I worked yesterday. Not much at all going on, nobody really about the area, so we kinda played firemen, roaming around until someone called. (Not much of that either, really.)
After work, I trekked up to Mel's aunt and sorta uncle's place where Mel and the roomie were already waitin' on me. It was nice to get up the mountain with almost no traffic at all! They were watching the weirdest, grossest movie I could ever imagine on T-day. It was just wrong. In Blu-ray no less. Ugh. I was grateful I only saw the last 15 minutes or so. After that we put on the Macy's Day parade for a little bit and dinner was ready shortly after. Dinner was awesome! I made it through 2 helpings and a piece of key lime AND a piece of pumpkin pie before the food coma hit. We couldn't stay long since we all had to be up for work today, but it was nice and the food was great. Turkey, mashed red potatoes, yams, stuffing (which I don't like but I assume was good), asparagus, homemade gravy, apple pie, cherry pie, key lime pie and pumpkin pie. I'm surprised my gut didn't bust.
Today was much busier at work and I find it interesting how people think my job is "Let's Make A Deal." Off to home after picking up the pooch and now I have one pooch behind me snoozing, another on the floor passed out, and a big ol' fluffy kitty watching me type from my lap. He's a little upset with me due to being smooshed and smooched.
Next is probably laundry, more attic insulating, calling a handyman, etc.
Playing with my cellphone. Finally finished the training program! I will be solo starting this week.
Otherwise, things are finally settling down. Currently, dogs are sleeping, kitties are snoozing, Mel is watching TV and I am goofing around here instead of going to the gym or doing laundry.
Come on now. Seriously???? It's no longer the big OMG sin. Nono. Now it's a financial issue. You would think that the RNC chief could come up with a much better argument than that. He's saying that small businesses will now have to be burdened with paying for health benefits for married gays that they didn't have to pay before.
So, let's examine this one a tad. The RNC chief is saying that the small businesses can only hire unmarried queers to survive? Coz that's what I'm hearing. Otherwise, it's pure bullshit. I don't know of many businesses that only employ gay people. I don't know of any businesses that deliberately hire people who won't get married so they don't have to provide health benefits for spouses.
And, frankly, with group insurance, most people want more in the group because it drops the overall cost of the insurance.
Sadly, I'm afraid some people will be ignorant enough to buy this particular gambit by Mr. RNC chief. Ugh.
Doc upped my med. Not so keen on that. I have a hard time keeping weight off and energy up on the higher dosage. I'm hoping it won't be too bad because I'm on nights right now and need more sleep anyway. :sigh: I know it's not a big deal, but it makes me have to work harder when I'm already busting my butt in training.
Mel is working too hard. My poor baby. She gets Monday and Tuesday off, and I'm hoping she gets a ton of rest and they hire someone soon so she doesn't have so many hours.
We got our big snowstorm, which is already melting off. That's excellent for our water levels here and the fire danger.
Had lunch with friends yesterday at the wing place. Asian Zing is the best. :) We had to leave early due to a tooth incident, but it was still fun.
I have rediscovered Shake 'n Bake and they have different flavors now. :D I know, disgusting, but it's a weakness.
Not happy with the (lack of) response to my call to maintenance. We pay a bitchload for our HOA and can't get a callback. Yes, I know it's a weekend, but when I have a drip of water coming through my light fixture, I want them to help. I'm curious as to where my money is going since we only had two days this winter where we had to have plows here. We have minimal landscaping and a pool. There should be better service.
If you have some spare good vibes to send, a friend of mine could really use them.
I am waiting for spring to really start.
I have an extra day off this week. :) I'm not going to do anything exciting, but I'll be glad for another day that I'm not working the night shift. Although, going to the gym at 0200 is actually pretty nice. There's usually about 4 other people there, and no fighting for machines.