It Gets Better.

Ew. My last post was October 6.... it's been a while. I have not fallen off of the face of the earth (though sometimes I wish I could do just that.)

So hello! A lot has happened since last post, most of which has been amazing. I guess I have to jump in with the great stuff first. But first....

It's a gorgeous time of year-- I am loving the changing of the leaves and the cooler weather!!!!!!

Now that that's out of the way...

1. Looks like the government has gotten its shit together... (Temporarily, that is..) So that's good. No more furloughing! (<-- hey, the spell check admits that as a word! Ha...)

2. MY FATHER GOT A JOB. Yes, it happened. Finally. We were in a really bad spot a couple of weeks ago... Total dad-jobless-time? One month. Don't know how we coasted through it... but we did. there was going to come a time when our healthcare would go away, dad would be officially let go from the company, and then he'd be just a normal guy looking for a job. All of his 25something years with his company and he was going to be let go. Before we lost coverage, mom of course wanted to get all of us flu shots and checkups just because. Yeah, that was a fun doctor visit. I had to get a flu shot, some other vaccination, and blood drawn. It kind of sucked. Not sure if y'all knew this, but I'm kind of deathly afraid of needles.**Those who share my fear may want to skip the next couple sentences...** In the past, I have fainted after getting a flu shot, though that was more because of anxiety or something than a reaction to the actual vaccination... So... yeah. I almost prefer getting blood drawn, mostly because once the needle goes in, it stays in for a while and you get used to it. But with a shot it's just painful enough and then it's pulled out and its all ew. Yuck. And when it was time for Boo to get his shot...... HA. That was.... Quite the experience. Mom got her shot, and then I had to go before her and be the brave one, showing her it wasn't that bad. Is it possible to smile whilst getting stabbed with a needle? I think I'd have to say it is, but my head was kind of sobbing inside. I keep telling myself as I get older that it's not that bad... And Mom's always like "yeah, wait until you're gestational diabetic and you have to put needles in yourself..." I of course, am like "NUH UH... NO WAY. I CANNOT EVAR FATHOM ME, PUTTING A NEEDLE INTO MYSELF." I know I may have to do it at some point in my life, but I'm not worrying about that right now. Anyways, so I had to smile while getting my shots and Boo was just peeking into the doorway, looking at me in the victim chair, her face was getting all red and I could tell she was getting ready to cry. Despite the friendly nurses and all of the coaxing... she burst into tears when it was her turn, and we had to practically drag her to the chair. She was screaming and crying and kicking (sorry, nurses!) saying "I DON'T WANT A SHOT! DON'T HURT ME! HELLLLLLLLLLLLLLP!"
She purt' near woke the dead. I swear, she could be heard throughout the entire complex. We had to hold her steady. It was so sad but also kind of hilarious at the same time. You know what I'm talking about, right? When something kind of bad is happening but you can't help but laugh? She was so loud and so scared... it was just the tiniest bit funny... I still feel a bit bad for laughing though. Finally, it was over and the nurse was like, "How about a sticker?" The other nurse there said something quietly to the effect of "Your mom deserves a sticker, your older sister deserves a sticker, but I don't think you deserve a sticker..." XD
I mean, she's got a point. Aren't stickers for if you're brave? XD
She'll get there. I mean, I did. At least, I do a purty good job of faking it...

So wow. That was mostly a rant about the doctor.... But the main point is, my dad is employed again, and with a pay raise, too! We just thought we'd be lucky to have him get something at the same level pay he had been getting. And I remember going into school early last week or something... He was telling me the details of getting the job...He had told me,
"it was the last day.. I thought 'okay, guess this is it...' and I prayed. Sitting at my home laptop, half falling asleep, I just prayed. And how come, the very next day, I get a call-- with a job offer-- and a pay raise of about $10,000.... it makes you wonder, you know? Someone's obviously looking out for us..."
I have to agree with him. We went a WHOLE frigging month and nothing. Nothing that worked was coming. And then, the night before we are almost cut off from everything, he gets a job, PLUS the raise. How crazy is that? And though I wish it had come a bit sooner, there's no doubt that I'm thankful now and happy with what we have, moar than ever. So WOOOOOOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOO! :D.

Ummmmmmmm what else was amazing since I last wrote? Er, typed?

Whellll..... J and I went to a 'punkin patch' a while ago... That was fun :D. He plans on making Pumpktris, a tetris game inside a pumpkin, using the stem as a fully-functional joystick XD. Eeyup, he's a techy one. It's going to be so awesome. I'll be sure to add a photo of the finished product when it's done! Because of the project's nature, we were on the lookout for a tall pumpkin. Well, we found an awesome tall one, but the stem sucked, so we got a different pumpkin and we'll hijack the stem off that one. So I have some pictures from that day that you might enjoy!

J's pumpkin he intends to use for PUMPKTRIS. It's taller in person, I promise you. This is just a bad angle.

Have I achieved model status yet?

Purty, right? HA yeah too bad we're going to rip off it's stem and use it on a certain PUMPKTRIS project.

This looks like the perfect pumpkin for a witch...

Yes, so what if I like kissing pumpkins? I call this composition... PUMPKISS!

And of course. How could I forget.

October 21st was a rather dapper day. Why, you may ask? J and I had our one-year anniversary on Monday. A year ago that day, an awesome relationship started. That day's events were quite humourous, as we had hung out together with friends on a playground for most of the day, and then spent some time just us together. So many Dr. Horrible/YGOTAS jokes were made that day... Well that time was apparently just enough to cause a big enough spark... that led to a relationship starting over the wondrous chats of Gmail later that night. I had wondered for a while if he had liked me, and it turned out he did. It was a good thing, too, because I had liked him for a while... and by that point, I guess it was just being shy and beating around the bush for a while.

And here we are... a year later. A lot has changed... We've changed, we've grown... But a lot of things have stayed the same, and in some cases, it's like a year hasn't even passed. We've been through a lot. At times, things weren't easy, but you were always there for me, and I hope I've always been there for you (:

So even though this part of the post is WAYYYYYYYYY late... (meh, by a weekish...)

Happy One-Year, J (: I love you to pieces <3

This was literally taken today... Don't you love how we're somewhat matching? And if you're curious... He is wearing a "Screw the rules I have green hair" shirt. :D. Ha! That's funny... I got that for him on his birthday....

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In other news, we went to a pumpkin patch yesterday actually, to get some pumpkins and apple butter and cider and all that fall-ish goodness. It was freezing.... And I don't like being cold. But I think it was worth it after a certain point, especially because I got to pick out the pumpkins we got XD

My grandfather is doing okay, though he will be getting some surgery that's supposed to help in a few weeks... I'm nervous about that, but he'll stay in my thoughts and prayers.

My life is still busy, homework doesn't seem to end.... but it feels good to blog again. I'm not totally swamped! And pssh.... this was TOTALLY worth procrastinating a bit of work. So things are looking up and getting better, it looks like. At least for now. And I'm hanging in there...

xoxo