April 30

Tired. And I think I'm dying. I'm pretty sure I'm trying to get the sicky crap that TH and TK had last week. Bird Flu...cough, cough..urk blah :-/ (Whenever one of us gets sick we blame it on Bird Flu, lol) So I kinda feel like shit. Plus I went home this morning and finished the gummy bears before I went to bed. Probably not the best idea. I took some Tylenol Sinus before I came to work though so hopefully that will help. I need to stop for some more on my way home in the morning.

When I got home this morning I swept, emptied the dishwasher, and washed what was leftover from dinner last night. I had thought that TH was going to get in there and do it, but apparently not. Got TK up and off to school, hung out with TH for a little bit, then went to bed. I had some seriously fucked up dreams but I don't really remember what they were about. Got up a little bit after TK got home and hung out with him for a little bit, and then he made soup and grilled cheese for dinner. I was impressed - all I had to do was answer a few questions and he did all of the work. Not bad considering that he's never really cooked by himself before. We'll work up to harder stuff as we go along. TH came home and we ate dinner, then I took my test. I made a 77. Definitely better than I thought I would do! Still pretty sure I'm screwed on the final, though :-/

April 29

Stayed up too late today, so I'm a little tired. Not too bad, though. Went home this morning and swept, cleaned up the kitchen a little, and started the dishwasher. Got TK up and off to school and played a little Black Ops 2. It was kinda nice :-) Hung out with TH for a little bit, then went to bed. I guess I slept pretty soundly because the neighbor next door had someone out in her backyard working on the shed but it didn't keep me from going to sleep.

Got up a little bit after TK got home and made dinner. The last time I was at HEB they had a couple of Tortilla Soup kits in the produce section marked down from $10!! to $2. I bought 2 of them. Basically it was diced onions, bell pepper, garlic, a little bit of corn, a packet of diced tomatoes, precooked chicken breast strips, a packet of spices, chopped cilantro, shredded cheese, half a lime, and a packet of tortilla strips. For soup you just kinda stirfry everything, add water, and cook. You could also make it into a casserole by adding uncooked rice and water, simmering it, then dumping it into a pan and baking. I made one of each, but added a can of corn and a can of black beans to each one. It was awesome! I think we will definitely be making those again. All I need to do is figure out for sure what was in the spice packet, and I pretty much always have the other ingredients on hand. Yay! Tomorrow night is TK's night and he has decided on soup (ramen) and grilled cheese sandwiches. I think I'll add some veggies to my soup.

April 28

Sunday night, back at work. Woohoo. I am definitely not tired though - I stayed up all night Saturday and basically slept all day. Felt kinda weird. I got here tonight and still hadn't done my last 2 Economics quizzes so I had to get those finished by midnight. The teacher finally emailed me back saying she had reset the one that fucked up, so yay. Of course though, it's freaking busy tonight for some reason so that made it a pain in the ass. And, the one that fucked up the first time, fucked up again! I got like 7 questions done and it froze up and quit. So fuck it, I guess. The second one worked fine. Now I have until Tuesday night to take the last test. Sigh.

So Friday morning I took TK to school and went to the store. Got home and kinda hung out with TH until he went to work. Slept for a little bit, then called to order the pizza and had the oven ready when TH got home. We watched End of Watch. It was actually pretty good! It was kinda like a documentary style without being boring, I guess. I enjoyed it. Hung out with TH for a while, then he went to bed and TK and I stayed up for a while just messing around. Slept kinda late Saturday then got up and cleaned, did about 5 loads of laundry, swept, vacuumed...the usual. TK's friend came over to spend the night. TH got home and we had leftover pizza and just kinda hung out in the game room because the boys were messing around on the computer in the living room. It was raining so we stood on the front porch watching it for a little while. He went to bed and I stayed up pretty much all night playing Black Ops 2 with the boys :-)

April 25

Thursday night, yay! Mom is not coming this weekend, which kinda sucks and kinda doesn't. She went to her pain management dr. today and he started her on some kind of pain patches. He said there could be some weird side effects so she figures it's probably best to stay home if she might end up feeling crappy. So we'll try for another weekend. On the bright side though this means that I can go home and hang out in the morning, take a nap, and TK and I can hang out all weekend. Yay! 

Yeah, I went home this morning and swept, emptied the dishwasher, and did a few things in the kitchen waiting until time to wake up TK. Got him up and out the door, and TH was still asleep. I shit you not, I had just gone into the gameroom to start playing video games and he wakes up. So I ended up fucking around with him all morning instead of playing. Sigh. He woke up sore from the yard work that he did yesterday so we decided not to go anywhere. I made breakfast tacos (eggs, bell peppers and onions, and a can of reduced fat corned beef hash) and 2 more loaves of banana bread. I ate 2 tacos with FF sour cream and shredded cheese. His work called and wanted him to come in today because somebody quit, so he worked from about 11-4. Yay, overtime? I got up when TK came home and hung out with him until TH got there. They went out messing around looking at toys and I went back to sleep.

April 24

Didn't really do much again today. I had kinda planned on going home and playing video games for a while but that's hard to do when TH is there. So I ended up hanging out with him all morning. It's nice, but sometimes I miss him working the morning shift. That way I could go home and be alone for a while, and just do whatever. Sigh. It was cold and windy this morning so I gave TK a ride down to the bus stop. Ate a few pizza rolls and a small bag of chips for breakfast. Stayed up pretty late but slept til almost 8 so that wasn't too bad.

TH made dinner - stuck the pork roast in the crockpot and chopped up the veggies to go in there. He also went to put his vacation check in the bank and stopped at Sprouts for a few more packages of the pork chops before they go off sale. Stuck them in the freezer already. I'm thinking maybe either tomorrow or Friday we may go look at freezers. We figured out we should have enough extra left from his vacation check to get one. Yay! We're trying to figure out what size, though. We could get a 5 cubic foot that will fit in the corner of the dining room between the kitchen and the living room, or for about $40 more we could get a 7 cubic foot but it would have to go somewhere else in the dining room. Probably under the side window, but I'm afraid that once we put a table in there it would feel crowded. Dunno. I'm trying to visualize how much size difference there really is between the two but I really can't. I guess I need to see them first.

April 23

It's a little cold tonight. I guess it's actually not that cold really but it's pretty windy. Not a big fan of the wind. It never did rain today but the front blew through around midafternoon and dropped the temperature 20 degrees. TH came home bitching about how cold it was, lol. I think there's still something like a 30% chance of rain for tomorrow. Should be nice and cool, too. Not sure what we're doing yet, if anything. I kinda want to go running around with TH but then I kinda want to hang out at home and play video games.

Didn't do much today. Went home and played a little Black Ops 2 zombies before everyone got up. Sent TK off to school, hung out with TH and ate some pizza rolls and a small bag of chips for breakfast. Stayed up too late (again) but got up when TK came home. I kinda thought about a quick nap but didn't really have time. So I'm kinda tired :-/ Hung out with him, made some more hummus, then when TH got home we made nachos for dinner. Mine had tortilla chips, refried  beans, salsa, cheese, black olives, bell pepper, green onions, FF sour cream, and guacamole. Eh, not the best thing but at least there were veggies on there? I brought a salad to work with me but I'm not sure if I'll end up being hungry enough to eat it. I still have a few bites of my salad left from last night, too. Last night I ended up eating the pork chop leftovers and part of the salad, then a banana and some oatmeal later.

April 22

Went home this morning and swept, emptied the dishwasher, emptied the dryer, made coffee, and scooped the litterboxes before everyone got up. Sent TK off to school and hung out with TH for a while. I still had a few boneless wings and jalapeno hush puppies left over from Friday so I ate those for breakfast. Played with the kitties and went to bed kinda late. I woke up when TK got home but he brought his buddy home with him so I went back to sleep for a little while. Woke up and there was a huge pile of cat puke on the carpet in the living room. That carpet stuff that we have is fucking awesome, though. Vacuumed, cut up salad veggies and made a couple of salads, then took a shower and played a game of Black Ops 2 zombies. Now I'm at work. Woohoo.

Last night I brought the pork chops and stuff I made for dinner, and a leftover salad. The salad was kinda squishy so I only ended up eating the dinner, a tangelo, a yogurt, and 2 pieces of banana bread. Oh, and 2 cookies :-) Tonight I only ate a cheese stick and a piece of banana bread after I got up so I brought a big salad and a small container of leftover pork chop dinner. I also have a banana, a tangelo, and a yogurt. We froze the other 3 cooked pork chops and we're marinating that pork roast to cook Wednesday night. Not sure what we'll do tomorrow night. Definitely something with veggies, though! Ooh, maybe tacos, with TVP crumbles instead of hamburger meat? I think we have everything we need. Yeah...maybe tacos, beans, and rice (and veggies). We'll see.

April 21

Sunday night, back at work. Yay. And of course I forgot that I had an Economics homework and quiz due tonight so I just kinda skimmed through and did it when I got here. I made 100 on the homework, which really isn't that hard because you can try the questions more than once until you get them right. Seems kinda pointless, I guess. Made a 70 on the quiz though, which is better than I have been doing lately. The last 2 chapters are due next Sunday, then the last test and then the final :-/ But then I'm done, yay!!

So Friday we took TK to school then went to Sam's for salad, HEB for groceries and Sprouts for veggies and the pork chops that were on sale. We got 2 small packages of pork chops and one roast. Went home and cooked some frozen boneless wings and jalapeno hush puppies for lunch. Played a little Black Ops 2, then TH went to work and I took a nap. Got up when TK got home and we hung out for a little bit. TH stopped to get Papa Murphy's pizza on his way home and I had the oven preheated and ready so it didn't take very long to cook. We had pizza and beer and watched The Hobbit. It was good, but awfully long. I sometimes have a hard time paying attention to long movies. TH went to bed and TK and I stayed up late messing around.

April 18

Well, nothing got bombed or blew up today, so I guess that's good? And it's Thursday night, yay! It's a lot cooler tonight, and kinda windy. I think they're calling for lower 40s in the morning. That's definitely a change! It's been a little busy at work tonight. No idea why, though. I dunno, I'm just ready for my weekend. I'm pretty sure we're doing movie night tomorrow (Friday). TH said he can pick up the Papa Murphy's pizza on his way home from work since he drives right by one. That way I won't have to pick TK up from school and go get it! I'm kinda thinking about taking him to school in the morning though so I can go to the store and do a few things early. I have a couple of coupons to try the McDonald's egg white muffin thingie free so we could stop and get breakfast. Dunno yet.

So it never did rain much last night but after I got home this morning and went to bed it rained off and on until about noon. TH said that every time it would stop raining the cats would go outside and every time it would start back up they would all come running back in. That would explain allll the little muddy footprints everywhere. The first thing I did when I woke up this afternoon was sweep and mop the kitchen and dining room, and vacuum the living room and hallway. I swept the kitchen 2 more times before I came to work, and I probably really should have mopped it again. Holy FSM they made a mess :-/ Hopefully as windy as it is the ground will dry up enough overnight that I can get it clean tomorrow and it will stay (relatively) clean. There will always be mulch to pick up!

April 17

There was an explosion at a fertilizer plant in a little town not too far from here earlier this evening. It destroyed the plant and leveled 3-4 blocks around it, including a nursing home. Nothing confirmed yet but early reports are estimating that at least 70 people were killed. This has not been a good week :-/

So I stayed up a little while this morning, playing a little Black Ops 2 and talking to TH. I ate 2 servings of pizza rolls (12) and a few chips. Oh and half a king size Snicker bar. Because CHOCOLATE! Cramps, I has them :-/ Went to bed and actually got about 8 hours of sleep! TH made the Tater Tot Casserole for dinner. The recipe calls for 2 lbs of ground beef, a big can of cream of mushroom soup, a bag of tater tots, and shredded cheese on top. We substitute TVP crumbles for half of the meat, use 98% fat-free cream of mushroom soup, and add a bag of frozen fajita veggies (red and green bell peppers, and onions). Makes it a little healthier. I got a little bit of the casserole and mixed in some stirfry veggies and lettuce. It was really good, and way more filling than just the casserole by itself. I brought a salad, some veggie chips, a yogurt, a banana, and a tangelo to work with me. Yay.

April 16

Not much going on today. It's pretty slow at work, which is nice. It's kinda drizzly nasty and humid and gross though. I didn't think it was supposed to start raining until sometime tomorrow. I know they said that there's something like a 60% chance of rain for Thursday. TH wants to try to get the mailbox finished tomorrow and he needs my help with the cutting so we'll probably do that when I get home if it's not raining.

So I went home this morning and downloaded the new Black Ops 2 map pack so we wouldn't have to do it after TK got home from school. Hung out with TH for a little bit, then went to bed. Got up when TK came home and played around on the new maps with him for a little while. Mob of the Dead is neat, but kinda confusing. It's easy to get lost. I do like that when you die you become a ghost and you can revive yourself. I'll have to play it a little more to get the hang of the layout. The multiplayer maps are cool, but I see an awful lot of places for people to camp in a couple of them. I fucking hate campers >:-(

April 15

There was a terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon today. At least, that's what they are calling it for now. There aren't too many details yet, but 2 bombs went off near the finish line of the marathon. So far they're saying 3 dead, over 100 injured. Some of the pictures are horrible :-/ I don't think I want to share a planet with people who think it's ok to do stuff like this. And the sad thing is that I know this kind of thing happens in other countries all of the time but it just seems so much worse when it happens here. I know it's not, but that's always my first thought. I wonder if most people feel the same way?

On a happier note, I went home this morning and got TK up for school then had a snack and played a little Black Ops 2. TH slept late because he was feeling bad and I went to bed shortly after he got up. Woke up when TK got home from school and messed around with him for a little while, then went and played in the kitchen! I chopped up some salad veggies and made a salad for me to take to work tonight and one for TH to eat for lunch tomorrow. Mine has bell peppers, green onions, celery, carrots, mushrooms, tomatoes, green olives, a little shredded cheese, and some garlic red wine vinegar for dressing instead of ranch. Yum! I pulled out some hamburger meat to thaw for Tater Tot Casserole. We'll probably make that Wednesday night. And I made dinner for tonight...

April 14

Okey dokeys. No, I didn't fall off the edge of the world or anything. I just haven't had much of a chance to actually sit down and process everything that has happened in the last 2 (almost 3) weeks! I also discovered that if I ever skip more than a day or two of writing I have no idea how to even begin to get caught up. So, I'll just try to hit the highlights. Basically though, we're living in a little purple house with all of the kitties and it is fucking awesome!!

So the day that we got the keys we moved all of the little stuff and then I came to work. TH and TK spent the night at their house one last time because we hadn't moved the beds or anything yet. I got off work, went home and slept for about an hour, then we went to pick up the truck. We did end up letting TK stay home that day, which was good because he actually helped quite a bit. Got the truck and went out to their work first to pick up the beds, a couch, and a coffee table. Stopped back by their house to get the nice patio table and chairs and a little bit of the stuff that was in the garage. Took all of that to the house (OUR HOUSE!!!) and unloaded it, then started moving all of the big stuff from the storage place. It took all freaking day! We did kinda try to organize a little as we unloaded, and had to clean everything up a little bit because it had been sitting in storage. We also put the beds together, installed the fridge, washer, and dryer, and vacuumed a few times. It started getting kinda late and we still had a lot to do, and I hadn't slept yet, so I called work and got someone to fill in for me that night. We finished up with the truck and took it back, then stopped at HEB for a few things. We made one more trip over to their house for a few little things, picked up some pizza, wings, and beer, and went home to have our first real dinner at home. Then we all got to sleep there the first night. It was fucking awesome :-)