Domestic Geek

Man, I was in a rotten mood yesterday. First, my neck was paining me. Ever since that car accident when we got rear-ended a couple of years ago, weather changes make my neck ache. It was so bad I could barely turn my head to the right and not to the left at all. Right after I got to work (Late, because people wouldn't freaking DRIVE), our department manager wanted to see me up in his office. I got excited thinking it was about the raise my supervisor put me in for. Nooo, he wanted me to take a CSR position. Let's see: not in my field of study, dealing with customers, being on the phone all day, having to dress nice, having to be upstairs in the main offices, stress from all angles. Um, no. There's a reason people in that job burn out and have nervous breakdowns. Been there, done that, not doing it again. I actually went into the bathroom and cried after I left his office because I was so disappointed. Oh, well.

The neck still hurts like mad today. It sucks because I have a lot I want to do on my computer, but sitting upright looking at it for very long is torture. If it doesn't ease up over the weekend, I'll have to go to a doctor.

I got a $100 bill and a card from my company for my birthday. That was cool. I keep meaning to scan it or take a picture (someone folds it up into a cute little bow tie), but I keep forgetting. I've decided to treat myself to a knitting class. I found a shop in Aurora that used to charge for its classes but now offers them for free. All you have to pay for is the yarn. I'm going to do that on Saturday for a few hours. They teach you how to make a cute little bag, so that should be fun. I really want to get into knitting, but just can't get the hang of it from reading books. I need someone to just show me, especially the casting on part.

It's been a roller coaster weekend.

Yesterday, I put in another few hours at work trying to catch up on some of the file room work that I've fallen behind on being so busy. I was having second thoughts about going, but since I really need the cash right now, I sucked it up and went in. Last night, we (Mike, Nina, Marcus and myself) went to Rodezio Grill downtown to celebrate Mike's and my birthdays. They have some really good food there, not to mention handsome men dressed as Brazilian gauchos bringing you meat carved off of a sword.. I ordered a beer and that thing was HUGE! Way more alcohol than I was used to and all it did was make me really tired and unable to sleep. After we stuffed ourselves with grilled meat, we exchanged gifts. I got some gift certificates and Marcus got me a NAPP membership (National Association of Photoshop Professionals). That was so thoughtful of him! I've been wanting to join that organization for years, but always talk myself out of spending the money.

Except for being totally exhausted, this morning was cool. Marcus and I headed over to LePeeps for breakfast. When we got home, I had a whole list of things I was going to tackle and take care of today. It went downhill from there. We ended up having to have one of our rabbits put down. The vet suspects she broke her back (apparently a common rabbit problem). While trying to drag herself around, we think she either dislocated or broke a leg. We decided it wasn't fair for her to live like that. Poor thing. We got raped financially by the vet. He called beforehand to get a quote on the cost and what they told him was only half of what it really cost. They neglected to mention the cremation cost on the phone. They charged more to put a rabbit down that it did to put our dog down last January. Not cool. The receptionist was kind of thick, too. It's a good thing the vet herself was compassionate and smoothed things over a little. Marcus still will probably write a letter to complain about how it went.

After that, Marcus totally forgot that he needed to run over to work this afternoon to take care of something. After doing that and grabbing some stuff at the store for dinner, the day was pretty much shot. I had hoped to accomplish some blog stuff today, but this is about it. I'm off to bed for rest so work tomorrow doesn't totally suck. Hopefully I'll get something accomplished tomorrow.

This past weekend, I was trying to get a new dog. My life has felt empty without a dog in it and it seems that everywhere I go lately, there are reminders that I'm dogless. A friend had emailed me about a friend of hers that was fostering a dog that needed a new home. When I saw the picture, I immediately fell in love and knew I just had to have the animal. I emailed the woman back and forth and was to the point that I was filling out the questionnaire and gathering references when my friend let me know that he was an undisciplined handful.

I was crushed, but knew that no matter how badly I wanted him, having this particular dog was not a good idea. The old me would've continued towards the goal of saving the dog and been disappointed when it destroyed my things, but he new me emailed the woman back and let her know that I would have to withdraw my intentions to adopt the animal.

At least the whole ordeal was not in vain. It has strengthened my resolution that I need to get my ducks in order and get out of this mobile home park so that I can have another dog as part of the family.

Wow, I got a lot accomplished this weekend. I'll post more about that later as I'm working today to get the extra money I need to go to Vegas. A paid holiday plus time and a half for working...can't beat that! Also, it gives Marcus some alone time at home which the poor guy doesn't get enough of. Have a happy and safe Labor Day, everybody!

Hey, I remembered to Rabbit, Rabbit this month, and since it is my birth month, it's supposed to be extra lucky.