Have I mentioned that I now have 5 cats? There's also Shaggy, who took over the front porch after we took Rufus in. Jeff tells me she used to whip his ass. We've been feeding her, and even put a cardboard box with a door cut into it and a blanket inside out on the porch for her (until Jeff can build her a house). I sometimes bring her into the garage overnight if it will be especially cold, Wednesday night. We're told she sleeps in the doghouse with our neighbor's dog sometimes, too. The irresponsible neighbor who is probably the cause of both she and Rufus claims to have had her fixed. We're still not sure if she's pregnant. She could just be fat and/or stocky.

She's such a sweet girl, but I can't bring in any more. I think I'm going to have her checked out (to see if she's healthy, and confirm if she's fixed or pregnant), and then keep her as an indoor/outdoor cat.

It has been a hectic week at work. There's a deadline for something called data validation on that project I've taken over, and there were some misfires on my part. I tell you, I feel very unself-sufficient working on this, since it just about takes a committee to get anything done. I mean I need help on things I've never worked with before, jobs written by the person who retired which require a decoder ring (which she took with her, apparently), etc. Luckily no one minds helping, even though everyone else seems to be slammed, too. I'm assured that it's not because I'm an idiot that I'm having all of these problems, though that's how I feel.

I also found out that effective in February I will be taken off the regular on call list and placed on call for this set of transactions all year. They get very few calls, about the equivalent of the 2 months of the year that I'm on call now. So that's cool, I guess. I think it's temporary, though. When the new system which will replace this one goes into production, we'll all probably be on call as usual. There's going to be a change so that not just one person works on a system, so that when a person leaves everyone else won't be clueless.

Yesterday was a much more productive day. I was able to take care of work requests to change two mainframe transactions. Ah, the simple stuff.

MARK ALL TRUE STATEMENTS WITH AN X:

[x] I am shorter than 5'4.
[x] I think I'm ugly sometimes.
[x] I have many scars.
[ ] I tan easily.
[ ] I wish my hair was a different color.
[ ] I have friends who have never seen my natural hair color.
[x] I have a tattoo.
[x] I am self-conscious about my appearance.
[x] I have/I've had braces.
[ ] I wear glasses.
[x] I would get plastic surgery if it were 100 safe, free of cost, and scar-free.
[x] I've been told I'm attractive by a complete stranger.
[x] I have more than 2 piercings.
[ ] I have piercings in places besides my ears.
[ ] I have orange freckles.

Family/Home Life

[x] I've sworn at my parents.
[x] I've run away from home.
[ ] I've been kicked out of the house.
[ ] My biological parents are together.
[ ]I have a sibling less than one year old.
[ ] I want to have kids someday.
[ ] I've had children.
[x] I've lost a child.
(miscarriage, does that count?)

School/Work

[ ] I'm in school.
[x] I have a job.
[x] I've fallen asleep at work/school.
[x] I almost always do my homework.
[ ] I've missed a week or more of school.
[ ] I've been on the Honor Roll within the last 2 years.
[ ] I failed more than 1 class last year.
[x] I've stolen something from my job.
(Just sticky notes, people.)
[ ] I've been fired.
[ ] I've skipped school.

Embarrassment

[x] I've slipped out a "lol" in a spoken conversation.
(Only sarcastically.0
[ ] Disney movies still make me cry.
[ ] I've peed from laughing.
[x]I've snorted while laughing.
[ ] I've laughed so hard I've cried.
[ ] I've glued my hand to something
[x] I've laughed till some kind of beverage came out of my nose.
[x] I've had my pants rip in public

Health

[x] I've gotten stitches.
[ ] I've broken a bone.
[ ] I've fractured a bone.
[ ] I've had my tonsils removed.
[x] I've sat in a doctors office with a friend.
(ER, actually.)
[x] I've had my wisdom teeth removed.
(Just two.)
[x] I had a surgery.
[x] I've had chicken pox.

Traveling

[x] I've driven over 200 miles in one day.
[x] I've been on a plane.
[ ] I've been to Canada.
[ ] I've been to Mexico.
[ ] I've been to Niagara Falls.
[ ] I've been to Japan.
[ ] I've Celebrated Mardi Gras in New Orleans.
[ ] I've been to Europe.
[ ] I've been to Africa.

Experiences

[x] I've gotten lost in my city.
[ ] I've seen a shooting star.
[ ] I've wished on a shooting star.
[ ] I've seen a meteor shower.
[ ] I've gone out in public in my pajamas.
[ ] I've pushed all the buttons on an elevator
[x] I've kicked a guy where it hurts.
[ ] I've been to a casino.
[ ] I've been skydiving.
[ ] I've gone skinny dipping.
[ ] I've played spin the bottle.
[ ] I've drunk a whole gallon of milk in one hour.
[x] I've crashed a car.
[ ] I've been Skiing
[x] I've been in a play.
[x] I've met someone in person from the internet.
[x] I've caught a snowflake on my tongue.
[ ] I've seen the Northern Lights.
[ ] I've sat on a roof top at night.
[ ] I've played chicken.
[x] I've played a prank on someone.
[x] I've ridden in a taxi.
[x] I've seen the Rocky Horror Picture Show.
[x] I've eaten Sushi.
[ ] I've been snowboarding.

Relationships

[ ] I'm single
[ ] I'm in a relationship.
[ ] I'm engaged.
[x] I'm married.
[ ] I've gone on a blind date.
[ ] I've been the dumpee more than the dumper.
[x] I miss someone right now.
[ ] I have a fear of abandonment.
[ ] I've cheated in a relationship.
[ ] I've gotten divorced
[ ] I've had feelings for someone who didn't have them back.
[ ] I've told someone I loved them when I didn't.
[ ] I've told someone I didn't love them when I did.
[ ] I've kept something from a past relationship.

Sexuality

[x] I've had a crush on someone of the same sex.
[ ] I've had a crush on a teacher.
[ ] I am a cuddler.
[ ] I've been kissed in the rain.
[x] I've hugged a stranger.
[ ] I have kissed a stranger.

Honesty/Crime

[ ] I've done something I promised someone else I wouldn't
[ ] I've done something I promised myself I wouldn't.
[ ] I've snuck out of my house.
[x] I have lied to my parents about where I am.
[x] I am keeping a secret from the world
[x] I've cheated while playing a game.
[ ] I've cheated on a test.
[x] I've run a red light.
[ ] I've been suspended from school.
[x] I've witnessed a crime.
[ ] I've been in a fist fight.
[ ] I've been arrested.
[x] I've shoplifted

Drugs/Alcohol

[x] I've consumed alcohol.
[ ] I regularly drink.
[x] I've passed out from drinking.
[ ] I have passed out drunk at least once in the past 6 months.
[ ] I smoke weed
(If only it were legal...)
[ ] I've taken painkillers when I didn't need them.
[ ] I've eaten shrooms.
[ ] I've popped E.
[ ] I've inhaled Nitrous.
[ ] I've done hard drugs.
[ ] I have cough drops when I'm not sick.
[ ] I can't swallow pills.
[ ] I can swallow about 5 pills at a time no problem
[ ] I have been diagnosed with clinical depression.
[ ] I shut others out when I'm depressed.
[ ] I take anti-depressants.
[ ] I'm anorexic or bulimic.
[ ] I've slept an entire day when I didn't need it.
[ ] I've woken up crying.

Death and Suicide

[x] I'm afraid of dying.
[x] I hate funerals.
[ ] I've seen someone dying.
[ ] Someone close to me has attempted suicide.
[ ] Someone close to me has committed suicide.
[ ] I've planned my own suicide.
[ ] I've attempted suicide.
[ ]I've written a eulogy for myself.

Materialism

[x] I own over 5 rap CDs.
[x] I own an iPod or MP3 player.
[ ] I have an unhealthy obsession with anime/manga.
[ ] I own multiple designer purses, costing over $100 a piece.
[x] I own something from Hot Topic.
[ ] I own something from Pac Sun.
[ ] I collect comic books.
[x] I own something from The Gap.
[x] I own something I got on e-bay.
[ ] I own something from Abercrombie

Political/Social Attitudes

[x] In general, I don't like people.
[x] I'm a feminist.
[ ] I'm outgoing.
[ ] I listen to political music.
[ ] I'm Democratic.
[ ] I'm Republican.
[ ] I'm liberal.
[ ] I'm religious.
[x] I dress fairly modestly.
[ ] My attitude is, "If you've got it, flaunt it."

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