Thanks to everyone for your comments. I'm feeling better about things today. I'm going to pull a childish stunt and I hope noone thinks too much less of me for it. Jason and I have had tickets to Rob Zombie for months. I thought they were for the first weekend in December. Double checked the tickets last week and they are for tonight. I was going to ask if I could change my days off but that was one of the days that Linda tore into me. I decided I wasn't going to make the effort to be nice about it so I decided that I'd call in sick. Been having second thoughts about it but she had another go at me this morning so I'm not really feeling bad anymore. I know it's petty and childish and wrong in so many ways but I really feel the need to strike back in some small manner. At least I'm going to call. I was contemplating a no call - no show but figured at least this way there will be some small question of if I'm really sick or just throwing a tantrum.

 

Jason is going to be a little more big headed than usual. He passed the MENSA test. I think he was somewhere on cloud nine when he went to work this morning.  I told him if he's still like this in six months my reaction will be "Yes dear, we know, now shut up."

 

It's supposed to be in the mid-70's here for the enxt few days so I'm thinking of playing outside while I still can.

 

Thanks again all!

Hope you are well and have a happy day.

Work is it's usual self. I was actually composing my resignation letter in my head as I was cleaning. Linda left me a note that I needed to have everything baked off by the time Vicky got in at 2 so she could package. Donuts were to be my last priority but I also needed to detail the cases and my corner. I had everything baked off and the donuts fried by 2. Vicky came in and it took her over 2 hours to work the backstock. She didn't package a thing. Erin came in at 3 and I vented some to her. If I'm told to have something done so someone else can move it along, I expect the next person in the line to do their job. I was in tears before I left. Dad came home at lunch and I was visiting with him. His work is as bad, as is my aunts'. I don't know what the issue is but it's not good.

 

Whenever I start daydreaming, something pops up to destroy them. Think the cloudbursting scene from the trailer of "Men who stare at goats". I was wandering the store the other day and saw the registry thing. I was composing reception invitations in my head (Please no gifts, the pleasure of your company is enough, ect). Next three days in a row Jason brings up his ex. It may make them better people that they can be friends after having a relationship fall apart. I still have issues with it. Spent most of this morning in tears. I don't know what's wrong with me that despite a year and several months together. I am still trying very hard to put it behind be.

 

I went to Estes today. Parts of the mall are still standing but are blackened beams. They have that section of the sidewalk blocked. I went into Rocky and saw several bighorn sheep, deer and an elk. Tried to find some peace and didn't quite succeed.

 

I clean the offices twice a month for a local nonprofit called Ensight. It's a skills center for visually impared people. I was reading their newsletter and saw that they are having financial issues. I was thinking of telling the  manager that I'd take less to clean but then I figured I could help out in two ways. So I'm planning on donating most of what they pay me a month back to them and having them make the receipt out in my mom or aunt's name so they can deduct it from their taxes.

 

I'm sorry that I don't have any happy news and thanks for putting up with me.

 

Hope everyone is well. Have a happy day.

 

We decided not to try and make the show. The logic was that it was still snowing and it would be better not to end up in the ditch. I am still a little disappointed but we'll see them next time. Dad and my cousin made it to the Nuggets game but Mom threatened to burn the rest of the tickets if they didn't leave at halftime so they cut it short and made it home about midnight. My Mom told my cousin that she'd get her to another game sometime. We have tickets to three more shows before the end of the year and we're hoping our luck with the weather improves since it also dropped snow on us in March when we went to see Disturbed. 

 

Last night my front gate came undone and the dogs decided to go for a walkabout. I called Mom and she sent Dad out while she started clearing off her car. Dad found them about half a block down the road. I wasn't late for work luckily but they did get yelled at and left in the house. The gate comes undone because last summer the truck delivering gravel for the driveway hit it. Me and Dad just sunk a new one but didn't cement it. Next time we'll do it right. So I'm keeping one eye on them in case it comes open again. Mom called me at work to tell me that it was open this morning but I'd already left. Either Linda or Vicky hung up on her after giving that information so tomorrow I will ask who hung up on my mother and tell them that they need to have better manners. Of course I walk into a disaster this morning and Linda tells me we have a walkthrough on Monday so everything needs to be perfect by then. I'd really like to tell her to have Sal do it since he's so perfect. I think I might ask about that. Still no word about the strike. I did send a letter to the editor of the local paper basically saying that if we go on strike, people don't have to shop the big box stores. I wrote it a month ago and Mom found it in the paper yesterday.

 

Hope everyone is well. I hear hot chocolate calling my name. Have a happy day!

All the professionals have said that we can expect between 4 and 13 inches of snow in the next 24 hours. I love the thought because I'm off and don't have to go to work, but I'm also very disappointed because Jason and I have a concert in Denver to go to on Wednesday night. Traffic and weather could make it difficult to get to. I called Mom to see if I should pick up anything and bring in the dogs' crates. She had a grocery list for me but we decided only to bring the crates in if it gets really cold. I'd rather have them in the house just in case but it's her house. Hopefully Dad won't have to dig them out of their houses in the morning. I've got a little more wood to bring in because hey, you can necer have too much in the house. Then pick up a few things and wait for Jason to bring dinner. Tuesday nights are wing nights because Buffalo Wild Wings has a sale. I should go get something from the video store but we'll see. I still have most of a season of Farscape to watch and several new books.

 

Hope everyone is well, have a happy day!

I keep hoping the "balloon boy" thing will die down and go away but of course it won't. They had to be from here. They couldn't have been from Boulder or some place where we could just kick back and laugh at them. At least it's on the other side of town but it's still irritating. I was very saddened to see the Park Theater Mall in Estes Park burned yesterday. They think it may have been old wiring. I spent a summer working in a gift store in that mall and the Music Box Store was one of my Mom's favorite places to shop. She e-mailed the owner but he said he's still in shock. I sent an e-mail my old boss but no reply yet. The theater itself wasn't damaged but the mall is gone. Because of it's age, there were no sprinkler systems in there. It will be very hard to go and see it but I think I will in a few weeks.

 

Nothing really new here. Work, eat, sleep, repeat. Fall has returned after a brief stint of winter. The thought of a hard winter always fades with a few 70 degree days. But a few chilly nights brings back the thought of deep snow and freezing temps. I don't know what it will be like but I'd rather be ready than not. I was reading some magazine stories at work about being prepared for emergencies and I discovered how horrifically unprepared I am for almost anything. Unfortunatly, preparing for almost anything costs a lot and I don't have it at the moment. Oh well. Just another of those generally disregarded ideas.

 

My cousins from Montana are coming for a visit the week after Christmas. My cousin wanted to come for Christmas day but it's such a huge thing for Mom, she talked them into coming the day after. It'll be nice to see all of them. My sister and Dad can get discount ski passes at the first regular season Nuggets game so they will give those to my cousins. They like to ski while our general take on it is "why do people willingly go looking for snow?".

 

Last weekend we created a new game: Pumpkinball. Mom had all the pumpkins we grew on the picnic table out back and when me and Jason came up to visit, my sister asked what we were going to do with the ones that had frozen. So we went and got the BB gun. Then we went and got the bows and shot them for a while. When we couldn't find the baseball bat for Pumpkinball, Mom said "Go get the ax". So pumpkinball is when someone stands about 6 feet from the "batter", who is wielding the ax, and "pitches" the pumpkin. Big pieces can be repitched while smaller ones are checked for seeds that want to be kept and thrown away. Of course our thoughts of Youtube were too late, but it was a lot of fun. We are still laughing about it.

 

Hope everyone is well. Have a happy day.