does anyone else get cravings for those taco bell cheesy double-beef burritos like mike and i? i think they put crack in those or something, because i am addicteddddd. it's worse than pregnant woman + pickles if i ever get pregnant, taco bell better watch it. (i know taco bell is notorious for provoking scary food stories, but ignorance is bliss in this case.) i spent the past week-end working third shift at ye olde race-track. the event was so mild compared to every other year; we didn't need to call the ambulance service even once, and the sheriff's department actually were able to leave at midnight. amazing. i'm still so tired from the shift change, but i'm back to my normal hours so i'm hoping i'll adjust quickly. i did get a pay rise this year, so it's nothing i can't deal with. ;) it has been so busy round here. we're making progress on the wedding plans, though i'm trying to avoid mike's mum as she seems to think she's got full creative licence. she's got three other kids - one of which being a daughter - and i'm the only girl in my family, yet she acts as though it's her wedding to plan. i've been taking it with a grain of salt, but i've also not seen her much. mike & i are doing things our way (well, more mine, i suppose, as he's not particularly enthralled by wedding planning), so that's that. it doesn't feel like summer at all. the temperature has been 5-15ºC (42-59ºF) during the past few days, and it won't be warming up much during the next few. i actually prefer this quite a bit; autumn is my favourite season, summer my least-favourite. i am not fond of really hot temperatures; while it'd be nice to be a bit warmer, i'm not going to complain about what we've got. my 'regular' job has been well enough. i'm still getting hours. no pay rise as with my other job, but at least i'm still working. payin' tha biiiiillz. i've been so busy, but my mind is sort of fried. there must be something less boring for me to write about, but i can't think of it right now. saddddddd: my brother is deployed again. happyyyyy:we have skype and he got his webcam to work. reallyyyy sadddd:he will miss the wedding. if we can hook up the skype & webcam during the wedding, he can sorta be there - even if not actually be there....which is pretty fair. i love my brother; he's the only one i've got. it makes me really sad that he won't be at the wedding, but mike said we could visit him in CO after he gets back, so that would be super-swell. mike's career is going quite well, and he's been taking classes at the company's suggestion so he can move up the ladder. he's already working at a higher skill level than his title indicates, and it sounds like the company really values him. it's a good thing. (= anyhow. taco-taco-tacohhhhhh BELL. ___________ (not-a-case-of-the) monday, 8 june 2009 1930 CDT (GMT -6)