Lessons Learned This Week

What I learned Monday:
If you're trying to shove something down your cat's throat, you should probably be wearing some kind of protective armor. Or, just don't shove something down your cat's throat.

What I learned Tuesday:
You can think you're doing everything right, and it's still your fault. Also, I should triple check how many boxes of large cups we have so that I don't tell the other manager that he didn't order enough and then I get criticized because somehow that's my fault.

What I learned Today:
Too many employees at work can be almost as bad as having too few...if only because you're all dying of boredom!

Congratulations, Graduate!

Hello, real world! Here we come!

Graduation day

Two things about this week:
1. Breezie's baby was born, Wednesday, 28 April, 2010. This lovely boy is yet to be named, but Mom is calling him Harper in honor of his being born on Harper Lee's birthday. Can't wait to go down to Lawton to welcome this new addition to the Oldham family!
2. Sean graduates from Oklahoma Christian University today. It was supposed to be nice and sunny, but it's turning out to look a lot like last year when Mara and I graduated. The president of Rwanda is speaking at Sean's commencement, so yay for heightened security and speeches in thick French accents. I look more forward to time afterward and before which we will be spending with much family.

Can you believe April has gone by so quickly?

Mid-week musings

Yesterday I learned:
the first ten "letters" of the Japanese alphabet. Arigato, Elyssa Dolinger!

Today I learned:
That sometimes I can tell people what to do and they will do it without complaining and then we will all have a good day.

I wish it were Friday, but other than that I'm cool.

Plans for this summer

Plans for things we can do in/around Mustang this summer with either my family or just Sean:

Trips to Lushberries in Yukon
Skating Rink in Yukon
Go to the Library and walk around Wild Horse Park
Nightly Carnival in Mustang

Comment if you think of anything to add to the list!

April updates

Let's see...where am I right now?

Only a third the way through Les Miserables.
Another pile of books to read is forming around my bed, and that's not even counting the other books queued up on my Kindle.
Need to wash dishes.
Need to wash Sonic clothes.
Need to get away from Sonic!!!! I could spend a very long post just talking about everything that went wrong at work this week...but I shall refrain.
Just got a summer internship with Tate Publishing which will start next month.
Trying to be supportive of Sean who will be graduated by two weeks from today.
My house smells like wet dog right now.

And that's what you've missed on.....the life of Jessie!

Time to eat

You know they always say that you should never go grocery shopping hungry, but I've found that I shouldn't go shopping when I'm well rested and feel like I have plenty of time to cook. Today I bought salsa, ice cream, eggs, chips, yogurt, and a TON of fruit. I got kiwi, nectarines, plums, and pears. I'm just so excited about this sudden onslaught of new fruit choices. Yay spring! My mind was filled with ideas about sack lunches, snacking on carrots, and boiling eggs.
So this whole week was really boring because all I did was work, sleep, and watch television. I didn't have anything to talk about on here and my brain was dead because I was so tired of dealing with the drama at work. But now that I got a chance to sleep in and do nothing today, I finally have something to talk about, and maybe I really will get to work on Rahab today!
Today I got up, made waffles, read Les Miserables on my patio, vaccuumed, discovered that Bella had ripped her claw off, cleaned up all the blood that this created, welcomed Cory Giles, went to the store, come home and ate a Klondike bar. Mmmmmm.....now I'm ready for some chips, salsa, and hard core typing.

It really sucks that I still am coughing and have a runny nose when it's so nice outside. Maybe all this fruit will help.