kitty prozac

Just call me productive.

Got all the crap taken care of except for the car. My paper's done except for a conclusion and proofreading. I forget how rediculously easy psychology is. It's all the same thing, just re-packaged and applied according to the class. And I managed to do it all with a horrible headache. I probably OD'd on meds trying to get it to go away and now I feel a little wierd, haha.

Got some different antibiotics for the kitty, and they told me about this medicine. Sometimes cats think they have a bladder infection when they don't and they pee all over. This medicine makes them think they don't and supresses the urge to pee. So all I gotta do is break open a capsule and put it in her food every day. Supposedly it tastes like chicken. Right now she's curled up asleep with a kitty smile on her face. So hopefully there will be a lot less writing about kitty.

Oh, and it's an absolutely gorgeous day. I can hear the kids playing in the park.

bitching

Yeah so I felt like a big dork when I showed up for work on Wednesday and no one was there... Apparently "I'll see you Wednesday" means not this week, but next. I was in the neighborhood and I knew it'd make his day, so I surprised C with donuts for breakfast before heading up to school to study.

I don't think we're going to end up going out of town this weekend. I was kinda starting to look forward to it, too. Poo. Oh, well. more time to study/ sleep. Although my list of crap to do tomorrow is long and annoying. I'm STILL trying to get medical bills from the car accident paid by my insurance company. And C pointed out that one of my tires is blistered and needs to be replaced so I gotta go to the dealership.

That, and I have to call the vet AGAIN because I'm getting REALLY sick of the cat piss everywhere. Grrr. I'm so sick of cats right now. My sister's cat moved back in with her and he likes to tear open cat food. The dry food, those little bowls of wet food that have a plastic pull-back top opened and strewn everywhere... For some reason he feels the need to come into my room and wreak havoc. Every day I've come home to either a huge food mess or the smell of pee and a needy cat. It's enough to make me want to pop open a beer and throw them out with much force, see if they really always land on their feet.

I'm already grouchy thinking about it. Being an adult is annoying sometimes.

coffee = poo?

does coffee make anyone else have to poo?
maybe that's why people poo in the morning.

off to my first day of work!
i got hired for a medical marketing company owned by this couple who run it out of their home. that equals jeans to work every day, horray.
they want me to do the normal office stuff, plus they want to teach me how to do some webmastering and a little bit of medical writing. kinda cool, huh?
plusses: the guy is not at all creepy and reminds me of my dad. they have three children in college and two cats. :o)
major plus: they are extremely flexible with the schedule and don't care if i take off to study and whatnot. as of now, my hours are 10-4 so i can skip most traffic.
the funny part? these are the people that rescheduled the interview like 4 times and then i didn't hear from them for a while. things always work out...
cross your fingers i don't screw this up.

officially in session

I haven't had much time to sit around at the computer.

I got a job. Will elaborate more later but I think it's bueno.

Mon I got up early (grrump) to meet with Biochem prof to go over some hw I didn't get. Spent the next 9 hours in crazy hard Ochem lab and writing up report. Can we say brain drain?

Biochem exam Thursday. Been studying like mad and I still don't feel prepared.

Trying to figure out whether or not formal lab report on Vitamin C is due for Biochem lab on Thursday. No one is sure. Either way, the prelab (for what lab? no clue yet) is due Thurs and that will take a couple hours.

Friday, gotta write a 6-page paper for psych. It's due Monday but C wants me to [possibly] accompany him to the boonies where his grandpa lives because it's his birthday party and wants to meet me. Kinda anxious b/c it's a big deal and it's a long drive and I hate car rides. That and I will spend the weekend with his family, AND I have those special dietary requirements and I don't want to be a pain in the ass.

If I do go, I still have to write up the Ochem prelab for Monday when I come back Sunday night. Minus a couple hours right there. Add up the hours for Vit C lab (whenever it's due) and next week's post and pre-labs for Biochem, and there's another chunk of time right there.

THEN the first Ochem exam is Friday night, and with my schedule no longer free on Wed and Fri because of work, I will have to find time to study.

Not to mention the psych lectures I haven't been watching...

School is officially back in session people.

tootin' around

The first thing I did when I came home this morning was clean up another spot of cat pee. There's a big foamy spot of carpet cleaner on top of it. Oh, well I needed to vacuum anyway. I have a feeling that, like last time, she will need a stronger round of antiobiotics. She hasn't really been eating (her old food or her new food), and when she did eat a tiny bit this morning she barfed it right back up. I wonder if that's because of the antibiotics? At any rate she barfed up the last dose I gave her. On my mom's favorite rug. Oy. I hear her hurling again... that poor sick cat's gunna have to go outside man.

Yesterday after pipetting and titrating for three hours straight and wishing I had a graduated cylinder (try pipetting 40 ml over and over with just a 5 ml pipet!), I joined the gang for karaoke. It was a small crowd, which is understandable considering it's the beginning of the semester. C had mentioned going to Kemah and riding the rollercoaster or seeing a movie, but I was so beat, I didn't really want to do anything but be a schlub. Maybe tonight I can make myself all cute and do something with him.

It's a gloriously sunny day and my sister Ashley gets off work at noon so I think maybe I'll do something with her. I haven't chilled with her in a while. She's been having trouble breathing lately so she went to the doctor and did some tests. She was telling me how it went and in the midst of everything somehow she managed to see her 6th grade math teacher naked. HAHA Awkward!

better

Hoo man.
I am feeling tons better.
Turns out I've had a UTI since December but the doctor never discussed my lab results with me and I never got treated for it. Now I've got meds and after one dose and a good night's sleep I am already noticing the difference.

And I know I've been writing about how awesome C has been lately. He was a complete sweetheart, took me out for sushi last night- he knows this chick who owns this place (EJ's wife) and she helped me out w/ the ingredients and all that. Then when I started to feel miserable again he took care of me. I've been tempted a couple times to let my guard down, but I still don't trust him. He just hasn't earned it back. Plain and simple. I've come to terms with most of what's happened between us, but there are still some things that I have not, and they still hurt pretty bad.

studying interlude

-I interrupt this studyfest to get some things off my mind-

...That's why I love blogging. This week should be interesting. Got a lot of stuff going on. I'm in a hurry for Wednesday to get here so I can see the doctor and start getting some relief.

You know, sometimes I wonder. I was thinking as I drove to class today after a bad dream about slutty ex-girlfriend that awakened some old trust issues and left me with an odd feeling. I wonder what he sees in me. I look in the mirror and see tired, dorky old me with frizzing hair, a crooked front tooth and a few new pimples. Me, with annoying health issues and a tendency to be grouchy. I mean, yeah, I've got a nice rack but how on earth can he look at me and see someone he wants to call his own? I dunno. I guess you just take the good with the bad. For better or for worse, sickness and in health, right?
I know it's a marriage vow but it still fits pretty damn well for the best kinds of relationships/ friendships.

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