Sheesh. You're kidding right? Where did it go? That's what I get for being sick for the first half. Ah well. Time flies when you're hacking up a lung. lol
I've been updating the wedding blog so you should check there for stuff too on a regular basis since that's gonna be a major focal point for me this year.
As for other stuff. . .just trying to settle into a workable routine. This week is going to be off a bit because Yancey has to go for his management training and the kiosk is coming down. Of course they would happen in the same week. Sheesh. Anyway, it's gonna be hectic and then I can settle in for the normal routine.
It has been so dead at the store. We've gotten a lot done and caught up a lot but there's still so much to do. But ah well, not my main problem even though people still treat me like it is. lol And I somehow wrenched my should on Friday. I don't know how but it hurts. Yuck.
School seems to be going all right. I've already got my classes set up for the fall and summer. In fact, I may actually get to teach a second summer session class! Yay! That means I won't have that horrible two month, low income gap. lol Hope it comes true.
Anyway, I'll keep you posted on all that and how the dissertation stuff comes along. It's time to get cracking!
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Blech
That's how I feel this week. Kind of off. I think that the weather is part of it. But who knows. Been having bad dreams when I'm not having weird dreams. Mike says that last night I was tossing, turning, and moaning in my sleep. I remember him asking if I was ok but I don't know what I was dreaming at that point. I do remember having odd dreams about my parents this morning. That never bodes well. (sigh)
Anyway, things are starting to settle into a routine. By next week I should have a flow going for doing stuff. Right now I'm just trying to get organized and used to my schedule. At least I'm getting more sleep which is helping. It may not be completely restful but I'm getting more of it. So I suppose it balances out.
Gonna write on the wedding blog now. Hugs.
Anyway, things are starting to settle into a routine. By next week I should have a flow going for doing stuff. Right now I'm just trying to get organized and used to my schedule. At least I'm getting more sleep which is helping. It may not be completely restful but I'm getting more of it. So I suppose it balances out.
Gonna write on the wedding blog now. Hugs.
Thursday, January 17, 2008
A New Year
My God but the last month was hectic. Of course, I'm sure that you expected me to be poof since it is crazy retail time. I'll summarize in segments to keep things organized, k?
Work: They "gave" me permission to stay on part-time. HR said that they don't usually do this but if the DM and manager were ok with it then I could stay. How generous. Of course they aren't going to announce that too loudly. It was funny because Yancey thought that I would be disappointed in the pay cut. Uh, no, I expected that. I actually expected to (at worst) go back to what I was making before I became assistant. Instead, I am making a little more so I'm happy. Anyway, I have cut myself back to about 13 hours a week over two days. I'll work more if I do outside events or if there is an emergency. This week I've done more because I wanted to and it all goes towards the wedding fund and bills so what the hey. I'll probably do more outside things during the summer when my budget is lean from school. Speaking of which, it started this week. I have blocked out when I'm doing dissertation, wedding, and house stuff in between classes and the store. I'll let you know how well it works.
Christmas: It was a quiet one. Michael and I went up to his mom's the Sunday before to be with her, his brother, sister-in-law, and nephew. It was nice and really made his mom's day to have everyone together. Baby steps on doing the whole family thing but at least it's happening. Christmas Day we just stayed home, snuggled, opened presents, and played golf. lol Michael got me another Painted Pony (this one is so gorgeous) and a howling wolf statue. He's pretty. I got him a bunch of little things but the two big ones I'm most proud of: an original artwork piece of the Lord's Prayer in Cherokee (that's what some of Mike's ancestors were) and a remote control dragon. The latter moves and roars. It's so cheesy it's cool. lol
New Years: Since Mike had a 4 day weekend, we decided that was the best time to go up to Sissy's house (it will always be that to me). Jonathan went with us. It gave him a chance to get away from here as well as gave Lindsay time to prove herself to Yancey (she failed at that but I don't want to talk about it here). We had a decent drive up. I was finally getting over that cold I wrote about last time. It hung on. Probably because I didn't have a chance to rest properly. Anyway, we got up there Saturday afternoon. Everyone was working but Cynthia so we didn't get to see anyone else until New Year's Day. So, we spent our time wandering the malls and going through stuff at the house (which was so weird). Found some great pictures which I'll share at some point. We went to Border's on Sunday and I ended up losing my phone out of my pocket. Fortunately, someone nice found it and we got it back. I just was not having a good time. My string of sucky incidences just kept going. And I was depressed and miserable. On New Year's Eve, Kyle came down and we picked up my nephew, Elijah, to go see "Alien vs Predator: Requiem". It was ok. Fun to do stuff together. That made me feel better. We dropped Elijah off at a friend's and then went home to play a card game:
Yes, we're geeks. Deal with it. But it was lots of fun. We may have to get people together for some rousing games of it at the store. lol Lindsay got deck for Christmas so she likes it too. So, our evening was quiet and fun.
New Year's Day was hectic. It had snowed Sunday night and I ended up shoveling most of the driveway. Because of that I started getting sick again. This one hit my chest instead of my sinuses. It didn't help that we went out to the farm where it was smoke central. And God, was going out there heartbreaking. I can't even begin to describe how badly they have run down the house. But what can I do when they don't care? It's just. . .horrible. John was noncommittal about coming to the wedding and he wouldn't go to breakfast with us. And Brenda is incredibly upset that I haven't asked her to be a bridesmaid. I have various reasons for this but it isn't anything against her. I would rather she do something else in the wedding like play the piano/organ for us but she refused. In fact, she now sounds like SHE won't come either. Her response when I talked with her about it was that she would have to see because she doesn't know how much vacation time she's going to get. It's frustrating. We out of there late for breakfast because Anne was putzing about with getting the baby ready. And then she got mad and drove off without ever going with us. Yeah, I have a really mature family. I would just like them all to play nicely for one day and come down for the wedding and have fun. Is that likely to happen? No. But it is the only gift they would need to give me that day. Hell, ever.
We got out of PA later than planned because we had to pack up stuff. We didn't take a lot. Just a few nick knacks, pictures, and kitchen things. Oh, and Mike took some tools that had duplicates downstairs. Karen did give me Sissy's engagement ring because I think it would be nice to reset it as mine if Michael wants. Her ring is too small for me anyway and I don't wear gold. If not, I'll hold onto it for Cynthia. My new cold kept getting worse and worse as we drove. And in we had to stop in West Virginia because it felt like my bra was digging into my skin under my right shoulder blade. Well, it turned out to be some kind of bite. We suspect it might have been a brown recluse or some other kind of spider but God knows when and where it got me cause I didn't feel it. It was nasty. By the time we hit Virginia, I was hacking up my lungs and in massive pain from the bite. Then we hit the snowstorm that we didn't know was happening. (sigh) I was following Mike and it was around 11p. Well, his truck has rear wheel drive. I was doing fine but he started fishtailing. If we had kept going we would have driven out of it but we were worried that he would end up off the road because it was that bad. So, we chose to find a hotel. Probably a good thing because I was so out of it. I would have pushed myself to get back because I was supposed to open the store the next day but I just felt too drained. Lindsay refused to help (she had to go shopping with her mom and see a friend) for even a few hours the next morning. Yancey ended up going in but he barely got the message in time as he had been out of town and got back like 3a. So, he was in a less than chipper mood. We made good time the =next day in getting back and I went straight to the store even though I probably should have gone home. The rest is a blur. The bite didn't get better and I couldn't wear a bra so I finally went to the doctor that Friday. I'd had some antibiotics at home for the cold but he put me on a bunch more stuff. I worked my hours but sounded horrible. Needless to say, with all the stress and whatnot, I only stopped coughing a lot this week. I've heard though, that this particular cold is hard to shake. But it's better.
So, those are my fun and exciting adventures. I will be posting more on the wedding blog because it's that time. . .so, check there too. Hugs
Work: They "gave" me permission to stay on part-time. HR said that they don't usually do this but if the DM and manager were ok with it then I could stay. How generous. Of course they aren't going to announce that too loudly. It was funny because Yancey thought that I would be disappointed in the pay cut. Uh, no, I expected that. I actually expected to (at worst) go back to what I was making before I became assistant. Instead, I am making a little more so I'm happy. Anyway, I have cut myself back to about 13 hours a week over two days. I'll work more if I do outside events or if there is an emergency. This week I've done more because I wanted to and it all goes towards the wedding fund and bills so what the hey. I'll probably do more outside things during the summer when my budget is lean from school. Speaking of which, it started this week. I have blocked out when I'm doing dissertation, wedding, and house stuff in between classes and the store. I'll let you know how well it works.
Christmas: It was a quiet one. Michael and I went up to his mom's the Sunday before to be with her, his brother, sister-in-law, and nephew. It was nice and really made his mom's day to have everyone together. Baby steps on doing the whole family thing but at least it's happening. Christmas Day we just stayed home, snuggled, opened presents, and played golf. lol Michael got me another Painted Pony (this one is so gorgeous) and a howling wolf statue. He's pretty. I got him a bunch of little things but the two big ones I'm most proud of: an original artwork piece of the Lord's Prayer in Cherokee (that's what some of Mike's ancestors were) and a remote control dragon. The latter moves and roars. It's so cheesy it's cool. lol
New Years: Since Mike had a 4 day weekend, we decided that was the best time to go up to Sissy's house (it will always be that to me). Jonathan went with us. It gave him a chance to get away from here as well as gave Lindsay time to prove herself to Yancey (she failed at that but I don't want to talk about it here). We had a decent drive up. I was finally getting over that cold I wrote about last time. It hung on. Probably because I didn't have a chance to rest properly. Anyway, we got up there Saturday afternoon. Everyone was working but Cynthia so we didn't get to see anyone else until New Year's Day. So, we spent our time wandering the malls and going through stuff at the house (which was so weird). Found some great pictures which I'll share at some point. We went to Border's on Sunday and I ended up losing my phone out of my pocket. Fortunately, someone nice found it and we got it back. I just was not having a good time. My string of sucky incidences just kept going. And I was depressed and miserable. On New Year's Eve, Kyle came down and we picked up my nephew, Elijah, to go see "Alien vs Predator: Requiem". It was ok. Fun to do stuff together. That made me feel better. We dropped Elijah off at a friend's and then went home to play a card game:
Yes, we're geeks. Deal with it. But it was lots of fun. We may have to get people together for some rousing games of it at the store. lol Lindsay got deck for Christmas so she likes it too. So, our evening was quiet and fun.
New Year's Day was hectic. It had snowed Sunday night and I ended up shoveling most of the driveway. Because of that I started getting sick again. This one hit my chest instead of my sinuses. It didn't help that we went out to the farm where it was smoke central. And God, was going out there heartbreaking. I can't even begin to describe how badly they have run down the house. But what can I do when they don't care? It's just. . .horrible. John was noncommittal about coming to the wedding and he wouldn't go to breakfast with us. And Brenda is incredibly upset that I haven't asked her to be a bridesmaid. I have various reasons for this but it isn't anything against her. I would rather she do something else in the wedding like play the piano/organ for us but she refused. In fact, she now sounds like SHE won't come either. Her response when I talked with her about it was that she would have to see because she doesn't know how much vacation time she's going to get. It's frustrating. We out of there late for breakfast because Anne was putzing about with getting the baby ready. And then she got mad and drove off without ever going with us. Yeah, I have a really mature family. I would just like them all to play nicely for one day and come down for the wedding and have fun. Is that likely to happen? No. But it is the only gift they would need to give me that day. Hell, ever.
We got out of PA later than planned because we had to pack up stuff. We didn't take a lot. Just a few nick knacks, pictures, and kitchen things. Oh, and Mike took some tools that had duplicates downstairs. Karen did give me Sissy's engagement ring because I think it would be nice to reset it as mine if Michael wants. Her ring is too small for me anyway and I don't wear gold. If not, I'll hold onto it for Cynthia. My new cold kept getting worse and worse as we drove. And in we had to stop in West Virginia because it felt like my bra was digging into my skin under my right shoulder blade. Well, it turned out to be some kind of bite. We suspect it might have been a brown recluse or some other kind of spider but God knows when and where it got me cause I didn't feel it. It was nasty. By the time we hit Virginia, I was hacking up my lungs and in massive pain from the bite. Then we hit the snowstorm that we didn't know was happening. (sigh) I was following Mike and it was around 11p. Well, his truck has rear wheel drive. I was doing fine but he started fishtailing. If we had kept going we would have driven out of it but we were worried that he would end up off the road because it was that bad. So, we chose to find a hotel. Probably a good thing because I was so out of it. I would have pushed myself to get back because I was supposed to open the store the next day but I just felt too drained. Lindsay refused to help (she had to go shopping with her mom and see a friend) for even a few hours the next morning. Yancey ended up going in but he barely got the message in time as he had been out of town and got back like 3a. So, he was in a less than chipper mood. We made good time the =next day in getting back and I went straight to the store even though I probably should have gone home. The rest is a blur. The bite didn't get better and I couldn't wear a bra so I finally went to the doctor that Friday. I'd had some antibiotics at home for the cold but he put me on a bunch more stuff. I worked my hours but sounded horrible. Needless to say, with all the stress and whatnot, I only stopped coughing a lot this week. I've heard though, that this particular cold is hard to shake. But it's better.
So, those are my fun and exciting adventures. I will be posting more on the wedding blog because it's that time. . .so, check there too. Hugs
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