A laundry list of updates!

Ooops! I haven't updated in a while. I will not let this blog die, so I promise to do better!

Let's see... things going on in my life and in my world (sometimes entirely separate things, believe it or not):

* I'm back to working one 14-hour day a week, with mornings at the funeral home and afternoon/evenings at the library. So far, it hasn't been too bad--my funeral mornings have been spent running death certificates, which is infinitely more relaxing than, say, moving billions of flower arrangements, standing in the parking lot yelling at people who don't (or won't) understand where I'm trying to direct them, then hauling all of the previously-mentioned flower arrangements out of the chapel, into the van, up to the cemetery, around the gravesite and then getting MYSELF out of sight before the procession arrives. God, I'm exhausted just typing that sentence. The point is, I haven't had any Tuesday morning funerals... YET. They're coming, though. I just know it. BIG ones.

* I've only had one death call since my last update. The 2am variety. At least it was quick and easy and I went from ringing phone back to bed in under 90 minutes. Seriously, that's like getting paid a dollar a MINUTE. Holy hell.

* I've made the executive decision to keep my hair long-ish and straight, like it was around college graduation time. It's just prettier that way.

* My sister is here, and we've been having Sunday night dates for the last few weeks! We're just awesome like that. This week's date will be on Saturday, because

* We're headed up to Gettysburg for some WWII activities this weekend! Yay. I'd say that I'm actually going up there solely as a visitor and not to WORK, but that is not entirely true. I'm supposed to be recruiting for next year's Sully event... but I'll try to do as little work as possible! Anyway, part of this adventure requires (well, not requires, but encouraged) us to figure out how to do some 40's hair and makeup and stuff. I know my outfit isn't entirely accurate (and my historical OCD is yelling at me already), but it will be fun anyhow. I KNEW I should have taken those swing dance lessons a couple years ago!

* I'd really like to take Palin's hair bun and stuff it down her hypocritical throat. I'd also like to say some other things, but I feel like I'm debating political stuff more than I should have to these days. I mean, really, for the 100th time--NOBODY running for ANY office has presidential experience. If we want to vote for someone with presidential experience, we are going to have to dig up and reanimate George Washington... and I'm not real big on the whole ZOMBIE thing, though a zombie would possibly make a better president than McSame. UGH.

* I am still holding off on my pumpkin spice lattes. It's just not cold enough! I can't even get a pumpkin spice frappucino yet... something about that delicious, wonderful, autumn pumpkin flavor is just completely lost if it's over 60 degrees.

* I'm rambling on. It's the end of a 14-hour day for me, and it is so very near closing time. I will leave you all with this quote that I discovered today (it is from For Your Consideration). I dissolve into giggles every time I re-read it.

"You can't throw the baby out with the bathwater because then all you have is a wet, critically injured baby."