Dear Doll-face,
You'll probably read this on your layover in Istanbul, so I thought I might as well blog to you about what we'll be doing tonight in preparation for you're return tomorrow.
I just gave Bella a bath. It's getting warmer out so she really needs the monthly flea baths to try and start the war preemptively. She hates them, and I don't understand why. When she gets a bath it's like an hour of attention completely dedicated to her. I keep telling her to think of it as extra heavy pets. She just keeps trying to bull rush me out of the shower so it'll all stop sooner.
Other than that, we're trying to finish up the laundry and dishes we didn't do during the boil order madness. We're also picking up the living room and dining room, they are a little bit scattered since Michael organized the tool closet. Also he cleaned the laundry room.
In general, we did spring cleaning and now the house is scary clean in ways it hasn't been clean since I've ever lived here. We're also going to go out and clean out the car, because we need to take some things to my mom's and some things just need to be pulled out of it to make sure there is room for your luggage... Like shoes, I always seem to have shoes in my car. It's annoying as heck but it keeps happening.
I started a radio station on Pandora based around the song Madness by Muse. It might have been the best decision I've ever made. I now have very little desire to do anything besides listen to music.
Okay, so now I need to go clean more.
Safe Travels.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Two Days
Dear Doll-face,
I'm trying to decide what to do with this blog when you're back. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to write you letters when you are living with us again... but I haven't decided. Would you be interested in taking it over and writing letters to your mom? It was an idea I'd tossed around in my head. I dunno, things to think about.
Also I have no idea about any of your actual flight information, so if you see this before you leave or while you are on your trip you should forward me your flight information via e-mail or facebook so we can know if your flights are running on time or not. I tried to get them from your mom but she has a bad habit of not checking her email over the weekends. We were also trying to figure out what day you would leave over there since traveling there you skipped a day forward traveling here you would skip backwards in time (I think you might be related to the Doctor.). Even if it was a straight flight it would take about 12 hours and we know there is no way you got a straight flight. So far I've calculated that you would have to leave at least Sunday Evening. You'll probably be leaving them in the morning, which would be late tonight/early am our time.
Basically what I am saying is that your big brother and I are on pins and needles nervous because we don't know when you are taking off and that makes us on edge even more because there could be a moment where you are abroad alone and need help and we wouldn't even know you were alone already.
Also Killer has another UTI. Stupid cat.
Be safe.
We love you.
I'm trying to decide what to do with this blog when you're back. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to write you letters when you are living with us again... but I haven't decided. Would you be interested in taking it over and writing letters to your mom? It was an idea I'd tossed around in my head. I dunno, things to think about.
Also I have no idea about any of your actual flight information, so if you see this before you leave or while you are on your trip you should forward me your flight information via e-mail or facebook so we can know if your flights are running on time or not. I tried to get them from your mom but she has a bad habit of not checking her email over the weekends. We were also trying to figure out what day you would leave over there since traveling there you skipped a day forward traveling here you would skip backwards in time (I think you might be related to the Doctor.). Even if it was a straight flight it would take about 12 hours and we know there is no way you got a straight flight. So far I've calculated that you would have to leave at least Sunday Evening. You'll probably be leaving them in the morning, which would be late tonight/early am our time.
Basically what I am saying is that your big brother and I are on pins and needles nervous because we don't know when you are taking off and that makes us on edge even more because there could be a moment where you are abroad alone and need help and we wouldn't even know you were alone already.
Also Killer has another UTI. Stupid cat.
Be safe.
We love you.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
(5) EVIL Cat
Dear Doll-face,
Killer is mad at us for moving things around. On the first day of cleaning he proudly peed in a bag right in front of us. Today just as I got the bed made he peed on the freshly cleaned sheets. I'd be paranoid about him being sick but he's actually peeing, not just a quick spray.. and he looks us in the eye when he does it, just to make sure we are watching. I'm so sick of it.
I came home from work Sunday afternoon with a mega-migraine. I spent most of Monday in pain. I guess that's what happens when you work 11 days straight. I've got a 6 hour shift tonight (that makes 9 hours total today) and then I'm off Thursday. I'm picking up a couple of quick hours tonight, and then Friday morning I'll pick up an hour for a coworker/friend of mine. That just barely covers my silent goal to pick up at least 3 to 6 hours a week. It seems easy, but sometimes finding places to to squeeze those extra hours out can be tricky.
Sunday I'm going to wear a dress to work, to prove that I am a dress kind of person. In doing so I'm getting out of giving a couple of showers just because I wouldn't be dressed for it. My coworkers seem to think I'm not a dress person. Whatever, that just means I'll be comfortable Sunday and they won't be.
We've got another boil order, and a water conservation order to go along with it. Evidently the power went out at the treatment plant and they need us to conserve for 24 hours to catch back up. This is super frustrating.
I wore my PJ's to work this morning, and it's tempting to just continue wearing them for tonight's shift. I suppose I can put on a pair of jeans and I different t-shirt though.
The entire time I've been writing to you, I've been watching L roll around on the floor where some catnip was spilled. The entire time I've been listening to this song because it seems a little bit like stoner music, and is thus fitting. Also he doesn't seem to mind it, so I think that's a sign that he's really enjoying the sweet beats.
Wow, I'm doing a really great job of procrastinating right now. I've managed to sit here and stare at nothing for a solid 5 minutes. I can tell that the newness of my job has warn off because I really don't wanna go. This feeling occurs often. However I can tell I don't hate it yet because I still don't mind it once I actually get there. Also, time still moves at warp speed while I'm there. Once it gets to the point where time crawls, that's where the problems begin. My clients were in pretty good moods this morning, so that makes the day a lot better. A lot of joking and teasing happened. It sucks a lot when your job is to help people who are having a shitty day. It tends to rub off on you and it's hard not to take the crap home with you. But, at least I don't have another 6am shift until Wednesday next week. That is such an awesome feeling. I recently told a couple of the full-time staffers that live out of time if they ever don't feel like they wanna work a morning shift they should call me up and let me have it. I don't mind them, and they are pretty quick. Also I'm pretty used to having to get up for them at this point.
Okay, I need to actually put some effort into cleaning up and going to work now. I've got major bed head because I just laid in bed and watched netflix all afternoon. Take care of yourself.
Killer is mad at us for moving things around. On the first day of cleaning he proudly peed in a bag right in front of us. Today just as I got the bed made he peed on the freshly cleaned sheets. I'd be paranoid about him being sick but he's actually peeing, not just a quick spray.. and he looks us in the eye when he does it, just to make sure we are watching. I'm so sick of it.
I came home from work Sunday afternoon with a mega-migraine. I spent most of Monday in pain. I guess that's what happens when you work 11 days straight. I've got a 6 hour shift tonight (that makes 9 hours total today) and then I'm off Thursday. I'm picking up a couple of quick hours tonight, and then Friday morning I'll pick up an hour for a coworker/friend of mine. That just barely covers my silent goal to pick up at least 3 to 6 hours a week. It seems easy, but sometimes finding places to to squeeze those extra hours out can be tricky.
Sunday I'm going to wear a dress to work, to prove that I am a dress kind of person. In doing so I'm getting out of giving a couple of showers just because I wouldn't be dressed for it. My coworkers seem to think I'm not a dress person. Whatever, that just means I'll be comfortable Sunday and they won't be.
We've got another boil order, and a water conservation order to go along with it. Evidently the power went out at the treatment plant and they need us to conserve for 24 hours to catch back up. This is super frustrating.
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| If I had to take a guess, I'd guess right now he can taste purple. |
I wore my PJ's to work this morning, and it's tempting to just continue wearing them for tonight's shift. I suppose I can put on a pair of jeans and I different t-shirt though.
The entire time I've been writing to you, I've been watching L roll around on the floor where some catnip was spilled. The entire time I've been listening to this song because it seems a little bit like stoner music, and is thus fitting. Also he doesn't seem to mind it, so I think that's a sign that he's really enjoying the sweet beats.
Wow, I'm doing a really great job of procrastinating right now. I've managed to sit here and stare at nothing for a solid 5 minutes. I can tell that the newness of my job has warn off because I really don't wanna go. This feeling occurs often. However I can tell I don't hate it yet because I still don't mind it once I actually get there. Also, time still moves at warp speed while I'm there. Once it gets to the point where time crawls, that's where the problems begin. My clients were in pretty good moods this morning, so that makes the day a lot better. A lot of joking and teasing happened. It sucks a lot when your job is to help people who are having a shitty day. It tends to rub off on you and it's hard not to take the crap home with you. But, at least I don't have another 6am shift until Wednesday next week. That is such an awesome feeling. I recently told a couple of the full-time staffers that live out of time if they ever don't feel like they wanna work a morning shift they should call me up and let me have it. I don't mind them, and they are pretty quick. Also I'm pretty used to having to get up for them at this point.
Okay, I need to actually put some effort into cleaning up and going to work now. I've got major bed head because I just laid in bed and watched netflix all afternoon. Take care of yourself.
Saturday, April 20, 2013
(9) Boil Orders and other B.S.
Dear Doll-face,
We had a flood. It was so bad that one of the day programs got cancelled so I picked up an extra shift at work because people had to stay home. The buses couldn't get to the day program building due to the flooding. It has been since Thursday last week since I've had a day off. I get one Monday. Just today and tomorrow more and then I can get a break. I am so ready for this.
Yesterday it SNOWED and your brother mowed the lawn. Figure that out. We turned off the heat to save on electric since it was barely being used, and now we are freezing in the early mornings and late at night. I'm hardcore though, so I tell your brother to suck it up and put on more clothes.
So, along with the flooding, we had a boil order because the treatment plant was also flooded. It just got lifted, thank goodness. It made work a nightmare. When you've got 8 people who take their meds and need to drink water with them, and you are out of the bottled water, you run into a problem. Last night we were boiling pots on all four stove tops and pouring it into pitchers.
We've also got a new person visiting this weekend. She is replacing the resident that died a a couple of months ago. (We all really miss her still.) She's visiting this weekend but will move in May 1st after the paper work is signed off on. Senior staff is rolling their eyes about her actually returning to her old house for a couple of weeks, apparently the last 3 new residents that "visited for a weekend" the old staff just never picked them up so they stayed. That seems pretty dumb to me, but whatever I guess. She's fairly independent, so she does her own meds and has open community time. Thank goodness, I couldn't handle another wheelchair. I've been trying to steadily pick up extra hours, so far so good. I usually clock about 3 extra a week, but once college is out, that will stop because one of the girls won't need to leave early anymore.
Killer snuck outside today. He isn't home yet. He'll hopefully get home soon. I feel for him, but he just can't be out there were he can eat non-approved of things. The cats all three have different food dishes that they get at their two different meal times. We're trying really hard to get them used to eating at specific times and eating all of their allotted food at that time. They still spend a great deal of time begging and herding us to where the food is kept. We currently are sleeping on the pull out at night until we get our bedroom deep cleaned up because L stole a sleeve a saltine crackers and we can't find it. He meows at the door to try and get in so he can eat food from his cracker stash. It's like he's a druggie. It's adorable.
We have also been locking Bella in the kitchen at night, which means L comes down stairs and wanders. At this point he expects to be able to roam after she gets fed, and knows to go upstairs when we start taking down the baby gate. It's actually kind of cute. With any luck we can keep this routine up and eventually maybe she will get used to his presence downstairs and stop caring.
Anyway, I need to eat some lunch and take a shower. I've been cleaning most of the morning and I am kind of smelly. I don't think my coworkers or clients would appreciate working with me right now. LOVE YOU!!!!!!
We had a flood. It was so bad that one of the day programs got cancelled so I picked up an extra shift at work because people had to stay home. The buses couldn't get to the day program building due to the flooding. It has been since Thursday last week since I've had a day off. I get one Monday. Just today and tomorrow more and then I can get a break. I am so ready for this.
Yesterday it SNOWED and your brother mowed the lawn. Figure that out. We turned off the heat to save on electric since it was barely being used, and now we are freezing in the early mornings and late at night. I'm hardcore though, so I tell your brother to suck it up and put on more clothes.
We've also got a new person visiting this weekend. She is replacing the resident that died a a couple of months ago. (We all really miss her still.) She's visiting this weekend but will move in May 1st after the paper work is signed off on. Senior staff is rolling their eyes about her actually returning to her old house for a couple of weeks, apparently the last 3 new residents that "visited for a weekend" the old staff just never picked them up so they stayed. That seems pretty dumb to me, but whatever I guess. She's fairly independent, so she does her own meds and has open community time. Thank goodness, I couldn't handle another wheelchair. I've been trying to steadily pick up extra hours, so far so good. I usually clock about 3 extra a week, but once college is out, that will stop because one of the girls won't need to leave early anymore.
Killer snuck outside today. He isn't home yet. He'll hopefully get home soon. I feel for him, but he just can't be out there were he can eat non-approved of things. The cats all three have different food dishes that they get at their two different meal times. We're trying really hard to get them used to eating at specific times and eating all of their allotted food at that time. They still spend a great deal of time begging and herding us to where the food is kept. We currently are sleeping on the pull out at night until we get our bedroom deep cleaned up because L stole a sleeve a saltine crackers and we can't find it. He meows at the door to try and get in so he can eat food from his cracker stash. It's like he's a druggie. It's adorable.
We have also been locking Bella in the kitchen at night, which means L comes down stairs and wanders. At this point he expects to be able to roam after she gets fed, and knows to go upstairs when we start taking down the baby gate. It's actually kind of cute. With any luck we can keep this routine up and eventually maybe she will get used to his presence downstairs and stop caring.
Anyway, I need to eat some lunch and take a shower. I've been cleaning most of the morning and I am kind of smelly. I don't think my coworkers or clients would appreciate working with me right now. LOVE YOU!!!!!!
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
(13) Baking/Cooking/Cleaning
Dear Doll-face,
Holy crap I have officially become one of the "cool kids" at work. Today we had mandatory training and some of the girls invited me out to lunch before our class. I don't mean to be super excited, but I am... It's so lame. I think mostly I'm excited because maybe I can start calling some of these ladies friends... Maybe.
Michael and I have been doing some spring cleaning, because the house needed spring cleaning.. and so do the animals. They also all need spring cleaning. Mostly Charlie. Charlie always needs cleaning. It has been very rainy, so your brother hasn't had a chance to mow the lawn yet, but it already needs it.
Last night there was a big storm, and we woke up to hail. It scared some of the animals... which meant I've been up since probably 4am. I'm a little frustrated about that. I'm pretty tired.. but not all that tired, because I was awake enough to make donut holes for Michael for breakfast today. Next time I'll make some glazed and some cinnamon sugar instead of all of them just cinnamon sugared. They were really warm and yummy. Maybe we can make some together sometime soon.
I have also made rainbow cake in a jar this week, and last night I made no bake chocolate peanut butter cookies because we had guests over for dinner.
Okay, I already need to go get dressed to meet people out for lunch, so I'm going to have to cut the blog off here. Miss you! Take care of yourself(and everyone else too).
Holy crap I have officially become one of the "cool kids" at work. Today we had mandatory training and some of the girls invited me out to lunch before our class. I don't mean to be super excited, but I am... It's so lame. I think mostly I'm excited because maybe I can start calling some of these ladies friends... Maybe.
Michael and I have been doing some spring cleaning, because the house needed spring cleaning.. and so do the animals. They also all need spring cleaning. Mostly Charlie. Charlie always needs cleaning. It has been very rainy, so your brother hasn't had a chance to mow the lawn yet, but it already needs it.
I have also made rainbow cake in a jar this week, and last night I made no bake chocolate peanut butter cookies because we had guests over for dinner.
Okay, I already need to go get dressed to meet people out for lunch, so I'm going to have to cut the blog off here. Miss you! Take care of yourself(and everyone else too).
Thursday, April 11, 2013
(18) Fast Times?
Dear Doll-face,
Work has been intense... and I've had some mega migraines to make it even more stressful. We were supposed to have a staff meeting today but it got pushed, so I don't really know when it will be. That's always anxiety inducing.
The trip to California is off. Trish isn't making the move. I'm sad, but it's not a huge loss. I've decided to go ahead and keep the time off request in the bin, maybe we can make a mini trip somewhere that weekend when it comes along.
For now we are slowly picking up the house and rearranging things. We've had a lot of people move in and out, and things feel a bit awkward, so we're moving some furniture out and around. We're even going through and pulling out things that we are getting rid of during city-wide pick up. Sadly it's been raining the past couple of days so we haven't finished the yard yet either. Now it's top priority though, because your brother is going to have to mow any day now.
Killer is still moody and frustrating, because he can't go outside. I've been thinking of hitting the pet store to look for a new toy for him. Their starting to do a little better with the timed feeding now that we've moved it into smaller amounts twice daily.
Bella got her first "hair cut" of the season to help with the hair in her hind quarters that tends to get messy and tangled in the summer. She'll get a bath in about a week or so. She's really starting to shed her winter coat off now.
Anyway, I'm making some mac and cheese, so to the kitchen I go.
Take care!
Work has been intense... and I've had some mega migraines to make it even more stressful. We were supposed to have a staff meeting today but it got pushed, so I don't really know when it will be. That's always anxiety inducing.
The trip to California is off. Trish isn't making the move. I'm sad, but it's not a huge loss. I've decided to go ahead and keep the time off request in the bin, maybe we can make a mini trip somewhere that weekend when it comes along.
For now we are slowly picking up the house and rearranging things. We've had a lot of people move in and out, and things feel a bit awkward, so we're moving some furniture out and around. We're even going through and pulling out things that we are getting rid of during city-wide pick up. Sadly it's been raining the past couple of days so we haven't finished the yard yet either. Now it's top priority though, because your brother is going to have to mow any day now.
Killer is still moody and frustrating, because he can't go outside. I've been thinking of hitting the pet store to look for a new toy for him. Their starting to do a little better with the timed feeding now that we've moved it into smaller amounts twice daily.
Bella got her first "hair cut" of the season to help with the hair in her hind quarters that tends to get messy and tangled in the summer. She'll get a bath in about a week or so. She's really starting to shed her winter coat off now.
Anyway, I'm making some mac and cheese, so to the kitchen I go.
Take care!
Monday, April 8, 2013
(21) CHICKEN!!!!!
Dear Doll-face,
I cooked a whole chicken, with the bones, the entire thing. I cooked it in the slow cooker. It is literary falling off the bone. It is so yummy. Also I am using the bones and the giblets to make chicken broth overnight tonight. I'm going to freeze some of it into cubes for easy use, the rest I'll just freeze in bulk for other use. I am super proud of myself.
Today is my day off, so I am trying to relax in preparation for a hardcore week. I'm working some weird hours and I have a lot on my non-work related to do list.
Anyway, I just wanted to pop in, and tell you about my epic chicken.. because I am proud of myself. Muahahahaha. <3
I cooked a whole chicken, with the bones, the entire thing. I cooked it in the slow cooker. It is literary falling off the bone. It is so yummy. Also I am using the bones and the giblets to make chicken broth overnight tonight. I'm going to freeze some of it into cubes for easy use, the rest I'll just freeze in bulk for other use. I am super proud of myself.
Today is my day off, so I am trying to relax in preparation for a hardcore week. I'm working some weird hours and I have a lot on my non-work related to do list.
Anyway, I just wanted to pop in, and tell you about my epic chicken.. because I am proud of myself. Muahahahaha. <3
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Busy Bee, spring is finally here! (25)
Dear Doll-face,
I got an hour of overtime the week of Easter at work, because that's how much I worked. BAM.
Also, Yesterday was grandpa's birthday, so I went and visited his "grave." It was tough. We took mom to the Hibachi place that we visited with your mom and little sister, she enjoyed the show, it took her mind off of the sadness for a while. It's almost been a year since grandma passed, I imagine the next month or so will be a tiring one for everyone.
Michael and I have been spending about an hour a day out in the yard trying to clean up the mess that was the super hot drought last summer. We pulled out a majority of the dead weeds, and now we are trying to trim up all the things that over grew before they start being more alive. He'll probably have to mow the lawn for the first time next week. I noticed today some things were starting to grow. We also intend on getting some weed killer to attack a few key areas with since last summer we had some areas get out of control... (Because the only thing that grew last summer was weeds... the drought murdered everything else.)
I'm frustrated because I was in the mood to get some things done today, but your brother opened his mouth and killed my motivation. Butthead.
Killer has the cone off now. He's basically back to his normal self, if not more annoying because of his new found cone-less freedom.
I got an hour of overtime the week of Easter at work, because that's how much I worked. BAM.
Also, Yesterday was grandpa's birthday, so I went and visited his "grave." It was tough. We took mom to the Hibachi place that we visited with your mom and little sister, she enjoyed the show, it took her mind off of the sadness for a while. It's almost been a year since grandma passed, I imagine the next month or so will be a tiring one for everyone.
Michael and I have been spending about an hour a day out in the yard trying to clean up the mess that was the super hot drought last summer. We pulled out a majority of the dead weeds, and now we are trying to trim up all the things that over grew before they start being more alive. He'll probably have to mow the lawn for the first time next week. I noticed today some things were starting to grow. We also intend on getting some weed killer to attack a few key areas with since last summer we had some areas get out of control... (Because the only thing that grew last summer was weeds... the drought murdered everything else.)
I'm frustrated because I was in the mood to get some things done today, but your brother opened his mouth and killed my motivation. Butthead.
Killer has the cone off now. He's basically back to his normal self, if not more annoying because of his new found cone-less freedom.
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
Killer's Home!
Dear Doll-face,
I wanted to give you a quick update on the small gray cat. He still has some inflammation from his UTI, so the vet gave him a shot with one more strong dose of antibiotic. He will need to finish this first bag of prescription cat food, and then move to a different food indefinitely. He can no longer be fed with the other cats, our days of free feeding are over. They will have to eat at certain times for the rest of Killer's life.
The vet is also strongly against him being allowed to be outside, for fear of him supplementing is diet with game. This is also because the vet explained that just yesterday he had to give major surgery to a pet who got into a fight with a stray. For now Killer can't be outside because his wound needs more time to heal, but Michael and I will have to discuss what we think is best for him soon.
He's also going to need to keep the cone on for a while longer. He keeps picking at his scabs, and he needs to let it heal, so cone for at least a few more days. We're also going to have to keep treating his tail with the antibiotic cream until it heals up, to keep out infection from when he does manage to get to it and rip off a scab.
In the end, this is how it came out.
First vet trip:
Urine Analysis $20
Actual vet visit $20
Overnight $40
Medication $40
Special food $40
Second trip:
Stitches, cone, cream: $210
Third Trip:
Original surgery covers repeat stitches due to cat being dumb, thank goodness.
Fourth Trip:
Overnight $40
Urine Analysis $20
Vet Consultation $20
Shot: $20
Our total cost of Killer getting sick, then hurting himself because he was so desperate to get his food because he didn't like not being free fed:
$470.
I'm now going to look into how to get him into the cat food/pet med/animal care commercial business... and with any luck maybe a sitcom director will choose him to be a character's pet. Killer needs to pay his debt.
I wanted to give you a quick update on the small gray cat. He still has some inflammation from his UTI, so the vet gave him a shot with one more strong dose of antibiotic. He will need to finish this first bag of prescription cat food, and then move to a different food indefinitely. He can no longer be fed with the other cats, our days of free feeding are over. They will have to eat at certain times for the rest of Killer's life.
The vet is also strongly against him being allowed to be outside, for fear of him supplementing is diet with game. This is also because the vet explained that just yesterday he had to give major surgery to a pet who got into a fight with a stray. For now Killer can't be outside because his wound needs more time to heal, but Michael and I will have to discuss what we think is best for him soon.
He's also going to need to keep the cone on for a while longer. He keeps picking at his scabs, and he needs to let it heal, so cone for at least a few more days. We're also going to have to keep treating his tail with the antibiotic cream until it heals up, to keep out infection from when he does manage to get to it and rip off a scab.
In the end, this is how it came out.
First vet trip:
Urine Analysis $20
Actual vet visit $20
Overnight $40
Medication $40
Special food $40
Second trip:
Stitches, cone, cream: $210
Third Trip:
Original surgery covers repeat stitches due to cat being dumb, thank goodness.
Fourth Trip:
Overnight $40
Urine Analysis $20
Vet Consultation $20
Shot: $20
Our total cost of Killer getting sick, then hurting himself because he was so desperate to get his food because he didn't like not being free fed:
$470.
I'm now going to look into how to get him into the cat food/pet med/animal care commercial business... and with any luck maybe a sitcom director will choose him to be a character's pet. Killer needs to pay his debt.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Picking up the slack.
Dear Dollie,
The last time I posted was the last time I had a day off. Hahaha... yeah.. and I work one more day before I get my next one on Thursday. I keep working more days in a row than I am supposed to.. and I keep wanting to say something about it, but I need the money too much. (Killer is an expensive cat)
Speaking of which, he should be home tomorrow. He got his stitches out today, but we were waiting on him to pee for a urine analysis to make sure the UTI cleared up.
I got my plane ticket! I fly out of Moline International on June 6th at 8 in the morning, and we should get back home on June 9th or 10th. I'm super excited, I can't wait for a nice mini vacation.
I got to rent the Hobbit and Les Mis, it made me happy, even though I barely had a chance top watch them between working so much... Since Sunday night my life has literally been, work, come home, sleep, work, come home, sleep, work. When I got off from my morning shift I only spent one hour actually awake before I went back in this afternoon. I can tell I've been working more than usual because even L cat has taken to sleeping near me because he misses me pestering him. I am just exhausted. In fact, I even feel an exhaustion migraine coming on, and I've already drugged myself for it.
Anyway, you should encourage your mom to respond to your brother's emails.. because it is important.
Miss you, love you... I am so sorry I have been so tired and haven't written much this year... I know I promised to try and get better at this again.
The last time I posted was the last time I had a day off. Hahaha... yeah.. and I work one more day before I get my next one on Thursday. I keep working more days in a row than I am supposed to.. and I keep wanting to say something about it, but I need the money too much. (Killer is an expensive cat)
Speaking of which, he should be home tomorrow. He got his stitches out today, but we were waiting on him to pee for a urine analysis to make sure the UTI cleared up.
I got my plane ticket! I fly out of Moline International on June 6th at 8 in the morning, and we should get back home on June 9th or 10th. I'm super excited, I can't wait for a nice mini vacation.
I got to rent the Hobbit and Les Mis, it made me happy, even though I barely had a chance top watch them between working so much... Since Sunday night my life has literally been, work, come home, sleep, work, come home, sleep, work. When I got off from my morning shift I only spent one hour actually awake before I went back in this afternoon. I can tell I've been working more than usual because even L cat has taken to sleeping near me because he misses me pestering him. I am just exhausted. In fact, I even feel an exhaustion migraine coming on, and I've already drugged myself for it.
Anyway, you should encourage your mom to respond to your brother's emails.. because it is important.
Miss you, love you... I am so sorry I have been so tired and haven't written much this year... I know I promised to try and get better at this again.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Time Well Wasted
Dear Doll-face,
Lemme tell you what your brother and I did today...
You see, I downloaded a blank neighborhood from the Sims Exchange to fill up how I choose. I got sick of constantly having to place and replace lots all the time in base worlds. I have spent the better part of my last few days off creating content in this world. Also, yesterday (Monday) on my actual day off I entered a foundation challenge where I downloaded a foundation, and then had to build on top of it.
Lemme tell you what your brother and I did today...
You see, I downloaded a blank neighborhood from the Sims Exchange to fill up how I choose. I got sick of constantly having to place and replace lots all the time in base worlds. I have spent the better part of my last few days off creating content in this world. Also, yesterday (Monday) on my actual day off I entered a foundation challenge where I downloaded a foundation, and then had to build on top of it.
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| This is the house I built. Check out "The Sim Supply" on Facebook to see the contest information. |
Yesterday while I was working on the foundation Michael said he wanted to make a dragon library on it... but instead he and I spent most of today working on a library lot for my blank world together.
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| This is our 40x40 blank lot, just starting to be built upon. |
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| This is the beginning of an idea. |
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| Here is our new project starting to take a shape. |
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| We are fine tuning the first outline of our beast! |
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| To get the right shape, we needed to add more stories to the building. |
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| You can really start to see our new friend in this picture! |
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| As you can see here, he is green, and is napping on some gold. |
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| We then added windows and doors to the building. The red windows you see on his mouth now had to be removed. They corrupted the game file. It took multiple hours for us to figure out why we kept freezing then crashing to desktop. |
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| Finally we got the basic layout, along with wallpaper and flooring. |
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| The second story has a bunch of computers and a small cafe! (The downstairs, which we got too tired to photograph, was just a ton of bookshelves, a magical hidden room, and a kids learning/play area.) |
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| Here you can see we added some art easels and decor to the balconies. |
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| This is our completed library at night time. |
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| A similar shot, during waking hours. |
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| From another angle. |
We named it Biblio de l'Ancien Dragon Vert. This is the full story behind our lot, which there wasn't enough room for on the exchange:
A long time ago a young explorer named Sophia was marooned on Affinity Island. She encountered a green elder dragon who swallowed her whole. However, because Sophia rolled high on her charisma and intelligence checks, the elder dragon quickly became enchanted with her naivete and kept her prisoner deep in his stomach. He taught her many things over the years, and even took to swallowing books whole so she had things to read while he slept. Lore says that the Elder Green Dragon fell asleep right here, and as his body grew cold Sophia used the magic she learned within his gut to transform him into a great library.
(You are often the target of many Sim adventures... and the story behind a lot of community buildings, like the fire department named after the brave Sophia, epic firefighter!)
WE LOVE YOU! IMMA SLEEP NOW! (We may or may not have spent over 12 hours working on this today.)
Sunday, March 17, 2013
Ze Curse
Dear Doll-face,
The birthday curse lives on. Someone died just three hours before my birthday started. It has been pretty miserable at work since.
However today is St. Patty's Day.. so I'm going to try hard to start over. Beyond that.. your brother owes me money about a bet that I don't really trust to put on the internet.
It was super entertaining though... can't wait to tell you about it.
The birthday curse lives on. Someone died just three hours before my birthday started. It has been pretty miserable at work since.
However today is St. Patty's Day.. so I'm going to try hard to start over. Beyond that.. your brother owes me money about a bet that I don't really trust to put on the internet.
It was super entertaining though... can't wait to tell you about it.
Saturday, March 9, 2013
Poor Tail/Poor Us/Poor Bank Account.
Dear Doll-face,
So we have spent almost 400 dollars in two weeks on one cat. This didn't include the second surgery, they didn't have the amount when we picked him up so they told us to come back later and pay. That's going to have to wait until Tuesday when I get my pay check and after we pay our bills. Even then we may need to set up a payment plan for it. I'm expecting at least another 250 in vet bills between the second surgery and his next urine analysis from his UTI/Kidney stones to make sure they are indeed clearing up. So, our bank account is quickly draining.
Poor us, grandma and grandpa are coming to visit Sunday for my birthday.. and I've felt terrible. One of my individuals is sick, and I think I am catching it.
Poor tail. He slept in the downstairs room alone last night. We can't trust him without supervision. We can't trust the other animals around him. When I went to feed him this morning he was all purrs. He was clumsy but that's because he can't see like he could without the cone. He was very excited to get head pets and his food. He doesn't like it when we pet him where he can't see.
Here is a sad picture of what his tail currently looks like:
So we have spent almost 400 dollars in two weeks on one cat. This didn't include the second surgery, they didn't have the amount when we picked him up so they told us to come back later and pay. That's going to have to wait until Tuesday when I get my pay check and after we pay our bills. Even then we may need to set up a payment plan for it. I'm expecting at least another 250 in vet bills between the second surgery and his next urine analysis from his UTI/Kidney stones to make sure they are indeed clearing up. So, our bank account is quickly draining.
Poor us, grandma and grandpa are coming to visit Sunday for my birthday.. and I've felt terrible. One of my individuals is sick, and I think I am catching it.
Poor tail. He slept in the downstairs room alone last night. We can't trust him without supervision. We can't trust the other animals around him. When I went to feed him this morning he was all purrs. He was clumsy but that's because he can't see like he could without the cone. He was very excited to get head pets and his food. He doesn't like it when we pet him where he can't see.
Here is a sad picture of what his tail currently looks like:
What you can't see in this picture is that there are some open red sores on the other side, and from this angle he is hiding most of the stitches It doesn't look terrible, but it looks painful. We have to put a cream on it twice a day to help with the healing and to help keep out infection. He's also got some sore toes. The poor little guy really managed to get himself hurt. If the circulation to the tip doesn't improve he may lose the end of his tail. It seems responsive. While he was calm this morning I managed to pet it. It feels warm, so it's getting blood. As far as human limbs go, that's good news so I am thinking it can't be too different for cats.
Anyway, I am going to eat some lunch and finish getting dressed for work. I've got a decent sized shift this evening, and I managed to double my shift last night by swapping with someone. Take care of yourself. We'll keep you updated on the poor kitty.
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Let's talk about the cats
So that derpy grey cat got himself some kidney stones. So he has to stay inside, and we have to feed them once daily and not free feed them.
So the other morning the knocked over the end table the food was in to get at it. No big deal, we moved the food.
They knocked it over again today, but they got no food. Also Killer hurt his tale. The skin ripped open and pinched off part of it, exposing the muscle beneath it. The injury was about the size of my thumb.
He is now spending the night at the vet's getting sutures, because it will get infected if they don't stitch it up.
You need to come back and have a chat with the grey cat.
Also I feel awful because he did this in the wee hours of the morning, and he laid on me while I read for an hour, and bled on my shirt, but I didn't notice until later when I pet him and I accidentally hit the injury. I feel like a bad mom.
Sorry for the lack of blogging, things have gotten out of control lately. I have an individual who has left the house permanently. She is dying of heart failure. Also Michael's birthday happened. Also I've been working weird hours off my normal, so I've not been keeping up rest wise.
I miss you terribly.
So the other morning the knocked over the end table the food was in to get at it. No big deal, we moved the food.
They knocked it over again today, but they got no food. Also Killer hurt his tale. The skin ripped open and pinched off part of it, exposing the muscle beneath it. The injury was about the size of my thumb.
He is now spending the night at the vet's getting sutures, because it will get infected if they don't stitch it up.
You need to come back and have a chat with the grey cat.
Also I feel awful because he did this in the wee hours of the morning, and he laid on me while I read for an hour, and bled on my shirt, but I didn't notice until later when I pet him and I accidentally hit the injury. I feel like a bad mom.
Sorry for the lack of blogging, things have gotten out of control lately. I have an individual who has left the house permanently. She is dying of heart failure. Also Michael's birthday happened. Also I've been working weird hours off my normal, so I've not been keeping up rest wise.
I miss you terribly.
Sunday, February 24, 2013
Saying No
Dear Doll-face,
Today I had thought about making a post about how the people I work with have become a second family.. however someone cornered me and asked me to swap shifts with them part of the way through my day, so I worked for 13 hours when I was only meant for 6.
I'm really tired... because I haven't had a day off in 7. I mostly want to cry because my feet are burning from being so busy.
It has been a long day.
Love you.
Today I had thought about making a post about how the people I work with have become a second family.. however someone cornered me and asked me to swap shifts with them part of the way through my day, so I worked for 13 hours when I was only meant for 6.
I'm really tired... because I haven't had a day off in 7. I mostly want to cry because my feet are burning from being so busy.
It has been a long day.
Love you.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Teh Flu
Dear Doll-face
I have had the flu. It has been terrible. I ended up getting kicked out of work Friday and calling into work today because I have been so sick. I think by tomorrow morning I will be strong enough to work my short shifts though. I'm still coughing and blowing my nose, but the chills are gone, and I am so sick of laying in bed.
Your big brother ended up having to try and force feed me soup yesterday, I was too weak to hold the bowl up. I maybe at half of it before I just gave up and fell back asleep. After I called in sick at about 5am and puked up all the medicine I tried to take, I slept until around 11 and for the first time I felt a little bit refreshed. I still feel sick, but I don't feel like I'm going to die, so this is a major bonus.
I just hate that I had to miss work... but my manager wasn't mad at me, and I think it's because I've been picking up so many extra hours that she understood. Not to mention we've had sick individuals at the house, so sick that she caught it from them too. She probably just assumes that I caught the same thing from being around them so much.
That's probably true.
For the most part, the cats have kept me company for hours at a time. Sometimes I'll only have one of them, other times I'll have all three in bed with me. It's been comforting to have them around and listening to them purr.
Your brother has been a saint, at 2am I got lonely and upset so I went into the blue bedroom and fell asleep while he played video games. I woke up to him curled up asleep on the foot of that bed with me hours later. He's still asleep there now, but I left him when I called in sick. He doesn't need these germs, and he needs the rest so he doesn't come down with this next.
Okay, so I'm still not well, and I can tell because I am getting really tired and all I've done is type this and click a few links on reddit.. so I am going to go back to bed for a while.
Take care of yourself. We miss you.
I have had the flu. It has been terrible. I ended up getting kicked out of work Friday and calling into work today because I have been so sick. I think by tomorrow morning I will be strong enough to work my short shifts though. I'm still coughing and blowing my nose, but the chills are gone, and I am so sick of laying in bed.
Your big brother ended up having to try and force feed me soup yesterday, I was too weak to hold the bowl up. I maybe at half of it before I just gave up and fell back asleep. After I called in sick at about 5am and puked up all the medicine I tried to take, I slept until around 11 and for the first time I felt a little bit refreshed. I still feel sick, but I don't feel like I'm going to die, so this is a major bonus.
I just hate that I had to miss work... but my manager wasn't mad at me, and I think it's because I've been picking up so many extra hours that she understood. Not to mention we've had sick individuals at the house, so sick that she caught it from them too. She probably just assumes that I caught the same thing from being around them so much.
That's probably true.
For the most part, the cats have kept me company for hours at a time. Sometimes I'll only have one of them, other times I'll have all three in bed with me. It's been comforting to have them around and listening to them purr.
Your brother has been a saint, at 2am I got lonely and upset so I went into the blue bedroom and fell asleep while he played video games. I woke up to him curled up asleep on the foot of that bed with me hours later. He's still asleep there now, but I left him when I called in sick. He doesn't need these germs, and he needs the rest so he doesn't come down with this next.
Okay, so I'm still not well, and I can tell because I am getting really tired and all I've done is type this and click a few links on reddit.. so I am going to go back to bed for a while.
Take care of yourself. We miss you.
Monday, February 11, 2013
Poor Bella
Dear Doll-face,
This past weekend Michael and I went to visit Ryan and Kayla in their new house. The good news is they got the toilet working before we got there. The bad news is we only had one sink and no shower that weekend.
We were both glad to get home and shower last night.
My mom took Bella for the weekend.. she was so sad when we left her and so happy when we came back to get her. Evidently she started looking for us at about 10pm each night we were gone.
Here are a couple pictures of Bella torture:
Evidently she was not completely amused by being all dressed up and having no where to go... but now she is home with her cats so she is happy again.
Speaking of home with her cats.. mom also randomly entered a silent action to support a kids group back home. One of the things she entered the raffle for was a kitty starter kit. It came with a food dish, treats, kitty litter, and plenty of toys with catnip. We have had three very happy and stoned kitties in the house since we brought that home.
Well, Michael is about done making dinner, and then I need to head to bed shortly so I can be super peppy for work tomorrow morning at 6am. I hope you're doing alright, we miss you to pieces...
This past weekend Michael and I went to visit Ryan and Kayla in their new house. The good news is they got the toilet working before we got there. The bad news is we only had one sink and no shower that weekend.
We were both glad to get home and shower last night.
My mom took Bella for the weekend.. she was so sad when we left her and so happy when we came back to get her. Evidently she started looking for us at about 10pm each night we were gone.
Here are a couple pictures of Bella torture:
Evidently she was not completely amused by being all dressed up and having no where to go... but now she is home with her cats so she is happy again.
Speaking of home with her cats.. mom also randomly entered a silent action to support a kids group back home. One of the things she entered the raffle for was a kitty starter kit. It came with a food dish, treats, kitty litter, and plenty of toys with catnip. We have had three very happy and stoned kitties in the house since we brought that home.
Well, Michael is about done making dinner, and then I need to head to bed shortly so I can be super peppy for work tomorrow morning at 6am. I hope you're doing alright, we miss you to pieces...
Monday, February 4, 2013
Pentacorn
Dear Doll-face,
I guess I got busy this weekend and didn't have time to write.. or at least that is the excuse I am going with.
Today I had my first day as a glorified babysitter. It was frustrating and nice all at the same time. Funnily enough I ended up hearing and half watching a couple episodes of the Gilmore Girls. The show reminded me that the actor that played Dean, Rori's first love.. also plays Sam in Supernatural. Now I remember why I didn't like same.. it was because I was always more into Jess and Rori than Dean and Rori... maybe it's because when I was a teenager I ended up with the Jess instead of the Dean too.
I'm not as tired as I need to be to be asleep and up at 5am tomorrow. Tomorrow is my longer day, but I don't really mind it.
Operation L and Bella is... happening. Today he growled less, and she mostly listened to my commands. I think next week we will start putting him in his kennel and taking him downstairs into her territory since he's starting to get used to her coming into his.
So... perhaps you have noticed that the title of this entry is "Pentacorn"
That's because Bo Burnham came to our local state university this past weekend, and I went. It was AMAZING. HILARIOUS... I have no photos or video because that was banned. He made fun of our Union Board's logo... and at the part of "Oh Bo" where the guys are supposed to call back... all of the jackasses yelled louder than the ladies.
As this point he told the leathernecks that they didn't disappoint... and then asked our university to please change the logo.. because it looked like a rejected Sunny D logo... (earlier he said it looked like a mash up of every 90's nickelodeon cartoon logo ever made) Mere seconds after he said that the light guys changed the color of the logo spotlight being projected on the wall from white to yellow... Bo actually forgot where he was in the song because he was laughing so hard. It was a good show, heard some of the classic stuff, heard some stuff I hadn't heard.. but mostly you're just jealous right now because I went and you didn't.
Anyway, I'm going to head off to bed.. <3 you!
I guess I got busy this weekend and didn't have time to write.. or at least that is the excuse I am going with.
Today I had my first day as a glorified babysitter. It was frustrating and nice all at the same time. Funnily enough I ended up hearing and half watching a couple episodes of the Gilmore Girls. The show reminded me that the actor that played Dean, Rori's first love.. also plays Sam in Supernatural. Now I remember why I didn't like same.. it was because I was always more into Jess and Rori than Dean and Rori... maybe it's because when I was a teenager I ended up with the Jess instead of the Dean too.
I'm not as tired as I need to be to be asleep and up at 5am tomorrow. Tomorrow is my longer day, but I don't really mind it.
Operation L and Bella is... happening. Today he growled less, and she mostly listened to my commands. I think next week we will start putting him in his kennel and taking him downstairs into her territory since he's starting to get used to her coming into his.
So... perhaps you have noticed that the title of this entry is "Pentacorn"
That's because Bo Burnham came to our local state university this past weekend, and I went. It was AMAZING. HILARIOUS... I have no photos or video because that was banned. He made fun of our Union Board's logo... and at the part of "Oh Bo" where the guys are supposed to call back... all of the jackasses yelled louder than the ladies.
As this point he told the leathernecks that they didn't disappoint... and then asked our university to please change the logo.. because it looked like a rejected Sunny D logo... (earlier he said it looked like a mash up of every 90's nickelodeon cartoon logo ever made) Mere seconds after he said that the light guys changed the color of the logo spotlight being projected on the wall from white to yellow... Bo actually forgot where he was in the song because he was laughing so hard. It was a good show, heard some of the classic stuff, heard some stuff I hadn't heard.. but mostly you're just jealous right now because I went and you didn't.
Anyway, I'm going to head off to bed.. <3 you!
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
Mostly Nothing...
Dear Doll-face,
I am up to.. .mostly nothing. I go to work, come home.. sleep, do it again the next day. It's boring. Very boring.
I need suggestions of things to do. I have a hard time playing video games because I am always to tired to get invested in them.
I have been trying to read a lot, but restless legs and fidgety hands are killing me there.
Also I need to bake something special for tomorrow since tomorrow will be the last game night Mike is at, he is moving to Ohio to live nearer to his sister and get a better job. Good for him....
Bah, I have nothing interesting to say.... here's a picture of Bella hiding from Yoda at my mom's house.
Miss you! <3
I am up to.. .mostly nothing. I go to work, come home.. sleep, do it again the next day. It's boring. Very boring.
I need suggestions of things to do. I have a hard time playing video games because I am always to tired to get invested in them.
I have been trying to read a lot, but restless legs and fidgety hands are killing me there.
Also I need to bake something special for tomorrow since tomorrow will be the last game night Mike is at, he is moving to Ohio to live nearer to his sister and get a better job. Good for him....
Bah, I have nothing interesting to say.... here's a picture of Bella hiding from Yoda at my mom's house.
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| Poor Bella... scared of a dog she could eat... |
Miss you! <3
Saturday, January 19, 2013
/Head Desk
Dear Doll-face,
I forget how right some of my friends lean.. and when they make mostly uniformed blanket posts on facebook it dulls my senses and I think to myself "how are we even friends?!" I then remind myself that she is still younger than I am, and has not finished school.. and there is time for her to learn and grow yet... just like there is time for me.
Her latest exploit is not believing in evolution .. and I'm not going to take that right away from her.. she has the right to be ignorant and not understand evolution.. it just bothers me because she wants to be a nurse and she is going to have to take a LOT of science classes that are going to challenge that...
I am a student of the social sciences, and it bothers me when people call it a "soft science" because it's not. Just because my data isn't based in chemicals doesn't mean my science has less merit.... she is taking an anthropology class which talks about the evolution of HUMANITY, so of course in the wee hours of the semester they are going to touch on how humans evolved from shared ancestors. In her world she hears "humans came from apes" and I can't tell her no, because she has a RIGHT to believe incorrectly, and someone much more educated than me will maybe someday teach her that no, no one actually believes people were once apes, but we do understand that at some point or another we had a shared ancestor and through EVOLUTION and the STUDY OF ANTHROPOLOGY we see how humans evolved and differed from apes.
I just hope that she doesn't miss the point of the class, which is to explore these evolutions of humanity and how they are different from the ones that we experience. There is a lot to be learned from different cultures, and I hate to see that get lost because she doesn't believe in one facet of the science behind the entire explanation. I can still enjoy the beauty of Big Ben without understanding all the gears that work behind his face.
Anyway, that's my little soap box.. and I hope she doesn't see this and feel like I think she's stupid... because honestly I once believed just like she did and I don't think she's stupid.. she just hasn't reconciled her personal beliefs with those of science in a way that I agree with.
In case you are curious.. you can now search out my name and find me on the registered healthcare workers list for the state.. because I am a certified professional now.
Hope you're having an alright evening, study hard, sew hard.
I forget how right some of my friends lean.. and when they make mostly uniformed blanket posts on facebook it dulls my senses and I think to myself "how are we even friends?!" I then remind myself that she is still younger than I am, and has not finished school.. and there is time for her to learn and grow yet... just like there is time for me.
Her latest exploit is not believing in evolution .. and I'm not going to take that right away from her.. she has the right to be ignorant and not understand evolution.. it just bothers me because she wants to be a nurse and she is going to have to take a LOT of science classes that are going to challenge that...
I am a student of the social sciences, and it bothers me when people call it a "soft science" because it's not. Just because my data isn't based in chemicals doesn't mean my science has less merit.... she is taking an anthropology class which talks about the evolution of HUMANITY, so of course in the wee hours of the semester they are going to touch on how humans evolved from shared ancestors. In her world she hears "humans came from apes" and I can't tell her no, because she has a RIGHT to believe incorrectly, and someone much more educated than me will maybe someday teach her that no, no one actually believes people were once apes, but we do understand that at some point or another we had a shared ancestor and through EVOLUTION and the STUDY OF ANTHROPOLOGY we see how humans evolved and differed from apes.
I just hope that she doesn't miss the point of the class, which is to explore these evolutions of humanity and how they are different from the ones that we experience. There is a lot to be learned from different cultures, and I hate to see that get lost because she doesn't believe in one facet of the science behind the entire explanation. I can still enjoy the beauty of Big Ben without understanding all the gears that work behind his face.
Anyway, that's my little soap box.. and I hope she doesn't see this and feel like I think she's stupid... because honestly I once believed just like she did and I don't think she's stupid.. she just hasn't reconciled her personal beliefs with those of science in a way that I agree with.
In case you are curious.. you can now search out my name and find me on the registered healthcare workers list for the state.. because I am a certified professional now.
Hope you're having an alright evening, study hard, sew hard.
Monday, January 14, 2013
13 Hours
Dear Doll-face,
Thirteen hours is over half of a day. That's how long I spent at work yesterday. It was exhausting.
I gave two showers, deep cleaned 4 bathrooms, did buckets of paperwork and laundry... and I know I didn't hold up my end of the shift. At about 11am (not even half way through my day) I came down with a mega-migraine, I'm just hoping it doesn't get held against me forever. I guess at some level, it was obvious that I'm still sick because of all the coughing and nose blowing that happened, and I just hope this week I can make it up to them... also I hope I get a lot better fast because I need to be at work at 6am tomorrow.
Your brother went back to school today, so today is the first time I've been alone in the house for more than an hour, it's kind of nice. I'd forgotten how quiet the house could be. After he gets home at about 2:30 I need to run up to the office and turn in some paperwork and then probably sit on hold for a while on the phone. It'll suck, but I'm behind on turning in my earnings and I HAVE to do it today.
All of the animals are healthy and annoying. Charlie and L have been keeping me company in bed since I've still had a headache today. I hope all is well with you. Take care.
Thirteen hours is over half of a day. That's how long I spent at work yesterday. It was exhausting.
I gave two showers, deep cleaned 4 bathrooms, did buckets of paperwork and laundry... and I know I didn't hold up my end of the shift. At about 11am (not even half way through my day) I came down with a mega-migraine, I'm just hoping it doesn't get held against me forever. I guess at some level, it was obvious that I'm still sick because of all the coughing and nose blowing that happened, and I just hope this week I can make it up to them... also I hope I get a lot better fast because I need to be at work at 6am tomorrow.
Your brother went back to school today, so today is the first time I've been alone in the house for more than an hour, it's kind of nice. I'd forgotten how quiet the house could be. After he gets home at about 2:30 I need to run up to the office and turn in some paperwork and then probably sit on hold for a while on the phone. It'll suck, but I'm behind on turning in my earnings and I HAVE to do it today.
All of the animals are healthy and annoying. Charlie and L have been keeping me company in bed since I've still had a headache today. I hope all is well with you. Take care.
Friday, January 11, 2013
Days Off?
Dear Doll-face,
I was looking forward to these two days off soo much. To bad I've spent one of them with a fever and this second one isn't looking like it's going to be much fun either. To top it all off I've already turned down a total of 5 requests to pick up shifts tonight. I think I could PROBABLY work if I HAD to. But I feel like if I make myself go in on a night off, especially since I'm not feeling well, it will only keep me sick longer.
I sent your brother to the store earlier to pick up some medicine to try and thin out the congestion in my chest, I can feel it sticking to my lungs when I breathe, it's so gross.
So.. basically it's the couch for me today. I hope you're doing well. Hopefully sometime soon I'll have something interesting to report.
I was looking forward to these two days off soo much. To bad I've spent one of them with a fever and this second one isn't looking like it's going to be much fun either. To top it all off I've already turned down a total of 5 requests to pick up shifts tonight. I think I could PROBABLY work if I HAD to. But I feel like if I make myself go in on a night off, especially since I'm not feeling well, it will only keep me sick longer.
I sent your brother to the store earlier to pick up some medicine to try and thin out the congestion in my chest, I can feel it sticking to my lungs when I breathe, it's so gross.
So.. basically it's the couch for me today. I hope you're doing well. Hopefully sometime soon I'll have something interesting to report.
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
SUPER TIRED
Dear Doll-face,
I'm like, super tired. I was up at 5am to get ready for work... it's almost 10pm and I'm still awake. I'm really looking forward to Thursday and Friday, which I have OFF of work. I haven't had more than one day off in a long while.
I'm almost done with my "pre-service" time. I just have a couple more papers I need to get signed, which will happen tomorrow. Then by the beginning of next week I should be listed on the healthcare workers registry, and my pay will go up a bit. Also at that point I can finally get signed off for passing meds at various homes that I end up working at.
I am hoping while I'm off I can get the house picked up and back in order. It's pretty messy right now, but I'm trying to let Michael enjoy the last week of his break before it gets crazy again.
I hope you're doing well, take care of yourself.
I'm like, super tired. I was up at 5am to get ready for work... it's almost 10pm and I'm still awake. I'm really looking forward to Thursday and Friday, which I have OFF of work. I haven't had more than one day off in a long while.
I'm almost done with my "pre-service" time. I just have a couple more papers I need to get signed, which will happen tomorrow. Then by the beginning of next week I should be listed on the healthcare workers registry, and my pay will go up a bit. Also at that point I can finally get signed off for passing meds at various homes that I end up working at.
I am hoping while I'm off I can get the house picked up and back in order. It's pretty messy right now, but I'm trying to let Michael enjoy the last week of his break before it gets crazy again.
I hope you're doing well, take care of yourself.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Happy New Year!
Dear Doll-face,
Sorry I'm a little late, but I got pretty busy the last couple of days... sort of anyways.
Both of our roommates have moved out, and no one has expressed any interest in moving in with us, so it looks like it's just your brother and I for the rest of the winter. Once I work my way up to more full time hours this won't be a problem.. but starting out I'm only written in for 26 hours a pay period (so that means 26 hours every two weeks). We knew I'd be taking an hour cut once I got out of training, but we didn't know nearly how much of a cut. The trick is answering my phone, which I am not use to doing. On about every other day I have off I get phone calls asking me to pick up extra shifts at different houses, so I just need to start answering my phone and working those shifts. The more I answer and say yes, the more likely they are to call me when they need someone. I've just gotta keep it up.
In fact new years eve I got a call at 2pm to work from 3 to 9... so I did. It wasn't bad. We had a new years eve party which meant we made pizza and since everyone had the day off from work the next day we didn't have to pack lunches for anyone. I worked hard though since it was just me and one other staff present. I felt so tired when I got home.
Last night your brother and I used the last of my Christmas money to go out to dinner and see Les Mis. It was awesome. It was done very closely to the musical that I love, but it was too far away from the book your brother loved for him to get super into it. I had to keep reminding him that it was based on a musical about a book, not based on a book. That made it better. We had a lot of fun at the movie, and we were the only two people in the theater there to see it. Luckily there was still a showing of the Hobbit happening so it's not like we were the last people in the theater. We didn't get home until after midnight though.
Speaking of movies, I really want to see this one when it comes out. It looks super cute, and lately I've been in the mood for super cute.
Basically as the new year begins, I am just hoping that this year is better than last year.... because I need a good year. For now I'm relaxing, this week will be hectic, I am working a few split shifts, and it's my last full week of training. My next day off isn't until Sunday, but then Monday is my last day of training, so I expect there will be plenty of opportunities to be at home. Once I get comfortable in my job, and pick up some extra shifts at other houses, I'll probably end up applying for other positions within the agency. For now I am hearing rumors of one of the full time staff at my house dropping down to ER, which could mean more hours for me... which I like the possibility of. I really love the house I work at, and I don't want to leave it.
Anyway, I need to make a few phone calls and take a shower before I get into work at 3. Take care of yourself. Happy New Years Dollie!
Sorry I'm a little late, but I got pretty busy the last couple of days... sort of anyways.
Both of our roommates have moved out, and no one has expressed any interest in moving in with us, so it looks like it's just your brother and I for the rest of the winter. Once I work my way up to more full time hours this won't be a problem.. but starting out I'm only written in for 26 hours a pay period (so that means 26 hours every two weeks). We knew I'd be taking an hour cut once I got out of training, but we didn't know nearly how much of a cut. The trick is answering my phone, which I am not use to doing. On about every other day I have off I get phone calls asking me to pick up extra shifts at different houses, so I just need to start answering my phone and working those shifts. The more I answer and say yes, the more likely they are to call me when they need someone. I've just gotta keep it up.
In fact new years eve I got a call at 2pm to work from 3 to 9... so I did. It wasn't bad. We had a new years eve party which meant we made pizza and since everyone had the day off from work the next day we didn't have to pack lunches for anyone. I worked hard though since it was just me and one other staff present. I felt so tired when I got home.
Last night your brother and I used the last of my Christmas money to go out to dinner and see Les Mis. It was awesome. It was done very closely to the musical that I love, but it was too far away from the book your brother loved for him to get super into it. I had to keep reminding him that it was based on a musical about a book, not based on a book. That made it better. We had a lot of fun at the movie, and we were the only two people in the theater there to see it. Luckily there was still a showing of the Hobbit happening so it's not like we were the last people in the theater. We didn't get home until after midnight though.
Speaking of movies, I really want to see this one when it comes out. It looks super cute, and lately I've been in the mood for super cute.
Basically as the new year begins, I am just hoping that this year is better than last year.... because I need a good year. For now I'm relaxing, this week will be hectic, I am working a few split shifts, and it's my last full week of training. My next day off isn't until Sunday, but then Monday is my last day of training, so I expect there will be plenty of opportunities to be at home. Once I get comfortable in my job, and pick up some extra shifts at other houses, I'll probably end up applying for other positions within the agency. For now I am hearing rumors of one of the full time staff at my house dropping down to ER, which could mean more hours for me... which I like the possibility of. I really love the house I work at, and I don't want to leave it.
Anyway, I need to make a few phone calls and take a shower before I get into work at 3. Take care of yourself. Happy New Years Dollie!
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