Hi and welcome to week 1,

Its New Years Eve today. Fiks slept all of yesterday and last night, missing gaming. I guess he was really tired, which is fine. He needs to sleep. So I did gaming and then I watched some TV before going to bed and waking him up. I continued reading The Fourth Wing, which I got for Christmas. Once I was done reading I turned on my audio book, Lord Of The Rings, and fell asleep for a while. I woke up and couldn’t get back to sleep, so I moved to the sofa, put on a movie and passed out until I heard stirring in the kitchen. I got up and found Fiks making pancakes in the kitchen and commented on my new hair.

He likes it, but we have no idea how my parents are going to react to it, which is fine. I don’t know either. I have no idea how work is going to react either. We took inspiration from two photos I like of galaxy hair.

After pancakes we worked on getting our new fish tank up and running. I cleaned of the coffee table next to the sofa so we could put the old tank there while we put the new one in place. Then we started washing the gravel and decorations and placing them and filling up the tank with water. We poured the chemicals in and let it sit for a little bit before moving the fishes into it. They really needed a good tank change.

Its been a little while now, and it looks like they’re settling down okay. We’re going to keep and clean the old tank, wash it out really good, add new gravel and a new filter and move it into the bedroom and get a Betta fish. I miss having a Betta fish. We’ll go to a small pet shop in town to get the Betta fish instead of getting one from where we get the Glofish from (PetSmart). They are still getting used to the current of the new filter, I can see it pushing them around as they swim about. 

I ended up taking a nap for a hour or so, curled up into a little ball on the sofa. I woke up and called my parents and Poppa wasn’t hearing well, so that conversation was interesting. After a while Fiks said that he was hungry, so I threw out some ideas for dinner, which he rejected. We ended up going with Olive Garden for dinner. We ordered pasta and soup and wine. I just had my soup and breadsticks with wine. I did some cleaning/organizing and some online window shopping, just bored and trying to kill time. Fiks was online with his Monday night group playing Baulders Gate III.

I’m bored. I don’t want to read right now, I don’t want to watch TV. Maybe I’ll play RCT 3 or something for a while. Instead I went and cleaned up my email accounts to get ready for the new year which is just a few hours away. I also ordered a Clever Fox Journal, going to try and keep up with it this year. Fingers crossed that I am successful this time around.

I stayed up until midnight, kissed Fiks and wished him a happy 11 year anniversary (dating), and went to bed. Then people started setting off fireworks. That kinda wound me up so I read for a while (Fourth Wing), and then Fiks came to bed and passed the fuck out within minutes. Grrr. Then he started snoring, which kept me up. I could not get to sleep. I took a shower, I took a second melatonin, I eventually gave up and moved to the sofa.

I fell asleep to Muppet Treasure Island. Love that movie, haven’t seen it in a long time. I woke up when Fiks came out around 8-830 and I was very grumpy about it. I turned on M*A*S*H and woke up to that as Fiks played on his computer. I eventually got up and got my protein shake for breakfast, then I just stayed on the sofa most of the morning. I eventually got up and got cleaned up and dressed, started a load of laundry, packed the grocery list and bags, and poked Fiks to get moving.

We went and visited my parents first, and Mom told us not to get too close, she wasn’t feeling well. Poppa took the mail that I had for him and then I played with Lumi for a few minutes before we left and went to the grocery store. We got what we wanted, realized we needed to go to Target to get some hair stuff for Fiks and bodywash for me, ordered Panda Express for lunch and got gas. After getting gas we made our way up the mountain and hit up the Target in town for the bodywash and hair stuff, then came home.

Fiks jumped onto his computer and I turned on How I Met Your Mother while I was eating lunch. I texted a few friends to keep myself entertained, one gave me a invitation to go hang out at there house. Tempting, but its like an hour away. Then I started working on this after finding a song to start the year with. I just kept playing on my phone and watching TV until it was time to make dinner. Then I poked Fiks and we started cooking before his gaming session. I forgot to take a picture of it, but it was good. A lot of food tho. I had to give half of my serving to Fiks. Might be still full from Panda and so I couldn’t eat as much as normal. After dinner I started reading on my phone and talking with a friend. I poked Fiks and we took out the garbage and recycling, which we normally do on Sundays, but because today is a holiday, there was no pick up services today. I got changed into my PJ’s and turned on M*A*S*H and worked on this.

Once I got to sleep, I slept really well last night. I only woke up once, and then again when Fiks kissed me goodbye and went to work. When I finally woke up, I grabbed my shake and turned on M*A*S*H and dozed to that for a while. I did a research call with Enso Rings about rings and what I like about them and what my favorite rings are and why. I suggested that they do a Wall-E and Eve ring set, and he said I wasn’t the first person he talked to who suggested that.

Afterwards I got dressed and headed down the mountain and went to the pet shop where we are thinking of buying Betta fish from. They also had Glofish but they were being treated with medicine today, but I talked to someone and they said that they should be ready to go by the weekend. Which is fine, we still have to clean the second tank up for the Betta fish. I went to the art store next door to grab some new colored pencils, but they don’t have the selection they used to and I couldn’t remember which colors I really needed.

I went over to my parents house and hung out with Mom while Poppa did a few errands. We ordered my Niece some birthday presents, and watched Hallmark while Poppa was gone. I played on my phone while she was asleep, and Poppa and Lumi snuck in and were quiet as not to wake Mom up. I ordered Poppa some international stamps and then I came home and had lunch and I’m going to curl up and take a nap. I didn’t do much, I watched Beauty and the Beast and watched some How I Met Your Mother and M*A*S*H.

I called Fiks when he was on his way home and asked him to pick something up for dinner, because our meal box hadn’t shown up yet. So he swung by and got some Carl’s Jr. for dinner. We ate that and watched YouTube before Fiks jumped onto his computer and played Baulders Gate III with his friends. I took a soak in the tub and read a book before turning M*A*S*H back on and watching that before heading to bed.

I didn’t sleep the greatest last night, I’ve slept worse, I’ve slept better. I woke up when Fiks got up this morning and moved to the sofa and watched some M*A*S*H and dozed to that until my alarm went off, then I got into my scrubs, made my lunch and headed down the mountain. I got to work okay, it wasn’t raining or anything on my way down, so I changed into my work shoes and grabbed my stuff and went inside and delt with the crew.

I was already kind of on edge because of my not great sleep, so I was smart and took and anxiety pill to take the edge off. And the girls weren’t the nicest to me today, it felt like I could do nothing right for anyone. A left like 2 hours into my shift. I called and talked to my parents on my break and they told me not to take it personally. But its kind of hard not to when you ask the girls how was their new years “fine”, then go and talk about what they did with the other girls in great detail. Hurt my feelings and pissed me off. Then I got told to go to lunch because someone else had to be gone by a certain time. I said sorry I didn’t know, and I punched out after a snarky comment from her. I talked with Fiks and a friend during lunch where I read my book at ate and just tried not to dwell on it.

I feel like at work sometimes I’m ADD, I see something that needs to get done and go do it, and then I see something else that needs to be done. I dunno if its I feel like I have to do everything so it gets done or what, but today just sucked. But at least I didn’t have to close so that was nice. Oh! I got pissed on by a cat at the end of the shift, so that was great. Smelled like cat piss all my way home, so I stripped down to my undershirt and shorts in the garage and threw my scrubs in the wash and then came up stairs and took a shower.

I called and check in on my parents, and they were fine, just tired. Then Fiks said he was on his way home, so I turned on the oven and warmed up the breadsticks and then when Fiks came home I started zapping leftover pasta.

This week is my nieces birthday. My Brother asked me if I wanted to come to a movie with her, and my stomach hasn’t been good all day so I didn’t know if I could sit through a movie. But I did promise to come out and say happy birthday to her when he picked up my Sister. Fiks and I hung out watching YouTube all night, popping out heads out to wish my niece a happy birthday as they went off to the movies.

I did not want to wake up this morning. I dozed once the alarms started going off. I got up and had my shake and got dressed for work and made myself lunch and then I headed down the mountain to work. I got to work okay, and I got changed into my work shoes and headed in.

The day went fine, A went home early, so it was me, L, S, S, and G. S had a doctors appointment she had to move again, so she wasn’t in a great mood. L wasn’t in a good mood either, being mad that we wanted to know where she was going, because she likes to disappear for good amounts of time. Nothing really happened, it was a okay day and I came home and took a shower. (I’m writing this Saturday night between gaming turns). Fiks came home and we ordered Habit Burger for dinner. We watched What If…? for a while before Fiks jumped onto his computer and I watched M*A*S*H until it was time for bed.

I slept pretty good last night. I got to sleep in a little bit since I didn’t have to be at work until 9. I took a little longer to get going after my breakfast shake and some M*A*S*H and then I got dressed for work and made some lunch and headed down the mountain to work.

Today was weird. We only had 3 surgeries, when we normally have 5 or 6 or even 7. I roomed one of the doctors today, so that went fine. Everything went fine until we started appointments in the afternoon, then everything went to hell in a hand basket. We had an emergency roll in which took 2 of the 3 vets off the floor and away from appointments, 3 of the 5 techs, and the 3 techs were getting pissy because they were staying late. We got the EKG on the dog done, and then the 2 doctors had to call tech support for the EKG monitor so they could send it or save it or something. I dunno, I was very confused. M and I cleaned up most of the hospital, leaving treatment alone because the doctors were still on the phone with tech support.

I came home and got cleaned up and then Fiks came home and we nibbled on food after emptying the dishwasher. Neither of us had any energy to cook or clean, so we were lazy when it came to food. I did a cup of mac n cheese and and Fiks did some chicken nuggets. He went and played some Baulders Gate III and I watched some M*A*S*H and fell asleep to it, so I went to bed a little early.

I didn’t sleep the best last night. I woke up around 3 and was fuzzy for a while. I remember trying to turn something on on my phone, and dropping it a few times, so I just restarted my audio book and fell back to sleep. I woke up with my alarms and got up and had my shake while watching M*A*S*H and then I got dressed and headed down the mountain to work.

Today I worked in reception. It was a wave day. We’d have nobody then we’d have everybody and the phones would be ringing off the hook. People trying to check in, check out, pick up prescriptions. Then it’d be dead. Super weird. There was an accident on the freeway, slowing some people down. and one lady called to say she was running late for her vaccine appointment. I went and checked with the Doctor who she was scheduled with, then with A, and they said it’d be fine. So I tell her she can still come, and she shows up and then she says that her dog has been groaning and moaning and looking at its stomach, which means she needed a vet visit, not just a shot. Made all of us frustrated with her. I left at 130 to go visit Fiks and then go get my oil changed.

I go to Fiks and almost run into someone who decides to slam on their breaks, and then turn. Frustrating. I went and Fiks greeted me at the door, and then he had some customers come in, so after he was done and it was close to his meeting time, I kissed him goodbye and went to go get my oil changed down the street from him. Afterwards I go and visit my parents and wake everyone up. Whoops. I was hanging out with them until Fiks called me, saying one of his drivers got in an accident and he needed me to bring me some things to him. I kissed Mom and Poppa goodbye and headed home and grabbed some towels, a blanket, and his rain jacket. I then drove carefully up to the accident site and gave him the blanket and towels, and after a few minutes I came home in the rain.

I got changed, started a load of laundry, and then turned on How I Met Your Mother and ended up taking a nap. When I woke up it was dark outside, so I called my parents and told them I was home safe, just waking up from a nap. I called and talked with Fiks and then he made his way home. I ordered some Poke for dinner because my stomach was acting up, and Fiks ordered some pizza once he got home. He took a shower and then we started gaming.

These are my new headphones, thanks to my Brother for my birthday present. Thank you ❤ I love them.

Alright, I’m going to leave it here for now. School starts again next week so I’m going to try my best to keep up with this, but we’ll see. I’m taking Microbiology and a Women’s Studies class. Fingers crossed that I pass both classes and keep my mental sanity and work.

~Just Keep Swimming~