Musings and Ponderings: Work, Mid-Terms and Birthdays!!

I am on my 2nd week working at Wal-Mart and so far having fun for the most part. I have decided that working retail is one of the easiest jobs that I will ever have. After working with my autistic kids every single day, consistantly learning new techinques and writing and presenting new behavior plans and reports, and dealing with difficult parents and funding sources....retail is almost brainless!!! I spend the day stocking shelves, answering questions, cleaning racks and fishing lobsters out of the tank. Not much brain work is required to clean and stock....and the lobsters are fun to chase down. (and there are a few cuties that I work with....) ;)

I am currently studying for my marriage and family psych test that covers 4 chapters..... I am not too stressed out about it, but and reading the material just to be safe. I just took my anthropology mid-term and got an 88% on it....I got that going for me, so that's kinda nice.... (HA!)

Last night I went up to Merry's house and celebrated Lindsay and Tommy's birthdays. It was very nice. I met John's (Merry's husband) parents. They are very devout catholic and when we passed out Merry's Jesus coasters his mom was slightly offended that we would be putting a glass of lemonade on Jesus' face. She kept saying that is was disrespectful and that his face should not be used as a tool. Well, I must be hanging out with Tommy-John too much because I said "No way man! It's like he's got your back! He is there for you no matter what! If you need him to forgive you, he is there. If you need him to protect your table from your glass of lemonade, he is there.... there is nothing too small for him!" I don't think that she took that too well cuz she didn't talk to me much for the rest of the night.... I thought it was clever.

Lauren and John

Chug!!!

Ariana and Tommy

Tommy and Lindsay

Again....

Lindsay and Mom with the coconut cake!!

Lauren and Tommy and the german chocolate cake

AAAAAHHHHHCHOOOO!!!!

Also- here are some pictures of Sasha. She is back to being her puppy self!! Rowdy and all over the place! The most awesome thing is that now that she has recovered from Parvo she has the antibodies in her blood. So once she is old enough and weighs enough she can be a blood donor to save other puppies that contract Parvo and are at their last try recieving blood transfusions. I think this is so awesome!!! What better way could you show your gratitude for a healthy, happy pup then by saving someone else's pup?!?! Simply rad.