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  1. he’s in Austin now….

    October 7, 2008 by shishnit

    I’ve had a totally crap kinda couple of days and today I heard from TonyMacaroni.  This made me especially happy because it has been about six months since I really spoke with him.  He moved away from San Antonio, spent a few months back in his hometown in Indianapolis and is now living in Austin working for a college there.  He seems to be happier now…and that makes me happy.

    I don’t have gagloads of friends but the one’s I do have are amazingly good friendships.  I was so thrilled when I got a voicemail from him that went something like this….

    “Hey Kristy it’s really unfortunate that you don’t have the time to talk to me right now. I was really hoping that you could read me a very clever email.  So my new number is 510-***-***** And if you don’t know who this is then you suck because you’re one of my most favorite people in the world. So hit me up.  Uhh later.”

    I suppose in my transcribing this message there’s really nothing extra fantastic about it except that its from TonyMac and in my world that’s awesome.  I used to sit in the same office as Tony and I used to read him all my best emails…he hated it and therefore I did it more and more often.  It’s now legendary. 

    Tony’s one of my most favorite people too.  I don’t often like a lot of people I encounter in the workworld and so…yah.  Anyways..hearing from TonyMacaroni made my day.  This one simple voicemail and re-contact with a good friend/former co-worker was the thing that jumpstarted me out of the “oh my fucking god my kid is missing” funk I’ve been in. 

    Especially when we began to exchange emails trying to catch up with one another and he said this, “I remember seeing pictures of the house, so that’s pretty awesome. How is your son? I bet he’s still awesome, like he always has been. I hope the holy-mother-mary-of-god-lovin-father hasn’t screwed him up too much, cause he’s still got a rockin mom. And it’s really, really cool that you’re about to be degreed. I’m so excited here because I’m going to get my degree in something I love and have always wanted to do.”

    I’m just happy..happy to know how he is and that he’s excited again about life and lots of other things.  Tonymac had some tough times over the last year.  He’s back and doing well and that makes me so happy inside.


  2. have you ever visited Mt. Sickmore?

    June 10, 2008 by shishnit

    Chad  [11:30 AM]:
    but I feel an Iaaacie-simon-ashe-abrahame-bobo-**my name here**day coming on
    Kristy  [11:33 AM]:
    lol
    Kristy  [11:33 AM]:
    how did MY name get attached to that?
    Chad  [11:33 AM]:
    well, I look at it as Mt Rushmore
    Chad  [11:33 AM]:
    but instead of presidents
    Chad  [11:33 AM]:
    its the faces of the famous sick day takers
    Chad  [11:33 AM]:
    Mt. Sickmore
    Kristy  [11:37 AM]:
    lol
    Kristy  [11:37 AM]:
    you’re hilarious
    Kristy  [11:37 AM]:
    Mt. Sickmore
    Chad  [11:37 AM]:
    just sayin
    Chad  [11:38 AM]:
    you guys are the fore-fathers of the almighty sick day and you should be honored
    Chad  [11:38 AM]:
    Simon is George Washington
    Chad  [11:38 AM]:
    of course
    Kristy  [11:38 AM]:
    the founding mother of Mt. Sickmore
    Chad  [11:38 AM]:
    she is the jimi hendrix of sick days

    we get a lot of sick days where I work, and I take ‘em accordingly.


  3. Things I never write about in my blog that I am going to write about today

    May 20, 2008 by shishnit

    I hate mommy blogs whereby the mother complains about being a stay at home mom, complains about her whiney bratty children and utterly has no gratitude for anything in her life.  Hate them. I could provide a list, but I’m sure everyone’s read one or two or three thousand of these ranting bitches blog’s. Yes, attack me, I don’t care.  I’m sick of them.

    My mother used to listen to “My Sharona” by the Knack full blast on the radio when it came on.  Meaning this was before cassette tapes and CD’s even.  She had an 8-track player in her car when I was a young child.  This is the only song that reminds me of my mother and wouldn’t you know it, I hear the damn thing all the time.  I never speak about how much the chosen absence of my mother (her choice) affects me.  Mostly because I have learned to move through the world without a mother, but it doesn’t mean it is easy.  It can be lonely and heart wrenching.  She turned 60 this year.  It’s been 17 years.  In two more years I will have lived as much of my life without a mother as I did with one.

    Rick’s brother Randy wants to quit his job. Ok I don’t think he wants to but his gf wants him too so he can stay home and watch Matthew all day.  She has to do some sort of nursing training and they have never put Matthew with a daycare or a babysitter and low and behold that would cost money so Randy is considering quitting his job. I have one thing to say….MISTAKE.  His gf is STILL FOR THE LOVE OF GOD married to someone else.  Therefore she can’t put Randy on her health insurance, etc.  And if she ever decides to up and leave him like she left the last one, he’s f’d.

    My son came to me about 9 months ago and told me he thinks he is bisexual.  I think its highly possible that he’s simply just gay. I also could care less what he decides his sexual preference is.  My ex-husband is a Jesus Convenient and refuses to believe this is possible, because his lame ass considers homosexuality a sin.  Fool.  Have I mentioned lately how much I hate him?

    I snore.  At night if it wakes Rick up, he will often wake up and act like a fool about how I am somehow doing this on purpose and that I can control my nasal passages and their behavior while I’m sleeping. This pisses me off because Rick also snores, but when his snoring bothers me, I remove myself from the bedroom and let him sleep.  I resent that I quietly do this but he doesn’t.  

    I got asked out today by a cute guy.  A guy that I see often but don’t pay any mind to because I’m happily married, a guy that I only know in passing because he’s the delivery boy that brings my lunch occasionally when I order out from his place of business. I would venture to guess that he’s about 26 years old.  Considering my age, this is a nice compliment.  He had no clue, thought I was his age.  

    In the last few months my ex-husband has a. had his house in foreclosure (it appears he may have restructured his loan for the time being), b. pled guilty to writing a rubber check for over 4k. (has to pay it back with fines and costs) and c. lost his drivers license (public records doesn’t say why but I think it might be because he hasn’t paid on the aforementioned restitution on time, etc.  I haven’t talked about any of it because while it concerns me, I’ve tried to move away from it as much as possible.  

    A few days ago I drove down the street that I used to own a house on, the house that was foreclosed on due to the ex-husband’s lying and cheating ways.  I noticed that the next door neighbor’s house looked entirely different.  The previous next whore neighbors house that is.  And it had a for sale sign in front.  The next day I hunted down the house on realtor.com to learn that her ex-husband remodeled the entire house and now lives in a much nicer house with his new woman.  I hope he makes a killing on that remodel job because he deserves it.  And yes, maybe I’m crazy because I still always wish the best for that man. We were both equally wronged by our spouses, and the best revenge is to live a better life than theirs.

    After being in college since Jan of 2005 I find it nearly impossible to write without fixing sentences etc.  It’s taken some of the blog writing and poetry writing thunder out of my storm.

    I bought a house, we bought a house. (Technically I did it…but technically it’s our house) and we both still have savings.  And that my friend’s is sweet.

    List of things I want to do to the house.

    1. put a door in to access the outside patio without walking around the entire left side of the house
    2. Paint all the rooms
    3. Have a party
    4. Organize
    5. Hang up art, candles, pictures, etc.
    6. Buy patio furniture
    7. Organize 2nd bedroom
    8. find professional kitchen type shelves for kitchen (help!)

    I am taking a film class after I finish Astronomy and Mythology.  Nice.  I can’t wait.  Something creative. I also got a flat screen TV for my birthday from Rick, it’s going in the bedroom.  

    Well there you have it, if I have talked about any of these things before I don’t recall. 


  4. flameR

    May 14, 2008 by shishnit

    One of my coworkers who I adore and love to death happens to be gay.  This is a complete side note in my heart and soul because it’s of no consequence to me whatsoever.  I adore this guy because he happens to be one of the nicest people I’ve ever encountered and he’s recently endured a ton of my seeking information from him, all with a smile on his face.

    However, he stresses out at work a lot.  Of course, there’s an easy explanation for this.  His job is mucho stressful. 

    He buys lotions and potions for in his cubicle that are meant to reduce stress.  Often after a particularly stressful moment he will open the lotion and tell us all to take a good whiff.  It’s quite comical really.  But he’s so sweet and most of us just ache for his stressfreeness.  (that should be a word!)

    Friday is his birthday.  I bought him a Flameless candle for in his cube.  It uses batteries and doesn’t have a real flame.  We are not allowed to burn candles at work.  He loves it.  I bought it in hopes of adding to his ZEN type cubicle.

    However in a hilarious moment he came to me and in a low tone said “this is totally not politically correct…this “flameless” part on this box, I am a total FLAMER!”  He then threw up his arms and danced off.

    And that was the best moment I’ve had all week at work.  That one was priceless.  And that was the best $4.99 I’ve ever spent at CVS.


  5. inspiring people

    May 12, 2008 by shishnit

    My girlfriend Rosetta has a pretty amazing husband.  He was featured in the newspaper today. His full time job is as a musician and she’s a stay at home mom who picks up part time work to get out of the house occasionally.  They are the wonderful parents of my youngest wedding guest, Evan.  Evan is one blessed kid to have both his parents raising him on a daily basis nearly fulltime.  Most of his Daddy’s gigs happen after he’s safety tucked into bed.  But Evan is a budding guitar player himself…look out Dad, he might take over.

    The feature story is here
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