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A busy week of busy stuff

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I realize it has been about a week since I posted last so I thought I’d update. I really don’t have a whole lot to say right now. Things are definitely getting more and more hectic as the days go on. Gene is graduating college next Saturday. And next Saturday we are going out of town to my extended family’s Christmas get together. And next Thursday Gene’s brother and his wife are coming in to stay with us a few nights. And I’m so nervous because we’ve never really had company in our home before and I feel like its dirty and I’m a slob :(

Sorry, had to start a new paragraph. I hate long paragraphs. Anyway, so back to my list of busyness. I got a bridal shower to attend this weekend and I need to finish my shopping for our family Christmas next weekend. And I need to do so many things. But number one priority right now is cleaning the house and finish getting the Christmas lights on the house. Once I have these things done I will post pictures of our house lights. :)

Tonight we got our first snow of the season. It was only an inch or two but it was definitely awesome :) The only part that really stunk was driving home from work in it. I don’t get off work until 8 PM so by time I get off work, it has gotten cold enough outside for it to harden up and turn icey. I know my car was swervin’ around a bit here and there. I was a nervous wreck! I always drive really bad during the first snow because I have to adjust to driving really really slow. I’m talking, I have to meditate, become one with my car and get all zen-ish goin’ on. Otherwise I’d be in a ditch somewhere.. because I don’t have patience when it comes to that kind of stuff!

A friend of mine called me a couple of days ago. A friend I haven’t spoken to since about 9th grade (10 years ago?). She was my very best friend through elementary and middle school but she ended up moving away in high school. So anyway, she calls to tell me of a couple of our friends passing away. And it was really a bummer phone call :( I was glad to catch up with her and see how she was doing… but a bummer of a phone call, for sure! And that is all I can think about lately. Is our friends and their families and how tragic both deaths were. And how life just isn’t fair at all. And how I should be enjoying my days more and more. A lot more than I am. The stress is nothing compared to what they are going through. This, I know.

Still mourning for the victims, not refugees

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I don’t know why but it really bothers me that the media is referring to all of these people in Louisianna and Mississippi as “refugees.” I don’t know what it is but I get this really strange image of people from Africa crossing the ocean in a canoe? It doesn’t make sense when I explain it but it does in my head. The point is that these are citizens and they deserve a lot more respect than they are getting. And why in the world do they only broadcast the extremely angry or violently frustrated people? Why not throw in an interview with a calm, collected person? All I see left and right are people screaming at the news crews and complaining. Don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with the complaining and frustration, I totally understand. But when that is all they show 24/7 on the news, it gives their community a bad “reputation” so to speak.

But really I’m not going to get into this crap. All I can say is that I am wishing these people the best and I hope they hurry the heck up with their “rescue efforts” and the supposed “10.5 million” we are giving them for recovery, so these people can RELAX and SURVIVE. And I can totally empathize with the people who are “looting” things they need (diapers, food, etc.) but the people who have gone absolutely psycho and are raping women or shooting people, that is just rediculous! And anyone that does that, obviously has NO heart. And I think it is very sad and discouraging to the citizens of these places that their police officers are turning in their badges and leaving the “force.” No offense to the police officers but if I was an officer and saw devastation like that and then basically abandoned the city and turned in my badge…. well… I don’t even know what to say other than I’d hope one of my friends and family would smack me out of whatever the heck was going through my head!

Anyway, Astro and Emma are doing great. Astro is still having accidents but I hope it is just because he is going through a phase. I know all puppies go through a phase around 12-16 weeks old where they have more accidents than they previously did and so on. I hope it’s just that! He has them mostly by the back door. But like I said in a previous post, thank goodness for my new carpet cleaner. I don’t freak out near as much now that I have that handy stuff! He’s getting big :) Not big around but definitely a lot taller than he used to be. That is all for now. We have 13 week pictures of him but I am absolutely too lazy to uplaod them. Billing this last week at work has been extremely busy and I feel run down every day when I get home. I may just wait until his 4 month pictures to update! Then we’ll be able to see a big difference in size!