Baby is here! And healthy!

My little niece popped into the world earlier this week weighing just under 7 lbs. New mommy went into hospital to induce labor a few days early, but baby came on her original due date anyway. My family is never early to anything, anyway. :D
But poor young mom was in labor for over 24 hours! So hospital kept them for a few extra days.
I'm so happy! Even though I'll be broke in 2 months, apparently I might have hit a car 2 nights ago (I saw nothing, why are there no streetlights on that road? At least my car has no damage so it wasn't a hard hit.) And I've had a 2 week long period so far this month!! Is that the payback for 3 months of wonderfully short and pain free periods? I'm constantly tired, and turns out my chewable vitamins don't have iron! Time to get some Geritol, I guess. I'm usually ok, since I love red meat etc, but I guess 2 weeks of bleeding and my body said nope.
I got some pet stairs for my sweet kitty, who turns 18 this year. She still isn't using them, little brat. But they did just arrive today. She took forever to use a stool, too.
I found my own fave Starbucks drink, tho not quite on an addiction level. It's the Doubleshot coffee + protein in dark chocolate flavor. Nom... and caffeine doesn't keep me awake, it never has. It sometimes helps me stay focused, weird. My mom is the same. But I still get tired, even if I've had enough caffeine to feel jittery. Ugh, a jittery tiredness really sucks. But this stuff is sold in cans that I can stock up on during sales, and drink at my leisure. Yay!

Also, my main celebrity crush is still Samantha Ronson.  :)
Some things never change.
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Grandpa died today

This morning before I was even awake my last remaining grandparent. He was 96, had suffered a bad stroke years ago, developed alzheimers, and as he forgot what he ate, his diabetes slipped out of control.
But before his stroke, he was a dancer. He played the piano very well. He loved his wife, lost her to cancer.  He married again years later and lived that wife too, as did we. He lost her as well. He was a faithful husband, a good father, and smart enough to let his wife handle the finances. He was terrible with money. :)
He flew in the Air Force. He was in WW2. He never wanted to talk about it. We accepted that.
He pushed for the church elevator back in to 80s, so we've had an elevator and a fully handicap accessible church since the 80s.
We saw his death coming since last week, so this was not a surprise, but still.....
I miss him.

Checking in :)

Still unemployed, slightly annoyed. But I'm going to be an aunt, so my open schedule is helping the fam. Unchanged weight, adopted another stray cat, learning to cook, and forgetting my grammar. My bathroom sink refuses to drain yet again so I got a cheap yet big bowl and I wash my face and hands in that. At least I can use the tap, and still pretend I'm living in the Regency Era or something. Makeup collection still insane, but I have a system, incomplete but workable, and I do my face and hair every day.  It's fun, gets me in a mood to get stuff done, and uses my stash. The lovely ladies at the long hair forums figured out an ancient hairstyle worn by the Elling Woman, and I am practicing it. When I get it right, it's very comfy and stays put for about 3 days. Too bad I usually get it wrong and have to take it down from the pain.
Not much doing, really. I'm poor, quiet, and happy.

Well, well, well

My Lent plans went well enough until I watched bro's house and pets for almost a week. Free food yum! And sims 4, daily. I still prefer sims 3, mostly for the open world. But I'll admit sims 4 is pretty. There is a lot of detail to the visuals, it's a very pretty game. I just find it boring, and frustrating.  If I want a sim to stay in my dungeon I can't leave the lot or his needs will equalize and his location might change. And when I'm not running experiments I have to keep all my sims on the same lot unless I'm ok with giving up control. That's why I'm confused by people saying sims 4 has no rabbit holes.  Any sim off the active lot is functionally in a rabbit hole. There's no real control of the sim, just a short list of rabbit hole style options.
Anyway, back on track, I stuffed face at bro's, but am doing much better at home. To be fair, most of my good behavior comes from wondering  "can I afford to replace what I eat?" Oh, yay for being poor. I have got to get some income. Just 900 a month would cover my responsibilities, since mom doesn't charge me rent. She's so awesome, but can't handle all the bills alone. So guess I'll spend my days catching up on cleaning, maybe sell a few items, and guess I'm back to studying grammar in hopes of getting a proofreader job. Judging by that last sentence, I've got a lot of studying to do.

Hi 2018

Well, I'm fired. I dropped the Saturday shift at the very start of January and kept the 5 weekday shifts, then was fired a mere 3 weeks later. Still don't know why. Former boss just said I'd "been given many chances " to fix...... what? The only thing he complained about was the cluttered state of the house, the the lardasses' caseworkers both said I wasn't supposed to clean for them. Oh well, I wanted to quit anyway. Just not so soon. It's like one of those automated toilets flushing too soon. I'll decide when I'm done!
So, now what? I've got enough money for this month's bills, and my savings account has enough for next month's bills, but I really don't want to hit savings acct.
I'm thinking of selling some of the hand me downs I get from richer family.  Much of it doesn't fit. Why not get something out of it? And I need to downsize anyway. There are some things I'm ok with getting rid of, some things I want to keep, and some things I just want to use up.
Selling stuff would bring in some small income and downsizing would clear space for that sims 3 computer that is still in pieces 2 years later. Jobs take up too much energy from me, probably because I've yet to find a job I like. And I hate driving in winter. I've been enjoying the time off, staying in when it snows, and cleaning up after 7 months of exhaustion. I have a huge backup of recycling since the lardasses had no recycling collection at their apartment. I've also collected far too much junk food. My makeup collection is still insane.
And I really enjoy being with my cat. My oldest is 17 now, maybe 18 since she was an adopted stray and we're not sure when she was born. She sometimes let's me carry her up and down the stairs. She's a cuddly kitty and loves having me around more. So I'm actually quite happy, if you ignore the income problem.
And I need to try out for medicaid again. And call the student loan people. Sigh.
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The rest of this post is ed talk, so fell free to skip if you need to.
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I want to do a fast for Lent. It would be a keto fast, not a water fast,  because you know I want to protect what little muscle I have.  But a type of fast. The hard part will be not getting caught. Not because anyone could do anything, but because I don't want anyone to worry. I want to do 500 cals a day for the 40 days. Now Lent does not include Sundays as fast days. Sunday is deliberately excluded. So Lent is actually longer than 40 days. So I can eat whatever I want on Sunday, but I think for my own comfort, I'll aim for low carb fare.
Ash Wednesday is next week, so I have some prep time to hunt down some dinner options if I have to be seen eating.
I'm excited!  My brain works so much better during a fast. I'm more creative and I get so much more done.