St.Louis, Misery

Although it may seem like I have given up on this poor sad little blog, I haven't really totally given up on it (yet). To be honest writing a blog post has been the absolute last thing I have felt like doing lately. Don't get me wrong though, I still like to read everybody else's wonderfully entertainable enjoyable blogs, because reading is a heck of a lot easier than trying to think of something coherent to write. But, I feel bad. It isn't very fair of me to read Alicia's, and Mandy's and Kelly's blog everyday when they never get to read anything new on mine. So this is my attempt to write something wonderful and entertaining and enjoyable. NOT. I am just going to write and not worry about making it entertaining. Okay NOT again. I might actually make it a little bit enjoyable or a tiny bit funny... but only because it might just happen on accident since I am naturally that kind of writer. Okay now I am just making myself laugh. I am moving on...
Instead of boring you with all the reasons why writing blogs has been the last thing on my mind I will tell you some things that I never told you because I forgot and I haven't been putting much of an effort into this thing.

First of all, when we got back from Christmas vacation I got a promotion at work. They offered me a summer-time supervisor position which of course I took. Basically, since summer time is the "on" busy season they need another supervisor so they have one just for Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day weekend. So I won't be a supervisor until then and I'll go back to my regular position once summer is over. However, I'll be working a lot more and I'll get a raise which means a lot more money! Yay! A lot more money to pay off all the bills we are accumulating Yay! I am a teeny bit nervous about the position since most of the summer-time workers are in high school and college and they have been working there 10 times longer than I have. It's always a bit awkward when you get promoted over someone who has been there longer than you have (and knows more than you do about the job). However, I have gone through it before, back when I worked at Nadoz. And it sucked. Because a particular employee there was not happy about it when I had been there three months and I got a supervisor position after she had been there almost two years. It was pretty much awful. Thankfully (for me, not for her) she eventually got fired and my life got a lot easier.
But this workplace is a heck of a lot more stable and reasonable and sane so I think my promotion will go considerably more smooth than at that crazy place I jused to work at.

Second of all, did you know I learned to crochet several months ago? Well here is the story. I have this wonderful afghan that my grandma and aunt Linda gave me when I was a kid. When I got married Jonathan grew fond of this afghan. So much so that he continually claimed that it was his afghan and that his grandmother made it for him. I would not let this stand though because it is the best blanket we have for keeping me warm at night during the winter time, so I refused to let Jonathan steal my afghan, even though he deeply longed for it to be his. Well, I started my new job and one of my co worker's is Betsy. Betsy crochets everyday at lunch. When I happened to take my lunch at the same time as she I noticed this and realized she was working on an afghan. The idea came to me that maybe, just maybe, I could learn to crochet and make Jonathan an afgahn for Christmas and it would be just about the best darn Christmas present ever. So I hounded Betsy to teach me to crochet too, (just kidding I didn't have to hound her, she was more than happy to show me), bought a crochet hook and some yarn and after a couple weeks finally got the hang of it. Remember how I wanted to make an entire afghan by Christmas (I started in November)? Ha ha in your dreams, Sage. It took me over a month to get it to be one foot wide. I was going to secretly crochet it for Jonathan so it would be a big surprise but it was too hard to find time to do it when he was not around (Really he is always home! He rarely leaves this house). So I just crocheted away and wouldn't tell him what I was making. At Christmas time I told him what his future Christmas present was. Of course it wasn't as good completely surprising him with a wonderful afghan made especially by his wife who he didn't even know could crochet, but it was the best I could do. Well now it's March 14, the weather is getting warm and pretty soon it will be 80 degrees with 1000% humidity, and guess what? I am still crocheting away on that darned afghan! By the time I get the thing done Jonathan will be wearing shorts and begging me to let him turn the air conditioner on. Seriously though, I am very close to being done and am pleased with my recent progress on it, I am just annoyed with my horrible timing. I will definitely put up a picture of it when it is finished so you can see my beautiful handiwork. Well... beautiful in Jonathan's eyes anyhow.

Third of all, second week of May right after I am through with school for the summer...
My brother and sister are coming to visit me!
And I am 78% positive this time!!!
Isn't that the best thing you've ever read on this sorry little blog! I really can't wait. I wish I could just sit around and day-dream about the fun and the wonderfully fantastic time we are going to have (if you remember right, I did that last summer when I wrote up an entire itinerary for us to do when I thought my sister was coming to visit) but unfortunately I have to go study for a test and do a million other things. And that is also why I must end this post for now. Have I written enough to redeem myself yet?

p.s. if you made it this far, congratulations!
p.s.s check out Alicia's post about a recent object lesson she experienced. it's a great post with a great message and a good reminder. (and some beautiful pictures). click here to read it. And you you better read it or I'll tell to sick her five hundred dogs on you (or maybe it's just three... I can't remember).