Condo update.
I have become more and more frustrated over the past few weeks. I have seen close to, dare I say it, 50 condos all over Dallas. I know exactly what I want. I know where I want to live. And I know how much I want to spend.
After another round this weekend, I found a really nice place in the same complex as the condo I made an offer on about a month ago. I would have to compromise, since it is a first floor unit (I want a two-story). I would have to deal with hearing people walk upstairs, but I would have direct access from covered parking (which looks like a garage without a door) into the utility room (and a front door around the corner, of course),
After some thinking and a few long discussions with my parents, I decided to make another offer on the condo I made an offer on about a month ago. The seller dropped her asking price and I upped my offer. I made the offer, no negotiations. Take it or leave it. If she doesn’t accept it, I am going to make an offer on the other place.
I am so stressed out (and everything at work isn’t helping) it’s hard to concentrate. When I wake up in the middle of the night, I can go back to sleep because I keep seeing condos and dollar signs in my head. I am not a big prayer, but I have found myself asking the Big Man for some help.
Fingers crossed.
Conversation with my eye doctor.
Doctor: I mentioned this when you were here last year. Your eye is most likely twitching because you are stressed out. Do you feel stressed out?Me: Well...I was sitting in a meeting the other day and my boss was listing out a whole bunch of things I needed to work on this week and my eye went crazy. So yes, I think I might be stressed out.
Doctor: OK then.
Me: I also live in a noisy apartment building and I don't sleep very well. I have called the on-site police officer twice in the last month because of loud music at 3am.
Doctor: Oh, that's unfortunate.
Me: Yes. I am hoping to move soon.
Doctor: In the meantime, I think you should go buy one of those gel eye masks that you put in the fridge. Relax for about 10 minutes every night with that on. I will also give you some drops on your way out. I also think you should see a general practitioner for an overall physical. And hopefully, work will calm down and you will find a quieter apartment soon.
I have eye problems.
I had some serious eye twitching issues over the last 10 months or so. My right eye started twitching again about a month and half ago.
I attempted to ignore it. Took Tylenol PM on occasion to help me get a good night’s rest. Bought some eye drops and kept them in fridge and put them in my eye when it started twitching, something the eye doctor told me to do last year. Nothing is working.
I have also been getting raging headaches lately. I thought it was because I don’t always wear my glasses while reading or sitting in front of the computer, but when they started happening while I am watching TV or driving, I knew there was an issue. They also last for hours at a time and are terrible in the morning if I watch TV before I go to sleep, which I do every night.
I made an appointment at the eye doctor tomorrow to see what is going on. I assume my eyes have changed over the last year and I may need glasses or contacts on a more regular basis, but who knows. I know the twitching is from stress (my boss was talking about everything we needed to work on during a meeting today and my eye went out of control!) and lack of sleep, so maybe I need to see a shrink while I am it.
Hard work really does pay off.
Work is probably one of the top things people complain about. Number one being their significant other…or lack there of.
I have been super busy lately, but I feel like I have accomplished so much in the last week. It’s stressful, but somewhat refreshing. A sense of accomplishment is a great reward. And on top of that reward, it feels even better when your hard work pays off.
I have a feeling tomorrow is going to be a good day:
New experiences of all kinds are likely to really appeal to you at this time, so try to do what you can to expand your horizons a bit. If certain areas of your life have seemed a little unsettled lately, just try to do what you can to look at things with a fresh new perspective right now and you might be able to gain some real insight before the day is through. - From California Psychics.
Compliment.
When I bust my ass, stay late, redo the same thing over and over again because people can’t make up their minds or something throws a wrench in the plans, I get stressed, pissed and start emotionally eating.
But when someone, someone much higher up on the food chain, tells me that what I worked on is “awesome,” that makes me feel a lot better.
Open mouth, insert foot.
I am having one of those weeks when everything that comes out of my mouth is stupid and everything I do has terrible consequences.
I need to snap out of this and get my shit together.
FedEx.
I have never been so stressed out about shipping a package as I am right now. Especially since FedEx is still holding my last one in Memphis due to aircraft delay. What the hell is that? Put it on another damn plane!!
So much for paying to make sure your package gets to its destination in time. I will be freaking out until tomorrow morning when (if?!) our NYC office receives a box - the second one in two days (and this one cost $125 bucks to get there by 8:00am) - from me.
My fingers and toes are crossed that it arrives.
Under pressure.
I have a crazy day at work tomorrow with back-to-back-to-back meetings. I do well under pressure, so I am looking forward to successfully tackling the day, even though I am slightly freaking out in my head.
I have a feeling I am going to be tossing and turning all night.
And I am pretty ticked off that I didn’t go to the gym tonight. I guess I could have gone to the gym, but after all was said and done and I turned off my computer, I just wanted to put my pajamas on and eat some dinner. So I came home.
Now it is 9:41pm and I am going to bed.
Toss and turn.
It’s been almost 3 months since my eye started twitching. I finally made an eye doctor appointment. We’ll see what the good doctor has to say about issue next Monday. I guess I should tell her I spend 9 hours of my day in front of a computer at work and sometimes park myself at my desk when I get home, adding an hour or two more.
Over the past week or so, I have been having problems sleeping at night. Last night, for example, I tossed and turned from about 2-4am. I kept falling in and out of sleep and when I was asleep, I was dreaming about work. Not even actual things at work, things that could happen. Bad things. Things that stress me out. When I was awake, I was trying not to think about anything, but then I could actually feel my eye start twitching. When my alarm went off at 7am, I hoped I was dreaming.
As soon as my schedule works out that I can take a yoga class at the gym, I will be the first person in the studio. I also found some tips:
I think tonight calls for some Tylenol PM.
