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My Life Thus Far
2011-06-13 04:52:44 (UTC)

No Means of Escape

I swear, work today was so painfully slow, I was thinking of ways of escaping! Of course there was no means of escape, I just needed something to entertain myself. I only had one scheduled orientation (and two walk-ins) in a 5 hour shift. All the other departments had everything under control, so nobody needed my help :( I'm seriously concerned that today is just a glimpse of what my future holds (what work will be like after the "newness" rush wears off). Long shifts of nothingness. Lame. I did have a conversation with one of my coworkers that brightened my life a little. She suggested that I talk with Deborah (one of our supervisors) and see if I can get rid of my Sunday shift. That way I'll at least have a day off every week AND I'd get to stay at Bremerton! I think it's a great idea. Now if I can just get up the courage to talk to her about it. I hate disappointing people or putting added stress or pressure on them and trying to cover my shift would probably do that. At least at this point when things are still so up in the air.

When I got off work, I stopped at Lowe's to get some mulch and (of course) a couple new flowers to freshen things up in my garden. When I got home, I avoided the couch, changed my clothes and went right outside. First, I weeded and fed the vegetable garden (finally!) and then went out to spruce up the flower garden. It was looking a little shabby and desperately needed a weeding and some new mulch. I opted for a burnt sienna red mulch. It looked amazing, but something was missing... a border. I didn't replace the edging I got rid of last year. I had the brilliant idea of going down to the beach and collecting big rocks to edge the garden with. At this point, I had enlisted both of the girls and Snookums to help me. The girls each collected a few rocks, but Snookums and I did most of the heavy lifting (literally). Even thought he beach is no more than 100 feet from our back door, that's still a long walk when you're lugging kitty litter buckets full of rocks! When all was said and done, we laid down about 250 pounds of mulch (Ten 25 pound bags) and at least 100 pounds of beach rock (Snookums' guesstimating). I'm already sore, I know I'm going to be in pain tomorrow. Even my fingers are sore, as I type this! It's worth it, though. The garden is beautiful. We're the first house you see when you turn onto our street and I like to set a good example. Mostly for myself, because I doubt anyone else around here cares.

Tomorrow we have an evaluation with Keenan's new teacher. I'm not sure what to call her (teacher/therapist/speech pathologist?). She's the instructor of his special needs preschool class. It will give her a chance to meet Keenan in person so that she can create an IFSP (Individualized Family Service Plan). I wish Keenan could go to Kitsap Lake with Kiki, but they don't have the program he needs. So, we'll have all three kids in the same school district, but in different schools. Craziness. Keenan will be at Crownhill Elementary, which I've heard is a nice school (I've been there once before), but I like Kitsap Lake better. He will be transferring to Kitsap Lake for Kindergarten if we're still in the area.

I shouldn't have any problems getting to sleep tonight. My eyes don't want to be open anymore...




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