That's my life: November 2003 Archives

no, I'm not changing servers again, very happy with the one I have, thanks anyway *s*
as I posted before, I have to actually, physically, move *deep sighs*
I hate moving...
I especially hate moving during holiday times...
this is also the first move where it's just me moving the entire house...before I just had clothes, dishes, etc...and accumulated more as I got settled...usually from friends with pickup trucks and spare furniture...
not that I need furniture anymore...and I still have friends with trucks...but doubt seriously that any of them will let me 'borrow' for the holiday...:lol
ok, enough of the whinefest...

the phone and gas get turned on at the new place tomorrow...so I get to be there most of the day, and if I want to receive any phone calls, from then on...:rofl
so I will try to be productive and finish cleaning the place, and the majority of the stuff moved over while I wait...
but the DSL won't be up and going until NEXT Wed. :errrr
so I'll either deal with dial-up again (damn, didn't take me long to get spoiled did it? :biglaugha) or get allot accomplished between now and then...
which do YOU think it will be...:wink

well...it's been an interesting week here in the 'nest'...not sure how interesting it will be to the rest of you, so I'll just hit the highlights :smile

first off...the kids grandpa is doing better, he's still in the hospital, off the respirator and sedative, and trying to get out of there (not gonna happen anytime soon) he had 'threw' a blood clot which blocked off one of his lungs, has pneumonia, and they found he also has congestive heart failure and had a heart attack in the last 2 years or so :sad

on the home front, I found a place here locally, about 10-12 blocks from where I am now, only 2 bedroom but the one bedroom is about the size of the boys 2 rooms put together...huge yard, much better shape than the place I'm in now, 2 buildings in the back, one for storage and one I could make into a playhouse for the kids...the boys love it (can't wait to move in actually)
but I still hate this town...*sighs*

anywayyyyyy...I'm here for the time being...vacation put on hold, Christmas is looking up...and my father is gone (he was here taking care of the kids while I worked and their dad was at the hospital w/grandpa)
I love my father...if not for him I wouldn't be here...however, we do NOT have the same opinions on ALLOT of things!!
example: the Jessica Lynch issue...while I agree it's been blown way out of proportion by the media, his opinion is that she has no business being in the army in the first place...and I quote
"she should have stayed home and had babies like a womans supposed to, she had no business being in any mans army"
EXCUSE ME?!?!
is it any wonder this is the only family member I'm NOT out to??

I have a Friday night off...thanks just the same, but I'd rather not :sad
my kids are here...all 3 of them...because their little worlds got quite a shaking today...

I was training last night/this morning, and I got a call about 6:15am from my ex (which usually means something wrong with the kids)
in a roundabout way, it was...their grandfather, (the exes dad) who's been staying with them for the last month or so, had stopped breathing, 911 had been called, cops and paramedics all over the place, and my kids woke up to this...
needless to say my boss was very understanding why I was leaving...and even arranged for my shift to be covered tonight so I wouldn't have to wake the kids to take them to work with me...

he's got blood clots in his lungs and legs... he's not breathing on his own...but somehow, when the sedative wears off, he fights to take the tubes out...

my heart hurts for my kids...my oldest is being typically the oldest...holding it all in except to tell me that he's worried about his grandpa, and you can tell in the way he acts he has the weight of the world on his shoulders....the middle child, my 'sensitive one' gets upset over every little thing, from telling him it's dinner time, to whats on tv...the little guy (OK, he's really NOT that little *s*) is aware of what's going on, in his own way, and tells you how upset his is about it before something else grabs his attention...
hes been such a major part of their lives from the beginning, and will (probably) be the first major loss in it...maybe it's selfish of me, but I'm not sure I'm prepared to help them deal with that

:gmorning

OK people...I need you to put your thinking caps on, as I know some are good at this sort of thing!
I have a friend who's getting married April 4, 2004 (can you tell the guy picked that date?!?)
this is the dress she wants
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beautiful...isn't it?
the wedding is going to be on a paddle wheel riverboat...casino, old west kinda theme...
right now she's calling it her "casino old fashion boat theme" wedding...
surely we can do better than that???
come on people...help me out here :uhoh3
all ideas will be seriously considered

thank you...thank you...:notworthy

well...just when I thought they were going to work me to death...I have a 3 day (night?) weekend!!
:banana
former employee and one who has done my job on my nights off before, decided to return...so the new GM decided not to give me OT and an 'extra' break :happydance
especially nice since I didn't get one last week!

so what exciting, amazing things do I have planned for these days off?
not one blessed thing :lol