Well, it's been awhile since I've updated, because not much has changed that was noteworthy. But now I have mind-numbing, earth-shattering news... It all starts a couple of weeks ago when I had to euthanize my pet rats Manic and Coke. They both had large tumors, and, like Nymph before them, were forced to go the way of the dodo. Anyway, I ended up ( Read more... )

It appears that I haven't updated my journal since I had tonsillitis. (For those who don't know, the shitty feeling I was referring to in my last entry turned out to be tonsillitis with a fever of 103F. It wasn't fun. But that's well over now, so I won't talk about it ( Read more... )

I'm at work. I feel like shit (lightheaded to the point of what feels like near-fainting, headache, sore throat, stiff back, neck, shoulders,legs, you name a part of my body, that has bones in it, it's probably stiff, loss of strength). I'm worred I'm going to drop a box of like $250,000 wafers (ok, maybe closer to $50,000, I'm honestly not sure ( Read more... )

I'm at work, which means I'm bored. The plus side is that I usually get to email people while at work, sometimes people I haven't talked to in awhile. Other than often being bored, work's been going fine. It feels good having money again. For a while I was starting to think I was going to have to sell a kidney (after all, do I really need two ( Read more... )

I've been planning on updating for over a week now and just haven't gotten around to it. I started the job at IBM last week. I came in on Monday morning for orientation and stuff and then my regular night shift started Wednesday night. So I've been here for what amounts to almost 2 weeks (since I don't work Sunday Monday or Tuesday. (I say " ( Read more... )

Well, since my last entry I got a new job working at IBM being a machine operator. The job pays well, and the hours are good in a way and suck in another way. It basically runs on a 2 week schedule, where one week I work Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; and the next week I work Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. So out of every 14 days I ( Read more... )

Last night my girlfriend asked what I was thinking and I told her what was on my mind, which was this... Lately she's been making a slightly uncomfortable amount of comparisons between me and an ex-boyfriend of hers that she never has anything good to say about. The trouble is, she's not the type to not tell me if something I'm doing is bothering ( Read more... )

Well, it's been a while since I updated, so maybe it's about time. My Christmas was pretty good. I went over to my girlfriend's grandmother's for Christmas Eve, and met some of her family. They were all really great. After that she came to my Dad's house for the night and Christmas Day. It was pretty relaxing, we didn't get up early, and we ( Read more... )

So yesterday I was told I was laid-off from work. While this isn't bothering in itself; the construction world does tend to lay people off in the winter after all; what upsets me is the complete and utter lack of notification. Brett called into the office to get the phone number for the service technician for one of the pieces of equipment we use ( Read more... )

As of 12:03am this morning I officially became 23. I have to say it doesn't feel that much different than being 22, except that this year it seems like everyone knows it's my birthday, whereas last year almost no one did. It's a weird feeling. My girlfriend's at work until 11, so I have some time to kill before I get her all to myself today ( Read more... )