The New Year

is looking extremely promising! Sam was discharged from physical therapy early, only seven sessions. And after an agonizing two-something hour wait at the doctors office he was cleared for full duty. Starting Sunday, he goes back to serving up "justice with a side order of spaghetti." I'm so glad he can go to work and not sit around twiddling his thumbs. He'll be back to training for SWAT in no time at all.

Lobo my sweet, I have to admit (as I have to him) that I'm not too fond of him switching over to midnights. Firstly, I will not have him to cuddle with in the night because well, he'll be working. The night shift as he has told me is a little more on the dangerous side. But that's what he loves and I can't exactly stop him. He knows how I feel about it and he has assured me that everything will be fine, which I know is true. At least I know his mom is in the same boat as I am.

Now all we need to do is get him a toy for his patrol vehicle. Speaking of toys, I found a great find for him at Staples the other day. I originally saw them during Black Friday and thought about getting him one but hesitated then. I happened to see them on clearance and decided to grab two as gift ideas. I'm going to be in a bit of a gift crunch with Valentine's, his birthday and our first year anniversary; birthday and anniversary just so happen to be in the same month. Well I have a big gift for his birthday already but I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for other ideas for anything else I can think of.

Well time for bed...maybe something will come to me in my dreams :)

Howls to the New Year

Sweetest Lobo,

2011 is practically right around the corner and I'm hoping for new and grand adventures to happen right off the bat. I'm actually looking forward to bringing in the new year, something I haven't done in the recent years past. Something else I want to make sure I do is stick to a New Year's resolution (something else I haven't followed through on in a few years and it'll be the first resolution I've made in a while). I have 3 resolutions so far:

1. Whip it good!! I want to get back into shape. I'm a 140 lbs and I hate it! We're having another cold winter and only one pair of jeans fit. You can only wear a pair of jeans for so many days in a row. Luckily I won't be alone in this venture. It's actually my boyfriend's resolution to get back in shape starting in January so he can get back into a regular shift at work (he's a police officer and broke his leg on the job two weeks before Thanksgiving and just started physical therapy a few weeks ago. He was lucky he didn't need surgery). He said he was going to wait until the end of December before he started getting back into regular workouts and I said I would do it with him. It probably won't be pleasant since he has the P90-X DVDs. They're brutal! My goal is to get down to my normal 125 lbs and get more definition in my arms and stomach.
2. Meet my deadlines. Another deadline for my fox story has come to pass and the manuscript wasn't ready in time. It's no excuse but I have been busy; when my boyfriend had his leg broke and out on worker's comp, I was there to help him out with much objection. I've also been busy looking for work and rejuvenating my resume, which has been a bitter process. So every time I sit down to work on my manuscript its either late at night and I'm just too tired to think of anything or its the middle of the day, my mom is home and she's pestering me about wasting time on the computer when I should be out looking for a job even though she is one of the main people pressuring me about finishing this story now coming in its seventh year of revisions. Don't get me wrong. I want to finish this story as much as the next person but with all the stress and pressure, its been difficult to find the inspiration. Regardless, it will be done hopefully sooner than later.
3. Get that job! Like I said, I've been looking for work and constantly working on my resume. Technically, I've been regularly unemployed since September. I've had some Per Diem work as a file clerk at the jail and doing some pet sitting, which has grown from one to two clients this past month. Financially, I'm doing okay. I don't have too much of a social life outside my boyfriend which can get a little mediocre but it really helps with the bank account. But I can't support myself like that for much longer. I want to feel like I'm contributing to something even if its only to myself like not having to rely on my parents to pay for my bills and stuff. My boyfriend told me last night that he may be able to get me a job at Publix (yeck!) between the city he lives in and the city he works. Its like 7.5 miles north of his house on city streets (just short of a 20 minute drive, which means I would stay with him on the days I would work) but its almost 30 miles from my parents house so close to a 40-45 minute ride via I-95. I could give it a try but I would really need the wages per hour and schedule to outweigh the price of gas it would take me to get there and back each day. Because I just got the offer to come back to work at the baseball stadium in Jupiter. Its only seasonal work and I was lucky I got to work there the whole season this year (Feb-September). By 95, the stadium is again just short of 30 miles and a 35-40 minute drive. By the end of the season I was making $8 an hour only working upwards of 4 hours a day but I was working everyday and I'm not sure if I would start at $8 or back at the $7.50 when I started. Maybe I could pull off both jobs. I'd only be driving through three different counties but I'd be making money. I'll have to talk to my family and boyfriend about it. They don't know yet that I got asked back to the stadium for the upcoming year. I would probably have to give up my pet sitting though which would suck, but I may have to sacrifice it in the end.

Also, its not a resolution but I have been thinking of writing a letter to my younger brother who is currently serving time in Brevard County. I'm not sure what to expect but I'm not going to let it stress me out for one second.

Well, that's enough for today. I'll check in later but I need to get back to finishing this manuscript and looking for a job as well. Its so wonderful that I can multitask...sometimes anyway.

Drink: Dark Chocolate Hot Cocoa mix
Watching: Maury
Outside: Currently sunny and 34 degrees

Back to the Wild

After taking some time off from the net, I'm diving right back into the blogging realm and this time I'm going to keep up with it. So let's get right into it! I'll be pouring a lot into this site inclusive of keeping everyone up-to-date on my track toward a Master's degree, so be prepared for all that educational-mumbo-jumbo. Much of that will be relating to wolves, the animal I'm hoping to work with though I'm not sure exactly which area I want to study, maybe conservation, ecology or ethology. I'm also looking for a job in the meantime...make sure you have your riot gear on because there will be lots of frustration related to this.

I've got a lot of good in my life, which is a relief with all this stress I've got on my shoulders. My family is behind me 90 percent of the time with the above endeavors. I know they just want the best for me. I'm also in one of the best relationships of my life with a man I love, and he just adores me. Will be six months into our relationship come the end of this year. I'll try and spare you all the gushy-mushy details. We can get a little nauseating sometimes.

If you can bear with me and all of that nonsense and then some, I implore you to stick around. I really want this to be an enjoyable and fulfilling experience.