*big sigh of relief*

I'm so, so, so incredibly glad it's Friday. I have this weekend off, which I'm sure won't last very long. And thankfully all I'm doing today (and next week, that I know of) is training stuff on the computer.

But boy am I tired. Have I mentioned that this getting up at 6am is way overrated? ;-)

Aside from that, things are good. I'm definitely looking forward to sleeping in a little bit tomorrow. And, D said that if the weather is good, we might be able to go to the Knoxville Zoo. *cheers* :-D

Okay, off to work for me.

what a treasure I have

D was so incredibly sweet and considerate yesterday. By about 7pm, even after drinking two Mt. Dews, I was so, so, so tired still.

We ended up going to Subway and watching some tv. We had planned on watching Criminal Minds (great show by the way), which doesn't go off until 10, but it ended up not being on so I fell asleep around 9:30.

Okay, so the sweet and considerate part.... The only time I woke up during the night was when he got up for his late night trip to the bathroom and other odd times, but I was never awake for more than a minute or so at most. He told me this morning that he woke up a few times during the night, too and if he realized that he was crowding me (as he's wont to do cuz he likes to cuddle), he'd move back over to his side of the bed and make sure I'd have most of the covers so I wouldn't wake up cold. Also, when he made his bathroom trip, I woke up and pulled the covers over my head so when he turned the light on it wouldn't hurt my eyes and wake me up more. But he didn't turn the light on cuz he was worried it would do the same thing that made me pull the covers up. Then, when he realized he wasn't gonna be able to sleep anymore (at about 5:30), he slowly got out of bed so I wouldn't wake up...and I didn't.

When the alarm went off, I could smell coffee, but figured he'd turned the pot on when he went to the bathroom. I got up and looked at the pot and there was already coffee gone and it was only then that I realized he'd gotten out of bed. :-) I always wake up when he gets up and more often than not can't get back to sleep, but I didn't even stir this time. That just goes to show how tired I was and how careful he was to not wake me up.

He's the bestest, sweetest, most considerate man in the whole wide world.

K...done bein' schmoopie. ;-)

things that wake me up :p

There's something else I'm gonna complain about besides the storm and, since that came before the storm hit, that's what's gonna come first.

Okay, so D and I went to sleep about midnight (bad, bad, naughty bad since I have to get up at 6am). I woke up around 2:30am freezing cold...again. D had ended up scooting down in the bed and had pulled the covers down with him. He had 'em trapped under his arms so I couldn't pull them up to cover me. So I slid down in the bed, too. Every time I think I can doze off, he moves around, lightly kicks me in the shin once in a while or, if I'm facing away from him, shoves his knee into my back. He's still asleep through all this, even when I kicked him back (he then kicked me again :p).

Finally, around 3:30 he stops and I can start to doze off......and then the storm hits. Our puppy is hooked to a lead outside and hates, hates, HATES water of any sort besides when it's in her bowl for her to drink. So I go outside (since I'm awake and D's still somewhat asleep) to put her in the downstairs portion of the guest house. At first I was gonna bring her upstairs, which technically we're not supposed to do, but then I saw she'd gotten tangled around a tree and was laying in the yard so she was most likely muddy. Anyway, just as I unhook her, she yanks out of my grasp and runs up the stairs to the deck and D lets her inside. The puppy just totally and completely ignored me calling her and by then I was so fed up and moving around so much that I was wide awake.

I finally got back to sleep around 4:30am only to wake up twice more before my alarm went off.

I got enough sleep so that I wasn't all that crabby in the morning, but I was dead tired. I had D stop at a gas station on the way to take me to work so I could pick up some Vivarin. It was enough to get me through the day, but by 2pm I was draggin'.

I drank a Mt. Dew to wake me up enough for D and I to finish watching the movie Hotel Rwanda. Now he's taking a nap. I'd love nothing more than to join him right now, but if I do that'll be probably about an 80% chance I won't be able to sleep tonight.

I think I'm gonna go to sleep at 9pm tonight.

Okay, I'm done.

p.s. D said that if he gets restless like that again that I have permission to wake him up. But, he didn't say how I was supposed to wake him up. ;-) *cue evil laughter*

so not a morning person

As I write this it's 6:19am. And I. want. to. go. back. to. BED!

I woke up at about 3:30am and couldn't fall back asleep for a good half hour or so...but that's enough to throw anyone off. I was tired and sleepy, no doubt, but just couldn't fall back asleep.

So now I sit here with a cup of coffee, planning on taking a shower in less than ten minutes.

What kinda bites is that I used to be able to wake up a half hour or so before I needed to leave. I'd take care of showering and food and be out the door, all so I could get as much sleep as possible. But I've gotten used to spending a half our to an hour "waking up" with my coffee and fooling around on the computer while I become fully (or at least mostly) awake.

*sigh* Being employed and having to get up early is WAY overrated.

And now my rant is complete. :-)

Snow in TN

Yup, that's right. We got snow yesterday. It was only about two inches, but enough to cover the ground. They were predicting 1-4, but the 4 was mostly up in the mountain area (we're in the valley).

It started as really light flurries yesterday morning, but by mid-afternoon it was snowing fairly heavily. We had to bring the puppy inside (she didn't like that very much).

By dinner-time we put her downstairs. She liked that well enough, knowing it was snowing, but this morning when I got up and she heard me moving around, she was whining to be let out. Oh boy did she go nuts when I opened that door. :-)

Okay, must drink coffee and figure out how I'm going to goof off today before my first real week of work, since about a year ago, starts.

Want....sleep...

Ugh...I had the alarm set for 7am (that's 6am for you central timers), but ended up waking up at about 5:30 being unable to get back to sleep. Why you may ask? Well, it could be because I went to sleep at about 10:30 last night, or it could be because, since it was so warm out, D and I decided to leave the door open (screen closed).

I woke up shivering and so, so, so cold. I think D had closed the door sometime during the night, but hadn't opened the vent back up so it wasn't pumping the heat into the room. I got up, put one of D's pullovers on, my flannel pj pants, my fuzzy socks, and my hoodie......and I was still cold.

Good news is, I'm starting to warm up now. Unfortunately, since I was unable to go back to sleep, I now feel like I have sandpaper for eyeballs.

*sigh* Time for another cup of coffee.

Ciao

Whew

Well, I've pretty much gotten the job at Lowe's. It's all pending the results of the drug test, but I'm not worried about that. Unless I hear from the guy before Thursday, I'm supposed to call the guy Thursday morning to come in that afternoon to fill out paperwork and then come in Friday from 8-5 for orientation.

So, I'm excited, but also feel like there's a 400 lb. guy sitting on my chest. Well...maybe 200 lbs., but still...

But I think it'll be good. :-)

oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no

Okay, that was a little dramatic, but hey.

I finally got a hold of the guy at Lowe's and...(sound the trumpets)...I'm scheduled to come in today at 1:15 for the initial assessments and testing and suchness; all ending, if I pass that phase, in an interview with a general manager. On the one hand, I'm thrilled because it's the first step I've been able to take beyond filling out applications since...like...last year.

And on the other hand...I'm freaking out a tad. I don't know if my hands are shaking from the three cups of coffee I've had or the nervousness of...well...taking the first step beyond applications in a year and having to deal with an actual person.

I think I need to go take a pill...or put clothes away...or clean...or something.

Yikes and yay all at the same friggin' time!! :-D

looking up

Things are, as the subject line says, looking up. No job interviews as of yet, but I've gotten a couple good prospects. I applied online at Lowe's and needed to call the H.R. department to get a question answered. Through that course of events, the guy I talked to said to call him back the next day (would've been Sunday) to make sure he'd gotten my application and to see what he could do with it. Well, I called back Sunday and the person I talked to said he doesn't work the weekends usually and wouldn't be in that day. Hmmm...okay whatever. So I go to call him this morning and he's not in yet. This guy is apparently as hard to get a hold of as a wet bar of soap.

But, I'll try again in a half hour or so.

Yesterday was a pretty good day, considering I spent the previous day or so in a state of stress and frustration. Going from a three bedroom house to a one room guest house is quite difficult. But, after an afternoon/evening of cleaning and straightening up, the place is actually rather homey. D and I were good and tired last night and, after going into the main house for some taco soup and conversation, we came back out here, popped in Freaky Friday and then fell asleep at about 10:30.

The conversation was pretty cool. We were talking (well mostly D's mom was talking) about funny things kids do, antics her boys have performed when they were little, tooth fairies, etc. :-) It was a nice little evening, but I was really ready to get back to our cozy little cave.

On a totally different note, it's been way too long since I've had some chocolate. I dreamed about chocolate cake and chocolate candy last night...and Jewish people...but I soooo don't know what that was about. It's probably some freaky withdrawl I'm having from the chocolate. *grins*

That's all. :-)

*big sigh of relief*

Now that everything has somewhat settled down, I can actually post about what's been going on.

D and I have moved from the house we were living in to the guesthouse on his parent's property in South Knoxville (which I think is one of the second biggest pieces of land in this area). We started this move almost two weeks ago and have been going at it every day, starting at around 7am and ending after dark. The last few days (not including yesterday when we got up at 6am) we've been going to bed around 9:30pm and sleeping 10-11 hours.

Surprisingly enough, I didn't get as many injuries as I expected, especially considering the uber heavy desks we had to move, plat file cabinets that are probably around 300 lbs., and a 600 lb. gun safe. I kinda torqued my ankle about 3 days into the move and it was pretty sore up until a couple days ago, but it's all good now (knock on wood).

So, here's a list of my injuries...
1. Semi-twisted ankle

2. Small chunk gouged out of my index finger, right hand (from the gun safe)

3. Small slice on the index finger of my left hand (no idea how that happened)

4. Inch long burn on the back of my right hand, base of my thumb (not technically from moving, but was sleepy-eyed making toast two days into the move and burned my hand on the toaster oven

5. Bruises on various parts of my body including arms, shins, thighs, knees, and yes...hips. The number of said bruises is 17...and counting considering we still have to unload D's truck and Papaw's truck so I'm sure I'll grab a few more bruises.

But...we're officially done moving. The only reason we have to go back to that house is to get the mail and pick up our trashcans since this morning is trash day. It feels so incredibly good to finally be done.

Now, the thing is that, since we've spent almost the whole of the last two weeks moving, D hasn't been able to do any work so we've got a couple projects backed up...and... We’re supposed to get about 4 inches of snow today. I'm a bit skeptical, but that's another subject altogether.

We also both need to get regular jobs and, since D's silent partner works for UPS, it's a pretty fair bet he'd be able to get me, if not both of us in there.

As far as the snow, they were predicting a 60% chance of snow, even though it was sunny, clear skies, and about 37 degrees out for most of the day yesterday. But apparently the snow didn’t start coming down until about 5am this morning. Right now it’s just light flurries and the only accumulation I can see is about an inch of snow on the deck here. Weirdly enough, the last bad snow storm they had here was back in ’93 and the whole day it was sunny and about 70 degrees out, but then they got like a foot and a half of snow overnight. Another odd thing that happened yesterday evening that made D think for sure that we’d be getting a bit of snow was the weird way the birds were acting. When we got back from bringing our last load in from the house, we were standing out on the deck and back near the edge of the property were about 7 robins rooting around in the leaves. D said that it was because they sensed that the ground would be frozen and covered in snow and were scavenging for food before that happened. It was really weird, and kinda creepy how many there were out there.

Well, I think that’s gonna be all for now. I’m a little sleepy so I need to start hittin’ the coffee because, even though we’re all moved out, we’re not entirely moved in. We’ve got lots of unpacking to do and transferring stuff out of the trucks and into the downstairs of the guest house and out to the barn.