"Is there anything you need from Ohio?"

My aunt calls me the other day and [seriously] asks me this question. I tilted the phone away from my mouth and laughed hysterically.

My relatives should be back at some point this weekend. Last I heard, my uncle received some good news at his last appointment so I think they're gonna do the "wait and see what happens" thing before pursuing any treatment options - which means they probably won't need me anymore.

I'm gonna have to wait and see what happens too, once they get back. I don't know if my aunt will allow me a couple days to figure everything out, or if I gotta haul my ass on outta here. I already feel strange being here in the first place, but to be here for no reason at all anymore won't do me any good. That's why I've been so worried about this finding a job thing because then I'd have a logical reason to leave as well as having somewhere to go.

I've applied to so many jobs I don't even remember half of them. I've been searching every day, and applying to at least one job every day. I think I applied to one last night that I already sent my resume to before. Oh well. I'm kinda anxious to see which city/state I'll end up living in, which will depend on which employer decides to call me back first. It's so exciting I think I just might have a nervous breakdown.

Speaking of... this dog has been driving me crazy too. She won't let me sleep in the morning; after she wakes me up the first time (about 6:30 am) she's staggering back into my room every 5 minutes whining and panting until I finally roll out of my warm comfortable bed at 9. THEN she follows me around ALL DAY, so closely in fact that when I stop walking her face rams into my ankles.

The one day, two birds found their way through the door I left standing open to allow Snoopy to fulfill her annoying habit of going in and out 6,000 times. And of course they couldn't find their way back out, so it was interesting trying to herd them away from the windows and back through the door. After a long but successful herding-of-unherdable-birds, I looked over at the oblivious dog and said, "Between you and me, this never happened." She just yawned and fell back to sleep.

I'm such a terrible house sitter.