Work
Working in a large warehouse-like grocery store gives me time to peruse the goods on occasion. Sometimes I wonder what it's like to start up a business. What it'd be like to buy all the intricacies that would make that business thrive. Even the little things like a barcode scanner or a cash register make me happy to think about. I'm not sure I'd ever be comfortable running a business of my own though. I feel like it takes a very leadership-type person to run a business and I'm a follower. It's always something really neat to think about though.
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Yawn~
Well, here we are folks. One more night of not sleeping. I seem to be picking up a pattern of sleeping every other night instead of every night. This can't be healthy, but what can you do? Well, I suppose I could actually sleep once in a while. But that's just not nearly as fun, right? Things are coming along quite well. Spencer and I are fine. He started working as a life guard. I'm very proud of him. We went to New Mexico the other day to pick up his new cat, Rika. Now we have my cat, Rena and his cat, Rika. They'll be introduced to each other sometime in the relatively near future. Here's hoping that they like each other.
Hm, what else? Corbin is stir-crazy. Swim lessons can't come soon enough. I'm stir-crazy but unmotivated and tired (due to not sleeping much). I think we might all go swimming on Saturday? Spencer and I were talking about it a little. We'll see.
I was thinking about switching to abbreviations for my public blogs, by the way. Any opinions one way or the other? I try to be relatively vague in what I write publicly anymore, but I'm not sure.
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Something to make you chuckle..
I was browsing and read 5th wheel warranty and laughed a little. It made me think of a 5th wheel on a double date who needed a warranty that they were going to have a good time, even though they were "alone". I don't know why, but that's the first thing that popped in my head. I'd really like to go on a double date. I wish I had more friends that lived closer to us so we could all go out and have a good time. Not that I want new friends, no no. I want my current friends to completely uproot their lives and come to me, darnit. Is that so much to ask for? 
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Alli
Whatever happened to the whole alli craze? I haven't heard anything out of the Alli fans of late? It seems to have either diminished in popularity or people just aren't having any problems with it. If they aren't having problems with it, that's great! I know when it first came out there were a few issues but I think the makes quickly isolated the issues and resolved them. At least - I hope so!
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Dusty
It is really, really dusty here. I didn't know it could be so dusty anywhere but apparently I should have just paid more attention. We don't have a home ventilation system or anything, but our air conditioner (I love my apartment complex) filter gets kind of dusty so we have to air it out and shake it off from time to time, I guess. Not a big deal. I'm so thankful for our apartment complex, our landlady and air conditioning!
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Smoke is smoke is smoke.
When I was working at the gas station, they had first started selling a brand of electronic cigarette which was supposed to be completely safe and harmless. Isn't the whole point of the cigarette addiction that people need it because of the chemicals? I just don't understand the basis behind it. I understand the reason but still. Smoke is smoke is smoke, isn't it? And I don't think anybody should really be inhaling smoke. I'm not one to tell someone that they can't smoke (unless it's in my house because eff that) but I just don't get it.
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Cat Ranch
After getting Spencer's new cat from a woman who breeds cats for a living and seeing all the industrial handles and switches on her fences and horse barns, I was really inspired. This is one woman who lives on her own and breeds dogs, horses and cats. By herself. On a ranch. Maintained by herself. I really was proud of her and I hardly know her. Most women want to be taken care of but she was all out there, in the middle of nowhere, taking the land for herself. It was inspiring!
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Recent obsession
Speaking of distractions, I've become recently obsessed with the adorableness that is Girls' Generation (often referred to as SNSD) or So Nyuh Shi Dae (Or So Nyeo Shi Dae, I've read it both ways). They're nine girls in a girl band. They're pretty adorable. I can't even stand how cute they all are. I just want to squish them. I saw a commercial they did for.. well, I can't even understand them so I don't know what it was for. It could have been for a vitamin for all I know, but it was absolutely adorable.
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Fatburn–wait what?
It's 6:36am. I am suffering from another night of insomnia. Instead of actually attempting to sleep, I'm google-fu-ing it up. So I stumble upon a fat burner and then a commercial for Proactive comes on. And I'm completely and utterly distracted to listening to LeAnn Rimes talk about her sufferings with make-up and acne and broken capillaries. Chalk it up to old age (I'm a year from being a quarter century old!) and insomnia, I guess. My distraction level is through the roof!
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Swimswimswim
So, I think Corbin is going to be getting into swim lessons in the relatively near future. He loves swimming and is really excited about it. I think it's a really good life skill for him to have. I'm terrified of water, because I've nearly drowned twice. Not a fun topic for me, but nevertheless. I really hope that he enjoys the lessons and hopefully we'll get him in the lessons every summer.
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