State of the Texty: Utter Chaos Edition

[textualdeviance]

In the past four days:

Good:

-Had our first proper intake meeting yesterday with the adoption agency counselor we'll be working with. It went quite well, I think. She seemed to like us. Next step is getting the home study together. Should have that wrapped up within the next month.
-Killed time between appointments yesterday by wandering around Pike Place Market. Haven't done that in years. Came home with tons of awesome from DeLaurenti's and other food purveyors.

Sorta good:

-Finally got a new job. Start Tuesday. Sort of my old team, but under a different boss, working on a different product, and doing something with more editorial/writing stuff. Less button monkey = probably won't want to set the place on fire. It's a 12-month contract. Not sure if I'll finish that out. Depends on how well I like it and how long we're waiting for a birthmom to pick us.
-Money, CV fodder and something to keep me occupied during the wait = good. Extremely fucked-up timing in the short term = bad. See below.

Bad:

-Got a hard-drive-mangling virus. Necessitated a reformat, which meant scrambling to back up data. Just barely starting to reconstruct the machine now.
-Called in the washer repair folks for the THIRD time, since the thing still wouldn't properly spin.
-Found out I have "mild but significant" hearing loss. Will be fitted for hearing aids Monday.

Worse:

-Penny went into sharp decline, and we decided to let her go. In-home vet was here just a few hours ago. It was peaceful and kind, and I'm glad I was able to be with her, but I'm pretty shattered. Also, all grieved out at this point, having lost four cats in five years. Glad the remaining two are young.
-Khaleesi, freaked out by Penny, decided to pee on the bed last night (this is very unusual for her--she's normally quite well behaved.)
-This woke M up, so he's had 3 hours of sleep.
-I've not had a full night's sleep in three days, either, due to raging anxiety induced by all of the above.

I really wish my body could handle alcohol, because I'm tempted to spend this entire weekend very, very drunk.

Comments

[thefirstalicat.livejournal.com]

Sorry to hear about Penny, hon, but I'm glad you were able to get a vet to the house, as I know I felt a whole lot better about Artemis's death because we were able to be at home with her, calm and easy. I hope Khaleesi settles down soon.

On the hearing aids, good for you for getting them early! As you may remember, I got hearing aids myself about a year ago, and find them very helpful. The main thing is, though, that it's much harder to adjust to them the older you are, so getting them now is a positive thing for you. (Also, after the first 3 months when you're advised to wear them for at least 10 hours a day every day in order for your brain to rewire itself, you don't have to have them in all the time - I don't wear mine on the weekends, for example, because if we go to a movie or a concert or a restaurant, I'm overwhelmed by too much noise from other people.)

And good luck on the continuing adoption-prep process and on the new job contract - the latter sounds at least like it'll be more interesting for you than some recent jobs, no?

[lunarising.livejournal.com]

Congrats on getting the job. A little extra money and another chance for social interaction isn't too bad.

Very sorry to hear about your Penny. It's hard losing pets, no matter the reason.

Hope all goes well now that the adoption process is starting to roll!

[rebeccama.livejournal.com]

I am glad about the good news, but sorry for your loss.