I'm alive. I'm married. Life is pretty good. We got a new puppy who is adorable but also very chompy. We named her Stella. House is good, new job is distinctly tolerable (HUGE improvement! - oh yah, I got the job, I probably failed to mention that, didn't I...), marriage is good, Joe is good, other than a brief blindness scare, horse is, well, as ( Read more... )

Well, I bought a car yesterday! Light blue '09 Honda Civic LX with automatic transmission. It is ZIPPY! And pretty! And I got it for over $3000 less than sticker, so I'm feeling pretty good about myself. (mwahahaha ( Read more... )

Yes, I did just squee about a computer. Because it's AWESOME.

Exhibit A:

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Well, I am kitay-less. It's going to take some getting used to, I think. I walked up to the door this evening thinking that I'd have to be careful to shoo Loki back so he didn't wander too close as I maneuvered myself and my stuff in, and it was a little sad to realize that I won't have kitties greeting me at the door anymore! The next month will ( Read more... )

Some things are fantastic, other things are shitty, things are slow enough at work that my company just announced that we'll be allowed to take unpaid vacation through the end of the year if we want. I was really kind of hoping that would happen (I know, I'm a horrible person) and gleefully took them up on the offer to not show up to work from the ( Read more... )

I was productive this evening! I..
voted
cleaned my kitchen
made myself dinner
cleaned the cat boxes
refilled the kitties' food bowl
swept
put away my tools and tool box
put away my fairy costume (pictures coming)
did three loads of laundry
flipped my mattress (hey, this is a feat to do alone!)
changed three light bulbs (would have changed a fourth if I hadn' ( Read more... )

On the bright side, my boss called me into his office this morning to tell me that I'm being promoted, effective November 1st. Yay for having a two-word title: application engineer.

Raises are nothing to be upset about, either... ;-)

Ok. I get it. Migraines are horrible things. I KNOW THIS. I AM WELL AWARE OF THIS. So WHY DOES MY BODY FEEL THE NEED TO CONTINUE DRIVING THE POINT HOME??? IT'S MAKING ME SHOUTY! (Well, only on paper. In practice, any shoutyness would result in pain and whimpering ( Read more... )