state of mind

~ I want to punch the following people in the face:

* Rachael Ray (STOP it already. Enough fucking cookbooks, you crazy woman!)

* My neighbors' kids. (I know it's not their fault that they are allowed - or encouraged - to scream nonstop from 6 AM-8:30 AM every fucking day, but the parents are bigger than them [and me] and would probably fight back.)

* 90% of my coworkers on any given day. (Just 'cause.)

* Whoever started advertising mustard as "fat free."

* "Fashion" designers who create clothing for very young girls (i.e. single-digit age) which is shaped to accentuate their bodies. Adult clothing is bad enough, but there is something completely creepy about deep V-necks and miniskirts on little kids.

~ I wish I could afford:

* Bellona sandals from J.Jill ($125)

* This gorgeous and probably useless dress (cost unknown)

* Shorts from the Sundance Catalog ($88) * Opal necklace from Blue Nile ($250* A new Canon Rebel XSi (camera) (approx. $500) ~ I currently wish that I could:

* swallow without dipping my chin (because my throat is so sore that it feels like I'm swallowing a pineapple when I take a sip of water)
* sleep without having CRAZY FEVER DREAMS for the first time in four days
* stay awake for more than four hours at a stretch
* eat something other than liquids
* remain upright long enough to haul my sick, sick, sick ass to the grocery store so that I do not starve to death before I recover

~ This weekend I have watched the following sporting events:

* Saturday - Cubs v. Pirates (L 4-5)
* Sunday
-- Cubs v. Pirates (L 5-6)
-- NASCAR Pepsi blah blah (Casey Kahne)
* Monday - Cubs v. Dodgers (W 3-1)
* (Incidentally, my new favorite Cubbie is Reed Johnson. I wish women had hair options like his!)