Apparently I'm not so good at posting regularly! Hmm, what's happened since the last post? Quite a lot, I suppose!
1.) We had to put our fluffy cat Ginger down on April 18. It was really hard for both me and Sean because while we've both had pets before, and those pets have previously passed away, Ging was the first we were both there for when she passed away. Her diabetes got the best of her and presented a whole slew of other complications...I think she was ready to go up and chase bunnies and butterflies in heaven. We miss her a lot and little Roxy really misses her company too...she's starved for attention the minute anyone gets home from work! We may be adopting another kitty from a foreign exchange student friend of a friend who's in college now, but graduating soon and will be returning to his home country of Jordan. If that happens, let's hope Roxy and the new kitty get along!
2.) We're now approximately 3 months out from the wedding...most things have been squared away! In fact, we're going for our "tasting" tomorrow night with both sets of parents to determine the menu at the wedding...that should be fun (and delicious!) :) We are printing invitations within the next week (although, unfortunately, I'm still waiting for my mom's guest list. That's frustrating.)
3.) Work is going OK...I'm sort of losing steam, mostly because I feel like the salespeople don't take advantage of all the work I do. Example - we hosted two events in the past month and both events brought in 500+ people each. Instead of the salespeople being outside and mingling with these potential customers, they immediately wrote them off as "not the kind of people we sell to" and refused to go outside. It was very frustrating for me, and makes me feel like the work I'm doing (in general) is not paying off. My job is to bring people to the dealership; the salespeople should be talking to them! Instead, I'm outside trying to talk to these people and put on a good face for the dealership. And when the sales team doesn't make an effort to talk to the people, what's the point? On the plus side, I'm going to California in the middle of June for a conference, and I'm really looking forward to getting away for a bit! :)
4.) Sean had a procedure last week to determine what his stomach problems are (he'd been dealing for over a year with serious gas, throwing up, stomach pains that apparently would come and go randomly, lasting for several days and then going away sporadically) - it turns out he had a blockage in his intestine that was a flare-up from Crohn's disease. They inserted a balloon into his intestine to inflate a little opening (as big as an eraser head, when it should have been as big as a golf ball) and now he's feeling LOTS better. He'll be on medication for the rest of his life, and may have some dietary restrictions, but at least he knows what the problem is. And less tooting all the time! Hurrah!!!!! :)
5.) We haven't done much work on the house lately...Sean is talking about regrading the backyard (maybe this next weekend?) to hopefully prevent flooding in our basement (which we had problems with last year...but then again, we had HUGE amounts of rain last year!) Either way, it's something that needs to be done, and we want to get it done so we can continue with other outdoor projects (landscaping, making a patio, etc.)
6.) We got to babysit my little 5 and a half month niece Avery last weekend. That was fun, and good practice for parenthood (whenever that is!) It's clear to both me and Sean that while we can handle the responsibility of a child now, we don't WANT to. We both have lots we want to do before a child comes into our world. Plus, baby stuff is expensive! I want to buy shoes and purses and make up and clothes...and Sean wants to do his racecar stuff! So, babies will wait. Ha.
I guess that's all for now! I'll try to post more regularly! :) And maybe try to make this blog more interesting?
Cheers,
Kate.
