I have been so swamped at work and at home that I have not had time to update in forever. My weekend was pretty good. Friday is a blur right now. I don’t remember too much. I think Paco and I watched a movie and then went to bed early. I remember we were both exhausted.
Saturday I went crazy and did a bunch of shopping. I went to Target for an exacto knife and came out having spent over $400. How does that happen? I bought of bunch of stuff for my apartment to get organized and continue making more space for Paco. I feel kind of stupid for not having done all of this before him. I would have had SO much space for me!
When Paco came home he told me he wasn’t feeling well. We went to get some dinner and then just relaxed at home. He was having some pain in his jaw, throat, and ear. It was supposed to be my night to go to Rainbow, but I decided to cancel since he was sick and couldn’t go with me. I wouldn’t have been able to enjoy myself knowing he was home.
Sunday we did a lot of shopping together. We went to have breakfast at Maudie’s Milagro and then went all over Austin just killing time and shopping. I bought some clothes from Urban Outfitters and a hat from Target. He bought some stuff too. We had a very nice day hanging out and shopping. When we got home I made him model for me and he made me take pictures, which I then edited for fun and had printed for him. You can click them to enlarge.
Monday was busy at work, as usual. I spent a lot of time calling various doctor’s offices and dentist offices to try and find a doctor and dentist for Paco that speaks Spanish. The dentist part didn’t take too long, but finding him an otorlaryngologist was not easy.
When I finally found two, they couldn’t take him until mid September and he needed to be seen much sooner. So I made him an appointment at the Austin Regional Clinic Urgent Care. He met me at my apartment and I took him in. It was very interesting having to be his translator, when I don’t speak that much Spanish. But the funny thing is that I still understand him and he understands me. The doctor and the receptionist both spoke Spanish but they had trouble communicating with him. They would ask him questions, or tell him things, and he wouldn’t understand… then I would repeat it and he would get it.
The problem usually is that since he’s kind of deaf, people talk to fast for him or they don’t speak loud enough. So I have to get his attention and repeat the information while making sure he’s looking directly at me. Somehow it all worked out and it turned out that he only had a cold. However I did get another appointment for him with an Otorlaryngologist for Friday. I’m taking off work early to take him in. I feel like a mommy.
After the doctor, we went to dinner at Fonda San Miguel to celebrate having made it three months together. THREE MONTHS! Dinner was nice and I ate way too much. I also had the most delicious white wine sangria. It tasted a lot like a wine cooler, but not as disgustingly sweet.
Yesterday was horrible stressful at work. I went in with a great attitude and I was happy and cheerful, but left the office in a bad mood and totally beat down. We were swamped busy on the phones and I had a ton of paperwork to do. My team was asking me questions all day, two of my team members at once, and it was just too much. They don’t realize that I am trying to help all of them and do my own job at the same time. So sometimes Dale will be instant messaging me for technical help on the call she has, while Mellisa is standing at my desk talking to me, even though I’m already on the phone with my own customer. Then Dale will start yelling to me because I’m not responding to her messages fast enough, and I can’t even concentrate on what my own customer is saying because Mellisa is going off about some problem she is having right in my face. UGH! At four o’clock yesterday I just got up and said, “It’s 4, I’m off, it’s not my problem anymore.”
It was supposed our game night last night. I was stressed out and wasn’t feeling like doing anything, and didn’t even have a chance to think of anything to do. I was getting into my email to send out a message about game night, and there was a message from Eric saying he couldn’t get together. Michelle was out of town, so that just left Javi and I. Javi has a twisted ankle, and I was stressed and exhausted, so I just canceled game night.
I spent the evening working on my scrapbook/photo album for Paco instead. I was able to get almost all of it finished and I’m so happy with it! Tonight I’m going to finish the rest of it. I can already tell today is going to be HELL. Dale is out today, maybe all day, maybe half day. My boss from Minnesota is in today and we have interviews set up, and it’s just going to be Jesse and Mel on the phones. NOT GOOD.
