Update and Mattress Shopping

Well, I've been super busy with work and haven't had much time to post. Hopefully, things will calm down around here and I can keep the blog updated.

Today, we searched for a new mattress. Not a lot of furniture stores in Pittsburg. But we had some victory. Our new "guest" bed (which we will be using until we get the master bedroom back) will be delivered Monday. Yay!

Here is a fun picture...

Is this a bloodthirsty hellspawn or a doggy engaged in rough play? You decide.

Cars and Careers

Nico is furiously working on his car tonight. He's supposed to leave for Iowa tomorrow for an SCCA race. If he has to take my car, I may be stuck at home all weekend.

He had it running Wednesday night. He was so confident in his work that he drove it to Firestone yesterday morning (all the way to Joplin). It did well on the way there, but it died coming home. He was able to get it home, but the fuel pump is all clogged up with yucky gas. Hopefully, He’ll get it all squared away tonight.

Last night I found out that I did NOT get the Women’s Studies Instructor position that I applied for. I am more than a little disappointed but I understand their reasoning (had to pull from pool established before last semester ended).

I am still scheduled to take 6 hours of Graduate classes in the fall. I’m looking forward to them, but know that between that and work, I will be uber busy.

Speaking of work, the new job is “okay”. I’m trying to stay positive, but I got a little frustrated today. I really hope that I’m able to put all the pieces together soon. Like I told Nico, not only do I want it to be a good fit for me, I want to be a good fit for them.

With the summer I’ve had, I’m forcing myself to go to church on Sunday. I don’t want God to forget about me. :)

More later…

Update on my Dad

My dad's doing well. On Friday he had a massive heart attack. I booked a flight Friday night and was in Kentucky by Saturday night. His aortic artery was 100% blocked, and his symptoms were not "normal" heart attack symptoms so he didn't seek medical attention right away. He was within twenty minutes of dying.

My dad is extremely lucky for so many reasons. It seemed as if God had orchestrated everything. My step-sister who just passed her EMT training rushed to the house and started taking his vitals. She then called my other step-sister who works for two cardiologists. Between the two of them, they saved his life. He had to have numerous things done to him including a helium balloon that pumped his heart, a temporary pacemaker and 4 stints in the one artery. He’s lucky the young cardiologist tried this aggressive procedure before opening him up. Because he avoided getting open heart surgery, he’ll not only be recovering faster, he’s likely to live longer.

I flew back yesterday, arriving at 9:00 p.m. We didn’t get back to Pittsburg until 11:30. Needless to say, I was pretty exhausted when I went to work this morning.

As of my phone call with him tonight, he is doing well. He is home and resting (but reluctantly). He's going to have to stop smoking and that really frightens him.
-G

My dad has had a massive heart attack, I’m on my way to Kentucky.

Screenprinting and carpooling

I had a good day at work today. I am still not sure what I’ll be doing as I spent most of my day in Screen Printing. I never would have believed how complicated some of the images/processes can be. All-in-all, towards the end of the day I felt like I had a good understanding of the basic concepts of the department. Tomorrow I "visit" with another department: Sewing.

Carpooling is not fun. Even though I had a good day, Nico got stuck in traffic on his way from Joplin to Pittsburg and was almost 40 minutes late picking me up. I’m glad I packed a novel in my lunch bag.

It must be locust season, because the dogs have caught (and eaten) more locust in the past few days than ever before. They have also come across several toads… that is hilarious. They make them foam at the mouth and I’ve heard that they can be hallucinogenic for dogs. Great, my dogs are tripping.

First day on the job

Today was REALLY long. I got up at 5:30 so that I could be at the Occupational Health Center at the hospital when they opened. I called on Friday and I thought they said they opened at 7:00 a.m. I told my *new* boss that I would get my drug test and be at work by 8:00. Well, Occupational Health doesn’t open until 8:00 and with us sharing a car, it became a major chore to get us both to work.

Nico picked me up at 5:00 p.m. after a long hot day in the factory. They’re showing me the ropes by having me work in the different departments for my first couple of days. If you know me, you know that I have NEVER done manual labor before. Sufficed to say, I am exhausted. When Nico picked me up it was pretty clear that we both had rough days.

The doggies were so happy to see us when we got home. They were in full-on freak out since no one had been home with them all day. I will admit, I seriously missed my “cuddle time” this morning.

Well, I gotta go. We just finished cooking and eating dinner and now we’re going to sit on our butts for a while. Hopefully, I post more about the new job tomorrow.