The Good, The Bad, and the EmerPrep

OK. Now that I have a chance to breathe….

I’ve got my Christmas lights up, but I’m holding back a little this year. If I can find my “good” camera (3.3 Megapixels, but it’s better than my phone’s 640×480) I’ll put some pics up.

I think I’m mostly well now. My voice is a little gravelly still, but I was coughing long and hard for six or more weeks.

I really miss Ember, we don’t see each other much anymore. I knew it would be this way but I didn’t know it would bug me this much. Might have mentioned before she might be moving in in April or so, but she’s had other offers that involve nookie so it’s still iffy.

The last lingering hopes of a do-over with Critter are gone now. She was making arrangements to come get the last of her stuff and give me the key to my old place and I asked her if she needed a key to the new place or not. She thought about it for a bit and finally said, “no, I don’t think I do.” I wasn’t waiting on her, not really, but there really isn’t anyone else out there I’m interested in. At least not anyone that I’m allowed to date. And before anyone starts wondering, she works for me. We get along very well, and I could easily date her, but it’s against the rules. And beyond that she might not even be interested. I don’t know since I’m not allowed to ask.

I’ve been off my meds for almost five days now; I’m picking up my refill tomorrow. I’ve just been too busy and too scatter brained without my PDA that I ran out. I’m not sure I mentioned it but I had to replace my Treo 650 because it really wasn’t built for a retail manager’s lifestyle. At least not an entry-level manager. I was way too rough on it and it started coming apart at the seams, literally. I’ve been using a RAZR instead, and although I like its size, I’m going to have to get another Treo because I can’t stand the thought of carrying two devices again like I did before I got the Treo. It’s got me hooked and I’m jonesing bad!

I bought the first of my snow food today, on the theory that if I wait for it to snow I won’t be able to get to the store to buy it, and if I could I wouldn’t need it. I’ve got enough for fourteen days on short rations, five to seven otherwise. Of course that’s just for me, if my neighbors are too stupid to stock up I may only have two days worth. I need to start stocking up on water. I’ll buy some jerry cans for tap water and fill them up gradually, and my store is having a sale on bottled water this coming weekend that is pretty much going to put us at the lowest price for a twenty-four pack in the area, so I’ll buy s few of those too.

That’s all I’ve got for now. There’s more to say and update but I’m a little tired and my contacts are starting to itch.