queenofhearts, posts by tag: halloween - LiveJournal

Whoa, sorry I haven't posted in ages. Things have been super busy at work and I've been super lazy at home and using FB to post little itty bitty things. In any case, I just turned 32 yesterday and we got back from the FFRF convention. We spent Friday to Sunday there and it was amazing. We heard awesome speakers one of which was Ron Reagan. O_O Man oh man was he an excellent speaker. It was so crazy to be just feet away from Ronald Reagan's son!!!

I'll be posting pictures later when I'm not so lazy.

Work has been wild. Very wild and busy and apparently they have now blocked LJ so I can't update or get caught up there which was my primary catch-up place. Grrr. Must be my own fault, lol.

Um, writing... I am working on the 15000 word Nocturne bite eBook for the eHarlequin.com site and so far I have one chapter. Only 14000 words to go, lol! But it's really grabbing me and I'm really thinking it's going to go to the end. If anyone wants to read it and give me an opinion I'd be happy to mail it to you (read: desperate for opinion as I am an opinion whore!).

The combo of Abilify and Pristiq have put me into a normal place. I feel like a normal person and my down days are very few. Only usually right around my period. Which is late thank goodness. It was due to start the same day of the convention so I hoped and hoped for my birthday I could have a late period and I got my wish!!

Been having a religious crisis for about a year now. Not necessarily that I chose to believe. Just that I wasn't sure whether I was agnostic or full blow atheist. This convention cemented my place as an atheist and it really felt good. It took a load off my shoulders. This is not meant a poke to anyone who believes in God, BTW. You all know me. I feel everyone should believe what they want without any opinion from me.

Aaron is getting bigger and the more I work with him the less I believe there is a remote chance he is Autistic. I think I just was too lenient for fear of being too harsh. So far so good!

Halloween was fun! Dressed up as a sort-of naughty nurse and Jim was my patient. Took Aaron trick-or-treating and he liked that for about a block and was done, lol. Then Jim and I went out to the karaoke bar and sang karaoke, drank, and hang out with friends. I'll have to post those pictures too!

I decided to grow my hair out! I'm just tired of it being as short as it is, granted it's not THAT short. But I'll still get it trimmed and colored. I just have hit the 'I want longer hair' phase again and so I'm going to do it.

Work honestly is going great though. I feel so humbled and so excited by how people say I'm doing so well as charge nurse and I've had more than one person (including my boss) say that I would be first choice or first recommendation for a full-time charge position. It blows me away, guys. It gives me chills to think that I am really doing THAT good. I am so just... wow. I am only trying to do the best job I can and learn and learn and learn and so to have someone say these things to me is just crazy and wonderful.

Also started writing to penpals and that is so exciting! I love writing on paper and the two gals I've written to so far I really feel a great connection to. XD

Crap. I can't think of anything else. But I will! And I'll post again. It'll be a giant picture post. I hope all of you are well and I'm so sorry I'm so behind and haven't been paying attention to what's going on with you guys.

OMG! It's the first day of NaNo! And I can't write until after I sleep today. But I will. And I also can't answer any messages tonight AGAIN. But not because I'm tired. It's because I'm training to be a charge nurse and I have to save my brain space and energy for learning. I just slipped on real quick to say WOO HOO NaNo and hope everyone had a great Halloween!

Oh holy wow I'm tired. Too tired to do a decent entry or work on my replies. The first night back to work is always the hardest in terms of being tired. I just don't want to do crap replies. I also have a guilt complex and feel guilty when I don't answer them all right away and therefore have to explain that on here to all of you so I feel less so.

I did end up making my cupcakes and they were hard! I think they turned out all right, but not as good as I would have liked. Still, not bad for my first try at it. There will be pictures. Oh yes! I will spam you. Also pictures of my kitty and more of Aaron and also of our pumpkins because Jim made a really cool/funny pumpkin.

And today is Halloween! And I have to sleep it away. Bah.

Well Happy Halloween to you all! And happy birthday to ninjarogers!

I am bringing a bowl of candy to work tonight so that we all can not feel so left out of the festivities. I just wish Jim and I could take Aaron out and then go out to a Halloween party where we always sing karaoke. Jim has not got to take Aaron out yet because he's usually working. This year he'll be at school. Maybe next year! I think I'll request it off, actually, way in advance so we can take him out. It's going to only get more fun to do holidays with him as he ages. I'm so excited. Heh. I'm a dork.

I'd pontificate on here some more about weird stuff, but I'm too tired to make it interesting. Heh. Can't wait for my ballot to get here so I can vote. Whoo. Vote. This is a crazy voting year.

Hahaha. I knew I'd never be able to update everyday, even if I DID have internet everyday. But, uh, at least I'm updating more often than I was. Even if I have nothing interesting to say. Not sure if that's worse than not updating or what...

I have started an exercise routine. AGAIN. I've done it twice this week. My goal is to do it at least three times a week, but hopefully four or five. I've got to get my ass in shape before it's too late. Or, well, harder. I'm 30 and after having Aaron, I can already tell my body is different. I don't lose weight so easily and I'm more tired. I'm sure 12 hour graveyard shifts do not help, but still. I've got to exercise and try to cut out the crap I eat. Some of it anyway.

Finally got around to seeing Iron Man last night and I really liked it. I've always like Rober Downey Jr. as an actor though. But the movie was fun. Going to watch The Happening today. Whatever the general public or critics think, I like all of his movies. Well, except Breakable. Not sure why, but I didn't like that one.

We keep trying to get to the pumpkin patch. Either the weather sucks or as today, we drove there only to find out they don't open until 3:30PM. Jim has to leave for school an hour after that, so it looks like it'll be Thursday we go unless the weather is a bitch again and rains. Darnit. I want to take him to get his pumpkin there and see all the animals. They have cows, chickens, kitties, dogs running free. And a donkey and bunnies penned up. Plus, I'm excited to have him go on the wagon ride to pick out his own pumpkin.

We tried to put a costume on him and he wouldn't have it. I knew he wouldn't like something odd to wear. He's so weird about stuff like that. So we got Batman PJs with a cape attached to it and we'll just dress him warmly underneath the jammies and he'll at least have something to go as. I just wish I didn't have to work. I'd like to see how he likes it this year. But my mom and my grandma are taking him in to my aunts, so he'll get to have fun still.

I'll ask my aunt if she'll take pics for me.

I slept many nice hours last night and I'm STILL tired. Bet I slept too much. Whoops.

I tried to talk Jim into getting a friend for our kitty, but he wasn't having any of it. I'm hoping sometime soon we can get another though. Our kitty is so lovey and he needs someone to hang out with when we aren't home. The neighborhood kitties aren't very friendly.

Jim is watching one of the Dirty Harry movies. I love those movies. Clint Eastwood rocks in every single way.

Okay, enough rambling. Jim needs to do his homework and I really don't have anything exciting to post about. Heh.

Only a week until we finally get internet at home! I can hardly wait. Then I can update every day or every other day instead of only when I work. Bah.

The evil cold is mostly gone now. Just the leftovers. Yum.

I'm taking a class on Friday to train new nurses when they come to work on the floor. It feels really weird to think of doing that. This month I've been a nurse for 6 years, but it still feels really weird. I'm glad they're offering a class though. It'll make me feel more like I know what I'm doing.

Work is going good. I'm really loving it. I'm tired tonight though. I can't wait to crawl into bed. My pillow calls!

We're going to take Aaron to a pumpkin patch here to get his pumpkin this year. There is also animals of all kinds there. We took him last year, but he wasn't quite old enough to appreciate it yet. It's amazing how fast they grow and what they're like in just a year's time!

I'm going to have to bring the camera there. Then I can finish off a roll and show more pictures of my baby and the new kitty!

I lovelovelove this time of year. Fall is my favorite season and I mention it often, but Halloween is my favorite holiday. Sucks though, because I work on Halloween and so I won't get to see Aaron go out this year. Holidays never really used to matter to me, but now that I have Aaron I want to be there for all of his holidays.

Man... I really am disappointed I have to work on Halloween. Bleh.

Okay, going to stop blabbing now.