Still sick....(shut up y'all)

:-( I think I still classify as being sick. Since September 4th I hadn't been feeling well. My throat was all ouchy, and I was coughing like crazy. But other than that, I felt a-ok. No fever, no other symptoms, and I just thought it was sinus crap. But by Sunday, September 9th I was thinking of getting my sorry ass to the doctor. On September 10th I saw my doctor, who diagnosed me with bronchitis, and put me on antibiotics (Z-pack) and oral steroids to help with the inflamation.

And I took my meds like a good girl, and didn't complain too much. My meds finished on Saturday, September 15th, but I am still coughing, and my throat is still phlegmy. But I don't have a sore throat. When I'm able to cough out my junk, it is slightly discolored, which makes me think infection is still there.

Which brings me to the question: do I drag my ass back to the doctor? This weekend I am going up to Lake George, for the 'cousin' trip. (It's a bunch of us cousin's and we go and have a rip-roaring time.) It is the first one I am going to in quite a few years. But I'm nervous too, because Lake George is having a cold front right now. So I'm nervous because if I go up there with lingering infection, am afraid it will blossom in to something worse. But I have no idea when I can get to the doctor.

How can you tell?

So here we go again....Orelinde is clueless when it comes to the 'boy factor' of life. How does one tell if another party is interested in them? I mean, when we were in grade school, and 'liked' someone it was easy to figure it out. Depending on who liked who, someone would punch the object of their affection, and then run away. OR, we would decide that the person of our affection had 'the cooties'. And this would go on for either the week, the term, or perhaps someones entire childhood. Having a crush on someone when you were a kid was much less complex than it is being a grown-up.

Or being as close to being a grown-up, as one can be with pink hi-lites. But I digress. Because after many months of doing the on-line dating thing, and then just giving up again I've finally been crushing on someone. But it's tricky, because technically we work together. We don't work in the same office, sitting side by side cube-wise but technically we work for the same department.

I am not giving away his name, nor have I come up with a nickname for him yet, to refer to him as in my blog. But he is cute, and very nice. And every day he comes in to chat with me. It isn't endless conversation ( as I think he doesn't want to have me caught by 'big dick' and get in trouble. But he swings by at least once, sometimes twice a day to say 'hi' or even 'toodles'. (His word, NOT mine.) :o) But is this just casual, friendly chatter? Or is he kind of interested? He did tell me he thinks my hair looks 'awesome' with the pink in it, and today (not to mention one night when I was going to a happy hour) did he comment on my outfit. Today I am wearing khaki, and have a military look going, which he was teasing me on. Is this just being nice, friend convo....or is he interested?

And don't dare tell me, to sniff around and suggest we go for coffee or drinks, or do something to even remotely suggest making the first move. BECAUSE I AM SHY. And jaded.....and don't want to be shooting out of my league. So until I have some other kind of proof that he IS interested in me, will continue to to ponder this. But I'd really, really like some feed back Ladies....guys....do we think this is interest or just friendly banter?

Things are just rosey

Ok...ok...so I know most of you are going to wrinkle your noses and make 'tut-tut' noises when you read this. I HAVE PINK HI-LITES!!I finally bit the bullet, and found a place who would do funky color hi-lites, and bought the stuff. Instead of going for the blue colors, like I had gravitated to, and even bought the clip in extension of....opted for pink. I used MANIC PANIC RED PASSION. I have a big strip of color underneath my hair, so when I pull my hair up, you can see it. And then on top, in my crown....I have pink too. Mom and Ida love it. Of course the boys of the office have yet to really say anything about it. My friends through my cousin Dee like it too.
On another note, I will be taking my side company Orelinde's Originals to (2) two local craft shows. One will be on September 29th, in my town....at St. Joseph's Church. The other will be held on October 13th, in Smithtown. So I have been a tornado of creative energy making the shower gels, body lotions, and Halloween soaps. Tonight I will continue with soaps, and painting of wooden home hangings as well.
And last but not least....yesterday was the mc-kittens 5th birthday!Yep...Pooka & Cro`i are five years old...and still acting the apples of my eye. I had ordered a Baskin & Robbin ice cream cake for them, but the order had been canceled as the cake decorator couldn't make a small cake look like a kitty. So instead we all had Carvel ice cream sundae's. (I know, not good for any of us.) But Pooka & Cro`i had soft-serve strawberry & pistachio, with whipped cream. (Blaze got some of theirs too. For dinner mom, Ida and I had pizza, with of course Blaze getting her own slice. Pooka and Cro`i got all kinds of kitty treats to eat, as well as two cans of Fancy Feast for birthday gifts. Afterwards Blaze kept giving Pooka kisses, and Pooka kept wacking her on the head. This went on for a good 3-minutes and then Pooka finally had enough of his sister's 'mooches. But I think they had a nice birthday.