Aug 14, 2008 09:27
Basic Updates:
I'm attending University of Phoenix. I started my third course last night and am exhausted. I am still trying to get my DeVry courses to transfer.
Hentai has a part-time job as a receptionist. It's not a good job but its money and we both recognize that.
CA touched base about a month ago because he needed to talk to someone after breaking up with a long term gf. He has a new one now and may or may not buy my timeshare.
Taz (ferret) lost a lot of weight and showed worsening signs of IBD. When his personality changed we took him off medicine and changed his food back to what he ate 2 years ago in order to start our diet "diagnosis" over. He immediatly started gaining weight and his symptons decreased. He is now back to full weight, behaving normally and his digestive track is the healthiest its ever been.
Chance (mom's ferret) has a swollen eye ball they may have to remove. Right now they are treating it with a salve in hopes of saving it. Chance is in a lot of pain for other issues and has insolunoma. He has otherwise become more pleasant and doesn't bite anymore.
Magus has yet to contact me about allowing me to say goodbye to Rader (a good dog that deserved a better master than him).
I still hate my job but I have a couple potential directions to go in remedying the situation.
Finances continue to be a major source of stress and I am admittedly banking on the timeshare selling soon for at least $10k (principle value). If it doesn't, and I don't get a better paying job by end of year we are, as Hentai put it, "Screwed".
The Latin Penguin is moving back into the area. I think he's going to live at Dad's but visit mom. Mom is selling him her orange car and helping with wedding stuff. Mom maintain's that when the lease is up if Hentai and I don't want to stay at our existing apartment but can't afford anywhere else that I can move in with her but primaroily for image reasons (teacher at catholic church... can't show support to unmarried couple shacking up) she wouldn't let Hentai live there. It's frustrating but I know she's trying to be considerate.
Hentai in general has handled his extended unemployment well. He is getting out of the house for a change of scenery and actively seeking out positive social activity. He is cooking better and better food and trying to help me keep our spending under control. He is increasingly supportive toward me when I have bad days (which unfortunatly are also increasing). I finally have dental insurance for him and he saw a dentist yesterday. I think the dentist may have turned out to be a quack but he still got a much needed cleaning and a basic diagnosis of the work he needs done.