Thursday, February 27, 2014

Happy International Polar Bear Day

Today is International Polar Bear Day.
I decorated my altar in celebration and to remind myself what I'm striving for -- to take one of Natural Habitat's Polar Bear Trips and see these guys in the wild.

Polar Bear Altar

The two items on the left have polar bear fur, bought from Rainey "NasuÄĦraq" Hopson (an Inupiaq Eskimo artist). Dang, totally forgot to put my polar bear claw necklace there too. Oh well. There's always next year. :)

Monday, February 24, 2014

No More Vodka

Damn, I got into a really dark head-space last night. No more vodka for me. It was fun in the beginning, but then I bottomed out and couldn't get out of there. I ended up going to bed at 9 pm because I was entering some seriously dangerous thought-patterns. I think I'll steer clear of the hard liquor for a while now. I have no desire to go back there again any time soon.

But it did make me realize the drain working both jobs is putting on me and the fact that between the two jobs, I'm working 7 days a week. I just can't function that way.

I don't work at Starbucks on Thursday, so I'm taking that day off of the after-school program too. I need a day to myself to reset and recharge. I'm running on empty and that always leads to a serious bottoming out...like last night.

At one point last night I contemplated a suicide attempt just because it would get me committed for 72 hours. That would be a full 72 hours in which the "real world" wouldn't bother me. I'd sleep, do therapy, maybe some art, and that's it. *shakes her head* Like I said, very dangerous head-space, which is why I took my punk ass to bed.

Thursday is also International Polar Bear Day. I've got my altar set up for that. I'm going to spend a little time in front of it, just reaffirming my dream of seeing these guys in the wild and that I'm able to save up the necessary funds and do this trip before I turn 40. I just need to remind myself what the big goal is here and what steps I need to take to ensure I get there.

Sunday, February 23, 2014

Impulses

Impulses are riding high recently.

I have the desire to write here, but what to write? I work 7 days a week between the two jobs. I don't have much of a life outside of that currently, so what am I supposed to write about that anyone would give a damn about?

Man, I need a vacation. I'm kind of hoping that David stays with his desire to make the trip to his parents' house in Delaware a road-trip. We'd be gone for a little over a week if we do it that way. I'd get to do some serious highway driving, which I adore. Plus get to see some sights along the way. AND I would have a car there at his parents' house, so I could easily do lunch with a few on-line buddies that are in the area.

The impulse to cut is coming back stronger than ever. Still not a danger to myself. I'm far too stubborn to give in and break my almost 8 years being self-inflicted injury free. But that doesn't make the desire go away or even lessen. I just don't give in to it. Doesn't help that I have a box-cutter on me all the time due to Starbucks. Tempting, but I'm not giving in. I just wish the impulse to do so would go away. Sucks cut open a box at work and then be mesmerized by the blade for a few seconds before forcing myself to put it away. I really do suspect that Self-Inflicted Injury is an addictive behavior, even though the mental health community doesn't list it as such. It's kind of fucked up that all these so-called "normal" people are the ones making decisions about mental illnesses they've never experienced. But on the other hand, do we really need me making decisions about self-inflicted injury, or bipolar disorder? Naw, I think not.

Sleep is hit and miss. Most nights I sleep for 3 to 4 hours, am up for an hour, and then sleep until my alarm goes off. I wish I could sleep the whole night through. And that's with me taking prescription sleep medications.

Am totally crushing on one of my co-workers, but it's because it's a safe crush. I'm married and he's got a steady girlfriend so it's not like anything would ever happen. And then add to the mix that he's friggin' 19 years old. Just a baby. So yeah, even if we were both single, I wouldn't do anything because I have no desire to be a cougar! *chuckles* I'm 13 years older than him. I'd had my bachelor's degree for SEVEN years when he graduated high school. That just makes me feel all sorts of pervy. *laughs* But he's hilarious and a blast to work with, so that makes the job more enjoyable.

I'm craving real cigarets. I've got the e-cig thanks to David, but I don't want it. I want an honest-to-god cancer stick. Thank goodness I'm too much of a cheapskate to drop $7 (or how ever much they cost now) for a pack of cigs.

It's funny. I won't drop $7 for cigarets, but I crapped a lot of money on myself this week. Hell, I've spent more on myself this week than I have in the past month (not counting bills). I bought three books:
* a hardback copy of The Silver Wolf  by Alice Borchardt. I have the other two books in this trilogy in hardback, and I've been wanting the first book to match the set for a while now.
* When The Lion Roars by Galina Krasskova. Another devotional book to the goddess Sekhmet that I've been eying for a while.
* God Bless America: Strange and Unusual Religious Beliefs and Practices in the United States by Karen Stollznow. It's been a while since I've brushed up on minority religions, and this one struck my fancy.

And then I bought myself a new wand. One I've been eying for over a month now and really like. Just waiting for it to arrive in the mail, then I'll share photos. Gorgeous cedar wood, large crystal point, and leather fringe. What could be better? *chuckles* It's simple, but stunning.

AND I picked up a two-pack of Moleskin journals today. I'm hosting another journal swap, but most of my journals are almost complete. And I don't want any of the swap people to feel like they can only do one or two layouts. So a new journal was in demand. Now I get to decide what artwork I want to put on the cover and then do a few pages before starting the swap.

I am craving Tequila again. But we don't have any in the apartment, and I don't feel like driving over to Highland Village to get hard liquor, so I'm stuck with Baileys and Vodka at the moment. Well...I'm on just vodka now as I don't want to drink up all the Baileys just yet. David would be none too pleased. I'd forgotten the burn that straight Vodka had. Should be a fun night. Too bad I have to work both jobs tomorrow or I would work on getting totally smashed.

I've made a new list of 101 Goals to Accomplish in 1001 Days. You can view them here.

Sunday, February 16, 2014

I'mma Gonna Be an AUNT

Nephew!

I'm gonna be an AUNT!
My brother and his wife are expecting a lil boy on August 5th.
I'm planning to spoil the crap out of that kid!

Friday, February 14, 2014

Rambles

I want nothing more than to curl up under my blankets and sleep the day away.
Wonder if I could actually sleep though. Not sure that would actually occur.
But to just spend the day dozing under the blankets, and working in my art journal....yeah, that would be heavenly.
BUT, I have the after school job to go to, so no snoozing for me.

Lil Bro text me last night (though I didn't read the message until this morning). Turns out, he found out they are having a BOY. I'm so happy for him and Lindsay.
I totally plan to spoil the shit out of that kid. I'll help geek him out. Hopefully he'll be into animals and when he's older, we can spend the day at the zoo learning out all the animals.

I was on the drive-thru window this morning at Starbucks. We got slammed at one point and this lady was being a total cunt about the whole thing. Honking her horn, even though there were 3 cars in front of her. And then when she got up to the window, she was all like, What the fuck is going on? I've been in line for half an hour! I was so tempted to say, Uh, no. More like 8 and a half minutes. Bitch. Never wanted to spit in someone's coffee more than hers. But boss was hovering at that point, so I laughed it off and said that people were coming through with big orders (which is true) and got her coffee to her asap to get the bitch out of there. Boss Man complimented me on how well I handled her and the craziness that was the drive-thru today. I told him 18 years of child care teach ya how to deal with those types of people fairly easily.

Supposed to have our sprinkler heads replaced in the apartment sometime today. I'm not holding my breath though. Originally, it was supposed to be done Wednesday and we have to kennel Holly (which is something we do not typically do...she doesn't require it). But each day I've called to see if they've finished up with our apartment, they tell me it will be the next day. Finally pissed me off enough to email them about it and complain. My biggest issue with this is that David is having to get up early to take Holly out and feed her to then kennel her for this replacement, only to have them say, oops, didn't get to it today. Not cool. And this is just par for the course for them, so it's not even like I'm surprised. But they swear up and down that they'll get to us today. So yeah...it'll probably be done sometime next month. *rolls her eyes* I can't wait until our lease is up and we can leave this place behind.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Blood Power!

Very rarely do I state that being a girl sucks.
But right now, it does.

It seems my MoonTime has given my insomnia super powers. *sighs* The new Zen Night herbal supplement I'm taking only keeps me asleep for 4 to 6 hours. I need 8 not to be a total bitch the next day. So this isn't working. What I'm currently doing is taking the Zen at 10 pm (or there abouts) and then at 3 am, when I wake up, I take on of the prescription sleeping pills. As of right now, it's working fairly well.

Hopefully, once my MoonTime is over, my insomnia will decide to play a little nicer, and I can just take the Zen.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Stolen Survey

What's On Your ...

Must-see TV list - Being Human and finishing up Dexter

Bucket list- Polar Bear Trip!!!!!! I've got $1100 saved towards it thus far.

Nightstand- a wolf statue, empty water bottles, sleep medicine, alarm clock that I don't use, photo of David and Holly, and a book by Jane Goodall that I should really get around to reading.....

Fantasy travel itinerary- Churchill, Manitoba (for the Polar Bears); Africa (safari and great white sharks); Russia; Egypt; Australia

Vanity- wayyyy too much crap for such a non-girly-girl as myself

Last credit card statement- too many charges. I was doing really good there for a while and then I blew it. Just gotta get back on the horse.

Coffee table- don't have a coffee table.

List of charities you support- Fort Worth Zoo, Dallas Zoo, Wolf Park, and the International Exotic Animal Sanctuary

Weekly grocery list- milk, baby spinach, baby carrots (for Holly), cereal, chips, popcorn

Bed- high thread count sheets (gift from an awesome friend), three blankets, three pillows, Constantine (my plush lion that I've had for AGES).

Feet- thick white socks and Nike shoes

Netflix queue- over 200 movies and tv series. too many to list here.

Computer screensaver- none

Walls of your favorite room in your house - photo posters I made from my two trips to Wolf Park; man outline target I used my brother's handgun on (I have that on my bedroom door), a lion painting, a painting a friend did of Sekhmet for me.

Go-to takeout menu- Chicken Express or Outback

iPhone apps- my phone's not new enough to have apps

Speed dial- don't use it

Mind- unreliable aides

Ideal dinner party guest list- Jane Goodall, Monty Sloan, Georges St-Pierre

Wish list- win the lottery

iTunes playlist- don't have one

Bookmarks menu- Yahoo Mail; Hotmail; Wolf Park's Wolf Photo of the Day; DeviantArt; my journal on Blogger; Shutterfly (photography); The Daily Coyote; Facebook; LISD; Etsy; Postcrossing; and Prosebox.

Workout plan- I work at Starbucks in the morning doing all the grunt work and then I work with kids in the afternoon. In between jobs and in the evenings I walk my dog.

Quotes to live by- Many a false step is made by standing still.