I've had a really hectic week followed by a very relaxing, water-filled weekend. Work has still been pretty crazy, each day followed by another busy evening ( Read more... )

My mom is in the hospital. She was having some really bad stomach pain so she went to the ER this morning. They think it's something with her pancreas and are going to be keeping her at least for tonight and running some tests. Let's hope they find the problem soon and that it's nothing too serious ( Read more... )

Saturday and Sunday were mostly spent doing random chores and relaxing. We did go to church and breakfast with my parents Sunday as usual. Casey altar served for the first time in a while, and we had a visiting priest who was Scottish and is currently doing a mission in Ecuador ( Read more... )

Went to Kohl's Saturday evening because I had received a coupon in the mail for $10 off anything in the store and desperately needed new shoes for work. As luck would have it, they were having a big shoe sale, 80% off on most pairs. So I got work shoes and sandals. Each pair was originally priced around $50, and I got them both for a total of ( Read more... )

Had a nice birthday dinner tonight with April, Jeff, Rose, Beth, Jean, Christine, Melanie, Ken and Carrie. Also some kids - Bana, Disha, Danielle, and Ken and Carrie brought their 9 month old baby McKenzie. What a cutie, and she was so well behaved! I got some nice gifts... a few gift cards, a birthday shot glass with the recipe for birthday ( Read more... )

Casey and I finally got to see Harry Potter tonight, with one of her friends and 4 of mine (April, Jeff, Rose and Christine). We had been waiting for the IMAX 3D version to come out. And WOW at that 3D. I don't remember ever seeing 3D look so good. Too bad it's only during the first 20 minutes or so. Anyway, I really liked the movie. Visually ( Read more... )

Yesterday was pretty stressful at work. I didn't get a single invoice done because I was too busy cleaning up messes, some made by me, which makes it worse. We have to keep a log of everything we do, so on paper it looked like I didn't do much, but it was actually extremely busy. I hate days like that. But then I had a nice evening at home ( Read more... )

GR. I've been having the hardest time getting my lab work done for the check up I'm having soon. First I tried to get the paperwork but my doctor's office was closed. Then yesterday I got there in time, but found out he'd moved to a new building. Finally found him and they didn't have the paperwork (I'd requested the appt online and gotten a ( Read more... )

Tonight I went to Howl at the Moon (a piano bar) with Christine, Melanie, Rhonda, Jean and several of Christine's former co-workers. Most of them were let go in a massive lay off a few months back (including all the previously mentioned people... except Jean, she never worked there. Heh) and they still get together once in a while so they can ( Read more... )

I woke up at 7:30 this morning and couldn't go back to sleep. That's early for me, but it's not a bad thing. I like waking up on my own as opposed to the alarm clock that would have gone off an hour later anyway. I remember having some dreams, but the only specific thing I can remember was the end, when I was holding a beer in each hand and ( Read more... )