I want to bask in the sun.

[jessicagallagher]

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“<3″ taken on January 4th, 2009

So, I slept last night, which is an accomplishment.  Although I’m still feeling exhausted today and can’t breathe.  I’m hoping after today the Prednisone that the doctor gave me will start kicking in and I’ll be able to actually function.  That would be a plus.

Happiness Is… Today my “happy” is Clea, featured above.  I can’t believe I’ve had her for six years already.  It doesn’t seem possible, but at the same time I can’t imagine my life without her.  She’s seen me through some tough times, that girl.  She was my only best friend for a while.  It makes me laugh, because she’s the most anti-social, skitzo, cross-eyed clutz cat I’ve ever met… but I wouldn’t have it any other way.  You know, when Simon first came here two summers ago, she wouldn’t even be in the same room with us.  I feared that she hated him and would never warm up to us again.  If you could only see the way she cuddles him now, you’d be jealous.  I know I am.  I am so unbelievably proud of her in dealing with Hopkins’ arrival.  I would have bet money that she would have to be separated from him for a while, because she’s always been so hostile towards other animals.  As you can see from the picture above, she has no problem chilling in the sun just a few feet away from Hopkins in his pen.  We can even sleep through the entire night without mishaps of her trying to sabotage his pen.  I feel like a proud parent!  She’s come a long way since her abusive relationship with my ex.  So, she is my Happy for today, because she never ceased to make my heart melt, even after six years.

Simon, despite catching my cold and feeling shitty, has been outside cleaning the car inside and out.  He came in a little while ago and asked me if I was going to get started on cleaning up a bit in here.  I made some comment about not being able to breathe, but now I feel guilty.  The place is a mess.  I suppose a little cleaning wouldn’t hurt.  I’ll reward myself with a nice, hot cup of tea afterwards, and maybe some reading.  Anything to keep my mind off of going back to work tomorrow.  I haven’t been there since Tuesday of last week.  Wince.

I attempted to fix my Twlight Cullen hoodie that I got from my aunt for Christmas today.  It’s better than it was, but it’s not completely the same.  Damn Hot Topic clothes.  I blame it on the fact that the material is that of a t-shirt and not of regular hoodie stuff… so the zipper is heavier in comparison.  When we washed it the first time, we didn’t dry it in fear that it would shrink… but that meant that it deformed the bottom hem and make it all stretched out.  I washed it again and dried it, in hopes that it would shrink in the right places.  It did, for the most part, but the zipper is all puckered and makes me look like I have an outtie belly button two inches long.  I ironed the hell out of the zipper, and it fixed it a bit… but it’s still stretched.  ARGH.  It makes me so angry.  I’d bring it back to the store, but my aunt - who purchased it online through HT’s website and paid with PayPal - already attempted to return the original size (which was the wrong one) to the store and they wouldn’t accept it, because of the PayPal payment.  So I’m pretty much stuck with it.  Freaking figures.

Moral of the story?  Don’t buy from Hot Topic!  They may have some cute stuff, but it never lasts.  Anything I’ve bought from them has either shrunk, stretched, or gotten tons of holes in it within weeks of owning it.  You think I would have learned my lesson.