A Shocking Experience

This is going to be a short post. I had my ADJ class tonight and they did a taser demonstration. A few months ago a I did a project for another class advocating for the use of tasers to deter criminal activity. Tasers are a non-lethal way of obtaining criminals. Basically two probes are shot from the taser and roughly 20,000 volts of electricity are sent through your body. The shock effects your central nervous system freezing your muscles. It's really a good alternative. Any way.... I volunteered to be tasered. I figured since I advocated for it I should know how it really feels. Well... it f-ing hurts like a mother for all of you who were wondering. I recommend never being placed in a situation where you could be tasered and if you are just give up because it's not worth it.

Jenna's 21!

So I survived my first full week at DCF. I even made a stalker this week on my brisk three block walk to the office. Apparently I am God's gift to all men blah blah blah. The week went by pretty fast and I met a lot of cool people. I actually was out going and made new friends. I never talk to people first. I'm not really into awkward conversations that end up going no where. But anyway this girl Jenn from my office is really cool. We've known one another for a week and we can already finish on another's sentences. The bad part is they are usually mean and sarcastic. We've already talked about all of the people in our class and have a million inside jokes. Somehow I always manage to make friends with people just as sarcastic and evil as I am. Besides our constant conversations about other people we get along really well. But.. Enough about DCF for now.
Jenna turned 21 on Saturday! I can't believe she's finally 21. We all went out to help her "forget" her birthday. Surprisingly we just got a little tipsy and she didn't puke her brains out. Since she's had the baby she's changed a lot and it's funny to she the responsible adult side of Jenna. We ended up going to Foxwoods because it was Mardi Gras at BB King. We danced for about two hours then we went and gambled away enough money to realize how stupid we were. After that we bar hopped and ended up at a late night diner trying to soak up the alcohol. It was Jenna's night so we pretty much followed her lead.
On another note Linus is coming around more and more every day.

Don't Cry Over Spilt OJ

This is my first full week with DCF and so far it has been interesting. I've found the whole experience to rather humorous to say the least. I showed up Monday running a few minutes behind because my travel mug mysteriously opened itself up and spill OJ all over my bag and things. What a way to start the day! When I got there the supervisor I was suppose to report to was not in fact my supervisor. She took me and my group on a tour until my manager did show up. The tour was a brisk walk through 5 floors (in 4 inch heels). Then I met my manager who is only going to manage my group for a little while until we get a real supervisor. We were given cubicles without computers or phones. The office is switching around so my desk might not be my desk next time I go to the office. (LOL) From here we were given people to shadow. While we waited to be assigned we were told to explore the computer (on someone else's desk). Our supervisor told us that if the person we were assigned to was done for the day and she was not there to help us to ask someone else if we could help them or shadow them. Needless to say... it was quite the first day. Today I was at the academy all day learning stuff. We played a game based our 22 key targets and my team kicked ass majorly. We were so far ahead of everyone else the instructor stopped the game. The academy wasn't that bad.. I only have to do the drive to the academy 36 times in the next ten months. I'm starting to get used to the hours but I'm exhausted by 6pm. I always wanted a 7-3 kinda job with weekends off but... it's rough getting up with the sun and wanting to go to bed before the sun goes down. These next few weeks are going to be rough but I'm ready.

Father Time is Catching Up!

This past few weeks have been absolutely insane. I've been so busy trying to close out my old cases and trying to get ready for my new job. I started DCF on Friday. I had an all day training in Hartford. I had to wake up at 5:30 to make sure I would be there on time. I'm not really a waking up early kinda gal. I'm more of the sleep until noon type. Anyway... I spent all day in a room with about 20 other people going over the usual HR type of stuff. You know don't sexually harass anyone blah blah blah. After my long day there I got to do a long drive home. I've come to realize that with the new job comes responsibility. I won't be able to do any of the stupid shit I've been doing. I'll never be able to do late night scavenger hunts, flip cup tourneys, making music videos, and all that other stupid stuff. I went shopping for my adult clothes this weekend. I now own more suits, slacks, heels, and dress shirts then I have ever cared to own.

Yay Linus

So tonight turned out to be a very different kind of night in our house. For the last week Mr. Linus has been hiding, hissing, and trying to claw our eyes out. I've been looking into a replacement for him. Tonight that foster home emailed me telling me another family was looking into the same cat as us but we had first choice. I told them to let him go to the other family because we were still working with Linus. After I emailed her back I looked at Linus, who was snuggling with me, (I've been doing intensive snuggling interventions with him.) and told him we were keeping him with or without his attitude. He instantly jumped up and started kissing me and running around. I was taken back because up until that moment I was sure he was contemplating my demise. Since then he's been playing (cautiously) with Baxter and eating like a fool. I'm so happy he's coming around! Looks like Linus is officially a Davis!

A Day of Love

It's Valentine's Day! I can't wait until Anthony gets home so we can celebrate. It sucks that he had to work today and my client cancelled so I've been doing Valentine's homework all day and running errands. I am officially a CT resident now. I went and got my license today. It only cost me over a $100.00. I can't believe how expensive it was. My picture on this one is alot better than my old RI license. I don't look like a complete serial killer. No other big news to report today. Happy Valentine's Day!!

Oh Linus

So this whole getting Baxter a friend has been tougher than we imagined. Baxter is a little bitter but not a total bully. Linus on the other hand has been a handful. The poor little guy is nervous as can be. He won't come to me or Anthony and up until this morning he wasn't eating or drinking. I understand he is scared but damn this is hard. I want it to work out because he deserves a good home. He clearly misses his old home. We're going to see how he is the rest of the week and if he is the same we're going to bring him back to the shelter. He really is a cutie but he's being a stinker right now.

Things You Probably Didn't Need to Know

Sometimes I can really develop child-like habits. For example I get food fixations. Sometimes when I find a food that I like I eat large quantities over a long period of time. I'm not talking about junk food or unhealthy foods either I'm talking vegetables and what not. I know that I do this so I have to monitor what I buy at the grocery store. I know what foods trigger this and will allow myself to have them in moderation. Sometimes I find new foods and the cycle begins again. Now you might be thinking why is this a bad thing if it's healthy food? Not all food that is good for you produces good results. Junior year of college a certain roommate (name withheld to protect individual from possible embarrassment) and I ate large quantities of Asparagus for a few weeks. Despite the fact that asparagus is expensive it has another downfall. Consuming too much asparagus makes your urine stink. I know gross. The healthy aspects of it give your urine a nice acetone smell. You pretty much pee nail polish remover. I've also learned that white grape juice is large quantities turns your pee bright green. I love white grape juice so much that I can't even buy it. I used to drink a minimum of 2 gallons of the stuff a week. That is until I started peeing highlighter fluid. My latest conclusion, broccoli not only turns your pee green but it makes it smell too. I've recently been consuming too much broccoli come to find.
This concludes the things you probably didn't need to know portion of my blog!

A New Addition to the Family

Soo.... Anthony and I are going to add a new addition to our little family. We got Baxter in July and as you all know he is an extremely loving and needy little fellow. However, as much as I love Baxter, there is not enough time in the day to give him the unconditional love in the world to appease him. Now that I'll be working 40 hours a week again there really isn't going to be enough time to spread around. So... back to the addition. We're getting another cat this weekend. We're adopting him from a shelter. Right now he is in a foster home so we are picking him up on Saturday. His name is Linus and he an Orange tabby like our little darling Baxter.
Last week Baxter saw another cat on tv and ran over to it. He kept trying to touch the cat and started rubbing his face on the screen. Even after the cat was gone he stayed there looking for him. We decided it was time to get him a much needed friend. Our suspicion that Baxter needed a friend was confirmed.

I think I'm officially an adult now!

So it's been a few days since I accepted the job with DCYF. I've had some time to let all the details sink in and I guess this means I'm officially an adult now. I mean technically I've legally been an adult for the last four years but this is different. I went to college so I could have a career, this career. I'm not saying my work at tides isn't a great job or a worthy one. I love Tides and I'll be sad leaving my little guy. But... I haven't worked a 40 hour week in almost six months. This might take some getting used to. Anthony and I have always talked about what we'd like our yearly income to be in five years to ten years. Well, this job will put us in our projected range. It's still a lot to take in. I'll be doing child removal and pretty much telling people they are bad and unfit parents. It's definitely not a job that comes with a big fan base. I'm actually beginning my career, my adult life, I'm jumping without a net.