I've come to the conclusion...

My facebook status updates are just a smidge too long. Pair that with my new phone puts a quota cap on how many characters I can use in said status updates=me editing like I'm updating through Twitter. So I may just start posting relatively short blog updates. This is all a bit lofty as far as goals go. I'm finishing up my winter break after my first semester of nursing school. I passed all my classes, got taken down a notch by the twenty-something, over-achievers, and came to the conclusion (on that particular topic) that I'm okay with B's and if the class is really tough for me to grasp a C (insert a very loud and dramatic gasp here). The testing that they have us do at the end of each semester predicts that I'll, more likely than not, pass the NCLEX. So, guess what, that's all I need and I can't let nursing school consume me, as unfortunate as that may be to my cumulative GPA. I was pretty happy with the balance I had of family, friends, and school.

Now, the original reason for this post...I need to purchase a shop vac. I tried with much frustration to vacuum up the remnants of Christmas with my current Bissell and decided that that was futile. Since I don't think Dirty will let me use the remainder of the Christmas money to purchase a Dyson (which we really need in the House Full of Boys and me and a new addition, but I digress) I need to baby the Bissell and use a more equipped machine to pick up the pine needles.

Okay, one more update about the House Full of Boys...it's not just me in the girl realm here anymore. Well wait, I need to rewind a bit more. In August, we lost The Old Man. I have another post in the works. It was supposed to be a R.I.P./Memorial type of thing that I wrote when we lost him, but then I was sidetracked with nursing school. So I'll just make the statement that I'll edit that post held in cyberspace and if you want to read a sad portrait of when we lost The Old Man you can. Okay, where was I...We are no longer just a House Full of Boys and, of course, Me. On October 24, 2010, we adopted our new addition, Ida B. She, on her own, had a sad, challenging beginning, but now she's happy and healthy. It was a bit of an adjustment for all of us. She and Max didn't exactly "get along" to begin with. Now, they play and sometimes she even lets Max cuddle with her. That's not all that often, but Max has a new daytime companion, which is why we added her to the family to begin with. Okay, this quick burst of a post has turned into a slow, lingering post, which makes this new conclusion I've come to seem more abstract than ever.

I can't just sit down and write out a bit of what I'm thinking. It just starts to spew from my fingertips into the computer like proverbial word vomit. I guess maybe that's just what happens when you don't post for months. So maybe it's not so abstract?

Okay one more bit of word vomit for you. As I was finding links for the post, I wanted to say something about Tenth Life Cat Rescue, which is where we got Ida B. This is a small, local, no kill cat rescue. If you need a cat or kitten, check them out. If you don't want a cat or kitten, they have a trivia night coming up in February. I think last year the tables sold out. If I can find a website to link the info for the trivia night, and remember to follow-up, I'll do that later.

UPDATE: If you click the "adopted" link where I talk about us adopting Ida B., you go to the Tenth Life website. On their home page you will find the link for their Trivia Night coming up in February. Help the kittehs!