Dear Blog,
I have neglected you. I'm sorry.
Love,
me
PS, I'll be back soon, but I just can't believe it's already November...
#123 Stairway to Mountain
11 years ago
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Another Year
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(Happy birthday to my dear Luis 表哥 too... wherever you are, I hope you're happy)
Sunday, June 29, 2014
聼話啦 PLEASE!!
媽媽們，我好累啦。 妳哋可唔可以聼話啲，等做子女嘅可以擔心少樣嘢呢？
做女嘅處處都為您着想，以您生活安息作大前題，但偏偏俾您看為針對丶阻礙。 當媳婦嘅三更半夜陪您入院坐到天光，您竟然怕麻煩同醫生隱瞞事實，令我同您個仔都好擔心丶失望。 做孫女嘅好心叫您運動多啲，飲多啲水。 您話冇精神，費事去廁所。 點知您轉個頭唔舒服，嘔都唔去睇醫生。 成日就EE鵝鵝話人睇都唔睇下您，電話都冇個。
妳哋明唔明如果妳哋乖啲啲，我哋可以擔心少啲啲，就可以徙多啲精神去啲有需要嘅地方。例如0係公司打仗或者簡單啲 - 搬屋呢？ 避到埋身啦!!!
I'm so sick and tired of all this BS. 媽媽們, 聼話啦, 好嗎?!?
做女嘅處處都為您着想，以您生活安息作大前題，但偏偏俾您看為針對丶阻礙。 當媳婦嘅三更半夜陪您入院坐到天光，您竟然怕麻煩同醫生隱瞞事實，令我同您個仔都好擔心丶失望。 做孫女嘅好心叫您運動多啲，飲多啲水。 您話冇精神，費事去廁所。 點知您轉個頭唔舒服，嘔都唔去睇醫生。 成日就EE鵝鵝話人睇都唔睇下您，電話都冇個。
妳哋明唔明如果妳哋乖啲啲，我哋可以擔心少啲啲，就可以徙多啲精神去啲有需要嘅地方。例如0係公司打仗或者簡單啲 - 搬屋呢？ 避到埋身啦!!!
I'm so sick and tired of all this BS. 媽媽們, 聼話啦, 好嗎?!?
Friday, June 27, 2014
Monday, June 23, 2014
Recent Accomplishment
I can proudly say that I have marked another accomplishment (albeit mini, but accomplishment nonetheless) off the 小芬's "handyman-ess" list (if you can even classify that as a word) aka "邊個話要靠男人" list. I have successfully changed the brake lights on my buggy! Okay, fine, retarded as it sounds and yes, it was extremely easy, but I did pay $12-15 to my mechanic each time I needed it changed for the last xx years, so for five bucks and ten minutes of my time, I saved $25 (bulbs come in two's).
Hey, what can I say? Between finding a place to temporarily stay for the next half year to fussing with the finishes for the townhome to dealing with idiotic morons at work, my life's been crazy to say the least. So a 10-minute achievement was enough to set a smile on my face and make my evening.
I'm not really looking forward to moving since I'm really missing my condo already but I know the two weeks will just fly right by. Sigh... Time to pack soon, but for now I really should sleep, haha.
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| For the record, this cost me $4.97 at Walmart |
I'm not really looking forward to moving since I'm really missing my condo already but I know the two weeks will just fly right by. Sigh... Time to pack soon, but for now I really should sleep, haha.
Friday, May 23, 2014
Homeless
Looking back at a post from January 2010, I can't help but chuckle a bit. Can't believe four years have past and I'm moving again. This time:
1 full week of cleaning and preparation
2 days on the market
3 offers to purchase
4 showings (only)
SOLD! for full asking price (THANKS AGAIN KAREN!!!)
However, I can't help but feel a little bittersweet. I thought I would miss Northtown a lot but I only miss it a little, that being my first ever condo. But here, I poured over blueprints, plans, did all the pricing and marketing, sales opening, office closing, assigned all the parking/lockers, chose all the finishes, watch the building get built, fussed over the problems, deficiencies and finally settled into the home I "put together" from start to finish. I love everything about this condo: view, size, bathrooms, ALL my finishes (my backsplash!!), appliances... but in another month, I'm going to leave this baby of mine. :'(
What I DON'T particularly like about this place is everything that happens outside of my four walls - how the building is run and basically, the people living here.
I know I must move on and constantly tell myself I can't stay here any longer. From an investment point of view it's leave now or leave never. Too many developments are under construction in this corridor and all the new stuff will make this building look like it was built in the 90's. Time to leave 小芬, time to leave...
Come July 7th, I will officially be homeless until the new TH is done. I thought I would luck out and rent the boss's son's unit short term but that's a no go. Now I have to quickly find a place (stress), finalize my damn colour chart for the TH (freaking stress ^ 27635162 as it already took 2 months and it's still not done), move twice (stress x2), then settle in finally and then go through the entire process again in a year (stress ^27635162 x2). WTH did I get myself into??
Dammit, I'm going to miss this place ...
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Sneak Peek
Just a little sneak peek at what I've been up to in the last week...
Ah..... so clean!!!!!!!
Wednesday, April 30, 2014
又一個月喇！
Wow. Based on my bucket list that I made almost a month ago, I've accomplished all of ...
I'm such a retard. This month has slowed down work-wise; the only major thing was a tedious 2.5 day conference that I had to work a few weeks ago and otherwise, just normal daily happenings. Hmm... so besides taking life one day at a time, nothing has really happened. Literally. LOL~
Then I started cleaning, then de-cluttering, then touch up painting, then cleaning some more, then income taxes -_-", and then guess what? More cleaning!! Now I can truly say: I - HATE - CLEANING!!!!!! I've cleaned so much that all my muscles hurt. Damnit! Honestly, I absolutely ADORE a clean and minimalist lifestyle. I get so happy walking into a clean and tidy home. Which means I really need to get rid of crap that I don't need. Like around 15 years of Food and Drink magazine?? They are so freaking heavy.
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CLM's been a funny guy lately. He's been very particular on certain things depending on his mood, which can change so quickly you won't know what hit you. Some popular quotes:
The cuteness continues to just before bedtime, when we do his nightly ritual:
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On another note, I think I've found my dream pair of shoes! I've been looking to replace my crummy, worn out, 14 year old pair of Nike Shox for the longest time but haven't been able to find anything that I liked. Mui sent me a link to Nike's custom Shox page and I custom-built the pair that I really want to have!! Totally didn't expect to be able to do something like this. Now I just have to order it.
Wow, just realized it's 4am. I think I'm going to sleep now ... more blogging later. Hopefully it's not 4 weeks later, lol~
zero items.
I'm such a retard. This month has slowed down work-wise; the only major thing was a tedious 2.5 day conference that I had to work a few weeks ago and otherwise, just normal daily happenings. Hmm... so besides taking life one day at a time, nothing has really happened. Literally. LOL~
Then I started cleaning, then de-cluttering, then touch up painting, then cleaning some more, then income taxes -_-", and then guess what? More cleaning!! Now I can truly say: I - HATE - CLEANING!!!!!! I've cleaned so much that all my muscles hurt. Damnit! Honestly, I absolutely ADORE a clean and minimalist lifestyle. I get so happy walking into a clean and tidy home. Which means I really need to get rid of crap that I don't need. Like around 15 years of Food and Drink magazine?? They are so freaking heavy.
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CLM's been a funny guy lately. He's been very particular on certain things depending on his mood, which can change so quickly you won't know what hit you. Some popular quotes:
- Cur Cur B 唔坐過0的唔俾0的位婆婆坐！
- Cur Cur B 唔同媽媽 "hihi" 唔錫淡媽媽！
- Cur Cur B 唔睬爹爹，睬婆婆！
- Cur Cur B 唔影相，第日冇相相睇！(and while he knows that, he still won't let me take photos of him)
The cuteness continues to just before bedtime, when we do his nightly ritual:
Me: Cur Cur B 今晚想聽咩歌呀？The order is obviously mixed up but CLM is very particular to have to listen to his “牙牙歌”, “打開蚊帳” and “大笨象會跳舞” while brushing his teeth, then he kisses my teddy bear good night and afterwards he gets his 奶奶 ja. What a little bugger, lol~~
Cur: 聽“牙牙歌” (刷牙歌)
Me: 跟住呢？
Cur: 跟住我0地聽“牙牙歌”， 之後覺覺豬，之後刷牙牙，之後換 penpen (diaper), 之後奶奶 ja!!!
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On another note, I think I've found my dream pair of shoes! I've been looking to replace my crummy, worn out, 14 year old pair of Nike Shox for the longest time but haven't been able to find anything that I liked. Mui sent me a link to Nike's custom Shox page and I custom-built the pair that I really want to have!! Totally didn't expect to be able to do something like this. Now I just have to order it.
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| My dream pair of Shox: Black Leather, purple accents. LOOOOOVE! |
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
I'm So Upset!
Haven't blogged in so long. Every time I come to my blog I'm feeling pissed, angry, upset, tired, a combination of the above or worst yet, all of the above. I figure, why document life when I'm upset? So I can remember the times I was angry? Well, I've come to realize that if I don't start somewhere, my blog will permanently be neglected. Now, where do I start...
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(post started March 12, 2014)
Sometimes I really wonder if I'm going to die of a heart attack or stroke. I'm always so uptight with so many things that send my blood pressure through the roof. Lately, there's been too many things that got on my nerves... so many, that it deserves an entire blog post devoted to it.
In no particular order:
Retail Stupidity
People who know me well know how much I hate dealing with half-brained people. I just can't tolerate stupidity, especially when said doorknobs are snobby/snooty. 話説 some idiot merchandiser at Target misprinted a few price labels (for two consecutive weeks, mind you. Tells you what kind of doorknobs Target hires) and someone took photos and posted them on RFD. Said labels gave people the opportunity to price match and effectively save $55 off the premier version of TurboTax, making it a whopping $15 only. Every year, I wait until SIG sells the standard version of TurboTax for $10 before buying it so for an extra $5, I decided it was worth my while to try PM-ing. After all, there were numerous success stories reported so what have I to lose?
Well.
Let me begin by saying I have never... ever... spent 2.5 hours doing a price match. EVER. Needless to say, I was pissed.
To make the really long story short, the rep at Best Buy was nice enough to try and score me the PM, while protecting his job at the same time (aka, doing his job properly) so he spent a good 15 minutes or so searching the retarded and crippled Target website for pricing info. That didn't work, since Target's website is retarded and crippled. I mentioned that already.
Phone Call 1 - Hillcrest Target
On hold for at least 45 minutes
Once someone picked up, he exclaimed that not a single Target in Canada carries the premier version of TurboTax (so they do in the US? It's Canadian tax software, duh?). Both the BB rep and I told him we have a picture of a Target price tag showing the product and price. Target guy says the label must belong to another store, not his. We ask what store it's for, he said Cloverdale. At this point, 1.5hrs.
Phone Call 2 - Cloverdale Target
On hold for 10 minutes (does anyone work at Target??)
BB rep asks for someone in electronics... on hold again (WTF)
Asks to confirm price and was told his store doesn't carry software. Period. Both the BB rep and I were doubtful. BB rep asks that he checks his system and magically, they carry it, but must be out of stock and cannot confirm price. Both BB rep and I are now very frustrated (more so me since it's way past dinnertime now). We ask that Target rep confirm price on tag and offered to fax him copy for reference. He declined. Asked him why he can't confirm price of a tag from his store. Here's the kicker: it's not his store. I just about fainted. Puts me on hold to check store number and comes back saying the store is in Ottawa. He's positive because he even called the store to confirm. Fine. 2hr mark.
I am royally pissed. BB rep needs to get to the bottom of this stupidity so he can use it in the store's future training. He feels sorry for me.
I feel sorry for me.
At this point, we've all determined that whoever printed the label put the wrong item description on with a price and barcode that belonged to the standard version. All the BB rep was looking for was an answer from a Target employee to say they'd honour the price so that he could proceed with giving me the discount.
Phone Call 3 - Ottawa Target
Doorknob 3 was the worst. He got into an argument with me. After the same schpeel for the third time in trying to establish the product in question, I asked whether they would honour their own error.
Me: If your store priced a product incorrectly, will you honour the price?
DK3: No.
Me: WHAT?!? What is your store policy?
DK3: No, we can't give you the price for something we don't carry.
Me: That's not what I'm asking. Let's say you priced a carton of milk incorrectly someone goes to pay and it scans differently. Are you going to honour that price?
DK3: No. Now you're being unreasonable and comparing apples to oranges.
.
.
.
After some further unnecessary exchange, doorknob 3 asked that the BB rep REPHRASE his question so that he can answer it so that he's "comparing apples to apples". I passed the phone over and the BB rep looked at me with a WTF expression, rephrased his question and finally got the answer I've been waiting for after 2.5 hours.
BB rep: Now how many copies of this do you want? You sure you don't need like 5 after all we've been through?
I lost 2.5 hours of my life that I'm never going to recover, just to pay for a program to effectively give more money to the government. Something doesn't even sound right. *shake my head
If I wasn't so busy at work (and exhausted) around the time of the incident I would have totally caused a stink with Target head office. Especially since the idiots at that store made the same mistake the following week and printed the same shelf tag.
目無法紀
I even get upset with things that do not directly relate to me. How am I going to survive the inevitable? There are inconsiderate people everywhere and I'm aware of that. I know I can't change the world either. Which makes me wonder why I get so worked up over other peoples' stupidity and inconsideration.
Purchaser called to complain he couldn't take his things out of a locker that's owned by someone else. Wut? So you used someone's locker without consent and you have the nerve to complain? Then he went ahead and cut off the lock to take his stuff back. Erm, can we say trespassing? I have no respect for these people. IDIOT.
Anti-Opinion-ers (aka Askholes)
I really hate it when time after time, I'm approached for an opinion in which I spend x amount of time to research an answer and the person does the exact opposite. I'm not naming names but this infamous person does it ALL THE TIME! 文生 asks me why I bother giving advice when I know the outcome is going to be the contrary. Sometimes I ask myself the same thing. Gotta stop being so 熱心. Always comes back to bite me in the ass.
Liars
Then there are the liars that call me periodically to complain and when I call out their lies they turn around and tell me I'm not high enough in the company to make decisions so I should let them talk to someone else. Then why freaking call me in the first place?
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I so need to vent. Unfortunately, it's 3am and I'm just rambling on and on. Might as well get this over with. That, or I stab myself with a fork again, LOL. Gotta release my frustrations somehow. Sigh.
March was just bad. I worked 3 openings, 3 weeks straight; 文生 has been sick for a month; he got CLM sick and he was throwing up, having fevers, coughing up cur jam everywhere, and didn't eat for 9 days; got mom sick; got me sick; got CLM sick again; and guess what? 文生's still sick. It's April 8th. FML.
There's so much I want/need to do but I just can't get my mind around to doing it, especially with a household full of sick people. My Roomba is not going to fix itself anytime soon, ya know... and when people say 禍不單行? They're right. The day I decide to roll down my window, happens to be a freaking cold one, and it decides not to roll back up. Same day, 文生's brilliant mom drives his car 20km... with... a... flat... tire. Six hundred dollars worth of repairs later...
Over a bottle of wine (or two), I'm going to have to eventually go down my bucket list and check some things off:
/rant
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(post started March 12, 2014)
Sometimes I really wonder if I'm going to die of a heart attack or stroke. I'm always so uptight with so many things that send my blood pressure through the roof. Lately, there's been too many things that got on my nerves... so many, that it deserves an entire blog post devoted to it.
In no particular order:
Retail Stupidity
People who know me well know how much I hate dealing with half-brained people. I just can't tolerate stupidity, especially when said doorknobs are snobby/snooty. 話説 some idiot merchandiser at Target misprinted a few price labels (for two consecutive weeks, mind you. Tells you what kind of doorknobs Target hires) and someone took photos and posted them on RFD. Said labels gave people the opportunity to price match and effectively save $55 off the premier version of TurboTax, making it a whopping $15 only. Every year, I wait until SIG sells the standard version of TurboTax for $10 before buying it so for an extra $5, I decided it was worth my while to try PM-ing. After all, there were numerous success stories reported so what have I to lose?
Well.
Let me begin by saying I have never... ever... spent 2.5 hours doing a price match. EVER. Needless to say, I was pissed.
To make the really long story short, the rep at Best Buy was nice enough to try and score me the PM, while protecting his job at the same time (aka, doing his job properly) so he spent a good 15 minutes or so searching the retarded and crippled Target website for pricing info. That didn't work, since Target's website is retarded and crippled. I mentioned that already.
Phone Call 1 - Hillcrest Target
On hold for at least 45 minutes
Once someone picked up, he exclaimed that not a single Target in Canada carries the premier version of TurboTax (so they do in the US? It's Canadian tax software, duh?). Both the BB rep and I told him we have a picture of a Target price tag showing the product and price. Target guy says the label must belong to another store, not his. We ask what store it's for, he said Cloverdale. At this point, 1.5hrs.
Phone Call 2 - Cloverdale Target
On hold for 10 minutes (does anyone work at Target??)
BB rep asks for someone in electronics... on hold again (WTF)
Asks to confirm price and was told his store doesn't carry software. Period. Both the BB rep and I were doubtful. BB rep asks that he checks his system and magically, they carry it, but must be out of stock and cannot confirm price. Both BB rep and I are now very frustrated (more so me since it's way past dinnertime now). We ask that Target rep confirm price on tag and offered to fax him copy for reference. He declined. Asked him why he can't confirm price of a tag from his store. Here's the kicker: it's not his store. I just about fainted. Puts me on hold to check store number and comes back saying the store is in Ottawa. He's positive because he even called the store to confirm. Fine. 2hr mark.
I am royally pissed. BB rep needs to get to the bottom of this stupidity so he can use it in the store's future training. He feels sorry for me.
I feel sorry for me.
At this point, we've all determined that whoever printed the label put the wrong item description on with a price and barcode that belonged to the standard version. All the BB rep was looking for was an answer from a Target employee to say they'd honour the price so that he could proceed with giving me the discount.
Phone Call 3 - Ottawa Target
Doorknob 3 was the worst. He got into an argument with me. After the same schpeel for the third time in trying to establish the product in question, I asked whether they would honour their own error.
Me: If your store priced a product incorrectly, will you honour the price?
DK3: No.
Me: WHAT?!? What is your store policy?
DK3: No, we can't give you the price for something we don't carry.
Me: That's not what I'm asking. Let's say you priced a carton of milk incorrectly someone goes to pay and it scans differently. Are you going to honour that price?
DK3: No. Now you're being unreasonable and comparing apples to oranges.
.
.
.
After some further unnecessary exchange, doorknob 3 asked that the BB rep REPHRASE his question so that he can answer it so that he's "comparing apples to apples". I passed the phone over and the BB rep looked at me with a WTF expression, rephrased his question and finally got the answer I've been waiting for after 2.5 hours.
BB rep: Now how many copies of this do you want? You sure you don't need like 5 after all we've been through?
I lost 2.5 hours of my life that I'm never going to recover, just to pay for a program to effectively give more money to the government. Something doesn't even sound right. *shake my head
If I wasn't so busy at work (and exhausted) around the time of the incident I would have totally caused a stink with Target head office. Especially since the idiots at that store made the same mistake the following week and printed the same shelf tag.
目無法紀
I even get upset with things that do not directly relate to me. How am I going to survive the inevitable? There are inconsiderate people everywhere and I'm aware of that. I know I can't change the world either. Which makes me wonder why I get so worked up over other peoples' stupidity and inconsideration.
Purchaser called to complain he couldn't take his things out of a locker that's owned by someone else. Wut? So you used someone's locker without consent and you have the nerve to complain? Then he went ahead and cut off the lock to take his stuff back. Erm, can we say trespassing? I have no respect for these people. IDIOT.
Anti-Opinion-ers (aka Askholes)
I really hate it when time after time, I'm approached for an opinion in which I spend x amount of time to research an answer and the person does the exact opposite. I'm not naming names but this infamous person does it ALL THE TIME! 文生 asks me why I bother giving advice when I know the outcome is going to be the contrary. Sometimes I ask myself the same thing. Gotta stop being so 熱心. Always comes back to bite me in the ass.
Liars
Then there are the liars that call me periodically to complain and when I call out their lies they turn around and tell me I'm not high enough in the company to make decisions so I should let them talk to someone else. Then why freaking call me in the first place?
**********
I so need to vent. Unfortunately, it's 3am and I'm just rambling on and on. Might as well get this over with. That, or I stab myself with a fork again, LOL. Gotta release my frustrations somehow. Sigh.
March was just bad. I worked 3 openings, 3 weeks straight; 文生 has been sick for a month; he got CLM sick and he was throwing up, having fevers, coughing up cur jam everywhere, and didn't eat for 9 days; got mom sick; got me sick; got CLM sick again; and guess what? 文生's still sick. It's April 8th. FML.
There's so much I want/need to do but I just can't get my mind around to doing it, especially with a household full of sick people. My Roomba is not going to fix itself anytime soon, ya know... and when people say 禍不單行? They're right. The day I decide to roll down my window, happens to be a freaking cold one, and it decides not to roll back up. Same day, 文生's brilliant mom drives his car 20km... with... a... flat... tire. Six hundred dollars worth of repairs later...
Over a bottle of wine (or two), I'm going to have to eventually go down my bucket list and check some things off:
- Service my poor roomba
- Catch up with CLM's pic-a-day as I'm a full month behind :(
- Finish my jumping clay terracotta warrior
- Start and catch up with P365-2014 (don't think this will ever happen)
- Finish blogging HK/TW 2013 - down to the last 3 days
- Bake something, anything
- Go on vacation
- Catch up with blogging - so many things I should be writing about, yet I chose to complain :(
- Take my poor buggy in for a long overdue oil change
/rant
Monday, February 17, 2014
MIA Again?!?
Yes! I'm MIA again...
December was a whirlwind of cold weather, storms, lost power, parties, food, baking marathons, CLM milestones, Jumping Clay and general Christmassy things that I need to catch up documenting.
January went just as quickly as it came with more cold weather, post holiday syndrome, UV2 office moving, CNY celebrations and promos that lapsed into February. CLM turned TWO! and OMG, he's now a "pre-schooler" and no longer a "toddler". Where the heck did the time go?!? Made myself a "new year resolution" of going to sleep before midnight.
February is half over with more work related busies, UV2 catered radio remotes, working seven days a week, three new sites opening up before the end of the month, 太上文生's visit, and more CLM funnies.
Once again, I find myself falling behind on P365. Of course, sleeping earlier means less time to scrap. I told myself I'm only doing two layouts per month but guess what? I'm three layouts behind (ie, I haven't started). Sigh........
Up ahead: tax season, more non-stop working, finish Jumping Clay project that I started a month ago, SCRAP SCRAP SCRAP, service the Roomba (again), maybe a DIY project if I feel like it, stick to my new year resolution...
Off to bed. Now.
December was a whirlwind of cold weather, storms, lost power, parties, food, baking marathons, CLM milestones, Jumping Clay and general Christmassy things that I need to catch up documenting.
January went just as quickly as it came with more cold weather, post holiday syndrome, UV2 office moving, CNY celebrations and promos that lapsed into February. CLM turned TWO! and OMG, he's now a "pre-schooler" and no longer a "toddler". Where the heck did the time go?!? Made myself a "new year resolution" of going to sleep before midnight.
February is half over with more work related busies, UV2 catered radio remotes, working seven days a week, three new sites opening up before the end of the month, 太上文生's visit, and more CLM funnies.
Once again, I find myself falling behind on P365. Of course, sleeping earlier means less time to scrap. I told myself I'm only doing two layouts per month but guess what? I'm three layouts behind (ie, I haven't started). Sigh........
Up ahead: tax season, more non-stop working, finish Jumping Clay project that I started a month ago, SCRAP SCRAP SCRAP, service the Roomba (again), maybe a DIY project if I feel like it, stick to my new year resolution...
Off to bed. Now.
Friday, January 3, 2014
凍凍凍!
What a great way to start the new year:
... not.
I've been having dire trouble falling asleep because my feet are so cold. The thermostat's turned to 26C (never gets there) and it's still freezing. CLM has 4 layers on plus a sleep sack and another blanket so he's fine and toasty. I have my duckie duvet, another blanket AND a human beside me and I can't seem to get warm.
Winter sucks.
Rant over.
... not.
I've been having dire trouble falling asleep because my feet are so cold. The thermostat's turned to 26C (never gets there) and it's still freezing. CLM has 4 layers on plus a sleep sack and another blanket so he's fine and toasty. I have my duckie duvet, another blanket AND a human beside me and I can't seem to get warm.
Winter sucks.
Rant over.
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