We Thrive

So I found this "6 month" exercise plan online the other day, and decided that yeah, maybe I'll try that. Of course...it's a 3 days a week thing, so I can still be as lazy as I please. Kind of. It starts off slowly and gradually adds more and more as the weeks progress. So it won't be so bad, I figure. I guess. We'll see how long I can keep it up. That will start tomorrow.
I spent the afternoon in the forest with a friend, taking some pictures of the beautiful fall colors. We met a few dogs - and let's put it this way - and I now must wash my  lovely double-breasted white and navy jacket before wearing it out again. Of course, I could have been like some people, and moved as far away from the dogs as possible, but I clearly can't do that. So when you welcome three standard poodles, a border collie, two shepherd mixes, and an american eskimo dog for pets (at different points in the afternoon of course), you'd best be prepared to face the consequences. There are now muddy streaks present in the natural design of my jacket. Ah, well. What can you do.
Lyric: "Hey, hey, hey, all we ever wanted to say was chased, erased, and then thrown away - and day to day we live in a daze." - Many Moons, Janelle Monae
"It's not always easy; we have to sit and think, and make it work sometimes." - Christine Brown, Sister Wives
Picture: One of the ones from today's picture spree. I quite like this one! It's unedited.

See you tomorrow, un-readers.

Bruises

Today was a glorious day off which I spent being wonderfully lazy until noon. Then I decided it was time to get off my lazy ass and go downtown, which I did, by walking to the bus listening to a mixture of Foster the People and Muse. The bus ride goes through a lot of the smaller areas of town, so it takes almost 45 minutes to get to the community center, and I spent that time gazing out the window while listening to a mixture of Coldplay and The Real Tuesday Weld. Of course, once downtown, I spent more money than I should have, and bought some movies and a cylinder of chocolate topped digestive cookies for my roommate. But, when you have random money that doesn't need to go to anything, and you're a compulsive spender like myself, what else can you do? I did have some extra tip money and that bought me coffee and later, dinner. Yay for grooming tips.
The evening was interesting as I did some video chatting with my dear one and did my best to ignore the little girl that lives in this house, as I was held up from seeing Paranormal Activity 3 with a friend to babysit her instead. Granted, I could have gone, but my roommate wanted to come too, and we couldn't leave the girl on her own. So instead I spent it chatting and texting, while watching a combination of tv and crappy children's movies. Anyway, I'm now happily watching Criminal Minds (one I've seen multiple times, but it's better than a bad disney channel movie about girls with Australian accents, one of which was an alien) and finishing this entry, which I almost forgot to do.
Lyric: "But baby, the bruises you gave me, they made me." - Bruises, The Real Tuesday Weld
Quote: A: "There's more to life than money, right?" B: "Sex?" - Texting convo.
Picture: The new portrait of the girl who's going to be playing Lisbeth Salander in the American version of Stieg Larsson's "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo".

Goodnight, un-readers! I'm glad I managed to get this entry published tonight after all. :)

Change of Seasons

Today as I'm walking home from work I pass underneath the overhanging trees I pass every day, twice a day. Today, though, they smell different. It must have just rained, because for five minutes of my fifteen minute walk to and from work, all I could smell was the freshness of rain on pine. It was marvelous! All I could think of was my parent's garage at Christmas..before the tree comes inside. After a few days you get used to that gorgeous scent, but for the first days it's all you smell, and I adore it. It's one of my favourite parts about Christmastime!
My work day, however, was long and tiring, and at the end of it I felt great anyway! Maybe because it's Friday and I now have the weekend ahead of me. Of course, upon coming home, my kittens put me in a great mood. The little buggers aren't learning anything I'm trying to teach them. I hope it'll come with time.
Besides that, everything seems pretty good right now. I'm hoping to get together with a couple of my friends over the weekend, so that's exciting. I haven't seem them in a while. I guess I'll have to clean up our living space!
Lyric: "I must be out of my head, it must be something I said, so come on, I'll waste my life on you." - Out of my head, Mobile
Quote: "Michael! 'Love thyself.' Some Greek said that!" - Debbie, Queer as Folk
Picture: My little dork Phoenix at just a couple months old, striking a "classic" cat pose.

Enjoy Pheeny's baby picture! I'll talk to you tomorrow, un-readers.

Mangoes are Delicious

Or mango juice is, more specifically. What a long day at work. Not long hour-wise, though it was a good eight hour day. It was more long in the way that it took lots out of me. A fat Springer, a pesky Havanese and a Shih Tzu with a bent attitude and a collapsing trachea (which caused him to uncontrollably cough/bark, and wriggle around without us being able to hold him still) caused me some grief today.
But I did my second set of training in reception today and that made me feel better. I got more praise and feel really good about starting up front. Now, if I could only memorize all the things that I need to know. There's so much...I'm slowly filling a notebook with things to remember and working my way through a duotang used for training that outlines all the hospital policies and procedures. Hopefully I'll get it soon enough. I'm glad I've been working at the clinic for almost a year now anyway, so I know a lot of stuff already. That definitely helps. I just hope I'll get to stay. My job has a 6 month limit - if the person who's gone on sick leave decides to come back, I'm out of a job again. And now that I'm seriously considering a future, I'm basically depending that this job won't disappear. I can see myself working there for a long time.
Lyric: "Let's go and spend an afternoon, have a day built just for two." - A commerical I saw.
Quote: "These are just stirrings I had. I can't explain it." - Sister Wives
Picture: A Pheeny-beany-baby-cat. My beautiful ginger boy.

Have a good day/night un-readers! I shall talk to you tomorrow. If I manage to keep this up. :)

Itty Bitty

Timbitty joined us for a ride in the car earlier this evening. I'm glad itty bitty got to come with us, even if it was just a ten minute ride from one house to the other. Today was my brother's birthday and we went out to dinner at the White Tower for pizza...it was damn good. And calamari! Yay. I passed off my old computer to my brother as a gift, and felt good about that.
At work today I was finished sooner than it seemed logical to send me home, so our head groomer suggested I seek out our office manager and ask if it would be okay if I started training in reception early. Everyone seemed as excited about the idea as I was, so that's how I spent my afternoon, and got my full eight hours pay! Now, however, I have lots to memorize and learn. I do know lots about the Cornerstone system already, so that's a big help. I'm hoping I'll be able to adjust easily.
Yay, what a fun day. Besides my back hurting, but what else is new?
Lyric: "Oh my, honey, don't you worry, we might not have any money, but we've got our love to pay the bills." - You and I, Ingrid Michaelsson
Quote: "You are exactly one of a kind." - Unknown (I don't remember where I saw it)
Picture: I wish this was actually watermarked. A photo by one of my favourite models that I found on dA. Her name on that is Aisii. The photographer is Andreea Retinschi. I don't want to step on my toes by posting this picture!

Goodnight, un-readers; enjoy this lovely image. :)