The Chronicles of My Journey to Find Where I Fit In This Crazy Ass World

OMG. I love my job.

Fri, 12 Dec 2008 04:48:38 GMT

Forget all my bitching about work lately. My job? Yeah, it's effing AWESOME. I got my order in yesterday at the store that has all my stock for the week in it. And I had a few extra things, like Door Jam Cuffs, The Love Swing, The Jack Rabbit, and Under The Bed Restraint System!. So I called my boss and I was like "Um, what is all this extra stuff?" and he goes "Yeah, I've been meaning to call you. We'd like you to have that stuff, free of charge, as a token of our appreciation for everything you've done lately. We know it's been a rough transition. Bear in mind, we don't give time off for sex injuries, so make sure you're totally healed from the wreck before you go trying all that stuff." LMFAOOOOOOOOOOO

Oh yes. There will be updates similar to last night's blog... *evil grin*

Mooo, I'm a sheep!

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:54:41 GMT

I stole this from an LJ friend...

What Be Your Nerd Type? Your Result: Literature Nerd Does sitting by a nice cozy fire, with a cup of hot tea/chocolate, and a book you can read for hours even when your eyes grow red and dry and you look sort of scary sitting there with your insomniac appearance? Then you fit this category perfectly! You love the power of the written word and it's eloquence; and you may like to read/write poetry or novels. You contribute to the smart people of today's society, however you can probably be overly-critical of works. It's okay. I understand.
Science/Math Nerd
Gamer/Computer Nerd
Drama Nerd
Social Nerd
Artistic Nerd
Anime Nerd
Musician
What Be Your Nerd Type? Quiz Created on GoToQuiz

So in a past life, I was a nun.

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:07:49 GMT

Cassie's Past Lives

785 BC: Wise Nomad

117 AD: A cartographer

1632 AD: A nun

'What were you in your past lives?' at QuizGalaxy.com

ROFL! Me? A nun? HAHAHAHAHAAHAHA.

WE DID IT!!!!!

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 04:39:00 GMT

Barack Obama is the 44th President Elect! :-D

Just a friendly reminder!

Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:26:31 GMT

That vote thing? Go rock it. Or Barack it. If you're voting McCain-Palin, kindly get the flu till Wed. :) (just kidding! Mostly. :-D)

DO WANT! :-D

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 14:05:06 GMT

I am making one tonight that says "BOO!" but the O's are the Obama logo. I can't give money, but I'll give my support!

The singing is terrible. But the point is valid!

Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:51:40 GMT

Thanks to lizardjee (whose journal I can't link b/c my LJ fu fails me) linking a video by these same two, I came across this one:

The singing is terrible, but damned if they don't have the right idea. Please, please, PLEASE vote for Obama. Do not put this imbecile as #2.

Today's Adventure

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:43:31 GMT

Was spending half the afternoon in the ER. I've been a mother for 6 years, birthed three children, and am raising 2 of them, and it finally happened. Somebody had to have stitches. Staples, actually... Ella built a "tower" in their room with their toybox and their dress, and Caty decided to climb it. And promptly fall off and bust her head open on the corner of their bookcase. And get a pretty deep inch and a half wide gash in the back of her head. So, yeah, that was a trip to the (very slow) Edmond, OK ER, where Caty received 4 staples in the back of her head. We have to go in 7-10 days to have them removed. And we have to wake her up every 2 hours tonight to make sure she didn't sustain a serious head injury... Oh, and she just vomited all over the couch, so we called the ER and they said if she throws up again to bring her back in. So keep your fingers crossed. Poor kid has been an absolute trooper all day, though. No crying, no messing with it. Only time she cried was when they stuck her for the local when they put the staples in.

Why can't motherhood just be easy?

Sometimes, I really REALLY love my job.

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 23:52:07 GMT

Like for instance, when we go to manager's meetings and all the vendors come in to show us their new lines, and I walk away with $500 worth of toys for the cost of gas money to go to home office. :-D Not to mention all the promo stuff, like displays and t-shirts and totes and ball caps...

http://sportsheets.com/sportsCuffs.php

http://sportsheets.com/gSpotLink.php

(a strap on I can't find the link for on the website and 2 toys to go in it)

http://www.pipedreamproducts.com/showdetail.php?Full_ Number=PD1209-01 (plus another one just like this that isn't a g-spot vibe)

2 paddles, one with XOXO cut out of it so it leaves a mark. :-D

A set of kama sutra products, including their body souffle flavored massage cream, 2 flavors of oil of love, a warming intensifying gel, a cooling intensifying gel, and massage oil, plus various testers and samplers.

http://www.calexotics.com/main.php?MODE=VIEW&TYPE=PRODUCT&PRODUCTID=3061

http://www.calexotics.com/main.php?MODE=VIEW&TYPE=PRODUCT&PRODUCTID=3152

Plus a TON of sample lubes and massage oils. :-D

Plus, the guy from Sportsheets totally humped me in front of the entire meeting b/c we were demonstrating the g-spot link. :-D (We had our clothes on, and he is gay, but DAMN...)

Update Blog!

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:36:33 GMT

Thought maybe I'd throw an update blog out there for y'all.

Ella started kindergarten (*sniff*) in August. She is so big, and so smart. And no, I haven't been called for a Parent/Teacher conference yet. lol She's only gotten in trouble once, for kicking down her friend Aniston's blocks... lol Captain Destructo strikes again. Since when do they give kindergartners homework?? She has come home every week since school started with homework. I'm like "wtf? She's 5!" but we do it dutifully. She's learning to read. That's a hoot. It's a bit frustrating for me though b/c I want her to just "get it." I'm wondering if she's not showing some early signs of dyslexia b/c she gets d's, b's and p's mixed up. I'm trying not to freak out yet, but you know how I get. lol For the most part, though, she's doing really well with it. The kid is finally starting to eat, and is now eating me out of house and home. lol She's getting the cutest little pouchy belly. The short hair is finally starting to grow on me. Or it's growing out a bit where it's not so so short anymore. Either way, I'm starting to dig it. She's been a very good big sister for the most part. Caty is her little shadow, though, and she gets annoyed by that sometimes. All in all, she's doing very well.

Caty is... well, Caty. She's somewhat laid back and easygoing, but I worry about her. She seems the type to appear to play the casual observer when she is, in fact, running the entire show. lol She is going to be the mastermind, I'm afraid. The dynamic between her and Ella is a lot like what Chris's mom has described to me as the dynamic between Chris and his older brother. She's getting so big. She LOVES daycare. We pull up, and she's already trying to undo her seatbelt. She grabs her backpack (or "pack pa" as she calls it) and runs for the door when I say "Let's go!" in the morning. I'm afraid she didn't keep her promise to stay cute and little, the little traitor. She's getting soooo verbal. She can say a ton of word. Whether or not she WILL is another matter entirely. She's a twerp that way. She runs to the door of the daycare and screeches "ALOLU!" (I love you) across the parking lot every morning, then jumps up and tries to open the door till Daddy helps her.

Chris and I: eh, pass, thanks. LOL It's ok. There's not as much open hostility as usual, which is good, I guess. But I think it's mostly b/c neither of us really cares anymore. We're like roommates. Is this normal? Eh... Who knows?

Work is ok. I'm super stressed. I got a promotion a few weeks ago and am now managing my own store. The hours are good (except having to pay for daycare. GAWD! That's absurdly expensive), but I'm having to commute till October, which sucks. It's like half an hour and 200 bucks a month in gas till then. There's a ton more paperwork and just bullshit kinda stuff, dealing with employees and stuff. All in all, I really love it though. It's just a big change, very quickly, and I don't adjust well. I've had to give up a few things. One or two of them really killed me, and that part doesn't seem to be getting better, but it's only till October, so I'm trying really hard to deal with it. I'm just really excited I got promoted in under a year. I'm really kinda proud of myself. I keep waiting for somebody to be like "Yeah, just kidding! You suck. You're fired." lol I'm more terrified of success than I am of failure. I am super stressed over the huge changes. Once that fades away, I should be ok. More money to use my discount with! :-D

I think that's mostly it for now...

This is Ella, being annoyed that we're still taking pictures on the first day of school:

This is Chris, his mom, and Caty:

Ella and her teacher, Mrs. Kilgore:

Ella showing off, being cute:

The girls and their backpacks on their first day of daycare:

So, I stole this meme from yxoB...

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 01:21:02 GMT

entry one: memetics
Comment on this and I will...
1. Tell you why I friended you.
2. Associate you with something - fandom, a song, a color, a photo, a word etc.
3. Tell you something I like about you.
4. Tell you a memory I have of you.
5. Ask something I've always wanted to know about you.
6. Tell you my favorite user pic of yours.
7. In return, you must post this in your LJ.

Grate nooz, I haz it!

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 16:13:43 GMT

So... My general manager comes in the store tonight, which was weird b/c he a.) lives an hour away (south end of the metro area, I live/work in the north end) and b.) NEVER comes in the store, especially not after business hours. And he comes in and goes "So, how do you like your job?" and I told him "I love the job, I hate the drama." And he says "I can alleviate some of that. How would you like to be the manager of the MWC store with the option to transfer back here when Sara leaves?" So... I am now Queen o' the Dildoes. :-DDDDD Well, as of Sept. 3. SQUEEEEEEE!

more animals

The L Word

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 17:32:13 GMT

es muy caliente...

that is all. :)

(I think pop culture is turning me into a lesbian. stay tuned)

Update, kind of

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:30:21 GMT

Ok, so mostly it's just an image heavy post with light update details. LOL We're doing ok here. Things with Chris are the same as they've ever been, I think I just don't care as much any more. The girls are good. Getting HUGE... :( Caty is now at the stage where she copies everything you say, which is fun. I'm just waiting till she pops off with "Dammit, girls!" She's saying I love you now, which comes out "alolu" and is absolutely adorable. Ella starts kindergarten in about 2 1/2 weeks... (Good lawd I feel old. :( When did she get so big??)She's so smart. She's very creative. She's always drawing. The girls have started this disgustingly cute habit of singing together. Constantly. It gets old fast, but they have so much fun with it, so I never say anything. LOL They play very well together. I'm happy they get along so well for now. And now:

Ella at her after graduation dinner.

Caty, nearly managing a smile in her new swimsuit. LOL

Ella in her cap and gown at her pre-k graduation.

and again. She was so proud.

Daddy with the monkey girls.

Mommy with the monkey girls. We never could get a good one... LOL

Ella, being Ella.

Daddy and Caty.

Enjoy! :)

Nazi ass baking community...

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:24:16 GMT

So I was a member of the lj comm bakebakebake (no idea how to use the link thing) b/c they occasionally have very tasty recipes and whatnot available, and being a fat kid, it is not only my right but my duty to check 'em out. Well apparently recently there was some big drama about somebody going to a snarkboard and posting something about this community and they made some post about how you couldn't snark about their board unless you wanted to be kicked. Well whatever. So today, I go to post a question about how to use raw cacao nibs for baking, as we got some from Chris's boss's wife and apparently now all posts are moderated, and the fuckers REJECTED my post. It was a SIMPLE question! If I can't ask that there, what the hell good is the community? I've seen other similar questions in the past... Morons. I hate people. :) And I'm pms'ing.

Congrats!!!!!!

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:00:46 GMT

Just wanted to send a big huge congrats out to the future Mrs. Minicks!! :-D I hope you guys have an awesome wedding tomorrow and I'm really sorry I can't be there! :(

panic

Sun, 28 Oct 2007 16:43:31 GMT

In one week, I will be as close to 30 as I am to 20. WHEN THE FUCK DID THAT HAPPEN?

I don't wanna grow up, cuz I'm a toys r us kids... There are lots of toys at toys r us that I can play with. I don't wanna grow up, b/c baby if I did, I wouldn't be a toys r us kid...

Eeeeeep!

In other news, kids are huge and cute as ever. Pictures soon. Oh, and I got a job in a porn shop. (Yes, I'm serious.) And it fucking rawx.

Pics of the girls!

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:06:42 GMT

Finally, I have some recent pictures of the little monkey girls. Incoming!!!

That's it!

Le sigh.

Sun, 26 Aug 2007 17:53:15 GMT

So... we took the girls up to my mom yesterday. She was supposed to keep them last night b/c she kept my sister's heathens Friday night. She was going to head back to Amarillo today to go back to work and was going to drop them off on her way back. So we get there yesterday and she's sick. Like really sick. Swollen, and itchy and coughing and hacking worse than I've ever heard her. So, I finally put my foot down and have Chris take the girls to his parents for the day and tell my mom that we're going to Urgent Care. So I get her dressed and take her in. They give her some shots and breathing treatments and do a chest x-ray. There's a spot on her lung that they *think* is pneumonia. All well and good, except... my grandma had "pneumonia" three times and then died of lung cancer. *sigh* My mom has been a heavy smoker for 30 years. And she's right at the age that they think my grandma's cancer started. And there's significant family history. She goes back in a week to have it rechecked. God I hope it's just pneumonia. I know she isn't perfect and half the time I can't fucking stand her, to be honest, b/c she has a tendency to play favorites and I've never been her favorite, but she's my mom. What will I do without her? I am trying hard not to get ahead of myself, but... it's hard.

And then on top of that, Chris and I spent the day fighting after we left my parents house.

How much more can I possibly take?

Why Don't 4 Year Old's Solve More of the World's Problems?

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 18:52:16 GMT

Four year old children come up with some of the best solutions for life's problems. Example: Caty has had these weird red bumps all over her body since Friday. They've been slowly spreading, and she's been sleeping ALL the time. So I finally decide this morning that it's *not* ant bites/allergic reaction/one of the plagues listed in Revelations and take her to the dr. (She wasn't terribly fussy over the weekend, didn't seem to be itchy or in pain, just slept a lot). Sooo... We take her to the dr this morning. Ella says to me "Mom, am I going to have a polka dot baby sister forever?" to which I reply "No, she won't be a baby forever." LOL (Mother of the year, I know.) And Ella says "Well, I don't want a polka dot sister. You better give her polka dot go away medicine." This answer is BRILLIANT. Why didn't *I* think of that?! The fact that said medicine doesn't exist could prove slightly problematic...

The polka dots turned out to be chicken pox, btw. Caty, Mommy's little Overachiever (now who does THAT sound like), decided to get chicken pox 3 months before she was even due for her vaccination. GO CATY! lol Fluids, sleep, nothing to really do for it, give it two weeks, etc.

And in other news, Ella started school today. No, I didn't cry. It was all I could do to keep from leaping in mind-boggling joy. She was so excited. She looked so big, standing there in that classroom. I didn't even get a "Bye, Mom!" though she did say "Call your mother and tell her to bring my backpack before she goes back to Hodessa" (She means Odessa, which is not even where my mother lives anymore but you can't convince Ella of that.)

And... I think that's it for now. :)

Not only are my children beautiful and talented, they're smart, too!

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:30:53 GMT

Not that I'm, uh, conceited or anything... (or would that be convinced?) But, the point is, they are both.

Ella had her beginning of the year testing yesterday for school. They test them at the beginning and end of the year to see where they are with several different skill sets and how they progressed, to make sure the program is doing its job. My kid? Yeah... Scored off the charts for her language skills. (I should have known. I don't think she's shut up since she learned to talk. As I type, she is telling me a story about my IL's dog, Wags, and his doggy girlfriend, whose name is apparently Fudge {the fact that we don't *know* anybody with a dog named Fudge is in and of itself of little importance to her story}. Ahhh, doggy love). Like, literally, they were trying to find tests that she wouldn't pass and couldn't. They are going to have to find new material to test her on at the end of the year. She is 4, and is testing at a 7 year old level with her language skills. That is effing amazing to me. They said they could tell that somebody had been working with her quite a bit b/c she passed ALL of her tests with flying colors, but the language one was off the charts. *takes a bow* That, my friends, is stellar genetics at work. :-D

And Miss Caty Pants is about the cutest damn thing ever. She learned to clap this week. (collective awwwww!) and has started saying "sissy" when she wants Ella. Plus, today, she has learned to "boop" people's noses. We touch or honk her nose and say "boop!" and today she reached over to Chris, said "boop!" plain as day and honked his nose. And she will also do it on command. The kid is a freaking genius, I tell you.

That's it for the kiddies update. Just had to gloat for a second about how wonderful my kids are. I am so glad I got smart, beautiful children. (Not that I'd know any different if they weren't, but still...) Makes up for the fact the two of them cause enough stress in my life to end the lives of an entire post-op cardiac ward.

In other news, an old friend got back in touch with me this week after being incommunicado for over a year. It was a great surprise to hear from him after so long, and he's provided me with some much needed perspective re: the drama in my life currently regarding Chris. So w00t!

If Box did it, alas, so must I!

Sat, 18 Aug 2007 23:56:35 GMT

Because, as he says, LJ surveys are infinitely more interesting when you don't do them as intended... here goes. I put my playlist on random and answered the questions with the songs that came up. Heh.

1.) Are you a male or female?
"Anytime" by Brian McKnight (who makes me squishy in the nether regions)

2.) Describe yourself:
"SexyBack" by Justin Timberlake

3.) How do you feel about yourself?
"Where Would You Be?" by Martina McBride (creepily appropriate...)

4.) Describe your ex boyfriend / girlfriend:
"Extra Ordinary" by Better than Ezra (Heh, which ex?)

5.) Describe your current boyfriend/girlfriend:
"Get Stoned" by Hinder. LMFAO!!!! Oh if you had any idea...

6.) Describe your current location:
"Gorgeous" by Third Eye Blind

7.) Describe what you want to be:
"Roll Out (My Business)" by Ludacris

8) Describe your best friend:
"I Write Sins, Not Tragedies" by Panic! at the Disco

9.) Your favorite color is:
"Still" by Brian McKnight

10.) You know that:
"I Do" by Better than Ezra

11.) What is the weather like?
"Candy Shop" by 50 Cent. (Is it raining blowjobs? lmao)

12.) If your life was a television show, what would it be called?
"I Slept With Somebody in Fallout Boy and All I Got Was This Stupid Song Written About Me" by Fallout Boy. LMFAO. Wait, isn't that "One Tree Hill?"

13) What is life to you?
"Time for Mercy" by Jann Arden

14.) What is the best advice you have to give?
"What's My Name" by Brian McKnight LMAO

15.) If you could change your name, what would you change it to?
"Insensitive" by Jann Arden

D'oh! Stupid Fed Ex guy.

Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:18:17 GMT

So for those of you who don't know, my wireless card in my laptop has been quite persnickety for the last month or so. Sent it back to Best Buy to, ya know, actually USE the warranty I paid a hundred bucks for, and lo and behold, after it already having been gone for a week longer than they originally quoted me, I decided "fuck it." and told them to send it back broken. So Chris calls two nights ago and and goes through all the rigamarole of getting a replacement wireless card since Lappy is still under HP warranty, too. And so after like an hour on the phone with him, they were like "yeah, we'll send you a replacement card, it'll be there on the 30th." So the Fed Ex guy pulls up today and I'm like "SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE! HP7 GOT HERE A DAY EARLY!!! *HAPPY DANCE*" Yeah, well, it wasn't. It was my wireless card. LOL Not that I'm not ecstatic that it got here 10 days ahead of schedule and my husband can replace it this weekend, but... it's no Harry Potter. :( Good thing I didn't kiss the Fed Ex guy. I thought about it.

Oh well. Only 24-ish hours left. GAH!!! Is it bad that I might go buy a copy tonight at midnight?

/nerdy.

How...

Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:58:43 GMT

do you set LJ to send an email when one of your friends posts an entry? I have it set for a couple of them and now can't remember how to set it for the other ones I want! lol TIA!

Also baaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Sun, 17 Jun 2007 21:42:45 GMT

$5250.00

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I feel special. Or at least slightly valuable. That's about half of what a funeral costs.