What's plaguing me

1. Ants.  I'm deleting [most of] the expletives here, but let's just say the little buggers are currently sitting atop my shit list.  And we must have the STUPIDEST ants on the planet, I swear they must be stopping by our next door neighbor's college pad and taking bong hits before entering our kitchen.  They go for THE most exciting foods, like MY CUP OF WATER when two inches away there is a plate with leftover syrup from Alex's waffle breakfast and an entire dish of fresh baked brownies.  But no, THE WATER: it appears to be what they're after.
2. Diarrhea. In spite of the fact that I'm still taking enough iron every day to kill a small child, I'm on day three of the runs.  This isn't something I find that unusual, cranky bowels run in my family, but I've been racing to the bathroom six times a day since Friday and it's getting old.  I'm even starting to feel a bit parched.  I must've picked up some food poisoning or something because otherwise I feel fine.  I'll call the doctor tomorrow if I'm not feeling better, but even that seems rather futile.  I won't even take a Tylenol while pregnant, so what can I really do besides wait.
3. Stupid COMCAST.  I can't even begin to describe how horribly, horribly awful Comcast's DVR service is.  The season finale of Battlestar Gallactica was meant to record on Saturday night and instead we got a re-run of Backyardigans.  I wanted to throw the damn box out the window.  We had Ultimate TV for five years and even though it was slow, at least it recorded my shows.  Tomorrow I'm taking this piece of crap back to Comcast and buying a Tivo. 
4. My own consumerist ass.  I'm annoyed with all the money we've been spending.  I mean, we're not buying anything particularly extravagant, but I find myself in this crappy (yet expensive) apartment with our new laptop and our new Dyson and our new car and can't help but feel guilty about buying an expensive camera and (today) a Sleep Number Bed (and now I'll have to add a Tivo to that list).  I'm usually SO good about buying only what we need, but lately it just feels like we NEED all this crap.  Part of me knows we're in the best financial shape we've ever been in and I shouldn't really feel bad, but I do anyways.  It's the financial planner in me.

I would find more to bitch about, but my tummy is rumbling.  Again.

Comments

[ferd]

I had the same runs about 2 weeks ago. 10 trips to the toilet the first day and 6 trips to the toilet the second day and it was over. Just lucky, I guess.

[Grace]

So sorry to hear about that DVR not working correctly. Because that episode? ROCKED!

[minkz]

Our Comcast DVR is on the fritz too, my husband tried to swap it out and Comcast does not have any new DVR's we are on a waiting list and we are stuck with it for the HDTV factor. I am pissed too.

[lotuslaments]

I share your Comcast pain as well. I am thinking about the Dish!!!

Also find myself oddly tortured over my increasing consumerism- despite living a relatively low maintenance lifestyle - I am finding that I NEED more things- oddly, the Sleep Number Bed is high on the list though not exactly an extravagance- the guild descends.... our consumerism is seeming to accelerate with the impending arrival of our adopted child.... things like space heaters, a 4-door car - all imperatives...

[Refinnej]

I have a fairly effective ant-killer recipe, if you'd like it. I hate the evil little things.

[jenn]

If it makes you feel any better, Tivo does that to us sometimes too. Though, since we've upgraded to Direct Tivo, I'm not sure that it has. But that eppy did rock. But it's on Sci Fi Channel. I'm sure they'll repeat it a gazillion times. :)

[Meghan]

Our DVR ended up recored 3 days worth of NBA basletball for no reason. We had to unplug it.

Okay, this is totally wierd, but you were in my dream last night. I am going to post about it today because it was pretty funny.

The mind is a strange strange creature!

[R. Robyn]

what kind of camera? i'll be jealous no matter what.

[Donna]

We go through periods where we are constantly spending, too and it is very disconcerting. But then you finish buying everything you er, need and your purchase patterns go back to normal.

Until the next time.

[Jen Zug]

That's funny about the TiVo because I have one and want a Comcast DVR! TiVo frustrates me because you have to watch what you are recording, and DUH, but I don't want to watch that show right now WHICH IS WHY I WAS RECORDING IT. A friend told me the comcast DVR can record two shows at the same time while you watch a third.