From the inside of the fuzz house

06 March 2009 @ 09:23 pm

Amy passed on this morning, March 3, 2009. Beloved wife of Albert Robbins; loving mother of Alix Grace Comeau and stepmother of Laura Bogren and Charlie Robbins; cherished daughter of the late Albert F. Comeau and Dorothy Jellinger, and stepdaughter of Buck Jellinger; beautiful, brilliant sister of Lisa Haynor (and Jim), Karen Cutler (and Chris), and Albert F. Comeau, Jr. (and Chris). Also survived by stepbrothers Dr. Robert Jellinger and Frank Fierro, and niece and nephews Matt, Danny and Allison Haynor, Mark and Simon Cutler. Sorely missed by family, friends and colleagues at MetLife, where she was an Asst. Vice President. Funeral service will be held Thursday 10 a.m. at Gramercy Park Memorial Chapel, 353 Second Avenue (at 20th Street), New York. Internment to follow at Beth David Cemetery, Elmont N.Y. In lieu of flowers, contributions in Amy's name may be directed to a cancer charity of your choice, or to a fundraising donation to plant trees in Israel, through Town and Village Synagogue, 334 East 14th St.New York, NY 10003 (www.tandv.org), form posted here as a jpg. The family's synagogue is raising money to send the b'nai mitzvah class to Israel.

Pictures and my own thoughts to come soon.... I am in NYC until the 16th

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sad

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10 November 2008 @ 09:58 am

Our big news

We're moving back to NOLA 12/1/08 : )

I can't wait to go home and god damn do I miss Dr. Rich; I will be so happy to have decent medical care for the fuzzies again.

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13 May 2008 @ 09:05 pm

Married Life

Married life is treating me well. Eric and I got married April 12th,2008 here in Raleigh. We went to Aruba for our honeymoon. VERY weird island! All cactus and desert with beautiful beaches. Really, married life isn't really any different. Eric and I have been together for 4 years - been living together for almost 3 and already shared finances. I am just trying to get all the thank you cards written and the house organized. I can't help but think sometimes of the marriage that I helped destroy. I guess everything happens for a reason.

Our landlady passed away 2 days after our wedding. I really miss her. She was one of the kindest souls I believe this world to have ever known. She would come over to visit with the ferrets :) Chester was her favorite. But she got the flowers we left her from the wedding and she died the next day. I am not used to dealing with death but it looks like it's going to start becoming a very large part of my life.

My father still has cancer. He has had 4 brain tumors and an adrenal tumor now and is still on chemo but seems to be doing well. His wife - who was diagnosed with breast cancer in August 2006 - got back from the wedding with a pain in the side only to find out that she has *innumerable* metastases on her liver and bones. This, unfortunetly, is a very poor diagnosis and I feel so horrible for Alix - having both parents with cancer and going through chemo. I wish I could do more but after last time I think it's best to just give my support from a-far.

No vet school for me this year. I think I am starting to give up hope. I know the average is 3 times but hell - I get an email from my foster home in NOLA that Lauren Esposito is interning with Dr. Rich. Had I gotten in THEN I would be out by now. I just keep asking myself... why not me? I've finished my pre-reqs here in North Carolina - getting A+'s in both Biochem & Animal Nutrition. I absolutely HATE my job and am ready to leave at any moment. I have interviews set up for the next few weeks which just exhausts me since I have to work 50 hours a week on top of it. I just don't function on 5 hours sleep anymore.

The fuzzies are good. The ferret shelters are full - I'm volunteering at the SPCA once a week to do meds.....I'm looking forward to Bonnaroo; it should be awesome! Can't make it to Ferretstock this year though :( Jessica is having Shane's 2nd birthday party. How the HELL has it been almost 3 years since Katrina?

I still miss NOLA everyday..........I gotta give North Carolina one more year I think

Current Location: work

How I'm Feeling:

discontent

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18 December 2007 @ 11:26 pm

3 more days!

Until I am back in NOLA!!!

YIPPEEEEEEEE!!!

How I'm Feeling:

excited

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29 November 2007 @ 06:31 pm

Sasha

Sasha went to the Rainbow Bridge on 11/15/07. She's playing with Polar, Benny, Nikki, Underdog......

I had her for 8 years. I am still not used to her being around anymore. I miss her something fierce. I don't think anything or anyone will ever be able to fill the hole she left in my heart.

Otherwise I've just been too busy for words. I have class 3 days a week, working 40+ hours, commuting 10+ hours a week....... Biochemistry test tomorrow that I SHOULD be studying for. Although I am fairly impressed with myself that I have a A average right now :)

Wedding plans are comming along. I have a dress. Yup. I have a wedding dress. It feels so good to say those words. Standing like a manequin all day and having people dress you up like a barbie doll is just WIERD. I'm glad to have it over with. Now it's on the the cake, flowers, some nonreligious person to actually marry us, catering, dresses, showers...... too much stress is what it is. I'm already ready to head to city hall....

I am still waiting in angst over my vet school applications.......... and I am really not sure what I am going to do if I don't get in. That's a big thought weighing on my mind.

But mostly, I've just been thinking about Sasha. Missing Sasha. I've lost so many others but somehow this hurt and longing is lingering....... I dream she's sleeping like this again.............

Tags: sasha

Current Location: work

How I'm Feeling:

okay

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11 October 2007 @ 05:26 pm

This weekend

I am going shopping for wedding dresses. *please kill me now*

On the plus side - Jessica's moved to two hours away and now I have someone to go shopping with.

I have also made a decision to not call either of my parents until they finish their homework.

Biochem is kicking my ass.

I have new foster ferrets!

That's all for now.

Tags: wedding dress

How I'm Feeling:

aggravated

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09 July 2007 @ 05:57 pm

Great weekend

Eric and I had wonderful weekend! We actually foung 10x10 picture frames!! we've been looking for those fuckers for a year and half! Got some other frames as well at micheals and did lots of errands. Trying to re-ferret proof the ferret area.

Stayed up WAYYY to late saturday night but it brought back great memories. Happy Happy Joy Joy!

WORKED SUCKED TODAY. We moved our lab to a new space - it's 20 feet smaller and there is no AC!!! It was fucking miserable. I want a new job. I want to work at a vet's office and wait tables on the side - who needs a career that they hate?

I feel like doing jack shit tonight....but we need milk and coffee and all those other essentials when you spend all day sunday in bed watching movies.... so it's off to the store while weasel crack hour is taking place.

Sammy is getting worse - his insulinoma is getting bad. I've upped his pred dose but he just seems so down and out of it. I want to take him to our vet but I know she is either going to 1. tell me I'm taking shitty care of him (which is BULLSHIT since I handfeed him 2x daily and have been giving him sq fluids when he is dehydrated or 2. put him down - which *sigh* may be the right thing to do soon. I just don't want her doing it.

A cute weasel pic to make my day : Nate the Great

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22 April 2007 @ 04:09 pm

Moving

We're Moving!!

We found the cutest little house and the landlady used to have ferrets!!

I am just BEYOND stressed out with this move and the upcoming trip to Canada. Passports, U-hauls, Security deposits!

I will be so happy to live somewhere where I can have my pets - that's not going Condo (ever!) - and just finally have a moment's worth of peace.

Moving 4 times in less than 2 years is just absolutely ridiculous

How I'm Feeling:

stressed

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28 March 2007 @ 01:16 am

I'm still here.....

Just been REALLY REALLY busy.

A 2 hour round trip commute is just no fun at all.

My dad is having adrenal sugery tomorrow - turns out he actually DOES have cancer somewhere besides his brain.
*good thoughts for him tomorrow*

Dakota, my little pootie 2, is having her right adrenal gland out on Friday and Pepe is having his ear removed since his small ear tumor turned out to be malignant :(

More to come I think, I miss LJ

Tags: commute, dad, dakota

How I'm Feeling:

stressed

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17 December 2006 @ 10:37 pm

Article of the day

From the News & Observer. So true........................
http://www.newsobserver.com/850/story/522436.html

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09 December 2006 @ 09:53 pm

Tonight

Tonight was a wonderful night.

I had a good dinner with new friends, I laughed more than I have in months

I came home - Chester is stealing toys for the first time ever and Ben is eating kibble.

Life is good.... at least for now

How I'm Feeling:

cheerful

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25 November 2006 @ 11:27 pm

My moose man

Underdog died tonight

I am beyond heartbroken.

How I'm Feeling:

crushed

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22 November 2006 @ 06:02 pm

he he he.....

Quote of the day:

"Ferrets are fuzzy prozac"

Current Location: home

How I'm Feeling:

giddy

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21 November 2006 @ 05:22 pm

Things I've accomplished

1. I survived Eric's parents being here for 3 whole days without too much wedding talk.

2. I have officially orchestrated my 1st ferret surrender & adoption for 10 states away ! :)

3. My mom arrives today and I am still left with half my sanity after getting ready for her visit.

So here I sit at work... trying to figure out some way to make all my bills disappear. How do they manage to compile so quickly? and how is it that EVERY WEEK there is still never enough? Money makes the world go 'round I guess. I want to run off and become a wandering weasel hippie.
I watched the south park episode last night where Cartman drives the hippies away :)

*sigh* back to work.....................

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10 November 2006 @ 11:27 pm

Friday

It's Friday!!! *happy dance*

Things to do this weekend.
Refinance my car - CAPITAL ONE AUTO FINANCING SUCKS!
They've been making me jump through hoops for over a month and then today tell me that because I have not been at my job 90 days - they won't approve me. This is the 1st I heard of 90 days!! Don't you think that would have been helpful to me - let say, a month ago when I took my car home or the FOUR times you verified my employment?!?!?
Buy sneakers - one of the joys of being a "Katrina victim" is that since you lost everything you ever owned.... when you realize you need something you no longer have.. you go buy new ones. clean slate? or depressing fact?

I'm getting used to my new hours. I like 2nd shift. A lot. I just wish more stuff was open past 2 am but we're still adjusting. I found out today and an old aquaintance has moved to Raleigh as well. Well, I should say Clayton - it'sa burb - but close enough. I don't know if I even feel like having friends right now. After this past year it's hard to trust a damn soul.

is it midnight yet!?!?!?!?

Current Location: woirk

How I'm Feeling:

anxious

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21 October 2006 @ 09:34 pm

"How much have YOU changed in 10 years?"

In October 1996....

How old were you?
--> 16

Where did you go to school?
--> The Masters School, Dobbs Ferry NY

Where did you work?
--> Hell no

Where did you live?
--> In the dorms - westchester county NY - woohoo

Where did you hang out?
--> I was allowed 1 hour a day to go to "town" - aka pizza and the grand union

How was your hair style?
--> Long, down to my butt at least

Did you wear glasses?
--> not yet

Who was your best friend/s?
--> David, Lynn, Becca & Ellie

How many tattoos did you have?
--> 0

How many piercings did you have?
-->Ears - 7 times over

What car did you drive?
-- my mom's isuzu trooper

What was your worst fear?
--> getting into college

Had you smoked a cigarette yet?
--> yup

Had you been arrested?
-- no

Had your heart broken?
--> I think so

Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter?
--> I WENT TO AN ALL GIRLS BOARDING SCHOOL !!!

October 2006

How old are you?
--> 26

Where do you work?
--> Chem Lab Tech and loving it

Where do you live?
-- Raleigh, NC

Where do you hang out?
--> On my couch and in my new car

Do you wear glasses?
--> everyday that I don't wear my contacts!

What is your hairstyle?
--> Short and dyed dark

Who are your best friends?
--> Brandy, Jessica

Still talk to any of your old friends?
--> On a rare occasion while visiting friends in NY

How many piercings do you have?
--> 2 in each ear that are still open, and my tounge :P

How many tattoos?
--> none

What kind of car do you have?
--> Silver VW BEETLE!

What is your biggest fear?
--> being happy, getting into vet school, marriage

Have you smoked a cigarette yet?'
--> every damn day

Have you been arrested since, if so, how many times total?
--> nope

Has your heart been broken?
--> YES indeed

Single/Taken/Married/Divorced/Bitter?
--> to my delight and surprised, somehow I have ended up engaged to be married!

REPOST THIS AS:"How much have YOU changed in 10 years?"

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20 October 2006 @ 11:44 am

I'm a weasel!

Which weasel are you?

Your weasel is the Domestic Ferret. You're cute, you're playful, you're mischevious, you love being at home with people. An ambasador of weaselness.Good news: You're the weasel everyone wants. Your good house manners, brought about by thousands of years of genetic seletion, make you housepet and weasel about town.Bad news: People STILL think you're a wild animal. You're not! You're a sucky wimp, okay?
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