Awe (LJ)

I had a super weekeend with my niece and nephew! They were here for the whole week and even though I have been in an incredible ammount of pain, I was able to enjoy almost every minute with them. They were almost perfect for a 1 1/2 yo and 3yo with Gramma and Grampa and Auntie Jen. We went on walks, and played and just did lots of fun things that didn't involve TV. Every morning when I got up my niece said "Good Morning Auntie Jen!" And we'd get to play and have fun.

When I'd leave for work she'd say "Come back soon!"

When my sister came their behaviour modified a little and it's still hard for me to deal with that. For some reason D gets really clingy and needy and will cry pretty much non stop. It's like a switch gets flipped and he's not the same happy baby. It bums me out because he goes from being content to just crying all the time.

Work is evening out. My manager said she wants to focus less on numbers but stay with the "Complete Solution" emphasizing that the CS will change for each customer so attachments don't matter as much and making sure each customer walks out of the store with what they NEED. I hope this change will trickle down to the people in my posotion and people will begin to treat us with more respect. There are still some specialists who hassle us or think out position is useless and it bugs me because it's not as easy as it sounds to stand at the door and say "Hi, how can I help you?" all day and deal with ridiculous questions and impatient people who treat you like YOU'RE the one who broke their machine.

We made candy last night and everyone got manic and punchy around 11pm because we all had sugar highs. My sister and I LOST it when mom turns to us and says "Who wants to cream?" And she meant THE FROSTING she was making but we took it south and laughed for 10 minutes straight. The pink and chocolate candies turned out looking very nice but the yellow got ruined when mum tried to smooth it out and made it grainy. Oh well. They are like fluffy smooth peanut butter nougats with chocolate coating.

S made itty bitty cupcakes and used frosting mom had made but added too much almond flavouring so they tasted good but had a bitter aftertaste. They did look adorable though.

Dinner today was turkey, braised carrots with dill, potatos au gratin, rolls, asparagus, and for dessert we had the popcorn balls I made with grandma yesterday, the blissfully bad for you sugar cookies with pink frosting and coffee.

I took a nap for my headache (didn't help) and then got up to watch my niece and nephew hunt eggs.

When they left I crammed tears back so far into my head I thought my sinuses would explode.

As for the headaches... they are keeping me from sleeping well because they have been getting MORE painful when I lay down. I work tomorrow with slightly longer hours so I hope I have a good day because I am not especially in the mood to have a bad one you know?

In fact, here's hoping I have a wonderful Spring and earn some respect from my team members!

*determined face*

I PLAN ON HAVING A GOOD SPRING! I PLAN ON *LIKING* WHAT I DO! I PLAN ON BEING *MORE* PRODUCTIVE! I PLAN ON GETTING RID OF MY HEADACHES!

SO YOU HEAR ME WORLD? I AM NOT GOING TO FAIL!

I AM GOING TO KICK BUTT AND TAKE NAMES AND GOSH DARN IT, I AM GOING TO FREAKING *LOOOOVE* IT!!!!!!!!!