stephanie is: 
tired…
don’t mind the bags under my eyes… they are thanks to the 3-5 hours of sleep i’ve been getting per night. it is sad that 5 hours sounds like a long period to sleep now. when i get less, it is thanks to allergies and insomnia. bah, i say.
so we got our taxes done… it took a long time (partly because we waiting a while past when our appointment was for). we are getting money back from both state and federal taxes. since we’ve both been so extremely burt-out, we are basically putting the state refund towards a vacationin mid to late may (and the rest will go to the credit cards, i assume). v. a. c. t. i. o. n.
we are going to try to fly out to california, rent a car, and visit danny’s family (my family now too, i guess, since his grandparents are fond of introducing me as their granddaughter and danny as just my husband, hehe. they are silly.) we’d love to get together with friend-type people out there is possible too. i have my tentative vacation days approved by my manager so now we just have to talk to everyone, buy tickets (danny found a good special), and then start planning our route.
i need to remember to get a suitcase before then. mine is broken (the handle doesn’t pull out anymore because an airline bent it) and too small for a week-long trip (it is stewardess size). i shall keep an eye on kohls since they often have luggage sales.
tomorrow i will work my first “late night” shift. i’ll go in at 1pm for the normal night shift, then everyone else will leave at 8pm (except for a training class that is at that time). i’ll clean up the dogs’ dinners, take care of the day’s dishes, let them out to play for a bit, clean any rooms that need it, take them out to potty, and put them to bed. then after some cleaning chores i’ll leave at 11pm. if i end up not likeing it then they’ll probably train a new hire to eventually cover thursdays. we’ll see. it will be nice getting up late, for sure.
tonight there is a cam show at 11pm est. if you have submitted a join/renew request today – have no fear… i will be taking care of all accounts before the show. i just really need to do the whole dinner thing first. i have no idea what the show will be yet, but i generally don’t until 5 minutes beforehand.