Home Grown Country Girl

Mood: Happy Otis is finally home!
Listening to: Ironman by Ozzy

Otis is home. That's right. I slept *so* great last night, too! Ok, so my yesterday was awful for the first part of the day. This isnt going to be long, as I have some errands to run and it's already 3:30 in the afternoon. I've spent the entire day pampering to Otis. He has me wrapped around his little paw. Ok, onto my yesterday.

So I got up at 7am. I had class at 8am. I rushed out the door and forgot EVERYTHING! I got about halfway there, had to turn around, come back home and get everything I forgot. By now, my gas light is on. So, I stop and get gas. Because of all this, Im running late. I literally RUN inside the building to find the class doesnt start til 8:30 am. Ah yes, the ol 'shel has no idea what time her class starts so she assumes 8am so that shes rushing and has a horrible morning' thing again. So, now I have half an hour to spare. What do I do with my time? NOTHING! I stand there, half asleep, half awake and wait. My professor comes and I explain to her that I didn't have to have this class to graduate because I changed my degree. I asked her if I could leave at noon instead of 5pm and she said that would be fine. So there's one positive.

The class was a one day class that is adult, child and infant CPR training. We had to practice on these dummies and she said i was pressing too hard that I would be snappin ribs. Ugh. So, I finally got it after she embarrassed me infront of the class, twice. No idea why I got embarrassed, either. I guess cause she was saying, 'glad thats not me! my poor wittle wibs!' She was joking and trying to be funny, but dang. I had a bad morning and wasn't in a joking mood! So finally 11:00 am rolls around and I called momma. I just needed a familiar voice. So, I talked to her for a bit and things got a lil better. I went back in and told my professor I was leaving. She said it was fine. So, I left. I don't care, either!  I didn't wanna be there anymore!

At 11:30am, I was standing in Otis' doctors office waiting on them to bring him to me. He had his front two feet declawed and he got fixed. He's doin fantastic, too! All of the nurses fell in love with him. When she brought him in she said, 'We know that he gets a lot of attention at home!' I then concurred that he does. She said that he has been snuggling up to all of the nurses and they've all just fell in love with him. I then explained how I missed him and they couldn't keep him! It was really cute. He was lying on the table rolling around and playing while they were explaining his medicine to me. The only thing he's not happy with is that we have to use shredded paper instead of litter for 6 more days. He goes to his litter box and just screams. So, I go in there and he's just standing in it looking at me. I know he hates it, but I've got to do that so the litter doesn't get inside his fingers and cause an infection. She said within 5 - 7 days it should be fine. Because he's young, he's healing fast. Other than that, he's doing great. He's eating like a horse, runnin and playin. I couldn't be happier that he's home!

Steve and I also got a super nice treadmill. It counts the steps you take, the calories you burn, it has an incline, the works. It even has a workout fan in the console of it! So, Im setting myself up on a walking plan starting monday. I also am going back to the gym. This way, I can go to the gym three times a week and walk on the treadmill one mile at a time four times a week. Im not doing it to lose weight, to be honest. Im happy with me, the way I am, the way I look. I have great self-confidence and self-esteem. I just am going to do it cause it makes me feel better. I have more energy. I know that I love the winter, the snow, the cold, etc. but I seriously think that in the summer time I have more energy and just feel better. I dont know. Steve and I are thinking of moving to somewhere near the ocean cause it just relaxes me. The wind blows, the sound of the ocean just overtakes everything else, and frankly, there's no smell like the smell of the ocean. So we'll see. We may just stay here and buy a vacation home on the ocean! There's an idea! lol!

I don't know if I've told ya'll or not, but I have 13 more classes until I graduate with my 4 year degree. That's about a year. Im gonna try to squash it all in and get graduated asap! I want to work! I want to make money! I know that's something Im going to be doing for hte rest of my life, but I have all kindsa ideas and dreams and the first goal to reach any of those is graduating. I'll be doing two graduations. One for my two year and one for my four year. So, If you ask me what I want for graduation [dear family of mine], I want you all to go in together and buy me and Steve a cruise for one week! It can be to anywhere! I don't care. Alaska, Bahamas, Jamaica, I don't care! I just want to go on a cruise!

Alright, Otis is meowing for me. I've spent all day with him, just snuggling and lovin. He's on 'feline form of morphine' as his nurse said, and I just gave him his dose. He's ready to sleep. Today all I have planned is laundry, taking the movies back to blockbuster, mailing off netflix movies and dishes. Tomorrow Im going to work on my visual aid [which will take a whole 15 minutes total] and practice my speech a couple of times. I've got to get up to the school around noon tomorrow to print out my outline for my speech. Im gonna go ahead and eat lunch at school cause you can get a bottle of pepsi [or whatever else you choose], 2 hotdogs with sauce, and a plate of chips for two dollars and seventy five cents! I love it! It's cheaper than a gallon of gas! MAhahahaha! Mkay, time to get started on my day, even though it's almost 4pm! mahahah! shows ya'll what i've done today!