Class! House! Work! Writing! Cat!
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tarotgalClass: I got a 94% on my final exam for my community college course! I missed a question I really, really should have gotten and feel very stupid about it. It's something I learned sophomore year of high school. Ugh. I'm stupid. But I'm still happy with the grade. More importantly, I learned a lot and feel a lot more comfortable with the subject knowledge. I start the intermediate course in mid-July.
House: The contractors came on Saturday and put on new siding. Then it rained on Saturday night and it leaked at my door again. *cry* It didn't leak at all during the huge storms we had, but after this latest construction, it leaked again. So... yeah. That sucks. They're coming out tomorrow to do another water test.
Also, this morning I started to leave the house and there was a rat on my deck! I banged on the door lightly, as if that were some signal a rat would hear and understand that it means to leave. LOL My cat heard and somehow knew what I was looking at because he ran downstairs to me. I pointed outside and he ran over to the door and looked out just as a chipmunk arrived on the scene. Max was fascinated. And the rat chased the chipmunk out of the backyard, then burrowed into a hole. So... ugh... a rat.
Work: I wrote my first ever formal letter of complaint against a coworker. That was draining. And tomorrow I have to deal with my own employee situation. It's just one thing after another, isn't it? The good news is, I'm going to get a $455 bonus this year ($65 for every year I've worked there). So that's cool. I'm the only person in the whole office to get it as everyone else is either too new or (in the case of the three people who've been there longer than I have) are classified as faculty and don't get the bonus. So that's kind of neat. Given my recent financial troubles, I can use all the help I can get. Also, I really want a smart phone, but I can't afford one at the moment. If I get a raise this year, I might be able to swing it. But I'm not holding my breath. Ugh. Money! *shakes fist at money*
Writing: I haven't had any time for writing. I have a half finished Iceman/Human Torch fic written for a fest. I really need the energy to finish it. All my spare time has been going into crafts and swaps. I was going to do something in July, but I'm not going to have the time. I think it's going to have to wait until September.
Cat: Max stopped eating again on Monday. I started force-feeding again, driving home from work every three hours. It seems he was constipated and once that passed, he started eating again. So I'm starting to learn his signals and patterns. As I have IBS and he has IBD, I totally understand how it could just hit him any time. Poor kitty. But he's been good since then. I'm literally living day-to-day with this. It's like a factory with a count of how many days since an accident. Except in my case it's how many days eating in a row: 3. He made it to 14 before we had to reset; let's see if he can beat that record this time.
Gods, I'm so exhausted. One thing after another. Gotta keep going. No time to stop. Meetups and crafts and classes and work and appointments... I really, REALLY need this upcoming 4-day weekend (my school just gave us Friday off, which was super nice. I SO need it).
House: The contractors came on Saturday and put on new siding. Then it rained on Saturday night and it leaked at my door again. *cry* It didn't leak at all during the huge storms we had, but after this latest construction, it leaked again. So... yeah. That sucks. They're coming out tomorrow to do another water test.
Also, this morning I started to leave the house and there was a rat on my deck! I banged on the door lightly, as if that were some signal a rat would hear and understand that it means to leave. LOL My cat heard and somehow knew what I was looking at because he ran downstairs to me. I pointed outside and he ran over to the door and looked out just as a chipmunk arrived on the scene. Max was fascinated. And the rat chased the chipmunk out of the backyard, then burrowed into a hole. So... ugh... a rat.
Work: I wrote my first ever formal letter of complaint against a coworker. That was draining. And tomorrow I have to deal with my own employee situation. It's just one thing after another, isn't it? The good news is, I'm going to get a $455 bonus this year ($65 for every year I've worked there). So that's cool. I'm the only person in the whole office to get it as everyone else is either too new or (in the case of the three people who've been there longer than I have) are classified as faculty and don't get the bonus. So that's kind of neat. Given my recent financial troubles, I can use all the help I can get. Also, I really want a smart phone, but I can't afford one at the moment. If I get a raise this year, I might be able to swing it. But I'm not holding my breath. Ugh. Money! *shakes fist at money*
Writing: I haven't had any time for writing. I have a half finished Iceman/Human Torch fic written for a fest. I really need the energy to finish it. All my spare time has been going into crafts and swaps. I was going to do something in July, but I'm not going to have the time. I think it's going to have to wait until September.
Cat: Max stopped eating again on Monday. I started force-feeding again, driving home from work every three hours. It seems he was constipated and once that passed, he started eating again. So I'm starting to learn his signals and patterns. As I have IBS and he has IBD, I totally understand how it could just hit him any time. Poor kitty. But he's been good since then. I'm literally living day-to-day with this. It's like a factory with a count of how many days since an accident. Except in my case it's how many days eating in a row: 3. He made it to 14 before we had to reset; let's see if he can beat that record this time.
Gods, I'm so exhausted. One thing after another. Gotta keep going. No time to stop. Meetups and crafts and classes and work and appointments... I really, REALLY need this upcoming 4-day weekend (my school just gave us Friday off, which was super nice. I SO need it).
