Our new kittens - Chloe and Emma 

Various Findings for this Rainy Friday

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Quote of the Day: Life is like an hourglass glued to the table.

MyLuc and I went to the Fostercare home on Friday to look at two kittens. I told MyLuc that he'd have to make the decision because they're kittens, cuddly n' cute, I'd want them right away. We went in and there they were in all their 10 week glory, two tabby kittens, one light gray with darker gray stripes and one darker gray with black stripes. Totally cute and we fell. Both of us. We had to wait until Saturday tho to pick them up cuz we had to fill out all of the paperwork n' all at the SPCA. $105 each with $45 of that going toward spaying. Not to bad. They cried in the carrier all the way home and Mickey was so suspcious...he didn't know which to watch and o'course being two of them he spent all of his time finding the highest point so he could figure out what exactly they were...totally cute. We only had an hour to spend with them because we were going up to the Capilano Suspension Bridge with Strongarm and my girly girl. It was a good time but Myluc and I wanted to go home and see the girls. We couldn't figure out names and MyLuc kept saying "Mine" so I started calling her that and "No Name" and o'course I had too many names and none that really stuck, "Trouble" being foremost because she kept sneaking up on Mickey and making him jump. We took my girly girl home and MyLuc made nachos. I decided on Chloe. Don't know why but it fits. MyLuc...no idea what to call his. Sunday MyLuc's mom came over for an hour or so. He still didn't know what to call her. We basically just vegged and had a relaxing day with lovin' and laughter. I went to the Doctor on Monday with my fingers crossed. He prodded and poked and pulled and pushed and no pain. Woohoo. I had a really relaxing weekend because I wanted to make sure I was back to work. I mean, MyLuc and I have a whack of a DVD collection and I had borrowed a few and I watched them all. I mean...not every single one of them...I skipped the horrors and the stupids (well, some of them) but I spent at least 8 hours watching tv...that's what I was told to do and so I did. Boring. Thank goodness it's over and let me tell ya...I never want to have that kind of pain again or see poison streaks. Freakin' scary stuff. MyLuc finally decided on Emma for his kittens name. Being a tabby she has the M like markings on her forehead. It totally fits her too. Came in on Tuesday and my female lawyer has gone. She accepted a job with another firm as a part of a team instead of private practice. I'm so totally gonna miss her. Her office it's like...crickets...ya know....twilight evening on the prairie and crickets is all you hear. And then there is Tom...I can't nick him cuz I just don't know what to call him. He's pretty cool. Bought me a bouquet of flowers and gave me a welcome back hug. And then that's it. Didn't see him cuz he was preparing for Trial. Thank god I didn't have to do the work for preparation. I thanked the secretary who did and offered her half my flowers but she doesn't do mums....they aren't mums but I didn't say a word...more like some kind of daisy that I wouldn't consider buying myself but hey...it's the thought that counts. Everyone is glad I'm back...me too...missed being here with people instead of home with the cats and myLuc. I love the guy but you know you've spent too much time together when you want him to go visit his parents....and spend a coupla nights. It's Wednesday, a really, really long Wednesday. I know it's the middle of the week and my second day back at work but c'mon now.... how am I supposed to catch up with everything in one day. Not gonna happen. I'm a really good secretary/assistant but after being off work for two weeks ... I'm just a waste of space until I can get my head back around all the work that I was doing, had started to do and was supposed to do. It helped a little that the secretaries tried to make sure my desk wasn't totally overwhelmed but still....*sigh* whine whine whine... Well, that's about it. Gotta start wading through the filing and paperwork that has piled up. Hopefully I'll have some stories by the end of the week. If not, be prepared to read a weeks worth. *HUGE HUGS*

Long time no hear eh!?!

I have been off work for two weeks now and am so totally bored outta my gourd. For someone who can't read a book when she once read two a day and now can only sit and watch DVD's....*sigh* I try and surf and keep up with my friends and their blogs but....it's hard work when someone who is extremely right handed cannot use it at all and what's that saying the left hand doesn't know what the right is doing. So true, my left has been on vacation and is now like "WTF!"

I wend to a clinic and they told me that I had some 28 letter "itis" word that basically the tendons in my thumb and wrist had swollen my tendon tunnel and there was no liquid going through. Buy a wrist brace with a thumb splint and have some antiinflammatories and go to work. So I did. The pain was horrid. It felt like there were cold compresses on my arm all the time and the 50$ wrist brace held my arm and thumb but I have itsy bitsy wrists so there was movement. So frustrating and painful.

Survived Saturday and Sunday by having myLuc harass me cuz if I don't get better soon he'll have to go see Dr. Bishop cuz of his back. My poor man has to do dishes cuz I can't and he whines...gawd....

Monday last I had an appointment with our family doctor, Dr. Bishop, and he took off the splint and turned my arm this way and that, pressed here and there and voila! I have something called Cellulitis. The only cure is no movement, rest and a dual acting penicilin. No working, rest, see the doc every day.

Tuesday I went to work in the morning to give my no work form to our HR person and then to the doctor. Tried typing but left hand only 30 words so doesn't cut it when you can do 110. Cancelled on my girly girl cuz if I wasn't s'posed to move then going out with her prolly wouldn't have been a good idea.

Wednesday, doctor and like 10 dvds. We had smokies for dinner cuz I could handle the tongs but myLuc had to cut up the fixings cuz I couldn't use a knife.

Thursday, sooo bored. Thought, my arm doesn't hurt that bad I'll do dishes. Stupid freaking girl I am. We did a pork roast on the Cobb. Took forever but was good.

Friday went to the doctor and he turned my arm this way and that way and poked it here and there and well...sooo much pain afterwards. He said to massage my hand, arm and chest with olive oil to get the poison moving. Great idea. Hurts like Hades but I'll do it in order to get better. Myluc and I went and rented a whack of DVD's and his suggestion was if I was going to be off work we should rent a whack. So we did. I even got the first season of Punk'd with Ashton Kutcher (MyLuc groaned and thanked whomever that he didn't have to stay home with me).

Saturday, myLuc and I went to find kittens. Yep, we're on the search for two medium to long hair kittens, preferably from the same litter and not black and white. If you've known Trigger you know why. Groceries and liquor store run. My girly girl came over and we three drank a whack of Sangria, had steak, myLuc's staple meal, watched the 2004 version of the Stepford Wives and Starsky and Hutch and then off she went.

Sunday, myLuc and I had said yes to an SCA Eisemarche Demo in Vancouver and so we geared up and off we went. It rained and rained and as MyLuc's SCA name is Noah....let's just say it was pretty damn funny. Although it was wet and miserable I think we did the Safeway a good thank you with dancing and some fighting and a presentation of a framed scroll as a thank you for their donations to events over the years. Home myLuc and I went, hot showers, leftovers and some movies. Little Black Book was just stupidly weird. I like Brittany Murphy but this was a little odd. Fun but odd.

And here I am now...Monday. I started this blog entry at 730 and am now done. Typing with one hand totally sucks and o'course I apologize for any misspellings and errors. I am waiting for my appointment this non-rainy Monday to go to the doctors and then to the grocery store to pick up some milk and then home. It so sucks being "ill".

*HUGE HUGES* Hope y'all are doing well...TTYL.

Quote of the day: Electricity is really just organized lightning. (Duh!)

My weekend n' week went okay. Here's it in short.

Wednesday myLuc took me out to dinner at Yannis Greek Taverna in New West. It was an awesome surprise. We had Sangria and roast chicken, souvlaki, greek salad, roasted potatoes, spanakapita, and dessert...can't remember the name of it...very cinnamonny... We had our Eisenmarche Council meeting with only 5 members in attendance and I had gotten my financial report for the 1st quarter done...only 17 days late....but we made like $100 or something.

Thursday, cleanup the apartment, laundry, went to W. Van to visit my Ashcroft lawyers (first law firm I ever worked at). Chris (fem) took me to lunch and we gossipped...they've had 12 secretaries. I was the first. The secretary that was there (I can't remember her name) even said "Oh, you're the Melissa!?!" Cool. I have a reputation. Then I went to Set Salon Spa for a pedicure. Which totally sucked. Good thing it was only $40 not $54. MyLuc made steaks for dinner then drove me to the skytrain. Went to Strongarms. Went to her sis Kylees to pick up and then drop off Kylees hamsters at her friend. Survived the horrid lightning and thunderstorm.

Friday, left at 9. Text messaged MyLuc and my girly girl one to water the plants and the other to get in touch with her rabbi about converting to judaism (?)....can't remember the term.. Bad frient I am. Long drive to Trail. 8 hours with only 5 CDs. Strongarm and I have similar taste in music and both brought our cd pockets thingys. Kylee forgot hers so had to choose from our selection. Only 5 would she listen to. David Usher, Two John Mayer, Maroon 5 and I can't remember the other one. Made for a very long drive. Got to Trail about 630. Went for dinner at the Colander. Spaghetti, meatballs, salad, chicken n' roasted potatoes. The potatoes were the best part. Wasn't as good as I remembered. Becky (Strongarm's mom) hadn't finished her wedding outfit and was running around frantic. It was horrible. Plus the Groom hadn't made arrangements for their wedding night at the hotel and they didn't know where they were going to go.

Saturday, Strongarm and I got to pick up the cake, buns and flowers and the Gramma (Mary). The wedding was at 230. Strongarm and I wanted to leave at 330 - 4 with Mary but Becky said No. We stayed til about 730-8. The one good thing about the wedding was we met a new friend (or at least I did) her name is Cynthia and she lives in Surrey. She is basically Strongarm's...aunt (being our age and her bf/common law is her stepdad's brother)? Something like that. We went home and to bed.

Sunday, up and cleaned my stuff up in Becky's basement. I went from 11 boxes a suitcase and 2 bags of stuff from age 0 to 19 to a suitcase and 4 boxes. The Sally Ann is gonna think it's christmas with all the Unicorns and stuffed animals and books n' such. We were in there from 12 - 530. I found some great stuff. A Turquoise ring that I got from my mom when I was a youngun n' my Grad book and various and sundry stuff. Some of which came home. Went to see my gran at 7. Had arranged to stay until 8 but totally wanted to leave by 730. She's a heavy smoker and she reeeked. She watched boxing the entire time and was kinda mean. The first thing she said was still got extra meat on ya....and then proceeded to tell me how large I was. Not like I know at all seen as I found my grad dress size 13/14 and now I'm a 22. Went back to Becky's and had pizza and to bed.

Monday, Strongarm woke me at 630. Had a shower. Was changing and they told me that they needed my suitcase. We left the house at 7. I didn't get to eat or nothing and I was CRANKY! We basically were 3 very cranky girls all 9 hours on the drive home with our stupid 5 cds n' snipin' at each other on and off. Home by 3 and myLuc n' I watched CSI NY and LV season finales. Bed at 900.

Tuesday, tadaa...here I am. I tried callin' my friend Julie about this weekend but I haven't heard anything. MyLuc mentioned something about my girly girl mentioning doing something Saturday night...but since she talked to him not me..I have no idea.

Hopefully y'all had a great week and have tales to tell.

TTYL. *HUGE HUGS*

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