these hands made of splinters

So, almost a month in and I still absolutely love my job. It's such a blessing. The file troll sucks, but isn't there always one sucky co-worker at a job? Dr. McNeil seems pretty pleased about my hire, she even praised me in front of the entire office last week. With most occupations, people get a review/raise after 90 days; apparently, my review is unnecessary and my TWO DOLLAR raise comes at the end of this month... about 60 days early. I'm totally cool with $800-ish every other week from just one job.

Life outside of work is nice. Yesterday was my mom's birthday, so she, Brice and I drove to Palm Bay to have an awesome kebob dinner with my brother, nephew, and sister-in-law at their new house they just bought. It's a lovely house, pretty big and in a nice part of town. I'm glad they're doing better.
The ride back was so relaxing, just sharing a blunt with my boyfriend while the three of us sang the songs on the radio.

I can't wait to get my check on Friday! Time to get back to work, even though I'm all caught up for the rest of the week.

It's going to be nice to come home to Brice after work every day now that he's here. I can't wait to finish our bedroom :]

My baby nephew is incredible. I never knew the amount of happiness a child could bring someone that isn't their parent. When I walk up to him, and he turns toward me and just starts cheesin' from ear to ear and squealing, my heart practically bursts with joy. I'm so glad to be closer to him now, seeing my lil Bug (and Bubba!) is only a 30-45 minute drive away.

Just made a huge step forward :]
I'm so happy I could explode. Looooooove life

Got a good new job, fixing the Jetta, finishing school, and imrpoving my life as a whole.
I'm about to finally be able to relax again :]
... And here comes the thunderstorm! What a good day.

This year, Santa saw fit to equip me with a complete tattooing kit.

I wish I wouldn't have neglected my little project with this, but duty calls. I work more than anything, and when I'm not working I'm not trying to spend my time in front of this machine. I'll get to it, but after I've done what I really need to do.
Things have been good lately. I'm an aunt to a big, strong baby boy. My car has stopped overheating somehow, and is working seemingly normally. Still, one of my uncles found me a replacement that I might get on Saturday.
Lost two of the other employees at work. I'm bummed about Taryn being gone because she was cool, but on the plus side my bosses aren't hiring any replacements so all of the hours are getting split between me and the only other employee. Monaaayyyyyy!
Things are going relatively well, and I'm happy :]

My new job rules. I missed working with coffee! The atmosphere of the shop is great and so is the menu, not to mention there aren't many people on staff and they're willing to give me a lot of hours. I had 33 in my first week, so much better than at the Parc. Jill fucking sucked anyway. Never have I met such a neurotic, uppity, holier-than-thou kind of woman. I don't know how she found the pedestal she's on or why she thought she could just climb right up, but I'm glad I got to convey my sincerest feelings to her before I left. I really enjoyed the work, but you can only enjoy your job so much when your boss sucks as much as Jill did. I could go on, especially about the improper use of unapproved chemicals and things of the sort, but I'd rather think about how awesome my new job is. I was considering continuing to look for a second job, but it's looking like I'll be getting the hours I'm looking for at the coffee shop :]

Happy happy happy!

Holy crap I just want to leave already.

Brice's case got thrown out!
Also, he is getting our heavy punching back back from Carducci since we have a place to hang it now. I can't wait to start using it again.
My mom is coming up this week to take us to Sea World and Aquatica, woo!
I rearranged our bedroom and added a piece of furniture, so now I have a good work desk AND it looks like 100x better in here.
Brice is happier lately, I'm happier lately, the dog is acting right, things just keep looking up :]

Anyway, ( here are some photos! )