kjpepper | Mar. 11th, 2007

So much running around today, much of it done in nice shoes. Ow. My feet are definitely grumpy at me.

This morning was Bosslady's memorial service at the church across the street from QuadTower. I've spent two years gazing at that church from my window and this was the first time I'd ever been in it. It was a lovely service, peppered with thoughtfully chosen readings from her friends, and the mood was considerably lightened by the echoing sound of Barkley (yes the dogs were there) panting through most of it. Saw a lot of people I hadn't seen in a while, was treated to the Boys wearing suits, and even saw

rukasboy for like a minute. Going to have to track him down later. We still need to go out for beer.

sundart and I hitched a ride with R to the reception over at V and DLo's house, which was nice too. I mostly spent it stuffing my face with little sandwiches and watching the DVD slideshow of V pictures

realjordanna put together. I guess it's sinking in that she really isn't around anymore. :/ But the mood was generally good all around. I was often astounded by how many friends V had accumulated over the years. Enough to fill a church, and later a house to the extent that it was hard for three dogs and a cat to weave through the press of people in hopes of a bit of dropped roast beef sandwich.

After that it didn't seem worth it to traipse all the way back home before working at Cinemark, so C and I got dropped off in Northampton and took the bus from there to the mall, where we had lunch/dinner, saw Hobiecat for a few minutes as he was playing Magic, hung out and read. Despite the crowds in for 300 and the screaming of my legs below the knees, tonight's concession shift wasn't too bad. I however have requested to be put on the inactive list for a while. I didn't outright quit, but my weekends are mine for the next couple of months, will be erratic in May when hopefully we'll be moving, and I'll be back on in the summer. Hopefully I'll be in a better mental place by then and I won't feel the need to spork people for ordering six medium sodas.

Speaking of the movies, I want to actually start doing something with my little

pvrewind comm... like actually give little prizes for people that belong and organize events. I'm hoping to do something to coincide with The Blues Brothers in May... at least coordinate a contingent of people in blazers, fedoras and sunglasses that night. It'll have to start small, as I'm on a really tight budget as it is, but I might be able to squeeze out a gift card or two. We'll see.

In other news, I need to rest and detox tomorrow I think - I've been feeling icky and sluggish lately and I know at least 40% of that is due to me eating like an absolute IDIOT for the past six weeks or so. And I do mean an idiot - rather that cutting out caffeine and sugar like I was suppose to be I've been sucking it down like it's going out of style and pretty much surviving on coffee and soda during my workdays, which is BAD. Also there's a muscle just below my left eye that has been having periods of rapid uncontrollable spasming. Like it will just twitch for half an hour. It's friggin annoying. At least I'm more or less back on track with my meds - I'd gotten really slipshod with them for the last month as well. Not good. Need to work on my health in general in the coming months, get back on Bellenoire, eat better, shape up, gain back some muscle. It's funny, I feel like in trying to chase down what was wrong with me amidst other stressors that I really let myself go... and the net result is that I may be quite a bit lighter than two years ago, but I haven't been in this bad of shape for a very long while, and I just feel it. My body feels like blech instead of feeling like yay. I miss feeling like yay. So I've set a goal for myself, and I'm hoping that come midsummer I'll be able to commute to work and back via bike. Hills and all. Where we end up moving may affect this, but now that Belle's fixed, I need to get on her come spring. This can only make my ass even more fantastic than it already is. :)

And going along with taking better care of myself? Sleeping. Which I should go do right now.