What a Week

Yeah, I'm up really early again. I've actually been up since a little after 6a but was working on paying the current round of bills. (sigh) That never ends, does it? You see a nice chunk of money in your account and as you pay stuff, it slowly goes poof before your eyes. And just when you think you might have a little extra. . .it is just enough to get you to the next paycheck. Well, this time it was mostly because my car insurance is due and I had a few extraneous extra bills to pay (like for my last ultrasound). Ah, well, c'est la vie.

Monday was fun. The shipment ended up being 100 boxes. Oh joy. I went in after class at 10p and worked on them until 2a so that all of the street dates could get out. It was a huge day. I managed to get them done and do the romance stuff so the regulars could get them. Fortunately, I asked and received some extra hours from higher up so that we can make up for the fubar.

I meant to write on Tuesday but got very busy. It was Jami's and mine birthday. She spent it with my family. lol Odd, no? I woke up feeling blech. Had an early appointment with my therapist who made me promise to do something nice for myself since it didn't seem that I would get to do anything fun. Mike had to go up to Richmond, VA, so he had left before the crack of dawn and wasn't planning on being back until really late. (sigh) So, after making calls to our regular customers about all the new stuff, I headed to one of my favorite stores It's the place that has all the Celtic, etc stuff. If you are ever stuck for a gift idea, just get me a certificate to there. Here's the link: It's All in the Name. I treated myself to another Nene Thomas print:



She's pretty. Now I just have to get her framed. I also talked with the owner about teaming up for events. That way they have someone to help them out with stuff and we (the store) get out more to make sales. I'll keep you posted with that.

When I got to my office, I called Jami cause she had said to the night before. See, I texted her just after midnight while I was at the store to wish her a Happy Bday but didn't get her response until 2a. I had assumed she'd be asleep. Well, since she was at the farm, she was still up. And it turned out that Sissy (my aunt) was in the hospital again because she broke her hip. (sigh) So, Sissy was supposed to have surgery but it was put off a little because her blood pressure was too high. I mean, she is in her 80s so. . .I can imagine she's stressed. I'm not going to bore you with the family drama details that ensued but it wasn't a fun day for anyone.

After classes while I was doing my office hours, I talked with Jonathan and he insisted on taking me out to dinner. I didn't really want to go cause I was in a funk but I'm glad I did. We had a nice dinner and it cheered me up. (smile) I had also gone to the bookstore to buy some kid's books for an event at a local school. I felt bad because we hadn't gotten many donations. But we actually had stuff to give them anyway so it was all good.

Anyway, after dinner I came home and waited for Michael. He got home about 10p and brought me a bouquet of red roses, a balloon, and a card. It was very sweet. I actually hadn't expected anything. And the funniest part is that my therapist said that I should tell him to do such things more often since such gestures mean a lot to us girls. lol She'll be happy when I tell her he did it unprompted. She said it cause I wasn't expecting anything since we had gone to AWA and last year I waited until October to celebrate. And you know we girls like the romantic stuff. lol

Actually, Michael did get me more than that but I'll post them in another blog later since this one is really long. And I need to grab some breakfast. Hugs.

Better Today

I feel a little better today but still achy in my head. Tired too even though I slept fairly well. Mike came back last night in a pretty good mood. We slept in and then had breakfast together. We talked about yesterday and the weeklong grumpiness. When I said that he could pretty much do whatever next year he asked, "We can't do things together?" Well, yeah, but it makes him snippy to try and coordinate us both. So, it's better that I just follow him like a puppy dog. He said that made it sound bad. No, but this is more his thing than mine. I mean, I'm interested in it but I don't know nearly as much as he does. So, I'm just along for the ride. Eventually we'll get it running smoothly.

I finished shopping for stuff. Got myself a few more small things. Next year I need to remember to bring enough money for a corset. I so want one. But I found little things. And I got enough buttons for everyone at the store and got Mike a few more items. So, it's all good.

I stayed in the room for the rest of the day and slept and just vegged. I needed that. When Mike came back we went to The Cheesecake Factory for dinner and talked about everything. We figured u=out what's been wrong lately. It comes down to miscommunication. There's more to it than that but I won't bore you with the details. It's all ok now again. We don't do too badly most of the time. We communicate pretty well 95% of the time. It's the other 5% that we have to work on. (sigh) But hey, I'll take that.

Tomorrow we plan to get home a little after lunch and just take the day easy. I need to grade stuff for the evening class. So, back to the grind.

Widow Once More

By the title I am, of course, referring to Anime Weekend Atlanta (AWA). Last year I posted that I would be an anime widow once a year. Well, I apparently wasn't kidding even though I made a much better effort this year to participate. (sigh)

See, Mike has been going for a few years and he gets all hyped up about it. It's his guaranteed fun time every year. I like some of it but I am just not otaku enough for him to be happy with my tagging along. Oh, he wants me to come with him but let's face it, I am merely a distraction. I have admitted defeat this year. I thought it was all me last year because I was sick and stressed out but I see now that isn't really all it. Mike has a pattern here and I throw that off. I slow him down.

Mike's been incredibly grumpy lately. And I thought I had mood swings! He's been snappy and it pretty much boiled over this week. I don't know if I'm rubbing off on him or what but normally he's the calm one. (snort) And, of course, his moods have been affecting my moods. (sigh) Joyous fun and excitement.

Anyway, I am sick again but this time with that head cold that's been going around and I've been fighting off. I started feeling it come on yesterday. We got to Atlanta on Thursday night. Everything went fine with the hotel this time. We slept in a little and then did some stuff together. The main thing was dance lessons in preparation for last night's ball. We had fun with it and move pretty well together. So, I will definitely have to look into us doing that when we get home. We went our separate ways while I went to the mall to get my makeup done at the Clinique counter. It looked good. Mike looked awesome in his tux and I'll post those pics later. I don't have the connector for my camera. The ball was ok. I wanted to dance right away but Mike was "unwinding from the day" and we just sat there for a while. Made me feel grumpy. But eventually we did dance and it was lovely. We stayed for about 2 hours and then changed a little so we could go watch the hentai. It's always a riot because people go nuts with comments ("bring on the animated porn!"). lol

I apparently snored all night even though I had a nose strip on. I was so exhausted. And when I woke up, I didn't feel like myself at all. I felt like everything was coming from a long distance away. I just didn't feel connected. I still don't, not completely. So, we went to breakfast and then wandered around the dealers room. I bought Mike lots of stuff and got myself a few things. And I found a few more pins for the bookstore peeps. I need to get the rest tomorrow. Wanted to bring them something to show I was thinking about them. Jon, of course, is getting the most cause, well, he loves this stuff too. lol Maybe he needs to come with Mike next year. lol

I've made some contacts for possible signings and other stuff. I talked with one of my peers about helping her next year so, maybe if I'm working at the con Mike and I can keep from irking each other. Either that or I'll just drive next year and hang with Maya. Or work in the room. lol Everything seems to need to come back to work for me lately. It's about the only time when I feel productive and focused.

After wandering around I started to feel even more wretched so I came back to the room and passed out for a few hours. It gave Mike a chance to do his own thing and me an excuse to stay here. He came back to bring us dinner and was the happiest I've seen him in days. (sigh) I'm glad. I hate when he's grumpy. And I really don't mind being alone. Maybe that's what we need right now. Alone time. We don't get much of that because at home we feel like we have to spend our free time together since we don't see each other much. We love being together but we both inherently need alone time too. Another lesson learned.

So, there you go. As for the rest. . .we had some kiosk drama this year but nearly as much as last year. The worst part was the shipment not coming until the day before it was due. It really threw our schedule off and I didn't get a day off at all that week except for Saturday afternoon. Spent that shopping for the con so no real rest which is why I'm fried. The three newbies are gonna work out fine. They are good ones. I am so thankful for that. Everett is pleased with everything. As for the job, it's being left up to the new DM to make that call after an interview with me. It hasn't been set up yet but we'll see. There's a manager's meeting in mid-October so hopefully they will make up their minds by then. Mike's manager is gone too so they need to hire someone for there. School is going well but I just don't have any time for anything but work work work. I'm gonna give up reading anything "fun" and focus on my diss stuff during breaks. Burn out? Possibly but oh well. I'm not really happy unless I'm working a lot.

Well, hugs to all. Must get some rest now.

Results and Stuff

Ok, so sorry to have made you all wait. But no news is good news, right? Anyway, I am not diabetic or anything like that. My testosterone is a little high but we knew that because of the PCOS. So, no big surprise there. The rest of my levels were normal except that my cholesterol is a little high again so I need to behave. She's gonna retest me next month to check. Otherwise, she added a new med to see if it will help balance out the happy female times that seem to want to happen every two weeks instead of four. (sigh) Not sure it's gonna work though cause I just ended an almost two week run but we'll see since I only started the Metformin three weeks ago. If the combo doesn't work, then we'll be trying something else. (sigh) As for the anxiety and depression. . .that's much better. Lexapro seems to be the right one and is keeping me on a fairly even keel for the most part. I haven't had any major moments for a while. The last one was because of a hormone flux. Basically the jittery sessions happen before happy fun time. Otherwise, good to go.

Classes started two weeks ago. It's gonna be rough but I am enjoying being back. I am trying not to think about how much I have to do cause it stresses me out. Just taking it one day at a time.

As for the store. . .no word yet on what's going to happen. We should have a DM by the end of the month. That's pretty much the holdup. We're doing pretty well overall and getting stuff done. Always so much to do. The calendar kiosk goes up in two weeks so that should be interesting. I've hired some people for it and Everett is coming back (our kiosk guru) so I think it will be less hectic than last year. Especially as we only have one kiosk this year (thank God). Right now I'm just doing the best I can.

Well, that's about it. Hope you all are doing well. Hugs.