Work sucks.
I was set right back again, and by the end of four hours I was also pissed.
I called the Dr and told her what it felt like and she put me off for 2 more weeks. Don't see how that is going to help, but, I'll do it.
In the mean time I'm checking on options for early retirement and insurance coverage.
The bites, or whatever it is on my head are still painful as ****. I'm going to have my hairdresser look at my head and see if she can see anything, like what the bites look like and then show it to a different doctor.
An ordinary spider bite shouldn't be painful this long.
I keep worrying that I might have been bitten by a bat while I was sleeping. I've looked all over in my bedroom and can't find anything, but maybe it's hidden in some clothes in the closet or something like that.
I slept on the couch last night.
It was only 36 degrees here this morning. there are wind advisories out too, but the sun is shining beautifully right now.
I hope everything goes well in court tomorrow.
Sheila, glad everything is healing well after your surgery.
Having a hard time getting on here, but wanted to stop by and say I'm thinking of you and your family, Charlotte. Please let us know as soon as you can how the court date went. I'm so praying that everything went your son's way. It just HAS to!
Willow, dang, we all knew that the working thing wouldn't pan out--glad your doctor finally agreed, but it's still hard to believe she made you go back at all.
I've been puttering around with wedding stuff again after taking a break. We have interviews with two photographers. The kids aren't doing their "homework" so I can't do much until they give me a guest list and choose a couple of caterers for me to interview (and taste!).
Today I made my old girl stay at home while my younger dog and I took a really brisk 35 minute walk. I actually got out of breath--think it was because I haven't done anything very aerobic in several weeks. I WILL go back to class next week!
Hope everyone is doing well. Seems like a very busy time for all of us.
My hairdresser looked at those bumps on my head, and she said they look like something poked into my head. They don't look like bites to her.
My sister has me all paranoid now because she said maybe I got bit by a bed bug. She said they are becoming thicker all the time all over the US, and she said they are usually where travelers gather or stay, like a hotel or motel, and I was swimming in the pool at a local motel! My hairdresser said these bumps are purple in color, like a bruise, and they are about as big around as her finger tip.
My sister said the bite from a bed bug turns a purple color and has a pale or white center. These have a scab forming on them.
I still think it's from those velcro squares that hold the ends of my chin strap on top of my head getting pressed against the head board of my bed.
My glands aren't quite as swollen today either, but they sure hurt like ****!
Now, for what my DR did!
Remember she sent me back to work on Monday, and I called her Tuesday and told her I couldn't do it. She apologized all over the place and said she was going to take me off work for another 2 weeks, and asked who's attention she should fax the message to at my place of employment.
Well, today I went to work to get an insurance form and they told me I was absent with no call-in since Tuesday. ..... !!!!!
My DR never faxed anything to work, so they thought I had quit! If you go 3 days without calling in, you're automatically terminated!
I asked the secretary at work if I could use her phone, and called the DRs office. Her secretary wasn't at her desk, so I got one of the other Drs secretary's and she said she'd fax the message to work right away.
Now, I don't know if Wednesday and today are going to be counted as absences or not. I'm going to fight it if they are counted because that will bring me up to step 6 and after step 8 you go on the absentee program and it's really easy for them to get rid of you. Nice situation to be in after more than 20 years.
The weather here is humid today. Rained lightly for a while.
Hello all,
My day went by pretty fast actually for as lazy as I was.
My son and grandson came over and I paid my grandson $20.00 to mow my
lawn and he earned every penny of it too. It's always harder to do
the first time of the year.
My son cut off all the canes of a rose bush down to the fence I had
it in, then dug it out for me. What a job!
It was a pretty bush when it was in bloom, but it crawled into
everything. Then it would put roots down every place it touched the
ground. I'm glad to be rid of it.
My little granddaughter was picking lilacs. She had a big clump of
them and said, "Do you want a flower grandma?" Of course I
said, "yes." She handed me the big clump of them and just as I was
saying, "thank you!" she broke off just one stem of flowers and took
the big one out of my hand and handed me the little one saying,"here
grandma, this is yours."
I had to laugh. She's so blasted cute.
Hello friends,
The divorce hearing was yesterday. Only my son & I went....was a long, stressful evening. We thought it was just a hearing to see what they would fight over later. It didn't turn out that way. My son's attorney really plowed into his wife/ex...got her on the stand, & worked her over until you could see the lies coming out to cover each other! DS & I almost felt sorry for her. He is really good in court!
The results...for now, until a drug test comes back (DS's attorney had one done right then.), they share custody. He has the girls one week, & she has them the next. We were supppose to get them this week, but, DS said since it was Mother's Day weekend, he'd trade with her. So now, we wait on drug test results. DS is lost this evening without the girls. He usually gets them at 6pm on Fridays & returns at 6pm on Sunday. He'll be going 2 wks without seeing them, since he let her go first. Thought it was a nice gesture for him to make, though. I'm proud of him. (That test better come back clear, though!)
Willow...that's usually the part of the flowers I get from my grands, also! The 2 yr old usually only has the very flower...with no stem!
How's your hip & your head? Hopefully your head is better, now. I would think so. Your hip, though, is a different story, I'm sure. Hope it does get better.
Sheila...thanks for the kind thoughts for my DS. I want him to be alright...but, what's most important is the children. The judge was a woman...& seemed very fair. I don't think she'll hesitate to give him the girls, if he's clean, & she's not.
Are you enjoying planning the wedding? Try to enjoy it....remember, you're making memories!
Well...I'm very tired. Been through a lot the last few days. Hope you have a good weekend. Hope Fatpuss comes home to us soon...I miss her!!
I think I have shingles on my head.
I looked it up last night, and everything fits.
They usually hit people of 60 years of age or older, .... I'm 60.
People who's immune systems are compromised by cancer, AIDS or by steroids. I had cancer removed 4 years ago and have had 2 steroid injections in the last 6 months.
People who are under a lot of stress. Well, job, hip, ......
The symptoms are exactly what I have, .... burning pain, itchy tingly feeling, eye lid twitching, low grade fever and chills, ....
Anyway, everybody have a great Saturday.
As soon as I get dressed I'm off to my sisters house to take her the roots of that Rose bush, .... if I can find them, and some iris rhizomes.
It stormed like crazy here last night and the electricity went out a couple of times. Everything looks so fresh and clean this morning.
Thanks for letting us know how it went, Charlotte. Did both your son and DIL have to take drug tests right then, or just your DIL? When does the judge make a decision? I'm glad you got such a good lawyer.
Oh, ouch, shingles! Willow, don't you love having to self-diagnose? We pay doctors enough--you'd think they could learn to use the internet, too! I diagnosed myself also. I guess you should be glad the shingles are only on your head (only if you want to be grateful for very small favors!) because I've heard they're very painful, especially when touched by clothing. My grandmother had them lots of places on her body, and it was really awful for her. I hope the outbreak doesn't last too long.
Today we did a marathon session of looking at photographers. We met with one at 11:30 am, then brought Subway sandwiches (salad for my Dad--he can't handle sandwiches) for lunch, got on the road at 1:13 pm to be in the next city south by 2:00 pm, then back up to see a photographer at 3:30 pm who lives at the end of our street. We went through two huge rainstorms on the drive to the city and back, and a traffic jam down, and then slow traffic on the way back. I was exhausted when we got home around 4:15 pm. We decided to go with the photographer we saw this morning--he was knowledgeable, reasonably priced, and we liked the way his package deals worked. So now we have the dress/veil, the venue, and the photographer. We now have to deal with caterers, cakes, flowers, favors (although I know what I'm doing for that) and get an officiant. I'm letting the groom deal with, and pay for, a DJ. Although I saved $300 on the photography budget so I can probably help pay for the DJ, but I'm not interviewing DJs. I'm going home by the time they start that stuff!
Hi........I hope all are having a beautiful Sunday & Mother's Day! My DH brought me a beautiful bouquet of spring flowers & a BEAUTIFUL card! What made it really special....he had worked very hard all day on the house...got showered & dressed around 7 p.m. & went to town (ten miles) just to get them! He's taking me to out to eat today.
Sheila...they both took the drug test. It was my DS's idea. There was results that day....but, is being sent off to be further analyzed...so, no mistakes. We should know something this next week.
Sounds like you're coming along well with the wedding. I guess some of those memories will be the rainy drive! I don't blame you about the DJ.
Willow...you poor thing! I hope you get better soon. My heart is really going out to you.
Gotta go get ready for church. Everyone have a good day.
Good morning everyone! I hope everyone is all relaxed and rested after Mothers Day. How did you all spend your day? I was home all day but spent a lot of time on the phone with the kids. Two of my sons and their families came to see me too. I got a geranium plant and a beautiful vase of fresh flowers and a cute dragon fly that flaps his wings in the breeze that my grandson brought to me so we had to put it out in the yard right away.
Of course I ate too much of the wrong stuff. So, ..... here I go, starting over yet again!
I think that new antiinflammatory that surgeon prescribed may be helping. My hip seems a little better lately. Still hurts some, but I've been going without my cane most of the time in the house and still limp some but not as badly.
I hope it's not just one of those times that it eases up for a little while then starts in again. Gotta look on the positive side.
I'm going to look for another used exercise bicycle to keep upstairs. I have all that stuff downstairs but I don't like to go down there alone to use it, so I'm going to get one for upstairs so it will be handy to jump on whenever I want to. So, that should give me something to do today plus I have a couple more errands to run.
It's cloudy here right now, but of course it's only 6:25 AM. Suppose to be rainy all week according to the forecast.
Hope all are well today. It's been really hot...90's...but, nice & cool this morning. I'm sitting with my (new) window open, & enjoying!
Willow...good to hear you had a nice Mother's Day. So did I. It's nice to have a special day of our own! I largest enjoyment & blessings on earth have been to be a mother & grandmother. I've lost a lot...but, thank God, I still have what's most important to me.
I'm glad your new meds are helping. I'll pray they keep working for you. I think about you a lot...being in misery with that hip. Take care of yourself, that you don't over do. I'm sure it wouldn't take much to get the pain started, again.
Sheila...I know you're busy with the wedding plans...enjoy...but, drop us a line when you can.
Bluet, & Jacquie....I miss you both...hope you're back with us, soon.
Fatpuss...you'd better be enjoying yourself. We're having to sacifice your absence!! Really....hope you ARE having a wonderful time. Hope you bring back pics to show.
That teacup graphic is so cute, Charlotte. I bet you guys are on pins and needles about the divorce. I hope you hear something soon. The waiting is the worst, I'm sure. 90 degrees in May!! Oh, my goodness--what's it going to be like in August??
Willow, so great to hear that the meds may be helping. I sure hope so. Sounds like you had a wonderful Mother's Day.
Well, I finally got my daughter and her fiance to choose three caterers for me to contact out of the approved list. So I contacted them yesterday and they're all sending proposals. I also started contacting musicians. I put an ad in at the musicians local. Man, there are a lot of starving musicians around! I've been inundated with phone calls and e-mails. They're going to have to send me a demo CD, though, so that I can forward them to my daughter. I feel pretty caught up on wedding stuff now. This morning I woke up thinking of wine and beer.
The lilacs have gone past now, and look pretty yucky with brown flowers on the bushes. They're such lovely flowers, though, that they can be forgiven for turning brown, I guess.
A while ago I mentioned my friend who was having heart problems while on vacation in Hawaii. She's home now, but was having problems where they implanted a defibrillator in her heart. She was on strong antibiotics, but there was a red palm-sized area around the incision that was red and puffy, although the incision healed up okay. She was referred to a doc in a neighboring city, and they ended up removing the defibillator only to discover that the surgeons in Hawaii had left a gauze pad inside her that her body was rejecting. I couldn't believe it!! Now that has to heal, and then they'll open her up again and install another defibrillator. Isn't that the pits?? I can't imagine that so much anesthesia is very good for a heart patient.
Rainy here, but that's okay because it's free water for my newly installed plants!! Have a good one, everybody!
Where's everyone at??? Maybe this post will bump us up some.
Well, we got the results to the drug test today. DS is totally negative on all drugs!! DIL was positive for marajuana & using a solution to flush drugs out of her system! That made the judge really mad....especially after she got the results, & asked DIL if she had done that. She shook her head & said "no"...while the judge was looking at the results!!
To tell the truth, we got the results, when we went to court. DS tested positive for Marajuana & Meth. I didn't wanted to tell it, until we had it sent off & analyzed. He said he was clean & we believed him....especially when it was HIS idea to take the test. He had taken Benadryl for a migraine, that caused a false-positive. I wanted to be sure, before I told. Hope you all don't mind.
I don't know what the next step is, now...but, our DS sure is feeling good tonight. We get the girls tomorrow evening, for our week, anyway. That will help his feelings a lot. They haven't let DS talk to the 5 yr old more than 2 minutes, the days they DO talk. She's making remarks to her daddy that lets us know they are trying to turn her against him, also. It's so hard to understand how people can be so cruel.
Well...willow...I hope you're much better now. You must be enjoying the summer time...just don't forget about us.
Sheila...that was terrible what happened to your friend! We hear of a lot of that kind of thing going on...but, it still always amazes me. My daughter had a mole removed by a "Plastic Surgeon" about a month ago, to be analyzed. Turned out it was ok. She said the scar got to bothering her yesterday, & she pulled 3 stitches out! This is a plastic surgeon, who had presumably taken the stitches out!
Well...we've got rainy weather here, now. Going to last through Tuesday, they say. Oh well.......
Hope all are well.
Hello to Fatpuss, Jacquie, & Bluet!!
All right, Charlotte! I'm so happy for your family. It must be a big relief to know that your DS really has been clean and sober. You know, I've heard you can get false readings from a lot of different things, including poppy seeds. Okay, I got that one from a Seinfeld episode, but I do think it might be true. In any event, I'm hoping this makes a huge difference in the judge's decision.
Yeah, it's horrible when one parent will try to turn the kids against the other. It's just not right. I know my DH has never said anything to his daughter about her mother, but from the stuff my stepdaughter has said, her mother has said some stuff about my DH. I'm proud of my DH for not going that route.
That medical stuff is weird, isn't it? And scary because we have no control over it. I told her to tell the doctor right before surgery, "Please don't leave a gauze pad in." It worked for me when they took my appendix out--I said, "Please don't nick anything while you're in there" and he didn't!
I was so mad at my Dad yesterday that I stormed out of the room and slammed my door. Gee, sounds like something a teenager would do, doesn't it? I was fuming and kept thinking, well, we'll just stick him in assisted living and move back to Idaho and never see him again, and he can get someone else to wash his clothes, clean his room, wash his feet, put his shoes and socks on, etc., etc. He must have gotten those angry vibes because he came and apologized and said he hadn't meant to upset me. The bad part is that he'll forget and do it again. *Sigh* I probably need to talk to someone about how to deal with a paranoid aging parent.
Well, it's absolutely gorgeous out. I planted some stuff yesterday, and we're going to the nursery today to get some stuff for containers. I'm kind of late on it, but I guess that can be excused by unexpected bout with the scalpel. Have a great weekend!
It's good to hear from you. Thanks for the encouragement about my family. I stay worried a lot. Just praying everything will work out.
I'm sorry your dad upset you so much. It does get frustrating when you help & sacrifice for someone, & they give you so much grief. You must be a very loving, & patient daughter to him. I'm sure he doesn't realize how fortunate he is. Just hang in there.
I'm getting concerned about Willow...it's been almost a week since her last post. Willow....if you're reading this....I MISS YOU!! Let me know how you are! I don't know what I would do without all of you to talk to & let out my frustrations with! I just hope you & Willow & Fatpuss & Bluet & Jacquie (where are they?) don't get tired of me venting.
Well...gonna go..got lots to do before bedtime. Take care.
Wednesday
The 2 yr old usually only has the very flower...with no stem!
What made it really special....he had worked very hard all day on the house...got showered & dressed around 7 p.m. & went to town (ten miles) just to get them! 
He's taking me to out to eat today.
I don't blame you about the DJ. 
& enjoying!
