I was supposed to go have drinks with peeps from work, but I just couldn't do it. I stayed up until about 11ish the past 2 nights and I feel it now. 530am comes calling early, you know?! I have also been having some stomach problems since Sunday. I will spare you the details, but it is has been an uncomfortable situation.
Neal left for work today (booooo). We had a pretty good weekend. We are still watching our $$, so we stayed pretty close to home. We did, however, resurrect Sunday Funday. We went and saw the new Harry Potter movie and then went to the Brew Pub after to sit outside and have some beers. You know, I used to criticize the whole Harry Potter thing, but I kind of dig it now. The movie was pretty good. And I loooove Hermione aka Emma Watson. She is so cute. Is it weird that I want to be her and she's like 10 years younger than me? Probably so.
This work week has been exceptionally weird though. This is my Tuesday: I start off at the Parish's main office for some computer training. I get back to my office where a masseuse from my boss's chiropractor's office had come in to give us all brief, chair massages in order to get us to come into his office for a consult. So I get my little massage and I get the question that I know is coming..."Have you been diagnosed with scoliosis before?" And I say that I have, like in 5th grade, by the school nurse. I haven't ever gone to see a doc about it though. Basically, my spine is sort of crooked and I'm not sure that there's anything you can really do about it to make it 100% straight, but there are some sort of precautions you can take so it doesn't get worse. So this masseuse talks me into making an appointment at the chiropractor's office for a consult. The problem is that I don't really believe in chiropracty (sp?). So now I'm thinking about going to an orthopedist to see what they say. Ugh, I would really just prefer to ignore all this, but my shoulders do hurt sometimes when I'm running, so I should probably nip it in the bud.
After the fun and not-at-all-scary scoliosis talk, my other boss drags me with him on the field trip from hell, which I am not ready to write about. I saw some stuff I never wanted to see. I'm pretty sure I'm scarred for life. I'll fill ya'll in on that one later when I am able to think about it without getting nauseous. I'll just say that even though we don't do case management in our office, sometimes our boss has to get involved in less than desirable situations that require some sort of case management or Parish intervention. Yuck.
I just want this week to be over!
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Saturday, July 18, 2009
What, Now?
(I'm not sure if this post makes any sense or not. I've been staring at a computer all day, so everything is just kind of running together. Attempt to read at your own risk.)
I went to Rouses (Crack Den) after work today to get a few groceries. I opened the back of the Jeep to put my groceries up when I noticed a freaking frog wedged in this little space of my trunk. I shoed him out and realized that he had probably been in there since the last time I opened the trunk, which was Sunday. YUCK. And that's not the first time there has been a frog-in-the-jeep incident. Damn frogs.
I went to NO this past weekend to help my Mom out with her garage sale. Want to meet some interesting people? Have a garage sale uptown. For instance, a man stopped by with his daughter to browse. They were both on bikes. He was pretty interesting looking because he was wearing a sailor's cap and used a carved wooden walking cane. We chat with him a bit and it ends up that he is a wood carver and he carved the cane himself. Mom's friend Susie (who is an artist) keeps saying how familiar he looks. She asked him if he did psychic readings on Oak Street. He said he did. It turns out, he had done one for her a while back. (Of course he did.) He also did not remember it. Maybe he's not that psychic.
Olivia's Dad, Keith, also hung around the house all day spending time with Olivia. Keith is....something else. I can't really describe him, but I will give you 3 examples of things that happen/ are said when he is around.
1. Since Mom lives just a few blocks from where we used to live on Willow St, Keith and Olivia thought it was a good idea to walk back to the old house, knock on the door, and ask the current tenants if they had any similar odd/ghost/haunted house experiences that we experienced when we were living there. Thank goodness, no one was home. FYI - Keith is loud and about 6 foot 5. If someone like that, whom I didn't know, came knocking on my door asking me about ghosts I would probably call the cops.
2. Most embarrassing moment of the day: Keith asks Mom's gay friend Susie, "So you gotta' man?"
3. Most cringe-worthy moment of the day: Ted, Keith and I were talking about the time we were backing out of the driveway in our car on Willow St when we got hit by a woman flying down the street in a suburban who was married to a McIlhenny (Tabasco family). She pulled some strings and he ended up getting a ticket for the wreck about two weeks after it happened. Keith tells me and Ted, "When I lived in Lafayette, I was doing one of her McIlhenny nieces. Take that to the bank, bitch!"
So anyway, Neal's company has found 2 contracts for 2 rigs that are not his. He left last Wednesday to go to Oklahoma for the week to drill on a rig there. He's coming home tomorrow, yay! However, working 7 and 7 in Oklahoma is not going to fly. It's just too much driving. Supposedly, his company has found work for his rig in northwestern Texas. If this pans out, he will go back to being rig manager and will work 14 and 14. The drive will be about 12 hours, but if he only has to do it once every 2 weeks it will be more manageable. We shall see.
Work is going well. Lots of politics and secrets and laws and drama, etc. It's good though, I'm still likin' it. I get to go to Boston in October for work training, which is pretty cool.
Hmmm, it's 6:45. I feel like I'm ready for bed, but I'll try and hold out until 9. I hate being this tired this early!
I went to Rouses (Crack Den) after work today to get a few groceries. I opened the back of the Jeep to put my groceries up when I noticed a freaking frog wedged in this little space of my trunk. I shoed him out and realized that he had probably been in there since the last time I opened the trunk, which was Sunday. YUCK. And that's not the first time there has been a frog-in-the-jeep incident. Damn frogs.
I went to NO this past weekend to help my Mom out with her garage sale. Want to meet some interesting people? Have a garage sale uptown. For instance, a man stopped by with his daughter to browse. They were both on bikes. He was pretty interesting looking because he was wearing a sailor's cap and used a carved wooden walking cane. We chat with him a bit and it ends up that he is a wood carver and he carved the cane himself. Mom's friend Susie (who is an artist) keeps saying how familiar he looks. She asked him if he did psychic readings on Oak Street. He said he did. It turns out, he had done one for her a while back. (Of course he did.) He also did not remember it. Maybe he's not that psychic.
Olivia's Dad, Keith, also hung around the house all day spending time with Olivia. Keith is....something else. I can't really describe him, but I will give you 3 examples of things that happen/ are said when he is around.
1. Since Mom lives just a few blocks from where we used to live on Willow St, Keith and Olivia thought it was a good idea to walk back to the old house, knock on the door, and ask the current tenants if they had any similar odd/ghost/haunted house experiences that we experienced when we were living there. Thank goodness, no one was home. FYI - Keith is loud and about 6 foot 5. If someone like that, whom I didn't know, came knocking on my door asking me about ghosts I would probably call the cops.
2. Most embarrassing moment of the day: Keith asks Mom's gay friend Susie, "So you gotta' man?"
3. Most cringe-worthy moment of the day: Ted, Keith and I were talking about the time we were backing out of the driveway in our car on Willow St when we got hit by a woman flying down the street in a suburban who was married to a McIlhenny (Tabasco family). She pulled some strings and he ended up getting a ticket for the wreck about two weeks after it happened. Keith tells me and Ted, "When I lived in Lafayette, I was doing one of her McIlhenny nieces. Take that to the bank, bitch!"
So anyway, Neal's company has found 2 contracts for 2 rigs that are not his. He left last Wednesday to go to Oklahoma for the week to drill on a rig there. He's coming home tomorrow, yay! However, working 7 and 7 in Oklahoma is not going to fly. It's just too much driving. Supposedly, his company has found work for his rig in northwestern Texas. If this pans out, he will go back to being rig manager and will work 14 and 14. The drive will be about 12 hours, but if he only has to do it once every 2 weeks it will be more manageable. We shall see.
Work is going well. Lots of politics and secrets and laws and drama, etc. It's good though, I'm still likin' it. I get to go to Boston in October for work training, which is pretty cool.
Hmmm, it's 6:45. I feel like I'm ready for bed, but I'll try and hold out until 9. I hate being this tired this early!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
MJ, Rouses, and LSU
1. First things first....Michael Jackson just died? What?? And Farrah Fawcett? And Ed McMahon passed away yesterday. Why do celebrity deaths always come in 3's? It's so sad.
2. I am currently readjusting to the slowness of south Louisiana. Everyone and everything just moves so much slower here than it does anywhere else. I am reminded of this every time I go to the local Rouses grocery store, or as I like to call it, The Crack Den. I don't know why this store is so sketchy, but it is. The people that work in this place resemble the misfit toys from Rudolph (except they're cracked out). Also, I think I may have seen our landlord's realtor working there. I guess it could have been him....the housing market isn't exactly booming.
Anyway, the white girl that was working the check-out lane next to mine was talking to the woman that was in her line. This is what she was saying..."Mmmmm Hmmmm. Yeah, so we moved in and he's all like, 'just watch you'll be pregnant in 3 months' and I'm all like shit, no, I ain't ready for dat. Mmmmm hmmm, he's 30 and I'm 19. I ain't ready to get pregnant, I already got a 2 year old."
I was so busy listening to her that I did not realize that the boy who was bagging my groceries was placing only one item in a bag. Really, every single thing I bought had its own bag. My bag of baby carrots was even double bagged.
3. Work is good so far. I enjoy what I'm doing because it's all government policy and regulations stuff. I am totally in my element. I feel that I definitely ended up where I was meant to be!
I'm pretty tired when I get home, but I'm hoping that I get over that soon. I've also managed to follow through with my morning workouts. Tues - Fri I get up at 530am to go to the gym. Yeah, I can't believe it either. I mean, I used to shower the night before work so I could sleep till 745am when I was supposed to be at work at 815. Who knew?!
4. How bout 'dem Tigahs????? Did anyone else tear up a little bit when Coach Paul was hugging his dad after the win? So sweet. And I love Les Miles for being there. We (LSU fans) currently have some of the most respectable, kind coaches in the NCAA. Now I'm ready for football!
T minus 2 hours till part 2 of the Real Housewives of NJ reunion show. Fuhgetttabouttit.
2. I am currently readjusting to the slowness of south Louisiana. Everyone and everything just moves so much slower here than it does anywhere else. I am reminded of this every time I go to the local Rouses grocery store, or as I like to call it, The Crack Den. I don't know why this store is so sketchy, but it is. The people that work in this place resemble the misfit toys from Rudolph (except they're cracked out). Also, I think I may have seen our landlord's realtor working there. I guess it could have been him....the housing market isn't exactly booming.
Anyway, the white girl that was working the check-out lane next to mine was talking to the woman that was in her line. This is what she was saying..."Mmmmm Hmmmm. Yeah, so we moved in and he's all like, 'just watch you'll be pregnant in 3 months' and I'm all like shit, no, I ain't ready for dat. Mmmmm hmmm, he's 30 and I'm 19. I ain't ready to get pregnant, I already got a 2 year old."
I was so busy listening to her that I did not realize that the boy who was bagging my groceries was placing only one item in a bag. Really, every single thing I bought had its own bag. My bag of baby carrots was even double bagged.
3. Work is good so far. I enjoy what I'm doing because it's all government policy and regulations stuff. I am totally in my element. I feel that I definitely ended up where I was meant to be!
I'm pretty tired when I get home, but I'm hoping that I get over that soon. I've also managed to follow through with my morning workouts. Tues - Fri I get up at 530am to go to the gym. Yeah, I can't believe it either. I mean, I used to shower the night before work so I could sleep till 745am when I was supposed to be at work at 815. Who knew?!
4. How bout 'dem Tigahs????? Did anyone else tear up a little bit when Coach Paul was hugging his dad after the win? So sweet. And I love Les Miles for being there. We (LSU fans) currently have some of the most respectable, kind coaches in the NCAA. Now I'm ready for football!
T minus 2 hours till part 2 of the Real Housewives of NJ reunion show. Fuhgetttabouttit.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Back to Life, Back to Reality
The new job starts tomorrow....I am nervous and excited! I am looking forward to once again becoming a productive member of society, but I will sometimes miss being a day lady. No more weekday afternoon trips to the grocery, or watching sitcom reruns on Lifetime all morning or sleeping till whenever. But for reals, 8-430pm 5 minutes away from our house ain't all the bad, ya' heard? I am also looking forward to buying new clothes. There are a couple of cute boutiques right around my office that I plan to start frequenting. I will wear a uniform shirt to work so I only have to worry about buying pants, etc for office wear. All my other clothes can be just for fun.
Neal was home for almost TWO WHOLE WEEKS this time and it was wonderful. We made the most out of our joint time off since it will probably be our last until we have kids and I go on maternity leave.
Six years and two days after our first date at the zoo, we finally went back week before last. It was awesome. Hot, but awesome.
Last Saturday we went to Pruitt and Kat's to watch the baseball game and the following day was Cara's baby shower in NO. Monday we worked outside around the house, Tuesday Cara and Evan came over for a visit, Wednesday the in-laws came in town for a night, and my sister came in town Thursday. She and Dad watched the game at our house Friday and then yesterday Maddie, Neal, Zells, and I took Zells' boat out on the Tchefuncte and in Lake Ponch. It was tons and tons and tons of fun. (And I'm not posing in the pic below, I was holding my weird-length bangs back because visors do not do a good job of doing that for you. I really wish those suckers would just grow the f out already.)
Neal headed back to work today and I went with the rest of the fam to my brother's house for Father's Day. We BBQd and swam and had a nice day together. Ted is probably one of the most hands-on fathers I've ever seen. Since Diwina works in BR, he takes TJ to and from daycare everyday and takes him on all of his visits to the pediatrician. He dotes on that cute baby so much its unbelievable. It is really very sweet.
So now I'm sorta' tired, I need to do laundry and I start my new job tomorrow. Dear Lord I hope I manage to get through day 1 without doing or saying anything too stupid. If I'm lucky, no one I work with was driving on the Causeway yesterday afternoon and saw me dancing like a fool on a boat in Lake Ponch.
Neal was home for almost TWO WHOLE WEEKS this time and it was wonderful. We made the most out of our joint time off since it will probably be our last until we have kids and I go on maternity leave.
Six years and two days after our first date at the zoo, we finally went back week before last. It was awesome. Hot, but awesome.
Last Saturday we went to Pruitt and Kat's to watch the baseball game and the following day was Cara's baby shower in NO. Monday we worked outside around the house, Tuesday Cara and Evan came over for a visit, Wednesday the in-laws came in town for a night, and my sister came in town Thursday. She and Dad watched the game at our house Friday and then yesterday Maddie, Neal, Zells, and I took Zells' boat out on the Tchefuncte and in Lake Ponch. It was tons and tons and tons of fun. (And I'm not posing in the pic below, I was holding my weird-length bangs back because visors do not do a good job of doing that for you. I really wish those suckers would just grow the f out already.)
Neal headed back to work today and I went with the rest of the fam to my brother's house for Father's Day. We BBQd and swam and had a nice day together. Ted is probably one of the most hands-on fathers I've ever seen. Since Diwina works in BR, he takes TJ to and from daycare everyday and takes him on all of his visits to the pediatrician. He dotes on that cute baby so much its unbelievable. It is really very sweet.
So now I'm sorta' tired, I need to do laundry and I start my new job tomorrow. Dear Lord I hope I manage to get through day 1 without doing or saying anything too stupid. If I'm lucky, no one I work with was driving on the Causeway yesterday afternoon and saw me dancing like a fool on a boat in Lake Ponch.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Employment!
I am now an employee of the St. Tammany Parish Government! I start 6/22. I will be working in the Office of Social Services as the Community Development Block Grant Administrator. (Money comes from the federal department of Housing and Urban Development and is distributed across St. Tammany Parish to build things and make the community a better place. Some of it is healthcare related and I was told that, as time goes on, I will continue to receive more and more specific healthcare-related responsibilities.) It's 8-430 M-F and the office is less than 5 minutes away from our house. HOLLA!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Interviewing
So I had an interview with another company this past Wednesday and I have an interview with another organization Monday. I was also contacted about another job that I applied for and was told that interviewing will start after June 13th. One of these HAS TO WORK OUT!
Neal came home Wednesday and will be heading back to the Port today. We had a lovely evening last night. We had some drinks on our back patio, BBQ'd and then watched the basketball game. Life is good. I'm going to Kristen's tonight for a girls night. Kristen is making her margs....should be fun!
I finally got my grades in from school. 4 A's and a motherfrickin' C. And yes, the 'C' was in statistics. Ahh, well. At least I passed! My overall GPA is a 3.6. Not too shabby.
Oh, and for the first time ever I did some half-assed gardening yesterday. I cut dead flowers and leaves and stuff from the hydrangea and gardenia bushes. I have a history of killing plants so I need to get a book on gardening. And then I can get some fun gardening boots and clothes. I'm thinking something along the lines of....
Sooo cute, right?! Have a great weekend everyone!
Neal came home Wednesday and will be heading back to the Port today. We had a lovely evening last night. We had some drinks on our back patio, BBQ'd and then watched the basketball game. Life is good. I'm going to Kristen's tonight for a girls night. Kristen is making her margs....should be fun!
I finally got my grades in from school. 4 A's and a motherfrickin' C. And yes, the 'C' was in statistics. Ahh, well. At least I passed! My overall GPA is a 3.6. Not too shabby.
Oh, and for the first time ever I did some half-assed gardening yesterday. I cut dead flowers and leaves and stuff from the hydrangea and gardenia bushes. I have a history of killing plants so I need to get a book on gardening. And then I can get some fun gardening boots and clothes. I'm thinking something along the lines of....
Sooo cute, right?! Have a great weekend everyone!
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
I'm a Master of Healthcare Administration. Now What?
Still no news on the job front. It's getting a little frustrating. I know something will come along eventually, but I'm hoping it happens sooner rather than later. I'm starting to go a little stir crazy.
Neal and I went to Baskin last weekend and it was actually the first time we had been there since September. Neal's parents hosted a fish fry shindig for Neal's grandfather. I cut fish and spooned hushpuppy mixture into a boiling pot of grease. (Maybe I'll add those skills to my resume.) It was actually a good day. His grandfather loved it and Marilyn was very excited to have the entire town of Baskin at her house for a party. I'm glad Neal was off so that we were able to go.
Yesterday we might have gone to the Brew Pub at 2pm and I might have gotten a little tipsy while there. And then we might have had Cane's for dinner last night. I am not proud of any of this, but sometimes a girl's gotta' drink on a Tuesday afternoon. I still feel guilty about it though, so I don't see it happening again anytime soon.
I visited Kristen and her kids this morning and those kids are SOOOOO cute. I'm heading to Shreveport Friday to spend the weekend with Neal and am stopping in BR on the way there to take another civil service exam that is needed for some of the jobs I applied for with the state.
Dave's new album comes out June 2nd and I am way excited. The Fuse channel is airing some kind of documentary about him and the album next week and I am stoked for that as well. I recently read an interview he gave to the Times Pic not long after Jazz Fest and he has nothing but wonderful things to say about NO. I was getting super stressed today about the job sitch so I road around for a bit and listened to him in the car, and it made me feel better. No matter what, I can put Dave on and it immediately chills me out.
It really is just so nice to be home. I just loooove our little house. Now if I could just get a job everything would be marvy. Here are a few pics of the house..
And all this Jon and Kate Plus 8 biz????? I did not watch the show Sunday night, but Kidd Kraddick was talking about it on the radio Monday morning so I'm going to watch it the next time it airs. I really think they should just remove themselves from television and focus on the fam, but I seriously doubt that it's going to happen. Those poor kids.
Anyway, that's about it. Miss ya'll!
Neal and I went to Baskin last weekend and it was actually the first time we had been there since September. Neal's parents hosted a fish fry shindig for Neal's grandfather. I cut fish and spooned hushpuppy mixture into a boiling pot of grease. (Maybe I'll add those skills to my resume.) It was actually a good day. His grandfather loved it and Marilyn was very excited to have the entire town of Baskin at her house for a party. I'm glad Neal was off so that we were able to go.
Yesterday we might have gone to the Brew Pub at 2pm and I might have gotten a little tipsy while there. And then we might have had Cane's for dinner last night. I am not proud of any of this, but sometimes a girl's gotta' drink on a Tuesday afternoon. I still feel guilty about it though, so I don't see it happening again anytime soon.
I visited Kristen and her kids this morning and those kids are SOOOOO cute. I'm heading to Shreveport Friday to spend the weekend with Neal and am stopping in BR on the way there to take another civil service exam that is needed for some of the jobs I applied for with the state.
Dave's new album comes out June 2nd and I am way excited. The Fuse channel is airing some kind of documentary about him and the album next week and I am stoked for that as well. I recently read an interview he gave to the Times Pic not long after Jazz Fest and he has nothing but wonderful things to say about NO. I was getting super stressed today about the job sitch so I road around for a bit and listened to him in the car, and it made me feel better. No matter what, I can put Dave on and it immediately chills me out.
It really is just so nice to be home. I just loooove our little house. Now if I could just get a job everything would be marvy. Here are a few pics of the house..
And all this Jon and Kate Plus 8 biz????? I did not watch the show Sunday night, but Kidd Kraddick was talking about it on the radio Monday morning so I'm going to watch it the next time it airs. I really think they should just remove themselves from television and focus on the fam, but I seriously doubt that it's going to happen. Those poor kids.
Anyway, that's about it. Miss ya'll!
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