Insurance and Cat scratch fever?

I changed insurance to Geico this evening. I had to up the coverage on a few things because of Oregon requirements, but it still saved me about $90!! And the guy that helped me was really cool and friendly, and very helpful. So I said that I would recommend them to my friends and family. Done.

I've been working out with the Tae Bo DVDs and it's going good. I worked out Sunday, Monday and this morning... So far, so good. I've also cut beer out of my diet. I'm giving myself a month to try this out and we'll see what kind of progress (if any) there is. A month is nice and "short-term", so it's a good goal for me.

After my workout this morning, I hopped in the shower and there was a spot on my back that was a little itchy. I reached back to find that I had a semi-long (about 4 or 5 inches) scratch! I have NO idea how it got there! The only thing I can think of is that Grace was sleeping on my back and I started turning over and she tried to hang on or something???

The other night she jumped off the bed only to have Buddy scare her and she jumped back onto me, dug in her claws and took off - that I remember even though I was asleep... it woke me up with the pain! But the one on my back... I really don't know. How weird is that?!?

Diet Pt. II

Okay, since I have "carbs" in my frige and in my cupboards, I have put off the low-carb thing... Instead, I bought a workout DVD on Saturday night. I worked out Sunday morning and this morning (Monday). I am hoping to work out 5 days a week for a month and NO BEER. I'll let you know how it goes.
Oh, and I can't weigh myself every day. That's too much. Maybe once a week? I weighed myself on Sunday, so we'll go with either Sunday's or Monday's from now on. I'll let you know. Maybe it will be better than walking to and from work.

*sigh*

The Diet is Off. For now.

Well, I ended up eating a very good low-carb cheese omelet with hot sauce (more on that later) and lite sour cream.
But looking in my refrigerator and freezer... well, I have some frozen dinners and bread and stuff that I have to eat before I move. I won't throw it away because that's just silly. So I'll eat it. And when I'm finished, maybe I'll start a low-carb diet.

About that hot sauce... Way back in December of last year, I got a cold and started craving spicy things. I think it was because they were the only things I could "taste". For some reason, I haven't stopped craving spice. So a couple of weeks ago my friend Marie introduced me to a new hot sauce: Sriracha.

This is what it looks like:


I believe you can buy in in any grocery store, possibly with the "asian" foods. It's very garlicy and somewhat sweet, and I'm obsessed with it! I sometimes pick my dinner around it, such as, "I want pasta, but can I have my Sriracha with it? No? Maybe I'll have burritos."
I recommend trying it.

Diet???

Okay, 3.5 hours into the diet and I'm having doubts. I can't decide if I want eggs or the leftover calzone that I just got yesterday and can't see it going to waste!!!... or would it be to "waist"???

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Stupid diets!!!! I might have to start tomorrow. I just don't know...

Wow, I have the willpower of a cat (who we all know doesn't even know what that means - they take what they want when they want it).

ARG.

Dieting

I'm getting really pissed off about the whole dieting scene. I know I need some exercise and I've been walking to work and home (a little over a mile one way), and it doesn't seem to be helping a lot. I'm almost ready to do something drastic like take weight loss supplements or go back on the Atkins thing. Supplements would definitely be easier, but Atkins would probably be healthier. Maybe I should try it for a month and see. In fact, I think I will!
From this day, the 23rd of July until the 22nd of August (the day before my Mom's birthday), I'm going to try the Atkins thing.
Does this mean I have to drink my coffee black??? I've been trying to drink less and less caffeine, which means I've been drinking half-regular and half-decaf for the past month or so. I still feel like I need the caffeine though. I'll keep working on it.
I would post my weight as a "testimonial" of sorts, but I don't think that's necessary. Plus, I'm thinking about giving Jeff the address to this blog, and honestly I think I would rather peel back my eyelid and pour straight alcohol on my eyeball than let him know how much I weigh... Not that he's a materialistic kind of guy, but just that I don't have the cajones.
I'll keep my blog updated as to my weight loss (I freakin' hope!!!).

MOOOHAAAHAHAAHAHAHAAAA!!!

Either I'm cool or losers wrote the test and therefore I am one of their kind:

News 20Jul2005

Well, this is what's going on:
The pharmacy manager called the District Manager and told her it would really be a shame for the company to lose me just because they hired somebody else (not that I would be fired, but that I might quit or something), and the DM agreed and is looking for availabilities in the surrounding areas. So that's nice. And they are planning on me moving at the end of next month - a lot sooner than I had originally anticipated, which is cool with me because now I won't be moving in the snow or something.
I was a little worried about one thing though... Most places want you to be earning 2.5 times your rent and at the place I live now, I make basically 2 times my rent - one paycheck for rent, one to live on. I was concerned because it might be harder to find a place to rent that would trust me even with good rental history. So I was hoping to hear about the pharmacy technician test results (the test I took a couple of months ago), because it gets me a raise if I pass.

I found out today:
I PASSED!!!!!! WOOOOOO-HOOOOO!!!!

*sigh* Albany Part 3 and other stuff

Well, the pharmacy manager called the other store today and found out they might have hired somebody... we'll find out more maybe tomorrow? So who knows?!?!?!?!

Meanwhile...

I went to my Mom's house for her annual family get-together. There were about 70 people there this year, a little less than before, but it was pretty hot and some people don't like the traveling and whatnot when it's hot. It was a good time - I think everybody was happy. There were lots of different foods to eat including elk burgers, smoked salmon rolls, black forest cake, chicken, salad, hot dogs, deviled eggs, and tons of birthday cake that my Mom bought for all the birthday people. :) I get full thinking about it!

I did get to do some chores while I was there, like mow lots of grass, catch snakes for Mom, feeding the horses the cut grass, etc. And of course I got bit by mosquitos. This is what it looks like when I get bit by them since I'm a little allergic (I don't know how clear the pic will be):


No, I don't have several elbows, I just swell a little.

This is what I looked like by the time I got home, grabbed some Taco Bell (just to be hit on by the guy at the drive thru who called me "Cutie" and said I should take him four-wheelin'. I don't think so Scruffy McTaco.):


And today, after my burn has fully bloomed... can you see where my seat belt was?


But thankfully, it doesn't really hurt, it's just a little hot and sometimes itchy.
The drive was great and beautiful although I only took one picture that I'm going to post later...
hehehe!

Albany Part 2

So I called the apartment manager today and he told me I could break my lease without being charged a fee, I will just be responsible for rent for the following 30 days after I give notice.

Well.

I told the pharmacy manager and she asked me if I wanted to do it. I couldn't stop smiling and she said, "I'll take that as a yes.". So I guess it's looking like it might happen. I'm just rolling with it, I'm not going to get all hyper about it. But I am a little excited and scared. It's the monetary thing that I'm scared about because it's expensive to move. But we'll see. Boy, I need to pack! That's only a month and a half!!!!

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Seriously, I'm not going to stress.

Albany

So the pharmacist (the good one, not the flatulent one) had to call the Albany store today for some reason and I heard her asking them if they needed a tech there. They need one now. She said she didn't think that would happen. When she hung up she told me they could probably wait until the end of next month and she wanted to know if I was locked into a lease at these apartments. So I'm going to ask the manager as soon as I get a chance.
I don't know if it will happen, but I trust God to have His hand in it, and if it happens, it must be good. So I'm not going to stress about it, instead I'm kind of curious to see what will happen. If it's meant to be, I'll be able to get out of this lease and get a house -oh yes, a real house!- in Albany. It will all just happen. But if not, that's okay, it'll happen when it does.
I've been trying to keep an eye out for a house just outside the city limits. I can't wait to live in a real house - something I haven't done as an adult. I'm soooo ready. And I know Rayleen knows what I'm talking about! :)

Customers and Service (vent session, beware)

There are times when I think that maybe I'm not in the right line of work. I think I'm pretty good with customers, nice and all that... but there are times when I just want to say, "What are you thinking?!?". People can just be so stinkin' rude!
So this is what I would like to say to all the rude people out there. All the people who think they are better just because for a moment in time, they are the customer and they are supposedly "right". All the people who don't care. All the people who want, want, want, and want it right now! All the people who think they are the only customer who counts. All the people who think they will demand mayonnaise because they wanted it and didn't get it and can't just ask nicely because after all, they must be the only people the waitress is helping and therefore she/he must be able to remember everything they want. All the people who think directions magically appear on lables and insurances are magically billed and since it's already in a tube, why don't you just give it to me?!@?. All the people who are SNOTTY. All the people who glare at the people helping them and expect to be the most important person all day. All the people who don't understand stress. All the people who are snobby. All the people who think if they WHINE loud enough, they'll get what they want. All the people who try to use coupons that are expired and complain because they want it at the cheaper price. All the people who yell at the "peons", the supervisor and the managers, just because they know they can.

To all of those people, listen to what I have to say because this is for you:

SUCK IT UP! YOU ARE NOT THAT IMPORTANT! I HAVE BETTER THINGS TO DO IN MY LIFE THAN TO HELP YOU, YOU ARROGANT JERK, LIKE CLEAN OUT THE LITTER BOX! THE WORLD DOES NOT REVOLVE AROUND YOU, IN FACT EVERYBODY AROUND YOU THINKS YOU ARE AN INFECTED LITTLE SCAB THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO PICK OFF THEIR DIRTY LITTLE KNEE SO YOU WON'T BE SUCH AN ANNOYANCE! JUST... SHUT... UP!!!!! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT'S GOOD AND RIGHT, SHUT UP!!! NOBODY CARES WHAT YOUR NAME IS AND HOW MUCH YOU SPEND AT THIS STORE! NOBODY CARES HOW MUCH YOU THINK YOU'VE BEEN WRONGED BY HAVING TO WAIT 10 MINUTES FOR SOMETHING THAT TAKES 15 MINUTES TO DO! AND IF YOU ARE SICK, MAYBE YOU SHOULD HAVE TURNED IN THAT PRESCRIPTION A MONTH AGO WHEN IT WAS WRITTEN!!! NO, I DIDN'T REMEMBER YOUR NAME BECAUSE I THINK YOU ARE IMPORTANT, I REMEMBER YOUR NAME BECAUSE THE LAST TIME YOU WERE HERE YOU WERE A JERK AND I TOLD EVERYBODY ABOUT IT! YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, WE ALL KNOW ABOUT YOU! WHY DON'T YOU WORK RETAIL FOR A WHILE AND SEE JUST HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE?!?
SHUT YOUR WHINING, COMPLAINING, FOUL, SNEERING, WHIMPERING, SNIVELING, "ME-ME-ME", LOUD, NEVER-ENDING, ARROGANT, DEPRESSING, EVER-PESSIMISTIC, I'LL-GO-SOMEWHERE-ELSE, THE-CUSTOMER-IS-ALWAYS-RIGHT, I-PAY-YOUR-SALARY MOUTHS!!!!!!

aaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. thank you.

I learned something

My ever patient sister Rayleen has been trying to teach me how to be a better blogger. So she taught me how to make the blue linky things!!! :) YAY!!!

So I went out with "the girls" last night and we went to one of the bars here in town. Hm. I'm surprised at such a little meat market here in this sleepy town, but sure enough it was. I figured it would be just a small-town hole in the wall, so I wore the same pants and t-shirt that I wore all day (and found a nice little mudhole for my jeep to play in). When I got there, all the girls were showing cleavage and all the guys were... well, some of the guys were wearing tight t-shirts. One particularly drunk fella was wearing board shorts and a long sleeved button up shirt that had bleach spots all down the back.
And he's the guy that kept asking me to dance. Why do I get all the winners??? I told him I killed a guy dancing once, and it wasn't safe for me to hit the dance floor... I'm just so bad at it! His unfocused, dilated pupils told me he didn't get it.
*sigh*
But we got out of there unscathed and not too annoyed. We actually left kind of early, but that's probably a good thing. :)

I'm posting a pic!!!! GASP!!!!!

Okay, here's my staightend hair!  Boy, I really look excited...  Please ignore the face.

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