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By Kristabella | June 30, 2008
First off, I cannot thank all of you enough for all your comments on my last post. It is times like that when you reach out to the interweb and get a big collective hug that remind me why I enjoy doing this. Because of all the friends I’ve made that I may not have ever met in person, but that I feel collectively have my back when need be. You guys rock!
So I didn’t post on Sunday night. I usually always post on Sunday nights, only because I have no excuse to not post and because it is a good way to start the week off. But I think the way I’m handling this whole losing my job thing is by sleeping. I took a two-hour nap on Sunday afternoon, woke up at 6:45 and decided I was tired enough to go right back to bed. So I brushed my teeth and took out my contacts and hunkered down for a good 10 hours of sleep. Going to bed before 8 PM I was convinced I’d wake up at 3 AM and be wide awake. I figured I’d blog then. And make my lunch. And do all the things I didn’t do Sunday night.
I slept until the alarm went off at 6 AM.
Not that I had a shitload to write about anyway. I got laid off at work. That was pretty much the highlight of my weekend. It’s funny how I had all these posts to write, all these ideas in my head and when a bombshell like that is dropped, you kind of forget aboout all that other stuff. And sleep, apparently.
I spent the weekend at my brother’s house, hanging out with him and my sister-in-law and my niece and nephew. It was the perfect way to spend a weekend and just what I needed. I drank beer and ate pizza and played with Noah and Skyler. After dinner the neighbors had a bonfire and we sat outside and drank more beer, until the mosquitoes ate OUR FACES. So we went inside and drank more beer. Just what I needed.
I did get to see my nephew in his second to last T-ball game. Which means I got to try out my new camera. Not too shabby, huh?
I’m so glad he got a good team to play for, and not the Cardinals or something.
And this was the shirt I wore all day!
And we can’t forget my favorite niece.
Who CLEARLY takes after her Auntie.
You can see the rest of the photos here.
And the tonight, my mom and I headed down to The Taste of Chicago because cast members from the Broadway in Chicago shows were performing tonight. Which means that our favorite boys from Jersey were performing at the show! And! Jarrod Spector, who is the main Frankie Valli, performed tonight. Which made me squee with glee like a school girl!
We were way far away, but I zoomed to try and get him. And just looking at this photo makes my heart got a-flutter. And made my mom and I decide we HAVE to go see it again. I love it THAT. MUCH.
That’s my fake Frankie Valli in the red shirt on the left. And Fake Frankie Valli, if you’re reading, I may or may not start stalking you and your lovely falsetto. You’ve been warned.
And then I sat behind a hot guy on the train home and almost licked his neck. One, because I thought “hmmm, this will be good blog material” and two, he was yummy. But then the train was kind of full and well, I had a few beers at the Taste, but not that many.
And now it is time for bed. Because almost-jobless Kristabella = sleepy Kristabella. I’m sure my therapist is going to love this.
Topics: A Day in the Life of Me, I Has Culture |
July 1st, 2008 at 12:04 am
That picture of you & your nephew is SO cute! Love it! I’m glad you got to see your Frankie Valli! You should do a Facebook (are you on there? If you are, add me to your list, woman!) search and if you find him, start stalking him there…!
Glad you had a good weekend and that Bacon’s meat face got some good P.R.
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July 1st, 2008 at 12:05 am
OOooh… I forgot to mention this: The neck licking? Totally something that I’d be tempted to do. Great, sick, twisted minds think alike.
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July 1st, 2008 at 7:20 am
I just think your body knows it needs to rest NOW, because there won’t be much sleeping going on in SF
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July 1st, 2008 at 7:50 am
I’ve been singing & humming Jersey Boys…I mean Four Seasons…songs since we saw the play last month. And YES…I want to see it again!!!!!!
Lick his neck? Reminds me of “he licked the phone”.
July 1st, 2008 at 7:53 am
Yeah, seriously: next time, lick the neck!
Kidding. I don’t want to you to be arrested and then be known in Chicago as “that licking girl”.
July 1st, 2008 at 7:54 am
Lick his neck - Ahhhhhahahahaha crackin me up
July 1st, 2008 at 9:15 am
Your niece and nephew are cuties. The Cubs rock. And I would love to see the Jersey Boys. But my oldest wants to see Wierd Al….so Wierd Al it is.
And I double dog dare you to lick his neck if you see him again.
July 1st, 2008 at 9:57 am
cute pics. Glad you’re enjoying the camera and family at least.
=)
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July 1st, 2008 at 10:06 am
Sleeping is a good thing. It’s totally underrated.
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July 1st, 2008 at 10:11 am
So glad the weekend was fun. I’m even more glad you didn’t drop your niece on her head or anything. Not that you’d do something like that…
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July 1st, 2008 at 10:43 am
Those are some darn cute kiddies there. And it’s just as well that you didn’t post on Sunday. I almost never read weekend posts, anywhere. It’s just a thing that I do, I need a break from the computer.
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July 1st, 2008 at 10:49 am
I know how it feels to loose your job. The sleeping is a grief process, it is natural unlike my “lay on the couch and eat everything all day without moving an inch over the course of several weeks” coping routine.
I know this is probably the last thing you want to hear but perhaps not working is better for you. I know when I lost my job I was all panicked about money and felt like a looser but really working was just a load of unnecessary stress that was eating up my “happy time” in life.
I am still unemployed and I am the happiest I have ever been! It is nice to be able to enjoy the little things in life and to enjoy each day as opposed to rushing off to a job just to pay the bills.
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July 1st, 2008 at 10:50 am
I can’t believe you got laid off! That’s awful!
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July 1st, 2008 at 11:31 am
It sounds like a relaxing weekend to me! After all my work crap last week, I slept for HOURS on Saturday and now I feel like a new woman!
Seriously, I only woke up to go drink a margarita!
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July 1st, 2008 at 11:42 am
Well, now we know who to blame when you niece is in rehab at age 10. Hopefully she turns out like Drew Barrymore and will actually thank you for it later.
Tell your therapist you kept dreamed about her except, in the dream, she didn’t call you ‘honey’. Let her analyze that!
Your shirt! OMG! Did anyone say anything to you about it??
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July 1st, 2008 at 11:54 am
Oh noes - I’ve gotten behind on my reading again and therefore missed the layoff story. Am off to read it now, but first: dude, I am sorry. I hope they give you a nice severance package and that you find a job super-fast.
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July 1st, 2008 at 12:14 pm
Frame that picture of you and Noah! Adorable.
Also, sleep—I swear—is how our body takes care of us. Whenever ANYTHING remotely life-altering happens, I sleep through it.
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July 1st, 2008 at 12:32 pm
i’m with SLP - my body totally deals with crap by putting me to sleep. not that i’m complaining: it’s WAY better than having crap happen AND having insomnia so you have loooads of time to think about it. i’d much rather be passed out.
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July 1st, 2008 at 1:54 pm
Your body is incapable of sleep if it’s unneeded (minus alcohol and pills, aka Happy Meal) so you obviously needed to cah-rash. Looks like you had a pretty fantastic weekend with the kidlets. Love the picture of you and your nephew!
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July 1st, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Sleep is the closest we can get to heaven…
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July 1st, 2008 at 3:10 pm
Cute pics!!
There is totally a recovery process from a lay-off. It takes a while. Fortunately for you, you get to see fabulous people in 16 DAYS!
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July 1st, 2008 at 7:38 pm
I do think our bodies go into some sort of protection mode with sleep. Perhaps they know what we can handle and if it’s too much we just sleep? Either way glad your family was there for the weekend. Happy family makes everything better.
July 1st, 2008 at 8:28 pm
Well, sweetie, that face doesn’t look at all eaten by mosquitoes. XX
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July 2nd, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Hey KB! Glad that you went and just hung out with family for a day; and had such a good time. Good for you! Do some more of that!
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July 6th, 2008 at 4:23 pm
little boys playing baseball is pretty much the cutest thing eva!