Astrid is not an addict

This is not a picture of a cat doing cocaine. I'm pretty sure she wouldn't even know where to get cocaine. Or maybe she would because she was a street cat, but she's never talked to me about it if she does. Not that she talks to me at all. But yeah, she's not on drugs. This was likely just cream that I had stuffed her nose into. She was probably really happy about. But general levels of happiness. Not drug levels of happiness.

Midnight Again

I recently had my wisdom teeth out, so I'm learning a new appreciation for food that isn't mashed. I'm also trying to figure out what to buy people for Christmas with very little success. Usually, I'm able to find some quirky gift that people will appreciate, but this year, I'm all out. Perhaps it has something to do with the lack of fun in my life this year. Ever since S and I both started working full-time on opposite schedules, doing anything other than sleeping has seemed difficult. I did find two gifts on Etsy today, though, so there's that. And 3 or 4 on amazon, so I'm pretty pleased about that. The Christmas season is definitely stressful.

But I digress. This is about food. Though, tangentially, gifts brought the food into existence. Recently, (or not that recently), I gave my parents airline ticket vouchers for their 40th wedding anniversary, in the hopes that they would use them to go somewhere fun. They have not. And have been trying to give them back to me because they expire in late February to early March. I am unwilling to accept that because that would in essence mean that I gave them absolutely nothing for their 40th wedding anniversary, which I'm not prepared to embrace. So, the plan is to now get a groupon to hotels in California (near the Redwoods, where they want to stay) and actually just organize a vacation for them. Unfortunately, that requires money.

Again... Veering towards food, I swear. I went to livingsocial.com to look for deals and saw an awesome deal on a Thailand vacation and was instantaneously struck with a desire for Thai food that I can make quickly, using the ingredients I have at work. So, the journey begins.

With any luck, updates later.

Staying awake during a graveyard shift

So, I'm at work, struggling to stay awake during a graveyard shift. See, the thing is I have two main problems: 1. I work/go to school during the day. 2. Ever since a few years ago, when I started taking caffeine pills in a futile attempt to lose ten pounds. I've been trying to find a way to stay awake and googled the topic, but didn't really come up with a reasonable answer. So, this is what's worked for me so far.
1. Vitamin B. For some reason, the giant B complex pills really help keep me awake.
2. Drink tons of water. Cold water. I hate water, so forcing myself to drink it helps keep me awake for some reason.
3. Have enough stuff to do for the entire shift. I tend to bring games, books, homework, etc. so I have tons to keep me occupied if work is slow.
4. That being said, I typically have stuff that doesn't take very long. If I try to read the entire time, I invariably feel like falling asleep, but when I have stuff in one hour compartments, it makes me stay awake.
5. Taking a shower right before my shift also really helps.
What else? I don't know... Reading random crap... Munching on food, etc.
Well, back to work... And to get a sandwich and some chips. i've been craving potato chips for a while now.
On a totally different note, it takes really long to think when you're tired.