Why Today Rocks, Post the Ninth

I fell down the stairs on Tuesday. Well, slid down them is more like it. On my ass. I'm sure it was a comical sight: my arms full of my sister's things she's taking to college, and me trying to navigate her narrow, spiral staircase. I decided to stop paying attention and step where there was no step. Because spiral staircases have steps that are wider on one end than the other. I didn't take that into consideration and missed the step completely, landing flat on my ass and possibly breaking a toe or two.

So, why does today rock?

Because I'm up and walking around, and even sitting at my desk at work. It hurts like hell, and I'm shifting positions frequently, but at least I'm not lying in bed in so much pain I can barely move like I was yesterday.

Why Today Rocks, Post the Eighth

My cat has is addicted to crack. Okay, cat nip, but it's the cat equivalent to crack. We got him a scratch post a while ago, and he loves it. It's just a square base with one scratch pole on it, but you'd think we'd just got him a Disney World sized cat toy. He goes nuts.

So I sprinkled some cat nip on the post, to see what the result would be. I need to do this again and get a picture. He attacked it. Launched himself across the room and knocked it over several times, then looked up at us until we picked it back up again so he could launch himself at it once more. Eventually, he ended up on his back with his front paws above his head, wrapped around the pole. Then, he pulled his rear paws up to the top of the pole, so he was standing on his head with all four arms wrapped around the pole. He was scratching and biting at it, and his head kept hitting the base. It was hilarious.

Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of him doing that. I do, however, have a picture of him playing with his second favorite toy: a tampon.

Why Today Rocks, Post the Seventh

I went to Dunkin' Donuts today to get a small iced coffee. They're on sale over the summer for 99 cents. Crazy cheap. I pulled up to the drive-thru line and said, "I'd like a small french vanilla iced coffee with cream and sugar," to which I received a reply of, "Okay, that's one small french vanilla iced coffee with cream and sugar, anything else?" I said that would be all and pulled around to the window.

He handed me a hot chocolate.

o.O

Nobody else was ahead of me or behind me, so I'm not really sure what happened. Anyways, I told him what I'd ordered and he looked at the cup in his hands. "This is clearly not what you ordered," he said with a smile. Then he looked at me and cocked his head. "Hey, I know you. You like egg and cheese wake-up wrap, yes?"

"Uh, yeah. I like it."

"Okay. I give you one. No charge."

So I got my coffee AND my little sandwich/wrap thing for a fucking dollar! XD

Why Today Rocks, Post the Sixth

This is going to sound like a suck, but hear me out. I promise it's a rock.

My mother's birthday was last month. Because of the whole lack of funds fiasco, I wasn't able to get her a Kindle like she wanted. That actually turned out to be a good thing because Amazon discontinued that one and came out with a newer version. It will start shipping at the end of August. Fabulous.

Audible has been running a special for MONTHS where if you sign up with them for one year, you get $100 off the Kindle. How sweet is that?

I went to sign up and apparently missed the special. By three days.

WHAT THE HELL? I'VE BEEN WANTING TO DO THIS FOR A WHILE BUT NEEDED TO GET PAID AND WHEN I DO GET PAID YOU STOP THE SPECIAL!!!

Why is this a rock? Because I can still afford the Kindle even without the $100 discount. I make barely above minimum wage, but I've been saving up like crazy. I'm rather proud of myself. I feel all responsible and adult-like. XD

Why Today Rocks, Post the Fifth

I've got a Kindle. I've had it since May 2009. It was a birthday present to myself. And I've loaded approximately 900+ books onto it. Holy shit. Why the fuck did I do this to myself? Now I feel like I need to read them all, even though I'm pretty sure that's impossible. I'd be spending every second of every day reading. When would I pee? Would I really have to take my Kindle into the bathroom so I could read it then? I mean, I'm all for bathroom reading, but this is getting a bit excessive.

So I gave up. Since there's no way to read all 900+ books (many of them have 1,000+ pages, so HOLY SHIT I'M NEVER GOING TO FINISH THEM), I downloaded free word games.

That's right. I have a (then) $299 device that I'm using to play games similar to Word Womp and Scrabble.

And I'm loving every second of it. Because they're fun, and they were free. XD

Why Today Rocks, Post the Fourth

I'm in a very good mood today. Granted, it's Tuesday, which means staying late to put the paper together. And our editor is out of the office this week, which means more work for us.

I just can't be upset about it though. I woke up with plenty of energy. I'm still excited about the $50 fleece I bought for $23.98 from Eastern Mountain Sports and the almost $50 in Bath and Body Works stuff I bought for $21.45. How could I not be excited about all of that?!

My cat has also decided that my sleeping on the couch in the living room is an invitation to sit on my face. I was lying down last night, watching something stupid on television, and closed my eyes for a moment. I felt a nudge on my forehead. When I opened my eyes, HOLY CRAP CAT FACE! He was less than an inch away from me, nudging me with his face. D'awwwwww. So I started petting him.

Let me give you a piece of advice. If your cat ever seems to want lots of lovin', don't give him any. Because he will not leave you alone. I swear I pet Max for a good 20 minutes, and every time I stopped, he'd claw at my chest. Not painfully, just a little nudge to say, "Hey, keep petting me."

But he's cute, so I can't not pet him. :)