Bumped again

Well, it looks like my hours will be changing again in about two weeks. I got bumped back to second shift. I knew it was going to happen, but it makes me a little bit angry. The person who bumped me knows that these changes are extremely hard on my family. She had plenty of time to bump me before I even got to day shift. People are so damn selfish. I guess I'll just have to bide my time and wait for another chance to go to days. I just hope I can get there before Joey starts school full time next year.

Celebrate

I have this urge to celebrate. Its over a kind of silly little thing. For the first time I have a checking account and a savings account. It may sound nuts, but for the first time in a while I feel like I'm making progress in my life. I've got a really good job that I enjoy. I'm making good money and I have pretty good benefits too. I'm even planning on trying to buy a house within the next six months. Its really nice to feel like I'm taking steps forward, instead of standing still, or even backtracking. Now if I can just find a babysitter that my son likes and that doesnt charge to much I'll really be in business. :) I love it when something so simple can make me happy like this.

Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I won't be able to post tomorrow because I have a busy day ahead of me. I have to work tomorrow and after that its off to my mother in laws. Then I have Friday off. I plan on relaxing all day Friday. I've got nowhere to go and nothing to do. Too bad I have to work Saturday. Otherwise I might go out and get some serious partying done. Not like I ever get to do that sort of thing anymore. Ah well. I'd rather spend time with my son anyway. Have fun doing whatever you have planned for Thanksgiving.

Missed my movie

As you've probably figured out by my title, I didn't get to go see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire yesterday. My husband and I went to the store and bought a cart-load of stuff that didnt need refrigeration just so we wouldn't have to run home before the movie. Then we made the mistake of stopping to eat lunch. We werent at the restuarant that long. And we arrived at the theater 20 minutes before the show was supposed to start. But unfortunately we didnt arrive early enough. The show was already sold out. I should have thought about the fact that it was Sunday. It looked like every preteen in the city was there. And that means that I probably won't get to see the movie before it leaves theaters. Its rather diffucult for us to find someone willing to watch Joey since my mom and my mom-in-law are both very, very busy with work and I'm to poor to afford a babysitter. I'm going to try to sit down with a notebook sometime tonight and work on the collaberation I was working on with Chem. I need to unwind and when I can actually get some work done on a story I find it therapuetic. Then again, when I can't get any work done it drives me insane. I could really use a night out with the girls. Like thats ever gonna happen

Long week

I'm slipping this week. Been so busy with work that I just can't find time or energy to post. I'm hoping to bring Tilby over within a few more days since our schedules will be lining up better. I want to give her a chance to entertain you all with more of Kaea's Journey. ( I've already read what she has so far haha :P) I'll be starting my day shift schedule on Monday. I don't know how long I'll stay on day shift, but I intend to make the most of it. I figure I will probably end up getting bumped back off day shift right after the holidays. Speaking of holidays.. I really need to start my christmas shopping. I wanted to start in September this year, but lack of funds kind of killed that idea. I'm not sure I'm ready for christmas vacation. I never get much sleep when school is out. Of course I never get much sleep anyway since I'm something of an insomniac. I have a habit of laying in bed and thinking about my stories when I can't sleep. But since my works are saved on the computer in the bedroom, I can't turn it on and work on them for fear of waking my husband. I've taken to keeping notebooks all over the place so if I think of something really good I can just write it down. I used to do some of my best work when i had a job at a cleaning service. All that mindless physical work was very conductive to my creativity. I can't really call CNA work mindless but it sure pays a lot better. Well have a good rest of the weekend everyone, I'm going to go see Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Tilby

I hope you will all warmly welcome my co-author. As she said, we have been friends for a very long time. She has some very good works and I'm hoping you guys will enjoy them as much as I have. She does not have regular access to a computer, but I'll try to bring her to my house so she has a chance to wow you all with her writing. And if you guys arent nice to her I'll kill you :)

Lets go drinking!

I have this serious urge to go out and get very drunk tonight. Thats sort of strange for me because I almost never drink. I have tonight and tomorrow off work and I need someone to go out drinking with me! My friends are all either non drinkers or have no babysitters. I do have a babysitter. Its called a husband :) I dont want to go out by myself. Thats no fun. I'd love to go out to play some pool. Who's with me? Chem c'mon! You and Tut should bring the girls and take a break! You can use this opportunity to do some "re-education". If I still had your number I'd call you and bother you. Ah well. Maybe I'll just get a taxi since I'll have no one to drive my happy ass home. Have fun guys! I plan to :)

I hope you guys haven't all deserted me. I havent had much to say lately. I've been so busy with work and taking care of my son that I'm usually too tired to do much else. My son has been having some trouble adjusting to my new schedule so pretty much all my extra time has been devoted to him. That and I found out the hard way that mandation is a bitch. I got mandated Friday night and couldnt find anyone to split with me so I had to work a double shift. I also have a total case of writers block, and when I try to write blocked it just sucks. Give me another day or two to recover and hopefully I'll have something written that will be worth reading.

A new beginning

I've started something new. As you'll notice the story below has no name. I think I'll decide on a name once I've had a little more time to think about the actual story.

No name yet

Kaleya paced restlessly through the gardens. Her normally serene expression twisted with worry. The messenger was late. The beauty of the rare and fragrant flowers filling her surroundings was lost on her. At the sound of approaching footsteps, she jumped as if struck. A lanky boy in dusty traveling leathers hurried toward her from the direction of the temple. He stopped before her, bowing low. He pulled a rolled parchment from the pack at his waist and wordlessly offered it to her. Her fingers trembling slightly, she took the message and waved the boy away. Bowing low once more, he hastily retreating the way he had come. Her mind filled with an unexpected fear as she looked at the message in her hands. A peal of thunder sounded from nearby, momentarily distracting her thoughts. Pulling herself back to the present, she untied the string binding the scroll. Unable to wait a moment longer, she unrolled the parchment. Her eyes scanned hungrily over the words, searching for the news she craved. Her gazed stopped as the meaning of what she had just read sunk into her mind. Kaleya’s eyes brimmed with tears as she held the letter in her hands. Her smoke colored eyes skimmed the rest of the words, but she took none of them in. A fierce wind whipped through her crimson hair, tearing at her gossamer white gown, and ripping the paper from her grasp. She stood, still as a stone, the loss of the paper going unnoticed. The first drops of rain from what promised to be a vicious storm fell upon her alabaster skin. A fork of lighting snaked through the sky, striking a tree just a few feet away. Kaleya continued to stare out into the night, her mind still circling around the words from the message. A storm at sea, possible the same one that raged around her now, had changed everything. A figure dressed in loose fitting green robes detached itself from the darkness and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. “My lady, you’ll catch your death of cold or worse outside on a night like this. Come inside and sit by the fire.” Kaleya turned towards the speaker. Her unfocused eyes stared directly through the newcomer. She blinked rapidly, trying to push through the fog blanketing her mind. Opening her mouth, as if to speak, her features contorted with agony as reality crowded down upon her soul. A high, keening wail pierced the night as Kaleya’s form collapsed under the weight of her grief.

Nothing

Nothing going on. Nothing on TV. Nothing to say I guess

Poetry

For some odd reason I'm feeling dark and moody today. I've decided to post a poem I wrote a very long time ago. I hate the poem and think it stinks, but I couldnt think of anything else to post today.

Falling
Falling down an endless well,
never knowing how I fell.
Somehow I fell over the edge,
I guess I stepped off my precarious ledge.
I wish I knew how to get back,
and maybe get my life on track.
Don't know how I fell so far,
I lost sight of my guiding star.
How far I'll fall I dont know,
but I've never fallen this low.

Falling down an endless well,
maybe I'm falling straight to hell.
Somehow I fell over the edge,
No way to get back on my ledge.
I wish I knew how to get back,
to before I let my sanity crack.
Don't know how I fell so far,
must have left my inner doors ajar.
how far I'll fall I don't know.
Never should have let my heart go.

Falling down and endless well,
I guess I've fallen straight to hell.

Spongebob

I think I've finally figured it out.... Chems brain draining machine didnt do anything to me... my brain had been turned to worthless mush long before by the almost nonstop spongebob marathon that goes on at my house. My son is a huge spongebob fan.. he has toys, videos, cereal, towels, bedsheets, clothes, and almost anything else you can think of with spongebob on it. After a while the show's inane dialog starts to take up all the extra space in your head. If you keep watching long enough, it will even start to crowd out all the other things in your skull until nothing else remains. Put on any spongebob episode my son has, and I can almost speak with the characters word for word. Ask me what the square root of 4 is and I could have a problem. I have dreams that are square and yellow... someone help me? please?

New Material

I need something new to work on.... I was working on Blood Vengeance, but I need a break. I thought I was going to be doing a collaberation with Chem, but I guess hes been to busy to e-mail me back. ( :P ) Since I know how Blood Vengeance ends I think I might go ahead and start working on the sequal. Or maybe I'll just take a break from writing all together for a while. I might have to whether I want to or not. I get blocked so easily. Its very frustrating for me to want to write so badly and not be able to. Any of you know a reliable cure for writers block? Oh well. If this is like the last few times I got blocked, then maybe I'll be able to write again in six months or so.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween everyone! (yeah I know Im a day late. I had to work so stfu) I hope everyone had a good time on All Hallows Eve this year. I spent my evening wiping chocolate pudding off half my residents. My husband got the pleasure of taking my son trick or treating. He wore an adorable Mr Incredible costume. My son that is. Its all he has wanted to wear since we got it for him at the beginning of October. Im having a rather strange day. Those of you who know where I work will know what I mean. I just got bumbed to day shift. Im giving it a week or two before I get bumped back off days and onto somewhere else. I considered bumping someone lower than me to get back on 2nd shift, but I figure I'll wait on it a few days. Maybe I'll get to stay on day shift. And maybe Chem will sprout wings and turn into an angel.