Yesterday I had an interview at the West Jordan Campus of the community college. Today they hired me! Yippee Skippeeeee! I'm kinda excited to have a REAL job after 2 years of Tulip Tree limbo. Not that I haven't loved my job there, but there is so little method to balance the madness it can be very stressful & hard to keep positive.
My new job as a secretary for the academic advising department is gonna be a big change. My first obstacle will be being vertical and chipper by 9am every morning. I may have to teach myself to drink coffee *ick*. They're in a bit of a hurry to get me into position & trained, so I'm starting Monday. That makes tomorrow my last day at the flower shop...not that I'm really quitting, just not gonna be there every day like I'm used to. I know I'm gonna miss it, but I am SO excited to be moving on in the world.
Better go scrounge up something that resembles dinner.
Live long & prosper!
~m
my life as a florist, camper, crazy cat person, individual
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Fun at the County Fair
Scott & I went north for the Cache County fair. It was epoch.
We camped Thursday at my Grandparents place & had a great time remembering & enjoying what they worked so hard to build all those years. It was good for my soul to just soak in the home feelings and be there. Mom & Jack-jack stopped in on their walk, got to watch the family cars come & go lust like my Grandparents always did, and sat on the lawn in the moonlight smelling Grandma's rose garden. As relaxing goes it was pretty grand.
Friday we visited Mom & Jack-jack for a bit, Mom & I made navy blue cane armatures for her work, Scott was patient, Jacky put on his best cute & destructive act. Then we all went down to watch the horse show & wander the fairgrounds. Without ever being the rodeo queen, horseman, or ffa projecteer I have somehow spent more years than not at the county fair with my family. It's all good memories, and I had a TON of fun this year too. We watched Kelc rock her horse show winning self, and then stuck around for the rodeo queen transformation. Since our camper wasn't raising eyebrows we stayed where we were and had a pretty decent night there at the fairgrounds. Saturday we got to watch Eric's girlfriend Josie show on her beautiful horse Pepper. I had a lot of fun watching the show & having someone to cheer for. Not to mention having my FAVORITE snow cone purveyor within walking distance (alas, they had no apple syrup with them).
Saturday night Kelc was in the rodeo again, and my AWESOME Auntie Leisa brought two horses for her so that I got a chance to ride one for a bit. It's been a VERY long time since I've been on a horse. I enjoyed all 20 minutes of it, I'm VERY GRATEFUL that Baby Doll is a patient horse, & I was very glad that I quit at 20 minutes.
We stayed the next two nights at the Christensen's place where we took turns snuggling & spoiling Sambo the adorable black barn cat who thinks our camper is HER's whenever it's there. Sunday I went to the horse races in Mallad with Leisa, Kelcee, Angie, Mike, & Austin. I have never been to the horse races before, so going with family and hearing all their memories about horse racing with Uncle John & Grandpa was quite a bit of fun. I also caught a pretty awesome but not painful sunburn.
Monday we visited pepperige farm for cookies and crackers, then Lower's for MEAT then came home, & begged forgivness with the kitties.
Since then we've done not much of interest.
I got a phone call from Tracy at South Fork (campground) turns out the canyon boss' from last year, who's 'unique' style of management made life there so impossible, worked their same magic this year at cemetary point & most of their employee's walked out on them the week before the 24th. They were fired. I have to admit I did a bit of celebrating. Too bad all those nice folks had to be tortured though.
I've not touched on everything I have to update on, but it's late, and my thoughts are scattering. More soon.
~m
We camped Thursday at my Grandparents place & had a great time remembering & enjoying what they worked so hard to build all those years. It was good for my soul to just soak in the home feelings and be there. Mom & Jack-jack stopped in on their walk, got to watch the family cars come & go lust like my Grandparents always did, and sat on the lawn in the moonlight smelling Grandma's rose garden. As relaxing goes it was pretty grand.
Friday we visited Mom & Jack-jack for a bit, Mom & I made navy blue cane armatures for her work, Scott was patient, Jacky put on his best cute & destructive act. Then we all went down to watch the horse show & wander the fairgrounds. Without ever being the rodeo queen, horseman, or ffa projecteer I have somehow spent more years than not at the county fair with my family. It's all good memories, and I had a TON of fun this year too. We watched Kelc rock her horse show winning self, and then stuck around for the rodeo queen transformation. Since our camper wasn't raising eyebrows we stayed where we were and had a pretty decent night there at the fairgrounds. Saturday we got to watch Eric's girlfriend Josie show on her beautiful horse Pepper. I had a lot of fun watching the show & having someone to cheer for. Not to mention having my FAVORITE snow cone purveyor within walking distance (alas, they had no apple syrup with them).
Saturday night Kelc was in the rodeo again, and my AWESOME Auntie Leisa brought two horses for her so that I got a chance to ride one for a bit. It's been a VERY long time since I've been on a horse. I enjoyed all 20 minutes of it, I'm VERY GRATEFUL that Baby Doll is a patient horse, & I was very glad that I quit at 20 minutes.
We stayed the next two nights at the Christensen's place where we took turns snuggling & spoiling Sambo the adorable black barn cat who thinks our camper is HER's whenever it's there. Sunday I went to the horse races in Mallad with Leisa, Kelcee, Angie, Mike, & Austin. I have never been to the horse races before, so going with family and hearing all their memories about horse racing with Uncle John & Grandpa was quite a bit of fun. I also caught a pretty awesome but not painful sunburn.
Monday we visited pepperige farm for cookies and crackers, then Lower's for MEAT then came home, & begged forgivness with the kitties.
Since then we've done not much of interest.
I got a phone call from Tracy at South Fork (campground) turns out the canyon boss' from last year, who's 'unique' style of management made life there so impossible, worked their same magic this year at cemetary point & most of their employee's walked out on them the week before the 24th. They were fired. I have to admit I did a bit of celebrating. Too bad all those nice folks had to be tortured though.
I've not touched on everything I have to update on, but it's late, and my thoughts are scattering. More soon.
~m
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Locked my keys in the car....again.
Wish I wasn't quite so good at that. But I guess as these things go locking my keys in the car isn't the worst habit I could have. Fortunately I have a AAA card and a patient husband. Anyhow today my lock out was at the pet store in Bountiful where I got Oscar. During my wait I discovered that his favorite toys are not manufactured anymore, that there are birds stranger than him...but just barely, and that my pets are spoiled. Gotta get myself back to a normal work schedule just to pay for the toys and kibble I bought while waiting. & I still had to come home & order the scratcher refills online. Spazz's favorite place to lay is on top of her scratching toy, she often sleeps face down there. I'm certain that the catnip embedded in the cardboard center has something to do with it. Recently I flipped the cardboard over making her favorite toy EVEN BETTER! They've all been taking turns attacking it and sharpening their claws. However today when we came home it looked like this:
I believe the intended message is quite clear. Fresh nip, & new stuffing is required.
Gonna go play with Oscar for a bit, and then go empty the elk meat out of the camper freezer so we have room for food in there. Then bed, I'm all sorts of tired.
Nite nite.
~m
Gonna go play with Oscar for a bit, and then go empty the elk meat out of the camper freezer so we have room for food in there. Then bed, I'm all sorts of tired.
Nite nite.
~m
My brush with the silent killer.
So my eyes have been buggin me a little & my glasses are VERY scratched, and I found awesome purple contacts online that would make an awesome addition to my halloween costume. I set up an appointment with my usual optical guy & went in for an exam. He saw some bleeding in the back of both eyes...so we walked over to the pharmacy and checked my blood pressure. 253/147......so we checked it again....the same....so he called the ER & I called Scott for a ride. They took all kinds of pictures and scans of my head & heart to make sure I didn't have bleeding of the brain or damage from the pressure being so high. After four hours in ER they checked me into the hospital overnight. Turns out I should have noticed symptoms like headaches & pressure in my chest. I get similar symptoms from my back pain, so who knows how long I've been having them & not noticing. They got me down out of the scary zone into the still be careful & worry about it a bit zone & let me go home. My vision's still a bit screwy ( couldn't tell blue from purple the other day), and I'm hella tired. But otherwise I feel exactly the same as I did last week and the week before.
So now I take the little pills, and check my bp daily. Guess I better get used to it cuz this is gonna be my life. Not really surprised that I have hypertension, all of my grandparents were treated for it, and Dad fought his for years. I'm just real lucky that I didn't have a stroke or something while we were off on our own camping. I sent the eye doctor flowers, & I'll be back to see him in a few months when my bp's under control & my eyes are back to normal. I've made an appointment to see the guy who Scott's been going to for his physicals, and from there I guess I'll set up appointments with a spine doc & all the other doctors I've been avoiding for the last 6 years. Might as well, pretty sure the bill for my hospital visit is gonna get us to our out of pocket maximum.
Spazz is reminding me that when I sat down I promised her I would order refills for her scratcher toy. Better go do that before she takes it out on my pillow.
Live long & prosper.
~m
So now I take the little pills, and check my bp daily. Guess I better get used to it cuz this is gonna be my life. Not really surprised that I have hypertension, all of my grandparents were treated for it, and Dad fought his for years. I'm just real lucky that I didn't have a stroke or something while we were off on our own camping. I sent the eye doctor flowers, & I'll be back to see him in a few months when my bp's under control & my eyes are back to normal. I've made an appointment to see the guy who Scott's been going to for his physicals, and from there I guess I'll set up appointments with a spine doc & all the other doctors I've been avoiding for the last 6 years. Might as well, pretty sure the bill for my hospital visit is gonna get us to our out of pocket maximum.
Spazz is reminding me that when I sat down I promised her I would order refills for her scratcher toy. Better go do that before she takes it out on my pillow.
Live long & prosper.
~m
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
You can never go back.
But you can try to recreate....sometimes. While we were at the Preston rodeo last weekend Scott & I somehow managed to avoid the rodeo food stand that was producing some really tasty looking/smelling food. I had actually planned on that being our dinner, but with one thing and another we somehow ended up eating lunchables in the camper at midnight (the pizza ones are kinda gross btw).
So last night I went to the grocery store & bought burger patties, shredded lettuce, a sweet onion, vine tomato, the good $2 bacon, etc. Tonight we feasted. It may not have been quite the same as the Lion's stand rodeo burgers, but we'll be eating them again tomorrow cuz they were REALLY good. I cooked the onions down in cast iron, seasoned the patties, browned them on medium heat, threw on some of the onions, and a slice of sharp cheddar, warmed the bun on the pan for a few, then we each topped our own burger from the "topping bar". It ain't health food, but it sure was delish.
Today one of our familiar customers complemented me about letting my hair go back to "normal". NO WAY! So I came home & broke out the purple dye. I am back to my "natural" color. Sorry world, the Mari is not what most people would expect. Those who have known me more than 5 minutes see how purple (or red, or blue) is really me. Though that same customer was very proud of spending 22,000 on a new car....so he obviously is NOT sane!
Yesterday I caught the schwan's guy at the neighbors' house and asked him to come by my with itialian ice cups (they're pretty dang amazing). When he came to the door he was surprised that he'd never met me because he's seen my scooter around quite a bit. I had to laugh because I've been a bad biker and left the silver wing parked quite a bit lately. Guess a purple fairy helmet and a purple scooter with fuzzy dice is just memorable.
My car came down with a fresh case of gremlins yesterday & I was real glad the rain was clearing because I had to ride the scooter. It turned out to be a great day for riding, and I'm all sorts of sore from enjoying it. Might even pester Scotty into fixing my fork seals so I can do more riding soon. I can definitely feel that things aren't quite right in the stearing/suspension department.
Last night I booked reservations for camping Arches, Dead horse & a couple other places before snow flies...possibly after. We're getting better and better at packing and going without too much stress. Not that we don't want to kill each other at times, it is an awfully small camper after all.
Gotta go help clean up the kitchen so we can make burgers again tomorrow.
Live long & prosper.
~m
So last night I went to the grocery store & bought burger patties, shredded lettuce, a sweet onion, vine tomato, the good $2 bacon, etc. Tonight we feasted. It may not have been quite the same as the Lion's stand rodeo burgers, but we'll be eating them again tomorrow cuz they were REALLY good. I cooked the onions down in cast iron, seasoned the patties, browned them on medium heat, threw on some of the onions, and a slice of sharp cheddar, warmed the bun on the pan for a few, then we each topped our own burger from the "topping bar". It ain't health food, but it sure was delish.
Today one of our familiar customers complemented me about letting my hair go back to "normal". NO WAY! So I came home & broke out the purple dye. I am back to my "natural" color. Sorry world, the Mari is not what most people would expect. Those who have known me more than 5 minutes see how purple (or red, or blue) is really me. Though that same customer was very proud of spending 22,000 on a new car....so he obviously is NOT sane!
Yesterday I caught the schwan's guy at the neighbors' house and asked him to come by my with itialian ice cups (they're pretty dang amazing). When he came to the door he was surprised that he'd never met me because he's seen my scooter around quite a bit. I had to laugh because I've been a bad biker and left the silver wing parked quite a bit lately. Guess a purple fairy helmet and a purple scooter with fuzzy dice is just memorable.
My car came down with a fresh case of gremlins yesterday & I was real glad the rain was clearing because I had to ride the scooter. It turned out to be a great day for riding, and I'm all sorts of sore from enjoying it. Might even pester Scotty into fixing my fork seals so I can do more riding soon. I can definitely feel that things aren't quite right in the stearing/suspension department.
Last night I booked reservations for camping Arches, Dead horse & a couple other places before snow flies...possibly after. We're getting better and better at packing and going without too much stress. Not that we don't want to kill each other at times, it is an awfully small camper after all.
Gotta go help clean up the kitchen so we can make burgers again tomorrow.
Live long & prosper.
~m
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