R.I.P. Little Clyde

Dude, you was my leezard. 😭 I could never touch you for fear of stressing you out. Hell, I was always a little worried about lingering near you for too long lest you puff up and turn dark.

I liked watching you eat, though. You were a pretty neat fella. I always loved the pale shade you would turn after a good meal of crickets, which meant that you were satisfied.

And your toes! You had the cutest toes of any animal, EVER! I enjoyed watching you climb around all shaky like a leaf. The things you could do with your eyes was pretty awesome, too. It always tripped me out every time that you would have your back to me, but would turn your eyes around to look at me. You were just neat. All over. For real.

I’m sad, Clyde, because I’ll probably never have another chameleon... you kids are just hard to keep alive. I wasn’t really ready for you to leave me. I already miss turning your lights off and on every day. ... Bye, my little buddy.

I slept most of the day...

I slept most of the day because I was up barfing all night.

It truly sucked and my head has never hurt like that before in my life.

I’m so glad it’s over.

On the bright side I had the best care-taker I could have ever asked for:  Shadow. I’m telling you - that kid was awesome to me last night. He heated up a slice of pizza for himself for dinner and didn’t ask me for ANYTHING. Also, he brought me tissues and water and medication and even a bucket to puke in. He petted my head and said he was sorry that I felt bad and shooed the dogs away when they got all over me. For serious, he’s the BEST KID EVER.

When Nick got home from work he handled everything else - my guys totally have my back and for that - I am grateful.

I don’t work at PetSmart anymore.

I can’t say that I won’t miss the job I did because I will. I really enjoyed working with the animals and some of the owners were pretty cool, too. I even made a few good friends (you know who you are and you will be missed.) No worries, though... I’ll still be around with the animal shelter so it’s not like I’m going to vanish completely.

BUT (for the most part) I won’t miss any of my ex-coworkers or the high school-esque drama that never quit. No matter how you slice it that place employs mostly kids (or adults that couldn’t act like adults) and well - there was a lot of immature, he said / she said, "this-manager’s-my friend-so-I-can-do-what-I-want" type of behavior going on and I’m just not down with all of that.

Not to mention that retail will always be retail, which usually forces you to choose between any semblance of family life and work... I don’t know about you, but my choice will always be my family. I don’t want to work holidays rather than spend time with them - so I won’t. That is my choice and if it means losing a part-time, low-paying job (with as far as I’m concerned - no opportunities for advancement seeing as how I WILL NOT sign a 2 year contract) then so be it. No matter what the store manager says, I DO, in fact, call my own shots - and I DO, in fact, do what I want. That’s the joy of being an adult. Life is choices and I’ve made mine. I have no regrets.

Honestly, this couldn’t have come at a better time. With my mother’s recent behavior she’s no longer on the list of people who could watch Shadow while I work, and until I get my other car running I really don’t want to have 3 jobs to get myself to, plus have to try to get Nick to his, anyway. It’s just hard to juggle it all - so I’m thankful for the break. And also for having my weekends back. It’s nice. 😊

Oh, and by the way I’ll be volunteering at the Animal Shelter’s thrift store, Secondhand Tails, on every other Friday during the day. If you haven’t been by the new location you should stop by there. It’s huge, and really nice. All proceeds go towards taking care of the shelter pets so it’s for a good cause, too. 😊

Have a nice weekend, friends. 😊 I know I will. 😉

Despite...

the fact that I'm tired pretty often - I'm happy. Really, contentedly happy. For those who can't keep count I now have 3 jobs... they're all part-time so it's not like I'm working 24/7, but sometimes it sure feels that way. And mostly I'm tired because I'm a night owl and I just don't go to bed at a decent hour (even when I know that I have to get up early). It kind of sucks, but I tend to get more energetic in the evenings. 😕

Anyway, like I was saying - it's not as bad as it sounds. I work at SCM (thanks Shaun) Monday - Thursday in the daytime. Then I work at PetSmart 2-3 evenings a week and I do bookkeeping for CRIJO here and there (whenever they need me). I still volunteer with the Animal Shelter regularly and amazingly I have most of my evenings home with Shadow. It's actually pretty refreshing to be busy and not have to do the EXACT SAME THING day in and day out.

Another super-great thing is that I've met some really awesome people since I left the full-time grind. I feel like I can really get behind what CRIJO does because the owner of the company loves animals and his company helps shelters. I love washing dogs at PetSmart - all I can say is that it is just a fun job and being an employee there has it's perks. SCM... well. It doesn't even seem possible, but there's not a single employee there that I do not like. Sarah keeps me busy and the day is gone before I know it. It's crazy. 

Also... I'm not saying too much because it's not my accomplishment to brag about, but things are really looking up for The Nick at his place of employment. I'm SUPER proud of him and I hope things go as planned. Even though things were hard when we both left our full-time jobs I've gotta say that I think it has been worth it. We're both much happier than we've been in quite a while.

If anyone was curious why I'm not around much these days I hope that clears it up. Guess I'm about to go get a shower and hope that I can get myself to bed kind of early. I'm actually not all energized at the moment... to the contrary - I'm drained. I think it's catching up to me. Anywayz... miss you. 😊