Wow, I haven't been here since December? Huh, time sure flies when you're busy as hell...
Lots of stuff going on here. First I'll start with the sad and get it over with. A really close friend died over the Easter weekend. Not only was it Easter Weekend, but it was also the day our assistant front end manager left to go to another store (it was sad, there were tears and hugs, we all love her), and it was just two days before my birthday. He had gone into the hospital feeling quite ill and when I went to visit him he told me he was afraid the ambulance ride was the end for him. At that point he was feeling better and we were talking about when he was going to come home. We've been planning on getting a mortgage and buying a house to accommodate him as well, hoping to build him a basement apartment and such. Then I came home from work that day and Nak told me he didn't make it. He went into cardiac arrest and that was that. He had a pacemaker so they could only try to revive him manually, but it wasn't enough. I still believe the doctor he had is responsible for his death, because he switched up his meds and even took him off a couple of them completely (for example, his diabetes meds. Who the hell takes a diabetic off of diabetes meds?!). We were in the middle of watching Stargate SG-1 season 6, which he bought for us. We told him we wouldn't watch any of it until he got out of the hospital. Well, it's been since April and we still haven't started watching it again. Maybe during my vacation, if we're feeling comfortable enough.
So, that's pretty much it for the sad news. We miss him a lot, and it did take a little while before accepting that he's gone, but we're better now, and we have very fond memories, and we're happy that we could give him happiness in the last year or so of his life, because God knows his ungrateful family certainly didn't.
Okay, onto the next thing on the bill. That assistant manager I mentioned earlier? I have the job now. Boy it can be stressful! 40 hours a week, the pay isn't great, but it's not bad either. We're certainly living more comfortably than we ever have. I do my first bit as acting manager this week while the boss is on vacation. I'm nervous, but I'm sure I'll do fine. There's really only a couple of things that I really need to make sure I do as acting manager, and everything else is just work I do everyday anyway.
The biggest problem I have with the position is all the time I'm away from home. I would much rather be at home with my hubby and baby boy (who's going to be 3 on July 25th!!!!), but we need the money, so there's nothing I can do about it for now. Working has made me miss things, like Ryu's first steps and such. He's still not "talking", but Nak did say he was talking along with a whole half an episode of Ni-hao Kai-Lan, which I also missed because I was working. He said it sounded like a fuzzy radio station, but the words were there. He's not potty trained yet either, and he doesn't seem to want to be at this point. When we try to sit him on the potty he freaks out. He'll go upstairs and hide so he can crap in his Pull-Up. Oh, learning to use the stairs, something else I missed. *sigh* We've put him into speech therapy, and brought him to a pediatrician who diagnosed him with mild autism. So we've got papers and stuff to mail off to get him into a bunch of therapy that will take place about five days a week that will help him out, and, thank goodness for living where we do, because medicare covers the costs completely. But, it's funny, because he's so good when we take him out somewhere. It doesn't matter where we go, he's the perfect child. People comment on how well behaved he is, and when we tell them he's autistic they're totally shocked. Oh! And while I just glanced over at the titles of my other journal entries, that time last year when he spilled hot tea on him, he's all better now. He barely has a mark there at all. The skin is slightly lighter in the area, but it's not bad at all. I'm so glad, and I hope nothing like that ever happens again.
Wow, this is getting long winded. I guess that's what happens when I'm gone for so long. >.< I haven't drawn anything in months. I haven't had the time. Even when I get my vacation next month I won't have time. My mom will be visiting and we're going to do a bunch of stuff. I'm really looking forward to taking Ryu to the zoo for the first time. I hope he likes it. ^_^ Also I'll be getting tattoos done as well. I get the first one started in a week. It'll be the mommy and baby dragons I've wanted to get done since Ryu was born. The tattoo artist even designed it specially for me when I was casually talking to her about it one night (she works at Subway on weekends, which is where I met her, and in casual conversation told me she just so happens to be opening her own shop). It's so cool, I can't wait to get started and get some pictures! And then after that one I'm getting her to do one on my arm, one that she had already designed. It's gorgeous.
Anyway, I must be up in the morning, so I better log off.
I hope everyone's doing well. Comment and let me know how your summer is going and what your plans are for the rest of it. ^_^ I miss everyone! Night!