Yeah, so much for actually keeping up with LJ. But I am now on twitter, since my wedding was being discussed wildly there last night without me, and we can't have that!

http://twitter.com/#!/Featy I need a new name. I suck at names.

FINALLY caught the open registration on Pottermore. I'm BatWitch21. :D

*pokes Google+* Hmm. I think this has definite potential, I just need more friends. Anybody else already there or want in?

I know, I know. I suck. I honestly did not realize when I took this job how much of my time it was going to eat and how much stress it was going to add. I'll try to suck less, I promise.

Anyway, that's not the point of this post.

http://overbrewed.org/blog/shop/

I'm currently donating 50% of all pattern sales to Doctors Without Borders for disaster relief in Haiti. I plan to make some personal donations at the end of next week once I get paid, but this is the best way I know to get some money raised until then. This will be ongoing until the end of the month.

Happy turkey day/Thursday, flist!

Chris didn't get to come home this year, so i'm off to enjoy bad food and family drama at my grandparent's.

I have a feeling my dessert when I get home will be extra strength tylenol. Whee.

Why does my ISP always wait until right before they leave to shut off my internet? Don't they realize that JUST BECAUSE I AM LAZY AND FORGETFUL I still need my internet? Sheesh. I walked in today, it was shut off, and they are closed down until MONDAY. Not going to work! Stupid, backwoods local ISP. They don't even have online bill pay. If they DID I would not have this problem.

So I used my phone and found a cheap-y ISP and signed up and TADA.

Anyway.

It is FREEZING in my house. I think i'm going to curl up on the couch with a giant mug of tea and watch SYTYCD (which I am totally not happy with this season, but w/e) and Glee and attempt some Christmas knitting. I only have 8 inches of the BACK of Chris' sweater and I have yet to even pick up yarn for the rest of my planned knits. Oops?

Er, wow. I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted. Things have been kind of crazy (in a good way) around here! The last time I posted was to say I had a new job...well, that job has now resulted in two promotions. I was promoted about a month in to Med Partner (pill pusher for old people, whee) and one week ago I was promoted to Assistant Director. I'm now basically second in command to the entire community. It's...kind of insane, rofl. I'm honestly still in shock - they announced our AD was retiring and said they wanted to hire from within, so I tossed my resume in just for the hell of it, never ever expecting to actually get the position. I actually came really close to crying when my Director called and offered me the job. SO. Yeah...i'm now salaried management, and working a normal schedule of M-F, 8-5. I got to sleep in past 4am for the first time in ages this morning, and I kind of don't know what to do with myself now that I have free weekends!

So what's been going on? I'm completely behind on everything - my old schedule had me so exhausted all I did was sleep when I wasn't working, so i'm totally clueless. Fill me innnnn.

*hugs everyone* I missed you guys!

I think I would like someone to come remove my feet - they hurt so bad I really don't want them any longer. I'd forgotten this fun little tidbit of working in health care.

Did I forget to mention I got a new job? The pay sucks, the hours suck (dragging my ass out of bed at 4am is NOT FUN), and the whole wanting to chop my feet off thing obviously sucks, but yay for a job I am good at and can feel marginally satisfied with. I'm working with Alzheimer's patients, and I am already madly in love with all of them. I'm not 100% sold on the facility yet - it's ridiculously nice and clean and gorgeous, but the turnover rate is high and they are very very unorganized. I'm sticking with it though, because like I said, I adore my patients, and I *am* good at this sort of work. We'll see how it goes!

So yeah, that's why I haven't been around. Now I just have to make it through tomorrow and then I can sleep for two days.

( SYTYCD - Top 6! )

*wanders off to wait for Leverage*

It figures that when I finally find a job it's the type that's going to eventually make me go all Office Space.

*twitches*

First, the chick hiring me was full of lies...it's not customer service, it's SALES. And thanks for the whole not telling me it's commision based! Sure, we get an hourly wage too, but knowing if you don't get so many commisions a day you get FIRED would have been nice to know beforehand.

Second, there is something in that building that makes my allergies worse than they've ever been. And you can't get up and move around at all, which is the only thing that helps my sinuses when they get that bad. I pretty much couldn't breathe all day.

Third, I want a job. I want to go in, do my work, go home, and at the end of the week collect a paycheck. I do not want a "coach" hanging over my shoulder shouting encouragement and random sections of the building breaking into cheers because omgsomeonemadeasalewoo. If I wanted to basically enter contests as a profession, I would do that from the comfort of my own living room.

I'm...going to go curl up in a ball and CRY LIKE A BIG FAT BABY NOW.