What a Slacker am I--Oh, My. . .

Winter Snow

Just a bit o' Mornin' Frost outside of work this winter. Yes I was stalling punching the clock. :D

The now "bad" eye is his right eye

I will admit--Syd got the special treatment whilst the cone was on.

So....Yeah, ummm.....long time since anyone has heard from me. As anyone who really and truly knows me can tell you; I really and do have nothing but the bestest of intentions in my heart! It's just that.....well....I'm easily distracted!!! And, oh--I have a hard time managing to remember that while I personally prefer to use MySpace to keep in touch and share my photos--everyone else I know is either into Facebook or strictly e-mailing/phone calls, and oh, yeah, a few of you are into Blogging!!! Can't keep up?! Me either!!! It was brought to my attention tonight though with a phone call to Brad from his sister, Becky, that I do have this thing and some of you out there actually do want to hear what's new with us and see my new photos!! Oh, wait--back that up a minute--I have two of these dang things!! I know, I know....I am the one who set both of them up. What WAS I thinking? Well, as Brad would point out--I wasn't. I could very easily have combined the two blogs, but thought that I needed to have our travels documented separately for some reason. And while it might be a cool idea for someone who actually gets to travel frequently--we unfortunately do not have the necessary funds to travel even close to as much as we would like to. So, yeah, I should have just had one dang blog and kept everything together...whatever. lol

SO, what's new with us you ask? Well, to be honest....not too terribly much, but here are a few things that you perhaps aren't aware of:

1. In January my baby Syd dog was attacked by a cat in the eye and we nearly had to have it surgically removed! Not joking! The stupid cat (not ours btw...and oh, btw we hate cats..especially now) ruptured Syd's retna which caused fluid to leak out of it and his eye was actually hemorrhaging out of the hole caused by said stupid cat. Poor Syd had to wear one of those silly looking cones for a month and had to have antibiotic drops every 6 (or was it every 8) hours, and when we took him back to the doggy eye specialist she was simply amazed at his recovery. However, we're still not out of the woods just yet. He had some pressure variance in his eyes and so now we are worried about that extra pressure causing glaucoma. Now we (Syd) are on different drops every 6 hours, and we're supposed to go back to the dr this month to see how the eye is progressing.

2. I've decided that I am going back to school! A lot of you may know that I am very interested in Eating Disorders, but few of you may know that I have a strong desire to work in an Eating Disorder Clinic as an Art Therapist. I already have a huge chunk of the school required for a degree in Art Therapy. I just need to go back to get a Psych Minor and then I can go to Grad school and get a Master's in Art Therapy. However, before I can go back to school to get my minor; I have to find a new job that will allow me some flexibility in my schedule. I had hoped to get a new job in time to start back to school this summer, but as you all know--the economy is in the pooper right now. lol Yeah, so wish me luck with that one. :)

3. This is probably OLD news to most, but not necessarily to all, so it's worth noting...I've been working in a portrait studio since last September--and I hate it! lol The taking pictures part is fine and I enjoy that aspect of the job on most days, but the sales average/selling the pictures part--well--it blows really. lol....This company (which must remain nameless in a mass publication sort of way....I can tell you personally, just not on here publicly) is not a good company to work for. They care about nothing more than how MUCH you sell! Some weeks I do really well, but others....well--I mentioned the part about the economy being in the pooper, didn't I?

Um.....Hmmmm.....I'm not really sure if there is anything else noteworthy right now, but I always welcome comments and questions, so feel free! :D Oh, and I will try to get some new, albeit random, pics up. :D