turning leaves

We are officially halfway through this short week. Two more days to go of work, then off three days.

Next week is likewise shortened for a couple of reasons. First up, we have our first Ghost concert on Wednesday. So I took half a day for that, and then the day after off.

But that's not all.

On Friday, I have been asked to dress up and go down to the main hospital to attend a meeting. It's ostensibly to welcome new employees, but is also a meeting of all the managers, and higher ups. My Boss has decided that I need to get more face time with the big bosses, especially the director of Radiology. I asked what they needed me to do, and was told to show up be presentable and be me.

I immediately went on Torrid and got myself a new skirt and blouse, because right now, the only thing I have that would be presentable is the dress I wore for the funeral. And that might be a bit much.

I'm very nervous about this, and am glad that I have new makeup to help boost my confidence. I have been told that the director of radiology is very "enthusiastic." So I'm planning to put on the perky mask and try to engage her. I've got the compliment in my back pocket, so that's something. She is aware of it, and her boss is aware of it, and with a little luck, the social media blurb will have come out by then.

I have discovered that I need more makeup. Right now, I have mostly purple, which is a good color for me, but I'd really like some blues and greens. We'll see. Most palettes are boring as fuck. When did Urban Decay stop selling colors other than brown? I'm going to have to check out Melt cosmetics. I really enjoy the purple marijuana themed palette I got from them. They also have one called blueprint and the original "smoke sessions," which was mostly green and gold.

Next week will be a busy week. Work Monday and Tuesday, work half a day Wednesday, then Ghost, then off on Thursday, then the meeting at the hospital for half a day. And then work Saturday for 4 hours. It'll be fun.

Okay, time for me to hop off and pay some bills. Looks like my check just landed in my account.

Everyone have an awesome Wednesday!

Yay, we survived Monday! I actually slept last night, which was nice. I had to get up to pee a couple of times, but not too bad. I know I slept hard, because I'm a little achy, which usually means that I didn't move much during the night.

Yesterday was a nice day. Work wasn't slammed (I'm assuming because of the holiday week) and I was able to fill in a pile of appointments. I also had some stupid patients who called to see if we had a cancellation for an MRI. Okay fair. We do get cancellations. But then, their insurance hadn't approved it yet, and it was a 150minute long appointment. We don't get those type of cancellations.

After that, we had Bonchon for dinner, because I really wanted fried chicken. It hit the spot.

It's funny, I spent so long thinking that I couldn't wear makeup, because it gave me a migraine, but it turns out that I can. I got tired of looking at the red blotches on my cheeks (never formally diagnosed, but probably rosacea, and a little bit of darker skin on my forehead. (Aging sucks.) So, I decided to give foundation a try. Problem was, then I looked dead. It needed some blush and lipstick. And if I'm doing all that, lets get those eyes to pop, since they disappeared behind my glasses.

Turns out, I love eyeshadow and eyeliner. I love playing with the colors. I need to get a palette with more colors, because right now, I have gold and purple with one blue. I want green and blues and oranges. I haven't tried mascara yet. I think the weight was what might have set off the migraines.

But add that to a Torrid padded plunge bra and I feel great. The hair, defintely helps too. It makes me love how I look, which is new. I haven't felt confident in my skin in a while. Its amazing how much a little bit of color helps. I said to Jess that I was annoyed that I looked amazing for the funeral, and it was wasted on their family. But on the other hand, I didn't feel like I was going to bring shame on my house.

I'm looking forward to the Ghost concert. I tested out some eyeliner. We got a black eyeliner pen with my sister's foundation order. She doesn't wear black, and gifted it to Jess. I tried it, with a gold eyeliner I got from my Ipsy bag. (Oh yeah, I signed up for that, too.) It looked pretty good, so I'm going to give it a try.

It's weird to have all this product. I need to get an organizer for our bathroom, so it's not just all laying out. I have a bag, but the one eyeshadow already cracked during travel, so I can't risk turning it upside down. Fortunately it wasn't one that I used a lot, but two of the others that I do use are loose, so I will be careful with it.

All in all, I'm really happy with it, and I'm enjoying experimenting.

And on that note, I shall go forth and get ready for work. Everyone have an amazing Tuesday!

It's pretty much going to be Ghost lyrics for subject lines for the next couple of weeks. The concert is in 10 days, and I am hyped.

Well, that's done. We got up at ass o'clock and slipped out of the hotel to drive from the Brighton Courtyard Marriott to the Detroit/Fort Wayne airport. It's not bad, about a forty five minute drive. Especially in our acid green car.



I really loved that car. It was super quiet and super smooth, and I never forgot which car was mine.

The handoff was super simple, and soon we were on the bus to the airport...which was packed. They were giving free trials of Clear, though, so we did that, and were through the packed security super quickly.

Our gate wasn't super far this time, so we trudged over, stopping to get my sister her requested Detroit keychain and some fudge and then continued onwards until we found a likely place for breakfast. It was solidly meh, but definitely fuel. Then, continued to the gate, and plopped our ass into the seats to wait.

The flight itself was pretty smooth and super quick. We were really lucky with flights this weekend. They left on time, they didn't have much in the way of turbulence, and they landed 20 minutes early both times.

Then, home again to decompress. Around 5pm, Shelly mentioned that she'd like to get a new key and fob for her car. I looked up and found a fairly good rated locksmith that would come to you. It was a total clusterfuck. IT took him 3 1/2 hours (most of which, I was standing out in the heat) to not be able to do the complete job. We have keys, but no keyfob, and they charged us $700 for the privilege of not getting what we wanted.

I was so disgusted when I went to bed.

Today, it's back to work. I'm not sure I'm going to be taking a ton of calls, but we'll see. I can't call out because we've got a date for Jess' top surgery and it's going to be 9/11, which means I'll need to hoard every hour of PTO that I can for the surgery, recovery and follow up visits. It'll be tight, but we'll make it.

It was a whirlwind weekend, but thankfully, it's done now, and we can get back to regular life. And now, I shall go take a nice shower. I was so disgusted by the time I was done with the locksmith that I didn't bother, but today I feel kind of gross, so off to the showers it is. I hope everyone has an awesome Monday!

Well, that was a day. That is now concluded. I'm sitting here in my comfy nightgown, relaxing before I begin going through the room like a tasmania devil, of the cleaning variety. Once I'm done that, I'll realize that I packed something I shouldn't have and will cuss and extricate it. Then, It'll be off to the rental agency to start the long trek to our gate. (We are 100% using the tram this time, now that I understand that the terminal is a big H. It's just too damn big. And last time I looked we ere at gate 74, which is kind near the end of the row. And then, we shall be flying home to the babies.

I'd like to do more of these mini trips, a quick hop up to Boston or Drive to Philly and DC, especially as it gets a bit cooler. But next up, Ghost concerts, the first of which is not this coming week, but next week on the 9th.

Yesterday was rough, y'all. 8 hour is entirely too long for a viewing/funeral thingy. IT went okay. Jess was amazing, There were a few passive aggressive look what you missed things, but never any direct bullshit. Lots of somewhat redneck stories, about this cousin's ex being a bitch, and This cousin doing this and that.

We managed, but it wasn't easy.

JEss' brother asked them to do a reading-which turned out to be their nemesis--their mother's favorite poem, "Wild geese," by Mary Olliver. Lots of cryging during their brother's speech. And then it was over and they put on some of Dale's favorite music to end the wake. And proceded to talk loudly over it, which was sensory hell.

Then, it was all over but for a nice trip to dinner with Jess' brother. It wasn't bad. We had very good bbq.

Then, it was back to the hotel for a nightcap. I am never gettign a hotel without at least a small bar or a evening reception with booze, because that was super nice. We did it noth days, and it provided a little buffer between the family and getting back to the room.

Now it's time to get myself together and start packing up what needs to be packed, and preparing for departure in just under an hour. Everyone have an excellent day!

It's Thursday, and I am currently trying to figure out how I'm going to get everything done before we leave tomorrow. I should have packed last ngiht, but we need to do laundry. Ugh. I'm going to be scrambling. As soon as Jess gets up, I'll start packing some stuff to go. We don't need a whole lot, just enough for Friday to Sunday. Only about 48hrs. I'm planning on at least three outfits. I'm planning to go looking like a schlub, then possibly change when we get to our hotel room to go see the BIL the night before the funeral. Then, I'll dress for the funeral. Then, probably we'll go out to dinner after the excessively long visitation/viewing. Depending on where we're going, I might change clothes then as well. Then, back in the schlub clothes for the flight back.

I might pack what I can this morning, and get some of it done. Unfortunately, we need to wash both my and Jess' fancy clothes for the funeral.

I've gone on a bit of a girly binge. I got two palettes of eyeshadows to experiment with. I love them both. The one from Ulta, called Morphe is very sparkly and light colored. Perfect for highlights and to give things a bit of pop. The other, called the "smoke sessions is all purples and blues. I'm absolutely in love with this one. It's so very pretty. I did a test for the funeral and found a color combo that will work.

It's going to be weird to be stuffing everything into the quart bag. I've got lotion, foundation, color corrector and of course color safe shampoo and conditioner, plus a tub of hair goo.

Then, I have a whole bag of cosmetics. It's strange, but I'm enjoying it.

Yesterday was busy! First we drove down to Washington DC for Jess' top surgery consult. I swear to god, I hate DC driving. I missed the exit on no less than 2 roundabouts. It sucked. We left at 6:15, made no stops, and got there around 8:30am. Traffic was horrible. But we made it in plenty of time for our appointment!

Jess' surgeon was a little ball of sunshine. She went through the process, did their exam and then she and Jess firmed up what they wanted their new chest to look like. They're going for the full masculinization, and the doctor confirmed her understanding. The coordinator will call Jess on Friday or early next week to work out a surgery date.

On the way home, we stopped at LaMadeline for some excellent lunch. Then it was home to eat said lunch and relax for a few minutes before game.

Game was awesome, and I really enjoyed it. I brought in my final player's backstory, and now everyone is traumatized. I love it.

Then, we had some time, so I went and got my emissions done. My car is 100% up to date. Yay! I need to call at some point, because it hasn't updated, but that may be a Monday thing.

We have game tonight, so I don't have long this evening to pack. Maybe I'll do some during lunchtime. It's a lot to get done. Tomorrow, we're going to need to leave no later than 6:15am, which is going to mean a 4am wakeup. Ugh.

But for today, work. Everyone have an amazing Thursday, or as we call it, Friday Eve!