4 1/2 Months Worth of Posts

I don't even know where to start. I think the last I posted I had just gotten my wisdom teeth out and welcomed a new member of our family. Let's see if I can tell you about what all has happened since without this turning into a novel.

My uncle graduated from LVN school in July so I went out to see the graduation. While there, his girlfriend offered me a job as her Administrative Assistant. After not much thought (it was a really good offer, or so I thought), I accepted the job and left Harlow's after almost 5 1/2 years of working for them. It turned out to be the job from hell. She was one of the worst people to work for and she made my life miserable. I could never please her and she was always putting me down. I would work 10 or 11 hours almost every day and it felt like I never got to see John. I was always in a bad mood after work and I was just exhausted whenever I would have any free time. At the end of September, she called me on a Sunday and told me she didn't want me to work there anymore. She gave me some stupid excuse about not wanting to tear the family apart and me needing hospital experience and continued to put me down and then she asked me to pretty much beg for my job back. I pretty much told her that I didn't want to beg for my job and I was done.

At the end of August, John and I went to Cancun. His mom and step-dad went as well as his aunt. It was so absolutely beautiful there! The water was the most beautiful blue it just went on forever. We went snorkeling, took a tour of Tulum, painted ceramics and visited happy hour often. I had a great time. Especially the day I had a few too many "Vacation Size" Margaritas. Other than the travel nightmares (I don't even want to go into those) it was a greally great time.

A few weeks ago, John and I went to Knott's Scary Farm which was somewhat fun. You can read all about that in his blog.

Last week, our kitten got spayed. She has to have a cone over her head so she doesn't lick her stitches and it's kinda funny and sad. She walks funny and runs into walls and it's difficult for her to eat but at least her stitches will be ok in the end. Two days ago we had to take her in cause her incision site didn't look right and it was all swollen but the doctor said it was because of the internal stitches irritating her and that it's nothing major. She definitely is a trooper for going through all this.

Last but not least, today I went to my first interview since losing my job and they offered me a position. It's with the grocery store Fresh & Easy. I will be working at the corporate office in Moreno Valley. I will pretty much be doing inventory control and helping them get a new system in place. It seems like a really great opportunity and I hope it works out well. The only sucky thing is that I'll be working weekends but hopefully at some point that will no longer be the case.

I think that pretty much sums up these last few months. If I've left anything out, I'll hopefully update this more regularly and fill it in. Till next time...

The pain sucks but the free time is nice

I have been sitting here for about 48 hours in and out of pain and sleep and in a wierd way it's actually kinda nice. I've gotten to play some Okami which I've been meaning to do for a few months now, I've read some OOTS and I've spent some quality time with Jadin, John and the newest addition to our family, Roxie. She adopted us last weekend (yes, she adopted us) and it's been an interesting week since. I've been working my butt off so I've only been able to spend a few minutes in the mornings and about a half hour in the evenings with her so I feel like I'm not establishing a good bond with her. On the other hand, John has been there for her so much. She was a little ill when we got her so he's been giving her medicine and checking on her regularly and just being a wonderful "dad". Another issue is Jadin. She can be so jealous at times so I need to focus a lot of attention on her so she doesn't think she's being replaced by the kitten. Being home has made it easier to spend time with both and I like it. Another nice thing is being here when we let Roxie out of her little room so she can play and get used to the place and Jadin. It's so much fun to watch them play. They will chase eachother around and when Jadin gets tired, Roxie will run by and smack her tail to try and get her to play more. It's just absolutely adorable! I guess I'll stop gushing about the cats now and take my pain meds and go back to sleep. I'll write again soon!

Updates

I thought I'd take a moment to update you all on my life. John is out of town (acutally on the other side of the U.S. for the night) so I have some time to kill.

First off, Vegas. That was one long weekend. It started off with me getting out of work at 6:00 Thursday night. We drove to Nuevo and had dinner, took showers and went to sleep. Woke up at about 2:30 am to drive down to Valley Center to hop in Krista's U-Haul and drive from there to Vegas. The three of us unloaded it all (well, I slacked off a little) and then went to run a few errands. That night we ordered pizza (the worst I've ever had) and then went to bed. When we awoke the next morning we discovered that there was no water so we couldn't take a shower before heading off to meet his grandmother and aunt for lunch. We walked down the strip and just hung out till it was time for Krista to pick us up and take us to the airport. I finally arrived at my place at 11:00 Saturday night where I showered, slept and then headed off to work. Overall, it was an ok time. I really like Krista and I hope we get to go see her again.

Last weekend was nothing spectacular. We just spent time alone at my place. We watched a few movies, played the Wii a little and just enjoyed spending time together.

Tuesday (June 12th) I became an aunt. My sister had a 7 lb, 12 oz, 19 inch long baby girl named Alise Renee. All I can say is that the baby looks just like her.

This weekend started off with a trip to the vet. Poor Jadin was so traumatized by the end of the visit. She had her temperature taken, q-tips shoved deep into her ear, 2 vaccination shots, 1 vaccine that goes up her nose, ear drops for ear mites and an antibiotic shot for her ear infection. I was also given antibiotics that I have to try and get her to take at home and some more ear drops so she's not very happy with me at the moment either.

After the vet, we went out looking at apartments for John. I'm keeping my fingers crossed because he really liked some apartments that are right down the street from my place and I hope I can have him this close to me.

Saturday I experienced something very new. I sat and watched him and a few friends play D&D (Dungeons & Dragons). It was definitely interesting. It looks kinda fun but I think it's a little too far out of my comfort zone for now. Maybe somewhere down the road, I'll join in but for now I'll stick to just watching.

That's about it for the last few weeks. I shall update again after this next weekend (my birthday).