Here's the wrap-up from February because, well, I've sucked at posting the last few days and I'm sleepy. Yet again.
1. Dream job interview set for 5 short days away. Terribly excited. Can not wait. Seriously.
2. Only 2 more weeks of my subbing gig. Honestly, it can't come soon enough, my patience is wearing very thin and I can't wait to leave.
3. Started a new job, commission based, but I have high hopes at the moment.
4. We had to return Luna to the rescue. Gibbs pretty much hated her, I was allergic, and basset personalities are not a good fit for us. Not to mention the mountain of health problems I discovered she had upon bringing her home. Good times. We've settled on pretty much only ever having small dogs in the future.
5. Hubbs is plotting out our retirement savings. It's hilarious because we have practically NO money to start saving. I think it's all hinging on this upcoming interview.
6. Money is very tight, but we have a little trickling in here and there and are hoping for the best. Hubbs and I continually apply to more job opportunities and will take whatever we can get. We are job whores.
7. I am very anti-child at the moment. Research has shown me that the average child takes almost $300,000 to raise to age 18. That's PER kid. Insanity. I was like. "damn, we can just save up all of that money and retire early and live like kings in a 3rd world country for the rest of our lives." NEW PLAN! Hubbs is sure that I'll change my mind, and maybe I will. At the moment though, I have absolutely zero desire to have children, which I find hilarious because we've basically spent the last 2 years desperately trying to have one. You win, universe, you win.
8. I'm still trying to revise my book. I think I've got about half of it to where I want it. It's just a question now of making sure the end ties together nicely, but isn't too obvious. I'm going for a bit of a twist ending. We'll have to wait and see if it pans out.
9. Hubbs and I are still obnoxiously in love, which is good. There were a few times there where I was resentful and everything he did annoyed me. I'll just chalk it up to hormones or something. He is sweet and caring and very very lovable.
10. I actually have tried somewhat to be healthier. I haven't had fast food in forever. I'm paying attention to what I'm eating and when. I have no idea if I've lost any weight or not, but I feel better. I even go on walks! It's pretty awesome. Hopefully I keep it up and eventually look kick ass in a bikini.
So that's pretty much it for the last little bit of our lives that I haven't blogged about. I look forward to heading on in to this new month of adventures with you and hope you stop in every once in a while to see what we're up to. February was great, but it'll be nice to MARCH forward. lol. I crack myself up.
Thursday, February 28, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
Sleeeeeeeeep
This is the new addition to our family
Basset hounds are definitely way different from every other breed of dog I've ever had. She kind of half listens and is very much into doing her own thing.
Last night was the first night we had her home, and I was plagued with nightmares of her completely destroying the living room so naturally, I kept waking up to check and see what she was doing. She is not very crate friendly yet. Our Gibbs sleeps in his crate and loves it, I guess it will just take some time. In the morning she was very whiny and Hubbs was getting supremely annoyed.
I took her for a long walk in the morning, and she showed no signs of pooping. Of course, about 2 minutes after we came back inside she pooped a massive stinker right next to the bed. Good times.
She is a lot of work and Hubbs and I are amazingly lazy. Gibbs adapted to our routine and ways pretty well and pretty fast. I'm hoping that She'll follow along and take his lead. So far it doesn't really seem like it's going to happen.
We were so excited for this, but I'm not really sure she's going to work out. We're going to give her some more time. It's rough. After chasing around kindergartners all morning, I want to come home and relax, not have my patience tried even more by yet another being that doesn't understand what I'm asking of it.
We have made some progress though. Tonight, when I got home from my 2nd job, I took her for a very, very long walk and made sure she did her business. When we finally got back home she promptly fell asleep for about 2 hours. That's definitely a win.
She howls when we're gone which is definitely a problem. Most of the research I did indicated that as long as they had a canine companion, bassets usually did ok once their humans left. Maybe she needs to get used to the idea that we actually come back and hopefully she'll stop.
Another weird thing is I notice that after I pet her, my fingers start to swell up a bit. I've never had an allergic reaction to a dog, so this is definitely something new. I gave her a bath right when we got her home, so I'm sure it's not something leftover on her skin from the rescue. Anyone ever have anything like that happen? I've had several different dog breeds over the years and have never had this issue before. So odd. I took allergy medicine last night and I guess I'll continue to do that and hope for the best.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Sunday Super Funday
Tomorrow we have a few boring things to do in the morning, but after that, we're driving up to "the city" to take our brother-in-law to the airport and then we're going to go meet our potential new furchild!! I am so excited!!
Hubbs is on board and looking forward to it as well. I know a small portion of him is doing it just to make me happy, but that's ok. I'm sure, just like with Gibbs, that after about a week he is going to be completely smitten.
In other news, I'm not sure if I mentioned it yesterday and I'm too lazy to check, I snagged a 2nd job on Friday. I start Monday and hopefully it turns out to be a good thing.
Hubbs finally found a job that he's actually excited about applying to, and I think it will be a good thing for him. The job he's applying for, and my dream job that I have the upcoming interview for are definitely both of the career type. The start of something either one of us could do until we retire. Hubbs' however would involve moving somewhere else than my dream job. Depending on who gets hired first, I guess that's where we'll go. I like those moments when you're planning new plots and nothing has gone wrong yet. Endless possibilities make me happy.
I hope you all have a great rest of your weekend!
Hubbs is on board and looking forward to it as well. I know a small portion of him is doing it just to make me happy, but that's ok. I'm sure, just like with Gibbs, that after about a week he is going to be completely smitten.
In other news, I'm not sure if I mentioned it yesterday and I'm too lazy to check, I snagged a 2nd job on Friday. I start Monday and hopefully it turns out to be a good thing.
Hubbs finally found a job that he's actually excited about applying to, and I think it will be a good thing for him. The job he's applying for, and my dream job that I have the upcoming interview for are definitely both of the career type. The start of something either one of us could do until we retire. Hubbs' however would involve moving somewhere else than my dream job. Depending on who gets hired first, I guess that's where we'll go. I like those moments when you're planning new plots and nothing has gone wrong yet. Endless possibilities make me happy.
I hope you all have a great rest of your weekend!
Friday, February 22, 2013
Old Friends
Today an old friend came to visit Hubbs and me. He and I had been friends long before I ever met Hubbs, and I am great friends with his wife as well. He was in town for his monthly training thing for the National Guard and it was pretty great to see him.
Hubbs got his bro time, we got a valuable lesson in gun safety, and had a delicious dinner out together. I hope he comes to visit more often. Apparently he and his family might be moving up here! Which would be completely amazing. Of course, this comes right at the time that we're potentially moving across the country, but oh well. He also talked with Hubbs about joining the military more, and I think Hubbs really is considering it as a valid career option at this point.
I had a job interview today, which actually lead to a job. I get to keep my subbing gig and will be working the rest of the day as a Freight Broker Agent. It's completely commission based, but that's why I'm keeping the sub job. I figure there's no harm in trying it out and seeing if it's a good fit. Also, after 2 weeks I'd get to work from home, which sounds pretty awesome.
In other news. I'm finally going to have my phone interview for my DREAM JOB!!! It's March 5th and I could not be more excited. It is finally happening! EEEEEK! I know I have an excellent phone presence, and really hope that this goes well for us. Hubbs and I have thrown all of our eggs into this basket and getting this job will change our lives completely. I will have a stable career and we'll get to move away from here, and after 4 years, we'll be able to move to any of the other locations around the world. Epic win. I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much, or make it seem like I am too eager, but gorammit, I want this job!!
We're still going up on Sunday to meet our potential fat little furchild and I am very excited. We've been looking at pictures and scoping her out, but we'll never really know until we meet her face-to-face and get to see her personality and, of course, if she gets along with Gibbs.
Could this finally be it? Could this be the fork in the road, the change in the tide, the whatever the heck other phrase you use to show that things might be going in our favor? Here's to hoping!
Hubbs got his bro time, we got a valuable lesson in gun safety, and had a delicious dinner out together. I hope he comes to visit more often. Apparently he and his family might be moving up here! Which would be completely amazing. Of course, this comes right at the time that we're potentially moving across the country, but oh well. He also talked with Hubbs about joining the military more, and I think Hubbs really is considering it as a valid career option at this point.
I had a job interview today, which actually lead to a job. I get to keep my subbing gig and will be working the rest of the day as a Freight Broker Agent. It's completely commission based, but that's why I'm keeping the sub job. I figure there's no harm in trying it out and seeing if it's a good fit. Also, after 2 weeks I'd get to work from home, which sounds pretty awesome.
In other news. I'm finally going to have my phone interview for my DREAM JOB!!! It's March 5th and I could not be more excited. It is finally happening! EEEEEK! I know I have an excellent phone presence, and really hope that this goes well for us. Hubbs and I have thrown all of our eggs into this basket and getting this job will change our lives completely. I will have a stable career and we'll get to move away from here, and after 4 years, we'll be able to move to any of the other locations around the world. Epic win. I'm trying not to get my hopes up too much, or make it seem like I am too eager, but gorammit, I want this job!!
We're still going up on Sunday to meet our potential fat little furchild and I am very excited. We've been looking at pictures and scoping her out, but we'll never really know until we meet her face-to-face and get to see her personality and, of course, if she gets along with Gibbs.
Could this finally be it? Could this be the fork in the road, the change in the tide, the whatever the heck other phrase you use to show that things might be going in our favor? Here's to hoping!
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Still Surfing
Today the pain was pretty unbearable. I am so sore and tired and crampy. Ugh. I called in sick for work tomorrow, because no way can I chase after rambunctious kindergartners when I can barely walk, not to mention the fact that I have to run to the bathroom every 2 hours to freshen up. So gross.
Also still rocking the double protection which is something I never thought I would have to deal with in my life. Honestly, I think at this point I'd just rather wear an adult diaper and not have to worry about peeing a bit when I sneeze or cough too violently. Man, being a grown-up is AWESOME.
In other news, HUBBS SAID YES!!! We're driving up on Sunday to meet our potential new furchild and bringing Gibbs along to make sure that they get along. She is a 10 or 12-ish year old basset hound who is all white. I think she used to be lemon, but due to old age, has faded to all white. lol. She is absolutely adorable and wants nothing more than a cushy-soft couch and lots of love and affection. She needs special food and medicine for her allergies, but that's no bother for us. Luckily, we have all of those things! We are so excited and really hope that the two of them get along well. If all goes according to plan, Sunday we'll drive up with one dog, and come back with two! Best weekend ever, even with the awfulness of this current AF horror. I like the idea of having our little salt and pepper furbabies. I don't want to jinx it too much, so I'll wait till it's all official to post pics. =)
I think I'd mentioned that the scooter had to be taken in, because apparently, after Hubbs crashed it, it kept pulling to the right. The guy at our repair place called and was like "I have bad news..." and I was worried, he told us we'd need to replace the fork entirely because it had gotten bent in the crash. He said it was a super hard part to find and that we might be better off just selling the scoot off for parts. Luckily, I was able to find one on e-bay for less than $40, shipping included!! I am really happy about it and they're going to be able to fix it. Sure the labor and installation is going to hurt our bank account, but the repairs will pay for themselves within the first two months in gas savings alone.
Maybe things finally are looking up for us. Well, at least some aspects of our lives are, and you know what? Even just that is a lot better than the times when it seems like everything is going wrong.
Also still rocking the double protection which is something I never thought I would have to deal with in my life. Honestly, I think at this point I'd just rather wear an adult diaper and not have to worry about peeing a bit when I sneeze or cough too violently. Man, being a grown-up is AWESOME.
In other news, HUBBS SAID YES!!! We're driving up on Sunday to meet our potential new furchild and bringing Gibbs along to make sure that they get along. She is a 10 or 12-ish year old basset hound who is all white. I think she used to be lemon, but due to old age, has faded to all white. lol. She is absolutely adorable and wants nothing more than a cushy-soft couch and lots of love and affection. She needs special food and medicine for her allergies, but that's no bother for us. Luckily, we have all of those things! We are so excited and really hope that the two of them get along well. If all goes according to plan, Sunday we'll drive up with one dog, and come back with two! Best weekend ever, even with the awfulness of this current AF horror. I like the idea of having our little salt and pepper furbabies. I don't want to jinx it too much, so I'll wait till it's all official to post pics. =)
I think I'd mentioned that the scooter had to be taken in, because apparently, after Hubbs crashed it, it kept pulling to the right. The guy at our repair place called and was like "I have bad news..." and I was worried, he told us we'd need to replace the fork entirely because it had gotten bent in the crash. He said it was a super hard part to find and that we might be better off just selling the scoot off for parts. Luckily, I was able to find one on e-bay for less than $40, shipping included!! I am really happy about it and they're going to be able to fix it. Sure the labor and installation is going to hurt our bank account, but the repairs will pay for themselves within the first two months in gas savings alone.
Maybe things finally are looking up for us. Well, at least some aspects of our lives are, and you know what? Even just that is a lot better than the times when it seems like everything is going wrong.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
Crimson Wave of Terror 2.0
Exactly what I feared would happen, happened. All I can say is that I hope it ends soon. Very very soon. I had to run to the store today to not only buy super plus tampons, but maxi pads as well. BOTH. I need DOUBLE protection. That's how insane the situation is over here. Imagine that scene from the shining with the elevator of blood. Madness. Sorry for the grossness there but this $hit cray.
Tomorrow is going to be an exciting day because the basset hound rescue in our area is coming over for a home visit to check out our place and interview us and give us a rundown of the things that will be expected of us as fosters for a lovely senior basset hound. Really looking forward to it. I even got a book about bassets from the library that I read last night before bed. Very informative, hope our new little furball doesn't get jealous that Gibbs will get people food scraps and she won't. =/
I am so tired today. Hubbs woke me up at 4:30am when he decided it was finally time for him to go to sleep. He also got really pissy this afternoon when I told him he wasn't allowed to take a nap. Sure I"m the bad guy. And now he's sitting across from me rocking back and forth in in his chair like a super creeper. scaring me with this indiscernible facial expression. I think it might be a look of malice. If i don't blog tomorrow, it's because I'm probably dead. Have a nice day. j/k Hubbs is not a murderer.
In other news, I think we'll have leftover olive garden soup for dinner. Yummy. Gonna go work on my book now, should be fun times.
Tomorrow is going to be an exciting day because the basset hound rescue in our area is coming over for a home visit to check out our place and interview us and give us a rundown of the things that will be expected of us as fosters for a lovely senior basset hound. Really looking forward to it. I even got a book about bassets from the library that I read last night before bed. Very informative, hope our new little furball doesn't get jealous that Gibbs will get people food scraps and she won't. =/
I am so tired today. Hubbs woke me up at 4:30am when he decided it was finally time for him to go to sleep. He also got really pissy this afternoon when I told him he wasn't allowed to take a nap. Sure I"m the bad guy. And now he's sitting across from me rocking back and forth in in his chair like a super creeper. scaring me with this indiscernible facial expression. I think it might be a look of malice. If i don't blog tomorrow, it's because I'm probably dead. Have a nice day. j/k Hubbs is not a murderer.
In other news, I think we'll have leftover olive garden soup for dinner. Yummy. Gonna go work on my book now, should be fun times.
Tuesday, February 19, 2013
New Cycle
After 114 long days, AF finally showed up after tricking me yesterday. Awesome. Cramps are still hovering around a 9/10 for pain and annoyance, but luckily my boobs are down to about a 3/10 so hurray for that!
This will be the first real cycle on the pill and I'm hoping it actually does regulate everything, but you never know. I'm not really looking forward to it, but it will be nice to have a break from charting my temps every morning. That's definitely a win in my book.
At this point Hubbs and I are in touch with 2 different shelters and are getting everything sorted out to choose a good one. We're debating between a local Basset Hound rescue, to foster a senior basset who, in all likelihood, will not be adopted, so we'd be kind of the hospice family, and the other choice is a group that rescues pretty much any breed that comes along. For the most part it seems like the second option has mostly larger dogs, but we'll see what works out. They're sending us a list so we can browse around and do some breed research and we're going to meet them at an adoption event this weekend.
I checked out a whole bunch of things from the library including one workout video, which I promised you, readers, I was going to do... alas I did not. I did promise I was going to start taking the dogs for walks after I got back from work starting today, and I did do that today. Keeping some of the promises. Go me!!
I was going to take my driving test today to get my motorcycle endorsement, but as I was taking the scooter around the parking lot, I noticed it was pulling to the right a lot. I didn't think it was safe to drive it, so I called AAA and had them tow it over to a repair place in town to see what's wrong with it. Hopefully it won't cost too much to fix, otherwise I think we're going to have to try to sell it for parts or something. Luckily, we got it for a lot less than it was worth, so we might even be able to make a little bit of a profit on it in the event that we have to sell it. I'm definitely glad now that we couldn't get financed for a new one. lol. I'm sure it will be fine.
This will be the first real cycle on the pill and I'm hoping it actually does regulate everything, but you never know. I'm not really looking forward to it, but it will be nice to have a break from charting my temps every morning. That's definitely a win in my book.
At this point Hubbs and I are in touch with 2 different shelters and are getting everything sorted out to choose a good one. We're debating between a local Basset Hound rescue, to foster a senior basset who, in all likelihood, will not be adopted, so we'd be kind of the hospice family, and the other choice is a group that rescues pretty much any breed that comes along. For the most part it seems like the second option has mostly larger dogs, but we'll see what works out. They're sending us a list so we can browse around and do some breed research and we're going to meet them at an adoption event this weekend.
I checked out a whole bunch of things from the library including one workout video, which I promised you, readers, I was going to do... alas I did not. I did promise I was going to start taking the dogs for walks after I got back from work starting today, and I did do that today. Keeping some of the promises. Go me!!
I was going to take my driving test today to get my motorcycle endorsement, but as I was taking the scooter around the parking lot, I noticed it was pulling to the right a lot. I didn't think it was safe to drive it, so I called AAA and had them tow it over to a repair place in town to see what's wrong with it. Hopefully it won't cost too much to fix, otherwise I think we're going to have to try to sell it for parts or something. Luckily, we got it for a lot less than it was worth, so we might even be able to make a little bit of a profit on it in the event that we have to sell it. I'm definitely glad now that we couldn't get financed for a new one. lol. I'm sure it will be fine.
Monday, February 18, 2013
Just Another Monday
Well today I officially got the word that I didn't get the job I had the 2nd interview for last week. That's ok though. They apparently liked me and want to keep my application on file in the event that they have any additional upcoming openings. Something tells me I won't be hearing from them again though.
I spent most of yesterday applying to several more jobs and hope that something good comes out of it. At this point I just don't know what else I can do. Hubbs is going to apply to Arby's, I hope that works out I guess.
At this point I am just so tired of struggling and constantly applying to things. Maybe I should just let Hubbs join the military like he wants to and I can just find something wherever he gets stationed I guess. He has to finish school before that can happen though. I don't know, at this point it really does seem like the most valid option for our family.
We had a little date at the $3 theater this afternoon and saw Jack Reacher. It was pretty good, lots of twists and action-y goodness. This theater is super awesome. Tickets are $3, large popcorn $3, large soda $3, refills $1. It is an awesome deal. We wind up paying for everything with the cost of concessions alone at another theater. We think we're going to make this one our go-to theater from now on.
Still waiting to hear back from the rescue as to what fuzzy little ball of love we're going to be adding to our home and trying to adopt out to a loving family. I'm super excited and really glad that Hubbs is going along with it. He's so great.
Half of the time, a part of me just thinks that we should just sell everything except some of our clothes and just head down to Belize now. Hubbs was like, "what would we do?" and my response was "what the heck are we doing now?" lol. We barely scrape by as it is and I'm sure there's something we could find down there. Oh well, I'll just let it be a fantasy for a while.
In other news, I think AF might FINALLY show up. I've had some very light spotting since last night and am pretty sure this is it. I kind of hope though that it isn't going to be a crimson tidal wave of destruction because I haven't had a period since October. Good stuff. The cramps haven't been terrible, but it hasn't exactly been a walk in the park either. At least it's not as bad as when I was on the shot and I couldn't leave the fetal position in my bed and felt like I was going to die. Progress. Woot.
Back to teaching tomorrow. At this point I'm halfway through my long-term assignment, and while I do like the kids and the school, I really need to start picking up some of those awesome full days again. It would be very nice to bring home more than just $100 a week.
I spent most of yesterday applying to several more jobs and hope that something good comes out of it. At this point I just don't know what else I can do. Hubbs is going to apply to Arby's, I hope that works out I guess.
At this point I am just so tired of struggling and constantly applying to things. Maybe I should just let Hubbs join the military like he wants to and I can just find something wherever he gets stationed I guess. He has to finish school before that can happen though. I don't know, at this point it really does seem like the most valid option for our family.
We had a little date at the $3 theater this afternoon and saw Jack Reacher. It was pretty good, lots of twists and action-y goodness. This theater is super awesome. Tickets are $3, large popcorn $3, large soda $3, refills $1. It is an awesome deal. We wind up paying for everything with the cost of concessions alone at another theater. We think we're going to make this one our go-to theater from now on.
Still waiting to hear back from the rescue as to what fuzzy little ball of love we're going to be adding to our home and trying to adopt out to a loving family. I'm super excited and really glad that Hubbs is going along with it. He's so great.
Half of the time, a part of me just thinks that we should just sell everything except some of our clothes and just head down to Belize now. Hubbs was like, "what would we do?" and my response was "what the heck are we doing now?" lol. We barely scrape by as it is and I'm sure there's something we could find down there. Oh well, I'll just let it be a fantasy for a while.
In other news, I think AF might FINALLY show up. I've had some very light spotting since last night and am pretty sure this is it. I kind of hope though that it isn't going to be a crimson tidal wave of destruction because I haven't had a period since October. Good stuff. The cramps haven't been terrible, but it hasn't exactly been a walk in the park either. At least it's not as bad as when I was on the shot and I couldn't leave the fetal position in my bed and felt like I was going to die. Progress. Woot.
Back to teaching tomorrow. At this point I'm halfway through my long-term assignment, and while I do like the kids and the school, I really need to start picking up some of those awesome full days again. It would be very nice to bring home more than just $100 a week.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
Sunday Shenanigans
This morning... well, I use the term "morning" loosely, really it was much closer to afternoon, I made pancakes and we had a yummy breakfast.
Spent the rest of the afternoon catching up on Netflix/Hulu stuff and now we've been watching the WWE Elimination Chamber special thing for the last 2.5 hours. It got a little bit boring, but was a nice, lazy way to spend the day.
Yesterday we took our nieces and nephew to the $1 theater to see Wreck It Ralph. It was pretty cute and they stuffed themselves with popcorn and candy. There was only one part where our nephew got scared (he's 4 and the youngest), but he seemed to get over it pretty quickly. We then spent the rest of the evening at Hubbs' eldest sister's house after dropping the kids off there. We had some delicious leftovers and she and I went shopping for a few outfits for our youngest niece. We found a cute dress in about 5 mins and I picked up an adorable "I <3 Auntie" onesie. I am very excited about it. lol.
Hubbs caved!! We got in touch with one of the shelters that fosters in our area and we're having them give us a list of the small, lower-shedding breeds they have available to we can research a little bit and see which one will fit in best with our family. We're going to be fosters for a little furbaby! Hurray! Happy day.
The job I interviewed for last week that swore they'd get back to me by Friday, sadly, did not, in fact, get back to me. Pretty sure that means I didn't get the job. I spent a lot of this morning applying to some more jobs and hoping for the best.
I also looked into some other ways for us to have some more income. Apparently our income is low enough that we qualify for HUD housing, but the waiting list is almost a year long and we might be gone by the time we'd get approved anyway. Even with my job, I qualify for a teeny bit of unemployment and we qualify for food stamps as well. I'm not really sure this is something I want to actually apply for, but we kind of need all of the help we can get. After seeing our income taxes from last year and realizing we didn't even make enough money the entire year between the two of us to even make rent... it was a pretty big eye-opener.
Hopefully everything works out with the dream job interview that's coming up soon. I should probably e-mail and ask them for a more specific time-frame for that to happen. Anyway. Tomorrow we might head out to the $1 theater again to see something else, maybe not. Chances are Hubbs won't wake up till around 3pm anyway so it might not happen.
Friday night we went to a Valentine's party and played the Newlywed Game. We came in 2nd place. Bummer. We know each other pretty well and I'm proud of us for getting that far. We missed out on a sweet $25 Chili's gift card, but that's ok. We had fun and laughed a whole lot, which was nice.
I hope the rest of you have a great 3-day weekend!
Spent the rest of the afternoon catching up on Netflix/Hulu stuff and now we've been watching the WWE Elimination Chamber special thing for the last 2.5 hours. It got a little bit boring, but was a nice, lazy way to spend the day.
Yesterday we took our nieces and nephew to the $1 theater to see Wreck It Ralph. It was pretty cute and they stuffed themselves with popcorn and candy. There was only one part where our nephew got scared (he's 4 and the youngest), but he seemed to get over it pretty quickly. We then spent the rest of the evening at Hubbs' eldest sister's house after dropping the kids off there. We had some delicious leftovers and she and I went shopping for a few outfits for our youngest niece. We found a cute dress in about 5 mins and I picked up an adorable "I <3 Auntie" onesie. I am very excited about it. lol.
Hubbs caved!! We got in touch with one of the shelters that fosters in our area and we're having them give us a list of the small, lower-shedding breeds they have available to we can research a little bit and see which one will fit in best with our family. We're going to be fosters for a little furbaby! Hurray! Happy day.
The job I interviewed for last week that swore they'd get back to me by Friday, sadly, did not, in fact, get back to me. Pretty sure that means I didn't get the job. I spent a lot of this morning applying to some more jobs and hoping for the best.
I also looked into some other ways for us to have some more income. Apparently our income is low enough that we qualify for HUD housing, but the waiting list is almost a year long and we might be gone by the time we'd get approved anyway. Even with my job, I qualify for a teeny bit of unemployment and we qualify for food stamps as well. I'm not really sure this is something I want to actually apply for, but we kind of need all of the help we can get. After seeing our income taxes from last year and realizing we didn't even make enough money the entire year between the two of us to even make rent... it was a pretty big eye-opener.
Hopefully everything works out with the dream job interview that's coming up soon. I should probably e-mail and ask them for a more specific time-frame for that to happen. Anyway. Tomorrow we might head out to the $1 theater again to see something else, maybe not. Chances are Hubbs won't wake up till around 3pm anyway so it might not happen.
Friday night we went to a Valentine's party and played the Newlywed Game. We came in 2nd place. Bummer. We know each other pretty well and I'm proud of us for getting that far. We missed out on a sweet $25 Chili's gift card, but that's ok. We had fun and laughed a whole lot, which was nice.
I hope the rest of you have a great 3-day weekend!
Friday, February 15, 2013
(im)Patiently Waiting
I was told I'd hear back about my potential new 2nd job today. I'm trying not to sit here checking my e-mail every 5 minutes but it is super hard not to. When they e-mailed about the 2nd interview it was way late on a Friday, so I'm assuming they're going to wait a really long time again... like last possible minute of the Friday work day kind of thing. Must try to be patient.
This thing would start next week, so I'm super anxious to get the notification of whether or not I have a job next week out of the way. Breathe!
Today I get to do something very exciting... get a new windshield for the car. Yay? I'm not looking forward to shelling out $200, but at least that price includes new wipers, which is awesome because ours really suck. Hopefully our tax refund comes in a relatively timely manner and we can replace the funds quickly. We've waited so long to replace it and the crack just keeps getting bigger and bigger. It stretches almost all the way across it in a weird "W" kind of shape. At least it will be fixed and that will be one less thing to worry about.
Teaching today was very tiring. This one kid had been getting increasingly worse all week and the last 2 days has just had a complete meltdown in class. Even though today and yesterday were both "early out" days and I only worked for about 3 hours, I was so tired when I finally got home. Let me just say that I am super happy it's a 3-day weekend.
Today is the first day of my green BC pills, which I think are the fake ones, so I'm expecting AF to finally show up after 110 days of madness. I'm so crampy and sore and tired and ridiculously hungry that I really can't wait for it all to be over. One of my BBT charts is confused though and thinks I'm preggo. Hilariousness. I will admit it's kind of nice seeing that little chickadee there, like a little fall of fuzzy hope for the future. Oh well, I know it's just a combination of the new hormones and whatever other craziness my body is deciding to throw out there.
One of the shelters we volunteered to foster for got back to me today. They said they could get us a foster as early as next week! Crazy! I'm excited and nervous and really hope Hubbs is still on board with everything. I'll let you know how it goes and if we're getting a temporary fuzzy friend to adore. I really hope we are. Nothing cures a bad day like lots of doggie cuddles.
This thing would start next week, so I'm super anxious to get the notification of whether or not I have a job next week out of the way. Breathe!
Today I get to do something very exciting... get a new windshield for the car. Yay? I'm not looking forward to shelling out $200, but at least that price includes new wipers, which is awesome because ours really suck. Hopefully our tax refund comes in a relatively timely manner and we can replace the funds quickly. We've waited so long to replace it and the crack just keeps getting bigger and bigger. It stretches almost all the way across it in a weird "W" kind of shape. At least it will be fixed and that will be one less thing to worry about.
Teaching today was very tiring. This one kid had been getting increasingly worse all week and the last 2 days has just had a complete meltdown in class. Even though today and yesterday were both "early out" days and I only worked for about 3 hours, I was so tired when I finally got home. Let me just say that I am super happy it's a 3-day weekend.
Today is the first day of my green BC pills, which I think are the fake ones, so I'm expecting AF to finally show up after 110 days of madness. I'm so crampy and sore and tired and ridiculously hungry that I really can't wait for it all to be over. One of my BBT charts is confused though and thinks I'm preggo. Hilariousness. I will admit it's kind of nice seeing that little chickadee there, like a little fall of fuzzy hope for the future. Oh well, I know it's just a combination of the new hormones and whatever other craziness my body is deciding to throw out there.
One of the shelters we volunteered to foster for got back to me today. They said they could get us a foster as early as next week! Crazy! I'm excited and nervous and really hope Hubbs is still on board with everything. I'll let you know how it goes and if we're getting a temporary fuzzy friend to adore. I really hope we are. Nothing cures a bad day like lots of doggie cuddles.
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