I walked outside yesterday and it smelled like winter! How did this happen? I live in Oregon now. Not sure how that happened either. This is supposed to fix me right?

Passed the BOR. Now add the initials MT (ASCP) to my name. Woo hoo. Celebrating with vanilla vodka and cherry flavored crystal light.

I am living quite happily off of fresh garden tomatoes and basil. Spokane is fabulous in August. I plan to escape promptly at the end of the year (how much do you want to bet that I end up stuck here for the rest of my life ( Read more... )

School has hit me like a brick wall. It’s hard. Really really really hard. Exams nearly every day so not much time for anything other than studying. Still haven’t found a job either. This week we are learning phlebotomy which you would think would give me a bit of vacation, but we still have exams for the other subjects in the mornings. Today ( Read more... )

It’s Friday. I slept until noon because I didn’t go to work.

Because I didn’t have a work to go to.

Because I’m unemployed.

Tomorrow, Saturday, I will not be going to work.

Because I’m unemployed.

What have I done?

Tomorrow (today) is my second to last day at work. Then I will officially be unemployed. Not just unemployed, but also living with my mother and 27. This is totally where I had hoped to be in life at this age. Have lived in this town for 20 years. When I leave, no one will know I’m gone. I will have no one to keep in touch with or ever come ( Read more... )

So operation pack 19 years worth of stuff and move is in full swing. I can’t believe how much stuff can fit into a house that is less than 1000 square feet. There were some boxes in the attic full of my mom’s old stuff and I looked at some photos that I really shouldn’t have been looking at ( Read more... )

The lilacs are in bloom. The scent makes me weepy. I want to inhale and never stop.

Did you know that Campbell’s Tomato Soup is made with high fructose corn syrup? Yeah, seriously, go check the can in your kitchen cabinet ( Read more... )

I don’t drink coffee everyday or even very often because I never get up early enough to have time to make/purchase and then consume coffee before starting work and since I work in a lab I can’t have food on the bench because that would be icky. Occasionally if I feel the need for caffeine I will have some tea, but normally I’m OK with water or ( Read more... )