Sooooo…. I didn’t color or cross-stitch last night… >.>;

After writing, Ox came over to the apartment. He took me to the gas station, driving my car since I needed gas but was begrudging to go back out into the world after working all day. He got me a few groceries I needed while we were there along with a pack of cigarettes. While I have been cutting back-ish, I’m not willing to go to work without emergency rations just yet.

When we got back to the apartment we clipped the kittens’ claws then cuddled. Cuddles led to amazing sexy time. With how ok I’ve felt today I think I needed the interaction more than I realized.

I slept deeply after Ox left. I woke up to my 2 am alarm to take my Synthroid. I have another alarm set for 2:30 am, which is when I typically get up for work. For the past two or three Saturdays, however, that particular alarm hasn’t gone off correctly. So waking up at 3:40 when I should already be showered and on the road was not a fun way to start the day.

I rushed through feeding the kittens and shoved a protein bar at my face while I tried to pack up my lunch box and backpack. I wasn’t able to shower. Trust me, I know. All of the eww. >.<;

I called the RN I was scheduled to work with and let her know not to freak out since I’m normally at work before her. I told her my ETA and she said not to sweat it; that we would be fine.

In regards to my lame alarm not wanted to go off… I plan to delete it and recreate it, since it goes off fine on Mondays and Fridays. I also plan to make another two alarms for “work days”. One for 2:45 and another at 3. Those will be fail safes because yeah… being late to work sucks. : /

Blessedly, I made it to work only a little late. We got the clinic set up on time. I dashed into one of the restrooms and used some of the wet wipes I keep in my backpack to “shower” as best I could, put deodorant on, and made sure my bandanna covered the disaster that was my hair. There was nothing I could do to salvage it. Sex hair and bed head? I would have broken my brush if I had tried.

Surprisingly, the day was pretty awesome. No complaints. I got to color off and on. I’m happy with the progress I’ve made on the mandala. I love it even more now that I’m getting into the shading and giving the image dimension.

I showed my previous mandala to one of my patients since the color pencils she gave me in my post-surgery care package were the pencils I used. She was pretty impressed and asked how I was able to add such detail with so few colors. It was cool to be able to talk art and nerd out with someone who was genuinely interested. I want to give her the mandala I’m currently working on as a thank you gift.

Anywho. Once the workday was done I clocked out and drove home. I chatted with Ox for a bit. I’m going to be going to the house after writing. And showering… Yes. Showering WILL happen.

I’m going to be taking burger patties over with me. That will end up being dinner. I finished coloring a few sections on my mandala when I first got to the apartment. I wanted to finish the section I had been working on at work.

I want to take care of the dishes before going to the house but for the most part tonight is about relaxing and enjoying the night cross-stitching next to Ox while he games.

Tomorrow will be mostly a school day; working on a few assignments and maybe starting the rough draft of my report. It’s been a good two days at work. I’m not worried about going back Monday and I’m looking forward to tomorrow.

And just because I can’t keep it to myself, here’s the more recent picture of what I’ve been working on. My brain has a happy. : 3