Alright, so whats with all of these blasted recalls on my car?! Its driving me insane - literally! So first my call was recalled for the brakes, then the gas petal getting stuck under the rug & now the accelerator getting stuck down! Seriously work out the bugs before you sell these things people! Ugh, makes me want to go out and get another new car - meh, if only I were rich.

In other news, today I did nine loads of laundry when I got home from work, because I realized this morning that my dog had become infected with fleas. Such an awful ordeal to go through, wash all the bedding, her beds, couch covers, toys, pillows - you name it I washed it. The total laundry cost ended up being 20.00 - now thats a lot of laundry!. Then if you include all the things for ridding the place of the 'hidden flea eggs' and shampoo/comb this flea thing has cost me about 70.00 in a day! grr, high maintenance dog!

Funny story about the pet store though. Alright, so picture this: I walk into the pet store and go to the 'flea section'. I have no idea which kind of dog flea shampoo to buy, so naturally I seek out a sales associate. The first person I ask has no idea and immediately flees to locate someone else. The guy who comes out is - I assume - the manager & we walk back over to the 'flea section'. He slowly looks over the section and locates two bottles of shampoo. I ask him what the difference is between the two bottles of flea shampoo, hoping he can tell me that this active ingredient is better, or this one is more effective than that. Nope - the guy has no clue, none whatsoever. He responds "Well they're both oatmeal scented, and this one seems to be of higher quality, but I'm just going on price here". The one shampoo was one dollar more expensive than the other one - are you being serious?! Oh but he was, and he wasn't done yet. Holding up the 'more expensive bottle' he goes "So this one is a better brand, I would definitely recommend getting this one". Dude has no clue. The one I ended up getting was neither of the two he had & going from reading the bottles & active ingredients determined my best options. Who knew the employees at pet club were so competent?

Anyway, I've been pondering where my little dog could have picked up these awful things and I think she got them from the long grass she likes to play in by work. It certainly wouldn't surprise me because I saw a raccoon walk through the grass yesterday while we were playing & I know that feral cats like to hang around the grassy areas by my work at night. So now, I'm not going to let her go over there anymore, which stinks for her, because she really liked that area! What doesnt make sense though, is that she is on flea treatment! She gets frontline every month! What the heck frontline?! Grr!

Alright, its now 12:30 and I need to sleep! All that laundry is exhausting!

Hello, Hello!

So I've decided to scratch & start over; so fresh & so clean - as 'Outkast' would put it. Anyway, I suppose I should give a brief introduction for those of you who don't know me & for those of you who do, consider it a bit of a 'refresher course' in Jeremy's life (^_^).

The Who:

Well to start things off, my name is Jeremy & I am currently the lab manager of a toxicology lab in Northern California. I grew up & went to college in Wisconsin & two years ago trekked out to sunny California for this job. I have a tiny little dog companion (see picture ^_^) and love her very much. She is a miniature long-haired whippet (the breed is called windsprite, if you're curious). She comes with me basically everywhere (including work - she sleeps under my desk) and loves to run.  In my freetime I enjoy reading (I am a total book-nerd), running & cooking. I have also been known to watch the occasional episode of anime here & there.

The What:

The purpose for this journal is for me to have a written record of the hilarious, fun & random things that occur in my life & be able to share them with others. Yes, I'm sure there will be monotonous entries, but for the most part, I'm sure you'll find them entertaining. :) I think it would also help in case I ever develop Alzheimers or have a random string of memory loss due to too much soy-intake. Apparently soy products can now inhibit memory retention. Great.  As far as updating this journal goes, I am going to *try* and update every week. Hopefully I can stick to a schedule such as every Sunday night or something close to that, but I'm sure it will vary.

So all I can say is enjoy & if you like reading, then great! If not - suck it up and get on with your bad self. ^_^

Peace,
JL