Can I get a rescue?

January 2, 2013 By

simon

That’s Simon. His sisters are wrestling on top of the bed, making all kinds of happy rough housing noises that he desperately wants to be a part of. His little legs won’t make the leap to the bed like a Jack Russell & Beagle can. So, unless he gets a helping hand, he’s stuck perfecting his version of pogo wiener.

So, today I deleted somebody’s website.

{insert lost my shit here}

It was completely by accident, but it was one of those moments when you know you’ve completely messed up and you have to get yourself on the ball to rectify your wrongs… Except my body went into full blown panic mode. Yeah, I had a panic attack, right when I needed to keep my cool – I couldn’t breathe; my heart was racing… at least I think it was, it was the only thing I could hear – everything else sounded like I was in a wind tunnel; I was having hot flashes & sweating (though this could be because of my age – ha!); it was a nightmare.

The whole thing was scary as all get out. But, thank goodness for people who know more than I do. I spent 2 hours in this full throttle panic condition, talking with my hosting company & insanely hitting the back button to no avail, before I contacted someone who knew how to help.

Thankfully all is back to *normal, but those 2 hours of madness have really done a number on my over well-being, I’m still not 100%. I’m banking on a good night’s rest to get me back to *normal.

Have mercy.

*When I say normal it does not refer to the same word normal used for other individuals. I started out highly abnormal, so I’m working on a curve here.

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Pool dreams

August 21, 2012 By

Summers make me wish earnestly for a backyard pool. Something basic, flat, square with a jacuzzi at the end. Nothing fancy or pretentious, just a little something to dip my toes in, lounge around on hot weather days, hang out with family & friends, and soothe my aching back at the end of the day.

Just a little something to make life sweeter.

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An end to a long week

July 6, 2012 By

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This week has been one long mother. The weather has been messing with me, I’m one of the super lucky folks that are plagued with migraines whenever a low-pressure system blows through. And, we’ve had some healthy summer storms this week. Yay!

I keep falling asleep early, like 9 o’clock early. So, I miss all my shows because I’m a “live” TV watcher.

♥ My appetite is fluctuating like crazy. One day I don’t have an appetite to eat anything at all, and then the next I’ll eat anything unfortunate enough to be in front of me. So bizarre, and quite disturbing.

On the good side, my daughter is/was visiting earlier in the week, she lives with her boyfriend out at a cute little place by the beach. We went to see Magic Mike (yes, I’m parent of the year – and, yes, it’s just as good the 2nd time!), went secondhand shopping at Plato’s Closet, and she made an appointment to get back on her medication. Our doctor even confirmed what I was thinking/hoping all along – that she had to experience her life both ways, on and off the meds, in order to see the benefits of taking a little pill everyday. We’re like two peas in a pod my daughter and I. It’s hard to let your kids make their own mistakes, but what are you going to do? You can talk until you’re blue in the face but in the end sometimes they do have to do it their way.

Oh, I almost forgot, have you seen White Faux Taxidermy?

Just Brilliant.

Here’s to a happy weekend.

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I had surgery

June 20, 2012 By

Sunday started out like any other day for me. It was Father’s day and my husband was working at the fire station, so I rounded up the kids, took them out to breakfast at IHOP – because teenagers are always hungry and this was the 2nd breakfast for my son. He ordered a huge breakfast and finished every last crumb… which is a complete 180 for him from just a year ago, he used to be super picky and eat like a bird, now there’s no stopping him. I won’t bore you with our grocery bill, but let’s just say it’s doubled.

After that we went to Target & Kohls for gifts & cards and headed over to the fire station to spend some time with dad. Later that day he admitted that he really appreciated the visit and our company – so sweet.

Oh, I also mowed the lawn.

We had Subway for dinner and watched the season premiere of Falling Skies.

Everything was going great until 10:30pm. Then I started have the worst abdomen pains. I thought I had gas, and started walking and stretching, chewing Tums, anything. But, nothing worked. After 2 hours of this nonsense + the added bonus for vomiting and other body expulsions I woke up my husband and told him I was sick and had to go to the hospital. You know how you know something is just not right, when things keep progressing and there is no relief, it was awful.

Thankfully though as soon as we got to the ER the admitting nurse knew right off what was wrong… my gallbladder had some gallstones doing the rumba in my pipes. They were partying so hard they even upset & infected my pancreas. Assholes.

They admitted me, loaded me up with pain meds, got the pesky pancreas back to normal with antibiotics and then operated 24 hours later to remove the gallbladder.

Surgery was a success!

Not only did they remove the gallbladder, they also found a hernia right behind my belly button and took that out, too.

And, to cement the rare weirdo that I am, my gall bladder had an extra “back-door” valve that connected itself to my liver, they clamped that off, too.

So, I’m back home, sore and feeling useless because I can’t really do anything other than relax & take it easy. But, it’ll get better each day and I cannot wait to be back to normal.

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Mondays can be a challenge

May 22, 2012 By

Hello!

Yesterday I said I was spending the day with a psychologist and I really did! It was about 5 hours of tests & 2 interviews. It was kind of fun to be shrinked, and I especially like being older (and I guess more mature?) and comfortable with silent pauses… it makes the shrink talk more, instead of me doing the blah, blah, blahing. The test were typical, and you’ve probably taken a couple or so in your lifetime, one was 800+ true/false questions, one was 300+ questions with the answers being: do not agree – strongly agree types, and the other 3 were around 40-50 questions each, all multiple choice.

And it’s so obvious which questions are their trigger questions, because every 15-20 questions you’ll get a repeat of one you already answered:

I’m being spied on.

I hear voices when no one is talking.

I’m afraid to be alone in the dark.

I’m contemplating suicide right now.

Do you want to know what I found out yesterday? You know how there is always ONE bad apple in every group? Whether it’s in your family, at work, church, neighbors, etc. there’s always one. You know what I mean, who I’m talking about. Yesterday I was there with a group of 5 people testing and there was an obvious nut in the group – she even knew she had singled herself out – maybe she was just nervous? Who knows.

And, I also learned (according to the shrink) the number one and two things people do on the internet? Porn and gambling. Eh?! I was like “seriously?” I’m on the internet all day and not once do I have an itch to do either of those. Haven’t these people heard of Pinterest? Facebook? Twitter? Blogging? Have mercy.

So I escaped the shrink, with what I think will be a pretty sane rating, thanks in part to crazy nut girl who stole the show… bless her heart.

Only to end up in the ER with my son.

Life’s a gift, no?

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