Embracing my inner dragon...

I have survived the week and have escaped mostly unscathed.  My stress levels remained high all week so I didn't get as much sleep as I should have.  I got my flu shot and had some sort of reaction; not only did I have a reaction at the injection site (a raised welt that was sore and warm to the touch - I still have a knot in the muscle at the injection site and I got my shot Wednesday morning) but I also had some intestinal discomfort/issues.  The combination did not leave me as a happy camper and it didn't necessarily help my stress levels.

On the plus side, I did hear from two of the jobs I applied for last weekend; one was a preliminary phone call from the corporate HR department (they'll pass my answers along to where I applied for them to decide to interview me or not) and I received an email from another company requesting a FaceTime interview which I think went pretty well (they had to finish their interviews, pass the candidates the liked to the next level and then do second interviews with the candidates they select).  So with all of this, we'll see what happens.  I have sent applications to a few more places as well.

I have done some local apartment hunting but have found that I am very limited to what's available to me because of my two dogs - it doesn't matter that they're old, little guys; lots of places here are not overly pet friendly and if they are, the rent is astronomical.  For the headache they have been at times, I have had them both since they were puppies and they have been my babies.  I actually had someone suggest to me this past week that I should just give them up since they're "only dogs and not only that, they're old dogs..."  Sorry, I can't do that; yes, they're old dogs and I don't know how much longer they'll be with me regardless but they're still my babies, I have fought tooth and nail to keep them and in the divorce decree I was charged with their care.  I think the one at least can tell that something is changing because I couldn't find him for a bit today and then I found him hiding under the kitchen table (there are times I swear he's part cat the way he hides sometimes - if I bought one of those cat tree climbers for him, he would probably be thrilled...).

With tomorrow being Halloween, the staff and I at work will be dressing up like we normally do.  Every year, we come up with a theme for our Halloween costumes and this year's theme is "mythical creatures."  Since I'm usually a villain or bad guy of sorts, this year I am going to be a dragon.  I have a dragon hooded sweatshirt, one of my large dance skirts, a dragon tail and leggings that have scales on them.  I even have a little stuffed dragon that will be going to work with me as my baby dragon sidekick/minion. With everything going on in my life currently, I think I need to learn to embrace my inner dragon...

Well my dear readers, I need to take a little bit of time tonight to make sure I have everything together so I can transform into my dragon-self for work tomorrow so I should probably bring this to a close for tonight.  I would ask what I did last week, that if you're the praying type, please say a prayer for this Gypsy as some big changes are coming my way in terms of where my quest is leading me.  Thanks for joining me and for your support!  =)