Save me!

Friday, June 13, 2008

I am finally validated! This morning a client told me I gave good directions! I almost fainted from the shock! I'm the person who has no idea what direction they are going on five of the six interstates in our metropolitan area. And honestly, the one I do know, I have to stop and think about it before I can even say if I am going East or West. And basically the only way I know is for me to ask myself if I'm heading towards Memphis or Oklahoma. Sad, huh? And that isn't even the interstate I travel everyday! The scary part is I have to give directions to clients ALL THE TIME. It's a miracle they don't curse my name as soon as they walk in the door.

And on an even scarier note; as if I needed another reason NOT to watch Fox News. The idea of hearing this man speak to America as a political commentator makes me gag.

Comcast, why hast thou forsaken me?

Friday, June 06, 2008

We have satellite, telephone & DSL through AT&T. We've had service with them for 4 years now and I am so ready to get out from under them I want to scream. The satellite goes out if it rains or the wind blows too hard. And I hate paying for a home phone we rarely use. And to use DSL we of course have to have a phone line.

Earlier this morning I asked R to call Comcast to find out if we would get service in our area. We've always been told no before but recently our town was annexed by the town we previously lived in. A town where we had Comcast. Oh wonderful and beautiful Comcast with their digital cable and their cable modems. So she called and they said no.

My response?

"Well did you call her a cunt whore and inform her that she was crushing my hopes & dreams?"

I'm only slightly bitter. The rest of me is still off in the dream land we call being able to watch the news to see if the freaking tornado is breathing down our necks.

Day 26 & an explanation

Thursday, May 29, 2008

Today is day 26 of my diet. I went to the doctor last night for my monthly weigh in and visit. I've lost 14 lbs. My blood pressure at the last visit was slightly high. It is now back in the normal range.

I also got the results of the blood work they did on my last visit. Everything checked out fine with the exception of my iron count. Turns out I am slightly anemic. It explains why I feel so tired all the time.

My tiredness matched with my new found energy levels makes for interesting times. If I give in to the tiredness then I just kind of collapse around 8:00 each night. If I don't give in and I keep moving I will be up till 1:00 a.m. cleaning.

While I would prefer some kind of middle ground on my energy I sure wouldn't mind keeping the energy bursts a few times a week. But, this tiredness has got to go.

I'm off to celebrate my weight loss with a new outfit. Luckily online shopping doesn't take too much energy :)

Day 17

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

I'm still here. Just seems like all my energy is reserved for things other than this blog. But, I'm going to try to write here more often.
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It's currently day 17 of my diet. Woohoo! And by Woohoo! I mean damn it what I wouldn't give for a fucking burrito or something other than the same shit I've been eating for 17 days now.

I go back to the doctor a week from tomorrow for a weigh in. I'm excited & nervous. I hate getting on the scale. Hate, hate, hate. But, I know it is a necessary evil. I just hope I've lost enough to earn one of my rewards.

I really don't even know what my ultimate goal is. I don't want to set a number and then be disappointed if I never reach it. I want to reach a place I am comfortable and honestly the number doesn't bother me. I don't want to say I want to weigh 125 lbs and then spend the rest of my life trying to attain that goal.

I want to be healthy; that's really all that matters.

So while I may bitch about not getting that burrito, I definitely don't think I'll miss it that much when I'm shopping for new clothes.

Slogan

Wednesday, April 30, 2008

You should start praying if you EVER hear these words come out of my mouth!

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Live Blogging: The Manhunt

Sunday, April 27, 2008

8:27 p.m. The phone rings. A family friend calls to say that her husband went out to grab food and at the end of our road there is a whole slew of cops; city, county, state, etc. Apparently there is a manhunt going on. A traffic stop gone bad and the guy shot at the cop. We find out they are searching about 4 streets over. So of course we start preparing for battle. I have my baseball bat. R has her gun and her "war club."

8:39 We call R's sister who has a scanner. She starts listening as well as she doesn't live that far from us.

8:51 R's sister calls to say they've spotted him on Cypress. Which is two streets over from us. But, no that was a false alarm. Wasn't the guy.

8:59 They are still looking a few streets over from us. Apparently he tried to bust in the back door of a home in his attempt to get away from the cops. We're turning all our outside lights on.

9:07 He seems to be going away from the house now.

9:20 He's still on the run. The baseball is digging into my side. I may never go to sleep tonight.

9:39 The news just broke in. Apparently the guy drug a local cop behind his vehicle when the cop pulled him over. He's still running though. Never going to sleep.

11:35 Ryley needs to go outside. I'm so freaked out I'm convinced the guy is hiding in our backyard and Ryley will startle him and he'll hurt her. So I'm standing on the back porch with a baseball bat in one hand and a Maglite in the other.

Updated: He turned himself in this morning. Bastard. The least he could have done was turn himself in last night so I could have gotten a good night's rest. Fucker.

Hell in a hand basket

Friday, April 25, 2008

I'm so going to hell.

The first of the repairmen were at our place Wednesday to fix the damage caused by the tornado earlier this month. R was at home on the phone with me while they were outside working. I asked what they were doing and she said they were talking to our next door neighbor Susan*. My immediate response? "You tell those guys to get back to work, I'm not paying them to talk to crack whores!"

To say we despise our neighbors would be a major understatement. Susan is the woman who once told R that she found a used condom on the ground beside her home but she knew it wasn't hers (Susan's) because she at least had the decency to throw hers away. She wouldn't want her kid stumbling upon it.

We are truly surrounded by some special people. The guy that lives on the other side of us once crashed his truck through our fence and instead of coming over to let us know he just left it there. We woke up the next morning with a truck through our fence. And he had the nerve to get mad when we called the cops. We didn't know who the truck belonged to, we just knew there was some random truck crashed into our fence. And his story about how the truck must have "rolled" out of his driveway is physically impossible to say the least.

Then there's the 14 year old who had a baby.

If the Year of Debt Free continues to fall into place as planned we can hopefully be out of there within a year.

I just hope we can survive it. These people seem to be getting crazier.

* name changed to protect the stupid.