Crappy Day - LIfe with a puppy...

Okay so I really need to vent... more to keep from crying really... my day started out bad.. I woke up at the same time that I was supposed to meet the IT guy.. great... I wondered what do I do.. do I call and tell him the truth that I just woke up.. umm and look like a lazy ass.. um no.... so I play with the puppy a little and give her attention... trying to figure out what I am going to say to him...I then decide to try and find his number.. so I go to my computer.. and guess what I can't get the damn thing to come off of stand by mode... I am moving the mouse and nothing... so I am like what the @#%^, right. So I start messing with it... when my cell phone rings... I think hopefully the IT guy... wrong.. well sort of... it is my boss.. the IT guy is looking for me... when will I be at the office? um.... crap... I say 20 minutes knowing that is not possible... but then I say can I talk to him.. I can meet him at his office... so I tell him I will meet him at his office... (closer to where I am)... so then I let the puppy out in the yard and rush to get ready... light makeup... clothes... luckily I did stop to wash my face.... Ok so now I am running around gathering up everything I need to bring... I think to grab my blackberry cord and disk... hey while I am at it I want the IT guy to install the software so I can upload my schedule onto my work outlook... great... time to go... I go and get the puppy, when yup... she jumps up with mud all over the little paws... she gets both my shirt and my pants... crap... I put her in her cage and run upstairs to change... damn I am really late now....

So I finally get to the IT guy... of course I forget a half dozen things in the car... he gets the program I needed working on my computer... but wait... he can't get my blackberry to sinc with my laptop... for some reason the server won't let it... OF COURSE... he says he will look into it but that the solution might be to reprogram the server which would cost thousands so of course would not happen... GREAT... since it was one of the reasons I bought the damn blackberry....

The rest of my afternoon went ok.... until I go the "girl doctor" to get my annual... and my doctor asks... any guesses... "when are you guys planning on having babies"... ummm... crap... I say um "not this year"... laugh... then I say well I wanted to talk to you about that... I ask some questions about the new Providence Hospital in Novi that just opened up (she delivers at Providence in Southfield.. bit of a hike if I stay with her)... she said yes, starting in November she will be using the Novi hospital.. and she is also opening up another office in Farmington Hills... I tell her great because I really like her and live kind of far from her current office and didn't want to have to switch... (since having babies does require making the hike more than once a year)... I am relieved.. but then... she also tells me that it usually takes 6 to 8 months to get pregnant once you start and that only the lucky succeed in the first month or two... and then how much harder it is to get pregnant after age 35... yikes.. I am turning 30 in less than three months.... I know the risks of being older and that it can take a while... but I don't feel like I am THAT old yet... TICK TICK TICK..... I don't want to have my kids back to back and yet.. damn, if we don't start soon we are either going to have only one and then I will be 35... OMG... so I leave there wondering do I really want to wait until next July to stop taking the pill??? Oh crap the pressure....

So I get home and play with the pup and things are going good, other than when Geoff gets home he is so stressed from his day he pours himself a scotch and water.. I am shocked.. he barely drinks let alone right after work.. I ask him if he is okay.. he says yes he didn't sleep well and doesn't feel well... I look at the drink and say I don't think that is going to help if you don't feel well.. he just shrugs... my phone rings... it is mom.. I talk to her for a while, while Geoff relaxes with his drink... I come back when I realize I haven't checked my email in days.... so I begin to address my computer again... I have Geoff look at it.. he does all of the things I do.. reset the mouse, change the batteries.. and still nothing.. I jump in his computer to check my email.. respond to a couple and we head off to have some dinner and get a new keyboard and mouse.. obviously the old one is done...

SO I decide to buy separate keyboard and mouse (last two have been connected and when one goes they both go and I am tired of it).. and while we are out.. Geoff tells me the real reason he needed a drink tonight.. long stressful day at work (of course with details) and he is about to fall asleep at dinner and can't seem to stop his hiccups... so we get home.. Geoff goes to bed... I start to tackle the computer... and guess what... install software before attaching hardware... okay.. so how do I install hardware without a mouse??? So I am trying to figure it out.. hoping the old one will magically start working for just a minute... when I hear a crash... I look over and Akyra has pulled our $100 table lamp to the floor and it is shattered into pieces all over the living room carpet... she goes running for the kitchen, scared to death because of the noise.... so we now have one lamp... crap... I get up and see that she is just scared and not hurt... I then pick up the pieces... throwing the whole thing away... I then go to her and pet her as she "mauls" my hand with her tongue... her way of saying sorry... I then go and pull out the vacuum to get the little pieces when she starts barking at the vacuum... yes she likes to do that... I tell her to quiet down... she goes back upstairs.. when I am done I take her outside and leave her there so that I can take a break... so here I am writing this blog on Geoff's computer to get it out... Geoff is sleeping and I need to release the new developments of the day... I wonder if he will notice the missing lamp in the morning? Plus I keep hearing Akyra outside the window.. playing.. oh to be a puppy and not have to worry about anything.. how wonderful!

Hole in shirt from excited puppy teeth - $14
Muddy pants/shirt from puppy paws - $0
Broken lamp from puppy - $100
Puppy kisses at the end of a long crappy day - Priceless

I promise I will post puppy pictures next time... with my computer out of service I can't access the pictures to add them! Now I must go get my puppy kisses...

Trying this out

So I thought I would try to start a blog. I know a few people that are doing them and thought what the heck. I too should give it a try. So bare with me.

I would like to start my blog with my most recent adventure... I got my haircut... I know people do that all the time, but this week I not only cut off all of my hair but I also dyed it red too! Which for me is huge. I walked into the salon planning on dying my back to it's natural color (brown) from the highlights I have been putting in my hair since my wedding last summer. For some reason when the stylist suggested a red tone, I didn't refuse I thought what the heck, why not it is just hair right.. then when looking at hair styles in magazines while my hair color set and the cuts that I was drawn to were all short... at first I thought like this but with more length... then I thought (for the second time).. why not, cut it off! So there I was in the chair and she just kept cutting... and then it was really short and she began to take off even more hair... but it did look much better with less hair... so there you have it... I am now a red head and have really short hair... and to my recollection it is shorter than I have EVER allowed it to be... and frankly I love it! Now my husband on the other hand was shocked when I showed up at his work with the new do... and no he had no warning (shame on evil me)... but he didn't even know it was me at first.. after almost 8 years of being together I finally shocked him. =) And his shock and reaction was not good but he never said he did like it he just said it was "weird" on me... he couldn't wrap his head around the "double wammy" as he termed it (really short and red)... but here it is three days later and he has gotten used to it and all is right again. Thank God because I am really liking this color and I would hate to have to go in a change it because my usually laid back husband hated it. (Not a whole lot can be done about the length).

Hair before cut and color

Hair after cut and color!

So there you have it! My new do. My way to express myself for fall. Sometimes we just need a little (or big) change in our lives.