Thursday, May 31

Well is that not screwed up?

My computer is computerized yet again. Seems it's not the fan this time, but the power cord. It frayed till you could see the cable... From what I can tell, the only thing between me and an operational computer is one tiny metal piece. Grr! Too bad I am not a metal-bender, right?
Was also having one of those days here at work. This lady pics up her pictures and gives me total 'tude.  She had an attitude from 'go' because her hubby didn't wanna do the pictures... Then he took my asking if the kids had the same last name as 'the kids are not even yours'. After calling to follow up on a piss poor review. the mother told me what I 'supposedly' said while she was gone to the restroom. I explained why I asked the question that I did. she seemed to understand and saw where her husband have misunderstood what I meant. I thought the situation was handled, and we were cool. but when she came in to pick up the portrait there was a totally different attitude. first I showed her all the pictures and everything was in order, then I went to show her the extra that the lab have sent. before I can explain she asks 'what is that?' in the nastiest tone you can think of. I explain the specs and the discounted price it came with them. she went on a tangent about how she wanted been destroyed and that we better not display her pictures in the store or use them for advertising. also, she made a comment about not wanting to 'spend any more money here', again in a nasty tone. I remained pleasant the whole time but that still doesn't mean it didn't bother me. especially when I went the extra mile to make sure they were happy after the bad review. Oh well. Double grr.

Wednesday, January 25

I Keep Telling Myself.....Don't worry, be happy!

Easier said then done, right?

I actually have a lot to look forward to.

After the hellish week I had precious, everyone will be happy to know that everything will be getting better from here! I had a better week all the way around. Morgan got better at home, but still was acting up in school. I have learned that I have been the problem and I am learning to deal with it. I have been giving in to things that I didn't realize that I shouldn't have. For example: if I am planning on making a dinner (and there is an option I KNOW she would eat) I would often ask her.. and if she 'didn't feel like that' I would settle on something else. I know now that I can't let her run things as much as she would like... weather it keeps the peace of rocks the boat. No more. Now she is starting to get a lot better... and even better, Joe and I are on the same page. She had a GREAT day Monday... but yesterday she was really sick. She even threw up in the car while waiting on the bus.. eww! I kept her out yesterday and today to make sure she was feeling better before sending her back.

The other thing that has been on my plate is my pregnant cat (yes, Rukia) went into labor on Monday night. She was having contractions and all that jazz.. so set up the bathroom for her to be comfortable in. I didn't want the girls to mess with her or the kittens. Plus, I know it is a messy process and didn't want any of the gunk on the apartment carpet. She was starting to bleed Tuesday morning and was for sure that we would have kittens by the time I got home. When I got home, there were two kittens. One was not even fully developed... he had no back part of his body at all... only front legs and the head starting to form. the rest was like a bean. It was interesting. The other was fully developed and it looks like she already cleaned him up.. but he didn't make it either. Poor things. She still looks like she is pregnant, but she hasn't passed any more babies. She doesn't appear to be having anymore contractions and she is calm as a cucumber. I was reading online that some cats go into what is called 'interrupted Labor' where they will have a few kittens, then stop for a day or two before resuming having the others. I hope on hope that is the case.

BUT!!!!! I am trying to not let all this bother me. I have a lot to look forward to! Widget has a few Thursdays off coming up, so we might get to have a little girl-ron time! Also, I am going to help a friend get her hands on her very first Asian Ball-Jointed Doll! (ABJD's for short) once her tax money comes in. I am so glad to get one of my best friends into my hobby. AND, I finally sent my doll (Alister)'s head to get painted! I got an update from her this morning and he looks AWESOME. As dashing as ever. The new excitement has me goofing off with my dolls again.

I need to get back to 'Resin Reflections' and get things set up for the photo-stories that I am going to start there. It will be fun!

Catch ya on the flipside!

Saturday, January 14

Too Blessed to be Stressed..... ah fuck it -.-;;

Ohhh Myyy God! What a hellish week for me!!!!

I have to say this has been my worst week EVER in all existence. What I don't understand is that Sunday went so well.... Then Monday....

-Start Doom here-
*Morgan and I missed the morning bus: Which is not a BIG DEAL... I am off on mondays and I can drive her to school. However, it does take a toll on gas and the car to drive her there and drive myself back. It is a pretty good distance from our house. ---- I Got to cleaning the house and had everything on a roll. I was nearly done with everything I have done the previous week. I was catching up from being REALLY sick on Wednesday and Thursday of last week. Then.... I FORGOT Morgan had early release on Monday!!!! How could I forget that!?!?! It happens EVERY MONDAY!!! Crap... So then I went to get her at school.... her behavior on monday wasn't to bad at school.. but she was really upset that I didn't get her.

Tuesday and Wednesday were pretty average:
The days were pretty slow and no customers to do shoots.. just a lot of questions and appointment making and lead generation. It is not my favorite part of the job (lead generation) but necessary. I have been trying to get things together for get us a family doctor. Yeah.. had steady insurance for at least a year or two and only the kids have a regular doctor. -sigh- Joe REALLY needs one. He has high blood pressure and Gout that needs to be treated and medicated. Meanwhile, Joe had a near-stroke (he is only 30 people) and a gout flair up over the holiday downtime between christmas and new years. Since then it has been fire under my ass to get this done. And I WILL.... however, been trying to get ahold of the ambulance he had taken to the hospital to give them our insurance info and they are either closed, busy, or i get interupted at work so I have to hang up .. -GRRR- ..... So the stress was getting to me.... I used some unauthorized funds and got some lunch.... and apparently joe had planed to get the family dinner that night... which i spoiled -sigh again- Nothing like stealing food from your kids mouth and forgetting them at school to make you feel like 'Parent of the year'.

Thursday:
If that wasn't bad enough, I was up all wednesday night into Thursday morning with Tot-zilla
waking the Mouse up... and the Mouse ended up in bed with me. That is NEVER a restful night sleep! So, I was beat.. So around 1 o'clock in the afternoon, while the baby and Joe was napping, I decided to take a nap of my own. Morgan's bus comes at 2:39.. I slept through my alarm and woke up at 3:30!!!!!!! Again!!! SECOND TIME NOT GETTING HER.... wanna know how much of a grade A moron I feel? Very much so...

----WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME THIS WEEK----?!?!?!

Friday:
Not only did Morgan have bad marks at school for behavior all week long (sept for monday for the most part) but then Joe tells me that the bus driver said she was getting out of her seat! Laying on the seats, Jumping around, and not listening to the point that he was going to write a referral and have her kicked off the bus. (keep in mind that this is the drivers FIRST week on the route...) Joe was able to tell him that he will take care of her actions and the diver agreed to give her a second chance. -phew-. So she was not allowed any any electronics that day and today... and she was not allowed to go with her grandma to downtown disney today because of how she was all week and for what the bus driver told us....

TODAY:
Today was only a half day for me, so I figured that I would be able to have a break from this streak of bad KARMA!! WRONG!!! I got in my car and my BATTERY WAS DEAD!!! I left the lights on (i didn't even need lights this morning). Lucky for me, a walmart cart pusher saw me making frantic phone calls and saw that I had cables and gave me a jump -.-; -yeeeah-..... so I left it running, got the family lunch....

I devised a reward and punishment system for morgan involving the jar of oragami stars that Widget showed me how to make and it seems to be working wonders. she loves earning stars that she can cash in for rewards. when she is bad she gets stars taken away. seems far right?

So then Kendra decided to pant herself in her own poop (she has been doing that when she takes off her diaper -yuck!-), I thought that was the LAST crisis of the day. Not true....

Apparently, the car wouldn't start for Joe either!!! WHAT!? I left it running long enough to FUCKING CHARGE!!!!! A few more frantic calls later, I started to fiddle with it and I saw it spark.. so I grabbed my keys and was able to start it. I taught Joe what to do if it didn't start in the morning on either to replace the battery or to tighten the bolt that I showed him to tighten on the negative. OI!!!!! .... lets hope as of RIGHT NOW this week is over.. and a new one comes into being... A better one.....