June 2008 - Angry Julie Monday

Fridge is Broken

June 29, 2008

Ugh….last Wednesday, I selected my yogurt from our refrigerator. I noticed that the container was kinda luke warm. I looked at the temperature on the fridge and it said 65 degrees, yuck! So I pushed on the digital arrows and moved the temp down.

I called Angry Husband at work and let know about the problem. He told me to call Best Buy, because it’s still under warranty. So I called Best Buy and scheduled an appointment for Thursday.

Throughout the day, the temperature just got higher and higher. It finally reached a high of 75 degrees. I then checked the freezer. Well, the temperature problem had finally hit the freezer and everything was melting. So we cleaned out the refrigerator and the freezer. We had to throw everything that was perishable away.

On Thursday, the technician from Best Buy came. He told me that we needed a new thermostat. He said that he would order the parts to be overnighted. He told me that he was able to get the fridge running temporarily until he came back. He said it was ok to put food back in it.

So Thursday night, Angry Husband, Angry Toddler, and I went to Target. My 1st Target trip for the week. I’m trying to stay out of Target more, because I buy stuff I don’t really need. Anywho, we spent over $100 getting some basics necessities. Mostly stuff for Angry Husband’s lunches and some food for Angry Toddler.

Well, yesterday, my mom was watching Angry Toddler at our house. She mentioned that the fridge temp was up again and that the milk seemed a little warm. She monitored it for a couple of hours and she, yep, it’s up to 65 degrees again.

So I called Best Buy again. The person told me that the earliest that anyone could come out was Wednesday. Plus, our parts were in and they could also be installed on Wednesday. Gee thanks, Best Buy.

So basically all the food that we bought it at Target has gone to waste again. Angry Husband is compiling an excel document with all the food that we’ve lost to send to Best Buy for reimbursement.

We are really pissed because we were trying to be better and eat at home more. Now, with no refrigerator, it makes it kind of difficult.

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Changes at Angry Toddler’s Preschool

June 25, 2008

Next week, they are going to start transitioning the kids at Angry Toddler’s preschool. All the kids are moving up in rooms. AT is going into the pre-K classes. I found out yesterday that he is going to a different class than his friends.

Angry Toddler has no clue about this. I don’t think he will be that effected by it. But for some reason, I’m kind of sad about this. AT will be in a new class with a new teacher, and completely different kids. They are putting him with the three and half years olds, when he barely just turned 3. It might be better for him, he will be more challenged.

Apparently, they split the classes up because they are trying to separate some of the kids. Unfortunately, these are AT’s friends.

My friend, Londie, told me that I need to get used to this. Especially when AT gets to elementary school. The kids get new teachers and new friends every year at school.

I guess Angry Toddler is growing up. I will have to adjust to these things along away. Some things in life I can’t control. I guess I just need to accept it and move on.

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Aflac Iron Girl

June 23, 2008

On Sunday, I ran the Aflac Iron Girl 5K race in Del Mar, CA. I did this race last year, but it was in Solana Beach. This was my favorite race last year. They really go all out for the participants. I was looking forward to it the past couple of weeks.

Well we (my running pal, Monique and I), arrived at the event about an hour early. The event started at the Fairgrounds. We had to enter through the main gate of the Fairgrounds and walk, forever to the starting line. We finally made it to there and picked up our race numbers. We didn’t even get time to pick up our race packets. We then got in line to start the race. Well there were sooooo many people there. They announced that there were over 3,000 runners. They had the 5K and 10K runners starting together, which was complete chaos.

The racetrack, ugh…. The surface of the track was this recycled material. It was SOO difficult to run on. My friend, Monique, told me that she could hear my cursing, when I was running. I guess my music was soo loud, that I didn’t realize how loud I actually was.

I finished the race with a time of 38:00 exactly, which was not my best. I started walking at the end, because I was soo pissed about the track. At the finish line, we received a medal, which is pretty cool.

I hope they the put this race somewhere else next year.

I’m adding a picture that I had taken there too.

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Back to no restaurants with Angry Toddler

June 23, 2008

Angry Husband and I made a decision on Saturday night. I think we are back to not going to sit down restaurants with Angry Toddler again. We went to Red Robin with my parents on Saturday night. AT kept asking to go potty. I would take him to the bathroom, and all he wants to do was wash his hands.

This happened like 4-5 times. Angry Husband was getting annoyed, but guess who kept going to the bathroom with AT, ME! AT even tried to go in the men’s room one time.

My dad finally picked AT up and went outside. I was able to take 10 nice and quiet minutes to eat and actually chew my food. When we came outside, my dad and AT were on the merry-go-round. AT just kept waving at all of us.

Wouldn’t you know it, we actually went to another sit down restaurant yesterday for lunch. I thought it was one of those order at the counter, and they will call your number restaurants, but it wasn’t. I had to deal with the bathroom and hand washing games all over again. This time, I left the restaurant with Angry Toddler.

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Alarm Clocks and Cellphones

June 21, 2008

Just an FYI!

Sometimes it is not a good thing to use your cellphone as an alarm clock. Because if the cellphone battery dies in the middle of the night when you are sleeping, the alarm function won’t work.

I woke up almost 45 minutes after my alarm was supposed to go off this morning. The sun was beaming in, which I knew was not a good thing. I usually wake up when it is still dark outside. I have to be at work at 6am. I looked at my cellphone and realized that the battery had died in the middle of the night. I jumped in the shower and got dressed soo fast. Luckily, I made it to work on time.

I was soo tired last night. I got up early yesterday, and went to the gym. I then worked a ten and a half hour day. After work, we had an end of shift party for our team. We had lots of good Mexican food and drinks with a concoction of Diet Red Bull, Vodka, and I think Diet 7-Up. You combine all these things together, which makes a very tired and sleepy Julie.

So not only was I running late this morning, I am also starving. I didn’t grab breakfast on the way out of my house this morning. I’m not off to go hunt for some breakfast. I will probably drink some kind of protein shake because I ate way too much bad food last night.

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Angry Toddler is a Season Passholder

June 19, 2008

Yep! As of yesterday, Angry Toddler is a Season Passholder at Disneyland. If you are over 3 years old, you need a ticket to get into Disneyland.

Angry Husband and I think that Season Passes should start at age 5. Seriously, the kid can’t get on 75% of the rides, because of his height.

AT turned “3” last month. I swear, it’s like the Disney employees knew or something. We’ve been going to Disney alot since we got our Season Passes in March. AT turned 3 on May 19th. I swear on May 21st or so, the employees started asking. How old is he? Angry Husband would reply, “oh, he turns 3 in July”. LIE!! But geez, a Season Pass for AT was $259, the same price as ours. Which is crazy.

My mom and I were playing a little 2-day Disneyland vacation for July yesterday. And we started talking about Caden needing a pass now. Wouldn’t you know, she gave me her credit card number and told me to buy him a pass online. So that’s what I did. Thank You Angry Momma.

I also booked (2) nights at Disney’s Paradise Pier Hotel in July. Ugh, the rooms were expensive. Once again, I’m not paying, Angry Momma is paying. But the trip is booked. I’m sure it will be hot as hell, since we are going in July. Perfect, we can enjoy the pool at the hotel then.

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Ode to plastic cash

June 17, 2008

I’m a plastic cash kinda gal. I never have actual cash in my wallet. If I do, it’s very rare.

So last week, I noticed that my debit card was missing from my wallet. I could remember that the last time I used it was to order some pizza. I searched our entire house looking for it.

I finally got frustrated and cancelled it. Well, you know what happens when you do that? Right? As soon as a I got home from the bank, I found it under a pile of stuff in our office. Angry Toddler got up really early one day last week and I found him playing in the office. I think he took my debit card out of my purse.

So I’ve had to take money from the bank every few days, $20 here, $20 there. It’s been quite frustrating.

Well, my new debit card came today. YAY! But, I’ve been trying to call my bank to activate it and I kept getting a busy signal. Well, I finally called a different number and they advised me that whole bank is down to a power outage. The guy said that it’s a weather related power outage in Virgina. My bank is a Credit Union based out of Virgina. He said their system should be back up sometime tomorrow.

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I’m in a work out funk!

June 17, 2008

I’m in a total work out funk right now. I think I need to make some changes in my work outs. I get soo bored now. I unfortunately need to work out 5-6 days a week or I start gaining. I don’t know why, it’s just me.

I push away on the elliptical, but I get soo bored. I have even started watching the tv while at the gym. My music is also boring, so that’s why I went to the TV.

I grabbed one of the schedules for classes at my gym this morning. Maybe I will try a new class this week or something. Maybe I just need to do some more outside activities. I might try running outside tomorrow morning, or maybe even going to our association pool.

I need to think of new ideas, cause I’m totally bored…oh and my weight loss has plateaued also. Which totally stinks.

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