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Monday, September 8th, 2008
8:01 pm	My child is growing up . . . So, those of you who have known me for about the last billion years will feel my pain - today was my baby's first day of Kindergarten. We have had a blast buying school clothes and picking out a backpack and getting school supplies. Today, we walked out of the door of babyhood and officially into Big Boy Land. I'm gonna miss babyhood something *awful*, but you gotta admit - even though we don't agree on much, Wes and I make *very* beautiful children. :) ( First Day of Kindergarten ) Current Mood: loved (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, August 16th, 2008
3:38 pm	Yes, I'm still alive . . . I know most of you are fairly convinced that I've fallen off the face of the planet. Not quite so - just busy living my life. My Beast is getting huge and is happy. He starts Kindergarten in the fall and his mama is a little broken-hearted about the fact that her baby is getting so big. Otherwise, life is mostly quiet, full of daily mini-dramas, but it's a fairly happy existence. Loves to you all . . . ( He Has Gotten SO Big ) Current Mood: content (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, January 5th, 2008
12:10 pm	Huh. Interesting. 84% John Edwards 82% Barack Obama 79% Hillary Clinton 79% Chris Dodd 78% Joe Biden 77% Bill Richardson 76% Mike Gravel 67% Dennis Kucinich 46% Rudy Giuliani 41% Tom Tancredo 36% John McCain 34% Mitt Romney 32% Mike Huckabee 24% Ron Paul 24% Fred Thompson 2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz I think that I have a lot more research to do on the whole Presidential thing. I was planning on voting for Hillary, but her numbers are going down and she may not be a viable option once the Oregon primary rolls around - in the great, grand scheme of presidential primaries, Oregon is kind of the redheaded stepchild. I'm attached to the couch today and watching Animal Planet. If you're going to do a show on beavers and are going to feature the OSU football team, PLEASE bother to find out the correct way to pronounce "Oregon." It's really not that difficult, people. Little stuff like that bugs me - do your research, damnit. I'm trying to arrange some sort of outing so that I can regain some of my social life - with the holidays and the funeral, I've been kind of a hermit. My plans are falling apart a bit due to Girl for Girl tonight and general apathy on the part of my friends. I don't wanna go to Girl for Girl - I'm not one of the "pretty people" and just don't really want to be looked down upon by people I don't really like in the first place. Maybe I'll just bag it for this week and go out next weekend - my friend Ryan is having his birthday at the E Room and between the baby girl he's fostering and healing from his top surgery, it's kind of rare to see him out. I dunno - I'm just feeling kind of lethargic. It may be a movie and chill kind of night. I REALLY should be going in to work, but I just can't. I need a weekend in order to be effective in any way next week. I've got a lot going on and sometimes, navigating the policies and procedures of OHSU is more of an ordeal than the work itself. I love my job SO much, but sometimes I could do without the people. Current Mood: blah (Comment on this)
Monday, December 17th, 2007
10:11 am	Stoopid phone . . . So, my phone met with an unfortunate accident and I lost ALL of my phone numbers, much to my dismay. I'm screening comments if you can leave me your number, that would be lovely. If not, you'll never have one of those moments where you say "Oh! It's Sarah calling! How lovely!" Or something. :) (Comment on this)
Monday, December 3rd, 2007
11:00 am	School Picture Christopher got his school pictures taken and GODS, the kid is cute. ( Christopher ) Current Mood: happy Current Music: Eve 6 - Inside Out (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 6th, 2007
9:32 am	Pictures Requested So, the Flame Devil costume was a big hit, though we just ended up washing the last of the red out of his hair last night. But he came home from his Dad's still wearing his clothes and went to bed sobbing because he didn't want to get out of his costume . . . ( Pictures ) So, there he is. I kind of love him. Current Mood: amused (7 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 2nd, 2007
1:37 pm	Loving Life You know what? I'm just . . . happy. Life is honestly good. I *love* my job - I think that academic medicine is really my niche. I love coming to work every day, the job challenges me almost every second and the people I work with are fantastic. My son is a gigantic four-year-old boy. He's imaginative - he told me the other day that he wanted to be a flame devil for Halloween because "flame devil's can't get married, mom." He's going to pre-school and has announced that he has a best friend, repeatedly. The name of the best friend tends to change depending on the day, but I love that he's so social. His friends are both boys and girls, though he's not showing that typical young kid gender-stereotyping thing too much, which I really love. He's still generous with the kisses, as long as I don't try and hold him for too long - he simply can't sit still. The world is FAR too big for him to be stationary for more than a second. He's learing how to spell and can recognize his own name on sight. For a four-year-old, I'm impressed. Things with Joey are even going well. We broke up at the end of my, but she never moved out and I don't think she's going to. We're not back together, but that's pretty much just a technicality. The break has given us both a lot of much-needed perspective, and I think we've both grown up a lot in the last six months or so. We'll see where things end up, but they're looking good. So, that's life in a nutshell. Very busy, but rather blissful. I'm kinda digging it. Current Mood: content (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
11:25 am	Still Breathing I know it's been forever and a month since I've updated. Things are going well, but quietly. Joey and I broke up - and I've decided that it's just time to be single for a while. I thought about it and realized that I haven't been single on my own in the last *seven* years. Do I want to meet the woman of my dreams and get swept off my feet? Hell yeah, but not for at least a year. I need some space and some perspective. The job's great - I'm working up at OHSU now in the Maternal-Fetal Medicine unit. I get to do everything from order lunch to draft grant proposal budgets. Life's never boring around here. Christopher and I went to the beach last weekend and went to the tidepools with my dad. He's getting so big!!! ( Pictures of the Beast at the Beach ) Current Mood: content (13 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, March 25th, 2007
10:57 am	Wherin She Reappears (again) Well, I've been more or less avoiding LJ like the plague, posting-wise. I'm still watching, but life has been busy. I'm currently excited because I just got over the super-uuck - fever of 102 for three days, anyone? No thanks. Being that sick for that long leaves a poor body a bit of a mess - I'm utterly delirious and the world looks a tad fuzzy. Luckily, the Beast has been with Wes and so I didn't contaminate him. Poor mini-Monkey was sick with his own version of the Uuk earlier this week - there seems to be something awful going around. He's going to be four in May. Can anyone believe that? He was just born yesterday . . . Work's going ok - well, I'm slowly going insane due to an overload of utter BS and am looking for another job, but I'm surviving until something else falls into my lap. My friend Rhonda works for the PDC and has been forwarding me jobs from there and I've been diligently filling out applications - most of which I am horribly under-qualified for, but that I'd be great at, once I learned the ropes. We'll see what comes of it. Things at home are going well. Still with Joey (just over a year now) and still in my little apartment on 7th. It's been a long time (if ever) that I've felt this happily settled. It's nice to have some level of security. Money matters are evening out and there have been far fewer "oh shit" moments as far as the bank account is concerned. That's life in a nutshell. Quiet and calm, just as I like it. May there be many more days like this one in my future. Current Mood: content (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, December 20th, 2006
8:45 am	Come down to Embers tonight!! Besides doing good things and raising money for a needy family, there's a really hot show afterward. It's Miss Lynnda's last Fetish show at the Embers, so it should prove to be one steamy night. Come on in out of the cold!! "FUNDRAISER" AND FINALE’ After years of dedicated public service and helping others, Tessie and Lisa, (paramedic, police officer and volunteer firefighters) settled down to fulfill their life dream. Two years ago they purchased land for Tessie to work with her horses and put up their dream house. Now, 8 months pregnant with twins, they are looking forward to the future with their babies, Chase and Kaylin. THEN…last week, Tessie’s pride and joy stallion, ‘Destined to be Tuff’, died suddenly of a heart attack. Together in their home, still reeling from those emotions, the storm hit. Tremendous wind, a loud tearing sound, and then a horrifying crash as a 100 ft hemlock tree crashed down on their home as well as Lisa’s car. Volunteers have tarped the roof, cut up the tree and cleaned up most of the mess and they do have power back. With the twins due ANYDAY… THEY NEED OUR HELP!!!! We are striving to raise money for a generator! Please join us in showing our family pride. EMBERS AVE. WED. DECEMBER 20,2006 8.30 p.m. Bring your favorite number, a heart filled with love and support and then join Ms. Lynnda for her finale’ show of "ON THE EDGE" For more info call Daun (503) 449-6205 SEE YOU THERE! Current Mood: excited (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, December 9th, 2006
5:13 pm	It's Like, You Know . . . Yes, she lives. And works. And works. And works. I've worked all week and yet here I am, sitting at my desk in the silence of my office. I REALLY could have done today from home . . . I don't have much to say, but I have a lot of words to say it in. Things have been more or less the same - lots of work, no money, love my son, love my girlfriend. Joe and Drew are staying with us for the month of December, which has been both wonderful and extremely stressful. Christopher is getting huge. With the help of Aidan he's really getting this potty training thing down. Aidan taught him to pee standing up, which is something I sure as heck couldn't figure out how to do. I can't believe how big he's getting - he's really a person now instead of a baby and that occasionally blows my mind. So yeah, still here and kicking. Loves to you all. Current Mood: contemplative (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006
9:47 am	Yes, She Lives Have a new job and am *loving* it. I'm a staffing coordinator for a home care agency, only about three miles from my house. I'll be working a *lot*, and am still with the temp agency because the textbook composition company wanted to keep me a couple of weekends a month. So, between the on-call and weekend work here, on top of the full-time, plus working every other weekend for the textbook company . . . the paychecks should be pretty, but I won't have time to spend the money. Things at home are rocking socks. My son is handsome and smart and funny (well, he tells bad jokes, but he's so cute and enthusiastic that we all laugh) and things with my Girl are better than ever. Sometimes things work out ok. Current Mood: content (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006
2:52 pm	I know it's been a while, so I thought I'd get you some updated shots . . . ( Pictures of my Monkey ) Current Mood: loved (9 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, July 10th, 2006
12:06 pm	Wherein We Reappear Yes, my loves. I still exist. I apologize for the legnthy absence, but life has been complicated. Life has been good. My son has grown into a brilliant and vibrant little person, complete with his own warped sense of humor and amazing imagination. My job is a never-ending drudgery that pays me well to sit and be bored out of my skull. My divorce is working on the final steps before it is complete. (thank the gods) Life has had a lot of utterly beautiful moments and I have been very happy. I don't write here much anymore, but I do read. I haven't forgotten you, I just needed to take a break. I don't know if the break is over, but those of you who have cared enough to ask know where to find me. Loves to you all. Current Mood: content Current Music: Sarah McLaughlin - Remixes (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, May 8th, 2006
11:55 am	New Picture of Toph I know I haven't posted any pictures since Halloween. Hasn't he gotten huge? ( Because He's Cute ) Current Mood: content (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 8th, 2006
10:58 am	New Version of "Friends Only" I apologize to anyone who I have offended by trimming my friends list. Decisions are non-negotiable. Current Mood: cold (11 Comments |Comment on this)
Monday, March 6th, 2006
11:23 am	Today I'm covering the receptionist position. Talk about a colossal waste of time. I've got all this work to do, I can feel it piling up at my desk, and I have to smile at people and answer the phone. This is what I get for letting people know that I have worked in reception before. Next time I'm telling Mark he needs to hire a temp. This is a load of crap. Current Mood: annoyed (Comment on this)
Thursday, March 2nd, 2006
1:05 pm	A Thursday Quandry Why does cold coffee that has warmed up taste so much better than warm coffee that is now cold? Current Mood: contemplative (Comment on this)
Wednesday, March 1st, 2006
8:50 am	Turns out that my birthday is also "Middle Name Pride Day." That is all. Current Mood: blank (Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
3:30 pm	Microsoft Access is the root of all evil. That is all. Current Mood: frustrated (Comment on this)