A million pieces...

I'm very sadden to announce the passing of a friend of mine. We may not have been besties and we may not have met face to face, but I lost a friend I have know for over 5 years yesterday. And it's not just that she's gone, it's how she's gone.

When I got home from work last night, I read a very disturbing post of hers on Facebook. Saying how she had inner demons and that she was basically giving in to them. At the end, she left a very disturbing "I bid my final farewell" and that was it.

Of course, family and friends were like, "Stop joking Marissa, this isn't funny!" and things like that. After about 50 or more comments of her not saying anything back to anyone, the police became involved. I'm not sure who, but a couple different people had the police, fire department, and ambulance all at her mom's house and her dad's house.

I guess her mom got there before them, because she attempted mouth to mouse with no avail.

Towards the end of the comments, her aunt posted and said that she was in ICU and wasn't doing well at all. That's when I decided to contact her mom and see if she would tell me how she was. I messaged her at close to 11 and she said that things were not looking good and asked me to friend request her, so I did. A couple hours later it was made public that she was gone.

Since she's an organ donor, she's being kept on life support until 8:30 (Arizona time). The found 5 recipients for her organs, there may even be one more. One of her mom's post nearly sent me into tears as she said, "At 8:30 tonight they will be taking her into the operating room. Up until then, it'll be the last time we get to hold her hand and be by her side."  That killed me. I'm having a hard time even writing that!

My heart is just broken. Not only for Marissa, but for her poor mother.

Depression is nothing to play around with and absolutely nothing to just brush off. It's a real illness that needs to be addressed just as heart disease. I'm just so completely tore up that no one was able to reach out to her last minute and save her.

And now I'm going to change the subject!

We met with Cindy today to drop the little girls off. She was so excited to see them. We also took Ellie with us so that she could see her, she loved that. And believe it or not, we got to meet her husband and oldest son! They were all super nice, which was to be expected -- they're just nice people.

After we parted ways, we ran in Gamestop for a while to look at their overpriced games. Yeah, nothing to see there, other than Shadow of Mordor... which I want desperately. But, but just bought The Evil Within and games are expensive, so I think I'll pass. We jotted in Walmart for a few minutes after that, then headed home.

And just as I suspected, our wheels arrived Saturday while I was at work! Omg, they're gorgeous!! The solid colors are so awesome, I'm so happy we went that way. When we ordered David's wheels, we did a black and whatever color. They were nice, but Dallie has SO many colors to choose from, it's like skittle wheels! Needless to say they're a huge hit with the gliders. Now to get coordinating cage sets!

I guess that will conclude my up and down post for (hopefully) the month. Until next time...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Here are the new Fast Track wheels:

Look at all the colors of the gorgeous Fast Track wheels!

A lizard on the mailbox.

He was a cute little lizard with a nubby tail.

The gorgeous fall colors.

The drive to Ironton is so beautiful, but to tiresome.

Saying goodbye to the girls:

Are they not gorgeous?

Back in action...

So, that cheetah/black set I sewed up Monday finally sold, not sure if I shared that bit of information or not. I was a little uneasy about it the first day it didn't sell. And no, I'm NOT bragging, but we have super cheap prices and our sets normally sell within the first day. Well, this guy didn't sell for a good 3 days, then someone was like, "I want it!".

I don't like sewing when our sets don't sell, it kind of defeats the purpose.

Well, since that set sold, I decided to go ahead and sew up another set that we had cut out. Like 20 minutes after I posted it, some girl messaged and said that she wanted. Around the exact same time, another girl commented on it and said she loved it and asked how much shipping would be. I told her, but then had to break the news that someone else already claimed it. That's when I showed her two more sets with the same items, just different fleece... she took them both!!

All 4 of the sets that I cut out sold! I'm so happy! Unfortunately, I have to work tomorrow, then we have to meet Cindy Sunday, so they wont be sewn up until Monday.

Speaking of Cindy, she's getting Petra Sunday and she's also delivering Harper to Stephanie. Well, I think they're going to meet up somewhere.

You know those Fast Track wheels we ordered over a month ago? After going back and forth with Dallie about them, they finally arrived! Only after I told her to cancel the order -- nicely, I might add -- did she sat that they shipped. Well today our turquoise and white wheel arrived and they are gorgeous!!! We should get the other 4 tomorrow, I can't wait!

Well, I guess that's all for now. Until next time...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Here's the cage set I sewed up today:

A classic car outside of the diner:

And lastly, the fall colors around the yard:

I'm on the outside...

Ugh, work was a beast yesterday! I had to stay until 7, but didn't get to leave until just before 8. For some reason they were swamped! At around 4:30, there were SO many people! And of course, they were short a couple people. Just before 7 when I was supposed to leave, like a million people came in! Well, maybe not that many, but there were about 10 cars at the window and about 15 people in the lobby. It was madness!!

On the bright side, I got my first break yesterday! If you work under 5 hours - which I normally do - you don't get a break, but when you work over, you get a 30 minute break. When I worked so late last Moday, I didn't get a break. So you can imagine my surprise when Jerry was like, "Okay Megan, you can take your break now." Luckily LaVaughn was online when I took my break, so I messaged her the entire 30 minutes.

And again, since I worked over 5 hours, I got a slightly larger crew meal. 10 piece nuggets and medium fries! Woop woop, lol.

Enough boring work stuff...

I actually took the time today to get pictures of all the joeys!! The lighting wasn't the best, so the pictures didn't turn out super good, but there's definitely a couple keepers in there. Kira and Logan's little ones did good. They moved around a lot, but didn't cry. Hadley is a completely different story! That poor little girl is such a cry baby! I did manage to get one really, really adorable picture of her not crying, though.

While I was taking pictures of the joeys, LaVaughn took our little chick out and let her play around in the yard. She didn't really do much playing, but at least she was able to get some fresh air for a while.

You remember me talking about getting a couple Fast Track wheels from Dallie? Well we were going to sew some things for her as part of a trade. This was way back in January when we worked it out. Well we talked a little more the next month and then that was it! She never brought it up again and I even messaged her a couple times. Well, we ended up selling the stuff that we were going to make for her. Apparently she doesn't want to do the trade anymore. *sigh*

Okay, I believe that's all for now...

Love & Peace

-Megan

Simba

Are those not the cutest sugar glider ears ever!?

Nala

Such a gorgeous sugar glider joey. <3 br="">

Simba & Nala

Hadley

Possibly one of the cutest WFB sugar glider joeys in the world!

The Yard

Some Flowers

Beautiful Bart

The Cage Set

Our Sick Chick

Some pictures of Hadley from last night: