Prepping for Changes

BB has really sucked me in again. These are some seriously boring Hamsters this year, and yet I can not look away. I don't have strong feelings for anyone yet. Except Joe and Jen. Very much not liking those two. I think Nick may be my fave right now. His ambiguously gay thing (that only shows up on the feeds) just might be brilliant strategy. I'm hopeful. I'm getting all of my feed action in the form of Hamster Time recaps. It's better than watching myself, and cheaper! It's not so hard keeping up because these Hammies never.do.anything. I do waste too much time reading about it, though.

I haven't been completely worthless over the last week. I babysat Jett yesterday. That was something. I had a shake at Purple Cow with Ame Friday night. That's about the extent of my leaving the house. The Vansome intended to work on the Kitchen last weekend, but got sidetracked by shopping for hunting gear with his dad. I'm just so happy about the new dishwasher that I don't care so much about the rest of the kitchen. I've instituted deer camp rules, which means putting your dishes in the DW as soon as you are finished with them. If they can handle that at deer camp, they can handle it at home. I also have a "you open it, you unload it" rule. The new DW has a little green light that comes on when it's finished, so no more wondering if the dishes are clean or dirty. So far I'm the only one who can see the little green light, because I seem to be the only one unloading anything.

The Boy and I have been busy with getting-ready-for-college chores. I had been avoiding it for a while because I am Not Ready. I really don't want it to be happening yet. But I forced myself to start thinking about it again, and I've had a little fun buying a few supplies and working on schedules.
One thing I've had to face and come to terms with is the money situation. I will be getting a job soon. A real job. I know I won't be able to make as much as I did before, but I think I can get close. The Vansome's coworker and friend, Tony, moonlights in a lab at the Med Center. He gave me some job leads yesterday and I'm working on that today. I'm really hoping to end up in the Cytogenetics Lab. It sounds sort of close to the kind of work I used to do, so the training should be relatively easy. And the bonus is that I really have missed microscope work. Wish me luck!