Rayne

I could be better. The van decided to engage the alarm when I tried to start it in Milan today ... I can't find the killswitch and I couldn't get it started. It's still in Milan, I'm at home now. We still have to call AAA and get it towed if my shop guy doesn't know where the disabling switch is (I can't find it). BUT .... I have to eat dinner before 7 pm today due to a late night MRI I'm scheduled for. So that has to be dealt with first. My Mom isn't coming down today due to her own medical issues, so I get to go do my MRI all by myself. (*joy*) And I've been up since 3 am and I'm supposed to take Ativan beforehand (which I think I'll skip since I have to drive myself). .... and then the van probably needs to be towed to Garden City to get the alarm and auto start (*sad*) ripped out so this doesn't happen again. It could be worse though.

If only that were an option ....

Working. Listening to Phee snore. And NOT cleaning up puke. Wondering how I'm going to make my late night MRI appointment, since I've been up since 3 am ....

((((((hugs))))))) We used to do that in AFJROTC in high school.

I really did clean it yesterday. Now I can see things more clearly ... like a plastic Chihuahua from Taco Bell that all my kids have teethed on and they call "Nog", a bottle of Pamprin, a glass rose, a money figure with a necklace in it, my Tinkerbell watch, My Dragon/Donkey baby from Shrek, a tube of Juniper Breeze lotion from bath and Body Works, stamps, a hairtie, tons of court files on my printer, my son's cub scout books, a washcloth, My pink iPod, some other stuff I could see and already named, some dust .... The big red thing is my MacBook. It's white with a red hardshell plastic case. And currently one of my cell phones and a Mountain Dew.

Eating a bologna and cheese sandwich.

I pulled a muscle in my back (again, I've done this frequently since I was in a serious car accident in 2001) lifting the laundry. Thankfully I have a back brace and pain meds.

Working. ... and doing laundry.

Working ... Dang, that sounds weird for me to say.

LoL, it has been worse. My oldest got sick on the way home from the dealership in our BRAND NEW minivan in 2002 (so she was about 3). Even worse, she was using Chevy's built-in carseat. It was EVERYWHERE! There have been several other similar events in my cars ... It's been blood more often though. Much to my son's credit, about halfway to Grandma's last night he said he didn't feel good. I take no chances. I pulled over and emptied out a grocery bag of clothes I am waiting to return to the ex, and gave that to him. He actually made it most of the way. There was very little actually on the car itself.

I know that feeling. I've been stuck there for a few months now. Mine is more like technology. One day - I know I will get new technology.

LoL, that's actually my front living room. My desk is in the corner, actually, in the very same spot Brenda's husband married us. There's some furniture in here too ... I have a small table next to my desk with my fax machine. I hope to get a file cabinet in here sometime soon ... that would cut down on the clutter of court papers all over my desk. Files are all over. There's a small bookcase, a coat rack and a whole lot of dog toys on the floor. (We also have another living room in the back of the house that is blue, that has more furniture, a larger bookcase and the entertainment center with the tv and video game systems). The interior colours of my house are very bright and vibrant. I like it a lot. A quick look through the front living room, to the back living room, through the kitchen and into the dining room/studio. All white celiings. Red, blue, more blue and green. The entry way is yellow. The boys room is primed ... but I have no idea what colour to paint it yet ... the girls room is bright purple and our room is a tan-purple colour with white. (A little cluttered, I'm sorting and folding laundry on the couch in the back). All the floors in the main part of the house are a beautiful wood. In the back addition it's all tiled. Our house was built in 1908, the addition was put on the back in 2002.

I'm going to clean it off right now again .....

This is what it looks like right now -- and I just cleaned it off a few days ago. I am never here and when I am, I'm usually in bed or at my desk.

Piles of paperwork ... piled on my desk and atop my printer/scanner/copier .... I clean it and a couple days later it looks like this again. Everything is on my desk. Calculators, pens, iPhone/iPod cords, external speakers, stapler, slinky, notepads, Sony MicroVault USB thumbdrive, lotion, Tums, My daughter's ATM card, several post-it notes stuck to the side of my printer, checkbook, various bills, Boy Scout stuff and books, Girl Scout books and stuff, the kids school pictures that came this week, WCC paperwork, a couple kids books, a clipboard (or two -- can't really tell), U of M paperwork, kids school papers, my daughter's broken cell phone (she can't find the charger and the screen won't shut off), a cordless laptop mouse, a Sharpie pen, a chinese fan, my digital recorder, hand sanitizer, various McDonald's kids meal toys, calendar, court files, work papers, my Sony digicam, some desk organizers, that evidently don't work as well as I had hoped ... and my Apple MacBook. .... and that's just what I can SEE. Maybe I'll take a picture tomorrow and post it. This is what it USUALLY looks like, when it's clean: That's when I had both laptops, the Toshiba has since died, I only use the MacBook now ... and I have an even bigger printer/copier/scanner machine.

When I said I hoped I was able to stay up until Phee got home -- I did not mean with a puking 6 year old that puked ALL OVER MY CAR!!!!

Laughing at my 6 year old son, who just walked up to me and said "Oh Snap!"

Haha. Nope. Supporters and Benefactors are red. Moderators are not, unless they are also Supporters or Benefactors.

Precisely why I registered for Mon - Thurs.

For some reason I am thinking about the time Spook hit a mailbox with his truck and wrote an apology letter.

I have a headache.

He's evidently been hanging out with our youngest Chihuahua who we refer to as "Short Bus Dog". He's a great dog ... just a little ... slow.

Disappointed ... and it's not even Friday yet.

Nope, I need another surgery ... but it looks like I have to endure about 6 more tests and procedures before that happens. *sigh* I've already had a couple of surgeries and such relating to it.

Hurting from cramps again. They go away and come back ... go away and come back ... it sucks. A lot.