Author: erinreeve

The stuffed poblano peppers turned out pretty well, by the way. I forgot to add salt and pepper, so the first few bites were a little bit bland, but not really given all the other flavors. Wasn’t nearly as spicy as I had anticipated, given the fact that my eyes were burning even after we finished eating.

I think I’m going to make creme brulees this afternoon. I’m leaning towards making them orange flavored. Ought to be delicious.

I wish we had a grill and could cook hamburgers for dinner. Alas, no meat. And no charcoal. There is a grill, but it’s at Matt’s parents’ house. His mom said that we could have it because they got a new one, but I keep forgetting whenever we’re over there. Maybe this weekend. We could always grill veggie burgers and vegetables.

I’ll probably do sandwiches and potato salad tonight. Potato salad with bacon and ranch … yum.

I’m making an effort to post blogs even if they’re short and silly. Such as this one.

I need to clean the house. The kitchen is a mess, as is the bedroom. It never takes long to clean up and it’s always very gratifying, but I never want to get started. Ugh. I’d much rather take a nap until Matt gets home and make him cook dinner. Or buy dinner. But I’m going to make stuffed poblano (right?) chiles tonight, because I bought the black beans for it and brought home a baguette. See? I planned. Now to actually do it.

Stupid comfortable bed.

Spring is beautiful. I love the green, the flowers blooming, the rainy days and the sunny days, the fresh breezes, etc. I hate the fact that it lasts for a few weeks and turns into summer. I hate summer.

But yesterday was a LOVELY spring day. I love the grey skies and the green of everything else. They grey makes the greens look greener, I think. Today is looking gorgeous as well, and since it was cool yesterday I’m hopeful that — even though it’s sunny today — it won’t be too warm.

Still in bed, but working on getting up. Katie came over yesterday (after we spent the afternoon at the Frist) and bought a bottle of vodka. I didn’t get too sloshed and feel fine this morning, but I did sleep until 9:30….

Tonight we’re supposed to go to Matt’s friend’s house for dinner. They were going to come here, but can’t leave their dog alone because he, somehow, lost a couple of inches off of his tail. The silly dog. So I’m supposed to come up with an entree to take over there … and we’re going to teach them how to play Settlers of Catan. Matt wants to stay for Scattergories as well but I plan on reminding him that I have to work tomorrow morning. I don’t know why he always plans stuff on nights that I can’t stay up late. It’s annoying.

But I’m going to try not to be stressed by the looming social interaction. Instead, I’m going to go do some laundry and enjoy the lovely day. So.

I hate it when we have to fire people at work. This is one reason I’m never going to be interested in the GM position. I had to witness the termination of a girl who’s pretty obviously a pill-popper and had been working there for only a couple of weeks. She has two kids, no car, and just broke up with her boyfriend. And now she has no job. Drugs, man. They’ll bring you down.

But it’s made me realize what a lovely life I have, compared with lots of people. I can pay all my bills, I have a loving boyfriend, a nice little house that makes me happy (especially when it’s clean…), and we have enough money saved to buy another car. This is after the fairly recent MacBook investment, too. Fiscal responsibility is very gratifying.

So … I’m about to put on some music and start cleaning the house. When Matt gets home, we’ll probably do some yoga and then go grocery shopping. I’ve recently purchased a couple of vegetarian cookbooks and want to start making new recipes. Too bad Aldi only carries certain veggies, but it’s not as if Kroger is more than a couple of miles away anyway.

Pretty afternoon, good mood, house-cleaning, yoga, food … plus I’m feeling 100% better than last week. Ahhh.

I am eating a twice-baked potato (from work, of course) with leftover bbq’d pulled pork from, uh, that bbq place on Charlotte. Dipped in honey mustard. It’s absolutely amazing.

I think I might suggest going to the bar today. The one I pass coming home from work is open, anyway. I wish I was in Oak Ridge eating easter dinner with family, but I’m not. 😦 Matt’s family doesn’t do much for holidays, so we’re not having dinner with them. Plus it’s a beautiful day….

Matt’s asleep next to me. I went to the doctor yesterday and was prescribed antibiotics, something for my cough, and steroids for the inflammation in my lungs. I’ve taken so many pills today, it’s outrageous. I still have two steroid pills left to take before I go to sleep, and I’m not exactly sure when that will be since (oddly) I’m not terribly tired and the pharmacist warned me yesterday that they might make it hard to sleep. Curses. I’m off tomorrow and Saturday, though, and plan to stay in bed watching chick flicks all day unless I start feeling better. At least I can breathe now, though I think all the meds might be weakening my acid reflux pills because it doesn’t really feel like I took them today. But I did. Ugh, I don’t like taking all this medicine. I guess it’s better than staying sick though.

We went to McKay’s before dinner tonight so that I could buy the BBC Jane Eyre (with Timothy Dalton… the only version to watch, really). Also found a box set of Poirot movies to add to my collection. I’m so glad Matt likes Poirot, because he’s really the shit. Next to Holmes, of course. I also ended up getting an Italo Calvino book… my friend Billy (who, I think, goes by Bill now) recommended Invisible Cities but they only had one of his books. It looked interesting and was only $4 so I went ahead and got it.

I’m so glad I have the next two days off. Work has been such a chore since I can’t breathe. I have to walk around at a snail’s pace just so that I don’t get too winded and have to pause for a couple of minutes just to cough and get my breath back. No fun. Everyone’s been understanding and okay with me spending as much time as possible in the office. I’ve done a lot of laminating over the last couple of days….

I tried watching a movie on Hulu, but it wasn’t streaming fast enough. I’m guessing everyone else is on Hulu. Then I tried watching some stuff on adultswim.com, but even that was moving too slowly. Whoever isn’t on hulu is on adultswim. I guess. So I might put on the Simpsons when I’m done with this, since season 20 is conveniently located next to the bed (albeit on Matt’s side, so I might have to do some climbing). Oh, to be healthy again….

This sucks. I’m pretty sure it’s bronchitis. I’ve been taking the generic Mucinex but with mixed results; I didn’t take any today and my coughs seem to have been just as productive, until after I decided I hate coughing and was going to eat a whole bag of cough drops instead. After work I picked up some Nyquil at Target (I think I spelled both drug names right? Maybe?), and after dinner which will be right after Matt gets home, I’m taking one and going to sleep.

I haven’t slept well in the last … well, 5 days I guess (ever since my lungs decided they hate me); I’ll wake up every 2 or 3 hours because I have to cough and/or take a puff so that I can breathe again. It’s no fun. I’ve almost had it for a week, and unfortunately, all the stuff I’ve found on the internet about it say that the prognosis is usually a week. And that all you can really do is rest, drink a lot of fluids, and try to relieve the symptoms.  Bronchitis is usually viral, so taking antibiotics only makes the bacteria which are not making me sick more resistant to the medicine. Ugh.

This isn’t the typical sick, though; I’m not congested in my head, my throat isn’t sore, I don’t have a fever (that I can tell). My chest is just congested, and my bronchial tubes swollen. Like I said, it sucks and I’d better get over it really soon.

I think I have been feeling less congested, actually. But it’s pretty minor. Maybe the Nyquil will make it so I can actually sleep tonight and I’ll feel better tomorrow. We’ll see.

And, that’s all.

I’m glad I have health insurance through my job. Because if I didn’t, I’d be screwed. Why don’t the republicans want people to have health insurance???! I don’t get it!! They haven’t come up with a better plan; no, they’re just trying to kill this one even after they’ve forced so many changes into it knowing full well that they’re still not going to vote for it. It’s so frustrating for me to watch, even though, like I said, I have health insurance for the time. I just know that so many people don’t and that this country needs a decent way to insure it’s people. Why, why don’t the republicans in the house and senate want people to have insurance?

Okay, no response is requested for this blog. I’m just venting.

Well, I think I’m sick again. I don’t know what it is about this year, but it seems like I’ve gotten sick more than ever. At least it’s not too bad this time; seems to be only respiratory, which sucks since I have asthma but could be worse. I’m wondering if it’s a bout of bronchitis, since I have a cough and am having to use my inhaler more than usual. I felt really bad yesterday morning because, I theorize, I had used the Primatine Mist OTC inhaler too much the day before … in addition to cleaning the house and stirring up all sorts of dust and cat hair. Not to mention breathing in all the chemicals I used for cleaning. So I went later that day and got a refill on my Albuterol inhaler and have been feeling much better after just taking it easy. I did have to work yesterday, but ate a bunch of cough drops and didn’t feel too bad. My lungs and throat still kind of hurt, but not as much. Having asthma is no fun.

So at least if I’m feeling under the weather, this is perfect weather for it. It’s so rainy and green and lovely outside! I wish my bedroom window opened so that I could hear it better. Maybe I’ll go open the front door. And light some candles. And play some classical music or something. Ahhh, how lovely. I love rainy spring days when I can spend them at home, drinking tea and reading a book.

I DO have to go to a blasted work-related meeting in Brentwood this afternoon. We’re changing payroll companies AGAIN. 2011 will be the third year I’ve had two W-2s, and that’s not because I’ve had more than one job.

I’m doing house cleaning and laundry today, which I’m feeling more excited about now that I’m showered and clean. As much as I dislike showering, there’s nothing like feeling clean and fresh. Now to go dry my hair… and maybe put in contacts. I think I must have a tiny tear in the left one because it makes my eye itch, but the right is just fine and the left was fine right after I got it. I’m hoping the doctor will call back soon to tell me they got my order in….

Speaking of orders, I’m also expecting new Shoes for Crews shoes to show up any day now. They’re work shoes, but I’ll also be able to wear them other places since they’re black leather Chucks basically. Also, I ordered Settlers of Catan!!! From Amazon.com, which wasn’t the cheapest I could find, but for a brand new game and qualifying for free shipping, it was a pretty decent deal. Since the shipping was free, I don’t expect that one for another week….