Overhaul your life in 264 easy steps! ...Random Tuesday Thoughts
Tuesday, May 5, 2009 at 2:16AM 
Oh dear lord it's Tuesday again. Is it just me or did April have like, 7 Tuesdays? I swear it had at least that many. Possibly 8.
Hm. No, Google Analytics assures me there were only four. It also tells me that I still swear too much, because there are an inordinate amount of people arriving here by googling some combination of the word "fuck". Including the classic, "funky fuck fuck fuck".
(Was the third 'fuck' really necessary?)
(That's what SHE SAID)
Anyway, you know the deal! Grab the button, use it to duct-tape together your own rambling post, and leave your link with Mr. Linky! Think we can crack 100 participants this week?
Let us begin!
While we're on the Google Analytics topic, a few of my favorites lately:
What are some things that people just don't give a crap about?
and
What do people sometimes do in the summer
and
Too skinny to poop?
...do people think I have ALL the answers? Geez, I'm just one woman.
(A woman who is NOT too skinny to poop.)
I have a pretty ring on my finger. I keep watching it as I type. *girlish giggle*
(Okay, I can't pull off the girlish giggle. I'll just smirk.)
I haven't posted a HASAY update in a while. I was going to post one yesterday but...I'm ashamed. I never, ever should have written about how strong and confident and healthy I felt, because it immediately slid downhill. All month. I don't honestly know why, but I have had very little energy and no willpower. I've gained 3 lbs.
It's not a whole lot but those were VERY hard-won pounds, so I'm a little bitter.
I think I'm going to try to 'reboot' with a detox/cleanse, like the one Beth did. I'm trying to find one that's not going to hurt me or starve me too bad, but if next weeks Tuesday post is all, "Linoleum! It starts in the brain stem! Burn the heretic! Oh wait I'M the heretic. Burn the lions! Someone invent teleportation already, I want to cross my DNA with a ocelotl!", you'll know why.
What do you mean you can't see a difference? Shut up.
I'm 35 now. That's like, a whole other box to tick. It's the default age on the ellipticals at the gym. It's the year your doctor starts prefacing things with, "Well, you're in your mid-30s now so...". Strangely, I don't really have a problem with it.
But I do anticipate having some issues with 36. It's a saucy age, given to backtalk, and MUCH closer to 40 than it is to 30. Gah.
Now that Paul has made the "we're assuming we're eventually going to get hitched" thing all official (and sparkly), apparently he feels his work is done. Buy a ring? Check. Ask? Check. Okay! Wedding should plan itself.
So, uh, how does summer of 2016 sound to ya'll?
(Have I mentioned how lazy I am?)
WHAT DID I TELL YOU???*
Belly up to the random bar, cowpokes (and, um...cowpokettes?)! Write your post, leave your link, and don't forget to visit the other randomizers!So, not to get all female on you, but I'm going to call it a night - I kind of have a headache. My kid kicked me in the eye socket earlier, and he has really big feet. Apparently these things hurt more when you're 35? Would have appreciated a memo, but anyway.
Edit - Dammit! Mr. Linky appears to be down. If and when he reappears, I'll try to put everybody's link in. Till then, just put your link in the comments like the resourceful Sprite's Keeper.
Reader Comments (77)
This is my virgin run at RTT...thanks for that...
AND...on 35/36 I'm with ya on that one...I'm 35 in Aug (and pregnant) and it is a whole new world of crappy phrases from the doc "Pregnancy at YOUR age..." uh..I had a baby a year and a half ago and THAT was fine...anyway I'm much more disturbed by 36 than 35 because of the easier to round up to number it is nearer....
Congrats, on the proposal...and the sparkly...which, btw, stops being so distracting after the first or second car accident (you get the point)...
Okay...I am still so excited for you. Love your girlish giggle. I am so with you on the detox..lol! I was just thinking to myself, 'maybe if I do a detox and lose 5-7 that would be just the encouragement I need to lose the next 5-7'. Sick minds think alike!
Happy RTT!!!!
I have to say a detox/cleanse sounds very unpleasant. Good luck with that. Although the ocelot thing might be cool.
Being 35 is nothing. Except for the whole advanced maternal age thing for pregnant women, you can't let it bother you (I will admit, I was annoyed at being referred to as advanced maternal age).
For some reason, turning 36 bothered me much more than turning 30, or even 40. I don't know why, but I do know I went a little crazy. Which was fine, because the crazy earned me my first date with Beloved.
Speaking of which, congratulations on the sparkly! Beloved and I had been dating and/or cohabitating for 6 years before we got engaged, then were engaged for 3 years before we got hitched. Then, because we are lazy too, flew to Hawaii alone, called all the kids the day before the wedding to tell them, then went and got hitched while standing under a lemon tree.
Which was very apropos.
Wow, now I'm dreading 35. I'll enjoy the hell out of these next three years since it's inevitable that I'm going to fall apart like you are. Getting kicked in the eye socket hurts at 32 also, not sure if that helps.
As your fearless HASAY leader, I can't really give you shit about gaining... I think HASAY is more of a weight gaining club for me. Try some colon blow and you'll feel better. It's an actual product, believe me.
Yay on your bling. It took me forever to stop staring at mine... wait till the sun hits it and throws rainbows all over the inside of your car. You'll be all... "woooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh" and then smash into the car in front of you. Hopefully the second part doesn't happen.
You are so right, Once you hit 35, your warrentee is up! They start looking for things to be wrong but since your in Canada you will here things like"but you're only 35" so that's a good thing. :)
I eloped - I highly recommend it. We took our parents with us - but NOBODY else.
Congrats again.
I'm looking 30 in the face and frankly, I'm struggling a bit. Way to take on 35 without drama.
Did a cleanse. Not impressed at all. Prep for a colonoscopy if you really want to clean that baby out. Yuk.
Fabulous randomness. Congrats on the bling. The early sparkly days are the best (feel free to read into that as much as you'd like mwahahahahahahaa).
Reboot with Dr. Natura. I used it the months before my wedding. Nothing miraculous but overall a good experience, and given the subject matter that's pretty impressive ey?
I know what you mean about 36. I'm just not ready. I'm only 34 ("only") but the other side of 35 is just around the corner.
Yaaaahh again for the wedding!
Yeah, when you're 35 and pregnant, you are considered "high risk." Then I was pregnant again at 38, and no one really said anything about being "high risk." When I mentioned to my gyno that I was thinking about having a 3rd baby at 40, she told me to go for it!
This is probably 1. TMI 2. Off the subject completely. ;) Good luck with wedding plans! I bet you're so excited you already have everything planned in your head!
Well, I've heard of "too pooped to pop," but "too skinny to poop" is a new one for me too.
I agree with Jenn about the whole pregnancy at 35 thang. I had one kid before 35 and one after, and the difference in how I was treated between those two years was startling. Like, I'd suddenly gotten OLD.
I'm having a pretty good time on the south side of 40, though.
Sparkly congratulations!
I'm going to freak out when I can no longer click that 35-38 bracket. I might need medication. And lots of booze.
I'm going to turn into an old booze hag.
My first RTT..
Elope. Just don't go to Mexico and get the swine flu.
Don't knock 35. I'd take that back in a second. I'm 6 yrs. past that. 35 now sounds good to me.
congrats. on your engagement?
First.... turning 40 is overrated. Really. Who really gives a shit? No one would know I was over 40... OR a grandmother. Except everyone knows. ...and no one gives a shit. see?
and Analytics told me yesterday someone Googled "pig flew" (yes that is how they spelled it) and got my site. Saved me from the usual "mad people having sex" or some such thing.
Picture of the bling, please! And where's Mr. Linky?
http://www.spriteskeeper.com/my_weblog/2009/05/rtt-if-it-wasnt-tuesday-then-it-wouldnt-be-random-now-would-it.html
Ha! I left it in the comments!
I am resourceful, no?
Show us the ring!!! Show us the ring!!!
My daughter-in-law, who is 35, just found out she is pregnant!!! YAY!!!
Here's my post:
http://gingereebs.wordpress.com/2009/05/05/unrandom-thoughts-on-tuesday/
Ah dang it! I even put up my link this morning for once. I didn't think to do it like at 5 at night this time.
Congrats on the ring and did I mention once before that we need photos?
Also, last week the kid was jumping on me and I think he broke a rib. Seriously. It hurts. Why didn't I stop him? There was a good Dancing with the Stars recap on and I had to watch it.
My first RTT as well - I enjoyed it! (Though I have the feeling next Tuesday is going to sneak up on me awfully damn quick...)
http://piecemealpeople.blogspot.com/2009/05/rtt-ive-joined-club.html
The third "fuck" is always necessary. It's what seals the deal. :)
CONGRATS again on your sparkly bling...we definitely would love to see a picture! ;) 40 is the new 20, didn't you hear? So I guess that would make 35 the new 15? Nope, guess it doesn't work that way... ;)
Here's my linky since Mr. Linky is being persnickety:
http://stacysrandomthoughts.blogspot.com/2009/05/random-tuesday-thoughts-sorry-no.html
I'm not sure how I feel about 36. Some how it sounds so much older than 35. Sucky!
Congrats on the bling bling! I am also recently engaged and alomst dread planning the wedding. can't some one else do that for me...for free????
just doing my part to get you to 100. ;)
you're welcome.