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Started by King Malachite, February 22, 2012, 04:42:33 PM

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Felix

We went to the grocery store and I probably spent too much money on fancy rice and pokemon cards. Other than that we've been ultra lazy all day, mostly playing video games and reading.
everybody's house is haunted
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V M

Spent most of the week helping various people with various things per usual, (sigh) most of them still miss gender me and leave sugary treats that I'll never eat at my door, but I don't let it it bother me because I think they mean well

I never charge them anything or ask anything in return, but I guess they feel as though they must do something even though I tell them that I don't eat much sweets

Now I'm one tired cowgirl and have a bunch of cookies and such to give away
The main things to remember in life are Love, Kindness, Understanding and Respect - Always make forward progress

Superficial fanny kissing friends are a dime a dozen, a TRUE FRIEND however is PRICELESS


- V M
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Miharu Barbie

Quote from: Megan Joanne on July 26, 2014, 08:34:28 PM
Early this morning when I got up I noticed my mom had a birthday card on my table in front of the laptop, I wasn't ready to open it yet, will later.

Holy moly, 40 years old?!?  You wear it well, Megan.  Happy Birthday!
FEAR IS NOT THE BOSS OF ME!!!


HRT:                         June 1998
Full Time For Good:     November 1998
Never Looking Back:  Now!
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Shantel

Quote from: V M on July 26, 2014, 10:59:26 PM
Spent most of the week helping various people with various things per usual, (sigh) most of them still miss gender me and leave sugary treats that I'll never eat at my door, but I don't let it it bother me because I think they mean well

I never charge them anything or ask anything in return, but I guess they feel as though they must do something even though I tell them that I don't eat much sweets

Now I'm one tired cowgirl and have a bunch of cookies and such to give away

You've got a good heart Virginia!
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Megan Joanne

#1164
Quote from: Miharu Barbie on July 27, 2014, 09:12:27 AM
Holy moly, 40 years old?!?  You wear it well, Megan.  Happy Birthday!

Thank you! And I'm smiling this morning, so 40 doesn't feel so bad (it did yesterday, but work'll do that to you).

Late last night mom and I watched on Netflix a series called Bates Motel, taken after the Psycho movies, actually prequel to it all. So far watched 4 episodes, really enjoying it. Love the mystery, never knowing what's going to happen, kept us wanting to watch more, but it was already after 2 in the morning, can pick it up again the next night.

Okay, so started my day off early again, waking before 7am, but this time by choice. I could've kept on sleeping but I can do that at any point in the day today if I want or need to. Got up, got dressed, took the large package of chicken legs out of the fridge that we'd bought when grocery shopping the other night, separated them into smaller portions and put them all in the freezer, then wrapped up the trash to take out. So walked Snickers, emptied the trash, then came back and started cross-stitching. Took a short break, answered some messages, then back to stitching again to finish up my current, small project.




Mom's alarm just went off, she has to work. I'll make us some lunch in a bit so she'll have some energy for work later.

Okay, much the day has passed, so what did I do with it? Played with me doggie a bit. Then finally got around to hooking up my camcorder and watching/skimming through a lot of old family videos, mostly Christmas's past. So much as I'd like to be about to share so much more of myself days long gone, most footage had family members in it too (can't be putting them up on the internet without their consent, and aren't going to mess with that) so had to find those brief clips with only me in it (and mom, she wouldn't care). After hours of going through a half dozen years of holiday tapes I managed to find and record via my laptop webcam of those moments so everyone can see how I was then. I've changed more than I thought I did, looks, voice, mannerism. I especially couldn't get over my voice, I seriously could not remember what I sounded like then.

So, here's what I had picked out:

1998 - Christmas - a brief glimps of me then (short clip, my sister's husband came into my room briefly I guess to see what I was up to - cleaning my tv with my usual dusting method, a sock  ;D)


1999 - Thanksgiving - short clip of me face close up (family, while waiting for dinner was sitting around spending quality time with each other playing with the camcorder, making silly faces and whatnot, this super short clip was the only one of me close up)


2000-1-25 - Storm of 2000 plus a tour of my room (big winter storm, ooh pretty, I miss those white winters, plus a tour of my bedroom accompanied by lots of indecipherable mumbling)


So yeah, that's what I've been doing with my day this afternoon and early evening. It was a nostalgic moment, but only the good points, but certainly makes me appreciate myself now more (should've looked at these videos before when I was having my rough time while off the hormones).
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Felix

I can't run those videos right now, but that stitching is impressive.

Today I had planned to cook and clean, but I mostly just worked on getting through the day. I managed to negate all the cleaning I did do by making (or allowing) more messes. I have to get up early but I might try to get in some productivity before bed. Sewing buttons seems manageable.
everybody's house is haunted
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Shantel

Quote from: Megan Joanne on July 27, 2014, 11:31:36 AM
Okay, much the day has passed, so what did I do with it? Played with me doggie a bit. Then finally got around to hooking up my camcorder and watching/skimming through a lot of old family videos, mostly Christmas's past. So much as I'd like to be about to share so much more of myself days long gone, most footage had family members in it too (can't be putting them up on the internet without their consent, and aren't going to mess with that) so had to find those brief clips with only me in it (and mom, she wouldn't care). After hours of going through a half dozen years of holiday tapes I managed to find and record via my laptop webcam of those moments so everyone can see how I was then. I've changed more than I thought I did, looks, voice, mannerism. I especially couldn't get over my voice, I seriously could not remember what I sounded like then.

So yeah, that's what I've been doing with my day this afternoon and early evening. It was a nostalgic moment, but only the good points, but certainly makes me appreciate myself now more (should've looked at these videos before when I was having my rough time while off the hormones).

Yes you should have, the changes are like night and day! Most of us don't realize how much we have changed over a few years because we look at ourself in the mirror every day and think we see the same old face. This was a pretty astounding revelation wasn't it?
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Blue Senpai

Working on my transition blog's tumblr theme. ;D
I'll head for the gym right after I'm done with tinkering with HTML/CSS.
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Megan Joanne

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Quote from: Shantel on July 28, 2014, 10:27:31 AM
Yes you should have, the changes are like night and day! Most of us don't realize how much we have changed over a few years because we look at ourself in the mirror every day and think we see the same old face. This was a pretty astounding revelation wasn't it?

Yeah, even my mom upon hearing my old voice, she didn't realize it was me talking, she thought it was the news guy on the tv. I don't even remember when and how my voice changed, but after looking at a video of Christmas 2003, my voice was already (mostly) what it is now. I'd like to had shown more such as I was with my early transitioning but other people in the those videos around me wouldn't want their faces up on the internet, especially around me.

Last night watched a couple more episodes of Bates Motel, so far so good, only a couple more to go on this season. I went to bed early, after midnight which is early for me. Got up this morning struggling to respond to my alarm, was hearing it in my sleep but was having a hard time snapping out of it. Got in the shower, very tired. Epilated my body hair (legs, butt, stomach, breasts), spending all too long on this, at least 40 minutes as I had a lot of hair growth from last time which was just days ago. Plucked facial hair, then quickly got everything else ready that I needed before leaving out for work. Took Snickers out to do her bathroom business, rushing her to hurry up, giving her only 5 minutes, she got it all out though, thank goodness, otherwise she'd have to hold it. Dashed out the door.

Today at work, continued where I left off over the weekend with HBC, did not get it all done though, problem came with the make-up, got Maybelline products in now and everything is packed in mini-cartons 2 per, so took forever getting them all out, 10 minutes just on that for 2 cases and didn't even get a chance to put them out, just packed them back up loose, will have to get back to another day as with the rest of the make-up, mostly nail polish, lots of new stuff, that I'd also have to find a place for. It wasn't a very productive day. I also didn't care. That's what happens when I'm away from work too long, by the time I get back I don't even feel like being there.

Also, my right eye has been twitching a lot lately, has been since that time I was having problems with my face getting numb, well after that went it away it was replaced with this occasion twitching on my lower eyelid, today was especially aggravating because it wouldn't stop. Plus, I was kind of in a foul mood, kind of shaky too. My left hand and arm always shakes (has been like that since my early teens at least), but when my right does too then something is wrong (I'm usually not feeling good), still have to get those other blood tests, maybe then I'll find out more, might have something to do with my thyroid or other glands. By the time I got off work, I just felt like crap, jittery and almost like I had a lot of toxicity in my body, which is common for me when I get like this.

So this one custom, I'm hearing her saying hello several times behind me, thought she was on a cell so didn't turn around, then when I do she there beside me saying hello again. Then asks me if I remember her, that I had helped her before. Uh, no. She appeared to be insulted that I didn't. I had no idea who the hell she was, didn't care. Its always a wonderful thing when a total stranger comes up to you, claiming to know you but you don't them. Well she then asks me about a shower curtain liner that she had in her hand, if it had magnets in it. I don't know. Though thinking probably not. Then asks me about if I have one at home and if it has magnets to weigh it down. How the hell am I supposed to know! I don't know, my mom does the shopping for that kind of stuff, I've never paid any attention to whether it does or not. ->-bleeped-<- like that isn't important to me. We only got a shower curtain I say. Then she asks of its plastic or cloth. What the hell does it matter what I have at home!? Geez, weird lady, get the hell out of my face! I wasn't rude or anything, most of this with the cursing were just my thoughts. She went away, I back to my work.

Later when I'm in the back, the receiving area, I hear someone calling out hello! Hello!? Yeah!? I call back. Then I see this lady again, standing in our stock room. At first I thought she was going to ask where the restrooms were, since that's a usual mistake, customers tend to find the doors back here first. Nope, she asks me my name. I look questioningly, but reply, Megan. Well, Megan, she (I can only assume my boss since I did see them up front at the registers talking) told me you'd probably have a box of these back here, holding up a little notebook thingy (a planner, address book, whatever) for me to see. I look it over then ask her if she had looked out on the floor for more. Then she goes, never mind, I'll come back later. In my mind if I weren't so frustrated I would have been scratching my head at her odd behavior (I don't even know how to describe it, but she acted weird). Instead I'm muttering out curse words aloud while going back to looking for what I was back there for. I was in an even worst mood after that. She really pissed me off.

So skipping past the rest of the unnecessary details of the day. Back at home, oh, mom's car is still there, duh, you got off earlier today that's why (I was only scheduled for 4 hours today instead of the usual 5). She was on the internet watching something, Snickers greeted me with her usual jumping around. I told my mom that I was feeling a bit moody today, bitching about my day. Then made myself a big sandwich (ham, mozzarella, greens, tomatoes, ancient grains bread, mayo). I was still eating it when she left out the door to go to work. Now, food eaten, feeling better, calmed down significantly, anger subsided, not so jittery. Food, well the right food will sometimes make me feel better. But other times I'll eat something that should make me feel good and feel like I'd been poisoned shortly after, so I don't know. Maybe I have some sort of deficiency.

While at work I had thought about going next door to the video store and see about filling out an application there, but by the time I got off of work, I just wanted to be home. The way I am out there, seriously, while I have done it before, I can't stand working with the public, sometimes all it takes is just seeing people and it pisses me off. That's on my bad days, on my good days I'm fine, but its those bad days that worries me, I tend to show all of my emotions all the time, and in these kind of jobs, they only want to see you happy, even if you aren't. <not allowed> that.

Called my doctor's office up moments ago to make payment for bloodwork. That part finally done. Now, as soon as I get my receipt emailed to me I'll be able to get those tests done. I figure go out early tomorrow morning for this.

Spent the later part of the afternoon watching The Avengers, took a bit to really kick up the action but once it got going, all the super heroes fighting together against the alien invasion, yeah, pretty cool.

Later, watched the rest of Bates Motel, ending just as I thought it would. No dinner for me tonight, have to fast, gotta get blood drawn in the morning.
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Adam (birkin)

So far not much of worth...slept in because I took a day off, looked at some websites on my phone in bed, made a (really gross and not breakfastlike) breakfast, and now I'm looking at recipes that I could cook to bring to work for lunch.

The problem is I took the day off so I could work on school and I haven't done that yet. -_- I think I'm going to sort out some papers (not procrastination as I have my notes for school lost in there) and then get to it. I'll be mad if I waste this day and I'm getting too close to the deadline to mess about.

But motivation, it eludes me still.
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Megan Joanne

Awoke this morning at 5:45. Ugh, neck is stiff, can barely turn it. I take it I didn't move at all in my sleep last night. Took a shower, neck loosened up, thank goodness. Got ready, mom and I out the door by 6:55. Drove the few minutes down the road to the lab, still not yet open even though already 7am, several people standing or sitting outside waiting. Mom waited in the car, I got out and stood with the rest, well, not completely, one, an old lady was wearing too much perfume, I had to keep my distance. A few people that arrived later went before me as I had to wait for the air to clear before following behind inside.

The young lady that drew my blood didn't do as well as the last one that did it a few weeks ago, stung more, left a slash mark on my arm, last one did it so perfectly I barely felt it and the pinprick hole was so tiny it was barely visible. But this young lady seemed to be nervous and in a hurry. And arm is a little sore, unlike last time. What I was being tested for this time was for these:

Thyroglobulin antibody
Free assay (FT-3)
Assay of total Thyroxine
Immunoassay

Two vials taken, covers all those.

Mom and I got home a half hour after we'd left out so it was pretty quick, and traffic hadn't yet picked up to crazy busy yet. Once home got myself something to eat (hadn't eaten since 5-6 something last night, so stomach growling a lot), a huge sandwich, should give me back plenty of energy. Took Snickers out for a walk, emptied the trash, two guys were out there playing tennis and everytime someone is Snickers knows there may be balls to be found, and sure enough, outside the tennis court behind the front tire of a car in the parking lot, she found one. She happily carried it home, but seeing more inside the court she thought she was going to have those too. Crazy dog. Don't be greedy, come on, lets take your new ball into the house. So, she now has a total of 15 tennis balls, nearly all found outside since she first started taking a heavy interest in them.

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Forum Lurker

If you dislike and/or have a fear of spiders A.K.A. "arachnophobia" I advise you skip this post. You have been warned

Today . . . today I killed a spider, shocking I know

Killing spiders is frowned upon by some people, usually I'll just leave them be. I don't mind sharing my room with spiders as long as they follow 5 rules:

1:Do not run across the floor
2:Do not touch me
3:Do not use web to slowly descend from the ceiling down to the floor
4:Do not go anywhere near my bed
5: Make a web A.S.A.P. and eat as many flies as you want 

If a spider manages to follow these rules then we'll both be happy. I remember a few years back I had a spider in my room which loved rule number 5 but things took a turn for the worst when it broke rule number 3. If a spider breaks rule #1-4 then I'll kill it without hesitation. Honestly, I don't ask for much, I just want them to respect my personal space, if they can't be civilised then I see no other option.

The spider broke rule # 4, the radiator in the picture below is right next to my bed.

I walked into the room, turned on the lights and prepared to relax. I casually strolled up to the window and that's when I noticed the leg sticking out behind the radiator. I moved in for a closer look. Once I spotted the spider I immediately thought 'you again? that's it i've had enough of you ! your desecration ends this day ! but first let me take a picture.

After I took the picture I knew that spider didn't know who it was messing with. I smirked to myself as I choose an appropriate weapon to use. Finally I was ready, weapon in hand I pulled the bed away from the radiator. After the trap was set I prepared to attack.

I started the attack by dropping a small object on top of the radiator. I was hoping that the spider would fall to the floor but some things are not meant to be, instead it just moved down slightly. But I wasn't just going to give up. Quickly I spun around and picked up a belt, using the belt I kept prodding the spider until it left the safety of the radiator. I struck once and it fell to the floor, legs curled but it did not manage to deceive me. I've dealt with spiders for years. I knew it was still alive.

Using my weapon of choice I pushed it away from the wall and struck it again. At this moment it realised that it had underestimated its opponent but it was too late. It tried to flee using every ounce of speed it could muster but it didn't get far with a broken leg. Blow after blow rained down upon the spider. While being bludgeoned to death it quivered slightly but then went still. Its legs were now mangled. I knew it was dead.

That, ladies and gentlemen, is the story of me and the spider. There are many things you can learn from this story.

This is my first post on the forum, I was thinking about making an intro thread (perhaps i'll make one later) but then I decided that i'd rather just jump in. One last thing, if anyone actually read all of that I think you might of made a mistake. I think most of you should avoid me . . . if you value your sanity.

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V M

Which reminds me, it's that hobo spider time of year
The main things to remember in life are Love, Kindness, Understanding and Respect - Always make forward progress

Superficial fanny kissing friends are a dime a dozen, a TRUE FRIEND however is PRICELESS


- V M
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King Malachite

Ran part of the way to the bus stop

Made a vow to God not to buy anymore mall food for the rest of the year.
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Megan Joanne

That spider story was a great read. My mom has always been scared of spiders. It used to be that she'd totally freak out, heck one time one came down from the sun visor in her car, scared her so bad she almost had an accident. But last few years I've noticed that while she still don't like them she don't freak out as badly. It used to be she couldn't have any spiders in the house, now she can tolerate them if they are in a web and minding their own business, and aren't too big either, if she can see their details then they have to go. She's always worried about getting bit. I told her most aren't going to bite, but the ones to watch out for are the runners, those are the kind that run across the floor or walls, the kind that actively hunt their prey and will bite if given the chance. One time many years ago there was this black spider in my room, I was minding my own business and let it be, well because spiders don't generally bother me. Well this little bastard decided to crawl up on me. I pushed it away, damn thing came back and crawled onto my foot again. I flicked it away, a few minutes later it was back on me again, I smashed it. There. Those are the kind that when you put your finger in front of them they come to you. Those are the kind that end up in bed with you, using you as a source of nutrition. Now jumping spiders, I love 'em. Those are absolutely adorable with their big eyes and they have really good vision too. But see, even though active hunters they aren't aggressive with things they know are too big for them such as a human, always turn to face you but hop away, never towards, choosing flee over fight. I tell my mom whenever she sees one, its okay, its just a jumping spider, its not going to hurt you. I don't care, they jump, I don't like it, I want it out of the house! If she don't see it I leave it be since they never go out of their way to bother anyone. Runners have to go though, but little things are fast, hard to catch with hands so usually find a tall glass and if they show any sign of aggression with mandibles moving and seeming all too eager to come to me, okay, never mind, smash.




Okay, rest of day yesterday. Firstly I had to lay down. Sometime after eating, huge sandwich and bowl of fruit and ice cream I got tired, woke too early to get blood drawn, so layed down on the couch. At one point I heard my mom say she was leaving for work, but think I was still partially asleep. I got up a little while after, around 2pm. Okay, feel somewhat refreshed. I started working on an idea to cross-stitch and shortly after got to work on it. I wasn't going to at first but today (as in yesterday since this post is late) I decided, even though really late with only 2 days left that I was going to participate in the Sprite Stitch 'Favorite Class' (like in RPGs, you have knights, thieves, white mages, black mages, and so on, that kind of classes) challenge after all. Since I was going to do a Ninja Gaiden stitch anyway I decided that this would be the 'class' that I work on, 'ninja class'. So got to it. Spent so far 4 hours 45 minutes on it (I did take a few breaks in between that time though), probably have around 2 more hours to go so will finish that up later.

I stopped stitching a few minutes before mom was to get home, started washing the dishes and making dinner, pasta. We ate, then found a movie to watch on Netflix, Quarantine 2, that was good, then bed early, before 1am.

Awoke this morning at 5 something to my right leg cramping up, I jumped out of bed and started hopping around, trying to get the pain to go away, it eased off maybe half a minute later. Ooh, I hate that when I get so rudely awakened like that. Okay, so I'm up, may as well catch up on the rest of my day yesterday before I forget the details of it, so sat down to my laptop and started typing. I'm still tired though, stupid leg cramp.
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Jaime R D

Quote from: Forum Lurker on July 29, 2014, 09:06:12 PM
If you dislike and/or have a fear of spiders A.K.A. "arachnophobia" I advise you skip this post. You have been warned

*snipped rest of post so as not to be annoying....*
Was the spider made aware beforehand of your rules?  If not, then I hope his relatives sue...
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Megan Joanne

Ended up going back to sleep again this morning, not awaking again until 11:30am. Got up, took Snickers out, on the way back walking at a distance from our apartment building all the guys working stopped doing what they were doing to turn and stare, yep, same thing every day boys, just a woman, like any other (well, kind of), all gawking, some smiling, I couldn't help but laugh. Just can't help themselves, oh well, consider that a good thing, I'm hot ;D, even if they might be thinking different way of eating me up.

Later in the afternoon I continued with my stitching. At one point the guys working on the apartment exteriors got to ours, climbing over our porch wall, Snickers had herself a fit, but after a bit she calmed down, no longer barking but instead a little woof every now and then, or laying there moaning because she didn't like them being there but either was too tired to bark anymore or knew it was aggravating me.

Got my cross-stitch project done around 9:30 tonight, took picture, posted it up on Sprite Stitch, my entry into the 'Favorite Class' challenge.




I wasn't going to do anything for this challenge at all as my favorite class has always been the strongest wielders of weapons and armor, knights or warriors, but I couldn't really think of anything. But yesterday it just hit me, I had something right in front of me that I was about to stitch that would work nicely for this challenge. Not my favorite but still really cool, 'Ninja class'. Got Ryu Hayabusa from the sound test screen of Ninja Gaiden 2 on the NES, threw in the word ninja and the kanji for it to label him, A little bit of editing, throwing in a shuriken at his head for a bit of comedy and there you have it. Took me over 8½ to complete this one.

Just made dinner, time to eat, and find a movie or something for mom and I to watch.
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Shantel

Quote from: Megan Joanne on July 30, 2014, 10:50:27 PM
Ended up going back to sleep again this morning, not awaking again until 11:30am. Got up, took Snickers out, on the way back walking at a distance from our apartment building all the guys working stopped doing what they were doing to turn and stare, yep, same thing every day boys, just a woman, like any other (well, kind of), all gawking, some smiling, I couldn't help but laugh. Just can't help themselves, oh well, consider that a good thing, I'm hot ;D, even if they might be thinking different way of eating me up.

Typical male visually stimulated hardwiring, checking out chicks is what they do at job sites and act like dorks, gives them a pleasant diversion and gives you a big ego boost, wish I could have been there to see that, anyway here's a cyber applause!  :eusa_clap:

Quote from: Megan Joanne on July 30, 2014, 10:50:27 PM
Later in the afternoon I continued with my stitching. At one point the guys working on the apartment exteriors got to ours, climbing over our porch wall, Snickers had herself a fit, but after a bit she calmed down, no longer barking but instead a little woof every now and then, or laying there moaning because she didn't like them being there but either was too tired to bark anymore or knew it was aggravating me.

Snickers is your early warning system, good as any of those fancy alarms and comes equipped with teeth.

Quote from: Megan Joanne on July 30, 2014, 10:50:27 PM
Got my cross-stitch project done around 9:30 tonight, took picture, posted it up on Sprite Stitch, my entry into the 'Favorite Class' challenge.

Nice, shows a lot of innovative talent and imagination!

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Miharu Barbie

Please forgive my total silence this week.  I've discovered audio books... I can't get my head out of "Hunger Games".  I think my boss is about ready to crush my MP3 player under his boot heel... little does he know that I have backups hidden around my office. 

Do not come between a girl and her "Hunger Games"!
FEAR IS NOT THE BOSS OF ME!!!


HRT:                         June 1998
Full Time For Good:     November 1998
Never Looking Back:  Now!
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Shantel

Quote from: Miharu Barbie on July 31, 2014, 11:38:46 AM
Please forgive my total silence this week.  I've discovered audio books... I can't get my head out of "Hunger Games".  I think my boss is about ready to crush my MP3 player under his boot heel... little does he know that I have backups hidden around my office. 

Do not come between a girl and her "Hunger Games"!

Saw the films, I'll bet the books are better!
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