The butt of every joke

Man: "Your damn dog is licking himself again."

Me: "He's anxious!  That's how he expresses himself."

Man: "He's like an alcoholic, but with licking his crotch."

Me: "Is there such a thing as crotch lickers anonymous?"

I'm pretty sure the animals intentionally wait until we've run the vacuum to drop these nice hair balls.

Warning: Grumpy Karen ahead

I'm having a day.  I promise Happy Karen will be back tomorrow, but today you're getting Grumpy Karen.  Deal with it.  I'm tired, I'm working someone else's store and it's dirty and unorganized and I'm tired.  Or did I say that one already?  I'm not sure, I'm tired.  In the past 12 days I've had 1 day off (the vast majority of which I spent on the road to visit The Girl and at a meeting for The Arc) and worked 83 hours, not counting the 10+ hours I will have worked by the end of the day today and the 12ish hours I'll work tomorrow.  Oh, and I'm working all weekend.  So please forgive me if I'm a little tired.  And grumpy.

So here it is: I just can't understand how some people can be so incredibly stupid and still have the confidence to speak.  I don't know how many times today I just wanted to throttle someone just for opening their mouth.  Thankfully I'm a professional, and I maintained what my employees call my "customer voice" but on the inside I was screaming "SHUT UP!!!"  I am beyond ready for this day to be over so I can go home, get a hug from Man and crash.  Who's going to bring me a beer?!

I had big plans to write this long post to wrap up some of the stuff that's been going on this past week with Man starting his new job, Wolfey being sick (we found out the poopy accidents weren't from the brownie but a bacterial infection in his GI tract), stuff with The Girl and our girls being with us this past weekend but when went looking for posts to link back to I realized the last 3 posts I wrote aren't here.  I'm beyond frustrated with this darn blog, completely exhausted and just a bit irritable so rather than go on and on about my technology terrors, I'm just going to say that even with as much as I've had go wrong lately, life is really good.  I have a steady income and the opportunity to earn some overtime the past few weeks, a comfortable roof over my head, food in my belly and some awesome friends and family.  In times like this, it's really easy to focus on the negative and how strung out I am (from lack of sleep, not from drugs, though at this point maybe they'd keep me going!) but I'm choosing to see how lucky I am.  I wish all my readers a happy Wednesday, a beautiful Spring and a sunny outlook!

Happy Father's Day

The girls and I woke up early (or earlier than Man, anyway!) and made blackberry, raspberry and blueberry crisp, as well as bacon and eggs.  Man woke up just as things were wrapping up and we had an awesome breakfast together as a family before I had to leave for work.  There's absolutely nothing like spoiling your man with homemade breakfast and spoiling the kids with dessert for breakfast!  Bonus: the girls thought they were getting some awesome treat, when really it was a sneaky way to get some different fruits into them!  On the way to work, I stopped by my parents' house and surprised my dad with a second berry crisp.  I'm so lucky to have such amazing fathers in my life!  Thank you both, and Happy Father's Day!

I would be remiss not to mention that there are undoubtedly some guys out there who would love to be celebrating Father's Day with their little someone specials but are unable.  Whatever the reason you are childless or without your child, know that you are not alone.  Happy Father's Day, Happy Not-a-Father's Day, or just happy day.  I celebrate with you, I grieve with you and, perhaps most importantly, I understand.

Progress

I had my first skinny massage last night and had the best night's sleep I've had in ages.  I don't know if it was the "skinny" or the "massage" but either way I'll be doing that again!  I feel so rested and clear.  Between the detoxifying greens and the amazing sleep last night, I'm feeling way more with-it than I have in a long time.  This is going to be the easiest way to get healthy and fit I've ever tried!

I think we've got some sleepy puppies. Wolfey went to the vet today and is now on antibiotics and seems to be feeling better. I hope this continues!