So anyone that has seen much of my journal in the last year and a half knows about my sister. She had a beautiful baby (Bailee Elizabeth) whom passed away at just over three months old. It was the single most distressing experience ever.

So my brother has been seeing this girl for about a year and a half. He's 19 (so young) and lives with Veronica (said girl) and her family. Her Mom and Dad are split and he is leaving... And she lives with her siblings, her mom, and Veronicas two kids. Both kids are from her previous relationship. My brother met her when she was 3 months along with the second (the guy split). He fell for her hard and decided that he wanted to be there for her. I have to say, he has taken on a lot. He's working two jobs to get them a vehicle and she works full time too. Needless to say her mom helps a lot with the girls. She has this weird idea that babies don't leave the house, and that irks me beyond belief but who am I...

Well last night I got a call from him. It was the infamous "We're having a baby" call. My stomach hit the ground and my heart flew up to my throat. Not only is he going to be forced to play the Daddy roll "for real" now... but I think it's best to urge them to move in together too. Away from her mom. I know this woman is going to keep the baby from my side of the family because she won't want it out of the house. After losing my niece, we aren't going to go for that. There's no way.

Needless to say I'm absolutely thrilled, don't get me wrong... But my concerns are sitting high above the thrill. God I can't wait though.

So for reasons completely unknown, on random days I will wake up with terrible nerve pinching in my lower back. It seems most often to twinge in association with my right leg stepping forward, and the instant pressure is applied. Then there are the normal bending and twisting moments. I'm not sure what makes this go nuts on me but it has been happening roughly once a month or so. I go to bed fine, then wake up feeling like a broken umbrella. Sometimes it lasts a few days. I'm reeeally hoping this isn't one of those times.

Especially with the lovely obgyn apmt tomorrow morning. Just the thought of my back hurting for that is nauseating.

Note to self - Sneezing HURTS

Happy Birthday to both "LaughingMonk" & "Squad"!!!

I hope everyone has a Great Halloween.

I love toe socks. :)
That is all.

Here is a picture of the Haunted Gingerbread House my sister and I made this weekend...


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So after a week that made me want to burn my office, I decided to ignore the rest of my plans and just relax. Honestly I was supposed to work Saturday or Sunday to try and catch up some but just didn't get to it. Oh well :)

Friday I picked up my sister and took her about on some "running around". For anyone that is concerned with how she's doing, things are going very well on the "C" front. It seems that the problem is actually shrinking and treatments are responding very well. This is all great news since they're (Army) going to be sending her to Iraq next year. Then we went by my mom and grams and spent the night constructing our Haunted Gingerbread House! It turned out pretty cute. The frosting that was supplied sucked about 14 times more than expected and we ended up having to glue the actual house parts together. Needless to say it won't be eaten, but it still looks really cute.

Saturday I got a lot of running around done. Went to Home Depot, Target, IHop, the Grocery Store and someplace else I can't remember. The windows at my place are old and drafty so I got that plastic to seal most of them off. Being I got this place specifically because it's bright, I didn't want to have to leave my blinds down all year beneath the plastic... I ended up getting (very cheap) drapes to put over the plastic to close at night or for privacy. The ones in the kitchen are cream color and the living and dining rooms are a light sage green. It looks pretty nice.

Yesterday I recruited the boyfriend and we hung all of the curtains and started to seal off the windows. After ironing something like 12 curtain panels (it took hours) I started to feel like a sweatshop worker doing the same thing over and over. Rented "Perfect Stranger" yesterday. I was actually very happy with it. I love the kind of movies that have you piecing things together through the very end.

I'm very "blah" on the idea of Halloween this year. I don't even think I'm going to be doing anything. Next year I'm going to attend a Costume Party (I missed this year) at an old train station that is closed down in the city. The only things I can think to do ON Halloween are not going to happen because it's A)a work night and B)the boyfriend is working. Oh well. We will see how it goes.

So the work front hasn't changed much. Last night I was working on some (ever behind) projects at my desk until about 9:30. I'm still completely buried but I feel as if I have made very minor headway *knock on wood*. I spoke with a director of another department today and told him the reaction I had when I expressed that I was overwhelmed. He agreed that my Supervisor really should have handled the situation differently and suggested that I speak with the "Big Guy" of the company. If things aren't better after this weekend (which I will be working through some of)I will have to take his advise.

I'd like to wish everyone attending the party at Das Tassenhaus a great night! :) By the sounds of it there's going to be a LOT of fun to be had, and even some new faces. I honestly do miss you guys!

This weekend I'm helping my mom with a new Resume. Working for family is "Just Not Working Out" anymore. I worked in that Insurance Agency. I completely understand what she's going through. So hopefully tonight we can get that going. Sometime this weekend I want to put together some new ferret blankets, and wash up all of their things. My sister and I will be making a Haunted Gingerbread House this weekend too which I'm looking forward to.

Back to work for me. :)

So I was talking to my Supervisor today about my workload overwhelming me and keeping me at my desk until after 7 each night. Her answer? Well when you work from home typically you work longer than when you're at work. Duh... Gee thanks. Then she gives me yet another report to run, and says that she wants to go over my progress on everything tomorrow and again next week.

*sigh*

I just realized I have a meeting both today AND tomorrow at 4:15pm also. Yay!

Yesterday work was insane. Actually there hasn't really been a day in the last month where work wasn't insane now that I think about it. If I can't catch up soon I'm going to have to have a talk with my Supervisor. I'm dealing with a lot of Nation Wide Projects that are overlapping on each others time. It's making it tough enough to get my actual work in.

For anyone of the "meat-eating" ways... I tried something different in the crock pot yesterday. I had 2 lbs of Pork Tenderloin that I didn't know what I wanted to do with. I ended up using BBQ Sauce and a few other things and making it into a Pulled Pork. It turned out fantastic, but the problem with working at home is I wanted to eat my left arm ALL DAY. I ended up locking myself in the office with scented candles burning.

Went to the gym and did just under an hour of cardio. Watched some of the Sabres game while I was there which was a nice motivational touch. Once I got home I decided to watch Pushing Daisies (love it!) and started in on some ferret things I have been meaning to get to. I make blankets for them normally and I was going to make another last night... But I looked in my sewing things and found an old stuffed ball toy that I had saved. Chloe LOVES these and will hide them everywhere but paying for them sucks. I decided to tear it apart, copy it, and try my hand at another. As a first attempt I think it turned out pretty good.

I took it over to the fur-snakes and she sniffed it, chomped, and ran away with it. DING, ferret approved. That was my mini-sense of accomplishment for the night :) I have also been contemplating getting into knitting over the winter as well. We'll see how that goes.