KASHWAK = NO-FO

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:56:12 GMT

YAY!

Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:32:24 GMT

I GOT THE JOB!!!!!!!!!

I am so excited and nervous...it's funny, I was really nervous about how I would be able to learn everything, etc and once I actually knew that I had the job, it all went away....and now I'm just happy :D

If you're interested, this is the company... Mountain Rose Herbs

I get a 40% discount...this could be dangerous :)

Thu, 24 Aug 2006 22:16:46 GMT

They're calling my references!!!

Wed, 23 Aug 2006 22:11:49 GMT

Well, it went pretty well. I think I should hear something by next week this time :)

I have 2 midterms tonight...and I am so tired. Not sure why. I think it's probably hormones. bah.

Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:03:47 GMT

In a recent post, I talked about a job that I really really want. I was starting to get worried because I hadn't heard anything, and I did that weird thing with sending the email from my candle business on accident...

So...I have an interview next week! I am so so so excited. Now I have to go find something to wear this weekend.

Yay!!!

Wish me luck on my Linux final tonight...I'm gonna need it :\

Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:38:16 GMT

I have a mid-term in my Linux class tonight...did not study...doh!

Oh well, I'm not terribly worried. Since when have I studied?

Update: He post-poned the exam until Wednesday! So we did a review and I took an assload of notes and will actually study :)

Fri, 11 Aug 2006 00:35:10 GMT

Man, even though nothing spectacular is going on, I am feeling the need to post. Maybe it's because I got to class 40 minutes early and have been stumbling around online with no real intent or purpose...

I am thoroughly enjoying my red hair. I didn't realize how much I've missed it!

Plans are coming along...I haven't heard anything from the job I applied for, but I only sent my resume in yesterday so I need to practice some patience.

Okay...that's all I've got. I want to go home and sleep for days.

Fri, 04 Aug 2006 21:49:03 GMT

Well, still not a lot going on...Physical therapy is done for now, and I get to keep my tens unit so um score! I guess...

Donovan's coming home from camp tomorrow so that's very cool. We've hardly gotten to see him for almost a month now because he's been trekking all over the place...

We're still working on acclimating the baby kitty to outside. She's a little skiddish and I have to get over my dumb fears that she's going to run into traffic. It will be soooo nice to get rid of that cat box though...boy howdy!

I'm building up to a rant/conspiracy theory post soon. I can just feel it...

Sun, 30 Jul 2006 04:25:19 GMT

Not a whole lot going on...Last week I got a TENS unit for my back pain. It consists of little electrodes that have a portable transmitter. It's strange and taking some getting used to, but I think it's helping...

Vicodin-induced time wasting

Sun, 23 Jul 2006 02:11:28 GMT

This is all daphne1d's fault ;P

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 22:30:32 GMT

I'm leaving in about 15 minutes to go to a job interview. I am trying not to get nervous, but I always manage to anyway. Sometimes interviews go well for me and sometimes they don't. The job is with the state still, but very interesting...and oh yeah, I just started my period an hour ago.

Now I know what it feels like to be a junkie...

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 00:42:00 GMT

Well, okay. Not totally like a junkie, but I got a little taste...

When I went home for lunch today, I decided to take a few Midol because I'm pre-menstrual and my back hurts...I've taken them before. But, for some reason today, the small amount of caffeine in them totally fucked me up. When I got back to work, I felt like I had just taken a bunch of speed. I was all shaky and sick and horrible feeling. I hate the way stimulants make me feel...I steer far away from them. After the feeling had not gone away in a few hours, I decided to take my stomach medicine which contains phenobarbital ( a downer) thinking that I'll just "even myself out". Ugh...most of the afternoon, I felt weird and really out of it, but still jittery. Luckily, it has calmed down quite a bit now as I wait for my class to start. This is a Linux class, and I don't want to be too doped up to keep up :)

So...lesson learned. No more midol.

Creepy

Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:26:29 GMT

I have to share this dream I had last night...

It was in the near-future, and someone had launched a nuclear weapon. In retaliation, someone else had released an environmental toxin (dirty bomb) containing a substance that created a massive mineral deficiency in people when they were exposed. Over the first half of the dream, I was trying to figure out what was going on...There was an ominous feeling in the air, and the clouds were stirring and doing things I couldn't ever even imagine. I went outside and saw airplanes crashing...When I talk about "someone" doing this and "someone" doing that, in the dream, it didn't really matter who had attacked who anymore...everyone was suffering. The worst part was when the chemicals started to have effect...people started to bleed from the eyes (like tears) and by the time the public realized what was happening, it was too late. The chemical eventually killed people after basically emaciating them. The feeling and fear that I felt in this dream was so real, and nothing I have ever taken time to really imagine in great detail. It felt so real...and so possible...

Sun, 16 Jul 2006 00:04:24 GMT

Well, I'm getting ready to do the old "nuke & pave" on my computer shortly. It's always a scary process because I know that there is something I have forgotten to back up. It never fails. Nonetheless, I cannot abide the viruses and spyware any longer.

Hopefully, everything will be as good as new shortly...I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 21:30:30 GMT

This'll be a quick one because I'm taking a quick break at work. The baby kittie is doing well...a little groggy, but she seems to be moving freely and is eating and drinking. Her little shaved buddha belly is so cute! I'm really excited for her to get to go outside. She has been yearning for so long...

It's been kind of a strange day for me. I can tell that I'm getting hormonal. It's rainy and chilly outside and all I want to do is curl up in bed and read. I've been having spurts of sadness around my Mom's death and how it has affected my family members in different ways. School started back up last night. The schedule is tolerable...only 2 or 3 hours a night 4 nights a week. Last night was a Linux class. I'm super-excited about it. I've always wanted to use LInux but never took the plunge. Tonight it's Algebra, Verbal communication, and Intro to tech support. I've got years of tech support under my belt, so we'll see what that one's like :D

I keep smelling this phantom candy at my desk. It's driving me slightly insane since I'm trying to stay away from candy. It smells almost like bubblicious...weird...

The wedding plans are chugging along. It's so hard to keep things simple. My sister got married several months sooner than she had originally planned, and she and my other sister wrapped up the planning and got everything together in 2 days! I want to do it that way! No stress! I've found my dress and we think we've found the rings, and we're pretty sure we've found the place and the person to perform the ceremony...now just need the funds to secure it all. Yikes...

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:47:27 GMT

Shortly, we'll be bringing home the baby kitty minus one uterus. It's such a relief to have that taken care of. Now she can go outside with the other kitties!

Whoopie

Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:20:14 GMT

The weather is really nice today, so I decided to take some pictures...

These are all from my back yard. Green beans, snow peas, black berries, and chamomile (on the bottom)

Everybody told me that okra won't grow here because it doesn't get hot enough. I've got 3 plants with veggies on 'em! The flowers they produce are really pretty.

Chamomile!

I scattered a bunch of seeds in the spot by the front door, and so far I've got some snapdragons...

and um...can't remember what these are called...

Our neighbor's tree has these huge flowers on it. The buds are the size of pears!

This picture cracks me up because Cory is cleaning the cat box and Slash is in the background watching him.

And Slash, once he realized that we were watching him...

AnnaBelle likes to hang in the garage...

Kittie kisses!

Big Brother

Fri, 07 Jul 2006 19:06:24 GMT

I'm supposed to be cleaning right now, but I have to share this...

This morning when I went to my physical therapy appointment (for my dumb boobs), the receptionist told me that she was informing every one of a new privacy law for the state of Oregon. Basically, unless you opt-out, "researchers" can use any material (blood, tissue, etc) that may be left over from lab tests or such. What the Fuck?!?! Before she could even finish, I said "opt-out!" and she looked shocked! Apparently, I am the first one to request such a thing. Holy shit. This kind of creepy big brother shit scares me so much. I always end up sound like some crazy conspiracy theorist, but come on people! They are obviously going to use this information to create a master log of genetic information of every person that they can. Not to mention what Insurance companies could do with this sort of information.

The more I read about this, the more creeped out I become. It looks like, unless you know to tell anyone that may have access to your medical tests that you specifically opt-out, you're automatically included. The state of Oregon is the one enacting this rule, and this is the first I've heard of it...and I work for the state of Oregon!!!

God damn...I hate how complacent and comfortably ignorant people can be. My mind is sufficiently blown for today...wow.

Whew!

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 06:03:38 GMT

We got back from Spokane a few hours ago. It was so great to see my Dad and Sister and Brother-in-law, and Annika! She is the sweetest, happiest baby I have ever had the pleasure to know. The drive home was beautiful and we ended up taking an unexpected long-cut through some beautiful mountains.

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:13:19 GMT

I had a major cleaning bug hit me today. I guess it's a delayed spring cleaning type-thing. It all started out scrubbing the barf spots out of the carpet (Inga, the youngest kitty is apparently having trouble with her current food) and escalated to vacuming and sweeping and mopping...that sort of thing. It is incredibly hot outside right now, and we are fortunate enough to have air conditioning so we're kind of stuck inside.

I also have a lovely sunburn action going on from washing the cars yesterday. whoo.

Duuurr

Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:07:48 GMT

Swiped from daphne1d

Dear Ghaelestar,

You have a nice______. You make me _______. You should _______. Someday I will ______. You + me =________. If I saw you now I'd __________. I would build a _______ just for you. If I could sing you any song it would be _________.

Love,
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REPOST THIS AS "DEAR (YOUR NAME)" AND SEE WHAT ANSWERS YOU GET....

Mon, 19 Jun 2006 17:11:33 GMT

We had a nice Fathers Day weekend. The weather was beautiful and Cory got to play Warcraft for many many hours and Donovan and I mowed the lawn and I got a bunch of weeding and pruning accomplished (Cory helped too!). It felt good to get outside and get some exercise and fresh air. My snow peas are almost ready to pick, yay!

I think I am mostly recovered from Friday...just a little sore and tired.

That is all.

Here we are

Fri, 16 Jun 2006 21:12:53 GMT

I am writing this between vicodin-induced blackouts so I hope it makes sense :D

The "procedure" went well. Anesthesia is a trip...I was laying there waiting to go to sleep, and I was actually in the process of waking up. That was smooth...and my anasthesiologist was really cute so that helped.

I am definitely having some issues with my bladder. It's mightily irritated, so now I have to start really doing my bland diet and I have to take meds for 6 weeks, and no stress. I'm lucky that I can avoid stress for the most part.

Well, I think it's time to get back to veggin' and mourning for coffee...

Tue, 13 Jun 2006 22:09:52 GMT

It's been kind of a crazy week...my 30th birthday was last Saturday and we bought a "new" car. It's a 2002, but very nice and it can run on ethanol! That makes me so excited I could pee!

Speaking of peeing...I'm going in Friday to have a biopsy of my bladder. They tried last week when I was awake, and that was an unpleasant situation. I seem to be the queen of chronic syndromes that have no effective cure or substantial treatment. I blame all of the posions in the environment. I am on a super-limited diet right now which I am really trying to stick to...but it sucks! At least it's forcing me to eat healthier...mostly vegetables, rice, and lots of water. Because of the combination of this and my stomach problems, I've had to give up soda and coffee. Soda I'm okay with... Hey? You know what sucks? Moving to the northwest and learning to love and appreciate coffee in all of it's various forms only to have to give it up...bah! I miss coffee :(

I'm working very hard to keep myself in positive spirits through all of this. There are so many things in my life that are going better than I could have ever dreamed...

Wed, 07 Jun 2006 20:55:59 GMT

Our cats are so funny. My step-son Donovan had just poured out a bag of marbles, and Slash came in and promptly sat on them. He then sat patiently while Donovan arranged more marbles around him, and Cory and I scrambled for the camera. Crazy orange and white kitties...