First off...the big news....
M came home on April 1st...no joke! So we decided to take a couple days and head back to the 406 to check in on the folks and detour home via Idaho to steel head fish on the Clear water. Thankfully Mandy Jo was able to stay with the babies. She was a big help, especially being able to stay an extra day at the last minute b/c SOMEONE wanted to cast for one more day.
While we were away I was contacted by the Catering Events Manager at RTC asking if I wanted to come work with her for a while. I actually did my on-campus internship with her back in the fall quarter. She is a lot of fun to work with, and we have very similar work styles. Since I already had the basics down, she went to bat for me to be brought on to cover her office while she took a medical leave in May. So I filled out the paperwork to be put into the RTC system as a Substitute Admin. Which means I am in a pool of people that would be called on to see if they are available should an admin assistant call in to take vacation and someone was needed to cover for her. For now, though, I was working with CN from April to just this last Friday. I would've stayed til the end of the month; however, I had plane tickets to HAWAII for CD's big 4-Oh!
But let's finish April...before M left to head back to the 907, he had an opportunity to follow his Valley Rugby Boys to Boise for a couple games. That left the weekend open for Cowgirl and I to head up to the Vancouver, BC Expo. That was a lot of fun. Vegas had nothing on some of the attendees at these functions, costumes and all. Out sole purpose was to meet with actor Sean Patrick Flanery. He is hilarious and we have been following him on Twitter. He shares his pearls of wisdom, thoughts and opinions.
We had great weather and a great time. We definitely need to do that again!
M left at the end of the April, and I continued on with my working with CN at good 'ol RTC. Let me tell you, that woman has needed an assistant long before I sought her out for my internship. It's no wonder there are some nights she is staying until 6-7 o'clock at night. There is so much to do, know, and keep on top of for the Catering side of things. Her office is NOT one that can sit idle for any length of time, especially in regards to email and voice mails.
So, closing up on May's activities. I just bought my cap, grown and honor cord for June 27th. I spent the weekend packing for Hawaii, and getting the house ready for HAH to spend the week dog-sitting here. I thought I was going to get off easy, but 5 days before I am to leave, I had to take Maggie May to the vet to have a toenail removed. Add to that, I am told Stella has Giardia for the second time. AWESOME! Well, at least I can take care of that medication part before I leave. My problem with Maggie is trying to keep her mellow. If you have met my Maggie, you would know that that is easier said than done. When we had her fixed at 6 months and picked her up from the vet, they said, "Wow, we even gave her some medication to mellow her out, but she just doesn't do that, does she?" NOPE! They had to remove the whole nail, leaving the pink meat of the quick exposed. Ewwww....looks painful. But you can't leave her in the Cone-of-Shame un-supervised, so they say. I had to for two days until I could get my hands on one of the inflatable donut collars. Only to find out that it is not effective for her because she is so long-legged, she can still reach her exposed toe to lick it.
One more picture to share....
That's all the news for now....so excited to be headed to Hawaii for CD's 4-Oh! bday celebration. It's going to be so much fun! Signing off - I have to tear the house apart to look for my camera...
