Memorial Day Weekend

I'm off to Reno - taking Elliott, and staying at my Aunt Carol's - should be a fun weekend of visiting, and maybe hitting a casino or two :)

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In the meantime...

Obviously, I haven't posted for a while, but I swear, I have a really good excuse.

I GOT A PUPPY!!

And oh my god, what was I thinking.

His name is Elliott, he's a shelter dog (I got him here: http://www.sanjoseanimals.com) and he's part dachshund, and part mystery... guesses so far include:

beagle
pit bull
basset
other

I'm having problems with pictures, so I'll come back to this...

Autumn, Fall, Birthdays

I LOVE fall. I mean, ridiculously so. I would marry fall. In, you know, October :)

It's almost my birthday, which pleases me - my mom, sisters, and nieces will hopefully come to my house for a birthday dinner of my choice - with a delicious out-of-the-box lemon layer cake. They're really the best, you know?

That's pretty much it for now.

yea, that's it.

Yes we CAN!!! (hold babies)

OK, for those of you reading without uteri (seriously, that IS the plural of uterus, swear!) please leave, because you just don't understand. This is girl shit.

Are we alone? Good, you absolutely have to see this blog:

http://yeswecanholdbabies.wordpress.com/

And if you're not convinced? LOOK AT THIS:



(This is from www.gawker.com, just so y'all know. If I'm crediting this wrong, please let me know!)

Yea, just TRY not to vote for the man now!!

Today was strange.

Today was strange.

The customer I've supported for the last two years ended their contract with the company I work for, and today was the official last day. Some people got jobs with the customer, some with the new vendor, and some stayed with us, helping other customers. But quite a few people lost their jobs - and up until just a few days ago, I was going to be one of them. I'm quite thankful that I'm "safe" for now, and looking forward to doing a slightly different version of the job I do now, but am a little apprehensive to have a new boss that I don't know well. All my previous interactions with him have been positive, so I don't think I'll hate him or anything, but I've been so comfortable with my current boss - we both started around the same time, and learned to live by our wits - our predecessors did NOT leave many breadcrumbs for how we should be doing our jobs, so we made things up as we went along. Our customer seemed to approve, right up to the end.

So it was a day of goodbyes; some welcome, some indifferent, but most a bit sad - when you work with a group of people, argue with them, collaborate with them, and spend more than 8 hours a day with them, you do grow a bit fond :)

I'll miss y'all.

Well, most of you ;)

Vacation, all I ever wanted....

I'm taking some PTO in the next week that expires soon if I don't use it - and I really really really NEED some time away from the drama that is work lately. Here's the plan:

Thursday Night:

Pick up Jenipah from the airport, gather her friend Sara and Sara's friend Kendra, and drive to Yosemite!! I know!!

Sunday Night:

Return, dirty, from the wilds.

Monday Night:

Drop Jenipah off at the airport. Weep, rend clothes and hair, drive away sobbing.

Tuesday Morning:

Get to SF (with Tori, prolly) and fly Virgin (so excited to try them!) to Seattle!! I know!!!

Saturday Morning:

Return to SF, greet Amy, go eat ramen, shop for Amy's new couch. Lounge strategically.

Sunday:

SLEEP. Alone.

Fuck yea.