I will be posting an update soon (a real one) but my computer is sick at the moment. And for some reason, I don't update well on other computers. You aren't missing much, other than an account of my trip to Austin for Easter weekend (yeah, Taylor, that's why I didn't call you back while you were in Dallas). Besides, Leslie's in town! Who has time to blog? (Oh wait, she's gone to bed before 10pm both nights she's been here...)
Well, I need to find Piper and head to bed myself.
Tuesday, March 29, 2005
Monday, March 14, 2005
Do I Look Middle Eastern?
On Saturday night I went out for a friend's birthday. I know Carmen from the EAC (and always get called "Carmen" at work because she's been there longer...don't get me started on the nights that Candace also works). Carmen had asked lots of her friends to come to Al Amir, Lebanese restaurant by day, Middle Eastern club by night. Apparently almost everyone bailed on her, though, because it was just me, Kim (also from work), Carmen, and her friend Angela. This was actually my first time to a club. We got there about 10:30 pm and paid the $10 (!!) cover charge. That was something I'd forgotten existed. We ordered some food (I had pita and feta cheese...yum!). Then Carmen wanted to order a hookah...so we got some cherry-flavored shisha, cherry of Leslie who told me the place was an old high school haunt of hers. Then Angela had to leave. I bought Carmen a birthday drink (Sex on the Beach...a $6 drink...this is a good reason to not go out to clubs). We proceeded to dance, or rather, Carmen danced and Kim and I made fools of ourselves. There were a couple guys who tried to dance with us...one we called "The Grinder" because that is what he thought equaled dancing. Then there was the guy who asked what my nationality was - when I answered "American," he said "Oh, I thought you were Middle Eastern." I took it to mean that it was time for the bartender to cut him off. I had a good time, but unfortunately didn't get home until 2 am. This wouldn't have been so bad except that I had agreed to get up for breakfast with Matt on Sunday morning.
So I got to see Matt (despite me being sleepy!) on Sunday morning when he picked me up at 9 for a wonderful breakfast at IHOP. Actually, the food was good but Mom's been making some great breakfasts too recently, so IHOP wasn't quite as special as it was back in College Station. One of the big tax deadlines is on Tuesday, so that was probably the last time I'll see Matt until perhaps tomorrow.
Sunday night at work was a little crazy. There was some drama going on about scheduling, and then we kept swinging between no clients and tons of clients. I put in my first catheter! But the scheduling thing is where it gets interesting. It is too complicated to explain, but I may start working the Sunday overnight shift (6pm-8am). Changes in scheduling are always interesting, though, because we commit to cover people's shifts months in advance, so when something changes, people's shifts that have been covered for weeks are no longer so. I have no idea when my boss will get around to changing my schedule, though. So who knows...
So I got to see Matt (despite me being sleepy!) on Sunday morning when he picked me up at 9 for a wonderful breakfast at IHOP. Actually, the food was good but Mom's been making some great breakfasts too recently, so IHOP wasn't quite as special as it was back in College Station. One of the big tax deadlines is on Tuesday, so that was probably the last time I'll see Matt until perhaps tomorrow.
Sunday night at work was a little crazy. There was some drama going on about scheduling, and then we kept swinging between no clients and tons of clients. I put in my first catheter! But the scheduling thing is where it gets interesting. It is too complicated to explain, but I may start working the Sunday overnight shift (6pm-8am). Changes in scheduling are always interesting, though, because we commit to cover people's shifts months in advance, so when something changes, people's shifts that have been covered for weeks are no longer so. I have no idea when my boss will get around to changing my schedule, though. So who knows...
Thursday, March 10, 2005
Pictures from last weekend's wedding can be found at Mom and Dad's picture site: http://marcandsusan.overt.org/
It was really fun, though tiring. The high points: decorating the honeymoon suite with Mom, Murphy witnessing his first wedding by sitting in my lap (he was an honorary groomsman), the weather being nice, Julie and Phillip being happy. Low points: stupid family drama (although not as bad as we expected) and the plumbing breaking. All in all, a success!
It was really fun, though tiring. The high points: decorating the honeymoon suite with Mom, Murphy witnessing his first wedding by sitting in my lap (he was an honorary groomsman), the weather being nice, Julie and Phillip being happy. Low points: stupid family drama (although not as bad as we expected) and the plumbing breaking. All in all, a success!
Friday, March 04, 2005
A Ranch Wedding
It's been a while, so I'll try to catch us all up. :) Piper's spay was last Wednesday. I got to watch and it took all of 25 minutes. It was very cool. She had to stay overnight, so I was all by myself that night as Mom and Dad and Murphy had gone to the ranch. They came back the next day so that Dad could leave to go skiing with some of this boy friends at Beaver Creek. Mom, Carolyn, Piper, Murphy, and I went down to the ranch on Friday to work on preparations for my cousin Julie's wedding. It is taking place at the ranch tomorrow. We were joined on Saturday my mom's sister Lisa and her daughter Katie (10 years old). We worked on centerpieces and wove grapevine cut by Lisa around the arbor where the ceremony will take place. Katie and I rode horses. Piper did well at the ranch, and she enjoyed Carolyn's attentions - Piper is actually staying with Carolyn this weekend while I'm at the ranch. On Sunday Uncle Mike and Mike Shannon came to move their boats out of the workshop (where they had been wintering and where the wedding reception will be).
We came back to Dallas on Sunday afternoon. I didn't have to rush off to work because I was working the overnight rather than my normal 4-midnight shift. Instead I got to see Matt! We had dinner and watched the first half of the Academy Awards (which I thought were very disappointing this year). I trundled off to work at 9:30pm. The night was uneventful: I had three cases to keep me occupied but nothing came in during the night. I helped Raye-Jean work on crossword puzzles, and I finished the first book of The Wheel of Time series. I ate breakfast at 4am. I wasn't even very tired when I drove home around 8:45. After my previous overnight experience, I'd decided to not even try to sleep when I got home. Instead, I stayed up and played WoW in a semi-stupor. Piper had been pulling out her stitches starting on Saturday, and Monday afternoon I noticed that she was swollen internally under her stitches. Dr. Myers thought I should go ahead and bring her in to be checked on, so Mom was nice and drove us out there so I wouldn't hit people in my sleep-deprived state. Piper was fine - it was swelling from the internal stitches but nothing to worry about.
On Tuesday Mom, Susie, and I went and ordered the wedding invitations. We'd already picked out the style, but we had to decide on the wording, font, and other options. There was something about seeing the invitation words in print (and the next day when the proof came in over the fax) that made the wedding finally seem to be closing in. After Julie's wedding, it will really be imminent, which works for me!
The rest of the week I've just been working on school stuff and playing WoW. Zetarg turned 49 last night, and I plan to hit 50 on Monday. I'm glad things are trucking along for him (I hit a rut around level 45 that was annoying), because Blizzard will release more content for people who have maxed out on levels (top level is 60) soon, and I'd like to be there when they do. On Wednesday night I had a play-date scheduled from a week before to go through a dungeon in a group. Unfortunately they are all on PST (my server Silver Hand is a Pacific sever) so we didn't get started until midnight CST. I got to bed about 3:30am...but at least I had planned for it!
This morning I had to get up early (before 8am!) to take Piper to get her stitches out. All two of them. When she started with seven. *Sigh* She also got her last round of shots, so now she's all registered and legal! She's doing well, and I won't miss having to yell at her to leave her stitches alone. Dr. Myers gave me some liver biscotti to give to Murphy in celebration of his and Oreo's tenth birthdays (Oreo is Murphy's sister and Dr. Myers dog), which is right around now (we pretend it is February 28, but I think Dr. Myers has Oreo's at March 5...we didn't know the actual date when we got them).
In a few hours I'm heading down to the ranch to help out with wedding preparation. I'm staying at the Pous' with Mom and Dad because Julie, Phillip (the fiance), and the wedding party are staying at our house. I don't have to be at work until 8pm on Sunday thanks to the kindness of one of my co-workers, so I can make sure the ranch gets cleaned up and everything before I come back to town. And that's the update!
We came back to Dallas on Sunday afternoon. I didn't have to rush off to work because I was working the overnight rather than my normal 4-midnight shift. Instead I got to see Matt! We had dinner and watched the first half of the Academy Awards (which I thought were very disappointing this year). I trundled off to work at 9:30pm. The night was uneventful: I had three cases to keep me occupied but nothing came in during the night. I helped Raye-Jean work on crossword puzzles, and I finished the first book of The Wheel of Time series. I ate breakfast at 4am. I wasn't even very tired when I drove home around 8:45. After my previous overnight experience, I'd decided to not even try to sleep when I got home. Instead, I stayed up and played WoW in a semi-stupor. Piper had been pulling out her stitches starting on Saturday, and Monday afternoon I noticed that she was swollen internally under her stitches. Dr. Myers thought I should go ahead and bring her in to be checked on, so Mom was nice and drove us out there so I wouldn't hit people in my sleep-deprived state. Piper was fine - it was swelling from the internal stitches but nothing to worry about.
On Tuesday Mom, Susie, and I went and ordered the wedding invitations. We'd already picked out the style, but we had to decide on the wording, font, and other options. There was something about seeing the invitation words in print (and the next day when the proof came in over the fax) that made the wedding finally seem to be closing in. After Julie's wedding, it will really be imminent, which works for me!
The rest of the week I've just been working on school stuff and playing WoW. Zetarg turned 49 last night, and I plan to hit 50 on Monday. I'm glad things are trucking along for him (I hit a rut around level 45 that was annoying), because Blizzard will release more content for people who have maxed out on levels (top level is 60) soon, and I'd like to be there when they do. On Wednesday night I had a play-date scheduled from a week before to go through a dungeon in a group. Unfortunately they are all on PST (my server Silver Hand is a Pacific sever) so we didn't get started until midnight CST. I got to bed about 3:30am...but at least I had planned for it!
This morning I had to get up early (before 8am!) to take Piper to get her stitches out. All two of them. When she started with seven. *Sigh* She also got her last round of shots, so now she's all registered and legal! She's doing well, and I won't miss having to yell at her to leave her stitches alone. Dr. Myers gave me some liver biscotti to give to Murphy in celebration of his and Oreo's tenth birthdays (Oreo is Murphy's sister and Dr. Myers dog), which is right around now (we pretend it is February 28, but I think Dr. Myers has Oreo's at March 5...we didn't know the actual date when we got them).
In a few hours I'm heading down to the ranch to help out with wedding preparation. I'm staying at the Pous' with Mom and Dad because Julie, Phillip (the fiance), and the wedding party are staying at our house. I don't have to be at work until 8pm on Sunday thanks to the kindness of one of my co-workers, so I can make sure the ranch gets cleaned up and everything before I come back to town. And that's the update!
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