Awwww AngelSpun!  Tomarrow is a new day.  Thats what i tell myself. Hopefully things get better! Big hug to you.

I'm glad things got straightened out. And I'm sorry for jumping the gun and assuming things about what's going on with your BF! I think I'm going to refrain from making unneeded comments in the future.

But...I'm happy for you that the daemon is moving out.

thanx, juri & Beesan.

This morning I woke up after 6:30 without much time to get to work.  So I threw on yesterday's clothes, and my wool city coat because it was bloody cold outside, twisted my hair into a scrunchie bun and flew out the door unshowered.
    By the time my shift was over, I felt so gross that I didn't want to go to my 2nd job, or anywhere else for that matter, until I'd had a shower. It usually goes that way when I don't take one in the morning. I hate that feeling. Bleagh! 

Plus I was sick anyway, so when I finally came home, I first made a can of chicken soup for lunch, then made up a vinegar rinse and scrubbed out the bathtub, seeing as the dæmon was the last person in it. I could horrify you with tales of what he's left behind in there...

So I took a shower, did the usual clarifying routine with Pantene Purity shampoo, a vinegar rinse and Pantene Daily Moisture Renewal conditioner. Hopefully this will be the last time I have to balance on that box before my sweetheart (grrrrrrrrrr) finally puts up the old shower head!!

Didn't use any leave-in sprays today either. I want to do an overnight treatment tonight, and I want it to absorb without anything in the way. A nice new start.

My roommate needs to go in the worst way!!  I really can't express it enough. As I was drying off and putting my shower stuff back into its silver basket, I happened to notice one of his hairs stuck to the wall...right where my towel had been....and I don't mean the kind that grow on your head!!    I literally felt as if I would vomit.

I really think that the 1st is not nearly soon enough. He should never have moved in with us at all. Even my boyfriend wants to kill him now.
    But oh man do we have our work cut out for us after he leaves! We're cleaning and restoring the whole apartment. I mean power washing the walls, steaming the carpets, painting, the whole 9.

One thing, perhaps I've never mentioned, is that I hate taking a shower while he's here & my boyfriend isn't. It just screams rape to me. Always has. It would be a joke to say that I trust that guy as far as I can throw him, because I suppose that I could throw him pretty far. I don't trust him at all.

Anyway, now I just sit and wait for my hair to dry. My dear beloved still isn't home yet. 

Yesterday I worked the morning shift, so I didnt have much time to do anything to my hair. But at least I had time for a shower!

I've been having the urge to wear makeup lately, but I can't due to being so ill lately. Wearing makeup when I must blow my nose every 30 seconds is pointless.

Last night I did 5 loads of laundry before my body finally gave out at around midnight. We live on the 2nd floor and the laundry room is on the ground floor, so...many trips up and down the stairs. Good for the thighs.

My boyfriend interrupted me in the middle of laundry & whisked me away to the grocery store, where we more than replaced the $80 worth (of my own b-day money) that his dæmon cousin had already eaten. I swear, that guy has put on so much weight since he's been living with us...
    *sigh* He'll soon be someone else's problem.

This morning, I waited for him to leave before jumping into the shower. I carry my shampoo, conditioner, bodywash, facewash and other things in a silver metal basket so I can take them in & out of the bathroom with me, so the eeeeeeeeevil one doesn't use them. He's been known to use my things in the past & I totally do not appreciate it. It's just rude.
     Plus, the things that he's "borrowed" were quite expensive & high-quality. I either paid a lot for them or they were gifts from beloved family. Either way, his skanky hands aren't even worthy to touch them.
    But in a few days, I'll have to find a new use for that silver basket. With the seed of Satan expelled from my life, I'll be able to leave my stuff in the bathroom where it belongs once again, knowing that it will be safe.

Today I washed once with Herbal Essences Replenishing shampoo. Ahhhh that scent. I just can't stay away!
    I left Pantene's Intensive Moisturizing Mask in for an hour, then rinsed and followed with Herbal Essences Replenishing conditioner. Ahhhhh...
    Then I used Herbal Essences & TRESemmé leave-ins. The latter of which will soon be gone - haha! Detangled with the usual RS #45. My hair actually still smells like Pantene.  Oh well.

Today I'm wearing my new Nightmare Before Christmas hooded shirt that I got at the Bat En Rouge during my b-day trip to Disneyland.  It's cute. It has black glitter on the front...and pink roses in the design. I think I'm going to wear my pink velour scrunchie to match them  See if anyone notices...

Anyway, I'm off to work as soon as I finish my green tea & throw my boots on. Peace out.

My boyfriend ended up working all night. He finally crashed on the couch at around midnight (I'm guessing). Didn't even bother to tell me that he was home, so I slept alone. Again.
    This morning, he's on yet another call. I really can't hang with this. It's not a "relationship." It's not anything.

I coughed most of the night and most of the morning when I woke up. The build-up is still not out of my chest. I honestly don't think it ever will be until I see a doctor. 

The webpage history was deleted this morning, which means that the dæmon was looking at porn again sometime yesterday. Lord, he disgusts me in every way possible (and even invented a few new ways, I'm sure). He truly represents everything I hate about men.
    After I finish typing this, I'm going to shut the computer down and clean everything. The mouse, the keyboards, the buttons, everything.

I've been finding more and more of his hairs in unexpected places, too. I can only imagine what I might find when we finally get down to cleaning out his old room. *shudder*

Anyway, today I washed twice with Pantene Daily Moisture Renewal shampoo and then put in the Intensive Moisturizing Mask, which I'm leaving in for an hour while I do other things.
   
The sky was pretty earlier this morning. Painted in pale, muted shades of blue, gray and white, with the glow of distant sunlight in the northeast.
    I love winter. The air is so clear and frigid and delicate, and the sky...and the frost...I love everything about it. There is truly no other season that I would rather have been born in.

Breakfast this morn is peaches & cream oatmeal & green tea. We're out of water.    I need to call my father & exchange bottles.

I think I'd like to buy a few full-size bottles of Pantene Restoratives Breakage Defense. Of course that probably won't happen anytime soon. Yesterday's check is going straight into rent, and February's income will go into 2 birthdays, Valentine's Day...and rent.    I hate this. There's never anything left over for ME. A girl's gotta live.

Anyway, I'm shutting down to clean now. Then I'm going to rinse this treatment out of my hair and follow with Pantene Daily Moisture Renewal conditioner. Good ol' Winter Rescue. God knows that food and whatever cleanliness I generate may be the only sources of happiness I have left.

Oh, yes, I second that honey motion...works like a charm when I have a cough, so very *soothing*, ahhhhh.  And cinnamon, how could you go wrong, it's the most wonderful spice on earth (to me, anyway...loooove the cinnamon!).  Another thing you can be doing to help yourself is to totally avoid any dairy products, creates nothing but mucous...bleagh!

I'm so glad to here that your daemon spawn of hell will be finding a new lair to dwell in...or has he gone already?  Hopefully for your sake he has!

Have you tried the Pantene Winter Protection line yet?  I think that I might try that next.  I flip flop between Pantene & Herbal Essences, too.  I just finished up the last of the HE yesterday, it was something lavender colored with palm oil.  It was good, but the oil was a little too heavy to use on my hair everyday, so I had to keep switching.  I'll try a different kind this time, but I do agree that it does smell *heavenly*.

Just wanted to mention that I'm a big fan & somewhat of a collector of Nightmare Before Christmas, your jacket sounds really cool.  I say only somewhat of a collector, well, because I can't really afford the hobby of being a collector, so we just pick up the things we "have to have".  I just like Tim Burton's style in general, very unique and creative.

BTW- good luck on the promotion, hope you get it! 

Thanx so much, Sakina, Magz & Curly Girl! Your well wishes mean so much. 

The cough is slowly and gradually tapering off. I have generally been avoiding dairy products, but anything that I eat triggers mucous build-up. Unfortunately, these are just the kind of sinuses I inherited through the miracle of genetics and must live with. 

I tried the honey & cinnamon too, and it's good, although a little tricky when trying to lick it out of a soup ladel.    We don't have any clean spoons at the moment...we go through them faster now because we suddenly don't have as many as we used to for some (evil) unknown (dæmon) reason (roommate). 
    I have always used honey when I had a cough/sore throat, but never tried it with cinnamon in it before.

My boyfriend was home for maybe a total of 2 seconds during the weekend due to all of the calls he was getting. As if his chronic absence didn't put enough of a strain on the "relationship" already, this on-call business doesn't help matters. Luckily (luckily?), I'm pretty used to it by now. *shrug* I did always want to live alone...

All of this working is taking a serious toll on both of us. We are always tired, he's always aching and I'm more on-edge now than I have been in a long time. The stress just keeps building up. 

Sorry to disappoint, Magz, but the seed of Satan has not yet disappeared from our lives.  He still sleeps here at night...at least when he isn't spending the night with his new (and enormous) "girlfriend" from class. Yet another blonde... 

For as much as I loathe and detest men, I can't say that I understand women any better. Especially the kind who willingly tolerate and even welcome the company of such a person as my roommate. Seriously, what is up with that?!  ???
    I suspect that they must either be completely desperate, just don't care, or both.

*ahem* In any case, it is now only a matter of days before he and all of his disreputable habits are no longer any problem of mine...and I thank God for that!

Alright...in HAIR news......

Today, I washed once with Herbal Essences Clarifying shampoo, rinsed with cool water, did a vinegar rinse, rinsed with cool water, washed again with Herbal Essences Moisture-Balancing shampoo and rinsed with cool water. Then, I worked Herbal Essences Moisturizing conditioner through my hair, tucked it under a shower cap while tending to my other "shower duties," and then rinsed with cold water when I was done.
    After spraying it down with Herbal Essences and TRESemmé leave-in's, my hair was easily detangled. Before it dried completely, I spritzed the ends with a mixture of olive oil and water. This still has not yet absorbed into my hair. 

*sigh* I just don't know. I keep fence-hopping on the side of either Herbal Essences or Pantene on a whim. A few days into one, I'll long for the other. It's a vicious cycle, and my hair (and skin!) are tiring of the indecision...not to mention all of these clarifying washes and vinegar rinses! It's like pick one, already!! Man...I am beginning to annoy myself!
    The more obvious choice for me is Herbal Essences, but for some reason, I just can't seem to make myself stick with it. TSK! I'm a shampoo 2-timer!! 

Magz: I have been using the Pantene Winter Rescue formulas for years, actually. I can almost hear you asking, "Years? But that's impossible! Winter Rescue is new....isn't it?" And actually, no, it's not. All "Winter Rescue" is is the same old Daily Moisture Renewal line that they've always had out, which I have probably been using for about 4 or 5 years now. Give or take.
    If your hair likes cones, it will love Winter Resc-- er, I mean Daily Moisture Renewal products. 

Anyway, I think that this entry is long enough, and I must retire early, being that I have the morning shift tomorrow. 

Peace out.

Today I washed twice with Herbal Essences Moisture-Balancing shampoo and conditioned with the matching conditioner. As I told my boyfriend this morning, I'm rather liking this Herbal Essences thing. If it works out on a permanent basis, great! But we'll see...

A sitcom, Magz? Now there's an idea. I had a girlfriend tell me while ago that I should sell my story to Days Of Our Lives.    I'm somewhat grateful that all of my misfortune can at least be comedic to someone else. If someone can laugh or learn something by watching me, that almost makes it worth it. 
    But you really should see the new chick that this clown is trying to impregnate. She darn near shook the whole building just by walking down the stairs (we live on the 2nd floor), which prompted my boyfriend to lean over to me and discreetly whisper, "That's a large woman!"
    To which I of course sneered and whispered back, "That's all he can get!"

On the subject of Sir Skanxalot, it is the last day of the month and his stuff is still not entirely out of his old room yet. He said that he would be out by tomorrow. Bloody cad, now I can add LIAR to the list of his "subtle imperfections."    Oy, I can honestly say that I have never met a bigger moron in my life. And that says a lot considering where I went to high school.

*ahem* Yes...Herbal Essences. I love the fragrance, and I love how my hair actually feels clean after washing it. It's cheaper than Pantene, but doesn't offer any treatments (anymore - grrrr). So I don't know. I never used to be this indecisive. But Maggie's right, I do like having both options available to me, depending on my ever-changing moods. I wouldn't say I deserve them, but I like having them around. 

Today I went to Wal*Mart (UGHHHH!!!) after work and bought bodywash. Ha! At least I'm decided on something! I always use Dial bodywash - love it!! This time, I bought the cucumber & yogurt formula in hopes that the cream formula will help my dry, itchy skin.    I hate SoCal Santa Ana weather! I hate SoCal in general. 

My mother informed me today at work that the department I hope to transfer into may not be hiring a replacement for the gal that's leaving. This basically means that my "promotion" may not happen after all.
    I know that my mother tries to be as negative as possible about it (part of her doesn't want me to transfer because it would inconvenience her), but I know that if there is only one slot open after all, I almost surely will not get it.    I'll be doomed to stay the "Rock & Roll Receptionist" a little longer.

Well, time to get some more laundry done.