I love my Guy, but he's a real pain in my ass! I have the gifts, I have the card, I will have the cake...but damned if I can't think of where to take him to dinner. Will he help? Nope, "surprise me" he says. Thanks a lot Babe! Italian is out and I don't want to go to one of our normal hangouts. I have been asking around for advice, but I am not sure. I guess I will just wait, maybe he will have a "hankering" for something in particular. Men!
The Speckled Wonder is in rare form these days. In the past three days, she has painted her crate and herself with shit, crapped twice on the kitchen floor and ensighted a riot in which the two ADULT labs decided to shit on the floor as well and then play in it. After spending 20 mins cleaning up dog shit, and having Jade run away two days in a row, I was ready to call American Airlines and get all three of them one-way tickets to Puerto Rico. Vaquita can be the tour guide. Damn dogs. Last night Vaquita decided to bark from 1am to 4am, when I finally got up and let her out. This dog was sent to me for a reason....to help me to gain extreme patience. Even Saints have murderous thoughts sometimes though! No...I would never hurt her...but she is pushing my nerves.
I can not believe Christmas is coming! Money is pretty damn tight these days. I am not quite sure where it all went. Well, I suppose the tires for my car, hay for the horses, winter shoes for the horse, Thanksgiving...it all adds up. I need to figure out how to pinch the pennies in some aspects, and allow myself to get some gifts for my loved ones. It's not going to be easy...though, is it ever? Maybe someone will give me a week long vacation on a tropical island for Christmas.....Well, a girl has to dream, doesn't she?
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Monday, November 26, 2007
A Manic Monday
Holiday #1 of the "holiday season" is now behind us...thank goodness. I am not saying it went badly, but it was just one more thing to deal with, at a time when it seems too much is going on. The actual day didn't go too badly, except that I forgot to make the green bean casserole. The guys were picking on me, though they admitted there was already far too much food and it would just have been more wasted leftovers. I had enough on my mind, worry about the horses in freakish 60F weather. They were all feeling punky, but luckily no one got sick.
I had a chiropractor appointment on Friday, and foolishly figured I could run a couple errands beforehand. I went over to Petco for some dog food and was nearly run over 4 times in the parking lot. People were nuts. I then attempted to buy a filing cabinet for the house, but of course, none in stock of the type and color I wanted. My appointment with the chiro was fun as usual. He asked me how I mess myself up so badly, if I work at it, or it comes naturally. Smartass! Fix it and shut up, I say! He told me I need to stretch. I suck at stretching, but I was the good little patient and went out and bought the book he suggested. I am going to try to stretch myself into a chiro-free life.
I met up with a couple friends yesterday for lunch. It was so good to see them. We gals have not gotten together in far too long, I miss them terribly. I get so busy with work, the dogs and the horses, I forget to take some time for palling around. I spent the rest of the afternoon getting a gift for my Guy. Friday is his b-day. I think I did well. I am pretty sure he will really like one of the gifts. The other gift, he will probably tell me is too much, but I wanted to get him something he would not buy himself. I think it will be an interesting day. I told him I was taking Friday off to follow him around at work and hang balloons on each piece of equipment he uses on the job. Balloons on the excavator, more balloons on the bulldozer, and even more balloons all over his own truck. Haaa. I got the ole' Roll of the Eyes on that one. He knows I am kidding. I am taking the day off though, I do need to do some annoying decorating for his birthday. :-)
Happy Monday...NOT! It started off with the two idiot labs taking off in the rain this morning. Lucky for them, my Vaquita comes when I call her. I felt awful losing the dogs, but my Guy said "fuck em," they can stay in the rain. He did go home later to check and found them in their doghouse in the kennel. Jerks, making me worry. They are now spending the day outside and I am not letting them out anymore. They will have to wait until their Father gets out of bed and lets them out. To top off the stomach ache I had from worrying about Dumb and Dumber running the streets all morning, my Mom calls in tears. She locked her keys in her running car. There wasn't much I could do from work, so I could only make suggestions. What a mess...last I heard, she was waiting on someone from Ford Service to come down and help her. They give free roadside assistance on new vehicles. Phew, lucky for that!
Anyway, the week has to get better. CV is back from her vacation, so I have back up at the Farm. It's only a four day work week for me, which always makes things brighter. Also, for once, I have someone's birthday gifts way ahead of time and don't have to rush around the day of. I even bought a card...how friggin' good am I? Ha!
I had a chiropractor appointment on Friday, and foolishly figured I could run a couple errands beforehand. I went over to Petco for some dog food and was nearly run over 4 times in the parking lot. People were nuts. I then attempted to buy a filing cabinet for the house, but of course, none in stock of the type and color I wanted. My appointment with the chiro was fun as usual. He asked me how I mess myself up so badly, if I work at it, or it comes naturally. Smartass! Fix it and shut up, I say! He told me I need to stretch. I suck at stretching, but I was the good little patient and went out and bought the book he suggested. I am going to try to stretch myself into a chiro-free life.
I met up with a couple friends yesterday for lunch. It was so good to see them. We gals have not gotten together in far too long, I miss them terribly. I get so busy with work, the dogs and the horses, I forget to take some time for palling around. I spent the rest of the afternoon getting a gift for my Guy. Friday is his b-day. I think I did well. I am pretty sure he will really like one of the gifts. The other gift, he will probably tell me is too much, but I wanted to get him something he would not buy himself. I think it will be an interesting day. I told him I was taking Friday off to follow him around at work and hang balloons on each piece of equipment he uses on the job. Balloons on the excavator, more balloons on the bulldozer, and even more balloons all over his own truck. Haaa. I got the ole' Roll of the Eyes on that one. He knows I am kidding. I am taking the day off though, I do need to do some annoying decorating for his birthday. :-)
Happy Monday...NOT! It started off with the two idiot labs taking off in the rain this morning. Lucky for them, my Vaquita comes when I call her. I felt awful losing the dogs, but my Guy said "fuck em," they can stay in the rain. He did go home later to check and found them in their doghouse in the kennel. Jerks, making me worry. They are now spending the day outside and I am not letting them out anymore. They will have to wait until their Father gets out of bed and lets them out. To top off the stomach ache I had from worrying about Dumb and Dumber running the streets all morning, my Mom calls in tears. She locked her keys in her running car. There wasn't much I could do from work, so I could only make suggestions. What a mess...last I heard, she was waiting on someone from Ford Service to come down and help her. They give free roadside assistance on new vehicles. Phew, lucky for that!
Anyway, the week has to get better. CV is back from her vacation, so I have back up at the Farm. It's only a four day work week for me, which always makes things brighter. Also, for once, I have someone's birthday gifts way ahead of time and don't have to rush around the day of. I even bought a card...how friggin' good am I? Ha!
Monday, November 19, 2007
Stuffy and Cranky
I started back at Corporate last week. It was not nearly as nausiating as I thought it would be. Everyone was very happy to see me and the group seems pretty relaxed. Of course, I am not getting slammed with work quite yet, so we'll see how long it lasts. My typical luck; first week back, I got a terrible cold and had to call in last Thursday! I felt like a total ass, but JP said it was ok, not like I am new to the group really. I was feeling better Friday, until Vaquita decided to bark and cry all night, completely denying me even a couple hours of sleep. My immune system crashed due to exhaustion and I am now loaded with a ass-kicking virus, clogging my sinuses and making me wish I could drill a hole into the side of one of my eye sockets and drain the pressure. :(
I am supposed to go back to the old office tomorrow to train my replacement. I don't really see what I can do in one day, but I will amuse them and go on down. Part of me wants to see all the guys, I miss them already. I was sad leaving there, I am over it now, I do not want to be sad about it again.
The next 28 days are not going to be fun. I am treating one of the horses for EPM. The treatment is a nightly dose of a medicinal paste. CJ is a piss-ant son of a bitch when I worm him every other month, so to have to do it every night is not a treat. Last night he got pissed off and reared high enough to hit the top of his stall. Oh well, I didn't feel it. I did feel the wrenching of my back as I got after him about being such a dangerous shithead. I am not going through that crap for the next month. No one else at the barn can handle him, and I do not want to handle him, stubborn beast. People wonder why I prefer mares...they have more sense for personal safety. One argument and my mare decides the fight is not worth it. I can not wait until CJ's treatments are over and he is shipped off for training. Of course, I get his mother, a rather large Thoroughbred Mare, with the same pissy attitude as her mother (whom I had for 4 years) and her son. Good times! Will someone please remind me why I love horses? I forget sometimes.....
I am supposed to go back to the old office tomorrow to train my replacement. I don't really see what I can do in one day, but I will amuse them and go on down. Part of me wants to see all the guys, I miss them already. I was sad leaving there, I am over it now, I do not want to be sad about it again.
The next 28 days are not going to be fun. I am treating one of the horses for EPM. The treatment is a nightly dose of a medicinal paste. CJ is a piss-ant son of a bitch when I worm him every other month, so to have to do it every night is not a treat. Last night he got pissed off and reared high enough to hit the top of his stall. Oh well, I didn't feel it. I did feel the wrenching of my back as I got after him about being such a dangerous shithead. I am not going through that crap for the next month. No one else at the barn can handle him, and I do not want to handle him, stubborn beast. People wonder why I prefer mares...they have more sense for personal safety. One argument and my mare decides the fight is not worth it. I can not wait until CJ's treatments are over and he is shipped off for training. Of course, I get his mother, a rather large Thoroughbred Mare, with the same pissy attitude as her mother (whom I had for 4 years) and her son. Good times! Will someone please remind me why I love horses? I forget sometimes.....
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
Finally Time to Post
Well, this is my last week in my current office. Beginning Monday, I will be the technical goofball at corporate again. My friends there are excited to have me back, hoping I will lighten up the mood at corporate, but I am all set with getting into trouble for being too "happy" at the job again. I am planning on slapping on the headphones, turning up the music and going into the ZONE.
It's a slow day here, which is fine. I have not done much packing and have a lot of desk cleanup to do. It's amazing what one collects after only two years. Am I sad? Yes, somewhat. It would have been easier if I was allowed to leave a few weeks ago, when I was all riled up and pissed off at this place. Things have been more amicable as of late, making it harder to say goodbye. I know though, that nothing has changed, and the same old bullshit simply lingers in the background. Like the song "Smiling Faces Sometimes..." states;
Smiling faces sometimes pretend to be your friend
Smiling faces show no traces of the evil that lurks within.
Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes they don't tell the truth, uh
Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof.
I know the same old back-stabbing is going on, I just am not bothering to look for it anymore. They are angry I am "abandoning" them all, but if they really thought about it, they would know why and be truly ashamed.
The pup has been a bad Vaquita. She tried to bite my guy yesterday when he reprimanded her for chewing on my shoe. I got home to find her in the crate looking utterly guilty. She is a skittish little dog and definitely only trusts me, but she can not be biting people who try to pick her up. I guess I have to work harder on discipline, trouble is, I can not seem to make her mad enough to nip at me. We'll see, but she better cut the crap. Daddy is NOT HAPPY.
I had a scary day yesterday! I had brought my car to get new tires on Monday. One of the new tires had a hole in it, so I had to pick the car up with three new ones and one old one, but drove it home with no problem. On the way to work, the car was making an awful rattling noise. I thought maybe one of the tires was flat, so I got out and kicked the three new ones, they seemed fine. I didn't bother with the old tire, figuring it was not touched. Well, the noise got worse by the time I traveled the 30 miles to work, so I had one of the guys here drive it for me. He did not drive very far when he was sure something was very wrong. He jacked it up and after shaking the one old tire, realized it was VERY loose. The lugnuts were turned about once by hand, and fell off when he just put the lug wrench on them. I was told by all the guys that I was VERY lucky to have made it all that way without the tire falling off. It would have been a very different day for me if I had lost the tire. I am dropping the car off tonight for the fourth tire, and I am quite sure after the "chat" my Guy had with him, all my tires will be quadruple checked for tightness and if I need a new rim because of what happened, it will promptly be replaced. I had a guardian angel on my shoulder yesterday, for that I am very thankful!
It's a slow day here, which is fine. I have not done much packing and have a lot of desk cleanup to do. It's amazing what one collects after only two years. Am I sad? Yes, somewhat. It would have been easier if I was allowed to leave a few weeks ago, when I was all riled up and pissed off at this place. Things have been more amicable as of late, making it harder to say goodbye. I know though, that nothing has changed, and the same old bullshit simply lingers in the background. Like the song "Smiling Faces Sometimes..." states;
Smiling faces sometimes pretend to be your friend
Smiling faces show no traces of the evil that lurks within.
Smiling faces, smiling faces sometimes they don't tell the truth, uh
Smiling faces, smiling faces tell lies and I got proof.
I know the same old back-stabbing is going on, I just am not bothering to look for it anymore. They are angry I am "abandoning" them all, but if they really thought about it, they would know why and be truly ashamed.
The pup has been a bad Vaquita. She tried to bite my guy yesterday when he reprimanded her for chewing on my shoe. I got home to find her in the crate looking utterly guilty. She is a skittish little dog and definitely only trusts me, but she can not be biting people who try to pick her up. I guess I have to work harder on discipline, trouble is, I can not seem to make her mad enough to nip at me. We'll see, but she better cut the crap. Daddy is NOT HAPPY.
I had a scary day yesterday! I had brought my car to get new tires on Monday. One of the new tires had a hole in it, so I had to pick the car up with three new ones and one old one, but drove it home with no problem. On the way to work, the car was making an awful rattling noise. I thought maybe one of the tires was flat, so I got out and kicked the three new ones, they seemed fine. I didn't bother with the old tire, figuring it was not touched. Well, the noise got worse by the time I traveled the 30 miles to work, so I had one of the guys here drive it for me. He did not drive very far when he was sure something was very wrong. He jacked it up and after shaking the one old tire, realized it was VERY loose. The lugnuts were turned about once by hand, and fell off when he just put the lug wrench on them. I was told by all the guys that I was VERY lucky to have made it all that way without the tire falling off. It would have been a very different day for me if I had lost the tire. I am dropping the car off tonight for the fourth tire, and I am quite sure after the "chat" my Guy had with him, all my tires will be quadruple checked for tightness and if I need a new rim because of what happened, it will promptly be replaced. I had a guardian angel on my shoulder yesterday, for that I am very thankful!
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