Computer Woes and Kimchi Noodles
// feeling // : Wide awake.
I don't know why, but I've been feeling burnt lately. Started yesterday when I got to work. I felt fuzzy, for lack of a better description. I couldn't focus, both visually and mentally. I couldn't keep my eyes open, my head up, sit straight, hold a conversation, etc. I only felt good when I was outside on my breaks. Who knows, maybe it was the fresh air (or as close as one can come to in Sudbury) that perked me up. I drove home with the window rolled down (and it was cold), puttered around on the internet for a while, and went to bed around 2:00 am.
And slept in until 12:30.
And felt like shit still. So I called in sick and went back to bed from 4:00 to 7:00. And now I'm so awake it's not funny.
So, I decided to make something to eat. Mmmmm, kimchi noodles. That oughta slow me down. And considering I'm used to eating this late/early, I'm not sure when I should start feeling sluggish. Plus, I'm a night shifter, we tend to be a little pudgier than normal. So no "you shouldn't be eating this late, think of your waistline" crapola. I already have padding there, I doubt this will hurt.
Mind you, Eric's being a turd. A big turd. For some sadistic reason, he seems to enjoy belittling me, be it in front of someone or in private. Some may call it complaining, bitching, suggesting, nagging, etc. I call it belittling. Since I'm so wide awake (but still feeling less than perfect, or better yet, less than mediocre), I decided it couldn't hurt to putter around on the computer. I'm working on the layout for my new site, when I can get the webspace. Eric starts getting all strict parent on me saying that if I'm feeling that good to sit in front of the computer, then I should have gone to work, and that I'm just being a "lazy ass" and that if I wasn't in bed in 5 minutes, he was going to throw the breaker for the office.
You know what? I had a Father. Albeit he's gone, I'm 24 and don't need a replacement. And if I did, I would not hire the help of my husband to do that.
Perhaps I'm just a sucker for punishment. But I'm leaving him a nice little note for tomorrow. Skye's coming down for the weekend and if he so much as opens his mouth and utters one smigin of a nasty sentence, he's going to be spending some time alone. Utterly alone. It's all dependant on what he says weither or not it will be me leaving or him.
For those of you who are new to this whole complaint, you might be thinking I'm overreacting. No, I'm not. Let's see... How about the time when he walked into William's and informed me to get my fucking ass into the van (all because he wanted me to wait for him outside of the coffee shop for 30 minutes in March, which he never stated for me to do in the first place). That one caused a number of worried phone calls from friends I was with, wondering weither or not I was in some serious trouble, considering the anger and ferocity his outburst was. Then, there's the countless times he's given me shit in a scoffing tone in front family members (parents, sibling, grandparents, aunts and uncles I never see...) how if I don't put all the laundry away when we get home it'll be on the lawn the next morning (we do laundry at my Mom's on the weekend), or if I go out one more time after work with my friends he's going to take my bank cards. Etc, etc, bloddy fucking etc. And for the most part I've been quiet.
Don't get me wrong. Love the guy, moreso when he's not a complete asshole. And generally, he's got some room to complain. I will admit, I'm not the best housekeeper. And I do go out often after work with friends. But, I don't manage to make much of a mess aside from my crafting (which does get messy, yes, but contained), and empty pop cans on the computer desk. Aside from that, I'm not the one who stacks unknown amounts of junk on the kitchen table, dirties stacks of dishes (I generally don't eat here often...), knocks over the stack of magazines in the bathroom (which I might add, aren't even my magazines... I've never been fond of reading Muscle Mag or Flex), leaves stacks of papers in random locations, or creates a pile of computer cables and weorkout equipment in front of the TV. So what, once in a while I'm a day late with the kitty litter. Or I didn't rinse out a pot. I at least know how to rinse out the sink after brushing my teeth and don't leave little hairs on the counter. I'm the one who deals with all the pet messes. And I don't consider cleaning to be moving the mess to another room.
As for going out with friends, fuck him on that one. It's midnight, and if he's expecting me to just come home and go to bed, he's got another thing coming. Not only am I an extravert (married to an introvert, wonderful), I'm also too awake at that time to just mosey on to bed. And he's not the best conversationalist at 12:00 anyways. Besides, what's open at midnight here? The Pita Pit and 2 Burger Kings. I couldn't spend more than $10 bucks at either. And we're talking 1 hour, tops usually.
So, I think I'm in the right. One way or another, the method in which he bitches will be nipped in the bud, and Valkyrie style. He has never won a war with words with me (which is my speciality, hence Banfilidhe's nickname for me - the Verbal Valkyrie, and the downside of his first language being French), and by the Gods he won't now. If he can't show a little respect, he's going to be mighty sorry.
And, aside from that, my AMD station's been redone... And now, instead of freezing from time to time and rebooting on its own once in a while, it freezes every hour and reboots everytime you turn around. Which would figure, considering I just finished tweaking the thing. Eric decided, for something to do I guess, to throw Win98 and 2000Pro up on a dual boot on the AMD (which is my 1600+ box, go figure). And I've been so pissed with the thing, I'm back on my 500 Celeron (XP Box), debating on running XP on the other one, throwing my slide drive bay back into the system, loading what ever other os I want on a seperate hard drive, and trashing the celeron and throwing Linux on it. I only wish I had the time to learn more about Linux... I would rather use it than anything Microsoft.
But, I should probably get to bed sometime. Skye would probably be quite angry with me if I slept through her visit.