Sunday, March 7, 2010

clean up your mess or santa will cancel christmas.

this is the new parenting approach i am taking to the children i did not push out of my womb but still have minimal responsibility for as the sunday morning church nursery attendant. if that doesn't work, i'll simply introduce them to catholic guilt, and they'll be ship shape in no time.

megan and dani's visit was incredible, or incre-eeeeblay, as those silly spaniards would say. it was a rollicking good time that included copious amounts of vegan food, beer, and debauchery. not to mention, a little naptime thrown in. truly, an ideal vacation and one that took a while to recover from. if not for the pesky demands of work, school and moving, i would probably still be in the fetal position, crying out for someone to fetch me vegan waffles, and then crying some more when none came. in my defense, there's really very little that can beat a good vegan waffle.

living with greg though happens to be one such thing. we applied for and got that box masquerading as an apartment in mid february, and have been happily cohabitating ever since. despite the fact that my view of the cascades is now a view of a brick wall, and despite the fact that said brick wall is part of the gay dance club next door that plays shitty techno until two in the morning, i love living there. it takes me literally (LIT-TRALLY) thirty seconds to walk to stumptown coffee or any of the four bars around the corner. this of course is not the least bit conducive to my fake attempts to quit caffeine and drinking, but i'm willing to suffer the consequences because greg is a kick ass roommate. he brings me coffee in the morning and i bring him beer at night and straighten his towel on the towel bar so it has a chance to dry out. a match made in heaven if you ask me. which you totally did.

also a perfect match - me and my anatomy and physiology class. i started at PIMA last week, and while all of it is pretty awesome, a & p is winning by leaps and bounds, which just confirms that the medical field is the right place for me. and while school is going to definitively kick my ass and mop the floor with it, it's SO wonderful to be challenged again and to know that once i successfully complete the requirements of the program, i will be working at a place that will treat me as a valued employee and compensate me as such. which is a crazy thing to expect of your employer, i know, but i'm a wild card, as you know. a loose canon. a rogue. there's no telling what kind of shenanigans i'll get us into. you stick with me kid, and we'll go places. like to the library. as in right now. seriously, i've got a stack of homework packets that won't finish themselves, so get your stuff and let's go. no? no? you're staying here? fine. but you'll never go anywhere with a quitter attitude like that.

here's your found item of the day:



this was found in a parking lot apparently. bobby is an uncaring bastard.