Calm~ma to scrappy and brenda.

TCG will get me flowers on ocassion, but not that often. The second date teacup still counts as the best surprise gift ever.

I left my handicap plate in Mom's car. Mom is an hour and a half away and I probably won't be able to get it back until Thursday. I have a ton of errands to do in the meantime. Bah.

pet dental ~ma all around.

interview ~ma, askye.

I'm on a webinar right now. I guess I should be paying attention.

Oh yeah, need to brush Daisy's teeth.

I'm not a fan of flowers. They're a nice notion, I suppose, but plants, like birds, belong outside. Want to give me something? Give me nail polish (though I'm sort of on a break from it right now), or better yet, geek stuff.

I think the interview went well. They do a three part interview - the prelim where you get information about the position and shown around the office, then an interview with the vets (there is 1 full time, 2 part time), then shadowing so you can see what it is really like. The office manager said they've had issues with people who thought the job would be good for them and then it turned out different. One thing she pointed out is, it's not just about loving animals or being good around them, you have to be able to handle emergencies and some blood and guts. And other bodily fluids. Also they send home a job description and I'm supposed to read it over and call back or email if I think of any questions I didn't ask in the initial interview.

It would be part time and no chance of full time, BUT she said they have trained receptionists in more of the vet tech aspects.

They work really closely with the greyhound rescue up here.

How is it only a quarter after 11? I literally checked multiple clocks because I couldn't believe the time I'm seeing. I even compared the time on my work phone with my cellphone. But I still have only been at work for a bit over 2 hours.

I totally want a do over on this day already and it's only 10:30 for me. Woke up feeling ick with a stomachache which prompted massive moodiness and a short-temper which then caused me to pick a fight with Lewis. While I wasn't completely in the wrong, I did overreact and now I feel completely unsettled and out of sorts.

Do over please?

I suppose flowers would be nice now and then, but mostly it's not something I care about much. Or, to put it another way, any small gift is just as nice. Possibly the best "just because" gift I ever got from someone I was dating was the guy who gave me a set of Umbrella Academy pins. It was super thoughtful; I'd been geeking out over the comics earlier, and he remembered and went to the comics shop and picked them up for me. Very sweet.

Glad to hear the interview went well, askye!

Sorry you're having a bad day, Barb. Would it help to apologize to Lewis?

Possibly the best "just because" gift I ever got from someone I was dating was the guy who gave me a set of Umbrella Academy pins. It was super thoughtful; I'd been geeking out over the comics earlier, and he remembered and went to the comics shop and picked them up for me. Very sweet.

Yeah, I'm more into that sort of thing. Flowers seem so generic. I don't like giving for the sake of giving; if I'm giving you something, I want it to have meaning.

Sorry you're having a bad day, Barb. Would it help to apologize to Lewis?

I did-- problem is, I've had a lifelong history of doing that even when it's not warranted, just for the sake of keeping peace, which then has left me even angrier/unsettled. In this case, it was a warranted apology, but it's hard to shake the angry/unsettled.

Perhaps I should just go to bed.

I want it to have meaning.

Flowers have lots of meanings. Apparently you're unaware of the Language of Flowers.