playing around with the Canon 7D

exhaustion.

What a long week.

I'm completely exhausted, but what else is new??

Let's recap.

Ciera's apartment in the foothills was adorable. I wish it was closer in town because I would totally move there, but it's way too far! 

Sunday, Derek and I had a HUGE fight. He went to the Subway Christmas party while I hung out with my family for my Dad's 50th birthday celebration. He was supposed to text or call me when he got there, but an hour and a half ended up going by and I hadn't heard from him. Finally he called me and we got into it pretty bad, and he said a lot of nasty things via text. /: Thankfully we were able to talk it out. I'm just tired of this vicious cycle where I think things will get better and they don't. He made up for it though by hanging rainbow Christmas icicle lights on our patio, and he bought us a TREE! We decorated it last night while drinking hot chocolate and listening to Christmas music. It really brought us together in a romantic, holiday-ish way. 

Work has been kicking my BUTT!! So much drama, coworkers are getting into it with each other and I just wish we could all get along. I get irritated too, but I feel like if we could all sit and talk it out things would get better. Anyway though, today I didn't feel so hot when I woke up. And about two hours into work, I was feeling really dizzy and nauseous. I'm pretty sure I forgot my dose of Venlafaxine yesterday, and the withdrawals hit hard and fast. So I clocked out for an hour and and took a nap in the dental chair. It still kind of hung around for the rest of the day, but I'm hoping I'll be back to normal by tomorrow. Tomorrow is insanely busy, but it's my last crazy stupid day before a short two work weeks, with the holidays mixed in of course. :) One more day til I'm closer to a mini vacation!

On a sadder note, Om Nom passed away two days ago. :( I came home and she was all sprawled out in the cage. I went to pick her up and she actually moved a bit, but when I was holding her in my hand she was completely limp and struggling for breath. While I was searching for possible problems she could be having on my phone, she started convulsing in my hand...her whole body would hop up off of my hand, and she was having a lot of trouble breathing. Finally, she gave one last troubled breath before completely relaxing and passing on. It was horrific. :( I have no idea why my two little mousies got sick. I'm really nervous about getting two more, but at the same time I have a habitat and toys that aren't being used! 

Tomorrow after work I'm going to go kick back with my family. I can't wait. We've had a lot of snow on the mountains, and I hope this weekend we can go up and play in the snow and take lots of photos! 

happiest birthday to my daddy!

What an eventful weekend! 

I filled you in a little bit about yesterday, with Tara stopping by to see me. Well she came back a few hours later, and ended up going to the housewarming party with Derek and myself. It was nice catching up with everyone! We even ran into a few people we hadn't seen in awhile. And then, on the way home I saw Andrew driving around and we talked about making plans to meet up soon. I really hope 2012 can be a better year for staying in touch with friends...on top of EVERYTHING else I want to do next year. :p

Tomorrow (Monday, Dec. 12th) is my Daddy's 50TH BIRTHDAY!! Woohoo go Daddy!! But because we all have work/school/etc, we're celebrating today with fajitas and some family time. Derek will be going to his Subway Christmas Party tonight, and it will be the first year I haven't gone with him. It's usually a blast, with catered food, bar, lots of fun people, and awards but I really wanted to spend today with my family. I hope Derek's store gets the bonus he's been hoping for, the extra money would be fabulous right now!

So for this morning, I plan on staying snuggled up on the couch with my laptop while Derek plays some video games, and in a few hours I'll start some laundry before I head over to mi familia's. 

OH OH OH.

Tragic news. :( When Tara was over yesterday, we were going to play with the mousies. So I picked up their little house to bring them out, and Blondie....she wasn't moving. I nudged her a few times, but she was cold and stiff. :'( My poor Blondie mouse passed away sometime between Friday night and Saturday afternoon. I felt HORRIBLE. I think she may have had an upper respiratory infection, or perhaps she had suffered an internal injury when she was running around on the top of her cage and fell. Either way, I am heartbroken! And so is Om Nom. I think I will give her a couple days to rest and make sure she isn't sick, and then I will have to go get her a new sister. Poor Blondie will have a burial service sometime later this week. :(

fogged glass.

saturday morning revelations.

I had a pleasant surprise visit from my friend Tara this morning. :)

She text me and said she was on my street, and wanted to stop by and hang out for a bit before she had to go to a friend's birthday party. So we sat on the patio and talked about EVERYTHING and anything. We are super compatible and have the same views on life, the same interests, and the same goals! It was nice to unwind and chat with her about some things I've been stressing about, and that she's been having the same stresses I have too.

Tonight I'm going to Ciera's new apartment/housewarming party. Going to spend the rest of today relaxing and getting ready!

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I am in a RIDICULOUSLY horrible mood. :(

It all started this morning. I woke up at my usual time of 5:20am on weekdays. I was really tired, and not in the mood to go to work today. But of course, I got straight out of bed, took a shower, and started getting ready. Meanwhile Derek was making coffee, which we usually have together on mornings he has to wake up early. 

So I grab my coffee, head outside, and sit down for my routine of coffee and cigarettes in the morning when SMASH. My iPhone, which was in my pajama pants pocket, fell to the ground. Now, mind you this has happened before. But this time it sounded different. It sounded horrible. It sounded like it....DIED.

I pick it up, and lo and behold, the screen is shattered. I wanted to cry! I looked everywhere online for solutions, but most websites looked like cheap scams to steal my information or money. So I turned to Facebook, and a friend said she had to take hers into an Apple store and just get a new one. So I made an appointment at the nearest Apple store...which, by the way, there is only ONE store in Tucson and it's FAR away from where I live. At least I was already halfway there since I was working at Grant and Craycroft today.

Work went by slow. I was exhausted and in a bad mood. I finally got off, and drove through horrible traffic to the mall. The store was completely packed. Finally the tech guy came over to me and took one look at my phone and said, "Sorry, we don't replace broken screens. You just need a new one." Duh. Okay. So it cost about $160 to get a new phone. He said service should be restored to the phone within 15-30 minutes. I got in my car and it still wasn't active, so I figured I'd stop by Arby's on the way home, chill, get some food, and it would be fine in a little while.

Traffic was even WORSE. Complete stand-stills, emergency vehicles everywhere, people doing 30mph in 45mph zones. Idiots changing lanes. And if you know me, you know I HATE traffic and stupid drivers. I don't know why it is so hard for some people to get from point A to point B in a timely, safe, and fashionable manner. But it seems only the two extremes are ever on the road -- slow, retarded drivers, or speedy idiots cutting people off. It literally makes my blood boil and can ruin my entire day.

I finally get to Arby's. I don't even care how many calories dinner is, I'm starving and in a bad mood. I check my phone -- still no service. GREAT. Figure I'll eat real quick, head home and plug it in and all will be well.

More shitty traffic. I swear, people are just TRYING to piss me off today. I even pulled into my complex behind this really slow car, and the gates were WIDE open, but this dumbass stops to use his key card to open the already open gates. I was like seriously?? URGH. Finally make it inside to the apartment, where I am presently trying to calm my nerves and lower my blood pressure. Plug in my iPhone, and of course it's going to take centuries to sync the obscene amount of apps I have in my history on my account. And it STILL says no god damn service.

.......yeah.

I literally feel like I could kick a puppy right now.

....

Okay, maybe not a puppy. I'm not THAT horrible.

But, I do feel like strangling someone, or something. 

sleeeeepy

What a looonngg day!

It wasn't a particularly busy day...just long. I'm always SO tired getting off of work, I really hope it's normal. It's not even really a physically stressful job (aside from back aches, neck cramps, and pinched nerves...) but it's definately mentally stressful.

So I'm keeping today short and sweet. Gonna watch some Gossip Girl and relax. Was going to do housework but...that can wait. :p