Yeah - not much better than yesterday. In fact - I would have to say it's worse than yesterday. It's a little bit colder - sprinkled a bit - and no one has bought anything!!!! I have been sitting outside for 5 hours and made no money what so ever!! I always thought that Saturdays were the big Garage Saling days but I guess not. I have had quite a lot of drive by and look people though - no stopping just driving by. An annoying little kid from across the parking lot has come by a few times - no money just wants to ask questions about every little item - and touch every little thing.
OMG - a gal just stopped - is squatting down to look at cds - I just looked up and her pants are way down her but - she's wearing a thong that is bunched up in to her crack - I could have gone my whole life without seeing that!! You would think she would be wanting to pick it on out of there!!
Huhhhh - that annoying kid is now pulling out every single stuffed animal of Ls out of the Target bag they have been sitting in. I would yell at him but part of me feels sorry for him. He is always outside by himself - although if he is this annoying with kids his age I can see why no one wants to play with him.
I think I am about ready to close up shop for the day. Too cold - no sells - would rather be inside!
Have a good rest of the weekend!
De
Saturday, May 31, 2008
Friday, May 30, 2008
Garage Sale Day
I am sitting outside in the carport hoping to sell my junk to people that think it might be a treasure! I have had a few people stop by - it has mostly been drive by looky loos though! How can you tell whether there is anything you might like if you don't get out of the car and take a look! I am willing to bargain on the prices too - I hate pricing items for garage sales - I either price it too high or too low - then when people barter i think I settle too fast. I just want people to take my stuff!!
It was supposed to be a nice sunny day today - yeah that didn't happen! Muppet has been curled up in a fleece blanket all day! The clouds haven't even started burning off yet and that dang wind keeps blowing. If the wind didn't blow it would at least be tolerable - my toes were getting cold so I made L go upstairs and get me some socks and my regular tennis shoes - I had on slip-on tennies - definitely not warm enough for Seattle weather. L has been really nice and friendly today. She helped me with a few things and actually sat out here for a bit to keep me company. She's now inside with Blake playing Mario Cart on the Wii. They probably went out on the deck first for a little "smoke". She's going to go hang in Seattle with Jenny tonight - will probably be out by I-5 if you want to go see her!
Well - back to the garage sale. Write more later.
De
It was supposed to be a nice sunny day today - yeah that didn't happen! Muppet has been curled up in a fleece blanket all day! The clouds haven't even started burning off yet and that dang wind keeps blowing. If the wind didn't blow it would at least be tolerable - my toes were getting cold so I made L go upstairs and get me some socks and my regular tennis shoes - I had on slip-on tennies - definitely not warm enough for Seattle weather. L has been really nice and friendly today. She helped me with a few things and actually sat out here for a bit to keep me company. She's now inside with Blake playing Mario Cart on the Wii. They probably went out on the deck first for a little "smoke". She's going to go hang in Seattle with Jenny tonight - will probably be out by I-5 if you want to go see her!
Well - back to the garage sale. Write more later.
De
Thursday, May 29, 2008
What a Day
Is it Monday today? Is it Friday the 13th? Did I walk under a ladder? Oh - Niki our black cat must have crossed my path - that explains a lot!!
L's cat Niki is sick again so I needed to take her to the vet today - and after last night I didn't get a whole lot of sleep. So when the alarm went off at 5 this morning I got right up and got ready for work. I headed in early and got there by 645. I figured I could get a lot done before everyone else got in and could then leave by 3 - get Niki an afternoon appointment. So everything was going well - I got my check run started by 7 and answered some emails. BJ came in at 8 and by 830 we headed to Starbucks on our daily trek - there's 3 - 4 of us that go. We got back to work and I started to finish up my check run - oh did I mention that I always get a Venti/non-fat/light whip/2 pump/extra hot hot chocolate - you may be wondering why I needed to mention this - well you need t know this because if what happened next. As I was moving the stack of invoices I had pulled for the check run the stack "bumped" my venti cup - then as if in slow motion it tipped over - the lid popped off - a puddle of chocolate spread on my desk and into my lap! Owwww - Extra Hot!! Had only had a couple sips out of the Venti size cup!! The puddle then spread to the pile of invoices on my desk. This just wasn't going to be my day! I was soaked - my papers were sticky. I cleaned up my desk - finished getting the check run to the point where the checks just needed to be printed - tried to dry my pants off with my little desk fan - yeah ~ didn't work too well. Needless to say I came home early and worked from home.
Now for Niki - She had a 300 vet appointment. When the vet walked into the room I just kinda laughed and said - I'm not having very good luck with my animals lately - I think I might be cursed. He asked how Muppet was and then started checking on Niki. The inside of Niki's mouth was so swollen - irritated - red - and oogey. She was not happy to have her mouth opened up either. I won't go into all the big words and everything else that went on. Long story short - they drew blood to test for some basic diseases - the vet then came back to the room and showed me the vial of blood and said he was concerned with how dark it was and wanted permission to have some diagnostic tests run - OK - then they gave Niki a shot of cortisone - filled a prescription for antibiotics and gave me a mouthwash to use on her - I asked if I was going to have to try and get her to spit it out!! LOL!! - Nope! So I packed up Niki - went out to the front desk to settle the bill. You know what - I should just have my paychecks sent directly to the vets for the next few weeks. Niki just cost me $250! And with what Muppet cost me last week - man it's expensive to make animals part of your family.
Well ~ I am having my garage sale tomorrow and Saturday ~ come on by and help me make some money for the vets!!!
De
L's cat Niki is sick again so I needed to take her to the vet today - and after last night I didn't get a whole lot of sleep. So when the alarm went off at 5 this morning I got right up and got ready for work. I headed in early and got there by 645. I figured I could get a lot done before everyone else got in and could then leave by 3 - get Niki an afternoon appointment. So everything was going well - I got my check run started by 7 and answered some emails. BJ came in at 8 and by 830 we headed to Starbucks on our daily trek - there's 3 - 4 of us that go. We got back to work and I started to finish up my check run - oh did I mention that I always get a Venti/non-fat/light whip/2 pump/extra hot hot chocolate - you may be wondering why I needed to mention this - well you need t know this because if what happened next. As I was moving the stack of invoices I had pulled for the check run the stack "bumped" my venti cup - then as if in slow motion it tipped over - the lid popped off - a puddle of chocolate spread on my desk and into my lap! Owwww - Extra Hot!! Had only had a couple sips out of the Venti size cup!! The puddle then spread to the pile of invoices on my desk. This just wasn't going to be my day! I was soaked - my papers were sticky. I cleaned up my desk - finished getting the check run to the point where the checks just needed to be printed - tried to dry my pants off with my little desk fan - yeah ~ didn't work too well. Needless to say I came home early and worked from home.
Now for Niki - She had a 300 vet appointment. When the vet walked into the room I just kinda laughed and said - I'm not having very good luck with my animals lately - I think I might be cursed. He asked how Muppet was and then started checking on Niki. The inside of Niki's mouth was so swollen - irritated - red - and oogey. She was not happy to have her mouth opened up either. I won't go into all the big words and everything else that went on. Long story short - they drew blood to test for some basic diseases - the vet then came back to the room and showed me the vial of blood and said he was concerned with how dark it was and wanted permission to have some diagnostic tests run - OK - then they gave Niki a shot of cortisone - filled a prescription for antibiotics and gave me a mouthwash to use on her - I asked if I was going to have to try and get her to spit it out!! LOL!! - Nope! So I packed up Niki - went out to the front desk to settle the bill. You know what - I should just have my paychecks sent directly to the vets for the next few weeks. Niki just cost me $250! And with what Muppet cost me last week - man it's expensive to make animals part of your family.
Well ~ I am having my garage sale tomorrow and Saturday ~ come on by and help me make some money for the vets!!!
De
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Ewwwww!
If you want to keep your image of L being a sweet little girl then don't read this post.
I got home - took Muppet for a walk - went to my room to change. As I am in my room getting in to comfortable clothes I look over towards my door - there is something on the floor - Buffy is always pulling cotton balls out of the garbage or finding little scraps of paper to play with. So I go over to see what it is and . . . . . . . .ewwwwww! It's a used condom!!!!! OMG! Where did Buffy drag this from?? I am now sitting on the couch waiting for L to get home so I can ask her. I am debating whether to say - What The Hell!!! or You might want to be careful where you throw things! or What happened to the rule of no boys staying in your room!
I will update this post once she gets home.
De
**Update**
So I told L that she needed to watch where she threw things because Buffy likes to get into garbage. I then showed her what Buffy had left in my room. She said I don't know where she could have gotten that my room was closed and the garbage in the bathroom is under the sink. I said - uh how come you're not saying there's no way that could be hers!! L had sex in my house with Panda!! No this was not her first time! She slept with Tommy last summer!! I feel the overwhelming need to scrub everything down with bleach!
I think i'm still in a little bit of shock. She doesn't want to talk about it - I said if you're having sex you should be able to talk about it. I then strongly advised her to either go to Planned Parenthood or her regular doc.
I got home - took Muppet for a walk - went to my room to change. As I am in my room getting in to comfortable clothes I look over towards my door - there is something on the floor - Buffy is always pulling cotton balls out of the garbage or finding little scraps of paper to play with. So I go over to see what it is and . . . . . . . .ewwwwww! It's a used condom!!!!! OMG! Where did Buffy drag this from?? I am now sitting on the couch waiting for L to get home so I can ask her. I am debating whether to say - What The Hell!!! or You might want to be careful where you throw things! or What happened to the rule of no boys staying in your room!
I will update this post once she gets home.
De
**Update**
So I told L that she needed to watch where she threw things because Buffy likes to get into garbage. I then showed her what Buffy had left in my room. She said I don't know where she could have gotten that my room was closed and the garbage in the bathroom is under the sink. I said - uh how come you're not saying there's no way that could be hers!! L had sex in my house with Panda!! No this was not her first time! She slept with Tommy last summer!! I feel the overwhelming need to scrub everything down with bleach!
I think i'm still in a little bit of shock. She doesn't want to talk about it - I said if you're having sex you should be able to talk about it. I then strongly advised her to either go to Planned Parenthood or her regular doc.
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Long Weekend - Short Week!
Why am I more tired after a 3-Day weekend than after a regular weekend? Can a body really get too much rest and relaxation? At least this is a short week for me - Yay! I am taking Friday off to take part in a neighborhood wide garage sale. I am getting things together - I always have a hard time pricing things - the last time I had a garage sale was when I moved out of the house in North Bend. My cousin Christina came by just after it started and she went around and changed most of the prices for me because I had under priced a lot of things - didn't leave any negotiating room.
I got an email from NWC today - the Big Blue Truck will be in my area on Monday - so whatever I don't sell I can just donate to NWC and I don't have to haul everything back up the stairs!
If you're in the area Fri-Sat-Sun stop by - my junk might be your treasure!
Muppet had her first dose of her new meds tonight. It is a liquid and the pharmacy on Gilman flavored it as Beef!! I didn't even know they could do that! Beats trying to get her to take something that tastes like bubblegum or bananas!
De
I got an email from NWC today - the Big Blue Truck will be in my area on Monday - so whatever I don't sell I can just donate to NWC and I don't have to haul everything back up the stairs!
If you're in the area Fri-Sat-Sun stop by - my junk might be your treasure!
Muppet had her first dose of her new meds tonight. It is a liquid and the pharmacy on Gilman flavored it as Beef!! I didn't even know they could do that! Beats trying to get her to take something that tastes like bubblegum or bananas!
De
Monday, May 26, 2008
Weekend Update
This nice three day weekend is coming to an end. It has been so nice to just hang out all weekend and do basically nothing. Saturday I did my annual cleaning out of the pantry, refrigerator, and freezer. Man that is so much fun and so very exciting! Sunday I went and did grocery shopping. I hadn't done a large trip in awhile - mostly just grabbing what I needed on a day to day basis. OMG - let me just say that grocery prices have definitely increased and L had better not eat everything in the first few days of this week. Today I did some more straightening up and then got sidetracked to the couch with an NCIS Marathon! Yup - same thing happened to me last weekend!
L and I did have some huge confrontations this weekend. The first one had to do with her not being able to find the remote for her room - she had removed the batteries from the living room remote - and wanted me to give her mine. Umm - I said no because I was in my room using it. Well she went ballistic at the word No!!! Here we were - midnight - arguing over a remote and the word No. I agree with the feedback I have gotten that L needs to move out and be on her own. Now I would like to get some help on the implementation of this. My thoughts are to give her until she gets back from the Householder family reunion to get out of the house. The reunion is over 4th of July. Am I giving her too much time? I presented this to her in the middle of our confrontation Friday night and it did not go over well. Lots of tears - Lots of stress - She can't afford to live on her own - I must hate her to make her leave the house. I was honest and told her that we just can't live together. In my head I know I need to do this - make her stand on her own. My gut gets all tied up in knots and my heart hurts thinking about her out on her own with nowhere to go. Couldn't someone else in the family tell her?!?! How about someone else taking her in? Anyone - Anyone?
I did stay up most of Friday night reading a book - haven't done that since I don't know when. The book - The Last Time I Was Me by Cathy Lamb. Very good book - Started it on the bus on Thursday and finished it Saturday morning! I am sending it down to Lindsay in Texas along with 2 other books. Hey Linds you need to share them with your Mom!
Muppet has now made it a full week with no seizures!! Yay!!
De
L and I did have some huge confrontations this weekend. The first one had to do with her not being able to find the remote for her room - she had removed the batteries from the living room remote - and wanted me to give her mine. Umm - I said no because I was in my room using it. Well she went ballistic at the word No!!! Here we were - midnight - arguing over a remote and the word No. I agree with the feedback I have gotten that L needs to move out and be on her own. Now I would like to get some help on the implementation of this. My thoughts are to give her until she gets back from the Householder family reunion to get out of the house. The reunion is over 4th of July. Am I giving her too much time? I presented this to her in the middle of our confrontation Friday night and it did not go over well. Lots of tears - Lots of stress - She can't afford to live on her own - I must hate her to make her leave the house. I was honest and told her that we just can't live together. In my head I know I need to do this - make her stand on her own. My gut gets all tied up in knots and my heart hurts thinking about her out on her own with nowhere to go. Couldn't someone else in the family tell her?!?! How about someone else taking her in? Anyone - Anyone?
I did stay up most of Friday night reading a book - haven't done that since I don't know when. The book - The Last Time I Was Me by Cathy Lamb. Very good book - Started it on the bus on Thursday and finished it Saturday morning! I am sending it down to Lindsay in Texas along with 2 other books. Hey Linds you need to share them with your Mom!
Muppet has now made it a full week with no seizures!! Yay!!
De
Saturday, May 24, 2008
Memorial Weekend
I am trying to remember what we used to do when I was growing up for Memorial Weekend. I know that 4th of July we were in the San Juans, end of July we were in Kelowna, and Labor Day was the sand dunes. Maybe we didn't have have a recurring vacation for this weekend. If anyone in my family is reading this - please leave a comment and remind me what we used to do.
When I was with L's Dad we used to go camping for this weekend. We didn't go to any of those places where you had to make reservations for a camp site - oh no - we would just pack up the car, set out, and hope we found a place. I remember the first year we headed out - we got to North Bend and remembered that we didn't have an dishes for cooking and no hangers or sticks for cooking things over the fire! Yeah - not well prepared! One year we discovered a new place to go - I think it was called Teanaway Creek - no set camping spots - we just pitched our tent in the middle of some grass. There was a creek running next to the site - which was nice and cold so we kept our beer in there!! We had fun. I only remember bringing L on a camping trip once. She wasn't very old - we had a "bag-a-bed" to put in the tent for her to sleep in but she was having none of that. She cried and cried - wouldn't settle down - so Alan got up, put L in her car seat and went driving into town - L fell right to sleep. She always did that - falling asleep in the car.
Have a great Memorial Weekend! Be Safe!
De
When I was with L's Dad we used to go camping for this weekend. We didn't go to any of those places where you had to make reservations for a camp site - oh no - we would just pack up the car, set out, and hope we found a place. I remember the first year we headed out - we got to North Bend and remembered that we didn't have an dishes for cooking and no hangers or sticks for cooking things over the fire! Yeah - not well prepared! One year we discovered a new place to go - I think it was called Teanaway Creek - no set camping spots - we just pitched our tent in the middle of some grass. There was a creek running next to the site - which was nice and cold so we kept our beer in there!! We had fun. I only remember bringing L on a camping trip once. She wasn't very old - we had a "bag-a-bed" to put in the tent for her to sleep in but she was having none of that. She cried and cried - wouldn't settle down - so Alan got up, put L in her car seat and went driving into town - L fell right to sleep. She always did that - falling asleep in the car.
Have a great Memorial Weekend! Be Safe!
De
Friday, May 23, 2008
Highlights - Lowlights? You be the judge!
I'm tired tonight so I am going to just do the highlights - or lowlights - depending on how you look at it!
Work - got to work at 715 this morning - everyone else gets there between 830 and 900. Told we would probably get to leave early today for the holiday weekend. At 200 I asked if I could leave an hour early (I don't take lunch) - told that I had to send out the checks first (I should point out that I just got the checks back signed so it's not like they had been sitting on my desk all day) I said - then that means I will have put in an 8 hour day while everyone else gets to leave early - I was told maybe I shouldn't have come in early then. Got the checks out - everyone else was getting ready to leave - I quickly grabbed my stuff to leave and someone made a comment about - Wow you're not even waiting for Matt to leave before you head out. I responded with - I got here at 715 so I am only leaving 15 minutes early. There is an issue - either real or just perception by me - of people thinking I am always leaving early because I get to work 1 1/2 to 2 hours before they do and don't take a lunch break. Yeah - feeling a little crabby - or should I say bitchy today. Man I sure need this long weekend.
Gas Prices - OMG!! I drove by the Shell Station on the corner of Front Street and Gilman at 330 and the price was 4.03 per gallon - when I drove back by at 400 the price was now 4.05! How does that happen?!?! They weren't getting a delivery of new gas - it was the same fuel in their tanks that they had earlier. My guess - They quickly upped the price so they could gouge all the people that were heading out of town for the long weekend. I am going to try to make this a gas free weekend. Other than running to the grocery store I will be walking around.
Something to add to my small things that make you smile list. The smile of a baby! While I was at the pharmacy to get Muppet's new meds there was a Mom there with her 6 month old baby girl. I looked over and she was looking at me so I smiled and gave a little wave and she smiled really big back at me. Made my day!
L's friend Blake - As I was driving down Klahanie Blvd to get home I got stopped behind some other cars - looked up ahead and there were police and sheriff cars waving people around - there was a car accident - the one car had a really smashed up front end - as I drove by I glanced this really blonde headed boy sitting on the curb - Yup - it was Blake. Seems he took his eyes off the road and didn't see that the car in front of him had stopped and he plowed right in to them. L says the people in that car were taken away in an ambulance. Very Scary. Teenage drivers.
ADD Moment of the Day - came home with every intention of getting started on some chores so that it doesn't take up my whole long weekend - Yeah - started channel flipping and I have now been watching an NCIS Marathon on the USA Network for 3.5 hours! Hmmm - maybe not an ADD Moment as much as a Couch Potato Moment. Oh Well! I still have 3 days to get everything done!
Back to NCIS!
De
Work - got to work at 715 this morning - everyone else gets there between 830 and 900. Told we would probably get to leave early today for the holiday weekend. At 200 I asked if I could leave an hour early (I don't take lunch) - told that I had to send out the checks first (I should point out that I just got the checks back signed so it's not like they had been sitting on my desk all day) I said - then that means I will have put in an 8 hour day while everyone else gets to leave early - I was told maybe I shouldn't have come in early then. Got the checks out - everyone else was getting ready to leave - I quickly grabbed my stuff to leave and someone made a comment about - Wow you're not even waiting for Matt to leave before you head out. I responded with - I got here at 715 so I am only leaving 15 minutes early. There is an issue - either real or just perception by me - of people thinking I am always leaving early because I get to work 1 1/2 to 2 hours before they do and don't take a lunch break. Yeah - feeling a little crabby - or should I say bitchy today. Man I sure need this long weekend.
Gas Prices - OMG!! I drove by the Shell Station on the corner of Front Street and Gilman at 330 and the price was 4.03 per gallon - when I drove back by at 400 the price was now 4.05! How does that happen?!?! They weren't getting a delivery of new gas - it was the same fuel in their tanks that they had earlier. My guess - They quickly upped the price so they could gouge all the people that were heading out of town for the long weekend. I am going to try to make this a gas free weekend. Other than running to the grocery store I will be walking around.
Something to add to my small things that make you smile list. The smile of a baby! While I was at the pharmacy to get Muppet's new meds there was a Mom there with her 6 month old baby girl. I looked over and she was looking at me so I smiled and gave a little wave and she smiled really big back at me. Made my day!
L's friend Blake - As I was driving down Klahanie Blvd to get home I got stopped behind some other cars - looked up ahead and there were police and sheriff cars waving people around - there was a car accident - the one car had a really smashed up front end - as I drove by I glanced this really blonde headed boy sitting on the curb - Yup - it was Blake. Seems he took his eyes off the road and didn't see that the car in front of him had stopped and he plowed right in to them. L says the people in that car were taken away in an ambulance. Very Scary. Teenage drivers.
ADD Moment of the Day - came home with every intention of getting started on some chores so that it doesn't take up my whole long weekend - Yeah - started channel flipping and I have now been watching an NCIS Marathon on the USA Network for 3.5 hours! Hmmm - maybe not an ADD Moment as much as a Couch Potato Moment. Oh Well! I still have 3 days to get everything done!
Back to NCIS!
De
Thursday, May 22, 2008
The Good and The Bad
Well - where do I start for today? Do I start with how good my morning and afternoon were or do I start with how L was able to change my mood with just a tone in her voice. Ugh. Let's start with the ugly and end with the nice!
L got home from work and started right in on the attitude and tone. I don't even know how to describe in words so that you can understand what it is she says and how she says it. You definitely need to be there. Maybe I should start recording it and then figure out how to load it on the computer! Bottom line - I just can't live with her anymore. You know how there are those people that you love dearly but you can only spend so much time with them. I don't think we will be able to get along with each other until we are no longer living with each other. Oh - and something else I need to share with you - L was in Seattle all night again wandering the streets and hanging out under I5 - before she left this evening to go hang with Blake she showed me her "germ burn" - If you're like me you're going "Huh??" Her friend Jenny and the 2 other people they hang with in Seattle have one and so they decided she needed one to - This consists of your friends all puffing on a cigarette and then placing the burning tips together on your arm for 10 seconds - you then blow off the ashes and lick it to try and stop the burning. She's so proud of it and couldn't wait to show me. I really think she needs to be out of the comfort of the home and she can hang on the Seattle streets with her friends full-time. Maybe she will then find out that it's not "fun" when you don't have anywhere else to go. Input would be appreciated! Please leave me comments!
Now the good! Today was movie day at work! The whole company got to leave work at noon and we all went and saw the new Indiana Jones movie! I thought the movie was really good. If I had to rate the whole series so far I would say Raider's was the best, then the Last Crusade , Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (the new one), and then the second one which I thought was just awful. The one today did have some - yeah right moments - but other than that it was a true Indiana Jones experience. Shia Lebouf is good in this one and I could tell that they are definitely grooming him to carry on with the enterprise.
Muppet has now gone 72 hours without a seizure. Only problem - I am like a Mom with a brand new baby ~ every time she moves, scratches, or breathes loudly during the night it wakes me up and I reach over to make sure she's not having a seizure. Man I'll be happy when she starts sleeping through the night! LOL!
OK - I'm going to watch the season finale of Grey's Anatomy and then go to bed. Oh - and if you are watching Grey's also - the scene at the beginning of the show tonight where the Chief, McDreamy, and McSteamy are standing together looking out over the view from McDreamy's property - yeah that's right - filmed right here in Issaquah up on the bald spot where the paraglider's take off from. Very Cool! I swear - I need to do some detective work and find out when they will be filming up there next so I can stake it out!
Night!
De
L got home from work and started right in on the attitude and tone. I don't even know how to describe in words so that you can understand what it is she says and how she says it. You definitely need to be there. Maybe I should start recording it and then figure out how to load it on the computer! Bottom line - I just can't live with her anymore. You know how there are those people that you love dearly but you can only spend so much time with them. I don't think we will be able to get along with each other until we are no longer living with each other. Oh - and something else I need to share with you - L was in Seattle all night again wandering the streets and hanging out under I5 - before she left this evening to go hang with Blake she showed me her "germ burn" - If you're like me you're going "Huh??" Her friend Jenny and the 2 other people they hang with in Seattle have one and so they decided she needed one to - This consists of your friends all puffing on a cigarette and then placing the burning tips together on your arm for 10 seconds - you then blow off the ashes and lick it to try and stop the burning. She's so proud of it and couldn't wait to show me. I really think she needs to be out of the comfort of the home and she can hang on the Seattle streets with her friends full-time. Maybe she will then find out that it's not "fun" when you don't have anywhere else to go. Input would be appreciated! Please leave me comments!
Now the good! Today was movie day at work! The whole company got to leave work at noon and we all went and saw the new Indiana Jones movie! I thought the movie was really good. If I had to rate the whole series so far I would say Raider's was the best, then the Last Crusade , Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (the new one), and then the second one which I thought was just awful. The one today did have some - yeah right moments - but other than that it was a true Indiana Jones experience. Shia Lebouf is good in this one and I could tell that they are definitely grooming him to carry on with the enterprise.
Muppet has now gone 72 hours without a seizure. Only problem - I am like a Mom with a brand new baby ~ every time she moves, scratches, or breathes loudly during the night it wakes me up and I reach over to make sure she's not having a seizure. Man I'll be happy when she starts sleeping through the night! LOL!
OK - I'm going to watch the season finale of Grey's Anatomy and then go to bed. Oh - and if you are watching Grey's also - the scene at the beginning of the show tonight where the Chief, McDreamy, and McSteamy are standing together looking out over the view from McDreamy's property - yeah that's right - filmed right here in Issaquah up on the bald spot where the paraglider's take off from. Very Cool! I swear - I need to do some detective work and find out when they will be filming up there next so I can stake it out!
Night!
De
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
L and her Temper
Boy does L have a temper! When things don't go as planned or her way she can get very ugly. I used to get really mad when plans changed or things didn't work out. I could feel it building up in the pit of my stomach and then - whamo it would come busting out. I have it under control now - but boy L does not. Poor girl gets that temper from both sides of her family. She never stood a chance! Her temper today was the result of her having plans - then not having plans - then having plans again - then those changing - and then finally settled on plans. Of course the plans involved me driving her and Jenny to the Park and Ride. Silly me let myself get talked into driving her there but that's a whole nother story! So we go to Jenny's house and L gets out of the car so she can - as she put it - straighten Jenny out. Jenny must have been changing her mind about the plans which put L in the bad mood. Jenny's friend Sean was there. Now here's where the story gets a little interesting. I'll explain what happened and see if you draw the same conclusions that I did! L and Jenny are talking next to Sean's car - Sean gets out of the car - walks to the back of the car - opens the trunk and takes out a small case which he proceeds to carry back to the front of his car and he gets back in. L then gets in the car and is in there for a few minutes. She then gets out of the car - Sean gets out, walks back to the trunk, opens it, and puts the case back in. Soooooooo - what conclusions did you draw about this little "transaction" Yeah - that's what I thought too!!!
So L and Jenny get back into my car and we head to the park and ride. Now - when we left our place we had a good 15 - 20 minutes before the bus they wanted to catch was going to leave. So we are driving and L starts getting very agitated and starts complaining to me about the route I took to the PR - I told her beggars can't be choosers and asked if she wanted to walk. Now we she is starting to use that wonderfully colorful language that she likes so much - As we are pulling up to the park and ride I see the bus - as we pull into the parking garage - the bus pulls away!! L and Jenny get out of the car and L just slams the door and starts swearing. I was so tempted to roll my window down and give her a piece of my mind but decided that wasn't going to do any good and it would just piss her off more and start a big scene. What would I have said to her - Oh how about - If you hadn't spent so much time in Jenny's driveway "conducting business" you would have made it to your bus on time!!
On a different note - Muppet has made it 48 hours without a seizure!! She was very happy to see me when I got home tonight. She didn't dance for me but I did get a happy tail wag and some little kisses! It is probably going to take some time for her to get her dancing legs back.
OMG!! She just made me laugh out loud! She is sleeping on the couch and she just snored really loud! It was so loud that it woke her up and she looked around to see who or what made that noise and looked at me like - who huh what was that?!?! You know what - my Granddaddy used to do the same thing and my Dad still does!!
Signing off ~
De
So L and Jenny get back into my car and we head to the park and ride. Now - when we left our place we had a good 15 - 20 minutes before the bus they wanted to catch was going to leave. So we are driving and L starts getting very agitated and starts complaining to me about the route I took to the PR - I told her beggars can't be choosers and asked if she wanted to walk. Now we she is starting to use that wonderfully colorful language that she likes so much - As we are pulling up to the park and ride I see the bus - as we pull into the parking garage - the bus pulls away!! L and Jenny get out of the car and L just slams the door and starts swearing. I was so tempted to roll my window down and give her a piece of my mind but decided that wasn't going to do any good and it would just piss her off more and start a big scene. What would I have said to her - Oh how about - If you hadn't spent so much time in Jenny's driveway "conducting business" you would have made it to your bus on time!!
On a different note - Muppet has made it 48 hours without a seizure!! She was very happy to see me when I got home tonight. She didn't dance for me but I did get a happy tail wag and some little kisses! It is probably going to take some time for her to get her dancing legs back.
OMG!! She just made me laugh out loud! She is sleeping on the couch and she just snored really loud! It was so loud that it woke her up and she looked around to see who or what made that noise and looked at me like - who huh what was that?!?! You know what - my Granddaddy used to do the same thing and my Dad still does!!
Signing off ~
De
My Muppet!
Muppet made it through the night with no seizures! She was all happy this morning and didn't act all drugged out. Hopefully she is on the mend and this last weekend was just a one time thing.
De
De
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Muppet Is Home
Muppet is home! I picked her up from the hospital at 400 - brought her home for 1/2 an hour and then we headed to her regular vet. He is still inclined to believe it is epilepsy and not a tumor. We are increasing her Phenobarbital meds and we will add new meds tomorrow - we couldn't start on them today because it needs to be called in to a regular pharmacy down on Gilman Blvd. He sent me home with some tranquilizers to have on hand in case she has another round of seizures. I am a little nervous about tonight. Right now she is stretched out on the couch sleeping and very happy! I got a few tail wags and kisses once we finally were home to stay. And yes - she has licked my toes like she loves to do! I am so happy to have her home. I have to be careful not to smother her with hugs and kisses!
De
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Quick Update
Muppet had one seizure last night at 730. They increased her dosage of phenobarbital and she made it through the night without any more seizures. The plan right now is for me to pick her up around 400 and take her to our regular vet for a 500 appointment. The vets at the hospital are leaning towards the fact we might need a neurological consult - MRI. I will keep you posted.
De
De
Monday, May 19, 2008
Update On Muppet
I was able to go visit Muppet after work today. She was so drugged up and out of it but she managed to recognize me and kiss my face. I spoke with the vet that was working at that time - he mentioned again that we may need to look into the possibility that it is a brain tumor because of the drastic changes in the seizures and the fact that she is still having them even with being so doped up on phenobarbital. The vet left the room and I was able to just sit with Muppet for about 10 minutes. I just held her and rocked her like a baby and she snuggled up and slept on my shoulder. I know I have only had her for a year but it feels like she has been with me forever. I am so not ready to have her be gone. With everything that has been going on lately I keep thinking that I must have really pissed off the Gods - not sure how or what I did - but they keep raining down trials and tribulations on me. When is this going to stop.
Muppet Update
Muppet spent the night at the hospital. They wanted to keep for at least 24 hours so they could watch her. I just spoke with the vet on duty this morning and Muppet had 2 more seizures during the night. They are going to contact our regular vet so that they can make a decision on how to proceed from here. She will definitely need a change in her medications. They said she is eating and drinking this morning and I should be able to bring her home this evening.
I will keep everyone posted.
De
***Updated 11:00 AM**** I just received a call from the hospital and Muppet had 2 more seizures this morning so they aren't going to release her today. The vet there is concerned that she is still having seizures even though she is doped up with phenobarbital.
I will keep everyone posted.
De
***Updated 11:00 AM**** I just received a call from the hospital and Muppet had 2 more seizures this morning so they aren't going to release her today. The vet there is concerned that she is still having seizures even though she is doped up with phenobarbital.
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Muppet In Hospital
Muppet started having cluster seizures this morning at 630. Cluster seizures are multiple seizures within a 24 hour time period. She had 2 at 230this morning and then she started again at 630 and had 4 in one hour. L and I took her to Alpine Animal Hospital in Issaquah. She is still there while they try to get her seizures under control. I will have more information this afternoon.
Saturday, May 17, 2008
I'm Melting
I try not to be a weather wimp - I like to see the sunshine and the clear blue sky - especially after the dark dreary winter/spring we have had. But - come one - going from 65 to 89 without an in between transition from the 70's! Please - what native Washingtonian loves that - it is way too hot! It is 11 pm here - the fans have been going all day - and it is still 85 inside my condo!! Unbelievably warm. It's days like this that remind me why I wouldn't survive living in Texas.
So - I escaped to the air-conditioned theater and saw Iron Man! That was a really good movie! I can see why it has been the number 1 movie - Robert Downey Jr is great - oh and if you go to see the movie you need to stay all the way through the credits to see a brief clip.
I left the movie and walked outside - OMG! It was so stuffy and hot out there - I needed to find another air-conditioned store real quick. Lucky for me there is a Barnes and Noble right next door! I could spend a whole day just wandering around in there looking at books. I can never leave a Barnes and Noble empty handed. I kept picking up books - telling myself that I would go through them at the end and put some back - Yeah Right!! I walked out of there with 5 - count em - 5 books. I am definitely addicted! Not a bad vice to have though - at least it's not illegal to have too many books or to read in public or on your back deck! ( see prev post!)
Muppet and I went to Neil and Merilyn's for dinner tonight - L was nowhere to be found so it was just me and the dog - It is cooler up on Tiger Mountain so it was nice to sit out on their deck - have a beer - talk. We had barbecue burgers for dinner and Merilyn even cooked one up especially for Muppet - Nah she's not spoiled!
I am now at home - have not heard from L since I left for the movies at noon today and she's not home. Well - she's 18 so I won't worry about her - I'll just enjoy the peace and quiet - go to my room - and hope the fans cool this house down. I believe it is supposed to be cooler tomorrow.
De
So - I escaped to the air-conditioned theater and saw Iron Man! That was a really good movie! I can see why it has been the number 1 movie - Robert Downey Jr is great - oh and if you go to see the movie you need to stay all the way through the credits to see a brief clip.
I left the movie and walked outside - OMG! It was so stuffy and hot out there - I needed to find another air-conditioned store real quick. Lucky for me there is a Barnes and Noble right next door! I could spend a whole day just wandering around in there looking at books. I can never leave a Barnes and Noble empty handed. I kept picking up books - telling myself that I would go through them at the end and put some back - Yeah Right!! I walked out of there with 5 - count em - 5 books. I am definitely addicted! Not a bad vice to have though - at least it's not illegal to have too many books or to read in public or on your back deck! ( see prev post!)
Muppet and I went to Neil and Merilyn's for dinner tonight - L was nowhere to be found so it was just me and the dog - It is cooler up on Tiger Mountain so it was nice to sit out on their deck - have a beer - talk. We had barbecue burgers for dinner and Merilyn even cooked one up especially for Muppet - Nah she's not spoiled!
I am now at home - have not heard from L since I left for the movies at noon today and she's not home. Well - she's 18 so I won't worry about her - I'll just enjoy the peace and quiet - go to my room - and hope the fans cool this house down. I believe it is supposed to be cooler tomorrow.
De
Friday, May 16, 2008
It's Just a Plant
I was going to write about the geese I saw this morning because nothing real exciting or dramatic had happened and then I came home. Earlier in the day L had been really bitchy on the phone with me and was trying to pick a fight with me. After I got off the bus tonight I went to the grocery store and decided that maybe we just needed to have an attitude adjustment so I picked up some steaks and a $20 table top barbecue. I texted her to see if she had plans for tonight - idk why? - I asked if she wanted to have a barbecue - just us? - yes if that was OK with her. She then called me on her way home from work and seemed to be very suspicious about my intentions. I told her I just wanted to try and have a "bitch" free weekend. When she got home she was still very suspicious and then said that she had gotten IMs from Jenny and Blake to see if she wanted to do something tonight. She then asked how much food I had gotten. I told her I had enough if she wanted Jenny and Blake to come over. Boy was that a big mistake!!!!!!
They got here - Jenny with another boy in tow - and they all went out on the back deck and started smoking - now it is very warm here today and the only way to keep the living area cool is to have a fan in the back door blowing in air from the deck - but because they were smoking the door was closed. Then they all came in - disappeared outside for a bit and then when they came back Blake wasn't with them. I asked where he was and L said he was picking up something - I have been around her and her friends long enough to know this is code for meeting up with the dealer and getting some weed. I said you're not smoking it here - she said we'll just do it on the deck - I said no that the rule is no drugs in or around the house -s he then decided to get all semantic on me and said it wasn't "in" the house. I kept saying No and she kept saying it would be safer than if they were driving while doing it. I said no again and then I asked her where does she do it usually - she asked "During the day when I'm with Blake?" - uh yeah - she said they do it here on the deck!!!!!!!!! During the day before she heads off to work!!!!! I so did not want to know this. Oh - she also kept trying to use the reasoning -"It's not a drug it's a plant" I said - I only have 2 major rules in the house - No Boys Sleeping Over and No Drugs In The House. If she doesn't want to follow those rules then she needs to look for somewhere else to live. This resulted in her using a few choice words and slamming the sliding glass door.
Needless to say the nice barbecue I had planned didn't go well at all. They all headed "out" around 845 and then just got home at 10. Gee - think they found somewhere else to smoke!
I am now in my room - with a fan in the window blowing in "fresh" air to cool off. I am going to go to sleep and see what tomorrow brings.
My head is telling me that she doesn't want to follow any rules and my heart is telling me that she is my daughter and I should just stick it out. It is times like this I wish there was another actual adult int he house to back me up on whatever decision I need to make.
De
They got here - Jenny with another boy in tow - and they all went out on the back deck and started smoking - now it is very warm here today and the only way to keep the living area cool is to have a fan in the back door blowing in air from the deck - but because they were smoking the door was closed. Then they all came in - disappeared outside for a bit and then when they came back Blake wasn't with them. I asked where he was and L said he was picking up something - I have been around her and her friends long enough to know this is code for meeting up with the dealer and getting some weed. I said you're not smoking it here - she said we'll just do it on the deck - I said no that the rule is no drugs in or around the house -s he then decided to get all semantic on me and said it wasn't "in" the house. I kept saying No and she kept saying it would be safer than if they were driving while doing it. I said no again and then I asked her where does she do it usually - she asked "During the day when I'm with Blake?" - uh yeah - she said they do it here on the deck!!!!!!!!! During the day before she heads off to work!!!!! I so did not want to know this. Oh - she also kept trying to use the reasoning -"It's not a drug it's a plant" I said - I only have 2 major rules in the house - No Boys Sleeping Over and No Drugs In The House. If she doesn't want to follow those rules then she needs to look for somewhere else to live. This resulted in her using a few choice words and slamming the sliding glass door.
Needless to say the nice barbecue I had planned didn't go well at all. They all headed "out" around 845 and then just got home at 10. Gee - think they found somewhere else to smoke!
I am now in my room - with a fan in the window blowing in "fresh" air to cool off. I am going to go to sleep and see what tomorrow brings.
My head is telling me that she doesn't want to follow any rules and my heart is telling me that she is my daughter and I should just stick it out. It is times like this I wish there was another actual adult int he house to back me up on whatever decision I need to make.
De
Thursday, May 15, 2008
PNW Summer!
It's a Pacific Northwest Summer! The weather has been in the upper 50s to low 60s and raining for weeks - typical spring time in Seattle. Today it was in the upper 70s and tomorrow it could very well be close to 90! Back down to the 80s over the weekend and then 60s and rain next week. So enjoy it while it's here - spend time outdoors - break out the fans so you can sleep at night - dust off the shorts! 3 Day Summer starts tomorrow. Don't blink or you may miss it!
De
De
Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Recapture A Part Of Childhood
A couple weekends ago L and I were going through our baby books. In mine I found an envelope dated 1967 and inside wrapped in tissue paper was hair from my first haircut! It was about 3 - 4 inches long and really pretty - it was lighter than I thought it would be - my hair has always been a medium mousy brown. Today I had my hair appointment with Bonnie. When I walked in she asked what we were going to do - I told her it might be a little weird - I pulled out the envelope with my hair in it and said I wanted to see if we could make my hair the color it was when I was little! She pulled out some books and we matched the hair up and she said she could certainly try! When all was said and done - she did it! My hair is now the color it was when I was 3! I know - a little weird - but I Like It!!
I got home - L was in the living room on her computer - I said Hey - no response. I put my bags down in my room - went and let Muppet out of the kitchen ( that's right - L makes Muppet stay locked up in the kitchen when she gets home so she won't have to watch her) - picked her up and went to the couch - I asked L if she wasn't talking to me - I just got a look - I asked her what was wrong - she said she was stressed - I asked her what happened - L says "I turned 18 and I'm stressed out!" If she was expecting a sympathetic word from me or for me to go - oh don't be stressed we can work things out - she was sadly mistaken. It's not like I just told her the expectations of being 18 and staying in the house - I have been telling her this since High School Graduation last year. Hmmmm - think things are starting to sink in.
Finale of ANTM - stop reading here if you haven't watched the episode!
My girl Whitney made it in to the final 2! They just did the final runway show and the judges are deliberating. I so want Whitney to win. Paulina seems to have something against Whitney and she has nothing nice to say about her. She is definitely biased towards Anya. Here comes the announcement - America's Next Top Model is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitney!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!
I got home - L was in the living room on her computer - I said Hey - no response. I put my bags down in my room - went and let Muppet out of the kitchen ( that's right - L makes Muppet stay locked up in the kitchen when she gets home so she won't have to watch her) - picked her up and went to the couch - I asked L if she wasn't talking to me - I just got a look - I asked her what was wrong - she said she was stressed - I asked her what happened - L says "I turned 18 and I'm stressed out!" If she was expecting a sympathetic word from me or for me to go - oh don't be stressed we can work things out - she was sadly mistaken. It's not like I just told her the expectations of being 18 and staying in the house - I have been telling her this since High School Graduation last year. Hmmmm - think things are starting to sink in.
Finale of ANTM - stop reading here if you haven't watched the episode!
My girl Whitney made it in to the final 2! They just did the final runway show and the judges are deliberating. I so want Whitney to win. Paulina seems to have something against Whitney and she has nothing nice to say about her. She is definitely biased towards Anya. Here comes the announcement - America's Next Top Model is. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Whitney!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
She's A Smart One
Have I told you that L is a very smart girl?! This morning before I left for work I went to check in L's bedroom to see if she was here and to see if she was alone. I reach out - turn the door handle - and it's locked! What The Hell!! The bedroom doors don't have locks on them!! Little Missy had removed the door handles from her bedroom and bathroom and swapped them so that she could lock her bedroom door!! I tell ya - this girl should work for the CIA! The only thing she didn't think of - the door can be easily unlocked with the simple twist of a paperclip!
I never would have thought of swapping door handles! She is very smart!
If only she would use her power for good!
De
I never would have thought of swapping door handles! She is very smart!
If only she would use her power for good!
De
Monday, May 12, 2008
Birthday Dinner
Well, I took L out to a birthday dinner at Red Robin tonight. It was interesting to say the least. Back in the day when we would go out to eat we would spend the time waiting for our food playing hangman. Now the time is spent with me looking around and people watching while L text messages with her friends and logs into her MySpace on her phone. I don't think we said more than a few words to each other before our food came. Then came the fun part - L decided that she wanted to tell me all about her weekend in Seattle - I so did not need to hear all the gory details. But she felt the need to tell me that she was drunk/wasted the whole weekend and that she threw up 4 times - she seemed to be very proud of that fact and the fact that the last time she got sick it was in her sleep - under the freeway. Oh she so knows how to make a Mother proud!
De
De
Sunday, May 11, 2008
Mother's Day
Happy Birthday ~ Happy Mother's Day. Not much to write about today. L was gone all day - ended up spending the night in Seattle sleeping under I5 in Georgetown - yup sleeping under the freeway. She came home about an hour ago - opened her card and present - headed back out with Blake. I think I ma more upset with myself than her today - I should have just gone out to a movie or something but I kept thinking that if she came home and I wasn't here that she would be mad that I had left on her birthday. I need to start putting myself ahead of her - she is 18 now. So - I am feeling down because I spent the whole day at home by myself - pity party for 1!
I will just mark this down as the last lesson I needed to learn.
De
I will just mark this down as the last lesson I needed to learn.
De
Saturday, May 10, 2008
5 Hours To Go
L is 18 in 5 hours. How did I spend this final day of her being 17? Mostly trying to remind myself why she wasn't going to be moving out tomorrow on her 18th birthday. She is heading into adulthood kicking and screaming and wanting to have everything she wants right now and handed to her.
Let's start with this - she got paid on Monday and as you know from previous posts I was a numskull and loaned her money during April. SO on Monday I asked - did you get paid today - nope the person who does the checks wasn't in today. Tuesday - did you get your check today - oh I forgot to check - Wednesday when I got home there was a domino's pizza container on the couch - hmmm she must have gotten paid because she ordered pizza - no she says her friend Bre had some money on her - yes the 15 year old runaway. OK - by Friday I had grown extremely suspicious. I get home - get the mail - and low and behold her bank statement has arrived in the mail. So I opened it and guess what - she deposited her pay check on Monday!!! When she got home I asked her why she had lied to me - I don't know what you're talking about I just got paid today. Uh no - you deposited your paycheck on Monday so again I ask why did you lie to me - I didn't want to have to pay you back. So I asked when I would get my money which then turned into her saying she didn't want to talk about it and I would get my money sometime. She then headed out with her little marijuana buddy Blake. I knew she had gotten high because at 1130 I got a text message form her apologizing for lying and that she would be home in the morning and would get me my money.
That now leads us to today. She came home - paid me - showered - napped - and then was heading back over to Jenny's. I was leaving then to run some errands so I offered to drop her off at Jenny's. As we were getting to Jenny's house she was all - oh I should have checked the mail to see if I had any birthday money because now that she had paid me back she didn't know how much she had left in her bank account and she needed to save money so she could use that along with her next months paycheck to buy Chelsie's car. I then asked her if she had already spent the $50 she had gotten in the mail on Thursday - yup it was gone. I then said something about how she should have saved it to put towards her car - she said she would have enough with June's paycheck - I said don't forget you need to pay rent and your phone out of that. What?!?!?!? Yup - she hadn't really budgeted for that. Then there were lots of tears and why was I making her pay rent - did Nana and Papa make me pay rent. Nope because I went to school - but once I was out of school and working I was asked to move out. I then said that even if we made a deal and she still was only going to have $200 left from her paycheck, after paying rent and phone, to take care of insurance, gas, and anything else she needed during the month. More tears and crying about how come I was charging her $200 when I knew she didn't make that much. I said maybe she should think about getting a second job or else a full-time job. Told her she has had the last year off since graduation and it was now time to start figuring out she was going to live. So she got out of the car - said she would talk to me later. Slammed the door and said "Thanks for putting me in a f*****g bad mood on my birthday" To which I replied - Don't blame me for the choices you have made.
I am now at home and keep thinking back to where I was 18 years ago! This certainly wasn't what I was dreaming about or planning for my life and hers when I headed to the hospital after my water broke. This isn't what I wished for her when I first saw her head full of curly black hair and realized she looked a lot like my sister's girls. This is not what my hopes for her were when I brought her home and placed her in the cradle beside my bed. The time has gone so fast and there are so many things I wanted for her. She is 18 now and her decisions are her own - whatever path she chooses to take I will always have wishes, hopes, and dreams for her. May she be safe.
De
Let's start with this - she got paid on Monday and as you know from previous posts I was a numskull and loaned her money during April. SO on Monday I asked - did you get paid today - nope the person who does the checks wasn't in today. Tuesday - did you get your check today - oh I forgot to check - Wednesday when I got home there was a domino's pizza container on the couch - hmmm she must have gotten paid because she ordered pizza - no she says her friend Bre had some money on her - yes the 15 year old runaway. OK - by Friday I had grown extremely suspicious. I get home - get the mail - and low and behold her bank statement has arrived in the mail. So I opened it and guess what - she deposited her pay check on Monday!!! When she got home I asked her why she had lied to me - I don't know what you're talking about I just got paid today. Uh no - you deposited your paycheck on Monday so again I ask why did you lie to me - I didn't want to have to pay you back. So I asked when I would get my money which then turned into her saying she didn't want to talk about it and I would get my money sometime. She then headed out with her little marijuana buddy Blake. I knew she had gotten high because at 1130 I got a text message form her apologizing for lying and that she would be home in the morning and would get me my money.
That now leads us to today. She came home - paid me - showered - napped - and then was heading back over to Jenny's. I was leaving then to run some errands so I offered to drop her off at Jenny's. As we were getting to Jenny's house she was all - oh I should have checked the mail to see if I had any birthday money because now that she had paid me back she didn't know how much she had left in her bank account and she needed to save money so she could use that along with her next months paycheck to buy Chelsie's car. I then asked her if she had already spent the $50 she had gotten in the mail on Thursday - yup it was gone. I then said something about how she should have saved it to put towards her car - she said she would have enough with June's paycheck - I said don't forget you need to pay rent and your phone out of that. What?!?!?!? Yup - she hadn't really budgeted for that. Then there were lots of tears and why was I making her pay rent - did Nana and Papa make me pay rent. Nope because I went to school - but once I was out of school and working I was asked to move out. I then said that even if we made a deal and she still was only going to have $200 left from her paycheck, after paying rent and phone, to take care of insurance, gas, and anything else she needed during the month. More tears and crying about how come I was charging her $200 when I knew she didn't make that much. I said maybe she should think about getting a second job or else a full-time job. Told her she has had the last year off since graduation and it was now time to start figuring out she was going to live. So she got out of the car - said she would talk to me later. Slammed the door and said "Thanks for putting me in a f*****g bad mood on my birthday" To which I replied - Don't blame me for the choices you have made.
I am now at home and keep thinking back to where I was 18 years ago! This certainly wasn't what I was dreaming about or planning for my life and hers when I headed to the hospital after my water broke. This isn't what I wished for her when I first saw her head full of curly black hair and realized she looked a lot like my sister's girls. This is not what my hopes for her were when I brought her home and placed her in the cradle beside my bed. The time has gone so fast and there are so many things I wanted for her. She is 18 now and her decisions are her own - whatever path she chooses to take I will always have wishes, hopes, and dreams for her. May she be safe.
De
Friday, May 9, 2008
Officer MacDonald
Oh where do I start - Last night at 1130 L woke me up to tell me that there was a police officer in our living room and that he needed to talk to me. That's right! I was a little disoriented and L wasn't making a whole lot of sense so I got up - looked down the hall - and yup there was an officer standing with the "stray" L had brought home and had been staying in our house since Monday. He introduced himself as Officer MacDonald with the Black Diamond police. He asked me if I knew that she was a runaway! No I didn't. Did I know that I could be arrested for harbouring a runaway? I just stared. He asked me if a person named Collin had been here? I had to think about that one a bit - oh yeah Colin is Panda's real name - so yes he had been here. Officer MacDonald told me that that was not a good thing. Did I know that Bre was only 15 and that Colin was 20? He then asked me how old L was - she will be 18 on Sunday. He looked at L and said she was old enough to know that there was something going on. L said she didn't know that Bre was a runaway - that Bre had told her and Colin that her Mom knew where she was and that she just needed some space. Bre told the cop that we didn't know. He said she had left a note on a mirror telling her Mom she was leaving. She had been missing since Monday. All this time L had been on the phone and Bre was stuffing clothes in her backpack and putting her jeans on over her shorts. Officer asked L if it was Colin on the phone and told her to hang up. Then he had Bre hold out her arms and he checked her pockets to make sure there wasn't anything in them - had her put her belt in her backpack - and then he cuffed her. He then said to me that there was more going on here than just a simple runaway and off they went.
L hugged me and said she had no idea that Bre was a runaway - she would never do anything that would get me in trouble. I then asked her how they knew Bre was at our house. Bre's Mom had been calling Colin's cell to find Bre and he wouldn't tell her where she was. The cops then called him and took him in to custody. In order to save himself from getting into too much more trouble he told them he knew where she was and directed them to our house. He rode in the squad car and showed them where we lived. L said her and Bre were out on the back deck and heard someone knocking on the door. They didn't answer it - Colin called L's cell phone and asked her where they were - she said at home - he said you need to answer the door - she thought it was him so they opened the door to find the cop. He then asked if a parent was home and that's when she came and woke me up.
After the cop left L said that Colin may have to come up and stay with us for the night - I said uh NO WAY! She said that he didn't have his car and that the cops were going to just let him go up here. I told her I didn't think they were going to do that and even if they did he was not welcome to stay in our house. Ends up that Colin left with the cops. I told L that she needed to stop bringing home the strays because next time it might not turn out like this that we could both be in trouble.
When I woke up this morning I didn't remember what had happened for the first few seconds and then it all came rushing back - I was like OMG! Before I left for work I checked in on L in her room - yup - she was the only one in there sound asleep.
Time for work!
De
L hugged me and said she had no idea that Bre was a runaway - she would never do anything that would get me in trouble. I then asked her how they knew Bre was at our house. Bre's Mom had been calling Colin's cell to find Bre and he wouldn't tell her where she was. The cops then called him and took him in to custody. In order to save himself from getting into too much more trouble he told them he knew where she was and directed them to our house. He rode in the squad car and showed them where we lived. L said her and Bre were out on the back deck and heard someone knocking on the door. They didn't answer it - Colin called L's cell phone and asked her where they were - she said at home - he said you need to answer the door - she thought it was him so they opened the door to find the cop. He then asked if a parent was home and that's when she came and woke me up.
After the cop left L said that Colin may have to come up and stay with us for the night - I said uh NO WAY! She said that he didn't have his car and that the cops were going to just let him go up here. I told her I didn't think they were going to do that and even if they did he was not welcome to stay in our house. Ends up that Colin left with the cops. I told L that she needed to stop bringing home the strays because next time it might not turn out like this that we could both be in trouble.
When I woke up this morning I didn't remember what had happened for the first few seconds and then it all came rushing back - I was like OMG! Before I left for work I checked in on L in her room - yup - she was the only one in there sound asleep.
Time for work!
De
Thursday, May 8, 2008
It's The Little Things
I found lately that it is the simple little things in life that can bring you much joy. Things that don't cost much and just make you smile.
De
- Cupcakes at work! A surprise treat that breaks up the day.
- The quiet peacefulness in the morning when I take Muppet outside - no cars - just the birds
- An IM from my nieces
- A sincere smile from L
- Muppet dancing for me when I get home
- Kitty kisses
- The first sip of a Starbuck's Hot Chocolate
- Putting on a jacket you haven't worn in awhile and finding money in the pocket.
- Waking up at 600 in the morning and realizing it's Saturday.
- A good laugh - shake your belly - tears in your eyes - lose your breath - laugh
De
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Post Office
The US Postal Service has not been my friend this week. Sometimes they are very aggravating. I ordered some books from Barnes and Noble - they were sent out on 4/29 - the USPS website has had the same tracking message since then - The USPS has been notified to pick up your package on 4/29 - hasn't been updated since so I have no idea where my books are. Then - I sent out a package last Thursday and it hasn't arrived in Texas yet - again the website has had the same message for a couple days - Your package left our Santa Clara office on 5/4 - OK great - where has it been since then and why is it hanging out in CA instead of going to Texas. Aaaaaaaaahhhhhh! Very frustrating! I let Krystina know yesterday that I had sent her a package for her finals week but it seems to be taking the long way there - her last set of exams is tomorrow and the package still isn't there. I guess it will be an after finals package. One of the books I ordered was going to be a gift also but seeing as I have no idea where it is I will have to come up with something else. Just not my week for getting things in the mail.
Watching ANTM (America's Next Top Model) right now - down to the final 4 and I only like 1 of the models that is left. I'm not sure how she did tonight so I am a little worried. They are critiquing them right now - i don't think the judges liked any of them tonight - this seasons group just doesn't seem to get it -not that I'm one to talk as I have never modeled - I am like the armchair quarterback of modeling! Commercial right now - so we will get back to ANTM in a sec.
Got home tonight and L's friend "Disco" was still here - yup L let her stay in our house by herself while she went to work. She is so trusting it is ridiculous. When L got home they were in her room for a bit and then she asked me what I was thinking of for dinner - told her I was going to cook a hamburger and she was all oh - then they decided to leave and go see if they could find something to eat - I guess the food in the kitchen wasn't good enough for them tonight - I am pretty sure she wanted me to order them a pizza - not gonna happen - I spend way too much on groceries - not gonna have all this food in the house and then order out .
Oooohh - ANTM is back and my girl was named out 2 so she makes it to the final 3 for next week! Yay!! And double Yay - the one that has been irritating me all season was let go!! She has been all cocky and saying she was the one who was going to win and putting down the other girts so I am very glad she is gone.
L just got home with her friend - i have a feeling she is here for the night again. Do these people not have parents!!
Signing Off ~ De
Watching ANTM (America's Next Top Model) right now - down to the final 4 and I only like 1 of the models that is left. I'm not sure how she did tonight so I am a little worried. They are critiquing them right now - i don't think the judges liked any of them tonight - this seasons group just doesn't seem to get it -not that I'm one to talk as I have never modeled - I am like the armchair quarterback of modeling! Commercial right now - so we will get back to ANTM in a sec.
Got home tonight and L's friend "Disco" was still here - yup L let her stay in our house by herself while she went to work. She is so trusting it is ridiculous. When L got home they were in her room for a bit and then she asked me what I was thinking of for dinner - told her I was going to cook a hamburger and she was all oh - then they decided to leave and go see if they could find something to eat - I guess the food in the kitchen wasn't good enough for them tonight - I am pretty sure she wanted me to order them a pizza - not gonna happen - I spend way too much on groceries - not gonna have all this food in the house and then order out .
Oooohh - ANTM is back and my girl was named out 2 so she makes it to the final 3 for next week! Yay!! And double Yay - the one that has been irritating me all season was let go!! She has been all cocky and saying she was the one who was going to win and putting down the other girts so I am very glad she is gone.
L just got home with her friend - i have a feeling she is here for the night again. Do these people not have parents!!
Signing Off ~ De
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Long Day - Interesting Bus Ride
Ah - interrupted sleep last night and a very long day at work. Muppet had a seizure last night at midnight. I woke up to her falling off the bed - I jumped up and went to get her and that's when I realized she was having a seizure - she tends to fall off the bed a lot so I wasn't sure until I got over to her - she then wandered around the house for 1/2 an hour. I finally got her to calm down a little and I put back on the bed. She could not settle down and walked all over the bed for about another 1/2 hour so we got back to sleep close to 200. Today at work was my day with 2 deadlines that require a lot of running reports and creation of spreadsheets. I was there for 11 hours. When I left work I had about 7 minutes to try and get to my bus - when I got to my final cross street the sign was don't walk and my bus was already at the stop - the next one wouldn't come for another 1/2 hour and I so did not want to have to hang out - So I cross the street finally but the bus had already pulled away from the curb - the driver must have noticed my dejected look because she opened the doors - I walked quickly to climb up onto the bus - as I was getting on the light must have turned green because the driver closed the doors before I was all the way up the stairs - did I mention that I was hanging on to the handle on the door while I was climbing the stairs - when she closed the door it twisted my wrist and she started driving at the same time so I fell against part of the bus. I think maybe next time I'll just wait for the next bus!
Got home and just wanted to have a quiet early evening - not gonna happen. L informed me that her friend Panda and Disco (another raver name I believe) were on their way over. They showed up with some other guy and are just hangin in the house now - I am hangin out in my room because they are playing Wii out in the living room. They haven't gotten too loud yet - although it smells like they were trying to make toast or something because I can smell something burning - hope they don't set the condo on fire I really want a good nights sleep!
L turns 18 in 4 days - she mostly wants cash - gift cards - and a tattoo! So - do I just give her cash and if she decides to get a tattoo with it so be it - or do I go with her to get the tattoo? Any thoughts?
Hard to believe that this Mother's Day I will have been a Mom for 18 years. At times it has felt like it went by really fast and others it seems like a lifetime. L was looking at pictures on Sunday - she was such a cute baby with really soft curls and a cheesy grin like you wouldn't believe. I miss that little girl - I wish I hadn't had to work then so I could have spent more time with her - maybe things would have been different. well as they say - hindsight is 20-20 and shoulda coulda woulda won't get you anywhere.
Signing Off - Heading to Bed
De
Got home and just wanted to have a quiet early evening - not gonna happen. L informed me that her friend Panda and Disco (another raver name I believe) were on their way over. They showed up with some other guy and are just hangin in the house now - I am hangin out in my room because they are playing Wii out in the living room. They haven't gotten too loud yet - although it smells like they were trying to make toast or something because I can smell something burning - hope they don't set the condo on fire I really want a good nights sleep!
L turns 18 in 4 days - she mostly wants cash - gift cards - and a tattoo! So - do I just give her cash and if she decides to get a tattoo with it so be it - or do I go with her to get the tattoo? Any thoughts?
Hard to believe that this Mother's Day I will have been a Mom for 18 years. At times it has felt like it went by really fast and others it seems like a lifetime. L was looking at pictures on Sunday - she was such a cute baby with really soft curls and a cheesy grin like you wouldn't believe. I miss that little girl - I wish I hadn't had to work then so I could have spent more time with her - maybe things would have been different. well as they say - hindsight is 20-20 and shoulda coulda woulda won't get you anywhere.
Signing Off - Heading to Bed
De
Monday, May 5, 2008
Cinco de Mayo
Wow - what happened to the time - it must be that disturbance in the force that occurred on Saturday! One minute I was blogging on Saturday and the next thing I know I'm at work on a Monday! Things have not corrected themselves yet - and I think I caught L's ADD over the weekend. I started cleaning my room on Saturday and then I got distracted by a show on the discovery channel about Tuna fishing off Australia - see not only was I distracted but I was watching The Discovery Channel - that's just not normal. Then I went grocery shopping - came home - never did get back to the room! Sunday I started on it again but didn't quite get it finished - I have a lot of paper that needs to be shredded and I'm a pack rat! Luckily there is a Klahanie wide garage sale at the end of the month and I am going to try and sell my stuff! One persons junk is another persons treasures!
L went to a Rave again on Saturday and she came home Sunday at 5:30 am! At least she came home! She did bring Panda with her but at least I knew where she was. They slept until 5:00 pm - after Panda left L came and hung out in my room - I know! See another thing that points to the world being a little upside down topsy turvy! We looked through her baby book and mine and she looked through pictures! She pulled out a picture of her T-Ball team the Giants and I hear her say - OMG! - I think Blake was on this team. Blake is someone that she met this year and has been hanging out with a bit - she called him and he came over - yup it was him! Small world - they thought they had just met but in reality they have known each other since they were 7! Too Funny!
In the mail today L got another overdraft notice from her bank. She's just like - oh well - and tosses it aside - she was supposed to get paid today but says the checks weren't ready. I need her to get paid because I was not strong this past month and I loaned her some money. I know I know!! I shouldn't have done that and if I don't get paid back it's my own fault. I just hope she does pay me back. Any suggestions on how to get an almost 18 year-old to learn how to manage her money. Next month she has to start paying rent and her phone bill - things are not going to go well. Oh - do you feel that - I think things are starting to go back to the way they have always been - me stressing and worrying and L just hangin out! Now if I could just get my room clean!
Have you ever had Chik-fil-a? They don't have any here but I just discovered yesterday that McDonalds has a new Southern Style Chicken sandwich that tastes just like Chik-fil-a!! Bun - Chicken - Pickles!! Yum Yum!!
5 Days - 7 Hours - until L turns 18!
De
L went to a Rave again on Saturday and she came home Sunday at 5:30 am! At least she came home! She did bring Panda with her but at least I knew where she was. They slept until 5:00 pm - after Panda left L came and hung out in my room - I know! See another thing that points to the world being a little upside down topsy turvy! We looked through her baby book and mine and she looked through pictures! She pulled out a picture of her T-Ball team the Giants and I hear her say - OMG! - I think Blake was on this team. Blake is someone that she met this year and has been hanging out with a bit - she called him and he came over - yup it was him! Small world - they thought they had just met but in reality they have known each other since they were 7! Too Funny!
In the mail today L got another overdraft notice from her bank. She's just like - oh well - and tosses it aside - she was supposed to get paid today but says the checks weren't ready. I need her to get paid because I was not strong this past month and I loaned her some money. I know I know!! I shouldn't have done that and if I don't get paid back it's my own fault. I just hope she does pay me back. Any suggestions on how to get an almost 18 year-old to learn how to manage her money. Next month she has to start paying rent and her phone bill - things are not going to go well. Oh - do you feel that - I think things are starting to go back to the way they have always been - me stressing and worrying and L just hangin out! Now if I could just get my room clean!
Have you ever had Chik-fil-a? They don't have any here but I just discovered yesterday that McDonalds has a new Southern Style Chicken sandwich that tastes just like Chik-fil-a!! Bun - Chicken - Pickles!! Yum Yum!!
5 Days - 7 Hours - until L turns 18!
De
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Another Dimension!
I think I have entered another dimension - a different time and space - possibly the twilight zone! Why, you may be asking. Well, what has happened could never have happened in this dimension - and if it did it must have created a tear in the time and space continuum! L's room and bathroom are cleaner than mine! This has never happened before - how did this happen now! It's just not possible! I am the clean one - I am the organized one - I am the compulsive one - I am now the messy one! It's just so hard for me to comprehend - to understand - to wrap my brain around! Our roles have been inexplicably turned around - aaaahhhhhhhh!!!
Any guesses on what I am going to be doing today!! I must turn this around - I must put things back to their rightful place in time and space. If I don't who knows what might happen - President Bush could start making smart decisions - the democrats might actually choose who their candidate will be - L could become the responsible one in this relationship!!!
Just Kidding!!!!
I am going to start cleaning right now though - just in case!!!
De
Any guesses on what I am going to be doing today!! I must turn this around - I must put things back to their rightful place in time and space. If I don't who knows what might happen - President Bush could start making smart decisions - the democrats might actually choose who their candidate will be - L could become the responsible one in this relationship!!!
Just Kidding!!!!
I am going to start cleaning right now though - just in case!!!
De
Thursday, May 1, 2008
The Greatness That Is . . . . . . . .
Neil Diamond!!! OMG! Neil Diamond is going on tour again and he is headed to Seattle on Sept 24th!! I am so incredibly excited! Tickets go on sale this Monday at 10am and I will be online with Ticketmaster ready to make my purchase! And.....my Mom and Dad are giving that to me for my birthday! I will be purchasing 3 tickets on Monday and we will be having a diamond love fest in September!! This has become a Boyd Girl tradition - minus my sister who is not a Diamond fan which I just can't understand- this time my Dad will be going with us. I am a true die hard fan - I have seen him in concert 7 times!!! My first time was in Pullman at WSU and he was great - Forever in Blue Jeans Babe! The last time was 2 years ago with my Mom - and he was just as incredible, energetic, and sexy as he was that first time! That man is just so timeless and wonderful! I will keep going to see him as long as he is touring!De
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