EY's Rants and Raves

I feel horrid. Have for a few days. Sinuses are finally calming down, headache is mostly gone, but I'm still drained, physically and mentally. My brain is also running at half power. What I really want to do is crawl under the covers and not come out. I don't have a fever, I'm not actually "sick", I just have the blahs. Today is our group exercise event and I don't want to go. Mostly because of the blahs, some because it interrupts my football and the other things I need to do today.

Do I NEED to exercise? Yes. Would it do me some good to be outside on a beautiful day? Absolutely. Would the company of my best friends help lift my spirits? Quite possibly. I should look forward to this. Last week, our walk on the Big Dam Bridge was fun. Today, I am surly about "having" to do something. I'm starting to annoy myself. I guess I should look in the mirror and say "Snap out of it dammit!"

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Volunteered to help at a community function about a month ago. Had no idea that I'd have a VERY busy week the week before the event. If I weren't bringing anything, I'd skip it. However, I'm bringing a snack and part of what will be needed for lunch. I was so tired today after work that I nearly fell asleep on the way home. When I did home, I took a small nap in the car before I went into the house. Couldn't even get out of the car without a snooze. I've been busy making cookies for tomorrow and haven't really sat down much since I got in. Now that I do, I am absolutely drained.

I think I may well drop things off in the am, come back and go back to bed.

I'm calling shenanigans. It's a drastic step, I realize, but must be done. Every year, I purchase Boo Berry cereal around Halloween. This year, I look for it in some of my favorite stores. Three, so far. No Boo Berry. No Monster Cereal whatsoever.

There are some who believe that I don't "need" Boo Berry cereal. To them, I say 'If I hear those vile words again, I will kick you straight out of bed'. It's not like I'm going to sit down and eat a box in one day. Heck, I'm not eating the marshmallows.

I will check 2 more stores and then, it's time to grab the broomsticks.

I've heard the old wive's tale "pluck out a gray hair and 10 more come up in it's place". PATENTLY UNTRUE! Before I got braces, I plucked at my head vigilantly and it didn't take much effort to keep the grays at bay. Then, once braced, to offset the fact that I looked 12, I let the grays roam free. Roam they did and multiplied like frakking rabbits. I may never get all these damn things plucked.

VOTE. For all that is good and right vote. Don't care who you vote for. Write in the bass player of your favorite band (especially if his fun and crafty wife would make a good Veep) if you choose, but vote.

If you get an email purporting to know some secret truth about a candidate, put your critical thinking hat on. Go to snopes.com, about.urbanlegends.com or google and try to see if there is some smidgen of truth to it. Keep the critical thinking hat on. You'll be one of the few people you know wearing one.

VOTE. For someone's position on the issues. Not because of an opponent's skin color, skin cancer or how much you want to see of the Veep's skin (unless, of course, you're voting for the bass player of your favorite band).

My office is a disaster. The one at home AND the one at work. I'm not inclined to do much about either.

If you're the one football fan who reads this.....did you think the Jints were totally flat last night? Matt Cassell's Pats could have beat that team. Consistency, gentlemen.

FB II: Really Mr. A. Jones? Was the understanding of "zero-tolerance" for your antics somehow confusing? Mr. J. Jones? You not understand the meaning of "zero-tolerance" either? With your "let the spoiled brat egos come to me all who are weary of treating this team game like a TEAM GAME". Are you the second coming of Al Davis? You might want to take a look at how that's turning out these days.

How many of you* would have said 6 weeks ago that Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Arizona would be leading their divisions? That Tennessee would be undefeated? That the worst team in the NFC East would have the same record as the NFC North leader?

Unpredictability, games won in the last 30 seconds, teams who "aren't supposed to win" suddenly winning, teams who "aren't supposed to lose" losing. That makes it fun.


Confidential to NFL Offensive Coordinators--don't spend too much time on the "Wildcat" play. Teams figure it out pretty quick and then you just look like an idiot. Just ask Houston Nutt who ran the "wild hog" so many times teams defended it every play.


*Yes, I know that a very small number of people who read my blog are also football fans. Like, maybe 1.

will hopefully keep me motivated to do good things for my health. Weigh in was tonight and I was pleasantly surprised. I'd feared things would not be good, but I've only gained 2.5 lbs since the last time I stepped on a scale back on August. The braces are helping, I'm sure, but they come off Friday (YEAH!) On the up side, I'll be able to eat apples, a good healthy snack, once they're off. We're all very excited, we have activities planned and have a lot of accountability in our group.

Tomorrow's lunch of veggie chili and turnips will be a step in the right direction. I'm hoping that I can help some of our folks who "don't eat anything green" learn that vegetables can be good tasting as well as good for you. There is one person in particular who I'd like to see try a few more things. She has been trying to be open-minded and I'm very proud of her for that. She hasn't liked a couple of things she's tried, but that's OK. No one has to like everything. In fact, a veggie she likes is one I can't stand.

Here's to the next six months!

To Antwaan Randle El: The football is not a live ferret. Please stop acting like it is. It's just as safe to catch as it is to throw.

Brain dead. And it's only Wednesday. But already I'm eyes-crossed, head hurts, brain hurts and just about gone.

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