Happy Holidays from the Sick one

I have been MIA here for a while. My bad. Granted for the past week I have had an excuse. Illness, yes. It started with my husband and hit me. Just before our trip too. I was catching it on monday and had it by tuesday last week. I think I have bronchitis by all my symptoms. It made sleeping miserable. Still is. Last night I tried the vicks vapor rub on my feet. I didn’t cough, but then again I did take Nyquil too so I don’t know which worked. However, I woke up and was coughing up so much stuff it made me wonder if the vicks on my feet really broke it up last night.

Christmas was good, saw the family and friends which always makes it easier when I come home. I miss them terribly and seeing them helps me not see them like a mini charge.

Now I need to clean up with house. I think M is mad at me cause I took today off. I am so very glad I did though with this cold. I need it. I thought he wasn’t leaving for work today until 11am which I guess I heard wrong. I can’t change it but he is still pissed at me.

Great Read

I just read the book Outlander and LOVE IT.  I love it more than Twilight. Yes I said it, I said it and I meant it and love it!  You all must read it.

That is what I have to say.  I haven’t much else.  I am mad at the stupid dog.  Often wish we didn’t get her, especially with my husbands attachment to her. 

Other than that, just reading.

Snow!

They say we will get snow possibly this weekend!  Yay.  Go Snow.  I love it.  I didn’t think I would actually get snow here so that makes me happy.

I went shopping on Sunday and got myself snow new jeans.  You know, ones that fit.  and then some very warm sweaters.  They rock so I am excited.  

We went and saw a park decorated with Christmas lights.  It blew my mind it was so awesome.  I love December, I love Christmas and just anything about the season.  Granted I am trying to convince my mom that next year all M and I want for Christmas is a large painting done by my dad.  She keeps saying “What will be from me then?!”  I keep trying to tell her just cause he painted it doesn’t mean she wasn’t part of it too. I told her get it framed and that will be her part.  I just don’t want a lot of money spent on us.

I sat down and wrote 6 pages tonight for my book tonight.  It gives me 8500 words.  I am excited about this but I really can’t wait to get to the meat of the story.  I am a little worried that I am going to end up rushing through the beginning to get to the meat.  I have so much editing to do on it.  I am glad my friend Lynn is being so kind as to read it.  Yay to her!

Rock It & Sock It

Don’t ask what the title means, cause I don’t know.  Wow, I just really don’t know what to report on.  I worked.  We had a new girl that I am training.  I am not going to judge her yet.  I will say I didn’t like her asking several times through out the day on her second day if she was doing well, and then before I even answered she stated “cause I think I am”.  I don’t like having to boost someones self-esteem on their second day, several times a day.  Also, she is a talker.  I am learning a lot about her personal life.

Went to M’s office Christmas party which was really fun.  Got to meet  a lot of his co workers who he doesn’t work with much since he is gone quite often.  

I have started writing again which I believe I mentioned.  I had started a couple months ago but scratched what I had started because I wasn’t excited about it.  This time I thought of an idea and I got excited.  So excited that I even enlisted my friend to give me some feed back.  I only have 6200 words and my goal is 50,000.  I am giving myself 3 months for my first draft.  I am hoping that I will make it.  If not it isn’t like it is due somewhere.  If my first draft gets a thumbs up from my friend even though it will need a ton of work then I will go ahead and try and find a agent.  I am excited about it though.

I am so boring.  That is all i have to say.  Except, yay for Christmas time!

Holidays. . . heh

So for all the stress and frustrations that Thanksgiving brought me I did enjoy myself.  I got to see my mom and that always makes me feel normal again.  It helps center me.  I had a good time just being in the same house as her and my dad.  I also got to spend some good time with my brother and his daughter as well as my other niece.  We went and visited M’s family on Saturday and I had a good time.  I enjoyed watching the fireworks and the bridge lighting.

Now to just brace myself for possible stress and frustrations with Christmas and my Birthday.  Then I come home and find out that my horrible exvet “Banfield” renewed our wellness plan for the dog even though I thought we cancelled it after telling the woman how much I hated their service and thought they ripped us off.  I called, got it officially cancelled and oh, they wont refund me the 21.95 they took out of my account for services I haven’t even used yet.  Screw you Banfield.  Never go there.

Plus side, I got a $1.00 raise at work today, even though I haven’t even been there 3 months.  Yay.  Mo money.  Is it sad that I wish it was more just cause i know what the girl I replaced was making and I know i am twice the worker she is.

Working on that book again.  Changed the story completely.  I am excited about it but find getting past the first few intro chapters is bogging me down.  

That would be it.