Monday, April 21, 2008

A big yay, a big boo, and a little more boo mixed in with some yay

Well, the last few days have been a bit of a rollercoaster. I guess the best way to get through all of it is in chronological order.

Big yay: I've got a phone interview! I knew it was coming, but that office finally got in touch with me on Thursday to arrange a time. It's not for any particular position, but a family friend connected me to a higher up in FL, so I've got an interview set up for this coming Wednesday. I have no clue what we'll talk about, so I have no idea what to prepare. I guess I'll just have to be quick on my feet then. Wish me luck!

Big boo: My grandmother passed away rather suddenly on Friday. She went into the hospital for simple back surgery and was going to be discharged pretty much immediately after, but it seems like the stress of the surgery was just too much for her 86 year old body. She'd been really sick for a long time, so it's best that she's at peace now. She was a pretty funny lady on her good days, so while I'm glad that she's no longer in pain, I'm sad that her spunkiness is no longer in the world. I'm not really able to talk much about it just yet, but I'm doing alright as long as I can remember that she was really sick. It's actually not very comforting to me to remember the fun times yet, because that's what really makes me miss her.

A little boo mixed with a little yay: I'm going to be going back home for Grandma's service at the end of the week, and it looks like I'll be driving all the way there without the hubby (stupid call schedule). Things are scheduled for Friday, so I'll be gone from work for a couple days. The yay part is that I'll be coming in to town just in time for the twins' birthday party, so I'll FINALLY be at somebody's party! I offered to bake the cake/cupcakes, so that'll be fun for me. I think I'll try to weigh out my ingredients before I go out there so I can just dump & mix, but I'll probably bring an extra batch and my scale as a backup. I'm also bringing some of my yarny projects with me, as I suspect there will be some quiet time this weekend, too.

Oh, there's actually a little more boo/yay: We dropped the price on our house a little (boo), but we immediately got a flurry of interest (yay). We had to skedaddle for a little bit on Sunday for someone to look (yay), but as we pulled back into the driveway, we saw-- to our horror-- that one of the cats had pulled down our sheers from the big bay window while we were gone (boo). We just pray that the cats got the rips and destroyed our curtains after the couple left. God forbid that someone surprised Simon with a stealth petting and got a tension rod pulled down on their head!

Let's hope this coming week is not so action-packed as this last one has been. I don't think I have that much Pepto.

1 comment:

Nerdy Knitter said...

Erin--the new job must be keeping you busy--you haven't been blogging (like I can say anything--I'm a bad blogger!).

Anyway, I was tagged for this meme, and I'm tagging you. The details are on my blog. Hope you're having a good summer!