What excitement and tons of horse terminology

Exciting night! After Vx and I came home f/a restaurant, we were out in the parking lot putting our new tags on our vehicles (nothing special, the state just changed them). When we were working on his(it's tougher to change than mine), we saw a car chase through our apartment parking lot! The driver wasn't going terribly fast, but faster than you should in a parking lot w/dips and speed bumps. Everyone came out of their apt's, kids rode their bikes into the neighborhood behind us (where the suspect went), the police chopper flew over us several times, in the six years I've lived here, there's never been this much excitement EVER! If that wasn't enough, when I got to work, a nearby baseball field was shooting off fireworks! I went down to the apron and watched all the pretty colors.

For the non-horse racing people, wikipedia defines An apron of a racetrack is the part going around the track below the yellow line. In more simpler terms, it's this paved area where you can stand next to the track to see the races real close, the winner's circle is also located there. At FMT, there's also areas there where you can place bets, food and drink concessions (w/ or w/o alcohol), a few chairs, plants, and simulcast of those races and maybe a few others as well. FMT cordinates w/this baseball field so races aren't being ran while the fireworks are going off. For people who don't know this, most horses are easily spooked, especially horses that are pumped w/vitamins *coughdrugscough* which in turn can injure or kill the jockey riding them. Some have been trained so things don't bother them (Budweiser Clydesdales are a great example), many (like Bud's horses) also wear blinkers (also known as blinders or "winkers," used to restrict the horse's vision). Wow! I have learned more than I realised from ES and FMT, if only I knew more about the other events I've worked at (how to speak Spanish, guns, cars, home and garden, etc.). Ok, no more information overload, I need to finish some things up and go to bed, goodnight/day y'all!

Six Word Saturday

I got last summer's job back!

To go more into details, the co-worker who was doing my job about 5 nights a week decided to quit, so I will probably be doing this job every single night til the end of July. While I enjoy having the guarenteed hours, idk if I really want to deal w/the bs every single night. I shouldn't be making anymore trips during that time, and my headaches have gotten better, so hopefully I can handle it. If not, then I'm sure the other person can do what I did a few times last year, cover both posts, stay most of the time at the other one, then do my rounds about every hour like I'm supposed to. Some of my clothes are either on their last threads or need to be thrown out, so I see some of the money going towards a few new pairs of shoes, some new jeans, and Vx could use a few items as well. If my car needs work done on it, some will go towards that (new tires? new brakes? idk). Of course moving would be nice, but who knows when that'll happen.

FMT, Vx's teeth, and Salsa

So the man who's doing my job 5 nights a week called me Monday evening to fill in for him last night. A woman who was working at the gate when I came in "didn't tell me" that I may get to do it 5-7 nights a week like I did last summer, and the other guy may quit. While it would be nice to have more hours, I was hesitant to do the job again this summer (reason why I procrastinated and he got the job). While some things have improved in the last week or so, (I'm not the only person there at night, some lights were left on all night, etc.) I still don't have a gator like I'm supposed to have for rounds (I can do them w/some modifications in my car, and I'm not going as often), and I still can't tell well enough if a horse has escaped or not since this one set of lights that always stayed on before aren't on.

Vx had some trouble w/some teeth yesterday, so he visited my last dentist, he wasn't impressed. The few times I had been to him, I didn't need any work done, they were check-ups, so I didn't know. My mom goes to him as well, he's worked on her teeth and she just seems to love him. She also brushes her teeth (real and fake) several times a day, while were more "realistic" and try to stick a toothbrush in our mouths at least once a day.

Vx has orders and a plane ticket to visit Salsa next week for a class. If one month translates into 3 days, then how long will a week be? Will he get to the airport near there and immediatly board a plane home? Well see...

Thursday: Funny Pet Moments

Funny pet pics from this site.

Yesterday after typing my blog, I was still awake about 7:30am and I didn't feel very tired, so I decided to go ahead and stay up a little longer to pick up my prescription and get my tag. I left the apt. about 8am and I was back home w/both things by 9am! I had to drive 5 miles south for the prescription, then 2 miles west and 6 miles north for the tag (passed another tag office that wasn't open yet). I was amazed how quick that took, if I was getting a driver's license I would have had a long line to wait in, but the people that take care of tags and stuff were all available. Since Oklahoma decided to do a complete make-over of the tags, I had to get a new one, Vx still needs to put it on my car, he still doesn't have his on his vehicle and it expired in December. He said a cop pulled up behind him, so he stuck the new tag out the driver's window and the cop passed him and shook his head. 

it's been an FMT kind of day

So I woke up early Monday for some odd reason. When I woke up, I found several text messages on my phone, 2 f/Buddy. He had the day off and thought he'd check in on me. I found out yesterday was his birthday, I'm such a horrible friend, I had completely forgotten when his birthday was. So we have something else in common: sometimes our birthdays fall on holidays (mine's sometimes on President's Day). He had been out at the river on the walking trails and I guess that made him think of me for some reason (we never spent time there, but it was near where I got married, but he didn't come). I told him about mom's new boyfriend f/her job and he made jokes about me doing the same thing (that's how I met him [FMT] and Vx [ES], & my mom's dated men f/her job before). I told him I'm back at FMT, he reacted the way I figured he would. It was a short but sweet conversation. Afterwards, the man who's doing my job 5 nights/week calls me, he wants me to cover for him Thursday night, I told him I would, so I'll get 3 nights guaranteed this week.

Last night, a musical guests I love and have loved for years was on Jimmy Fallon's show, this was the first time I had seen the show, it was good to see David, Andy and Neal again. I miss seeing those guys perform on a frequent basis, but I am glad they are getting the attention they deserve.

This week I'm gonna mess up my sleep schedule to get some things done, today I have to pick up a prescription during the times I usually sleep (about 8a-4p), so it'll be tough, but it has to be done (I need it tonight), sometime before the 30th I have to get my car tag renewed (8a-5p for the closest tag office), get my license so I can continue to work at FMT on Thursday (that's when they start doing them, I think they open at 9a), and I should probably make sure my car really is ok or not (my shop's hours are 8a-4p or 5p). I procrastinated on the tag (it expired on April 30th w/30 days grace), my car being at the dealership and Vx working last Thursday caused me to not pick up my prescription (we picked up the car after 4p), and Thursday was when I found out about FMT, so I wanted to make sure I slept well so I can stay up all night Friday night, and then there's Memorial Day, dr.'s office where my prescription is was closed Saturday=Monday.

Earlier while trying to pick out some clothes for the next few days (it helps me to do this when I have time constraints), I found a necklace I bought a few years ago, it was a horse shoe w/the word "love" written on it. I placed it on the hanger w/a red hair tie for Thursday night/Friday morning, I thought it was appropriate, you do have to have somewhat of a love for horses to survive employment for FMT, especially doing what I sometimes do. 

Memorial Day

I hope everyone's enjoying the holiday weekend, please don't forget the reason for the holiday, U.S. men and women who died while in the military service. Also remember the people who aren't fortunate to have this day off, military, security personnel, media, hospital workers, fire departments, ambulance crews, various police forces and many others. There are checkpoints set up in various places, so please don't drink and drive, especially this weekend. Remember the workers at the gas stations, grocery stores, and pharmacys so you may purchase last minute items, like gas to return home, that loaf of bread you forget for your sandwiches, or medicine incase you need medication. Any empty buildings you may drive by will probably have a security guard inside since criminals also don't take holidays off. If bad Wx makes an appearance, the media will be there to let you know if your in the path of a storm, and other important information you may need to know. If your involved in a car wreck, you will receive the proper attention needed. If you are injured severly, go into labor, or have a heart attack, there will be people at the hospital to help you out, and of course, as we are all aware of, terrorists don't take off on holidays either. Many of the above mentioned workers that are working today could very well be someone in the Reserves, Natinoal Guard, or a veteran. Whether you have the day off or not, I hope it is a good and safe day. 

It's dark in here...

Tonight, I found out one of the new CEO's rules, he wants overnight security to work in the dark. Why, so we can't see break-ins? Loose horses? What really bothers me about this is the fact that he retired from the police department, he's the former security director, so of all people he should understand how important it is for us to have a little bit of light to see if someone is breaking into our buildings, vehicles, or if an animal gets loose so that we can return it to a stall. It explains the rise in vehicle break-ins. I've only been at this post one other time when it was this dark, and that was when the electricity went out for about a minute during a storm. I almost tripped on some uneven pavement earlier in one of the more lit areas, my leg didn't enjoy that. I'm not even trying to walk around like I probably should, I'm just sitting in my car hoping no one walks up to it w/a gun or something. I'm locked in my car w/a window down (so I can hear things going on and for air) but any person can walk into the area I'm at. Thanks, you fuckin (retired) pig!

Six Word Saturday

Remember the reason for Memorial Day.

more change

On another blog I read (maybe the same one I found the link for the signature), I also found out how to have signatures automatically on your posts (thanks to whoever replied on her blog how to post these). Is my lack of computer stuff scaring you away yet? Also, for anyone else who's wondering why I don't have an avatar on twitter, the few pictures I have on my computer that I want to use all need to be resized (all are too big). Someone did tell me how to do so (upload to photobucket or flickr), I just haven't actually messed around with that yet. The guitar picture and the ones of P that I've posted on here were taken with my cell phone. I want some different pictures to use for my blogger profile, twitter, and other sites, I just don't know what.

Thursday morning, I took my car back to the dealership to have the steering-something-or-another recall fixed (I have it in writing in my car). They also conveniently checked out some other things and informed me that 3 of my tires are showing the core, one brake is at 10% and the other is 15% so I'll visit my mechanic next week to get a second opinion on the issues. When I got home after dropping my car off, I went to bed, I woke up to 4 voicemails, 1 f/ES boss, 1 f/my mom in regards to the ES boss's message, and 2 f/the dealership. The dealership ones were about the above mentioned items, and the other 2 were about working Friday night. That convinced me to finally call the FMT boss, the guy that worked my nights off last season is doing it, but I'm going to work his nights off, sort of a role reversal. He wants Fri. and Sat. nights off, so I'll be working those nights til the end of July, and if ES needs me, I'm still available the rest of the time (incase you were wondering, my mom's going to work Friday night for ES).

Thursday night, Vx, osil's 2 son's and I went to see Terminator. I never saw the other movies, but I had been watching some of the episodes w/Vx, so I wasn't completely lost, its not too bad of a movie. It was the oldest's birthday (he's the one that graduated Tuesday night), so we took them out to dinner afterwards.