Sick Day

I feel lousy. I went to work this morning but had to leave before noon. I then came home and slept for nearly 7 hours, and I was fairly well-rested before. I have some nasty food poisoning and am not happy about it. I've lost 2 pounds since this morning. That's bad.
Gonna try and drink some more fluids now.

Back from Home

We got back from Louisville last night after a (very) uneventful flight. After hearing gloom and doom from the local broadcasters about Thanksgiving travel, DH ("dear husband" (people have been asking when I started liking the American League, I still don't)) and I were ultra conservative with regard to getting to the airport. On three flights, we spent a total of 3 minutes waiting for security and check in. We then spent 4 hours complaining about lack of lines! We're crazy.
As for the trip itself, it was largely uneventful and it was totally perfect. We got to see most of our families (DH's one brother couldn't make it) and eat plenty of good food. We also got to watch our nephews "play" basketball (St. Gabriel 4-6 year old basketball; it's fan-tastic).
I also installed my mom's new scanner ("new" meaning "sat in a box in the dining room for four months before someone would set it up"). As a treat, I downloaded a crapload of old photos. Some weren't that old, I just wanted proof that I used to be really, really skinny and I didn't have any pics myself. Go figure.

This is a great picture of me and my college coach, Rick. I think this was taken about 2 minutes after my last collegiate swim ever. I know because I wouldn't have my cap off this soon after a race unless I wasn't going to warm down, which I didn't for the first time ever after this race (200 yard backstroke).

I just like this picture of all of us at my sister's 24th birthday. Look at my youngest sister, she looks like she's gonna kill someone.


This was taken while my baby sister and I were walking back from the neighborhood pool circa 1990. Notice the Bart Simpson t-shirt (I tried to find it but couldn't)




These two pics are of my middle sister and I. Look at the Big Bird house slippers, fabulous!

Hope you enjoy this little glance into my life and history!

Thanksgiving

It's that time of year again, the day we celebrate the last day before we have to hear Porky Pig's "Blue Christmas" one hundred times a day.
DH and I leave tomorrow night from Philly's airport to get back to the 'Ville around midnight. We're flying back Saturday because I have to work Sunday, but for the time in between we plan on seeing as many people as possible. We also love to visit our favorite hometown restaurants. (as an aside, we used to love the Bristol on Bardstown road. We had our wedding rehearsal dinner there. Then we avoided it for several years because they used some bullshit reasoning to get out of the old smoking ban. I then heard they asked a patient with CP to move for making a "disturbance". Granted, I live far away and don't know the whole story, but I'm still hesitant to go back.)
Things I am thankful for this year:
1. My husband - he has put up with a lot from me in the past few years, not the least of which is moving him around the country several times. He is kind, patient, just as nutty as me, and my best friend. He also helps with my massive anger control problem (that is a story for another day).
2. My family - both blood related and by marriage
3. My pets - yes, even the cat
4. Good health - holding out on the BP treatment for another year
5. My job - despite my griping, it really is the best job in the world
6. A roof over my head - I have a fantastic, cozy little house in Southwest Center City. Our stuff fits in it, we have a little patio, and it's near everything
7. A growing acceptance of green policies - The Bush administration will never do anything, but it seems like the public is changing without them. I especially love programs like Philly Car Share, to which we belong, and the slow transition to alternative energy, such as PECO's.
8. Hookers (DH made me add this)
9. College basketball - A non-displaced patella fracture ending a career? C'mon! Slap a tension band on there and he'll be back in 8 weeks.
10. My friends - To everyone I have known over the years, I miss you all and wish you the best.
10b. My old Fairmont - best car ever; it was a good friend. Met the same fate as my beloved Escort, that is, totaled by a sister I had recently given it to.
Happy Thanksgiving

Eat a Tofurkey!

First new post (is that redundant?)

I created this blog for two reasons

1) I'm jealous of my husband's blog and I'm also insanely competitive, so I have to have one too

2) I actually do have a blog, but it's on myspace and it sucks

About the titles, I picked washed up because I am. A former college swimmer, I can now only cram my rapidly expanding tush into a swimsuit about once a week. The URL refers to my favorite Shakespeare comedy. At the time it was written, "nothing" and "noting" were pronounced the same. It also refers to the musicality of the play. Besides, "much-ado-about-nothing" was taken.

Enjoy!