Shadow

Well, I start shadowing for my new position on Wednesday. I will shadow Wed, Thurs, and the following Wed (I think), and then I’m off and running (eek). I did end up losing $3.90/hr, but I can live with that. I think I got the highest salary I could get, starting out. And I’m already signed up for health benefits, they kick in on August 1, so that’s nice I don’t have to wait another 90 days for it to start.

I went to La’s after work yesterday. We had coffee and chatted on the couch for a while, and then we drove her boarder to work cuz his bus was late. Then we went to Michael’s, cuz I needed to get some idea of what framing is gonna cost me for my gallery show. If I hit one of their sales, I think I will be able to do it relatively cheaply (for framing, which is hella expensive. So it’s still gonna cost me an arm and a leg…) and still have it look nice. They were having a 50% off sale, but it ended yesterday, of course. I couldn’t’ve gotten any yesterday tho cuz I don’t even know what size I’m gonna print them. I would love 12×18, but I’m thinking 9×12 is gonna be the more realistic option, since it’s a difference of 6.39 vs 15.99, and those are my only size choices if I go with DeviantArt to print.

Anyways. After Micheal’s we went to JoAnn Fabrics to check out their frame selection. No where near as decent at Michael’s. Then we went back to her house and watched stupid (hilarious) YouTube clips with her son. Something called The Most Popular Girl In School or something. Done with Barbie dolls. It was pretty funny, as far as dumb YouTube videos go 🙂

I am having a flea problem. Ugh. So annoying. I can’t seem to get rid of them. Gross. I’d say Dumb Dog, but I can’t say that about my Lucers. :0}

I met my Little a few days ago. It was just the preliminary "Hi, let’s talk for 10 minutes" meeting with the caseworker and family. We are having our first get together tomorrow. I think we are just going to hang out at my house and paint/colour/draw/make collages with magazines. Seems like a good first activity. That way we can talk and create and just kinda hang out. I need to shampoo my bedroom carpet to get rid of the cat pee smell. I WILL say STUPID CATS cuz GRRRRRRR. It annoys me that they piss on the floor.

However, since I already cleaned off the art room table, cleaned the bathroom, put away laundry, and half cleaned the kitchen, I’m all out of Ooomph at the moment. I worked last nite and haven’t slept yet. Right now I’m just biding my time til Goodwill opens to see if I can get a cheap blanket to put on the floor to do crafts on. I suppose we could use the kitchen table, but I’d rather spread out. And I hate my kitchen, and I’d have to clean off the table and find somewhere for the cat food, as that’s where I currently feed the cats. (I never sit at the table or really use it for anything other than a piling place..)

Ah well. Maybe I shall go to wally world and get some milk so I can eat breakfast. And have something OTHER than poptarts for a change. *grin*