One post a day

I have no idea why I thought that I could do that. One post a day. I must have been insane, because really, November is a busy month!

But.

I did it. I completed the NaNoBloPo challenge. I can't tell you how long that it's been since I've done something that I couldn't complete in a couple days. It really feels good to have really "done it".

Wowsers!

Maybe now I should try that "eat in front of the mirror while naked" diet!

Thursday check in

Mike the dog is doing well!

The Vet checked his eye pressure, and it was down to 21, from up in the mid 40's. This is such an answer to prayer. I'm so glad that I kept up with the medicine and the drops. He is going to be ok. And will not lose his eye. At least right now. In the future if the medicine doesn't work, we may need to enunculate the eye, but for now we are all A-OK!

YAY!!!!

What I did today!

Quiet comfort

I've been making decisions in my life, and though I'm not ready to announce them, I am feeling a still quiet comfort within.

I'm still looking for a job. I'm not having much success, I went to one interview where they weren't even expecting me. After rounding up someone to finally interview me, the HR person said "we have about 5 people we are considering hiring from within our hospital". All I could think about was that I wanted the last 2 hours of my life back. Binghamton is not a hotbed of medical research, and I would love to get back into a patient contact type position, so I'd have to go into medical reception for that type of thing until I finish my degree.

Anyone have any great ideas for home based businesses? I'm leaning towards a service type of a business, not a home sales thing. I don't have patience for home sales parties, and I refuse to partake in that style of thing.

I am doing well, so far no issues from the ticks. Although now I'm a little psycho every time I feel anything like a little creepy skin, or a bump, or a sore spot. Lets just say a large naked woman in front of a mirror is enough to lose weight. As a matter of fact, from now on when I want to snack outside of mealtime I will get naked and stand in front of a mirror while I eat it. That'll be a diet that works!

Editing the past

I put things up on my blog that aren't pretty. So far I've decided to NOT edit my words. I need to really own these words. I don't really care how they make me "look" to the world. I'm being honest and true and this blog is what I need to egg me on and move me forward in my life. It's my confessional. I refuse to hide behind a facade, and this is where I can be the ugly me.

I may edit in the future, but for now, this is what it is. It's me, all the pontificating, all the unsteadiness, all the fear and the ugliness, and all the beauty that is beginning to bloom through all the manure.

What makes a friend

The two peas blogger challenge is to describe what makes the core of friendship for me.

It's funny how difficult it was for me. I think that the initial attraction of friendship is an initial honesty, an outward friendliness, and a bright sense of humor. These are the things that I am drawn towards.

The 'hook' is that there is what I've always felt as a "sponge" of confidence. A friend is someone who you can confide in, and she won't ever utter anything that you've said or hold it against you. For me, because of the ex's career, I had to do a lot of moving around. I have friends who I have left behind that I can call and we pick up life immediately where we were before I left. It's a life long connection and it's something that can't truly be described.

I have a few friends that I would trust with my life. I think that's the key to a true friend. Someone who will keep you in your place, and someone who will put everything aside for you.

I always laugh when I see the quote " A true friend is someone who sees right through you and still enjoys the view."

Exhausted

I've done NOTHING today. Not exactly nothing, but close enough. I didn't sleep again last night, the man was in a mood, and he didn't sleep. He kept the light on next to his side of the bed until I asked him to turn it off. It was really terrible.

SO...I got up at 6 and then finished a book I'd started eons ago. Then I took a shower and found another tick on me! The first tick we found on Friday, it was just below my collar bone. This morning, I found one on my back in the shower. The one on Friday came off very easily. The one today...we had to do a little minor surgery. I'm a little gunshy about taking another shower.

Tomorrow I need to put the laundry away, go to the post office, and pull out the decorations for Christmas.

The neighbors all were putting out their decorations today, but the man is still in a mood, and I don't really feel like putting any effort into anything today.

I'm really tired of being told that I'm not engaging, not paying attention, not doing whatever. I'm sick of it all. I realize that I'm going to feel better tomorrow, but tonight, I have a date with a tablet of Simply Sleep and a nice glass of water.