stephanie is: 
tired and heading to work…
hello…. i feel like i never get a chance to write here because i am not at a computer much. but the bills must be paid. i need to look over my time and see how much computer time i can schedule for myself daily. i have bunches of web site updates to do.
so on wednesday i got to see my dad. he met me at work when my shift ended and we went out to dinner together at maggiano’s. it was really nice to spend time with him. i still need to get together with the rest of my family too, though…
on friday, as planned, danny and i braved the outlet mall for some clothes shopping. he made out better than i because it is easier for him to find his size. i did at least find one pair of levi’s for work and some basic tops.
yesterday we ran some errands then met up with our neighbor and his girlfriend (who we hadn’t met yet). she was really nice. we ate at a little local italian place. afterwards we were trying to figure out what to do without much luck. there weren’t any movies that we all wanted to see and were worth paying so much for. we stopped by a bowling alley but there was an hour and a half wait. we ended up giving ice skating a try. our neighbor’s girlfriend was good at it and zooming around the rink. danny was pretty good at it though the skates were bothering his feet. i was just kind of shuffling around the outside wall. i felt like i could have done a lot better had i not been afraid someone was going to run in to me (as it was pretty crowded). i need all my limbs in working order for my job so i was not up for risk-taking. we got home at 10pm and danny went with them to play cards. i get up at 6:30am on sundays so i went home and took a long bath till the water was too cold to lay in, watched a show off our tivo, and read till danny scolded me to go to sleep.
this weekend was danny’s last on a day schedule. he goes back to working nights tonight. the only good of that is i will see him a little more often (every evening until he leaves for work around 10pm) and i can get dressed in the mornings with the light on. the bad is i’ll never get to sleep with him unless i get in bed right when i get home from work, i don’t have much time with him on our days/nights off because neither of us can change our sleep schedules fast enough (especially me as i have bad insomnia), and i often get to bed way too late if he isn’t leaving for work till late. i have been trying to get in bed before 9pm on work weeknights (it doesn’t always happen since i have laundry and freelance work) and i need to stick by that even with him being home at that time. it takes be at least 2 hours to get to sleep after getting in bedf, and with at 5:15am wakeup time, i can’t afford to stay up any later than that.
it is time for me to head to work…