Forgive me.
I've been so busy, I neglected to get my journal on.
It has indeed been a while.
Graduated from school. I’m so glad to be done. At least with my first degree. The second degree will come along in a few more years. I need to regain some sanity and stability first.
Managed to graduate with Highest Honors. 4.0 GPA. I was also awarded as the “Model Student” for my program. A surprise to me.
My speech, which I got to deliver as “the” student speaker, went off without a hitch, mostly, except for the fact that my Prof introduced me as Jason Alexander. I’m used to that though, the help desk at the office is always referring to me as “that guy from Seinfeld”.
Beauregard seems to be doing better. He’s on cyclosporine now. It is a drug given to transplant patients to keep them from experiencing tissue rejection. It basically stifles his immune system so that it cannot start an allergic reaction. Since the drugs started, he’s cleared up entirely. We are having a few issues otherwise, but he’s pretty healthy these days. He seems to feel better, and has a ton more energy now that he is not sedated on hydroxyzine (basically benadryl) .
Who cares that I could buy a new car with what I’m spending on medication for him each month? And no, I cannot get pet insurance for him, the companies consider it to be a pre-existing condition. Insurance, bah!
His love is worth riding the bus if I have to.
(I do not have to, at least not yet).
I’m looking forward to Winter. I am so ready for the cold to return. Going to be in Alaska visiting folks and family in early October. Planning a trip to Homer, and a chance to see the new house / cabin my parents bought in Sunrise / Hope, Alaska.
I have a rant building, but I’ll save that for the coming week. I need to get back into the routine of writing more. I will try to keep updating things here.
Until next time….
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Monday, June 18, 2007
Dog Blog! Kinda, Sorta.
Beau seems to be ok after his run in an abscess of unknown origin. The doc thinks he’ll be ok, but we’re watching him closely. He spent nearly 3 weeks on Cipro. Now we are going to see if his body will be ok without anti-biotic aid. Also, we are going to try changing his medication to see if we can’t treat his food allergy. It’ll be really expensive. Oh well, it is only money. It wasn’t like I wanted to pay down my student loans quickly or anything.
Tomorrow night (Tuesday, June 19) is my last night working at the pharmacy. It has been fun, frustrating, and educational. I love all the people I work with. There isn’t a single one that I wouldn’t enjoy working with on a daily basis. They have all been very friendly, helpful, and kind. I couldn’t have asked for a better crew to learn from.
The customers, I won’t necessarily miss most of them. There are a few that I have come to enjoy my encounters with, and others whom I’ll not miss at all. Ever.
Then there is simply having to interact with bitchy people who take their aggression out on me. Yeah, won’t miss that at all. I have zero control over the insurance companies. I can’t tell you what you have at home. I have no idea what your doctor intended. And finally, thanks for telling me you don’t want a bag for your purchase until after you see me pull out the bag, put your merchandise inside it, hand the bag to you and smile.
Thanks for that.
I’ll miss it.
I have only 4 classes left. And when I say 4, I mean that I have 4 nights to attend. Then I’m done. It’ll be good, except I’ll have to do the things I have put off for two years.
Like clean out the spare room. Lose the weight I put on from all the stress eating. (That is my story and I’m sticking to it.)
Summer is readily approaching. I’m looking forward to being able to enjoy it somewhat.
The folks will be here at the end of August. That will be nice. It’ll be good to see them. It has been too long.
Now all I really have left is to write my speech for graduation.
Oh boy.
Tomorrow night (Tuesday, June 19) is my last night working at the pharmacy. It has been fun, frustrating, and educational. I love all the people I work with. There isn’t a single one that I wouldn’t enjoy working with on a daily basis. They have all been very friendly, helpful, and kind. I couldn’t have asked for a better crew to learn from.
The customers, I won’t necessarily miss most of them. There are a few that I have come to enjoy my encounters with, and others whom I’ll not miss at all. Ever.
Then there is simply having to interact with bitchy people who take their aggression out on me. Yeah, won’t miss that at all. I have zero control over the insurance companies. I can’t tell you what you have at home. I have no idea what your doctor intended. And finally, thanks for telling me you don’t want a bag for your purchase until after you see me pull out the bag, put your merchandise inside it, hand the bag to you and smile.
Thanks for that.
I’ll miss it.
I have only 4 classes left. And when I say 4, I mean that I have 4 nights to attend. Then I’m done. It’ll be good, except I’ll have to do the things I have put off for two years.
Like clean out the spare room. Lose the weight I put on from all the stress eating. (That is my story and I’m sticking to it.)
Summer is readily approaching. I’m looking forward to being able to enjoy it somewhat.
The folks will be here at the end of August. That will be nice. It’ll be good to see them. It has been too long.
Now all I really have left is to write my speech for graduation.
Oh boy.
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Dog Daze
I know I haven’t been writing much lately. I had a good excuse.
Really.
No, I do.
Honest.
I never thought I could get busier. I was wrong. It seems that working my day job, going to school at night two nights a week, and then working in a pharmacy four nights a week makes me pretty cranky.
So a brief update on life:
I passed the national PTCB PTCE exam. (www.ptcb.org) I won’t brag about my scores, but they were decently high.
My last day of class is July 2.
Graduation is August 23.
I still maintain a 4.0 GPA after having earned 88 of my 97 credits.
I have been selected by my college to be the Graduate Speaker at graduation.
I’m flattered, honored, and nervous. I know what my speech will be about, I already have it half written in my head, I just have to put it down on paper so the dean can approve it.
Personal Canine Drama:
My poor dog is not doing well. He developed an abscess in his front left leg sometime Monday evening. By Tuesday mid day, his entire leg, paw, and shoulder were 4 times the size of his right leg and paw and shoulder. Vet saw him Tuesday, after I cancelled working at the pharmacy that night, and sent us home last night, after having drained his leg, and gave us 200 bucks worth of antibiotics. For those of you keeping tally, last night at the vet, $600. Couldn’t get Beau to eat or drink, and when he would swallow, he would puke things back up.
Today, I stayed home from work to watch him, since he had a draining wound. He continued to not eat or drink, except he’d puke when he’d try. This afternoon I had to take him back to the vet hospital. They are keeping him overnight. He required emergency surgery today, as his leg got swollen back up to the size it was yesterday before they drained it the first time. He’s got a drain put in his leg, he is now on IV fluids and IV antibiotics. Tally for Wednesday, $850.
I’m a nervous wreck. I didn’t sleep at all last night, and I spent most of today cleaning up dog barf and dog pus and blood, in between trying to answer questions on a conference call at work that I couldn’t miss. (Having a work laptop finally came in handy.)
I might get to bring Beau home tomorrow. The vet is going to call me after they evaluate his fluid levels and his response and draining. I would imagine he’s going to be pretty thrilled to be home. It hurts my soul to think of him locked up in the vet hospital without me, without being home. This is entirely why I could never have children. I’d go bat-*&$% crazy. Tune in to find out what tomorrow’s vet bill will be.
Personal Personal drama:
Derek and I have tentatively separated. We are still living together, and we will likely continue to share the house and bills so long as it is convenient for us and not snotty or snobby. We’ve had 7 years together. The combined stress of my school, and his increased responsibility at his own job, have really pulled us apart. While no one is really to blame, we have talked about it, and we both feel it unlikely to change between us. We still care, but neither of us really expects that “lifetime” together. Time will tell, I suppose.
I have admittedly grown close to Travis, but he was not the uncoupling of my relationship. My discontent, and the problems that drove Derek and I apart were present long before I knew Travis. I think maybe me being in school, and not around to tend to our relationship may have accelerated the decay between us. There could be a great deal of debate around who was at fault, and who did what, and if we could turn back the hands of time. All moot. We are ok with where we are at. We are not going to lie about it. We are going to try to be adults, and work through things. We will be civil, and we still love one another. If something changes, we’ll re-evaluate it at that point. Otherwise, we’ll just kind of work on things as they go.
When Travis moves to Portland, I look forward to sharing the city with him, and learning more about him and I. The future has not been written yet, and I look forward to the adventure.
For now, I have to go back to school. I’m not quite done yet.
July 2 approaches.
Take care, everyone.
And if you haven’t loved on your dog today, do it. They are precious and innocent, and you don’t realize how much they own your heart until you come home to an empty house that is silent of paws clicking against the floor.
Really.
No, I do.
Honest.
I never thought I could get busier. I was wrong. It seems that working my day job, going to school at night two nights a week, and then working in a pharmacy four nights a week makes me pretty cranky.
So a brief update on life:
I passed the national PTCB PTCE exam. (www.ptcb.org) I won’t brag about my scores, but they were decently high.
My last day of class is July 2.
Graduation is August 23.
I still maintain a 4.0 GPA after having earned 88 of my 97 credits.
I have been selected by my college to be the Graduate Speaker at graduation.
I’m flattered, honored, and nervous. I know what my speech will be about, I already have it half written in my head, I just have to put it down on paper so the dean can approve it.
Personal Canine Drama:
My poor dog is not doing well. He developed an abscess in his front left leg sometime Monday evening. By Tuesday mid day, his entire leg, paw, and shoulder were 4 times the size of his right leg and paw and shoulder. Vet saw him Tuesday, after I cancelled working at the pharmacy that night, and sent us home last night, after having drained his leg, and gave us 200 bucks worth of antibiotics. For those of you keeping tally, last night at the vet, $600. Couldn’t get Beau to eat or drink, and when he would swallow, he would puke things back up.
Today, I stayed home from work to watch him, since he had a draining wound. He continued to not eat or drink, except he’d puke when he’d try. This afternoon I had to take him back to the vet hospital. They are keeping him overnight. He required emergency surgery today, as his leg got swollen back up to the size it was yesterday before they drained it the first time. He’s got a drain put in his leg, he is now on IV fluids and IV antibiotics. Tally for Wednesday, $850.
I’m a nervous wreck. I didn’t sleep at all last night, and I spent most of today cleaning up dog barf and dog pus and blood, in between trying to answer questions on a conference call at work that I couldn’t miss. (Having a work laptop finally came in handy.)
I might get to bring Beau home tomorrow. The vet is going to call me after they evaluate his fluid levels and his response and draining. I would imagine he’s going to be pretty thrilled to be home. It hurts my soul to think of him locked up in the vet hospital without me, without being home. This is entirely why I could never have children. I’d go bat-*&$% crazy. Tune in to find out what tomorrow’s vet bill will be.
Personal Personal drama:
Derek and I have tentatively separated. We are still living together, and we will likely continue to share the house and bills so long as it is convenient for us and not snotty or snobby. We’ve had 7 years together. The combined stress of my school, and his increased responsibility at his own job, have really pulled us apart. While no one is really to blame, we have talked about it, and we both feel it unlikely to change between us. We still care, but neither of us really expects that “lifetime” together. Time will tell, I suppose.
I have admittedly grown close to Travis, but he was not the uncoupling of my relationship. My discontent, and the problems that drove Derek and I apart were present long before I knew Travis. I think maybe me being in school, and not around to tend to our relationship may have accelerated the decay between us. There could be a great deal of debate around who was at fault, and who did what, and if we could turn back the hands of time. All moot. We are ok with where we are at. We are not going to lie about it. We are going to try to be adults, and work through things. We will be civil, and we still love one another. If something changes, we’ll re-evaluate it at that point. Otherwise, we’ll just kind of work on things as they go.
When Travis moves to Portland, I look forward to sharing the city with him, and learning more about him and I. The future has not been written yet, and I look forward to the adventure.
For now, I have to go back to school. I’m not quite done yet.
July 2 approaches.
Take care, everyone.
And if you haven’t loved on your dog today, do it. They are precious and innocent, and you don’t realize how much they own your heart until you come home to an empty house that is silent of paws clicking against the floor.
Sunday, January 14, 2007
School Daze, Again....
No week off between terms this time around. School starts up again Tuesday. I have classes on Tuesday and Thursday for the next 12 weeks. It will be challenging, but not nearly as frenzied as the last 13 weeks.
Getting pretty close to the end of the program. I'm ready to graduate. Really ready. Ultra ready.
It snowed here in Portland, a few days ago. It has not warmed up. so there is ice left in patches all around the city. The roads are clear for the most part. I have to keep scraping my windows. And the biting cold reminds me a little of Alaska. Nearly makes me homesick, but then I remind myself that I haven't had to shovel snow in over a decade now.
Had a nice weekend out and about. Nothing major, but it was nice not to have to do any homework at all. That will change pretty quickly though.
My dog is cute, but not too smart. He is a very black dog. Black doesn't shouldn't lay in direct sunlight. In the summer he has a habit of laying in the back yard, in direct sunlight, panting because he is so hot. Duh!
This weekend, he's been sitting in the back yard, in the 20 degree weather. Doesn't want to come in. Just sits there.
Egads. It is too cold for me out there, crazy dog! Since he won't come in on his own accord, I have to go out there and drag his ass in. Sheesh!
The iDog I got for Christmas seems to eat batteries. Good thing I'm feeding him re-chargables. He has so far scrolled through being a disco dog, a jive dog, a rock dog, a country dog. Today, he is back to a rock dog. Odd little toy. We'll see how long he lasts. I haven't killed it yet.
Hopefully the new tree in the back yard survives the winter.
If you listen to the winter news casts around hear you'd think we were in the midst of the apocalypse.
It is just cold solid water, honest. It'll go away in spring.
We hope, anyway.
:)
Getting pretty close to the end of the program. I'm ready to graduate. Really ready. Ultra ready.
It snowed here in Portland, a few days ago. It has not warmed up. so there is ice left in patches all around the city. The roads are clear for the most part. I have to keep scraping my windows. And the biting cold reminds me a little of Alaska. Nearly makes me homesick, but then I remind myself that I haven't had to shovel snow in over a decade now.
Had a nice weekend out and about. Nothing major, but it was nice not to have to do any homework at all. That will change pretty quickly though.
My dog is cute, but not too smart. He is a very black dog. Black doesn't shouldn't lay in direct sunlight. In the summer he has a habit of laying in the back yard, in direct sunlight, panting because he is so hot. Duh!
This weekend, he's been sitting in the back yard, in the 20 degree weather. Doesn't want to come in. Just sits there.
Egads. It is too cold for me out there, crazy dog! Since he won't come in on his own accord, I have to go out there and drag his ass in. Sheesh!
The iDog I got for Christmas seems to eat batteries. Good thing I'm feeding him re-chargables. He has so far scrolled through being a disco dog, a jive dog, a rock dog, a country dog. Today, he is back to a rock dog. Odd little toy. We'll see how long he lasts. I haven't killed it yet.
Hopefully the new tree in the back yard survives the winter.
If you listen to the winter news casts around hear you'd think we were in the midst of the apocalypse.
It is just cold solid water, honest. It'll go away in spring.
We hope, anyway.
:)
Monday, January 01, 2007
A Brand New Year!
Yep, made it. 2007.
Had a few guests over last night, although it turned out that few wanted to stay around and be up that late.
A few fireworks, and no champagne, but instead a nice Moscato. Tasty, very tatsy.
Dick Clark, wow. Good for him. Bad for my memories though. I should have left well enough alone, so I can remember the greatness that was. Good for him that he's working so hard to continue his legacy, you have to admire him for that.
I'm hoping that 2007 brings graduation, a possible career change, and World Peace! :)
Other than that, I'm only going to commit myself to the usual " being a good person" blah blah blah.
And I will try to blog more, after graduation.
I promise.
Sort of.
Take care in 2007 everyone!
Had a few guests over last night, although it turned out that few wanted to stay around and be up that late.
A few fireworks, and no champagne, but instead a nice Moscato. Tasty, very tatsy.
Dick Clark, wow. Good for him. Bad for my memories though. I should have left well enough alone, so I can remember the greatness that was. Good for him that he's working so hard to continue his legacy, you have to admire him for that.
I'm hoping that 2007 brings graduation, a possible career change, and World Peace! :)
Other than that, I'm only going to commit myself to the usual " being a good person" blah blah blah.
And I will try to blog more, after graduation.
I promise.
Sort of.
Take care in 2007 everyone!
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