Footprints on the Moon

When your lunch isn’t sitting very well, and you feel a little sick to your stomach, one of the worst sounds is someone vigorously brushing their teeth. Just saying…

So who is going to come and have lunch with me today?? I just found out that Janette called off work today… that means I’m going to be all alone at lunch today. It’s usually me, Janette, and Amy, but Amy is currently in Thailand for a couple of weeks. It’s not the end of the world, but I certainly prefer not to eat lunch by myself. Ron will be happy though– me by myself means I won’t be too distracted to come back from lunch on time! Alot of times when I know I’m going to be on my own for lunch, I’ll grab something and hang at my dad’s for awhile, but I don’t really want anything fast food, and there’s a crazy amount of construction between here and there. I’d have to turn around as soon as I got there. So lunch in the cafeteria it is… And the sooner the better, I’m hungry and I desperately have to pee!!

It is a very sad day… my radio at work has officially given up the ghost. It’s been dying for awhile– you couldn’t get it to turn on the radio portion without turning it to CD first. And even then, it took awhile to get it to work. I got to the point where I didn’t turn it off, I just turned down the volume. Yesterday afternoon, it just itself off and won’t come back on. I think it’s really a problem with the wiring to the on/off switch because now the CD player doesn’t want to turn on either, but you can usually get it by jiggling the button a bit.
Of course, I completely forgot about this this morning, so I didn’t bring my mp3 player, or CDs or anything. The only CD I have here will play for a little while and then skip like crazy. The internet filter blocks pretty much every radio station online. I found one that would play in Windows Media Player, but it is probably the most annoying radio station ever. I haven’t figured out what city it’s coming out of yet, but the D.J.s are seriously obnoxious. It is, however, better than listening to the deafening silence in here by myself all day.

Those of you with iPods… if I brought mine to work with me, and hooked it up to my computer, would I be able to get the songs off of it? Or does it only go the other way?

I’m really excited… I have the opportunity to have one of my photographs put on a 16×20 canvas. Why get a regular photo enlargement when you can do something like this?? My only problem is that I can’t decide what picture to send in. Do I get one of my nephews and give it away as a gift? I’d like something for myself, but how could I pick one of my nephews and not the other? Maybe I need to get them in the same room, and get a good picture! Maybe one of my England or Germany pictures… my Germany pictures were never digital, so I’d worry about scan quality. *sigh* So much to decide!! I’ll figure something out though– not to worry, you’ll know what it is. When I finally decide, and get my canvas back, I’ll be posting a picture to let you guys see it, and let you know what I think!

I think by now most people have heard about the furniture store fire in Charleston on Monday that killed 9 firefighters. I have to admit– this story terrifies me! It was just last week that I was wondering about whether Steve and Erica had child life insurance, or more if they personally had life insurance in case anything happened to them, to take care of Aiden after they were gone. By the end of last week, there was a large fire at the recycling plant, which required fire fighters for two days… Their fire department was called out there. That made me nervous enough… then the fire in Charleston is just a heavy reminder of what could have happened, and what could happen every time they get called out. It’s always sad when people die in the line of duty, but with so many people I care about on the fire department, news stories like this are always very distressing for me to read.

I was going to say “Ask and you shall receive,” but technically noone asked for pictures of the blanket I am starting for myself. So I guess I’ll just have to say “Hope you wanted to see, cause here is the picture.”

That’s the status of my blanket as of 4pm this afternoon, picture taken on one of the (very comfy) leather couches at work. The cleaning woman that came in as I was taking the picture was very confused. I felt no need to explain. Obviously I’ve got a long way to go, but it’ll get there eventually. If I can stop being ADD when it comes to working on it for more than 5 minutes at a time, of course.

When I first started with the security company, I was at a different location across town and we had a company truck. I was working third shift, and part of my job included perimeter and fence checks. I was glad that we didn’t have one of those squad car type security vehicles, but I often wished there was at least a small sign on the side of the truck that simply said “Security.” When you are lurking around the fences and buildings of a big corporation at 3 o’clock in the morning, the police tend to not like that. I was always afraid I’d get pulled over. I don’t work over there anymore, so it’s someone else’s problem, but I still think they should look into magnetic car signs or something to label the truck. The site is closing down now, and the police are likely to be even more cautious about who is around over there!
Can I get one for my personal vehicle?? Is it illegal to impersonate a security guard? What if you really are a security guard? Maybe I’ll order a special sign and see if I can sneak into the next parade like I’m someone important…

I brought my crochet to work with me today… I decided to finally get working on the blanket that I started for my self months and months ago. Not 10 minutes go by, and the phone rings– it’s the guys out in the guardhouse. Phil’s the one on the phone.

“Hey Jennifer… Ron’s out here lying to me. He says I can’t knit. Do you think I can knit?”

Do I think you can knit?

“Yeah, do you think I can do what you’re doing right there?”

I don’t feel the need to try and explain the difference between crochet and knit, so I don’t really answer this question…

“What are you working on?”

A blanket…

“We can’t see it, hold it up! … well that looks like a star!”

That’s because it is a star…

Later I had to explain why my blanket was so small lol Sometimes it really unsettles me that they watch me on the camera all.day.long. Repeat to self: They are making sure I’m safe, they are making sure I’m safe, they are making sure I’m safe… yeah, whatever!!

But yeah, making myself a blanket… star shaped, blue and white… cheap, worsted weight yarn. I should get a picture of where it’s at now, and then an updated picture later. It will be ages before I finish it.

My sister-in-law is looking for a job, so she’s putting an application in with the company I work for. She came in this morning to get an application and to talk to my boss, and they’re currently holed up in the little conference room off the lobby. I was hoping they’d sit in his office, or at least leave the conference door open so I could eavesdrop! I’m nosy!! I guess I’ll have to get my dirt from her later. It’s torture to sit here and be able to hear them talking, but not know what they’re saying. I can make out Gary’s words if I try hard enough, but I can’t hear her. *sigh* My life is so difficult! I really want her to get a job here, at the place I work, but I think he’ll place her somewhere else. I guess we’ll see, won’t we? Now if you’ll excuse me, I need to focus on eavesdropping on the other side of the room!

Often, I have a thought that I’ll vocalize in the middle of a conversation and people say “Where did that come from?” Sometimes my mind goes a mile a minute, and I jump from one topic to the next, so I thought I’d give you a glimpse of how it works. I started with looking at colleges, and ended with calling the dentist. Here’s how it happened. I have a lot of friends talking about going back to school. I was looking at schools online and found Harrington College of Design. That made me think of my orthodontist by the same name, which of course made me think of how my teeth ought to be straighter given the orthodontics… and that my teeth are kind of hurting. Oh yeah, and I haven’t had a cleaning since I canceled my dentist appointment well over a year ago. So maybe I should call the dentist and make an appointment.

Hehe. Okay, not one of the more strange ones, but you get the idea. And I do need to call and make an appointment. I just never remember while they are open. And I don’t know when I’ll be able to go in as I now work during all of their open hours, and really can’t afford the appointment, much less time off work to go. Ah well, I’ll figure something out I suppose! I have one tooth that periodically aches, and another one that twinges if I bite down in a certain way– definitely not good, so I need to get to the dentist before something gets worse. Maybe I’ll actually get around to calling now that I’ve written it down here. Haha. I’m funny.