A Likely Story!

Ticks, Dicks & Chicks

Most of the spam I get revolves around one of these three things.

Loooong Day

...is over.

When I take a day off from Job #1, it means a days worth of callbacks will not get done. That normally isn't a problem if I can catch up on those uncalled calls the next day I am in the office. If the next day happens to fall on a weekend, we don't get rooted on those calls until Monday. And then on Monday?

Watch out.

So. Just spent a long long day tying up lose ends that started last Friday and kept rolling in until 7p tonite local time. Also made up the 4 cumulative hours I was out this week for medical type appts. My day tomorrow will be manageable IF I stay on target and IF I focus and IF IF IF no burning-down-the-house emergencies hit.

Working Friday, Saturday, Sunday at J#2 so tonite was my last chance for work catch up until next Monday.

Grabbed a bowl of cereal and made a pleasant discovery. It has taken me 2 1/2 years to go thru one box of 100 sugar packets. When I moved here I decided to try little things to eat healthier. Like not having a sugar bowl and using sugar packets instead. Then I thought some more and remembered the movers offloaded my furniture exactly 2 1/2 years ago yesterday cause I did my first shopping trip once my truck was offloaded by the movers.  

Wow...2 1/2 years already. Time flies. And I don't want to type this next part, but I guess that Summer is 1/2 way over. Noooooo! I don't want that to be true. I need to have a lot more fun before I can say goodbye to Summer.

Anyway, first comes sleep and then comes fun.

NNSD from here and have a fun weekend!

Doin' The Happy Dance

That trip to the Mothership in FL that I was whining about last week? I'm off the hook! Don't have to go.

SWEET!!!

Decided to tell my Director of J#1 that I had a J#2. So I did. She was taken aback. Asked where I worked...told her..then told her that the training they wanted me to have onsite at the Mothership I had already experienced at J#2.

So. No more secrecy which makes me happy. No trip to hot humid steamy FL which makes me incredibly happy. And no spending $ I don't have on a trip to hot humid steamy FL. And no leaving CO.

What better reason for a happy dance?

Like You Really Want To Know!

Tough luck...it's been ages so here ya go :

1. Do you like blue cheese salad dressing?

Gross! (Does that answer your question?)

2. Have you ever smoked heroin?

Nope

3. Do you own a gun?

Nope and never will

4. Your favorite drink at Starbucks or other specialty?

I finally have a fave Starbucks drink! Passion Raspberry with Lemonade. Or something like that. My friend that works there made it up for me.

5. Do you get nervous before doctor appointments?

Depends on what they are for.

6. What do you think of hot dogs?

LOVE the 4 legged ones.

7. Favorite Christmas song?

My December - Linkin Park

8. What do you prefer to drink in the morning?

Define morning.

9. Can you do push ups?

As in plural?

10. What's your favorite piece of jewelry?

My 4 hidden piercings that no one knows I have. Until now!

11. Favorite hobby?

Live concerts

12. Do you have A.D.D.?

Nope. Not sure it really exists.

13. What's one trait that you hate about yourself?

I am a huge klutz.

14. Middle name?

That which shall remain nameless cause I hate it beyond what words can tell.

15. Name 3 thoughts at this exact moment?

1) Why did my parents give me that stupid middle name.

2) Maybe I should legally change my middle name this year

3) When will the food fairy show up with my dream dinner?

4) Am I in trouble for having a 4th thought?

16. Name 3 drinks you regularly drink?

Raspberry iced tea. Coke. Pepsi.

17. Current worry right now?

Is it too late in life to learn how to yodel?

18. Current hate right now?

Comforce.

19. Favorite place to be?

Here. Right here.

20. How did you bring in the New Year?

Um, I didn't do that.  It kind of came in by itself.

21. Like to travel?

As long as it doesn't involve leaving CO anytime soon

22. Name three people who will complete this?

HDW, Flea, LG

23. Do you own slippers?

Flip flop fleecy ones courtesy of Aree

24. What color shirt are you wearing?

Orange. With white accents

25. Do you like sleeping on satin sheets?

Nope. Give me 1000 thread count Italian any day

26. Can you whistle?

Only when I inhale

27. Favorite color?

All together now....PURPLE!

28. Would you be a pirate?

Been there, done that!

29. What songs do you sing in the shower?

None...it disturbs my shower boy.

30. Favorite girl's name?

A name I made up years ago then I found someone that actually had the name....Kren

31. Favorite boy's name?

Max

32. What's in your pocket right now?

$10 bill and my cell phone

33. Last thing that made you laugh?

Jeff at work ('Shrink Wrap is the Solution to the problems of the world")  Guess ya had to be there.

34. Best bed sheets as a child?

Dry

35. Worst injury you've ever had?

Broke my neck

36. Do you love where you live?

Beyond love it! I adore it.

37. How many TVs do you have in your house?

1

38. Who is your loudest friend?

Sky. He sings loudly. But lovely!

40. Does someone have a crush on you?

Millions do.

41. What is your favorite book?

The free ones at the library.

42 What is your favorite candy?

Skittles

43. Favorite Sports Team?

Av's and Steve Nash...Steve is a team unto himself.

44. What were you doing 12 AM last night?

Something I should not have been doing but did it anyway.

45. What was the first thing you thought of when you woke up this morning?

Yay...3 more hours until I have to get out of bed. Then I went back to sleep

Whew! Finshed!

Time to tag : Her Hottness, Her Heatherness, Her Highness, Her Shmederness, Her Legaless, Her Texasness, His Humorness and the Count of Chulajuana.  You know who you are!

Crickets Chirping

Man, I don't know about you, but there is NOTHING going on in Kathyland. Nope, nothing at all. Nothing exciting on the horizon. No earthshaking news. Nothing beyond fastastically wonderful that I am looking forward to. Zip. Zilch. Zero.

Yeah. Right.

I'll catch up with ya Sunday night. 

And Baby Makes 4

My buddies Adam & Heather have a darling doggie named Apollo. Last week, Apollo got a little brother named Charlie.  

Welcome to parenthood thru the eyes of Adam. It's hilarious. And heartwarming. 

Enjoy!

No ZZZ's For Me

 Never fell asleep last night, and now the birds are singing. Have a feeling this will be a very long day.

Lame, But True.

Nothing settles me more than cleaning and decluttering. It has a drug-like effect on me.

Goodbyes

The only downside to J#2, as far as I can tell, is that I can't really discuss specifics of J#2. Given that, sometimes it can be difficult to convey 100% of what my actual job is like on a day to day basis.

On the other hand, describing some of the highlights of my J#2 are examples whose quality transcends business niches and cultures.

Kindness. Caring. Empathy. Understanding. Trust. Compassion. Leadership. Humor. Integrity. Credibility. All of these x 10.

And when you are surrounded by people that embody these traits it enriches your life in ways you can't begin to imagine. It makes 'work' not work. Instead, it's more like fun...and you get paid for having fun.

Then there's the downside. And that's when the people you admire & trust & look up to  move up and onwards. While you are happy for them and proud of them, goodbyes suck, plain and simple. They just do.

I had to say goodbye this morning.

Twelve hours have elapsed since I wrote that last line. 

I had lots of time to think today. By the end of the day it all came full circle when it dawned on me that sometimes goodbyes are necessary for people to move on in search of what challenges them and gives them a purpose in life. If there were no goodbyes, there would be no moving on. No progress. No change. And as painful as it can be, I'll be the first to say that change can be good.

So while goodbyes can be painful...and sucky...the ultimate takeaway is to cherish the time you have with each other, cause you never know when their time will come to move forward and impact other lives as they've impacted yours.

And if you're reading this...and you know who you are...I'll leave you with this line...

"Well the first days are the hardest days"

The Website Is Down

The Website Is Down

Too funny!

Happy 4th!

Keeping in mind that it's Independance Day, I have a thought I'd like to share. 

And that thought is :

Never be afraid to take the chance to be the person you were always meant to be. 7 years ago today I took probably the biggest step of my life to date...well, one of the biggest. I was scared. I was heartbroken. I was devastated. But I knew if I didn't take a chance, a leap of faith, whatever you want to call it, that I would regret it for the rest of my life. So I did. And I landed in a much better place. 

Do what you need to do to get to that place in your life. You won't regret it. Trust me.

4 Hour Naps...

Rock. For reals.

The Last 72 Hours

Don't even know where to begin.

Let's just say it's been fun, energetic, challenging, tear-filled (in a sad/happy way), inspirational, gratifying and there's not been a lot of sleep..which is fine for now.

Back at J#1 after taking a vacay day yesterday. 

Am off from both jobs on the Fourth.

And.....that's all for now. More later.

Productive Monday!

* Got everything done on my Job #1 To-Do List. So what if it took me 13 hours?

* Cleaned out my truck

* Washed my truck

* Paid bills

* Laundry done

* Grocery shopping done

* I'm done.

nnsd!

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Music To My Ears!

What I wanna know is what is music to YOUR ears?

In need of new music/new groups/new toonz...give me something to fall in love with, ok?

What are the top 5 new  or new-to-you songs that you are currently smitten with and play and play and play on your iPod. Or Zune. Whatever.

Ready, Set, Go!

Very cheesy, yet very sweet!

This makes me smile :-)

Thanks Adam!

View From Kirk Street

Orange, Meet Blue

New design in da house.

Weasel Time

Trying to weasel out of having to go back to the Mothership. In FL. In August.

Wish me luck.

[Wrote the above and after reading it several times, wanted to add the following]

My extreme reticence at returning to FL is not just about the location and the oppressively hot and humid month of August. I mean, it is, but it's more than that. 

FL is where my life crashed and burned. Most of my hugest life dissapointments happened there. FL is like spinach and cilantro and heights and hurricanes and sadness and tears all rolled into one hot sweaty steamy package. Yuck!

Also?? Being there means being away from J#2. And CO. And Denver. And my life as I love it. And where I am happy. And J#2. Did I mention that?

In the whole scope of things I know this is relatively minor and I really need to keep it in perspective. And J#2 is being very gracious and understanding and all which is what they excel at.

Stiil. Keep your fingers crossed they let me do all this training I **need** to do over the phone. Cause between you and me? I've had the training already. When I joined J#2. But since J#1 does not know I have J#2, it's not like I can really tell J#1.

Gee...aren't you happy I clarified everything?

:-)

Do You See What I See?

My blog is acting wonky so may I ask for your help?

Could you please tell me what you see on my blog? Is the design green on the sides and burnt orange at the top? Or dark green on all 4 sides? Can you see my blogroll on the right hand side or do you see it alllll the way at the bottom? OR? Do you see it on the side when you look at an individual entry and not when you view from the home page?? And are you viewing my blog in Safari, Firefox, IE or another browser?? Anything else design-wise that seems out of wack?

I have a couple of help tickets into Typepad and your answers will help big time!

Hugs and Kisses and Thanks!

(UPDATE - 1:50 pm MDT - Design should be back to all green borders with no burnt orange. Blogroll now appears to the right. Thanks for your feedback!)

Stuff

In no particular order of importance...

So hey...what's up?  Had a super fun night last night that will be blogged about soon. But for now?  Just random thoughts that are really neither here nor there.

I used to be all 'TGIF' and woohoo for every Friday cause I wanted the weekend to be here so I could relax from Job #1. Now? I'm still all woohoo for 'TGIF', but now it's cause I'm jazzed to work 8 hrs on Sat and Sun at J#2.

***

Seeing a Vertigo/Dizziness Specialist in several weeks. My dizziness has gotten worse to where freeway driving is done only when absolutely necessary. I am fine at driving surface streets morning and night...dizziness then is minimal if at all. And if the freeway is stop and go, I'm fine. But anything over 40 mph is tough and let's not even think about E470. It's also become problematic at J#2 due to the nature of what I do, but in true J#2 form, they are awesome and wonderful and kind and understanding and I just love them all to death and more cause they are that beyond fantastic. OK, gush session over.

***

Sometimes I want to express opinions but I don't, thinking my friends will think I am talking about them even when I am not. So I stay silent. Maybe it's for the best.

***

The more I see and experience, the more I believe we are here on purpose and what happens to us happens for a reason. And if we are analytical and aware enough, we may even figure out the 'what or why'. Or not.

***

With the intent of getting back into working out, I bought a new pair of Nike's. First new pair of workout shoes since Aug 2001. And all I've done is worn them to work..as opposed to working out. Lately, I'm all 'why bother'. Why bother losing weight. Why bother working out. What's so great about being a single digit size? Does it guarantee happiness? (nope) Does it bring you extra money (nope) I guess I don't have a strong enough 'why should I'. And until I do, I probably won't.

***

Paid $76 to fill up my truck today. Most I've ever spent.

***

Saturday is 4 months to the day that my sister-in-law Michele passed away...or was killed. Final autopsy came back and there are enough discrepancies in the report that my brother feels his wife was killed by subpar care...which makes her death even sadder.

I've been missing Michele so much lately. Everytime I see a little bunny in the front yard I think of her. Michele loved bunnies...just loved them beyond words. She was buried with 3 stuffed bunnies...one from me, my sister Diane and my sister Kelly. My bunny was a Colorado Cottontail. I've started calling Michele's cell phone just to hear her voice. I'm so glad my brother has kept her cell active. I want her to pick up the phone and talk to me when I call, but it's just not gonna happen. Stil, it's nice to hear her voice.

Lesson Learned

While it might SOUND like a good idea, watching Dane Cook on You Tube while trying to talk to clients is, in fact, not a good idea.  Lesson learned.

Lucky

Tonite on my way home from work I encountered a vehicle that had no use for rules. Like speed limit rules. Tailgating rules. Driving while not intoxicated rules.

Luckily I saw him in my rear view mirror seconds before impact so I had a chance to move out of the way. Barely. He then blasted past me as he veered all over the road.

Thanks idiot drunk driver. You were about an inch away from maiming or killing me. 

Calling it a night and thanking my lucky stars, good karma, guardian angel and anyone else that wants to take credit.

nnsd.

Orange Ya Glad?

Have never really been a fan of orange. However, due to recent changes beyond my control, I am learning to like orange quite a bit. Not at the lovin' orange stage yet...that may take awhile.

This website that deals with orange?  This I do LOVE.

New to my blogroll : How About Orange