Hi, and welcome to week 31!

We were up late last night gaming, until after 12. We were all turning into zombies at home. So tired. When we were done I went to bed and took my meds and read until Fiks came in a little bit later. I put down my book and turned on Audible to start my story, and snuggled down next to Fiks. I slept pretty well. Got up at some point and got under my gravity blanket and fell back asleep. I woke up around 9 and moved out to the sofa and turned on Cutthroat Kitchen and fell asleep again. I woke up at the end of the episode and went into the kitchen and started making cinnamon rolls.

I put the sugar on after the photo (doh!) and ran 3 over to my Sister’s house for her and my Parents. There were all happy to have cinnamon rolls delivered. I stayed for a couple minutes and chatted and then I came home and had my own while watching TV and worked on this.

I talked with a friend off and on all morning, so that was nice. I finally went and woke Fiks up at 1. I tried at 12 but it didn’t work, I guess he needed the sleep. After he was up I went and started a load of laundry and saw the cutest tiniest baby lizard on our porch.

We hung out for a while at the house. Fiks worked on his car’s cameras and I just watched TV. I didn’t know Good Omens season 2 was out, I thought it came out in August. But Fiks wants to watch it so I can’t start it without him. When he was done working on his car, we went and ran a few errands. We went and got him something for the car cameras, then we went to the grocery store, which wasn’t too horribly busy. After that we went to Baskin Robins to go get Poppa his cake. He passed his driver’s exam last week, so that’s great.

We came home and I reorganized the freezer to fit in the ice cream cake, and Fiks went and worked on his car again. I watched Master Chef for a while before going and taking a shower. Fiks went and got his car washed down the street, so I was left waiting for him once I was dressed. Once he came home we went over to my Brother’s house for dinner. There were 2 different types of tri-tip (drool), chicken, salad, pasta, and asparagus (yuck!).

Dinner was amazing, as usual. My Brother introduced us to a funny English show, that I can’t remember the name of now, damn it. While we were watching the show the ice cream cake came out to soften and then we celebrated with the cake.

It was good. The little Mario and Luigi cars actually roll, so we left those for my niece to play with when she got back home. My stomach got really upset, so we left soon after dessert. We came home and I curled up on the sofa while Fiks played Tears of the Kingdom. After a while I got up and took out the garbage, and Fiks said he’d do the recycling before he went to bed. I went to bed and started falling asleep almost straight away, so I stopped reading my book and turned on my audio book and went to sleep.

I slept really well last night. I don’t even remember Fiks coming to bed. I woke up when I heard someone using a weed whacker around 8. I tried going back to sleep but I wasn’t successful. I moved to the sofa and turned on Cutthroat Kitchen and slept to that until Poppa called me asking if I had gotten Mom’s coffee yesterday. Whoops. I went to find Fiks to ask him if I could kidnap his car really quickly. We figured out a game plan for the morning and went and got Mom’s coffee. We delivered it to her before heading down the mountain to the station so Fiks could return a vehicle at work.

We did that and came home. I curled up on the sofa and took a little nap while he’s playing Tears of the Kingdom. When I woke up I did some more laundry and just hung out with Fiks on the sofa. I read my book for a while, and then we talked about dinner. Too hot to cook today, so we just did left overs. Fiks joined his Monday night group for gaming and I watched TV for a while. I put on Master Chef for an episode before the audio go horribly out of sync. Then I watched The Worlds End, and after that I just read my book with TV on for background noise.

When it was time I went to bed and meditated and read some more. I tried going to sleep and I couldn’t. So I came out and said hi to Fiks and grabbed a cookie and went back to bed. I woke up with Fiks tossing and turning, and I was itchy and uncomfortable, so I went and took a nice hot bath. After the bath I went back to bed and slept until 6.

I rolled over and told Fiks the time and he said that he was not feeling well and was staying home today. So we both snuggled back down and went back to sleep until my alarms went off. I ignored the first one, got up slowly to the second. I still wasn’t really moving by the time the third came around. I got up and got dressed, realizing how late it was. I debated on waking Fiks up to move the car, but I was running so late I had to. I texted my manager I was running late and then I took off down the mountain towards work.

I wasn’t the only one who was running late thankfully. S pulled in just before me. I was hopping out of the truck when the manager came out and had me park differently. Then I went inside and saw that S the RVT who had left was back, so I said hi to her, and everyone else, and started rooming people. The day was just crazy busy. It was me, S, S, G, L, and M for half the day, she left at lunch time. They did 2 surgeries during lunch, and then we started seeing clients again at 3, they stopped the tech appointments from starting at 2 (yay, I hated that). We were busy again this afternoon. And I got pooped on and on my shoes, so that was fun. I ran out and got my pair of back up shoes on and finished the day.

I texted Fiks I was on the way home and he came out to move the car once I had opened the garage door. Once we were parked I threw my pooped on shoes and scrubs in the washer. I did my socks too since I was already stripping down. I was wearing some exercise shorts and shirt underneath my scrubs so I wasn’t naked or anything. Fiks and I came upstairs and then I went to take a shower and there was no water pressure because the washing machine was running. Duh! I quickly ran next door to check on every one and then I came home and worked on this for a while, and then I watched Fiks finish Tears of the Kingdom.

We watched some YouTube videos and then I went to bed and read my book for a while.

I slept really well last night. I didn’t want to wake up this morning. I woke up to Fiks trying to wake me up to kiss me goodbye, and then I got out of bed with my first alarm, learning my lesson from yesterday. I got up and made myself a English Muffin for breakfast and then Fiks walked through the door. He’d been working on the yellowjacket’s nest that was next to our stairs. We’ve been trying to get rid of them since we discovered them on Monday. When it was time for him to go he kissed me goodbye and I went and got dressed for work.

Fiks texted me that it was going to be a long wait at the doctors office that he went to, which sucks at 830 in the morning. I packed my lunch and left for work, and I got there in time and switched into my old work shoes since my newer ones were drying by the front door. I went and punched in and then the day started. I waited to see if anyone else wanted to do the call backs. Nope. So I did them and got in trouble for it later. I just felt like I screwed up left and right today. It was me, M, L, G, and my favorite person (sarcasm), V.

Oh my god, V was so bad today. She kept disappearing and not helping anyone and when she did help, she left a mess behind. Oh, and she threw a fit about closing solo (little did I know at the start of the day that I was going to close with her). I was very tempted to say that I closed solo for a month on Fridays at one point. Its doable and it sucks, but it is possible. I said at lunch time that I needed to go at 1230 to be upfront by 1 (this is where I found out that I was closing with her).

I went to lunch and made a phone call to my doctors office to get signed up with a new doctor since my other one left. Then I just ate and listened to The Ralph Report while I read. When it was time I went back to work, and then V was still being lazy. I swear I roomed everyone by 2 clients. Grrr. And, she took a patient from me and so I left her to clean up the mess since I’d been cleaning up after her all fucking day. I had to get on her about cleaning too, which I hate doing. She then buggered off while I was taking care of the cat that was boarding with us (its one of the doctors). I was fucking pissed.

I came home and looked in on my Parents before taking a shower and making dinner. Pork with a peach glaze sauce reduction, potatoes, Brussel sprouts and garlic bed. Fiks came home when I was almost done cooking, so the timing was perfect. We watched more of Good Omens 2, then we watched some YouTube before I went to bed.

I slept pretty well last night. I remember Fiks coming to bed at some time and going “I didn’t realize how late it was” and taking a shower. I fell back to sleep while he was in the shower. I woke up to him stroking my arm and kissing me goodbye. I got up and made myself some breakfast before making lunch, getting dressed, and heading down the mountain to work.

Work went fairly well. I was back in treatment in the morning. It was only one doctor so I thought it wouldn’t be that bad. Well, I was wrong. The doctor started out in a bad mood. We got yelled at for stuff she felt like we weren’t doing but actually were. I was busy doing call backs so I couldn’t talk back to her at the time. I helped her with a foxtail search on a Boxer puppy, who we gave sedation to and then he proceeded to vomit everywhere. We didn’t find the foxtail either. Sigh.

After my lunch I went and moved up front, reliving T and working with G and F. F is something I call chaotic energy, well meaning but very scattered and, well, chaotic. G was amped up because her and M are going on vacation tomorrow, so today was my only day with Benny and Bash. Bash goes in for surgery for his cherry eye later this month.

Anyway, M & G left, so I was left with F up front with me. The afternoon wasn’t too bad, F was kinda mellow for the rest of the shift. Once it was time I came home and went and checked on my parents before taking a shower and taking Lumi for a walk once it was quiet outside after my shower. Then I flopped on the sofa for a while, worked on this while watching Cutthroat Kitchen. I called Fiks and asked him to pick up Chinese for dinner, because I had a craving. Hadn’t done that in a while. So we sat down with dinner and watched Good Omens 2 and then some YouTube videos before I went to bed.

I slept pretty well last night, angry with my alarm for going off an hour earlier than normal because I opened today. I got up and got dressed, placed and order with Starbucks and then Fiks was up and waiting for me to get going even though he was parked in front of me in the garage. We left together, saying we’d talk later. I swung by and picked up my order and then made my way down the mountain. I got to work okay, I even got to park my truck in the shade, so that was nice. It was just me and A for a while, me in front and A back in treatment. I checked my manual and did everything I needed to open I’m pretty sure, and then I started pulling files for the next day.

T showed up early, and we talked while I was pulling files and she was waiting for her time to punch in. Then F came in. She’s a sweet person, but she’s pure chaos energy, and today she was out of control. She was upset that I was at the computer we share, talking over us, saying things that you shouldn’t say to clients. Her and T started butting heads, and I can normally handle her energy, but I couldn’t do it today. We were busy, and so the morning went by fast. T went to lunch first, and then we sent F because I was only there until 1, which she wasn’t happy about. But at that point I didn’t really care. T and I took the down time to relax and I did some deep breathing. When I was done I came home to watch a movie with my Cousin.

It felt like its been a long time since we did a movie together. We decided on Mean Girls, a movie that I’ve been wanting to watch for a while, and the last day to watch is August 31st. So I guess we had good timing.

We talked throughout the movie, like normal. I rested afterwards and kept running and checking in on my parent’s a few times. I wasn’t really in the mood to cook because it was stupid warm again in the evening, so Fiks was awesome and piked up Shrimp n chips for dinner from the local pub. We watched some Good Omens and then I went to bed. I couldn’t sleep so I went and took a hot bath, and by the time I was out Fiks was in bed, so I got to snuggle with him for a bit.

I slept pretty well, Fiks woke me up to say goodbye as he left for work. I tossed and turned until my alarms went off, then I thought I was running late, so I went and got dressed, ordered a Starbucks again and made my way down the mountain to work. I got there early and parked, changed into my work shoes and went inside and had some breakfast.

Man, today was another crazy day. One of the vets has been on vacation all week, so another vet was covering for her (she usually doesn’t work Saturdays). Well she saw the voicemails and said we had to fit them all in; we’re only here until 1. So needles to say it was a difficult day. It was V and S as the techs today, and V kept disappearing as usual. We had 2 drop off appointments and some people were running late. I got yelled at by said covering vet a few times for some reason. I honestly don’t know why. I went to the back and helped hold a couple of times because everyone was missing. But we got done on time, so that was nice.

I went and visited Fiks at the station, and hung out with him for a while. He was having an okay day, but he had eaten lunch so that was a good thing to see. I hung out with him for half a hour before taking off and doing errands. I went and got some Bundt cakes (ssshhh), and I got my new contact lenses for the next (in theory) 6 months. I swung by CVS to pick up a prescription for Mom, and the pharmacy was closed for lunch, so I waddled around and picked up candy that I didn’t really need. Once the pharmacy was open I got the prescription and my candy and made my way home.

I was starving and wanted a sammich that I didn’t make, so I swung by the market and got a sammich made. And 2 bags of chips. And a drink. And some canned mimosas (waiting to try those). I came home and got changed and ate half the sammich and watched Master Chef on Hulu and dozed for a while. I went and walked Lumi after I woke up since everyone was gone and watching Beetlejuice the musical. I got some socks when they came home. They said that it was really fun, but very packed. But Mom did really well with the crowd and her walking to and from the car.

Fiks came home and ordered himself pizza since I still had half a good sammich left for dinner. We’re starting gaming now, I’ll leave it here for this week.

~Just keep swimming~