Busy busy
Wow, it's been 4 weeks since I updated last! That's nuts. There were a few weeks where we didn't have internet at the house, though, so when I did use the internet at a public place I was always trying to catch up on emails and Facebook stuff.
So anyways, a lot has changed since my last post. This week, I moved out of the Sally Drive house in Jenison and I am now living with some family for my last semester at GVSU. I moved in with my cousin Melissa, her husband Craig, and their 3 kids. I have a room to myself in the basement, which I'm still trying to finish moving into. There is a bathroom in the basement, and a family room which I'll be able to have friends over to if I want. There is a pool in the back yard, and they have an adorable old French bulldog named Pugsley who is my little buddy. I'm really happy this worked out because I was having a horrible time trying to figure out housing at the last minute, since I had to be out of my last place by the 31st. They offered it to me a couple weeks ago and I pretty much knew that was what I wanted to do.
I'm still working at Jimmy Johns, and I live about the same distance away now as I did when I lived in Jenison, so that's cool. What sucks is that I am barely getting any hours. It's frustrating. Because I needed to take Thursday off for moving, and I got called off yesterday, I am getting a total of 7 hours this week. Kind of ridiculous.
I took my nose ring out on Wednesday, and I'm leaving it out. My boss called me that morning to say I needed to take it out before going to work because we were getting audited by corporate that day. I had always wondered what I'd do when I'd have to take it out because of corporate. I wasn't sure if I'd put it back in, or leave it out. I figure I had it for a good two years. I also really liked how I looked in the mirror when I took it out. So, I haven't told my parents yet, but I'm sure they'll be thrilled.
I've been a bit stressed out lately because of moving, the lack of work, the fact that I should be writing, and then my mom called me this week to tell me that Ivy has been losing weight and barely eating. I'm so worried about my baby! Mom said she didn't want to tell me in the past couple weeks because I'd been so so stressed out about finding a place to live. So she took Ivy to the vet and she had labwork done and X-rays and they didn't find anything, but the vet concluded that it could be Irritable Bowel Syndrome! My poor girl! So Ivy got a shot that's supposed to help symptoms of IBS for 3 months...and hopefully that does the trick and she gets healthy again. If not, the next step is for her to get a stomach biopsy at a special clinic hours away from home. Mom said she's sorry, but they've already taken her the furthest they can -- it's just getting too expensive. I understand, and honestly I'm surprised at all she has had done already. But I just hope the shots make her well again and she has at least a few more years of happy life. Our kitties are 10 years old now, which I don't really think is old enough for them to leave us yet. I just want to be around when they do. It'd be too hard not to be able to say goodbye.
Another reason I've been frazzled is because one of my best friends from back home, Meghan, got in a scary car accident this week. A logging truck rear-ended her when she was stopped to make a left turn into her work, and that sent her careening over the center line, where the car was struck on the passenger side by a van travelling in the opposite direction. The logging truck overturned and lumber went everywhere, blocking the highway. It took 9 hours to clean up the accident and traffic had to be rerouted that whole time. Meghan miraculously had no broken bones or serious injury -- she just has some really nasty bruises on her legs and hips which have her on crutches. I am so so so so thankful she is alive and well. I don't know what I'd do if something serious had happened. I am so leery of logging trucks already becuase a teacher from our school system and a little girl were killed by logs that fell out of a logging truck in an accident when I was in 6th grade. I'm leery of semis because a classmate and her boyfriend killed sophomore year of high school by a semi truck. I know Meg's shaken up, and I know that's the hardest part to recover from, so I hope she is able to drive and return to work sometime soon, though I would completely understand if she has a hard time.
And one last thing on my mind lately has been my neighbor from back home, Erika. She and her parents are down here in Grand Rapids at the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital because Erika got major surgery on her back for scoliosis (8-hour procedure!). I have been praying for her and I got to go visit them in her hospital room last night for a little bit. She fell asleep, which is totally okay, because she said she was having level 9 pain and they gave her a quick-release pain pill. I'm glad she got comfortable enough to rest. I stayed and visited with Michele and Eric after she fell asleep. It was good to see them and I hope it brought a little relief from the situation for them.
Sooo...I should definitely not go a month without writing, because there's too much that can happen in a month!!
So anyways, a lot has changed since my last post. This week, I moved out of the Sally Drive house in Jenison and I am now living with some family for my last semester at GVSU. I moved in with my cousin Melissa, her husband Craig, and their 3 kids. I have a room to myself in the basement, which I'm still trying to finish moving into. There is a bathroom in the basement, and a family room which I'll be able to have friends over to if I want. There is a pool in the back yard, and they have an adorable old French bulldog named Pugsley who is my little buddy. I'm really happy this worked out because I was having a horrible time trying to figure out housing at the last minute, since I had to be out of my last place by the 31st. They offered it to me a couple weeks ago and I pretty much knew that was what I wanted to do.
I'm still working at Jimmy Johns, and I live about the same distance away now as I did when I lived in Jenison, so that's cool. What sucks is that I am barely getting any hours. It's frustrating. Because I needed to take Thursday off for moving, and I got called off yesterday, I am getting a total of 7 hours this week. Kind of ridiculous.
I took my nose ring out on Wednesday, and I'm leaving it out. My boss called me that morning to say I needed to take it out before going to work because we were getting audited by corporate that day. I had always wondered what I'd do when I'd have to take it out because of corporate. I wasn't sure if I'd put it back in, or leave it out. I figure I had it for a good two years. I also really liked how I looked in the mirror when I took it out. So, I haven't told my parents yet, but I'm sure they'll be thrilled.
I've been a bit stressed out lately because of moving, the lack of work, the fact that I should be writing, and then my mom called me this week to tell me that Ivy has been losing weight and barely eating. I'm so worried about my baby! Mom said she didn't want to tell me in the past couple weeks because I'd been so so stressed out about finding a place to live. So she took Ivy to the vet and she had labwork done and X-rays and they didn't find anything, but the vet concluded that it could be Irritable Bowel Syndrome! My poor girl! So Ivy got a shot that's supposed to help symptoms of IBS for 3 months...and hopefully that does the trick and she gets healthy again. If not, the next step is for her to get a stomach biopsy at a special clinic hours away from home. Mom said she's sorry, but they've already taken her the furthest they can -- it's just getting too expensive. I understand, and honestly I'm surprised at all she has had done already. But I just hope the shots make her well again and she has at least a few more years of happy life. Our kitties are 10 years old now, which I don't really think is old enough for them to leave us yet. I just want to be around when they do. It'd be too hard not to be able to say goodbye.
Another reason I've been frazzled is because one of my best friends from back home, Meghan, got in a scary car accident this week. A logging truck rear-ended her when she was stopped to make a left turn into her work, and that sent her careening over the center line, where the car was struck on the passenger side by a van travelling in the opposite direction. The logging truck overturned and lumber went everywhere, blocking the highway. It took 9 hours to clean up the accident and traffic had to be rerouted that whole time. Meghan miraculously had no broken bones or serious injury -- she just has some really nasty bruises on her legs and hips which have her on crutches. I am so so so so thankful she is alive and well. I don't know what I'd do if something serious had happened. I am so leery of logging trucks already becuase a teacher from our school system and a little girl were killed by logs that fell out of a logging truck in an accident when I was in 6th grade. I'm leery of semis because a classmate and her boyfriend killed sophomore year of high school by a semi truck. I know Meg's shaken up, and I know that's the hardest part to recover from, so I hope she is able to drive and return to work sometime soon, though I would completely understand if she has a hard time.
And one last thing on my mind lately has been my neighbor from back home, Erika. She and her parents are down here in Grand Rapids at the Helen DeVos Children's Hospital because Erika got major surgery on her back for scoliosis (8-hour procedure!). I have been praying for her and I got to go visit them in her hospital room last night for a little bit. She fell asleep, which is totally okay, because she said she was having level 9 pain and they gave her a quick-release pain pill. I'm glad she got comfortable enough to rest. I stayed and visited with Michele and Eric after she fell asleep. It was good to see them and I hope it brought a little relief from the situation for them.
Sooo...I should definitely not go a month without writing, because there's too much that can happen in a month!!