Recipe for Relaxation

This week has totally drained me of any energy I could of saved for the next few days. The weekend flew by way to fast. I have been making a lot of changes to the apartment so new furniture and rearranging things have been taking up a lot of my time. We got our new bookshelves on Friday and set them up on Saturday. Had to reorganize and move some pieces around in order to make it look super nice. The three bookshelves we replaced were taken out and I was able to fit one more in the office. All this took me Friday night and all day Saturday to do! Danny was busy at band practice and then had to be in the studio on the weekend so I was working on these projects solo. When he got home we headed out to get a bite to eat and stopped by Ikea to take a look at a TV stand we liked. We wound up getting new curtains and a duvet cover for the bedroom. I always like to make changes. Sometimes a small thing like new curtains could reinvent a whole room. The old ones they replaced were moved to the living room and they look great!

Sunday was another tiring day. Did shit around the house while Danny went to the studio to record. My mother came in from Jersey to pick up the 2 bookshelves I replaced. Then I did some work and finally chilled out for awhile and watched TV. Danny got home around 1 am or so from a show in the city. We were both exhausted and in need of much rest. Monday comes around and I headed to grandma's house to do some laundry and some shopping. The day went longer than I planned and I got home around 5:30 instead of 4. I had wanted to get most of my work done but of course that wasn't happening. I had a case of car sickness while shopping and it totally ruined my chances of being in "work mode". I didn't have to make dinner because Danny was at the studio after work to record his last 3 songs so I just ate some pasta and butter. Eating has been an issue with me lately. Its not that I am starving myself but I don't eat enough. Add that to allergies and not enough sleep and you get one sick, sad Melissa.

Tuesday comes around way too soon and the weather is not making me smile. Rainy and crappy, yay. I was supposed to drive into Queens to help my Dad with his new place but I was really out of it and had to seriously get work done. I did what I could as far as work and ran out to the store to get a few things for the house. Before I know it I am rushing again. It seems as if time is not on my side these days. On my way home my battery dies. Of course. It happened while turning onto my street off 135. Cars beeping and me stressing. A lady stops and helps me push my car to the side and this guy gets me a jump. Thank god for these people! I am happy I was only down the street from my house. After the jump I drove home and worked for 45 minutes before I started dinner. Rushing and stressed. Danny comes home and we eat. I feel bad because I was in a horrible mood.

So he goes and gets the battery for me and we attempt to change it. Then we realize we are going to have an issue with my car alarm. I disarmed it a while ago but now that we are changing the battery it will go off again. I can't find the little piece I need. In attempt to save myself from slitting my throat I say we call it quits and do it in the morning. Finally, we get to chill and watch So You Think You Can Dance. LOVE that show! A little pissed off that Billy Bell got sick and won't be performing but I will get over it. He would of won hands down!

Today I was hoping for a better day. Danny changed my battery in the morning and that went well. The weather sucked yet again. I felt like crap this morning because everything is catching up to me. Plus, I forgot to mention, that it's my PMS week. Yep, another thing to celebrate! Always get excited when this week rolls around. This is another reason why I have been feeling over tired and shitty. So I get ready and head off to work and there goes my alarm. After about 10 minutes I find that piece I need (it was on the floor) and emergency disarm the car. Work was ok. An hour before I left I started to get a migraine that only got worse as the minutes past. Driving home was a total blur and very painful. On top of feeling like my head was going to explode and my eyes were going to pop out of my head, I had to urge to throw up. Thats always fun! Especially, when you are driving....in the rain. I get home and immediately pop 3 pills and go to bed. Alarm goes off and its 5:30. I have to get dinner ready. Danny comes home and we eat yummy chicken quesadillas.

I still feel drained. I have bags under my eyes. I need sleep. I feel like this week should be over but its only halfway done. Tomorrow I go into Queens to meet my Dad. Friday I don't want to do anything!!! But I have work that needs to get done. Then we have plans to eat dinner over my friend Heather's. I'm just happy I don't have to cook!

I need a recipe for relaxation.