Not Dead.

I used to get on the kid's cases for not letting me know where they were, lest they turn up dead in a ditch somewhere - hence, my son started leaving me notes with those two little words, just so I'd know he was still alive.
Been AWOL for a while, so I'm doing the same...

Life has been busy of late - three of us working opposite schedules.
It's getting in the way of family life a bit.
Last night I cooked a family meal - the first in a couple of weeks. (Worked a day shift for a change!)
I haven't seen the grand kids in at least 3 weeks, and my daughters for days...

I've got a Sunday off this week, which will be a lovely change.

Caught up with the girls last night - Melissa has been going to a class that I was anxious to hear about. Some kind of self-improvement thing, involving thought reprogramming. Sounded interesting. I hope to get more enlightened on it this weekend.

Jenny has been working early mornings - such a culture shock for her!
She's used to staying up all night, and sleeping her days away...
She's teaching herself to animate her drawings on her down-time.
Keeps her mind busy, but it's good that she's getting out of the house more too.

Me? I've just been reading and sleeping.
At work I do everything from unloading trucks, to climbing ladders, to crawling around under fixtures - so when I'm off, I'm gone. Some other plane where life is more interesting, or lazing around trying to recoup.

Not worth much else right now.

The weather has been a bit wack-o the last few weeks.
A neighbor mentioned in Church Sunday that it was supposed to be in the 50's the next day, so I was all prepared for that - but when I woke Monday, the wind was blowing, there was rain, sleet, you name it coming down!

March has been dyslectic this year - in like a Lamb, and out like a Lion.

Mood swings or no, I'm ready to start planting flowers. Now!

The big news this month is that Hubby has rejoined the ranks of the employed.
(Assuming the background check & drug test goes well - no reason it shouldn't.)

We are relieved and excited. ...And there's a chance down the road that we may have the opportunity to move, if he proves himself as a manager.
We've lived here forever, and enjoyed it, but a change at this point would almost be a welcome thing. (South - where it's warm!)

Feeling more optimistic than we have in a while - good for the soul.

Looking forward to Conference weekend, rest, relaxation, and reviving of the spirit.

Spring.

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Sunday

A cold wintery wind blew in yesterday, and spread gray prickly clouds all over the sky.
Today it is snowing. Happy Spring.

I worked late last night, so was enjoying my sleep immensely - until hubby poked me.
If he hadn't, I would have slept right through church.
I'm both loving and cursing him for it.

Got up and put on my shroud (the long black dress that hides everything, and makes me feel invisible when I don't want to be noticed.)

...Then came home and had a 2 hour nap.

I work again tonight - no rest for the wicked.

Spring is trying so hard to push it's way into our valley - I looked around the yard a bit the other day, and noticed that my tulips are already abt. 10 inches high!
They'll be coloring up soon, and brightening up the ugly brown landscape.

We usually try to celebrate St. Patties day at this house - I went out yesterday and tried to round up some green foods... But since I work mostly nights, I'm not the one doing the cooking any more - I don't even know what they ate here - I had a bowl of cold cereal (not Lucky Charms) and went to bed.

Strange but true - yesterday, Melissa received her diploma. Her bachelor's degree from USU. She only graduated, what? ...8 years ago?

Must have circled the globe a few times first.

I don't like working Sundays, but the one good thing about it is, that it is usually pretty slow. (Knocking wood.)

Speaking of that place - it's time to go.

Hope you had a good green day!

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Mini Vacation

I have three blissful days in a row off this week!
Lots I want to do, but I'm on my own schedule. If only payday were sooner. :-)

Nothing major planned, just some little projects I've been working on need some finishing up.

...And lots & lots of resting.

Hopefully, these welts on my knees (from crawling around on the floor) will go down a bit before I'm back in the fray.

Hubby got a lead on a job yesterday, we're keeping our fingers crossed.
He's been reflecting these past days/weeks - he's never had to do the job hunting thing before. Every job he's had up to now, has come from someone coming to him.
This one came that way, so we're hoping that's a good sign.

Jenny starts work tomorrow. I'm so glad for her - she SO needs to get out of this house and get a life other than TV and the dog! I hope she appreciates the opportunity.
(And meets that cute little guy in sporting goods...) :-)

The date has been set for my high school reunion - so the age-old dilemma rears it's head once again. Do I try to lose 50 pounds, (in 3 months,) do I just not show up, (as ususal,) or do I hope that everyone else looks as old and ugly as I do?

Seems uncharitable, but I guess I'll choose the latter... Ha ha.

I've been pinning like mad lately, trying to put all those (bazillions) of "likes" into their individual folders...
I'll be doing a lot of that for the next few days as well.

Here are a few of my favorite images from Pintrest this week:

~ Wishing for Spring ~

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I need a life too, so I guess I'll go get started...
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??? (No Title Comes to Mind Today)

I sat down to write the other day, but my daughter started chattering at me and chased whatever it was I was going to say right out of my head. Still can't remember.
But I need to spend time with her whenever I can because I don't see her above ground very often anymore. :-)

She had an interview yesterday, and is pretty sure she got the job - just waiting for those lovely drug test results. Unless Mountain Dew is on the red flag list, she's good to go. It will be nice to see her having a sense of purpose again.

It's been a frustrating week otherwise, hubby went out job hunting yesterday, and only one place would even talk to him. Everyone else told him they only take online applications, and after they receive those, they call you.

He's been applying to two or three places every day and hasn't even had a nibble.
It's getting pretty scary.

My job has been a bit stressful this week. I've been on my own a lot, with short hours and more work than I can get done in the time I'm scheduled - because I keep getting called away to work at the cash registers.

Sunday, as soon as I got there, I got called to go help unload the truck.
That was a 2 hour job, and pretty heavy work. I was running behind the rest of the night - never did get caught up. But no worries, the mess was all still there for me the next day. ha ha.
Makes me wonder where everyone else is in my department. I haven't seen anyone else all week. Last night I had two areas to cover, but luckily the one stayed pretty clean all night...

I keep thinking this job is going to kill me off, but it seems to be making me stronger instead.
Go figure.

Wednesday seems to be my regular day off, so I run from Wed. to Wed. Throws the week off for me a bit...

I finished my new book yesterday, (Banana Split by Josi Kilpack,) and loved it.
One of her best yet. I didn't have to go in until five, so I had all that time just to read. It was nice to have that much quiet time to myself.

Not much else going on this week - we celebrated Arilie's birthday on Sunday.
She had a "Tron" party with her friends the day before, so the house was all decorated with reflective tape designs all over the walls & ceiling, and they had a black light which illuminated it all. It was very cool.

It's hard to believe she's ten years old already.

While I was sitting there watching her open her gifts, I was remembering the night she was born...
I thought about that scene in Gilmore Girls where Lorali climbs in bed with Rory the morning of her birthday, and begins to tell her all the gory details of the day she was born.
I wondered if Arilie would appreciate hearing her birth story - it was quite an eventful night when she was born - but the timing wasn't right.

Maybe some other time... While I still remember. :-)

She's such a cool girl - I love her to bits!

I've got an 8 hour shift today, so no time to luxuriate...

TTYL
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