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4月15日 Flowers anyone??? Good grief....Wally hell was UNBELIVEABLE today!!! I have never seen so many people buying plants in all my life.... "does this grow in the sun?" "will this attract bees?" and the best one..... "If I just throw potting soil on the ground and seeds in it, will they grow, or do I have to dig up the ground?"
** Hint for all you people who buy your plants at Wally Hell....if its in a terra cotta colored pot...it grows well in the sun...If its in a grey colored pot its a shade plant...**
I must have loaded over 200 bags of mulch into peoples vehicles today...One lady put news papers in the trunk of her Lexus so the dirt wouldn't get in the trunk....People, if your going to buy dirt, bring a truck.....not a Lexus. I could go on and on....but it would never end..so I am stopping here.
I got an email the other day from MSN telling me that they were considering putting my space on "What's Your Story", in it they asked me to describe my site and what its theme is...well I am at a loss in how to exactly describe this mess :) Any suggestions???
I am so tired I haven't had time to think...I went to the Full tiime job this morning in my slippers! Good thing I have my work shoes there...would have looked a bit silly walking around in the lab with fuzzy feet slippers!
Anyway, its wicked late and I have to get some sleep before I go to work tomorrow....Thankfully Wally Hell is closed on Easter since we're not a Super Center!
Happy Easter!!
Oh...Funny I heard on the radio....You all know the easter "peeps", you know the sugar covered marshmellow things... (I ate so many one year when I was a kid....I got soooo sick....but they are cute!) and did you know if you put one in the microwave for 15-30 seconds it will grow GINORMOUS! anyway..I am rambling..the question on the radio was....."Would you eat a Jesus Peep?" Someone please tell me they are not coming out with "Jesus Peeps"......Maybe I was delirious from lack of sleep and imagined the whole thing....
RD 3月29日 Quick updateUgh...I have been busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest....no offense to any one legged person who may read this....
BONES: Was taken Sat. am to his new home, had a vet check, vaccinations and now lives in a 2 story fully carpeted ferret condo, plus run of the upstairs of my friends house...whew..I am so glad he is in a good place!
FT job: nothing of interest....
Wallyworld: Customer comes to me the other night and says:" I need string for my weed wacker", I say " what kind of weed eater do you have?" Customer says: "Green".......heaven help me.....
I haven't had time to read anyones blog lately but will try to get to them later this week.....
RD
"We're trying to explain how things are going and they are going as they are going" Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, at a Pentagon briefing on Iraq.
This man is a moron.... 3月20日 Update on Dem BonesHappy to say that Bones (official name: Dem Bones) had a good night and is actually showing some personality today. Yesterday he was just cold, tired and hungry. Today he is slowly starting to exhibit ferret like behavior...rolling over so I can pat his tummy, grooming himself, and trying to get into stuff. Its amazing to me that after such a hardship something so small can just let go and relax and trust a person again. He's really dingy yellow and so so skinny but with some good food and socialization he will recover.
I would love to keep him but I am not sure how he's going to fit in here....the jeleousy is thick in this house right now..Cats turning their backs on me, and one really upset Shi-thead...who keeps doing tricks to get my attention...because he's being neglected at the moment. The dog could care less..give him a bone and your his best friend forever...who cares if mom is in the bathroom for hours on end.. Fortunately a friend I work with is really thinking about taking Bones and giving him a forever home.....if he decides he wants him I will let him go with the one stipulation that if it doesn't work out I will get him back immediatley. If that happens then I will figure out something to appease the masses already here.
Now..my finger...well that is another story....I should have gone to the ER last night to get a few stitches put in probably... but I didn't go...and now its too late to stitch....right now its swollen and nasty looking but I am keeping it clean and will just have to see how it goes...if it gets infected any worse I will go to a doctor but not until its black and ready to fall off...I can't stand doctors....It's tender and really really sore...typing without your middle finger is almost impossible.
Well, I am off to work for the next 4 hours so I will update the Bones story again when I have time.
RD
No quote today...... :) 3月19日 BonesI was off today from at least one job so I caught up on a much needed nap and cooked a delicious rosemary and sage and garlic pork roast with saffron rice and a salad...or at least that is what I intended on doing....the roast is way over cooked and the rice and salad have not yet cooked themselves....the reason follows.......
First of all let me say that nothing in this world pisses me off more than irresponsible pet owners....generally I am an easy going, easy to get along with person 3 weeks out of a month...but show me or let me find someone that has abandoned or abused an animal and all holy hell will break loose....
It was nice here today, sunny with a slight breeze blowing....I made my rub for my roast and got it all popped in the oven and decided that the dog would benefit from a good walk through the woodsy park behind my apartment complex.....so off we went...
Well, about 10 minutes into the woodsy trail I saw something white hopping awkwardly around in some bushes...of course instantly the dog saw it and wanted to eat it...no matter what it was...upon closer investigation I realize I am looking at a ferret....a white ferret with blue eyes and black rings around his tail....of course ferrets aren't usually seen in the wild so instantly I think..."someone has lost him off his leash..." A few minutes pass and the ferret finally notices me and streaks like a madman directly at me...and attempts to climb up my pants leg....all this with the 100 pound dog trying to get at it.....so I reach down and pick it up to keep the dog from having a snack and this poor animal was nothing but skin and bones...a tiny stumbling skeleton, which promptly bit through my finger gashing it a good 2 inches wide open...needless to say I dropped him instantly and pulled the dog into a run back to the apartment where I grabbed my cat carrier and leaving the dog...(and my burning roast) behind to go back to the woods and save this poor thing...(bleeding profusley too...ugh...ruined my jeans...)
I got back to the spot I dropped him and he was no where to be seen...but after a good hour of hiking through the brush and weeds I spotted him stumbling around under some trees....I was and am so freaking pissed off that someone could just dump this animal out into the park and walk away...of course perhaps someone did lose him...but wouldn't there be signs posted??????? I mean come on....if ANY one of my animals was missing I would have a billboard out for their return....In my theory some parent bought this animal for their spoiled child who either didn't like it or got bit by it (ferrets can be nasty when hungry or aggravated) so they tossed it out like the trash....
I have no idea why I found him when I did or why I found him at all but currently BONES is sleeping wrapped in a towel in my cat carrier in my bathroom and I am going to try and salvage my roast......
RD
"A ferret is God's way of telling you that NOTHING is childproof" 3月15日 Much ado about nothing.....Well, the title sounds good....actually I have nothing to say....I am now working 2 jobs and so damn tired I can't even find the time to read other peoples blogs....in addition to my full time job I am now working PT at Wally world...a place I loathe to go....but hey...I need to make some extra money to try and get out of debt and so my "sensitive stomach" cats can eat their $30.00 cat food....not to mention the $25 dog food.....they eat better than me....Ooddles of Noodles are suprizingly versitile though....
Anywho...I will write more about work (both places) once I get some sleep!
RD 3月8日 help pleasecan someone please tell me how or where to find out how to put songs I have on my computer onto my media player on here??? anyone???? help me................. I want to put this song on here and I don't know how!!!!!!
RD 3月4日 Saturday Morning PostWell, hello...haven't been around for a bit....I've taken the majority of the morning catching up on stories to see what everyone else has been up to. As for myself..I have had a wonderful sinus confarction that is driving me insane....why is it or I should say how is it that one side of your nose will be closed up so that all you get is the weird whistling noise when you try to breathe, and then suddenly that side opens wide up only for the other side to shut???? The whistling noise goes with the other side....you take a decongestant that then makes your head feel like a helium balloon floating just above your shoulders and your ears open and close with every breath you try to take.....insanity I say....and just forget trying to lay down and sleep....I hate mouth breathers and have been mouth breathing for 4 days now...I think my tounge is going to dry up and fall off...such a joy to try and eat while breathing through your mouth too...ugh..gross...I gave up eating 2 days ago....now I am slurping soup through a straw....its hell when the noodles get stuck...lol...
Ok, sorry, on to more interesting things...well maybe not so interesting...Work is good, I am finally getting to do the technical stuff that I know how to do. I have noticed that this place is soooo much more serious than my previous job...the researchers here are very protective of their information as if I may steal it and win the Nobel Prize instead of them...they hover over their notebooks, looking left and right, and behind them before they write anything in them...its rather amusing to watch them...of course you get to really see how technical everything is too..for instance...we had an animal that got a small infection from another animal bite, I am monitoring this animal and treating it with antibiotics and cleaning the wound, keeping track of what I do on the health record...I wrote " male has what appears to be a preputial abcess in genital region, which appears to be infecting the anal region as well, recommend draining abcess and administering analgesics SID, along with an antibiotic added to drinking water, per vet instruction." Well the Oh So Smart and Technical scientist comes along, reads my comments and marks the top of the chart with..." INFECTION ON ASS" Infection on ass??? ok, well great, I spend 10 minutes scanning my notes for the proper terms and he writes ASS....the funny part is that he found me later that day to ask me what SID meant.....these are the people that are saving the world from disease here.....brilliant minds!
Well, sorry about having to read about infected asses, the kitties and dog and ferret are doing well, all of them right now laying in the sunshine snoozing...I think my whistling nose kept them up last night....Shi-thead now sleeps in the bed on a regular basis instead of the cage, I tired of the ferret follies at night and this seems to have resloved the problem. They are working on their debut post about weird things I do, but I am proofreading along the way so that nothing too weird comes out and incriminates me in anyway....
RD
"We are all a little weird, and life's a little weird, and when we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them in mutal weirdness and call it love." unknown 2月28日 I'm it....guilty pleasuresOk, I have been tagged by Mannyed to list 5 Guilty Pleasures..Now I just have to narrow it to 5...lol
1. I will eat an entire pint of Ben and Jerry's Phish Food all by myself in one sitting. I love the gooey chocolate and little chocolate fish, and I am greedy and refuse to share.
2. I don't like to shop but I love to buy new bras...I think I have over 25 bras...when I feel bummed out I go buy a new sexy bra and it makes me feel better...is that shallow??? LOL
3. I am obsessed with reading weird news stories when I should be doing something constructive. That's where I get all the strange random quotes I add to the end of my posts....oddly enough, not a lot of people comment on them....but there and obsession with me...
4. Pretending I am a sleep early in the AM when my gentleman friend stays over so that he gets up and takes the dog out......and I get to snooze!
5. Laying on the couch with ALL, and I mean ALL of the animals curled up either on me or around me and just watching them...ocassionally waking a one to watch them stretch and yawn.....
I could probably go on and on but was only asked for 5. Perhaps I will have the kitties and ferret and dog post some weird things I do...LOL....maybe not...
RD
Bull Riding: "The only sport that gets you off in 8 seconds or less!" Unknown. 2月21日 Ferret FolliesApparently its time for the annual Ferret Follies! What do you mean you ask? Well, Shi-thead normally spends the day sleeping in his cage curled up in the hammock. I don't care to leave him out when I am not home, since I have no idea what goes on in the house. I am thinking about a nanny cam just to see who sleeps all day and who runs wild and why the hell the pillows on the couch are always on the floor when I get home. But I digress...all day long Shi-thead remains locked in his cage, not attempting to get out, (unless he has figured out how to lock the door back). When I get home, I let him out, take the dog out walking and come back. For the evening he is free to roam and play with the kitties and torment the dog from under the couch. At bedtime, back into the cage he goes, door latched I go to sleep....
A few nights ago, in a deep comfortable sleep, where I was dreaming of basking in the sun on a white sand beach somewhere, Corona by my side, gorgeous Cabana boys fanning me with palm leaves or something like that, I remember dreaming that one of them was rubbing my leg, putting on some nice sun tan lotion....in this dream though, the supposed to be cute Cabana boy had incredibly rough hands and it felt like it was scratching me...moving slightly to avoid the rough scratchy hands I feel this incredible pain in my right leg...bolting straight awake, I reached under the bed covers to rub my leg...it felt so real....my hand slides down my leg to be suddenly grabbed by something fuzzy....screaming I flung the covers back to find a wound up ferret under the covers digging wildly at my leg, trying to get under it....scared me to death! Well not literally, but being half asleep and being "attacked" by a furry weasel looking thing at 2 am would make anyone's heart leap into their throat...for the last few nights this has been some sort of ritual for him now....escaping the cage and climbing into the bed, under the covers and either attacking my legs or my feet, all playfully of course but rather un-nerving nonetheless....especially when I have to get up at 4 AM!!!
I have no clue why he's getting out, or why he only gets out at night....I have tried playing more with him at night before bed, extra treats in the cage at bedtime, new toys to play with....no luck... Lord forbid my gentleman friend stays over night...and finds this creature in the bed...he already has issues with the kitties in the bed at night hogging the covers!!!
Shi-thead seems happy though when I wake up and find him because as soon as I discover him, he jumps around for a few minutes and them plops down on my pillow and goes straight to sleep...but not until he's woke me and acted like a fool under the covers......crazy ferret.
RD
Family Feud host Richard Dawson: "Tell me a food that comes in instant form."
Contestant: "Asparagus"
Please someone tell me where to get this instant Asparagus....GROSS!
2月19日 The final 51.... Lets see...I last left off with # 50 stating that I like brussel sprouts...Yum...bird heads....or that is what I called them when I was little....lol..
I am now going to attemp the final 51 for a complete 101 about me...here goes....
51. I don't eat anything made out of tomatoes.
52. RD does not stand for Ratdoc.
53. Its really my initials.
54. But worked out well with my profile.
55. The R stands for Raelyn.
56. The D, I'm not telling.
57. I went to an Southern all girls college.
58. My mother thought it would refine me.
59. It didn't.
60. I can belch louder than most guys I know.
61. Fascinating, huh?
62. I am a tomboy
63. and constantly wear a Carrhart coat.
64. I was married once.
65. I didn't like it.
66. He broke my nose twice.
67. I broke his once.
68. I am much happier now.
69. Suprisingly my nose is not crooked.
70. or lumpy...lol
71. I can't have kids.
72. Its ok.
73. I have enough trouble with the animals.
74. I am right handed
75. but taught my self to write with my left too.
76. I can't wink
77. with either eye.
78. Corona is my favorite beer.
79. A bloody mary is my favorite drink.
80. I have a tattoo.
81. and a piercing.
82. I was tipsy when I got them.
83. Neither one hurt.
84. I smoke
85. After work only.
86. On my way home.
87. I am going to quit.
88. Its too expensive..
89. and gross
90. I have Crohn's Disease.
91. I had Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever before.
92. 2 months after recoving from that I got Hand, Foot and Mouth.
93. From my friends kid.
94. I was pissed.
95. I should live in a bubble.
96. but that wouldn't be as much fun
97. I am inconsistant with my punctuation in this list.
98. I am now filling space....
99. I can't think of anything else
100. the end.
RD 2月17日 @&*#%&!!!!!Every time I try to go on my freaking blog walk, anyone who has a Media Player going freezes up my damn computer!!!!!! How in the hell am i supposed to know what everyone is doing if my computer cloggs up cause MSN SUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!
Rant Rant, Rave, Rave.....
RD 2月14日 Frogger and other nonsense..... How many people remember the video game Frogger? Where you are the little frog hopping across 5 lanes of traffic...I actually love that game and have been able to see re-inactments of it daily on the commute to and from work. One vehicle, without fail decides that they are going to get ahead in the throngs of traffic and make it to their destination precisely 2 seconds before anyone else. There they are in the far right lane, and ZOOM! Their in the middle lane, ZIP, their in the far left only to ZOOM back over to the far right lane, cutting in and out of traffic just like that frog...occassionally like the frog they get smacked....only they don't get another chance to try again...and clog up the entire interstate with their game playing.
The designers of roadways certainly did not account for the amount of growth area's are seeing....I mean who would logically think that 4 lanes of traffic can peacefully, and smoothly merge into 2 lanes in a half mile??? I get tickled at the people who drive this route day after day and seemingly instantly forget where and when the merge is to take place. They get caught trying to squeeze between 2 SUV's in their tiny Miata, with the pissed off look on their faces as if to say " Why won't you let me in???" Or better yet, the silly ones who race to the end of the merge lane only to slam on their brakes and sit, waiting for their chance to get into the masses of traffic trudging along. The looks on their faces is fun too, cause they are really mad, especially if you pass them and wave! I try to give a big smile and wave to them as I refuse to let them in....I know, its mean...but hey, if I was nice to everyone, I would NEVER get home!
On to other nonsense. Where I work we have 6 veterinarians who determine what treatments our animals get. This being my 3rd week on the job, I was given one of the busier rooms with lots of cases to treat, and lots of new cases. The vet for my room probably thinks I am a total moron. Monday, I was thinking I put the treatment sheets into the incorrect box and was going through his box to make sure that I had indeed placed them in the correct spot. Of course, as I am rummaging through his box, he winds up standing behind me watching me rifle through his cases. With an incredibly thick German accent I hear " You are taking my cases now? HUH?" Instantly I turned beat red and tried to explain what I was doing, all the while trying to neaten up the pile of cases I had strewn all over...he just shook his head and snatched the cases from me and walked away. Today, after his rounds I had a new case that needed to be looked at. Since it was after his rounds I paged him to tell him that there was one more to look at for today. Inadvertanly when I paged him I dialed an extra 3 in the area code (we have to add the area code, why I don't know....) anyway, he calls back and immediately lectures me on how he would never have called back had he not recognized the last 4 numbers because there were too many numbers in the page I sent. Again, with the thick accent he is asking me if I ever dialed a phone before....."I'm new" isn't working anymore since with my experience I should pick up quickly, which I have, minus the phone errors and getting caught with my hands in his cases....Embarrased enough, I shrugged it off and laughed telling him I was sorry and would get it right next time. Later today, one of the other new techs was telling me that the good doctor was asking him what was wrong with me...!!!!
UGH! Having been int he field for 10+ years, with everyone knowing my background, the doctor probably does think that I am a bit touched! :o Perhaps I am....but I will sharpen my phone dialing skills and not have this problem again!
RD
"Never withhold Herpes Infection From Loved One" Headline in the Albuquerque Journal. HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!!!
2月12日 A Ratdoc 50Well since I have nothing to say I will do my Ratdoc 50....simply because I can't think of 101 things about me....lol!
1. I am the youngest of 8.
2. I have 5 brothers and 2 sisters.
3. I haven't seen my oldest sister since I was 12.
4. I haven't seen the rest of my family in 2 years.
5. I have no children.
6. Instead I have animals.
7. A dog, 3 cats, and a ferret.
8. I work in research.
9. I love my work.
10. But hate the commute.
11. I am allergic to UV light.
12. I am allergic to sunscreen.
13. Technically I am screwed if I go outside.
14. I am scared of clowns.
15. And the dark....well not the dark itself...just what is in the dark...
16. I sleep with a nightlight.
17. I am 35 and sleep with a nightlight.....
18. but I don't pee the bed.
19. I have a great gentleman friend
20. He bought a night light for his bedroom, for when I sleep over.
21. He is adorable.
22. We have been "seeing" each other for 4 years.
23. He is 29.
24. and puts up with a lot from me.
25. I would be lost with out him.
26. I love to ski.
27. I wipe out a lot.
28. I waterskied once...
29. I didn't like it when I wiped out...
30. I can't snowboard very well.
31. I am obsessed with the show LOST.
32. I can't figure it out.
33. It makes me crazy.
34. My animals help me keep my sanity.
35. They put up with a lot from me too.
36. This list is hard to do...
37. I am 5' 8" tall.
38. I have brown hair as of yesterday.
39. It was red before.
40. I have hazel eyes.
41. and nice teeth.
42. People have asked me if my teeth are false.
43. They are not.
44. I am a carnivore.
45. but like salads too...
46. I loathe pizza.
47. and potatoes
48. and bread
49. and beans
50. but I like brussel sprouts.
Ok, well that was hard enough....maybe I will come up with 51 more things to finish out a 101 later...
RD
"The greatest right in the world, is the right to be wrong." unknown
2月8日 No commentWow, I have turned into boring blog girl....I have nothing to say....writers block. That and nothing exciting has been happening yet at work and the critters are all behaving...I wonder if they know something I don't?
RD 2月3日 Abbreviations....and more vomit...I am all for them when writing up a health sheet or documenting a treatment but when it comes to talking to someone in person I think they should be outlawed......after all it takes just as much time to say the whole word as it does to say the abbreviation.....
At work the use a lot of abbreviations when writing treatment sheets...
TAO: topical anitbiotic ointment
TAO w/P: topical anitbiotic ointment with pain relief
LC: Lidocaine cream
SID: once per day
BID: twice a day
etc...etc...I could list a mile of them but you get the picture....
All of this is fine with me except when you are having a conversation and the person is like " use TAO, SID or BID" HUH? Why can't they just say " use antibiotic once or twice a day....." It sounds crazy when they start rattling off cases during our rounds and your trying to take notes.....My notes have looked like chicken scratch lately cause I can't keep up yet! I think I will write King Tom for a new law....
Haven't posted much cause I am way too tired when I get home to have to use my brain and write something interesting. I have not gotten used to getting up at 4 am to leave by 5:30 to get to work at 6:45 and clock in (another thing I am having to get used to again as I have been salary for years at my old job) at 7...and the kicker is I only live 33 miles from work....today I left at my 5:30 time and was 17 minutes late due to a wreck on the interstate, as I do not know the back roads around accidents yet...but you can bet your bum I will find some this weekend. I HATE to be late.....it makes me crazy to be late for anything...There is good news though...it only takes me 35 minutes to get home.....INSANITY!
Well I need to go put some TAO on my back where Fatty Bumble cat decided to jump up on me and missed and grabbed with CLAWS to keep from crashing into the dog....I think I will keep applying it BID until it can go SID then I will Discon't.
OH...I almost forgot...the best part of the week.(until the end that is)...A technician was showing me where we dispose of our medical waste biohazard boxes and we get in the freight elevator...doors close and he pushed the up button...well we moved about 6 inches upward and stopped...the freight elevator you can see the concrete walls go by and they have those doors that open up and down with the gate in front of them...anyway, we got stuck...so he starts yelling "HELP! HELP!"...no one was there but someone heard him yelling a mile away and brought just about everyone in the facility to laugh at us stuck in there...well he apparently doesn't do well being trapped in an elevator, and it probably didn't help that I was jumping up and down to see what would happen....I mean 6 inches isn't like we were going to plummet to our deaths....I digress...so everyone is laughing, including me cause he has his face pressed against the glass window screaming " I CAN'T BREATHE...I CAN'T BREATHE...." "Please open the door...." "Oh god, someone pray for me...we're gonna die in here....I CAN'T BREATHE...." At this point I am like "Calm down, its ok, its not like we're stuck forever, its only been 20 min" he is hyperventilating and turning a strange shade of green by this time....his voice getting quieter and quieter " we're gonna die" Being the nice person I am, I go over an pat him on the back, telling him to take small breaths and relax....the elevator lurches about 3 inches down and he barfed all over my brand new safety shoes...3 more inches and one more heave and the doors opened....he was free and I was headed for the shower...and to find new shoes. It was funny though... " I can't breathe" still makes me laugh....
RD
"Oh my hell" Ratdoc 1月31日 Role reversalIt seems now the roles are reversed and I am the newbie! First day jitters went with me to work on Monday and were only enhanced by the fact that they marched me into the lunchroom in the middle of lunch and LOUDLY announced that I was the new technician on the block.....Nothing like dead silence and 50 pairs of eyeballs looking at you as if to say "SO?" "this is our time, our lunch." I managed to weather it all quite well though I think. The majority of the people there choose not to speak english, its not that they can't, they just choose not to unless they have to. All in all everyone was pretty friendly. I don't remember a single person's name except my supervisor....but I will learn, the pronunciations is what is going to get me...its not like there are Tom's and Jane's there, although I think there is a Mike....
Day two wasn't too bad, after getting my security badge and my fingerprints into the system I am free to roam the building and the entire campus...all of my moves tracked by the bar code underneath a totally hideous picture of me flapping about my neck on a string....They never give you time to prepare for the picture either, SIT, SNAP=horrible picture..oh well, I can get a new one next year...LOL. It was sort of boring today, the trainer going over stuff I have been doing for years...company policy...blah blah blah....and apparently they have been severely short handed because I was doing treatments this afternoon....speed training I guess...I will however have to wait at least a week or so before I can get away with blogging at work....maybe...I have not yet gotten my internet codes etc.....or internet policy...
On the home front, everyone has settled in nicely...Clifford (my pup) is getting used to more noise and not barking his fool head off at every blaring horn or siren (which there seems to be siren's all night, everynight.....). Cats are fine, no more vomiting or poo's thank god....Fatty Bumble, my youngest and Shi-thead have hit it off quite well...chasing each other and tumbling around under the dining room table in the evenings....even napping on the couch together...(will have to get gentleman friends digital camera and take a picture). Baby cat (my oldest) however, thinks the 2 of them are ridiculous and hisses whenever the 2 come tumbling near her. Beedle B (the middle child cat) sits on top of the hutch just observing...such a shy boy....peering down at everyone and everything with eyes a big as saucers.
I hope that I can continue with some good entertaining stories from the field I work in, otherwise this blog will just turn into me rambling like I am now....
RD
"Remember, never ingest human fecal matter, it will give you liver disfunction" Gene Foster 1月27日 frustration!Well I have caught up on blogs but can't seem to comment!!!!! Its making me nuts! well, nuttier than usual!
RD Bumps along the wayOk, finally have my internet fixed up at home and can waste hours now surfing and writing dribble in my blog..YAY!
I moved to Frederick MD, on January 14th as most know...to start out it was one of the coldest, windy days I could have picked. I picked that date for a good reason though, I was scheduled to take my physical on the 16th so I wanted to have everything moved to avoid numerous trips. I was supposed to start work on Jan 23rd. First of all, why they didn't schedule my physical long before I moved is beyond me....I was told it was due to them wanting a recent drug screen....ok, no problem for me...I have no worries about pee in a cup...
My Gentleman friend assisted me with the move once I got here since he is now only about 45 min. away from me instead of several hours!!! YAY!!!!! But I am getting ahead of the story here....It was about a 4 1/2 hour drive from where I previously lived to my new home, all the critters have moved a few times without any problems. 30 minutes into the drive 2 kitties decided that they were NOT happy about the windy conditions and the fact that I was doing my best to keep my truck in one lane...wind gusts upto 50 mph were going on making that a bit difficult...anyway, I hear gross vomiting noises coming from the carrier and look over to see 2 drooling vomiting cats....NOT GOOD...lol but it gets worse....Shi-thead is chattering loudly in his carrier and pooping up a storm, which of course was a great smell....then the 2 vomiting cats decide that they too want to have the poops..."OH MY GOD" I am mouthing, trying not to breathe because it stinks to high heavens now....quick stop at a rest area to clean the crates, all the while not letting anyone escape....dog is barking and having a fit cause I won't let him out of the truck right then.....back on the road, everyone seemed to settle down for about 2 hours...then dog decides it is his turn to puke.....ALL OVER MY BACKSEAT....mushy dog food...UGH! Can this possibly get any worse????? Another quick stop to clean the seat and walk the dog and let him eat grass like a maddog...What should have been smooth ride turned into the stink ride from HELL!
Finally, what should have taken 4 1/2 hours has take almost 6...I was seriously not a happy camper when I pulled in the drive to unload the truck and trailer. Gentleman friend sweetly was waiting with a kiss and a hug which right then I wanted no part of mainly because I was gulping fresh air. Fast forward...stuff unloaded, friend gone home, cats settling, dog settling, ferret pissed at being in cage...too bad.....Zip forward to Monday for the physical....."touch your toes, pick this up, read this eye chart, pee in this cup... quit smoking, lose wt, blah blah blah".
Relaxing and unpacking and decorating my house with my mis-matched furniture and junk, I feel pretty good about everything....the hard part is over.....WAS I WRONG..... Wednesday morning, crack of dawn it seems, my phone rings....My contact for my job LG is on the other end saying we have a problem..."Problem??" "What problem???" I asked. "Well" she says "Your drug test came back NEGATIVE DILUTE" "huh?" I said "What does that mean?" "They couldn't get a good enough sample to read, it can happen if you drink too much water before the test" she replied..."We need you to re-test today so we can clear you by Friday" "OK, not a big deal" So I go re-test....looked like regular ole pee to me.... I even laid off drinking water (I drink A LOT of water cause I don't particulary like soda and you certainly can't drink beer all the time....which is too bad....) Anyway, Friday morning she calls again....SAME RESULT.....this is when the poo hits the fan because she tells me that now I can't start working on Monday and have to take the test again, last chance, no job if the result comes back dilute again....FREAK OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I about lost my mind...."what do you mean...NO JOB?????, I just freaking moved here....for this job" I was yelling at her...... "company policy, we need a test to say NEGATIVE...not dilute" "dilute suggests you are trying to hide something..." Now I totally lost it.... I don't do drugs and had no clue that this type of result could even come back...I always thought it was either Negative or Positive.... so Monday I had to re-test and too boot...pay for it myself....well I quit drinking everything, water, beer, milk....I had coffee and the water off my toothbrush for the whole weekend.....Tuesday she calls me all cheery and happy...."we got a negative!!!!" Needless to say I felt a huge weight off my head and brain. The doctor and the lab concluded that it was simply that I drink too much water....Never in my life did I ever think you could NOT get a job because you drink water.......but now all is ok, paperwork has been finalized and I start work one week late...
RD
"Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer, but wish we didn't" Erica Jong 1月25日 Back soon!Good heavens do I have a lot of reading to catch up on! The move has been smooth, with some GINORMOUS bumps along the way. (I will write about it another day, and you will be shocked and amazed!) All the critters are doing good, exploring the new home and finding new and interesting places to hide, mainly dangling from the blinds....
Hope everyone is well. I have been having blog withdrawal....is that possible?? Anyway, going to catch up on some reading here and be nosy as to what everyone has been doing!
RD 1月13日 Moving dayMoving day is fast approaching....I am scheduled to move all of my crap, and yes I did manage to toss out some of it, (still hanging on to the bills though, and my teeth...). It was difficult, but I think it was a good thing. Anyway, scheduled to move this weekend and of course it is going to rain...but that's ok...I have faith it will hold off until I get all the damagable items in the house.
I took Shi-thead home the other day to meet and greet the rest of the family....oh what a time that was...hissing ferret, hissing cats, and one overly excited dog...
Shi-thead has seemed content to stay in his hammock in his cage, the dog constantly worrying when he moves, that he's going to get something or miss something, the cats (those of you who have cats have probably seen their defense mode of puffing up) puffed up real big, crab walking in front of the cage. All but the youngest cat, Olivia, she seems to think he is something to play with or eat...constantly sticking her paw in his cage, causing him to get mad and hiss at her....its been fun though...haven't had too much sleep the last few days because of the activity going on, but its getting better. Should be a fun ride with all these critters in the car huh?!
I feel a bit of a loss leaving here, something I never thought I would feel! I will miss all the idiots here, and all the dumb newbies that come through. (Yes, the hiring pool here is sort of limited, but hell the gene pool is a bit limited too, seeing as how everyone you come across is related to someone you know...) but I will miss them nonetheless.
This will probably be my last post for a week until I get my internet up and running. Have a great weekend all!
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