Archive for September, 2008

September 30th, 2008

Meeting Up With D

We had dinner with one of Hubby’s old friends tonight, and it was so nice to see him. As with a lot of Hubby’s friends, Hubby fell out of contact with this guy due to a drug situation. Hubby was trying to get clean, and this guy wasn’t. Hubby walked away from that whole crowd and did what he needed to do to become clean and sober.

Years later we’re meeting back up with some of these old friends. This guy in particular is another one that I’m happy to say found his way into drug rehabilitation shortly after Hubby did. He moved away, got a great job, and met someone who changed his life. He’s visiting his hometown for the first time in 5 years, and Hubby was the first person (other than his parents) that he called.

They spent a few minutes talking about the past and how things were back then, but then conversation quickly moved to catching up. It makes me feel good to see how well he’s doing, because I met him at one of the lowest points of his life. His options were to continue following a path that would either find him in jail or dead or to do something about it by going to drug rehab and clean up his life. He made the right decision, and it makes me happy to see what a great life he has created for himself.

September 29th, 2008

Still Playing Catch Up

This week is starting to get a little better. Since a lot of my Grandma’s appointments have been canceled due to the gas situation around here, I’ve had a little extra time to get caught back up on things. I’m finally to a point where I’m not stressing as much.

That’s a good thing considering how stressed I’ve been lately. My face is totally showing it. I’ve been thinking about investing in some acne pills because my skin is totally erupting these days. Why can’t I be one of those girls who left the pimples behind with high school?

Anywho, I’ve got my work load settled back down enough to allow me some time to actually post.  There for a while I was wondering if I would be able to keep up with my blogs, or if I’d have to leave them on the back burner for awhile.  I still won’t be posting as much as I used to for awhile, but it looks like I’ll actually have the time to get back into the swing of things.  I won’t be pulling my hair out either, so that’s a good thing.  I already lose enough hair in the shower as it is.  We can thank my thyroid issues for that.

September 27th, 2008

Such A Long Day

Man has this been one of those days. I got as much done as I could today, but I still ended up with a list full of stuff that I still need to catch up on. By noon I’d knocked out a good portion of my list, but I just didn’t have enough time.

I spent a couple hours after that at my Grandparent’s house. My aunt had to work today, but my Grandma’s medications are making her really sick. I ended up having to spend some time up there washing laundry for her, cooking a dinner that my Grandpa could just throw in the microwave for later, and cleaning up the bathroom repeatedly after many vomiting episodes. Luckily my Grandma’s family doctor also works Saturdays at the Emergency Care clinic, so I ended up calling him twice to make sure her reaction was normal. It’s not exactly what he would call normal, but he said as long as I was keeping fluids in her she’d be fine. He gave me his home #, and if the vomiting doesn’t stop by the morning he’s going to meet her at his office in the AM. I love doctors like that. There aren’t many who are willing to go out of their way to help a patient like that anymore. Most will just tell you to go to the ER.

I left as soon as my aunt got home from work at 4 and went straight to bed. I haven’t been sleeping very well as it is, and today I had a headache that went from a slow pain creeping up to a full blown migraine in a very short time. I tossed and turned for about an hour because my phone kept ringing with a number I didn’t know.

I finally answered it to get the person to stfu, and it was one of those commercial collection agencies asking for someone I’ve never heard of. I’ve had a lot of this happening recently, so after I bitched the guy out, I demanded they stop calling me, blah blah blah. I had to repeat my phone number back to him as we were confirming the removal, and the guy goes “Sorry mam, that number isn’t in our computer.” Basically the number must have been entered wrong in the auto dialer system, so they’ve been calling a phone number that isn’t even listed on their call list in the first place. Ugh!

I was so aggravated and my head hurt so bad I finally just shut my phone off and went back to sleep. I slept like a rock until about 30 minutes ago. That would be why I totally missed Hubby’s call when he left me a voice mail letting me know he was going riding with some friends. He still isn’t home, so I figure they started playing Rock Band II after they rode. I’ve been trying to call his phone, but it’s dead. I wish he’d hurry up and get home. I’m starving, and a midnight run to Micky D’s sounds really good right now.

September 25th, 2008

Oh No

Crap. I was right. My Grandma does have 2 appointments tomorrow. I was thinking she just had to go to her Ortho, but she’s got her bone density test tomorrow and an appointment about her foot. This could turn out to be a long day for both of us. I’m kind of glad they’re scheduling all her appointments like this though. She’s got at least one a day for the next two weeks, and hopefully they’ll figure out what’s wrong with her. She’s got severe arthritis going on in her knee, and something going on in her heel. She’s going for all the bone tests because both her parents had some type of bone cancer. I just hope she doesn’t have Plantar Fasciitis in her foot because I’ve heard that can be very painful. Oh well, I guess we’ll find out tomorrow about her foot.