I’m so lame, you probably think this blog is dead

Sorry for letting my blog almost die, friends! Would you believe me if I said I had around 4 drafts saved that I started this weekend? I wouldn’t believe myself, but I’m actually telling the truth. I don’t have an easy way with words and I often give up too easily on posts that are destined for more than collecting dust.

But to update on my life in three minutes or less (READ FAST!) :

• My cousin, Robby, passed away in his sleep sometime from Friday into Saturday morning. His temporary obituary is here if the link still works. A full one will be in the paper tomorrow. My mom and I are riding down to Rutland tomorrow night to stay for the “calling hours” and the next morning is the funeral. I know a lot of my family won’t be able to make it, so that’s why I provided the link.

• I’ve been sick. I am happy that I got my temperature down from the 103 it was on Saturday, after I passed out in the shower. It could be because I’m finally getting what everyone else has already gotten over or it could be because I ran out of my ulcer medication and ate every bad thing the doctor told me not to. Needless to say, I am still going to work – both jobs. To make it simple, here is my weekly, typically-unchangeable schedule:

Monday-Thursday
7:30 – 4:00 Work 1st Job
4:05 – 7:30 or 8:30 Work 2nd Job

Friday
7:30 – 4:00 Work 1st Job

Saturday
9:00 – 3:00 Work 2nd Job

In between there I work on side projects I’m commissioned for. I wish I could take a day off when I am sick, but I’m one of those stupid people who hates to use their sick time. Plus, I’ve started new training with my second job that demands a consistent schedule. The fact that I can take bereavement for the funeral is a huge blessing. I won’t go to work if I’m projectile vomiting, though, and aren’t you thrilled I put that visual in your head?

• Shane had his 23rd birthday Friday and we basically bar-hopped the whole night until 3 AM. It was INTENSE.

• I have so many cutesy ideas (vignettes and more of my “Paragraphed Memory” posts), but I just haven’t had time. My house is atrocious and I am behind on every single one of my projects (like starting my home filing system, turning my bedroom into more than a “room with a bed and a lot of other shit,” and getting ready for my three day conference in the White Mountains). I will do better next time, honest.