Unfairness of Nightmares

It's really not cool that I know I've been having nightmares that wake me up periodically and generally make my sleep fitful. I have vague inklings that they're truly horrifying and they're taking a physical toll, but I cannot remember anything about them. I mean, if dreams are going to disrupt my sleep it would be nice if I could remember them. The only thing I do remember from last night was it ended with me looking for my spare apartment key in a large chest of drawers in the corridor of a building in which I don't live, and my brother J. was there. He gave me a magic key, telling me it wasn't a good idea to stash my spare in a place that other people had access to and to use the one he provided.

Not nightmarish, but I also remember feeling panicked. And J. looked like J., but I don't think it was him. J.'s eyes are ice blue and dream J.'s were black.

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Why are beds so bleeping expensive? I'm thinking I'll just have to get a simple metal frame and get a headboard instead of a nice, full bed. Or I could stop being cheap and just go for it. It's not like I can move a bed all by myself anyway, should I ever change apartments.

Yes, yes I am shopping online instead of working. Besides beds, I'm also looking into digital cameras and such. I'm not sure how well becoming more techologically sound works for me - I can't do flash drives because my computer at home doesn't have a USB to spare. I have nowhere to plug it in, which means a digital camera might not really work as far as being able to instantly share pictures. Ultimately I'd need some sort of upgrade in my computer, and I'm not really ready for that financial investment (all put together, I mean) considering I have several trips coming up.

In other news, I just spilled water down the front of my shirt. I'm apparently unable to perform basic functions like drinking today.

This Wounds Me

Oh, My Poor Tree-hugging Soul

The best ad on buses around here is "Gas isn't expensive if you don't buy any." It boggles my mind that people honestly think it's far better to destroy nature than to shell out more money at the gas pumps. C'mon, people, use that brain. You'll have nowhere to drive (maybe not you, you, but the future yous) if you insist on killing the planet.

Leave Alaska alone, damn it.

Now I'm just pissed

Went to Job 2 only to discover they think I OWE them 3.75 hours, claiming they gave me 11.5 comp hours over Christmastime. Which isn't true, because even though I went home for Christmas, I came back several days early and actually worked at Job 2 on those days! In fact, I don't remember going in the hole at all...and if I had, I would have worked those hours off by now. The fact that I apparently haven't means I didn't even know I HAD to. Id est, according to my calculations, I have banked about 9.25 hours of comp time that I still have to use yet this year.

The mathematics are faulty. Not saying my numbers are absolutely correct, but there's NO WAY I would have knowingly let myself be so far behind in work. It pisses me off that they're only just now addressing it, as everything in my past work history here speaks of working time off within a week or two. Why on Earth do they think I let it slip for 6 months?

I'm just so angry right now. Yeah, 3.75 hours might not seem like a lot, but when you get home at 6 every day and have to work another hour or so...