somethings

some good news and some bad. the good is they finally figured out what might be causing my grandma's mental condition since she's been in the hospital. it turns out they messed up her meds. i talked to my mom today and she said she's been better since they fixed it yesterday. that's a huge relief. my poor mom's had to deal with a lot over the past few weeks with all that. so i'm glad there's a good outcome to the situation. the bad is i'm not getting a raise. don't really know what to do about that from this point. i applied at petsmart to be a dog groomer last night. i know i can't quit without having something else so i guess i just have to step it up on the job search. i am looking forward to getting away from the manager at the store i've been working at though. he sucks. i hear the one at the store i'm going to doesn't. i've been going out to see the horses once a week since the holidays. they got one adopted and two new horses so now there's three. even with all the mud i've enjoyed spending time out there. i watched a good documentary that came out this week. it's called no impact man. it's about a man and his family who go a year without impacting the environment. gareth's going to see mel gibson's edge of darkness tomorrow. it's supposed to snow this weekend. i hope it's not a mess like last time. i'd like to enjoy it.

raining

another not too exciting week. some interesting stuff to write about though. i finally saw the movie event of the year (so far). avatar. it was pretty cool. definitly worth seeing in theaters for the 3d. that's the first movie i've seen in theaters in a few months i think. the best movie i've seen on dvd lately has been moon. a syfy (that's how they spell the channel now) psychological drama set in the not too distant future. we only got a few copies but it's definitly worth checking out. i got some news this week about my job. i'm going to be transfered in the not too distant future. it's the same "your store doesn't make enough money to have an assistant manager" spheel i was given months ago before the last manager quit and i had to run the store for a month then help get the new manager through the holidays. i'm still waiting to hear where i'm going and if i'm getting a raise. my dad ended up having to get my resume set up correctly on the website i was trying to use to find a job. i applied to a position today. thanks dad. my mom's been in new york for over a week now. my grandma hadn't been doing well after ending up in the hospital then a nursing home from her fall. my mom went to help with the situation. not sure how that's going. hopefully i'll get some good news soon. in all of these situations. it's been raining too much.

board

not a lot has happened since i last wrote. the biggest and best though was going snowboarding with my brother and his girlfriend at wintergreen. i took a lot of pictures. and had a lot of fun. gareth couldn't go but i'm hoping we can make plans to go next month and that he can try to ski. he went to see the book of eli last night. that's the first movie he's reviewed this year. he talked to his dad about finding a job recently and he'd suggested going to the virginia employment commission. i went on last night and it's the most confusing website i've tried to use to find a job yet. but i managed to upload my resume after some time. it still wouldn't let me apply for a job. but i'm hopeful i can figure that out soon enough and have a new tool in my job searching. things have been ok since i stopped getting so worked up about work. but i work with the girl from new years eve for the first time since tonight so i'm hoping i won't have anything to complain about from that. kitt went on a peeing spree this morning. she got the rug in the kitchen and the rug in the bathroom. so she's been banished to her room with a clean kitty litter. i really don't know what her problem is. it's nothing medical. but i don't know what happens that she has a bad attitude about if that's the case. crazy cat. it's finally warming up around here. it'd been in the teens for far too long. it's supposed to stay nice and sunny until sunday. unfortunately that's the day i was invited out to help train the horses under saddle. hopefully the rain will hold off.

new

dad's party was nice. i was actually early to a family gathering so that was good. dad was happy to know he didn't have to get up and drive to work the next morning. work's been pretty bad for me lately. we just found out one of the stores in richmond is closing next month. our manager is aware of the possibility of more stores closing including ours. that's why he'd cut hours so much over the holidays when we should have had extra coverage. it made for many difficult shifts for me. the worst came new year's eve when my csr found out she hadn't gotten paid holiday pay for working christmas eve. she had a temper tantrum and i ended up telling her to leave. after being in the back for an hour she came up and said she couldn't afford to leave. i told her to straighten the store and didn't see her the rest of the night until closing. so i basically worked by myself. it was pretty busy and quite annoying. i've made a new year's resolution though to not complain so much about work. so i'm hoping that's my last complaint written this year. it happened last year and was pretty crazy so i'll let it slide. it's mostly in the form of complaining to gareth. he's shown me how much i let these things effect my life outside of work. and it's not fair to him. or me. so i hope i can improve. he did his top ten movies of last year. the last one before that he'd reviewed was avatar. it made it on the list. another one i didn't see. i got the results back from the vets. everything's ok for now. if budd doesn't have the rest of the eggs in the next few months i can bring her back to get the shots that will help her pass them. kitt's results were good. i'm happy they're both healthy for now. it's been a pretty good start to the new year so far.