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I really need to get a new camera, blogging is no fun with old photos

MondayWorkday

So I FINALLY started working!!!!!

So far it's going well. I'm still a bit intimidated as I have boatloads to learn about TSS-ing and Autism. There are ongoing trainings, so I suppose I'll just have to absorb the information in a more timely manner. Today is my first day without supervision so we'll see how it goes.

I went to Animal Friends to see if I could still volunteer without having to go through the orientation process again, it turns out that I can so... YAY!

Hopefully this will cut my summer boredom streak short.

It's kitten season again so they'll definitely need lots of help this time of year.

I'm currently reading Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert and there are SO many passages and phrases in this book that when I'm reading I think "YES!!!"

The latest of which is a quote from the former Catholic nun at the Ashram in India

"Guilt's just your ego's way of tricking you into thinking that you're making moral progress.

Don't fall for it, my dear."

Oh What a Day is Today

I am one very very sad panda as my camera is no longer functioning. This means there are no pictures from the phenomenal Ingrid Michaelson concert at ArtsFest last night. I missed the Matt Morris (not Morrison as I originally posted) show, but Ingrid made up for it ten-fold. She was very funny interacting with the audience.

Specifically a cute little 4 year old named Jacqueline who was sporting spray-on pink hair. She did a rendition of "Poker Face" by Lady Gaga and "Toxic" by Brittany Spears. (There were accompanying dance moves...awesomeness)

The band seemed like a very tight knit group of people, two of them were actually engaged to be married in a few weeks. So the concert was a great time and I can't wait to see her perform again (she had to censor herself onstage because it was a "family show" so I'm looking forward to Ingrid Michaelson: Uncensored and swearing like a sailor)

Afterward we went to Peters Pub for a drink, and then on my way home I ran into (not over) the neighborhood calico who high-fived me. Just darling.

Today I'm planning to go back to ArtsFest to see the exhibits, and possibly pick up a piece to decorate my sparse-looking bedroom walls. Later on we're going to SingSing, a dueling pianos bar, which is always a hilarious time.

<3

Hardly Workin' Part Deux

Son of a NUTCRACKER!!!!

Another week of work postponed.

However, I do have a treatment plan to review in order to make myself somewhat useful.

Also, Three Rivers Arts Festival is this week, so maybe I'll just hang out among the vendors and soak in all the creativity.

Last year I saw The Wailers (as in Bob Marley and...) at Artsfest and this Thursday Matt Morrison will be performing followed by Ingrid Michaelson so I'm really excited for that. Matt Morrison was the guy who did the Hallelujah duet with Justin Timberlake for the concert for Haiti. Very pretty man with a very pretty voice <3

Download it. Listen to it. Love it.

Woo!

Just got my work schedule!

Starting next week I may contribute to society like a normal person.

In about 7 months I may be able to afford a new camera with which to post photos on this pretty little blog.

Gotta love "non-traditional" hours

<3

I Like to Move It Move It

Alright!

Pickin' up the pace!

I've finally stopped playing dead!

Wednesday: Ice cream w/ Angela

Thursday: 3 mile walk + gut-wrenching Greys

Friday: Vision boarding then out for a drinky-poo with Holly

Saturday: Strip District w/ Holly, Waterfront with Angela

Sunday: Shadyside Arts Festival, 40 minute walk, concoct Vegan Overnight Oats a la Oh She glows for tomorrows breakfast

After hiding in my apartment until 9pm on Friday night, I decided enough was enough.

It's not like I was in bed the whole time, mind you. I did spend most of the day creating a very large vision board for the devastatingly blank wall in my bedroom.

However, when I left my apartment to go all the way to the front stoop, I figured I had be antisocial for long enough.

I wound up going out for a drink with a good friend from FeelGood, and we had made plans to hit The Strip District the following morning. (Hooray for leaving the house before noon!!!!!)

Later that afternoon, I went flip-flop shopping and to dinner at Bravos with a different friend and we braved the ensuing monsoon that hit The Waterfront that afternoon.

I finally purchased a new juicer. It's not quite as effective as my old(broken) one, but it did the trick, and is MUCH cheaper than the $200 juicer I've had a crush on.

In the spirit of using this time to focus on being healthier I've stumbled across some awesome wellness blogs and websites.

Oh She Glows

Crazy Sexy Life

Spoiled Yogi

Of course there's always many more, but these have been my current obsessions.

Also? I've had Stephen Lynch's "Craig" Stuck in my head all day and have resorted to inserting "Cait" into the lyrics. Evidently my newfound social freedom has yet to have any effect on my sanity.

Where will you be when the Cait machine comes partying through?

Hardly Workin'

I was originally supposed to do my training for work Thursday, but it was rescheduled to next FRIDAY due to a mix up. Which means one more week of NOTHING!

Lately my days have been super exciting:

Sleep till 11

make a smoothie

watch Gilmore Girls

read cookbooks/surf the web

watch trashy tv

shower

do laundry/housework

more trashy tv

leave my cave around 4-5pm to do random errands

make dinner

more trashy tv

back to bed

I think it is evident that I don't do very well without a schedule. Earlier in the week I figured that with all this newfound free time I could start a new healthy eating routine. I just brought my juicer back from home and bought lots of fresh juicing materials (cukes, celery, carrots, leafy greens, tomatoes, herbs, etc)

I concocted one very fresh, delicious and green juice. Then I tried to get one step ahead and get it all clean for the following day, buuuuut I broke it when putting it back together :-(

SO now I have a fridge full of random veggies waiting for me to find recipes for them, or to purchase a new juicer (not cheap).

Ah well, I still have my books to fall back on. Started Eat Pray Love yesterday and am devouring every word that clever lady composes.

Happy Weekend!