Back to Reality

Today was my first day back to work in 14 days...boy was I rushing to get out of the house this morning.  I would get to the door to leave and then remember I needed to put my make-up on or grab my sweatshirt, open the garage door, grab water, it seemed like it was never ending...and to top it all off, I kept tripping and dropping everything!  I had a feeling it wasn't going to be "my day".  You might be wondering why did I have such a long time off...? Well between Christmas and New Years my work is shut down (only because the company that we're attached to is, bonus!) And then I wasn't scheduled/needed at all earlier this week.  So it was a super duper, extra long, wonderful, lazy, break for me!! I'm not bragging at all...    I was pleasantly surprised when I walked into work and I wasn't even closing! I knew that it was then going to be a good day.  It was a bit boring as I was by myself for a good portion of the day but the comments I hear out of the toddler mouths are priceless, their smiles are heart warming and their hugs (while wiping their snotty nose on my shoulder) make it all worth it! :)

My workout routine is going fabulous! I've worked out everyday since Tuesday and I plan on going both days this weekend.  I'm going to work hard to keep this up.  I've got back to my usual of 30min cardio and 300 crunches and it feels amazing...after I'm done, of course.  I might get a little more ambitious and try to workout before work next week, that way my evenings would be a little more free, not that I ever have anything exciting to do anyways.

So I have this kitten, Caleb, who will be one on Sunday, but anyways, he eats everything in site.  It doesn't matter what it is. Plastic bags. Paper. Kleenex. Shoe laces. Hair binders. Headbands. Jewelry. Shower curtains. Food.  Barbies.  Puzzle pieces. Raw meat.  You name it, he eats it.  But the thing that baffled me the most was last night, I put my two hair binders and a headband on the coffee table and watched TV.  When I got up to pick my stuff up to bring to the bedroom and go to bed, my hair binders were gone.  Did he really eat them that quickly and without me even seeing?  Ugh.  Does anyone have any suggestions for a vacuum cat like Caleb?? 

This is unedited. I found him like this one day
when I went to check on him in Jaidan's room.

Monday I start my spring semester.  Not exactly looking forward to it, but at least I can defer my loans, right?! Just taking a few, hopefully, easy classes.  Pharmacology is my only on campus class on Monday nights for 2 hours.  I'm also taking Drugs, Alcohol and Tobacco online and a CPR refresher course that is 3 weeks online and one day of on campus testing and then I'm done with it. So that one will be a breeze.  I applied to the nursing program again at ARCC on Tuesday, so in a couple months I should know the results of that...I'm crossing my fingers...