the prodigal one returns!

It's been brought to my attention that it's been far too long time since I've written on my blog. For whatever reason that's kept me away, I do apologize to anyone who actually looked forward to a random rant by yours truly. Life has been filled with many twists & turns the past several mouths.

I acquired a new job at a vet clinic last May. I passed National boards in July & then became a Registered Veterinarian Technician in the Missouri in November. Overall, I love my job. Granted my clinic can be expensive but I love the doctors I work for because they actually care about their patients & not just about making money off them. They do everything they can to perform the best quality medicine that they possibly can. That's something I never dealt with at my previous employer.

When I first started, I thoroughly enjoyed working with all my other co-workers. They were all hard workers for once! It always takes a while for everyone to get to know the new kid, but I found my niche pretty quick & got along with everyone. The longer I was there, I came to realizing a select few weren't as dedicated workers as I thought. They were constantly calling in sick or having family problems that hindered them from showing up & doing their jobs. I believe that 87% of the time their stories were legit but the remaining 13% are yet to be determined. I have come to realize that the rest of the world was not instilled with the kind of work ethic I was raised with thanks to my parents. Dedication, honesty, eagerness to learn, willingness to help others, sense of teamwork instead of competition. If none of these apply to your work ethic, I am sad for you.

This post is not meant to be a bickering session about my job. I could go on for days, nay...weeks, if given the opportunity to talk about my feelings towards my job right now. But in the end, it would just come across as a bitching session & that's not what this blog is for. Just know that I have an INSANE frustration towards certain things & people at my job that I wish I could control or if someone cared how I felt about it. But this is not the time nor place to elaborate on that topic.

I must let those things go right now because we need to talk about important things like "I Love Lucy." Yes, the television show. I recently got the 1st two seasons of the classic black & white TV show on DVD & I am making a marathon of it! For those of you who don't know the history of television, I'm gonna nerd out right now. "I Love Lucy" changed the way situation-comedies were presented to the world. Mostly for the technique of a 3-camera style production in order to capture upclose character reaction, live-to-tape recording & the art of filming before a live studio audience. We can also credit Desilu Productions for the smart move of airing reruns, which come handy when Lucille Ball became pregnant during filming of the 2nd season of "I Love Lucy". That later gave birth to the financial genius that is syndication! Why I know all this information about a television show is beyond me. But I always watch "I Love Lucy" in aw of the simple concept that changed a medium. The comedic talent & timing was never expected to come from a female role in that era. Sure Lucy played the part of a 1950's housewife but she lived the life of a hilarious independent woman at the same time. There aren't many important people in history I can say I'd like to sit down & have a conversation with, but Lucille Ball is one of them. The woman behind the character was an amazing business woman as well as comedian. She paved the way for many people to this day.

I grew up on black & white TV. Maybe it was because the only television I had in my room only played in black & white. For the longest time I thought Full House & A Different World were in black & white! So I felt like I was an old soul from early on. I say an old soul because, even though I am quite a jokester & love to be silly & have fun, there is a part of me that is always cognisant of what's going on around me. I feel nowadays, most people are too busy with their heads inside their own lives to really know what lies just beyond their own front door. Or just beyond their own boring Facebook status. No one really cares that you are tired or sick or hate your job or the weather sucks or that your kid won't sleep through the night!! Unless there's a funny twist to it. Like you're tired because you stayed up all night trying to memorize the entire dialogue to Driving Miss Daisy in the original southern accents. Or that your kid won't sleep through the night because he now believes he is part bat & must stay awake at night & only sleep during the day while hanging his head off the side of the bed.

If there's not a funny twist to your status update, I will block you from my news feed. Simple as that. I thrive on whimsical & clever statements. If you have nothing different to offer, I do not want to waste my time reading your updates. Life is short so don't bore me with glaring observations.

whew I am done for now. You can thank the Sailor for this ramblefication (clarification of rambling)...yes I made that word up. According to Barney Stinson, inventing your own word shows creativity & vision aka visativity. I just watched the "Possimpible" episode & can't stop making up new words! Its fun try it...it might make your status update or Twitter feeds that much more tolerable for others to read.