The Quiet
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Posted:Oct 15, 2008 5:04 am
Last Updated:May 23, 2024 3:54 am
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There are times I really enjoy mornings.... The quiet before everyone in the house wakes up, just the humming of the fridge to keep me company. The dark coolness of the air, the ability to hear everything or nothing at all....
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This could be.....
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Posted:Oct 12, 2008 10:14 am
Last Updated:Oct 13, 2008 4:40 pm
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My shortest period of unemployment on record. After I found out I was being laid off, I started sending out resume's and sent one to a place that does work similar to what I had been doing. The hiring manager was out of the office till Thurs. He called me Fri & I have an interview Monday....Would be covering the Madison area rather than all over God's creation so that could be nice.
I'm hoping this works out the way it's supposed to....
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As the toilet flushes.....
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Posted:Oct 9, 2008 2:03 pm
Last Updated:Oct 10, 2008 8:51 pm
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It's been an interesting week, for me. I got a call from my boss last week Friday telling me that effective tomorrow, I'm laid off due to down sizing and slow referrals. While I'm not shocked, I am saddened. When I got down to less than 10 open files with nothing new coming in, I figured it was going to hit the fan eventually.
Took apart my home office, returned all of the office equipment and my car today. They offered a decent severance package so I'll be pretty well set till after the first of the year.
I've put a few feelers out for jobs, a few resume's sent and a few calls made but I don't feel like I'm in a huge hurry to rush right back to work.
I'm saddened because this job gave me a great deal of freedom and autonomy which was VERY nice. I'm hoping to find something similar that allows me the same kinds of freedom.
I'm going to take next week and hibernate then start revising my book for submission as the editor requested and start on the other two books I have ideas for.....
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As the World spins.....
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Posted:Oct 2, 2008 8:10 am
Last Updated:Oct 20, 2008 2:38 pm
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I've had a few days to digest my diagnosis and am coming to the conclusion that they (diagnosis) are a blessing in disguise... I've long "known" that I needed to change my eating habits, exercise more and really take a long and hard look at how I've been treating myself for the last few years.
I've come to the conclusion that no one can take care of me but me. Sure, others can be helpful and supportive of me and to me but only I can make the necessary changes. I've got to value myself and my well being before I can expect other to do the same to me and for me....
SO, it's time for me to be a bit selfish and really take care of myself first.....
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Fucked twelve ways from Sunday
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Posted:Sep 29, 2008 10:24 am
Last Updated:Sep 30, 2008 4:14 pm
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Christ, I HATE going to the Dr. Well, today completely SUCKED ass as far as going to the Dr. goes....My fasting blood sugar is high, my glycohemoglobin is high, my triglycerides are high, my Hdl is low, my LDL is high.....
SO, REALLY need to change the diet, exercise more, take the meds and go back in 4 months....FUCK
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Do you ever just want to run away?
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Posted:Sep 28, 2008 8:23 am
Last Updated:Oct 5, 2008 1:36 pm
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Lately I've been feeling... unsettled, melancholy, blah....And have been giving passing thought to how nice it would be to run away...Just pick up and flee to a new location and start over... New friends, new job, new life....Reinvent myself to who I'd truly like to be without the influence of parents, ,siblings...
I'm tired of being the "go to" person for my to take advantage of, I'm unhappy with being the maid, cook, housekeeper, chauffeur and ATM for people who have no appreciation for what I do....Since I've been 16 it's always been about making other people happy, sometimes at the expense of my own happiness....
I need a vacation...or a few drinks...or both....
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Are all retarded??
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Posted:Sep 1, 2008 6:51 am
Last Updated:Sep 28, 2008 8:24 am
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I'm in the shower last night when I hear a knock on the door and #2, who turned 20 yesterday, says, in this very little voice, "I need to talk to you mom". For some STRANGE reason, I immediately jump to the  h crap, what'd he do now?" place in my brain. Finish the shower, dry off, put my jammies on and head to my room where #2 is waiting, looking rather ill.... Well, he thinks he might have ingested something(mushrooms) that was not good and is feeling pretty badly. I have NO idea what the ramifications of this are either legally or physically, for him, so I tell him to try and sleep it off....I am, of course, livid with the . How can anyone be that stupid?? I have no idea if he'd get arrested if he told the hospital the truth...Would he get kicked out of school? Great example for your little brother... I'm about to wash my hands of the boy BUT...His dad did that 5 years ago and I don't know that I can....OY VEY
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WOW
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Posted:Aug 29, 2008 10:18 am
Last Updated:May 23, 2024 3:54 am
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I've been otherwise occupied for a few weeks and haven't been blogging or checking posts at all. There are times life just takes precedence over blogs and posting.....I've been busy with work and and stuff....
I do have a new nephew to brag about, he was born 8/24/08 and weighed 8#4 oz, was 21" long and looks EXACTLY like his big brother....The first time big brother held the baby, he was rocking him side to side on the couch and said "It's OK baby, I'm here now, everything will be OK"....How cute is that??
Big brother was going to pre-school the day after baby was born and asked his grandparents (my sis-in-laws folks) if they "were going to go to school like the other gramma and grampa did"... Well, the Grandma says "What do you mean the other gramma and grampa?" The boy replies with "Well, the skinny gramma and grampa"... I can imagine my brother is all but bitting his lip in half to stop the laughing as he's not terribly fond of his in-laws... The grandma says "Well, if they are the skinny gramma and grampa, what does that make us?" The boy says "Well, the fat ones, of course"
My brother is telling me this on the phone and I'm just cracking up....Out of the mouths of babes....
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Oh good GOD
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Posted:Aug 12, 2008 4:07 am
Last Updated:Nov 7, 2011 10:28 am
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There are times I get SO annoyed with my kidlets it astounds me. But then I stop and consider that it may actually be myself I'm annoyed with. For as long as I can remember I've ' done for' my ..... Given up things I wanted to do because of their wants and needs. For the most part, I don't mind as it was when they were MUCH younger than they are now.
I had plans for one day this past weekend and was really loking forward to spending time with friends when suddenly #2 decides he's coming home from IL and needs a pick up in Milwaukee on Friday evening. OK, not a big deal as my plans were for Saturday.... Well, come Saturday, #2 wants to know if I'm going somewhere and I ask why?? He decides he 'just wants to hang out with his mom'..... Well, I now know I'm totally screwed as he played one of the 'can't refuse him' cards.....
Sure, I could have said "Nope, sory, have plans" but then I'd have been miserable knowing the needed time with me and denying him that.... So instead, I hang with the so he can talk or bitch or just BE with me for a few hours.... Knowing full well, he'd be OK if I'd have honored my plans but also knowing I'd NOT have been OK leaving him home.... OY
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Farewell to a LEGEND
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Posted:Aug 7, 2008 5:55 pm
Last Updated:Aug 10, 2008 12:42 pm
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I'm sure others will disagree with me and that's OK....I'm sad to see Brett Favre leave as Green Bay's QB and shaking my head at the treatment he received from Green Bay's front office.... First the force a decision out of him regarding retirement when it would have been better for Brett to say "I'll make a decision when I do and let y'all know", he considers the options and decides he's no going to play....After further consideration, he decides he wants to play.... He lets "his team" know and asks for reinstatement. GB doesn't want him to play...They accuse him of having ex parte communication with the Vikes on a "Packers" cell phone; this was completely false and if it had been true, would have really screwed with the salary cap....they offer him $20 million NOT to play... Brett decides he REALLY wants to play so turns down the big dollars...Then GB doesn't want to release him or play him so.....If he's NOT good enough to play for you, release him so he can play somewhere else....But GB doesn't want him playing somehwere else, they want him to retire.....
I hope Brett Favre has a STELLAR year and GB gets stuck in mediocrity...Remember, Aaron Rodgers is an unproven, untested QB and Brett Favre is an MVP....
Unless Aaron Rodgers beats Brett Favre in every statistic there is, Mike Mc & Ted should be looking for new jobs and the Packers SHOULD keep Ari Fliescher as their PR agent...
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OY.....
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Posted:Aug 1, 2008 8:25 am
Last Updated:May 23, 2024 3:54 am
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OK so my parents came to town to attend their 50th class reunion. It's the first time back here in 2 years, the first time I've seen the parents since Xmas 2007 and the first time since my Dad's heart stuff.....
Had lunch with them and #1 yesterday and asked mom about my dad's emotional state....He's certain he's not going to live another 3 years, is obviously depressed and morose. He's normally fairly quiet, I've long said he's anti-social but this is different.... He's just walking around with this hangdog attitude. Mom said it depresses him to come back here...SO, don't come back here....We can just as easily go to Nashville as they can come here....But GOD FORBID I'd say anything to him...He'd stew about it for days and then write me a nasty letter....
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The "B" word
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Posted:Jul 25, 2008 3:23 pm
Last Updated:Aug 7, 2008 5:55 pm
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OK so I went to the eye doctor a few weeks ago and was informed that not only do I need glasses, I need bifocal lenses...I guess glasses at 45 isn't bad but when he said the "B" word I nearly cried......Bifocals are for old people and I AM NOT OLD!!!!!
Anywhoo, I went to pick the spectacles up today and am getting used to them. At first, they were a bit nauseating because they are trasitions lenses, aka no line bifocals....SO, to see correctly,I need to point my nose at whatever I'm trying to look at as opposed to sliding my eyes back and forth....I'm sure it'll take a little bit to get used to them but it's amazing how much better I can see......
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I gotta get me....
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Posted:Jul 22, 2008 2:51 pm
Last Updated:Aug 7, 2008 5:56 pm
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A bluetooth head set...Ear piece? Thing-a-ma-jiggy.... As I spend a great deal of time on the road and on my cell, the company has provided a Blackberry to all case management staff and the company has also directed that we not talk and drive at the same time unless we have a "hands free" device....SO, gotta get me one of those thingies and figure out how to use the damned thing....
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