Green Room, Week 18, Day 1

[kithan.livejournal.com]

Good morning campers!

I'm working from home today.  The time change messed with me a little too much, methinks.  Or maybe it was too much fun in a certain chat...

So how are you all adjusting to the time change?  Or the 2-3 feet of new snow you have on the ground, depending on where you are.  :-)

Comments

[angstzeit.livejournal.com]

It's the least productive day of the year!

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

It doesn't make sense to do this any more!

[jennieknits.livejournal.com]

Adjusting to the time change wasn't too big of a deal, though it did suck getting up when it was dark after being used to waking up to the light.

Getting up this morning was terrible though. I had my first horseback riding lesson in months yesterday and I'm SORE! I can't wait to get to the point where it doesn't bother me at all again.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

That might take a bit just FYI. I rode as a kid and then came back to it as an adult and wondered if I would ever be able to ride without pain. I hope your luck is better than mine on this.

[tryslora]

Ohhh my brain is so very stuck in the old time. I was totally asleep while driving the kids to school this morning because my brain was insisting it was 6:30am!

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Yep. I was very lucky this morning that my wonderful husband got up and dealt with the kids for me.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

I hate: loath: detest daylight saving time. But my body is on a standard time bio-rhythm so this really plays havoc with it. I come by that honestly because my maternal grandfather who was a farmer/foundry worker hated it too.

[desert-rose.livejournal.com]

This is the first year in many that I'm going to have to adjust when we put our clocks back in a month.

Where I lived is like Arizona, but maybe not as hot. The cows apparently didn't like that extra hour of daylight, so we never got daylight savings. *grins*

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

I heard about that chat. I also heard I left just a scant bit too early.

Heh.

I am fighting off either a really bad head allergy or the start of a nasty cold, I can't tell which yet. *sniff sniff*

I have some chores to do which I put off all weekend, and I think I have one clock left to fix. I also plan to go for a walk later, if the wind stops howling.

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

Gosh Darnit! Someone figure out how to get me into this chat! *grin*

I have all the analogue wall clocks to go which involved ladders

[lacombe.livejournal.com]

I have a 15-page research paper due tomorrow after work. I'm getting home tonight at about 10pm.

I'VE WRITTEN ONE PAGE. ONE. PAGE.

I IS AM IDIOT.

:-/

[puppetmaker40.livejournal.com]

But I assume you have your research is done? Papers are a pain but I believe you can do it.

[libra-dragon.livejournal.com]

Yesterday it through me off and the day felt like it was here and gone.

UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

Without making them all pretty, these are C&P from my spreadsheet:

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p9AwKN_3BcqBqXj6SUphULw

1     gnomeangel + twirlandswirl    148
2     adpaz + puppetmaker40    129
3     kittenboo + monkeysugarmama    126
4     porcelain72 + tulip_in_yellow    125
5     ewok_626 + rosepurr    123
6     baxaphobia + imafarmgirl    120
7     chite + kathrynrose    120
8     fidgety + gonadsandstrife    120
9     suesniffsglue + superhappytime    119
10    amenquohi + lisasali    116
11    minikin + roina_arwen    116
12    chazari + elva_undine    115
13    az_starshine + wildcatwrites    115
14    lilmissmagic71 + tryslora    114
15    xo_kizzy_xo + n_decisive    114
16    ladyozma + sircaliban    113
17    jennielynn1127 + spydielives    112
18    golden_sands + moonlightmuse    111
19    angstzeit + mme_furiosa    109
20    laurelian + walkertxkitty    105
21    lilerthkwake + unsold_capacity    104
22    boundfate + browneyedgirl65    103

Re: UNOFFICIAL RESULTS

[lacombe.livejournal.com]

Crap, but it's neck and neck!

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

We went up the street to Ye Olde Watering Hole for dinner last night. Maybe it was because it was still light out when we got there, I don't know, but it was after 10PM when we left. We NEVER stay that long.

Then it occurred to me when we returned home that it was the Daylight Savings shift -- i.e., we'd left around 9PM, our usual latest time.

I find that I have to force myself to go to bed because I'm just not tired when the magic hour arrives. It takes my body and bio clock a good 2-3 weeks to straighten itself out. Meanwhile I'll try not to be cranky.

[chazari.livejournal.com]

mumble mumble mumble *yawn* mumble mumble mumble

[porcelain72.livejournal.com]

Haven't been in the best frame of mind the past couple of days, sry to say. Hopefully this week will improve.

[kittenboo.livejournal.com]

that's how i was feeling yesterday.

*hugs*

hope things get better for you

[minikin.livejournal.com]

Morning!!!

I woke up with little difficulty this morning, although I'm beginning to think French Toast breakfast is code word for "stumbled into the kitchen late and bleary eyed." :)

I've already combine two spreadsheets (with multiple tabs), and showered - totally blowing the concept of baking soda scrub, I think. Tomorrow morning: more BS, less water.

Our snow is still thick in the shady bits of the yard, but bright green grass is showing through in the sunny parts.

On to house-cleaning day!
(Once I put a load of laundry in the washer, I can finished reading/voting.)

[xo-kizzy-xo.livejournal.com]

Ooh, you just reminded me that I left yesterday's wash in the dryer!

*runs downstairs to check*

[browneyedgirl65.livejournal.com]

On the time change? Just call me the brown eyed bear GRRRRRRR. It's dark in the morning. GRRRRRRRRRR....

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

That is what Blues said this morning.

[kittenboo.livejournal.com]

man the standings change so much from day to day! and they are all so close!

in other news i am completely caught up on LOST, yay! and saw the preview for the PBS documentary CARRIER, which looks amazing!

[lilerthkwake.livejournal.com]

No snow here in Virginia Beach, tho the temp is a little lower than I'd prefer. I know, I know, highs in the mid-fifties probably sound like heaven to those of you buried in snow!

I'm going to take my Powerbook in for service today. It'll be a minimum of $100 just to find out what's wrong with it, but if it's just the hard drive (which is the nearly unanimous non-technical opinion of everyone I've discussed the issue with) then getting a new one installed shouldn't cost too much. I probably won't bother paying for data recovery because I've backed up the most important stuff (novel, short stories, school files, and software packages). I will mourn the loss of thousands of mp3s, however.

After I get my computer fixed, I'm going to finally do something I've been talking about FOR.EV.ER: Start my own writer's website. YAAAAAY!

The time change didn't mess me up as much as my irresponsibility with the clocks. Some got changed, many didn't, so I was confused all day yesterday and this morning!

[jennieknits.livejournal.com]

John came into my office last night after dinner and asked me if it was really 8:00. I told him yes. He hadn't changed any clocks, so he was pretty confused.

Then I went into the kitchen to do a little baking, so I reset the microwave and the stove. When he came downstairs he freaked out for a second and then asked if I'd set the clocks or if he killed another hour that quickly. I was amused.

[kathrynrose.livejournal.com]

May I have my hour back, please?

[lilerthkwake.livejournal.com]

While we're at it, can I have another weekend, too?

[fidget]

Well, I'm home because my hours at work got cut.

HOWEVER, I just got a call from Children's Hospital. I have an interview with them on Monday. Let the nervousness begin! I really want this job!

[angstzeit.livejournal.com]

Congratulations!

[worldofcharlie.livejournal.com]

*looks at the various bruises on my body*...

Not only we're not adjusting to the time change - we're adjusting to a new place and still trying to bloody clean the fucking crud out of the old one.

Fuck it was dirty...

sorry...

*needs caffeine or something*

I think I used too many four letter words this morning.

On a good note: starting a new job next week (hoping I can't even find the paperwork to fax out to them). It's not really a new job -- it's an old job from 1 1/2 yrs ago -- got it back because the asshole I couldn't stand left and is never coming back...

Just glad no workie this week...

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the new job (or re-upping the old job) and finally being into your new place.

[taybar19.livejournal.com]

As of 11am: (Not accurate because votes are changing as we speak)

gnomeangel - twirlandswirl	156
adpaz - puppetmaker40	        131
suesniffsglue - superhappytime	129
kittenboo - monkeysugarmama	128
porcelain72 - tulip_in_yellow	127
ewok_626 - rosepurr	        126
jennielynn1127 - spydielives	125
baxaphobia - imafarmgirl	124
n_decisive - xo_kizzy_xo	123
chite - kathrynrose	        121
fidgety - gonadsandstrife	121
lilmissmagic71 - tryslora	121
minikin - roina_arwen	        121
az_starshine - wildcatwrites	119
amenquohi - lisasali	        118
chazari - elva_undine	        118
laurelian - walkertxkitty	116
golden_sands - moonlightmuse	115
ladyozma - sircaliban	        115
lilerthkwake - unsold_capacity	115
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angstzeit - mme_furiosa	        112
boundfate - browneyedgirl65	108

[lacombe.livejournal.com]

Thanks for doing this!

Congressional time sucks

[ladyozma.livejournal.com]

BOYCOTT IT!!!

[uawildcatgrl.livejournal.com]

There is no time change in Arizona...so my inner clock is working just fine! (oh...and it's been in the 70's so no snow either!) :D

[elva-undine.livejournal.com]

I think that the time we're on *now* should be the standard time. NO more falling back and springing ahead, just plain old TIME.

FOOD!

[spydielives.livejournal.com]

I noticed no one put out a spread.

It is a little chilly here today; although the sun is shining brightly the wind sounds like it is howling in the alley between the buildings.

I am in a soup mood, so I have homemade matzoh ball soup with fresh chicken stock, some latkes, applesauce and sour cream on the side, and nice fresh challah.

*Sets out bowls, small plates, and silver*

Re: FOOD!

[lacombe.livejournal.com]

I GOT YOUR SOUP RIGHT HERE!

[chite.livejournal.com]

If I had realized that today was the Monday after DST I would not have made a 9:00 chiropractor appointment.

I could not get up for anything, until my husband came in with coffee. Bless him. Then, I couldn't get my kid to wake up. It was really freaky. He finally woke up while I was changing his diaper. No kidding.

My head is really not with it though. I got to the chiropractor's office, put keys in pocket, got kid out of the car and into the stroller and went to lock the car, only to find that I had no keys. Not in pocket. I went nuts trying to find them, and kept trying to call the husband or the best friend, either of whom could have talked me through finding them, but neither answered their phones. So, I had a little breakdown right there in the parking lot because I was tired and my kid was being a crank, and I couldn't find my damned keys, and I had to have them because I JUST got out of the car. And then some heavily bronzed woman in an Escalade came over and told me that I needed professional help if all this was over keys.

Seriously. I thought she was going to turn me in to the crazy police. She followed me IN TO THE chiropractor's office. Thank goodness I calmed down quickly.

So that was my morning.

[unsold-capacity.livejournal.com]

How to not lose an hour of sleep when daylight savings time changes:

1. Have nothing planned on Sunday
2. Decide to go to sleep at 4:00am
3. Stay up (preferably with friends) past the 2am->3am mark, and note that it is suddenly later than you thought it was
4. Go to bed at 4:00am DST
5. Sleep until rested

The point is to trick yourself into believing you would've stayed up until 4am standard time, so you don't *really* lose an hour of sleep

[kittenboo.livejournal.com]

hehe that's a interesting plan!