Life.

Life has been crazy lately.

Once April hit, work got very busy. Weird, right? Who would have thought a lot of people are procrastinators and needed last minute help... I was working quite a bit of overtime and I even worked on the weekends!

On April 19th, I started class... again. I had forgotten how boring class was and started falling asleep in class every now and then... so I had to start drinking coffee again, even though I had stopped cold turkey back in January when I had my first full day of answering calls. Coffee was my friend for the past three weeks... but now that I'm back on the phones and with even MORE things to remember, check, and have to do (since I can seriously mess shit up now if I don't do it correctly), I'm officially done with coffee... again... for now. Either way, it's a LOT of responsibility and a LOT of stress that I'm going to seriously mess something up and get a horribly wrong call for something super easy!

I'm really enjoying this job; I'm making new friends, meeting new people, and learning a lot of new things (see the above paragraph). My boss is awesome, my friend's boss is *amazing* (I said that just for you!), my lead is hilarious, and my new friends are great company. LOVE it. I'm the "social director" for my team at work, so I organize all sorts of fun things for us to do. As a team, we've been sponsoring an animal at the Oregon Humane Society and doing fundraisers in order to do so. We've also been collecting food and other items to donate to the shelter. So far, the first two dogs we chose to sponsor have been adopted! Now, we're sponsoring a bigger dog named Cassie; she's a cutie. This weekend, I will be making whoopie pies for our bake sale fundraiser on Monday! There will be a whole lotta whoppie (baking) going on in my house!

A few weeks ago, I built up enough courage to go to the dentist... and I had a root canal. Go me. My jaw hurt for a few days... it hurt to talk, eat, chew gum, etc. Once it started feeling better, I had to go back in for the real filling! I went through the pain all over again... but thankfully I won't be going back in again until June (for a full exam and then a cleaning). Eventually, that lucky tooth will be getting a crown, but for now, it will be fine the way it is...

These past couple of days in Portland have been sunny and somewhat warm! I am hoping that tomorrow is nice enough for me to finally work in the garden! This year, I plan on planting flowers. No tomatoes, no veggies, just flowers. The herbs from last year are coming back, but I've decided I want a flower garden in the front yard. I'll get my vegetable planters and green house next year (I hope). Also, we recently bought a brush-cutter attachment for our weed eater... making it easy to cut down blackberry vines! I am excited to get a start on clearing out our backyard... even though I have a feeling we're going to end up hiring someone to clean it out for us. :) Yes, it's THAT overgrown... that's what a lot of rain does to a backyard.

Speaking of making our backyard look pretty... it's less than a month until my 30th birthday!! How did I get that crazy transition, you ask? For my birthday party, I plan on having a BOUNCE HOUSE! In order to have a bounce house, we will need to clean out the backyard, and possibly even level part of it. I have been wanting a bounce house for my 30th party for some time now... and I am going to do everything in my power to make sure I have one! I've been looking at prices, options, etc... and I've decided I'm getting a combo house with a slide! It's just going to be a toss-up on the style... should I go for a princess castle or just a basic primary colored house with a slide? :)

The kittens we found last November are getting big, super cute (and one of them is super FAT!), and somewhat annoying. We're noticing some bad habits they picked up along the way... we're not sure how they got them, but we do know they have them now and it's hard to break them, especially since they're so stubborn! Ellis (aka dinner for 2-3) is getting round... but he's so fluffy and soft! He only meows when there's a chance of food... it's cute, but strange. Zo's feet are big and somewhat awkward, but he's still got his beautiful blue eyes. He likes to wake me up at 6am to snuggle, rub his mouth on my nose, and purr until I wake up. He's a persistent little jerk... but he's too cute to get mad at. Odin is still a happy kitty; I keep finding him his favorite flower bell toys while we're out shopping and he keeps playing fetch with them! Odin doesn't usually seem to like the kittens, but he seems to tolerate them when he's sleeping. :) Grimm is still peeing all over the house... but he LOVES Friskies cat treats and we give him those when we see him use the cat box on his own. I like positive reinforcement, even with my kitties. :) He's still not doing very well, so we're not sure how much longer Grimm will be with us; however, I think Grimm is too stubborn to leave us on his own. I think that's a trend with all our kitties... they're too stubborn for their own good. Jerks.


Now that my house is quiet, my job is stressful, and my kitties are insane, my life feels normal again. :)


Just remember: C is for Cookie, Cupcakes, and Cake... and that's good enough for me.