"the calm at the end of the tunnel?" written by Fellyconnelly on estrip.org

05/01/08 07:41 - 39ºF - ID#44201

the calm at the end of the tunnel?

Yes (e:Chico), please wait till tomorrow to post about bedbugs! Though we were pretty damn thorough in our cleanings. Thanks to (e:lauren) who picked up the slack and did all the laundry while i was work.

last night i was in bed by 10:15. know when that happened last? i don't. How exahusting this whole thing has been.

anyway - today i finally get to check into my gate numbers for everything and I am extremely nervouse. You see i have a 35 minute layover in JFK. And from what everyone is telling me, i am going to miss the connecting flight. Why? because 35 minutes isn't enough time! I have to book ass and run like hell if i have a shot. Well now i have my gate numbers.

My flight from buffalo comes into gate 17 and then i get to run like hell down that narrow walkway between ternimals 2 and 3 to get to gate number 20. oh my god am i going to make it? i am sweating right now. I can't believe this crap. this is why i shouldn't be in charge of selecting the flights.

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Location: New Paltz, NY

04/30/08 05:49 - 30ºF - ID#44189

don't let the bedbugs bite

so YESTERDAY we get a notice that they have to do some preventative spraying for bed bugs. Reason? last saturday or so the neighbors downstairs found a rash and suspected bedbugs. Orkin came and found one discarded casing of a bug that COULD be bedbugs.

So what does this mean? (e:lauren) and I both get home at 10 last night to find ourselves in a shit load of work.

Bag all clothes/linens/bedclothes and wash everything.

All furnature away from walls.

remove all wall hangings, and wall socket coverings.

flip up corners of carpet.

unfold sofa bed and dismantle practically completely.

vaccum carpet, all corners of carpet, wall crevaces, mattresses, cushions, etc.

basically MOVE OUT OF THE DAMN HOUSE BY NOON TODAY!

It is now 5:45 am and I have to work an 11 hour shift in Springville. Which means after all we did last night (including breaking my f#^*!^& bookshelf) Lauren still has to bust ass all morning to vaccum and whatever. all of this while she is supposed to be working on her final paper.

AND she has to somehow round up the pissed off kitties and stick them in the car and sit there for an hour and a half while the guy sprays.

then afterwards we have to somehow put our house back together and actually do our packing, which is what we were SUPPOSED to be doing in small amount of time we have in between my work schedule and us leaving at the ass crack of dawn friday.

fellyconnelly writes at 07:36:37 05/01/08 - Comment #34593: well guys, much sleeplessness and hard work later we made it through. Damn those umbrella drinks are going to be so tasty.

chico writes at 08:35:15 04/30/08 - Comment #34577: Everything you had to do is worth it if your apartment does not become infested with bedbugs. Trust me on this one. The precautions seem like a major pain in the ass, and they are, but once your place gets infested it is exceptionally difficult to eradicate the damn things. It usually takes at least four treatments and often upholstered items (beds, but also sofas, etc.) become trash. When I lived in the great Garden State, chica and I had to deal with an infestation that spread from the apartment below us and it was hellish. I'll spare you the details (unless you really really want to know) but the super failed to recognize the problem and actually made it worse. We ended up throwing away an expensive box spring and mattress, breaking our lease, and moving unexpectedly in the dead of winter.

Please comply with the seemingly ridiculous precautions to the best of your ability, despite the major inconvenience. Good luck, and contact me with questions if you have them.

libertad writes at 01:57:34 04/30/08 - Comment #34558: Horrible. That sounds like it came at the worst possible moment. Sure you took all the proper measures- but how do you know everyone else did? Bed bugs are not very common I didn't think.

tinypliny writes at 01:49:21 04/30/08 - Comment #34555: That is terrible. :/ I am so sorry! I hope things get back on track soon and you are able to pack and go on your trip peacefully! I hate it when you need to do last minute damage-control when you need to be doing so many other things! Ugh. :/

All the best!!!!

james writes at 12:53:41 04/30/08 - Comment #34552: still awake?

I am so sorry.

jenks writes at 12:01:27 04/30/08 - Comment #34549: that blows.
good luck!

paul writes at 09:54:01 04/30/08 - Comment #34546: One time when I lived in AZ with (e:jacob) our apartment building got infested with cochroaches. They sprayed without notification and everything was poisontastic when we got home. I hope bed bug spray isn't as bad because you could taste it forever.

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Location: New Paltz, NY

04/29/08 09:00 - 38ºF - ID#44180

trepidation

In three days I will be in the air on my first plane trip ever. I know I keep blatherin on about it, but the excitement is unbeleiveable.

what IS unfortunate, however, is the lack of free time i am about to have between now and then. Today I am working till 830 in lockport. and I have agreed to be in springville at 730 to do the monthly inventory. Why? because I feel as though if I agree to tackle the unpleasant administrative tasks I will be looked upon as a leader in the company and thus aquire a)better job security and b) OVERTIME!

Tomorrow night is all about packing. Laundry. Packing. preparation. Because i work all day on thurs and as SOON as we get home we have to hit Sheas. Which I have never been to. Where do I park? how early before a show should I be there?

Come home and try to sleep? because we have to be at the airport at 430 am. Where do i park? ahhh its all new to me. Trepidation! trepidation! And how much is airport parking? booooooo expensivo!

tinypliny writes at 02:06:25 04/30/08 - Comment #34561: But then I never flew till I came here at 25. That was a long gap and things had changed so much by then. The flights were packed, and I didn't really get that much candy. I think I got more cheese and yoghurt than candy. It was Air-France. What else could you expect?

tinypliny writes at 02:01:25 04/30/08 - Comment #34560: I think I flew first when I was 9 years old. My grandpa had died and my mum was crying all the way. Her eyes were so swollen she couldn't see us anymore, I think. The plane was half-empty and my brother and I ran up and down the plane till the stewardess got pissed and did everything but tie us to our seats. She wasn't very successful in controlling us and hit upon the classic tactic of cookie-toffee-bribes. By the end of the 3 hour flight my bro and I had a fabulous booty to split. I thick the inventory ran thus: 7 cookies, 12 chocolate bars, 5 hard-toffees and one bag of chips each. We never told mom or things might have turned confiscation/scolding-ugly heheheh. Ah. Good times. :)

jenks writes at 12:06:20 04/30/08 - Comment #34550: cabs to the airport are about $25 each way. From my house, for one person, at least... Parking at the airport is $10/day in "long term preferred" (no shuttle required) or like $8/day in the "long term" lot, that is a shuttle-ride away from the terminal. So I always figure it depends on how long I'm going for. If it's more than 5 days, a cab is cheaper. Or, if you can get a ride on the way back, take a cab for the early morning?

Either way, have a great trip. Flying is no big deal. :)

fellyconnelly writes at 05:39:23 04/30/08 - Comment #34544: thanks for the info guys! and (e:drew) - thanks for the offer, we have gotten several and I just cant bring myself to allow anybody to get up that early!

this plane trip will somehow be amazing. even if (e:lauren) dreads the flight.

paul writes at 10:17:49 04/29/08 - Comment #34530: My first plane trip sucked. I was 18 and we were flying to South Carolina. Somehow I got pressure behind my eye and I thought it was going to pop out of my head. I remember holding it in, hoping I didn't lose it before we landed. Never happened after that - so it must have just been a freak thing.

mrmike writes at 09:45:32 04/29/08 - Comment #34527: You can park at the Market Arcade parking lot for two bucks and just cut through the movie theater to get to Sheas

drew writes at 09:34:00 04/29/08 - Comment #34523: If you don't want to park at the airport, I think I can do a drop off and/or pick-up.

james writes at 09:07:15 04/29/08 - Comment #34522: Enjoy your trip.

Parking at Sheas is right where you parked to go to Marchella's. Parking at the airport is clearly labeled and is about $8 a day I believe.

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Location: New Paltz, NY

04/26/08 07:58 - 63ºF - ID#44148

days off in hell

Yesterday was shopping for Florida day. Let me inform you that shopping for a swimsuit is probably the most horrifying adventure that a chick with an extra pound (or two) could experience. First of all, everywhere I went the bathing suits were either:

A) 2 piece
B) Adorned with rhinestones
C) adorned with gaudy flowers
D) Ludicrously expensive
E) GOLD. Yes GOLD.

It was not the most pleasant experience. I haven't been in a bathing suit in over ten years. I feel quite exposed. I felt on several occasions that a wetsuit covered with a mumu would probably be the sexier option.

More importantly... yet another battle at buffalo tonight, if anyone here is interested! BUFFALO BREAKDANCING! WOOOO!

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Category: good reads

04/23/08 10:26 - 56ºF - ID#44121

dirty smut

I've been listening to a book on tape - a really random gross one that I didn't realize was more of a romantical book than a historical fiction - which is more my interest. So of course today on my way home from work I was subjected to about 15 to 20 minutes of a sex scene that uses delightful words such as "member" and "maidenhood".

Oh and incidentally, part of the reason the sex scene was so long was because they had to keep pausing to wonder aloud if the ghost of his grandfather was watching. Or to describe, in detail, the number of petticoats the young gent had to fight his way through to do his husbandly duty and officially make her his wife. BLAH!

Point of the story? I was pulling into the city when I realized my face hurt from the awful jaw dropping expression that was apparently plastered all over my face during the entire drive.

Apparently listening to heterosexual romance sex scenes set in medieval england during my long drive just doesn't do it for me.

but on a brighter note - three years ago today lauren and i made out for like 3 hours at the bar. happy anniversary love!

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Category: randomo

04/22/08 08:51 - 57ºF - ID#44095

Name That Bum!

Every time I go to the zoo i get faced with animal bums. so here is a fun new game for all of us to enjoy... NAME THAT ANIMAL BUM!!!

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and we have to check out (e:lauren)'s bum while she checks out animal bum.

and, oh my goodness look how (e:lauren) has shrunk!

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04/21/08 05:21 - 76ºF - ID#44087

more

I'm at work.... and its slow. Watching a kid across the street trying to bust his face open by riding his bike up a makeshift ramp. I'm afraid to look away in case he succeeds.

otherwise, the day is slow. dull. boring.

yesterday I enjoyed the 420 holiday by taking care of (e:lauren)'s hungover butt. We watched movies (i am normally too antsy for movies) which included Liar Liar and Pirates of the Caribbean. It was kinda as if the cable company knew that everybody would be stoned and ready to zone out to stupid movies all night.

today was my day to go back on my diet. i cheated soooo much in the past few days. so far so good.

i need to make up a list of all the things that I need to do before the trip, so i don't have to think about it.

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04/20/08 05:41 - 70ºF - ID#44069

hungover sunday

Spent last night at my grams. Good times, good times. Of course i didn't bring my phone charger so my battery was dead.

(e:lauren) took the opportunity to go out without me. Which is why she is sitting on the couch in pain today. Poor little hungover lady. apparently if she is not concentrating her efforts on keeping me from drinking too much and being ridiculous, she is, herself, getting ridiculous... poor drunk lady...

and of course she got to admit how it was better the other way around because when i was the one with the hangover she got to make me wrong for it. Thats my girl.

back to laundry

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04/19/08 08:16 - 55ºF - ID#44051

ZOOmalaFLOO

We spent yesterday at the Toronto Zoo. Here is a recap of a couple important things.

1. Canadian drivers can be scary at times.

2. FOcusing on the inner set of numbers on the spedometer instead of the outer set of numbers can be distracting. It doesn't matter though because apparently 100kh speed limit does not actuallymean 60mph, it means 85 mph.

3. Except when you are trying to leave around 5 pm on a friday night. then 100kph means 3 mph then 0mph then 4 mph for 2 hours.

4. The toronto zoo needs to stop expanding their exhibits. Why? because I thought my feet were going to fall off during the 4 hour walk we took around the zoo, and several exhibits weren't even open.

5. Why is it that every time I go to visit a damn zoo the polar exibits are closed? The tundra was being built, along with the australian and canadian exhibits. I know I know, if I want to see some damn penguins i should just go to the aquarium. But dammit!

6. The rumors of Toronto being a very clean city apparently do not apply to the smog that looms everywhere. But being a city of such ridiculous size, I bet its hard to not have smog.

7. Does anybody know the real reason that when your car goes through the border patrol, and you stop at the gate to talk to the nice man who has a lovely border patrol script that he is reading to you... why is the pavement angled so your car is tilted like 40 degrees and there is a grate udnerneath the middle of the car? are there people under there?

8. My collection of photos of animal asses is increasing nicely.

9. Happy Birthday Grandpap.

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04/16/08 08:42 - 41ºF - ID#44027

drill sargeant maxx

My cat is sitting on the floor waiting for me to come do my morning stretches and exercises. He stretches next to me. And by stretches, I mean flopps his ass on my head.

I had a dream that I had my dachshund finally... and of course somehow that equated to my friend's bulldog humping my leg.

My fridge is empty. Well not too empty. Hummus, mushrooms and celery should make a delightful lunch for me today, shouldn't it?

dammit. the cat is like my own damn personal trainer. He is meowing at me and just inserted his claws into my leg. I guess that means its time for exercise. Bastard.

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