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Friday, January 20, 2012

The Week Has Worn Me Down Like A Pencil

You will be EXTREMELY tired on the Monday, Wednesday and Friday
of EACH AND EVERY WEEK



Dig my horoscope for today:

Today, karen, you're probably feeling especially sexy and passionate. Don't be surprised if you find yourself browsing through catalogues with luxurious underwear or delicate fabrics! Erotic novels could also be very appealing to you. If you're currently involved, you'll probably want to spend the evening alone with your partner. If you aren't, don't be surprised if you pull in someone new! Either way, you'll probably attract admiring glances from strangers you pass on the street.

As freaking if.

Catalogues with luxurious underwear.  Pppffft.

I'm re-writing this thing, RIGHT NOW.

Tonight, karen, you're feeling exceptionally burnt out.  You will have reached your zenith of intolerance over children constantly shouting questions from other rooms.  You will employ a new rule over this that says 'if you want to talk to someone and he/she is in another room, you must actually GO to that room and ask her/him in person.'  


You probably were forced to go get groceries at a really retarded hour on a Friday night because you were out of MORE THAN ONE KEY ITEM, and if you plan to go bargain trolling through thrift stores with your sister tomorrow, you have no choice but to go to the heinous and evil Wal of Evil to get those groceries on a Friday night.  


You had an upset tummy all week, and yesterday you may have had a mild but nagging pain in your right side ALL DAY.  You concluded you had the following ailments:


1) a strangulated organ
2) ovarian cancer (duh, you always think that)
3) pancreatic cancer


No worries karen, it is probably just air bubbles caught in a mangled inner part of your body after they yanked out your gallbladder.

You have embarked on your 2 week PMS bloat, so your tummy is sticking out.  You'll feel a strong urge to just wear the same cream coloured cotton shirt and black yoga pants today, because--f*ck it--choosing new outfits every day is both pointless,tedious and exhausting.  



Tonight at dinner you were still nauseated by food, so you made fish sticks and broccoli for your daughter, and a tuna sandwich for yourself, because The Man was out of town.

Earlier in the week, there may have been a power outage in your area.  This may or may not have wiped out the last 2 messages from your MOTHER on your answering machine, left not long before she died, which you managed to keep on there for nearly 2 years.  



This will send you into a tailspin of bummer-dom

Take a break from those black yoga pants.  Yes, they are the most comfortable pants known to MAN, and yes, they're a nice break from your jeans, but every day is a little much, don't you think?  



Go outside and get some fresh air.  Laundry is a job, not an accomplishment.  



30 comments:

  1. long week, huh? me too. so very long. i didn't wear presentable pants or put on makeup all week.

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    1. I only wore the presentable pants when I had to go get the kids from school. And then I changed right back into the slobbolas when I got home.

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  2. Oh no! The answering machine thing made me get an actual tear in my eye. That sucks the big banana. I have a video of my Mum that I have never even been able to watch and she has been dead for 16.5 years. Now I'm sad again. Wow, what a whirlwind three minutes this has been.

    Helpful comment, huh?

    Sarah xxx

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    1. Sarah, that sucks about your Mum too. You were very young when she died! I thought I was too young at 38, and my sister, still 31!

      It was a helpful comment. Empathy is always a good thing!

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    2. We love you, Karen. . .wrapping you in huge hugs of love. . .and feel you, too - she would never leave you alone, a love promise, too.

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    3. thanks Christina, you lovable thing yourself, you!

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  3. Great horoscope. I don't think there is a problem wearing yoga pants everyday, jeans are not very comfortable. I heard on the radio there are some schools banning yoga pants in school. Too revealing, ah what about those cheerleader outfits.

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    1. Well Alaina, it's good you mention this so I can point out that MY yoga pants aren't revealing at all!!! Just freaking, freaking comfortable

      Yeah, the cheerleader outfits were a total skirt/panties fiasco.

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  4. Aw man, you had a long and crummy week! But hey, it's Saturday, I hope you are able to get outta the house and get some fresh air. And may you never, ever have to deal with the Wal of Evil on a Friday night again.

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    1. Oh Vesta, I'm sure I will, because Wal of Evil always has cheaper prices. Curse their oily souls.

      I did get fresh air today, so I'm feeling much less deflated! Thanks.

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  5. Shitty week, huh?
    My kids yell from the top to the bottom of the house too, and like you I have tried suggesting being in the same room before speaking, but you know what? They take no bloody notice.
    Food shopping - hate it. Any time.
    Upset stomach? Hate it.
    Being bloated? Hate it.
    Laundry? Hate it.
    Losing something precious? Hate it.
    What I LOVE is how you manage to write about all that crappy stuff and still make it funny. Wear your yoga pants if you want to, Karen! xxxxxxxxx

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    1. thanks Curtise. I'm glad you hate the YELLING FROM ONE END OF THE HOUSE TO THE OTHER too. It drives me INSANE.

      I'm wearing my jeans right now, and they are comfortable, but they are NOT in the same league as those black pants.

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  6. go buy yourself an erotic novel and some crown royal, and take a bit of a break.[walmart does not have either of these things, so you will be spared another trip.]

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    1. I DID find an erotic novel Paula! I will be blogging about it soon, I'm so excited. You are right about the good book and the drinkie. It will help me feel more womanish or something again :)

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  7. sigh - that is a crummy week. I hope the weekend treats you better, that you found some great bargins with your sister today and that you have yourself a crusty wife this evening. I have the rule about being in the room with the person you are talking to as well, only I am exempt from it of course. Like I'm actually going to drag my ass upstairs to tell the kids when dinner is ready.

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    1. Christy, that made me laugh--the part about yelling for dinner. Yes, you are CORRECT: we are exempt from that rule.

      I LOVE a crusty wife. In fact, I saved myself from BLAHNESS earlier in the week by enjoying 2 crusty wives and an episode of Californication.

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    2. i want a crusty wife! wait - what is it other than the obvious?

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    3. it's the drinky I invented MYSELF, Sherilinnie! Recipe is always under the giant, obnoxious cocktail on the right pane of the blog...
      2 parts amaretto
      splash Canadian Club whisky
      ice

      yummy

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  8. have you read diana gabaldons latest'the scottish prisioner' not an erotic novel, but it does have lots o' jamie fraser [sigh]in it,so you know it's gooood.

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    1. I haven't read it Paula, but I read the forward Gabaldon had written in the book, and it falls in the timeline right around Voyager. Does it come before Voyager? It must. I thought it was focused more on Lord John Grey, and I'm not soooo interested in him as the star of the novel.

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  9. ah karen so sorry you lost your mums messages. :(

    but I am glad to see you are your crusty self again. about your ailments: I concur on all of the above on a daily basis!

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    1. yeah, January is definitely bringing out the crust that I've been trying to keep at bay. EFF THAT, CRUSTINESS IS NEXT TO POWERFULNESS.

      Thanks though Melissa!

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  10. it is a lord john novel but it is about an adventure they go on together.the book takes place around the time of voyager,while jamie is still a groom at hellwater.even the first few lines are about jamie[and kind of erotic too]so i would highly recomend it.btw, the scottish prisoner refers to jamie, in case you did not guess.

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    1. Oh yeah, I figured it was all about Jamie--and there's a blog you might want to check out Paula, because it's ALL about Jamie love! That's how come I knew this book would mostly be about him. http://www.myoutlanderpurgatory.com/

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  11. Ah that sucks the big one about losing her messages! Sorry to hear that Karen :(
    Every Friday I am at Walmart for groceries and yet i work at a grocery store lol !!!!
    Just be happy you don't have to go to my job five days of the week! Now that sucks the big one!!!!!!

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    1. Pam, I seriously think of you all the time when I want to whine, because I hated serving the public SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO much when I worked at the casino. Oh yes, and I've seen how burnt out the poor Sobeys ladies are here!!

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    1. Laoch, what an awesome fantasy! Do I get to sit on a really over-the-top chair that sits WAY above everyone while I watch them work???

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  13. Sucks about he messages. :(

    I need some yoga pants...they seem like a good spring/summer transition from regular sweatpants. I like to be seasonally appropriate.

    Hope you have a better week. Ah, fuck it, I hope I have a better week too.

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    1. Better weeks for everyone! Hear hear!

      Yeah, it did bite big dicks about the messages. I'm not going to sugar coat it. That answering machine had been chirping out for 2 years that it had a "LOW BATTERY" every time I'd play back new messages. I ignored it. I knew the days were numbered.

      Yeah, those yoga pants are soo, soo, awesome. And not all super tight and revealing. I'm sad because they got wet on the bottom taking Jack to school this morning and now I have to wear my stupid stretch jeans.

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