stephanie is: 
sleepy…
so i went to the club on thursday night… but not before having a nice 3-hour nap1. i woke up confused a little after 7pm. i think the phone rang but i can never figure out how to answer it in time when it awakens me from a deep sleep. i forgot to check the caller id downstairs before i left for the night. i dragged myself out of bed and ate a frozen vegan mexican dinner then showered. i got out of the shower at 8:45pm – moose was picking me up at 9:15pm. but, it doesn’t take me long to get ready… no hair to do!
i wore my pink plaid skirt, a long-sleeve black shirt i’ve worn clubbing since ’98, black thigh-hi’s2, and my black maryjanes. moose arrived just as i decided to pop contacts into my eyes.
we picked up dawn on the way and all headed into the city. at the club they search your stuff and your person. the lady bouncer3 pulled out my eye drops and made my use them in my eyes. i guess to make sure it wasn’t full of crack…? crack in your eyes, fun stuff.
it felt good to dance for about 45 minutes straight. i stuck to the side that was more open and had a better dance beat – mostly ebm-ish stuff. it was really cold though and i never even broke a sweat4 despite all my stomping and bouncing5.
the smokiness was getting to my lungs so i went back to the bar where moose and dawn were hanging out. we had all our coats on the corner of it. a guy came over and took off his big black coat. he held it out to me. i glanced behind me at our coat pile and wondered if he wanted me to put it there. “you look tall” he said… i think. eh? unfortunately, when i think ‘eh?’ my face says it too… he started putting his coat back on looking really discouraged. OH! he had said you look cold! oops. he was struggling to put his coat back on in the dark and i felt really bad. dawn offered to help him and i thanked him for the offer. he was just finishing getting it back on and said something in response to my thanks and that it took an embarrassing amount of effort. doh. i wouldn’t have felt right in a strangers coat even if ihad heard him right.
i wandered a bit with moose then decided to try to warm up by dancing more till we left, but i ended up more cold. we said our goodbyes and headed out. it was raining in d.c. but freezing rain back at home. we went through the taco bell drive through for some snacks and moose stopped inside to say hello to the girls6.
today i had problems sleeping again. i keep waking up 5 hours after i go to sleep on my days off. perhaps a combination of the decongestant wearing off and my body being used to 3-5 hours of sleep per night. i kept trying to sleep as though my life depended on it and managed to get a decent amount.
danny and i started our day off with starbucks drinks and cake7. we mostly ran errands all day. we got dog food, bunny food, gecko food, bunny litter, heavy wire cutters, chili ingredients, bubble bath supplies, a humidifier8, and dinner9.
in between running errands danny cooked veggie chili and set up the humidifier in our bedroom. i moved a lot of my stuffed animals back into the guest room10 and cleaned the bedroom up. it looks so much larger now! we had a bath and some special time11 then watched “legally blonde 2” in bed with popcorn and m&m’s. a nice day, especially because i finally got to spend one with danny.
i have been resizing and cleaning up12 photos from my recent photoshoot every time i get 5 minutes to spare at my computer. i think i will have a kimono gallery up first – containing pictures taken by the talented azcra13 of me in my new purple robe which i left at their house. oops14. she did a really great job on them…
so, i am trying to use footnotes to curb my tendency to overuse parentheses15… um, yeah.
and now for something completely different16…
i am starting to see spots (literally) so i should go to bed before a migraine hits me. for real doh.
1. i keep waking up an hour before my alarm on work days this week. and an hour before my alarm is the not-so-fun hour of 4am. i think my insomnia has partially been due to how badly the dryness of our bedroom is affecting me. i’ve been on decongestants at night for a while.
2. though you couldn’t really see the tops unless i was moving
3. i guess there is a line for each gender.
4. like i usually do… i tend to just keep on dancing and dancing without breaks.
5. of which my calves are so happily reminding me of today! in a good way.
6. my dogs love him because he is our house-sitter and he is always willing to play with them. they turn into idiots around him and forget their training about not jumping and barking.
7. thanks to a member who joined by way of a starbuck’s gift card. that so rocks!
8. we had bought one last weekend but it was missing the filter. and it was LOUD. danny couldn’t sleep with it on, though i found it soothing. we upgraded slightly to a ‘bedroom quiet’ model.
9. outback steak house… i had a baked potato and a salad – danny had steak, veggies, and a salad. moo!
10. i had taken them all out when we had a housemate for a month.
11. ahem.
12. holy under-eye circles, batman!
14. and what is ironic about that is… i had bought it with them earlier in the day while we were at the mall and they hadn’t put the belt to it in my bag. michael so kindly went to pick it up after my shoot with him to give me more time to shoot with azcra. then i go and pack the belt in my bag but leave the damn robe there in my rush to get home to danny.
15. but it seems i am over-using the footnotes instead…
16. hey-ya!