sneak peak

a sneak peak at my nephew micah's birthday present.....i know his birthday has already passed, but i severely underestimated the time it would take to complete it.







oi. another 2 (?) more days and it should be finished!

"if God has made the church bake sale a number one priority, then we're all in a lot of trouble. " ~ simon birch

7 days

breakfast of champions:



wait wait wait...before you judge, let me just explain my week...

IN NUMBERS:
7 days of work
60 hours of scheduled time
8 hours of overtime
countless hours of lost sleep (i blame atticus and his barking)


IN A PHONE CALL:
my hyperthyroidism has returned. my doctor advised me that i'm a statistical anomaly...he can't believe my thyroid isn't dead.

so guess what? i have to do everything all over again. tests. radioactive uptake. the works.


IN PICTURES:

i wear a variation of this outfit every day: sweatshirt, jeans, shoes. somehow the sun forgot to shine on washington this year. its chilly every day. ITS JUNE.




i came home to this one day. i'm assuming this dog belongs to one of my neighbors. she was standing outside my apartment barking. despite being some sort of aggressive-breed mutt, she was fairly sweet with me. but she did NOT like atticus. i tried to walk him and she kept charging at him and snarling. luckily, i have developed my own snarl and was able to break up a host of potential dog fights. i wanted to call animal control. instead (being the sap that i am), i fed her some food and water on my back porch when we were done walking. she was gone when i woke up.

i love the chinese food you buy in the freezer section. i know its weird, and its LOADED with sodium, but its delicious. except for the peas.

(monk would be proud)

the following is hard to see, but the sticky note says "PBR". i bet you will never guess what it stands for...

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prolapsed bleeding rectum

yeah, see? the short story is my coworker told me a story about an arrestee who had a PBR, in as much detail as he could muster, and then left me the sticky note so i wouldn't forget about it. funnily enough, that note has been up on the console for almost a week. i've shared the details of PBR with everyone as well, and its become the mascot for that console. oi.

but as always, the bad tends to make you appreciate the good that much more...

"a man of sorrows and familiar with suffering." ~ my friend kurt's tattoo

ron

HAPPY FATHERS DAY PAPA!



"alicia, you know you're corrupting your mother." ~ my dad

back

this is kind of how i see my weekend...

one big blur.

now its back to work.

"love is a dirty trick played on us to achieve the continuation of the species." ~ w somerset maugham

confirmed

so this morning at about 6am i checked my flight status for the day. both of my flights (boston to new york and new york to seattle) had the word "confirmed" by them. i clicked on the little blue line that says "whats this?" right next to the word. the pop up told me that this means "the flight status is confirmed". because apparently the only way to describe a word is by using the SAME word.

2 hours later my first flight is cancelled. not the biggest deal. i had a great day. i got to talk with my brother and new sister in law, i got to see their home, i spent some time in boston commons, i got lost trying to get back, and i spent some time with my good friend kurt. not a hardship.

i just checked my flight status for tomorrow. it says "confirmed".

i'm worried.



"[massachusetts] is the anti-gary state". ~ my brother in law, gary

one day more

i came home from a friend's barbecue a little early, and ended up (luckily) missing this...

my view from the back porch when it rains. notice the lake? that was created in about 5 minutes.

well, atticus is dropped off...i'm almost done packing...just one more work shift to go and then i'm off to boston! woohoo!

"and i stand alone..." ~ 90 lb wuss

friday morning

i woke up this morning after a particularly good weekend to a missed call on my phone...asking me to come in for overtime...

blech. lets start out my 60 hour week with an extra 2 hours.



oh, and what are friends for????

bringing back a totally awesome mug for you from disneyland!!!



"pieces of us die everyday" ~ jewel