from when I had bronchitis that I had forgotten about) because there's nothing better when you go into a coughing fit.  Then I can choose between pills or liquid cold medicines...all I can say is at least I feel better.

I haven't done anything but sleep and lay in bed staring at the TV when I had enough energy to actually sit up and watch it, which wasn't most of the time.  Watch me get to work tomorrow and fall asleep on my desk.

11-8-03

I really, really, hate being sick.  I was out of work on Friday and since Thursday night, I haven't been out of bed for more than an hour at a time.  I caught whatever horrible flu was going around.  Fever with chills and sweats, coughing, stuffy nose, scratchy throat, the feeling of being run over by a truck.  I hate it.  I don't want to do anything at all.

11-6-03

I hate being sick...I doubt I'll be in work tomorrow - I feel like I've been run over by a fucking mack truck.

11-5-03

I played hooky, I didn't want to go into work.  Blech...It was much better curling up and staying in bed anyway.

Moe talked to his doctor today - he's got to go for a few more tests, even though he feels better.  It doesn't appear there's anything wrong, but they just want to make sure.  I think at this point he's been tested for everything and if they can't find something now, just give up.

We need more spacecraft like this guy.

So other than sleeping in, going to the post office, getting some munchies at Burger King and cleaning up a bit - haven't done all that much.  Baking some pumpkin bread as we speak...mmm...can't wait to taste it.  Then I think that Moe and I are going to go out, but I am not exactly sure.  He doesn't get home until 7.  In the meantime, I'll probably do some laundry.

It's 40 degrees and raining out - now isn't that pleasant weather?

11-4-03

I was out too late tonight...bed...

11-3-03

Wow - it's November already.  Back from a weekend in NY where I got to climb Slide Mountain from a little known northern ridge that starts from the notch between Giant Ledge and Slide and goes up from there.  It was a bitch of a hike - a good four miles of bushwhacking straight up this ridge.  In places, the firs were only a few inches apart and it was more like throwing yourself through trees, then hiking.  It was hot, it was humid, but it was wealth worth it to get up Slide, a mountain I haven't been up in ages and the highest mountain in the Catskills too boot.  I'll hopefully get some more pictures up soon.

The rest of the weekend was resting - except for gorging ourselves on roast beef at the Centerville Fire Department's roast beef dinner.  I've never seen such good roast beef as they have there every year.  It's worth going all the way from Boston to NY for.

The drive back was okay - except that I forgot my high blood pressure medicine at my folks house.  I was going to drive back, but thought better of it and just renewed my prescription and picked it up tonight and took some of my old pills that I had left over from the past this morning.

Turret's Girl is in full swing - even her boss is at her throat now, which makes me quite happy.  He was yelling at her today - for her little blow-up with me on Friday.  Apparently me dropping off a note telling her to call someone is worth yelling at me for.  What a fucking dope.  So her boss yelled at her today.

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