curious-me's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Win - Place - or Show....so many options I am all over the map today - emotion wise. Ugh. I could live without days like these thank you very much. Everything is just too 'extreme'. Okay that's a little melodramatic but let's just chalk that sentence up to feeling 'too emotional'. Whew this is gonna be an interesting entry. So last night I went to 'the races'. It was actually a lot of fun. It started off with dinner at C's (she ordered in chinese - de-lish), then we had a wicked b-day cake -although sadly I was too full to eat my whole piece :( After that it was present time and wow I must admit for just a few people I got some awesome gifts! From T I got a cooler/table for camping as well as a hair straightner (I've been talking about getting one forever). She also bought these very cute bottle covers (for beers, coolers etc) they're little t-shirts with the cutest prints on them - totally up my alley. From C I got a little relaxation package - magazines, hand lotion, body lotion, chocolate and an awesome linen candle. My hubby surprised me cause I kiddingly told him that I should get 3 presents (one at last night's party, one on my actual b-day and one at my family party the day after). Well he actually got me a gift this time anyway (not sure about the next 2 times!) but he said that he hoped I liked the gift cause he wasn't sure if I would. I love it. It's a Shots and Ladders Game set. As in snakes and ladders. It's awesome. It also came with a bottle of sour puss liquor which I love. I so cannot wait to play that bad boy. I didn't last night for 2 reasons 1) so full! 2) we had to leave to go to the races. The races. Wow we were so out of our element. None of us have ever done it before so there we stood at the kiosk having this girl explain everything to us. But woo by the end of the night we were pro's! We only bet on the first couple of races (none of us won) and then we went into the casino area (the damn hubby got carded again!!!). T's man was the only one who was winning so after a while we all headed back to the horses again and this time C and the hubby won some moola (just under $30 but to us it was like winning the lottery - we were all so excited!). I won once too but since it was 'to place' and not 'to win' it was only a couple of dollars - but still it felt good to win. The lowest bet to place was $2 and that was the one time I bet that low. The first two times I bet were courtesy of the racetrack (b-day thing) and C gave me $5 to bet in her card. It doesn't hurt so bad losing other people's money! After some more races we decided to go back into the casino again and this time I snagged a 5 cent machine (they're like gold around there - impossible to get one). Except I had no low bills so I ended up putting $20 in. My plan was to stop when I got down to $10 and cash out. But then I decided to just blow the wad - it was after all my b-day outing. When I was down to $2 on the machine I started playing some bonus rounds and next thing I know I won 800 credits. Keith immediately yelled at me to cash out - duh - I was going to! When I printed off the ticket I was shocked to see $42.10! Sweeeeeeet! My first win at a casino. Technically only $22.10 if you take away my $20 but still I was happy. At first I thought T's guy was way ahead cause he had 2 vouchers for over $100 but he was putting $20's in the machine like they were going out of style so when all was said and done I'm not too certain. Plus he was the big spender on the horses putting $10 on several horses. On the way home I figured out that I walked away $9 richer over all - including all the moola I put down on the horses (but excluding the free $10 in the beginning). I was quite happy with that. Doesn't take much to please me. I was really digging this one 25 cent machine and I probably would have done well if I had stuck with it the first time - said like a true addict! We ended up leaving at 11 - not too bad 4 hours of fun entertainment for all! We got dropped off by T and her guy and just ended up having a snack and hitting the sack! Today we went out for lunch at a fast food joint and then headed to the movies to see Pirates 2 - not bad (mmmm popcorn). We got back home and found a piece of broken rope at our door and found some of our patio furniture moved around along with our bikes and our planters. It seems the lady above us was moving some heavy stuff and must have been lowering it over our railing. Of course it's 3 hours later and NONE of the stuff is moved back. Fuckers. Sorry, it just pisses me off that someone would move our shit and then not have the courtesy to move it back. I mean what the hell? Can they be a little more rude? (This would be an example of the extreme emotional thing I have going on). I also got all sad and melancholy this afternoon while looking for a bicycle pump (more on that in a bit). I was searching for a pump in a large tupperware container and came across a package of letters from my childhood/ teen years to friends from long ago. I ended up reading a lot of them and it took me back and made me sad that I lost touch with a few of my best friends from Nova Scotia. I never did find the bicycle pump. Ah yes the elusive bicycle pump. Here's the story I have 2 hand pumps and one that plugs into the car to work. Well the car one stopped working cause the cigarette lighter went kaputs pretty much as soon as we bought this pump (excellent timing). The other 2 pumps are m.i.a. My 3 bikes sit on the deck and mock me in this nice fall weather when it would be a perfect time to go for a ride. I told Keith I may have to go buy another pump and I'm not kidding. Of course this led to me getting all pissy about not having a house yet. Ah the joys of apartment living. I guess hunkering down and saving is the only option here. The horse races and casino obviously aren't an option! Earlier in the day I had ambitions of going for a nice walk. That ain't gonna happen. I may if I'm lucky do some yoga since I just found my yoga dvd's - of course that will entail cleaning the living room so it is kinda iffy. But I have some pretty excellent relations with the hubby this weekend. It's about time too. This opposite sleep schedules isn't great for the ol' sex life. But we made up for that. I've been feeling a little 'off' the last few days. Physically. Lately every time I eat I feel sort of nauseous and puky (same thing different name). But it just doesn't seem to sit well. Then tonight I have this pain in my abdomen that hurts especially when I cough. God, I feel old. I hope it's just some sort of pms thing or maybe over doing it at the gym (I've gone 3 times in the last 4 days - go me!). Or maybe it's cause my body is falling apart cause I'm turning 32 in 5 days. Whatev. Well I think I have made this entry long enough. I think I will go and do the stupid dishes (they've been sitting there since Friday) and then if nothing good is on tv throw in a sex and the city dvd. Exciting times for moi. I may also halfheartedly look for one of my stupid bicycle pumps! Oh yes I did get my hair cut on Friday and it's not extreme but it is much shorter. Also I'm no longer the 'red' lady cause pretty much all the dye has washed out! But the girl who cut my hair was the cutest and the scalp massage alone was worth the $16! 6:57 p.m. - 2006-09-10 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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