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Beach Gal's Hideawayblah dee blah dee blah 9/24/2006 Here's the scoopOkay, how many days ago did I promise the new address? Yeah, I've been really slammed at work, and I'm trying to get all caught up before vacation. I'm at the station now.
Here's the new site:
Drop in, say hello, lemme know what you think.
9/19/2006 *yawn*Just a quick note. This space, while not being closed down, will be relocated. I'll post the new address soon. I won't be closing this down, because I want to be able to comment on other sites using the MSN info. And I'll also link back from the new site to this one for any new people who may decide to read archives, since I don't know how to switch them over.
Been super busy at work and home, hence no posts...I should have the address posted later today, provided I get some work done.
Hope all is well with whoever is out there in cyberland.
Ciao! 9/11/2006 I must have jinxed myselfOkay, so I guess I should have left off the blurb about the vacation, cause it all came to bite me in the ass. I called them on Thursday, because I still hadn't heard from anyone, and when I got someone on the phone they were so kind to let me know that my dates were no longer available. Commence complete and utter freak out, including cussing and lots of tears. We got the dates switched around, tho I fear we should have just cancelled the whole thing. We are now going on the 27th and will be home the 30th sometime. The change in plans will allow us to go to Busch Gardens after all, which will be nice, but I will miss a day of work at the radio station. I will also use on less vacation day from the office. That's ok, too. I was PMSing and just totally lost it when they told me that, and I'm sure I overreacted *not really* but man I've been looking forward to this trip for a loooong time.
In other news, Bubba is just as funny as always, but he was a little demon for me for nap time this weekend. It sucked. I can't rehash all of it, because it gets me a bit upset.
Office work is sucking ass. I'm so fricking busy, and it's all stuff I hate doing. I wish I could hit the lottery so I could stay home, or at least find a job that pays better with benefits and better hours, but let's face it, I'm totally dreaming about that. It's just that my one boss does NOT communicate well, and I don't think he understands that I have work sitting here, and when he wants something done THIS INSTANT something else has to wait, and then he gets pissy about why the other thing hasn't been finished yet.
W's stuff on Friday seemed to go ok, but wasn't fun to watch, that's for sure. While we thought he was getting some relief, that has gone away and he's still hurting like mad again. Only in a different place than before, so that is freaking us out a bit. I'm so tired of all of it.
I'm trying to stay cheery. Gonna have dinner with the neighbors tonite. They are so awesome. We're spending a lot of time with them lately, and it's nice. Bubba loves the daughter, she's like 8, and they play together great. I swear Bubba would have been better suited as a little brother, he just loves playing with older kids. And since he'll probably be an only child, we have to make sure he has lots of friends.
Ok, enough for now. I gotta dig through all this stupid work shit that's on my desk, and it's bothering me. I haven't fully caught up on work in over a week, and I have severely limited goofing off time, and I'm still behind. Ugh. I guess it's a good thing I'm NOT leaving tomorrow, since all this stuff would still be sitting here. 9/6/2006 another round of good news/bad newsOkay, haven't done this in a while.
Good news: While going over files to prep them for court on Friday, I discovered 3 of the 4 were already prepped! Woot!
Bad News: I still have ones to prep for Monday.
Good News: I am not as freaked out about money for the bills and vacation next week.
Bad News: Due to this stupid incentive program, I still haven't got my confirmation OR itinerary, and I found out that we can't even go to Busch Gardens, which was the whole point of vacation, because they are only open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, and we are coming home on Friday. And we cannot extend the stay.
Good News: My kid is still the cutest thing in the world, and makes me very happy with his silliness.
Bad News: My goodness, this kid has developed the worst tantrums known to mankind. The stupidest little thing will send him off, and we can't get him to settle. We then have to listen to him screaming and yelling and crying, until HE decides he's done. Not the most fun thing to experience while driving to the sitter's in the morning. *today*
Good News: Some of the tweaks to W's meds seemed to have helped his pain level a bit.
Bad News: He's still not sleeping that great, and is crabby because of that, and I'm still leery about the pain meds because it is still just masking pain not getting him OUT of pain. blah.
I think that's it. Haven't had comments in forever. I think my three readers have abandoned me! *ok not really, I'm sure you're all just really really busy.* 9/4/2006 Not such a G'day Mate.As I'm sure most people have heard by now, Steve Irwin, the Crocodile Hunter from Australia was killed in a freak accident with a sting ray. He was such a nutty guy, and I always enjoyed watching him on Animal Planet. He will be so missed, and I feel so horribly for his family. He was such a devoted husband and father, I can't even imagine what they are going through. The only small consolation is that he died doing what he totally loved. Much like another of my favorites, Dale Earnhardt. Crikey, indeed, mate. 9/1/2006 AftermathOkay, storm is gone for us. Wasn't all that bad. Seemed like there were some bad spots, but it was not much worse than our summer thunderboomers we get all the time.
Driving home, at first wasn't a problem. Wasn't raining all that hard, wind wasn't blowing much. However, after stopping to get Bubba from Nanny's it had gotten a little worse. Was raining a lot harder, and blowing more, too. Surprisingly there was very little traffic. I haven't had traffic issues all week, whether it's because all the tourists went home, or all the kids are back in school or a combination of the two, I wasn't fighting much traffic on the drive home.
I haven't checked news for how bad NC got it, but I'm expected there to be a lot of flooding, because they already got pounded with rain before Ernesto, and they always flood pretty bad with even minor storms.
Didn't see much debris around, mainly just lots of pine needles, and small branches from the pine trees. The drainage ditches in front of our development were totally full by the time I got home last nite, and it kept raining and raining, and they are still full. They have a little extra in them this morning, however, as I was leaving I noticed a CAR in the ditch. It was at a strange angle, so I can't imagine how it ended up that way, I just hope noone was hurt. I wouldn't want that to be my car, that's for sure.
Ok, I'm off to get some more work done, since I didn't get it all done yesterday.
Happy September! 11 days til my vacation! 8/31/2006 storm updateOkay, Ernesto is rearing his ugly head around here. It's not so bad right now, just some rain that I am not sure is actually associated with him yet. It is forecast to make landfall here in Myrtle Beach or North Myrtle this evening. Most likely just as a tropical storm, possibly a weak hurricane. We haven't done anything to prepare except move all the outdoor stuff into the sheds and under the back porch. I will probably leave work a bit early so I can get home before the nasty starts. Don't worry too much about us, tho, it won't be bad. The standing joke with the Weather Channel coverage is that if Jim Cantore is in your area, it's time to leave. Ha ha, he was in Myrtle last nite. We haven't seen him lately, on tv that is, but there are correspondents here. A bunch of the girls in the office wanna go track him down, they lust after him in a bad way.
I've got a large stack of stuff to work through this morning and if I get through enough of it, I'll update later in the day.
While we aren't too worried, thoughts and prayers are still appreciated.
UPDATE 12:45 p.m.
Okay, so the storm has strengthened a bit, still not quite a hurricane, but just about. And also, the track has shifted, so it's going a bit north of us. It rained hard for a bit between nine and ten, then stopped. Now it is just lightly raining, and a bit windy. More later. I doubt I'll update from home, Bubba will be wanting on the computer if it's on at all. Maybe once he's in bed.
UPDATE 4:50 P.M.
Rain has been off and on heavy, to spitting, to none, for just a short time. Wind has picked up a bit. Last I checked still not quite a hurricane, but the next update from the Weather Center is at five. I do see that it's now moving north, which should bring it a little closer to us than if it stayed NNE. Obviously I didn't get out of here early, but I'm getting ready to go now. I'm going to be very careful on the roads, and not rush to get home. Have a good nite, y'all. My only hope is that we don't lose power!
8/29/2006 Udpate update update (?? i suck at titles)Okay, so I worked my little (haahha) butt off Friday nite at the station, between remotes, and broadcasts of high school football games (WTF?) and the race. Add in a computer that wasn't functioning worth a damn, and that was my nite. I drove past a horrible wreck on my way home at midnite, and felt utterly helpless when all I could do is stop, tell the lady asking that I didn't have a fire extinguisher and then drive on. I wanted so badly to help, especially since one car was in a ditch, apparantly somewhat on fire, and the other vehicle was upside down with people trapped. Emergency folks got there quick, but man I just wished there was more that I could have done.
Saturday morning my gorgeous little man returned home, and boy was it awesome to see him. As expected, Grammy and others spoiled him absolutely rotten and we're still dealing with that aftermanth. He absolutely refused to nap, even tho he napped every single day for Grammy. Ugh.
I was excited also because we had the planned trip to the amusement park. It's a small place, but it's been here in Myrtle Beach forever, and this is the farewell season. Something about them not making enough money (I just don't see that) so they are tearing it down for more condos or something. My lord, my child has inherited my love of amusement parks and rides. He did so good, even without having a nap (he fell asleep on the way in the van, but only slept for like 15 minutes.) He behaved quite well, some minor exceptions, and had so much damn fun on the rides, he didn't complain about waiting in line, either. He pigged out on pizza when we took a break for dinner and then more and more rides. I got to ride a bunch of stuff with him, and we all took turns doing that. I also got to ride the huge wooden rollercoaster, largest/fastest, in the state. Will be a shame to see it go. My mom and dad didn't make it, so we are going to try another trip before the end of September.
Oh yeah! It's official, I am going on vacation!!!!! The incentives prize we won back in March finally came through. So off to Williamsburg, Virginia we go in September for a few days. We'll do Busch Gardens, so more rides, depending on how busy they are and how patient W is because he can't ride the big stuff. We'll do a bunch of shows at the park, like the animal adventure one, and that kind of thing since he can't ride. We are also going to try to do some of the battlefield tours or similar things like that. I am so excited. I am finally getting a honeymoon!!!! It's going to crunch the budget, tho, because I refuse to put anything on the credit cards, so I'll be stressed about that for a bit, too. Bubba will stay with my mom and dad.
Not much to update about W, since he again stated he didn't want all his info out there. They are trying more treatments that we tried before next month, and we'll go from there. I am not going to his appt. tomorrow because I'm too pissed at all the run around we got the last few appts. and I think I would be telling someone off if I'm there. W is ok with that (my not being there, that is.)
Hmm..not too much else going on. Our new neighbors got in, I think I may have mentioned that. We've been helping her out, cause technically her hubby is still up in PA, until a few things are wrapped up. I just re-typed her resume and got it printed, since her laptop is acting up, and she really needs to get some sent out. They are such nice people, and I'm looking forward to having a long friendship with them.
Okay, I must get back to 'work.' Not much going on today, tho. I was really busy yesterday, tho. Talk to y'all later.
p.s. I may be out of contact near the end of the week, depending on what stupid Ernesto decides to do. Last I checked, once it hits open waters after crossing Florida, (BE SAFE JOHN!) it's coming right at us. YUK! The first major threat for us this year. Better now than when I'm on vacation, tho. We aren't planning to evacuate unless it hugely intensifies and is going to come ashore as a Category Three or higher. All models are saying it'll mainly just bring rain and some wind as a Cat One. No worries, other than bringing toys/chairs/etc. in from outside. See ya.
8/25/2006 blah blah blahNot a whole lot going on here, one week into being 31!!! Yikes. The best news, is that BUBBA IS COMING HOME TOMORROW!!!!!
Goodness, I miss that child more than I thought I would. The couple time has been nice, the not rushing to get so much done in order to get him to bed at a decent time has been good, the sleeping in on weekends has been absolutely glorious. However, I am in complete and desperate SNUGGLE WITHDRAWAL!! I need me some Bubba snuggles and kisses in a bad bad way. I think I may cry when they all get here tomorrow.
Work has been kinda busy, cept for today. Been goofing a good bit. THEN when I try to do something, like the immigration file, one of toooo many new ones, I get almost completely finished with the filling in of the form, and the damn program crashes and I have to start over. So, yeah, I'm not messing with it until Monday now.
Oh, yeah, my dear friend K, pregnant with twins, is on complete hospital bedrest. She did a stint in the hospital a few weeks ago, got released to bedrest at home, and got stuck back in the hospital again earlier this week. Her cervix is not cooperating, and she had some labor. Folks, it's way too early for these babies to come out. So, anyone that has found there way here from Tertia's site, send some thought, prayers, mojo, whatever her way, because she's only 24 weeks (on the 28th) and she's been through enough. They really don't need to have any more drama, what with all it took to even get her pregnant and THIS far along. I don't wanna say too much, for her privacy.
So that's about all that's going on here. Enjoying the new computer with the high speed internet. I have to work from seven to midnite tonite for racing and remotes, but that gives me the rest of the weekend off. And boy did I pick a good Saturday to ask off, because there are about five remotes and other things going on, that will keep someone there ALL DAY!!! Plus the Cup race starts at like eight. So all nite, too! Woo hoo! We are planning a trip to the little amusement park that has been here in town forever, and is closing in a few weeks. Looking forward to it, and shouldn't be toooo hot, and no rain in the forecast! (did I just jinx myself? probably.)
Ok, Beachgal out! 8/21/2006 small tidbitI recently got hooked on a newsreader feeder thingie for all the blogs I read, so I've updated my settings to allow this site to be syndicated, in case anyone had been trying to do that. I was upset to find out a good chunk of my faves aren't able to be in the feeder. But I still check them out.
Last I checked with W, the cable guy was at the house!!!! I should have roadrunner by the time I get home!!! WOOOOT!!!!
I swear I'm fineHey everyone. So sorry for the long absence. I've been really busy at work, and we've been running around a lot in our off time, since we're still in No-Bubba-time. Today is day 15!!! ACK!!!
Work has been running me ragged, I spent 7 hours at court with one boss on Thursday, and then when I got back in didn't get much done. Friday, I was starting to get everything caught up, when my bosses got wind of it being my birthday so the sent me home. Woot! The big boss had no clue, but since I clocked out four hours early, he will care that he doesn't have to pay me!! hahah, my bosses will make up for that time, tho.
We've been hanging out at our local bar a bit too much since Bubba isn't around. After an indulgent dinner on Friday nite, W and I took a long, and I mean like TEN MILE, two hour walk on the beach, then went to the bar, where I paid for nothing! All my drinks were free!! Woooo! I didn't have too many, but we had a great time.
I worked at the station on Saturday, and managed to fry the computer. I think my boss got it fixed, and I certainly hope so. It was really screwed up, but I never did figure out what I did to it. Yesterday, I slept in, which was awesome, then we ended up at the bar to goof off and watch the race, then go shopping for stuff.
Our new computer at home is up and running and it kicks ass. We've burned through a crapload of free demos on games, and there are a few we are interested in buying, but probably won't. Roadrunner gets hooked up sometime today! I'm so excited! No more dialup!!! So we'll have lots of setting up to do tonite, too, but I have GOT to exercise. I can't get those five pounds back off, and I haven't been trying so hard truthfully, but I want them gone.
Oh, I forgot, at dinner Friday, we went to the restaurant that I used to work at and it was soo cool. Mom and Dad surprised me by having the wife, who makes all the desserts, and they rock, make me my favorite dessert of hers, a pumpkin cheesecake. Not just a few pieces for us to have after dinner, but an ENTIRE CHEESECAKE!!! *DROOL* There are still a few slices left in the fridge, it's so fricking good, but is it any wonder why I can't lose these five pounds?
Ok, I have got to get some work done today, so I'm not way behind again. I just wanted to update so people wouldn't worry. Maybe I can start updating at home now. Roadrunner!!!!! 8/10/2006 Day 4 of No BubbaOk, so we're in day four of no Bubba. While we've had phone calls every day, they are short and sweet with him, lately. Basically, Hi, Bye, Love you, bye bye. Then he hands the phone off to somebody. It's adorable, but I need some more substance, ya know?
So what have we been up to?
Monday, we went for a looooong walk on the beach, and didn't come home until after normal Bubba bedtime. It's so weird to not have that restriction right now. Tuesday was W's appointment, and I'll get to that later. I ended up with the whole day off work. We then went to the warehouse club and bought some stuff, then to our friendly neighborhood bar, where both of us used to work at one time or another. What started out as innocent, lets have drinks and dinner, turned into, 'hey we're shitfaced, we should probably go home now.' No hangover, thankfully. W wasn't any where near shitfaced, actually. But lordy, was I!!!
Yesterday, we went out to eat again, wtf?, then to get some groceries and then just hung out at the house. And I finally caved and let W convince me we HAD to order a new computer. So after much discussion, and planning of budget issues, we ordered a brandie new Dell desktop. He'd been on a kick about getting a laptop, but I kept telling him it was pointless, when we wouldn't use it enough. We're also going to squeeze digital cable and high speed internet into the budget as well. It should work out ok, and if not, we can downgrade again and be ok. Holy crap it's going to be so nice to be off dialup at home. And on a computer that won't crash if you look at it funny. The keyboard had been acting up lately, too, you would start to type, and it would just leave off the first letter when you start typing. Very annoying, and we never did figure out how to fix it. So, bottom line, we are upgrading! WOOT! I promised him I wouldn't freak out over the budget part, and I haven't so far.
Okay, let's backtrack to W's appt. It was set for 8:45 am and we walked in right on time, and our caseworker was already there. About 45 minutes later, they called us back, man I hate seeing this surgeon, he's ALWAYS behind schedule. I was hoping to get in and out so I could get to work by 10:30 or so, but that never happened. Once in the back, we waited some more for X-rays, and then they kept asking us where the disks were for the CT Scan. We thought they had them, didn't bring our copies with us. His nurse finally came to say, without the disk, he couldn't look at the films, he couldn't see us. I was PISSED. Why the hell didn't they tell us either when we made the appt to bring that stuff, or when they called to remind of the appt.
So we had to GO HOME! then come back with the disk. So we waited and waited once we got in the back for a room. Then we got a room, and we waited and waited for the doc. And then the disk wouldn't work. (Overheard was the surgeon standing outside the door, "And who is W?" OMG I wanted to yell.) So he never got to see the films from the CT which is supposed to help him determine what to do next. He did feel however, that more surgery isn't appropriate right now, and didn't think he could get anymore bone 'in there', meaning the site of the so called fusion. Whatever. He wants W to get ANOTHER MRI, which is for tomorrow, then a follow up with him again next week *incidentally, I get to miss this appt, because I will be in court for work.* And we are to get the hard copies of the films from the CT so that he can finally review them, and maybe he'll change his mind about surgery.
His plan now, after all that, is to send him for another series of injections, which we had done before and did nothing. But, of course, this surgeon said and I'm gonna quote him again, "Well, *I* have a different technique than ABC (who did the first ones) and I think that will be more effective." This guy's G*D complex is unreal. Dude, if you haven't fixed him by now, what the hell makes me think you can or will do anything about it. He's had this attitude that W had the surgery, he should be fine, because *I* operated on him. I'm real frustrated about all of it. Basically if the injections DO help, it is still only going to be masking the pain he's in, which could in reality lead to MORE injury, with no pain. That is totally not what we are looking for. How much is it to ask for them to actually RELIEVE his pain by FIXING him?!?! grrrrrr.
So maybe surgery isn't the way to go, but now we'll always second guess. And how can one guy in the same office seem to think it's the right thing to do and the next guy think not? And our caseworker has been asking for one test for months now and nobody will agree that it might be beneficial in diagnosing where his pain is coming from. She said she will probably get us another opinion and demand one. At least she's as frustrated as we are.
Wow, this got really long. And I could probably add more to the doc visit, but that's sums it up pretty good. I'll have more info next week.
P.S. - Laz: A 'remote' is a radio station work thing. When the DJ's go out to a location, and are doing live breaks, it's called a remote. Someone has to be in the studio, however, to 'run the board' so that they can call in and do their live broadcasts. On the weekends, that person is normally ME. 8/7/2006 Wow......Jeez, I really don't like this new format. I'm having issues. Maybe it's just my work computer, but maybe not.
Anyway, I just realized I had a blog-o-versary on Friday. I knew it was coming, but thought I had another week. So wow, I've been keeping this journal for a year. Not that it's that monumental of a thing.
Not much has changed, really since I started. W was getting ready for surgery, and it seems we are getting ready for another one, too. Bubba, of course, has grown up considerably. But really, all the big issues we were dealing with then are still front and center now. Maybe this next year will bring some better changes.
I also wanted to add that I think both of my bosses are PMS-ing today, and it's really sucky. Luckily the day is just about over, but it seems they both love to actually START working after four and that stresses me out right before it's time to go. Hopefully that won't happen today.
8/5/2006 Oh My!Okay, I mentioned Bubba's trip might extend into two weeks, right? Hahahahahha. Due to different obligations with W's mom and everyone, it's going to be THREE WEEKS!!!! ACK! See, they want to take him camping, on the weekend, and if they do that, they would need to extend it to two weeks. Which would make the return trip the weekend of the 19th. However, the bridal shower for W's brother's fiancee (still with me) is on the 20th. Which means they would be really pressed for time to get him back down here. So that extends it out until the weekend of the 26th, which is when they had planned on coming back down ANYWAY for another visit. So, barring Bubba going bonkers, and wanting mama and dada really badly, he'll be gone for three weeks. Great GOOGLY MOOGLY what am I going to do? Better yet, what are W and I going to do with all that together time?! I think we may end up killing each other! I'm only kidding....a little. Seriously, we've been PARENTS so long, we pretty much have forgotten how to be a couple. Will we reconnect and have everything be great, or will we figure out we really don't get along anymore? No, I don't really think that will happen. But it's going to be interesting trying to find things to do when I get home from work, since of course we're still broke. I'll keep you updated. Meanwhile, my little guy will be going to the zoo, Chuck E Cheese, and various other places with everybody up there.
I have tomorrow off, with no Bubba, and it's W's birthday!! We went out to dinner tonite, and I ate way too much food, go figure. And I brought a piece of cake with me to the station. Which was really good, but now I'm all full and bloated again.
Okay, Busch race is underway, and I'm off to pay attention. Have a great nite, whoever is reading, which according to my stats, is NOT MANY! hahahahah. oh well. nite nite. 8/4/2006 Finally Friday!!Woah, the changes here are freaking me out.
'other' gramma as Bubba calls her is coming tonite to stay a day or so and then taking him away!!!! And it might be for TWO WEEKS!! ACK! How will I make it through two weeks without my little man? I know we will, but it's gonna be so strange without him around for that long.
I have a fiesty little kitten chomping on me. It's R's and she's eating so I'm cat sitting him in my little cubicle. He's adorable, and very playful, but he's getting a little violent and I have teethmarks in my tummy! I gave him a straw wrapper and that's distracted him for a bit. Except he's trying to eat the paper.
Not much else going on. Will be working at the station on Saturday, I've got Sunday's off for a while. I needed the break. I'll have a remote in the afternoon, and then the Busch race which starts around eight. Then a remote from 10-midnite. But since the race won't be over until almost eleven it won't be such a big deal.
I am leaving work at four today, woo hoo, and get to rush home, actually stop at Nanny's and pick up Bubba, and then finish the cleaning before arrival of the family. Bubba went to Nanny's today so that W would have the house to himself to get most of the cleaning done. And then, when he comes back from PA he'll be back to Nanny's. She quit her job, variety of reasons. She really really missed him, too. W has enjoyed having him home, but it's rough on his back.
I'm drinking a ginormous sweet tea from Sonic! I'll be bouncing around the rest of the afternoon!
Have a good weekend y'all. 8/1/2006 BORING!That's my life nowadays. No change in sight, either. Here's a quick rundown of just about every day for me:
Allow for variances in weekend activities, including grocery shopping! Work at the radio station! Visits to grandma's! So exciting!
The only other stuff going on right now is that Nanny wants to quit her job and have Bubba back. I'll know if she has quit by the end of the week, and then he'll be in PA for a week, so most likely the week of the 14th, he'll be back at Nanny's.
W is in the doghouse, but *I'M* the one who feels like something is wrong. He honestly doesn't care about my feelings on the issue, and I won't get into WHAT he actually did, but it all just sucks. HE'S the one who did wrong, which he does acknowledge, but because I'm mad about it, I get treated like *I* did something wrong. So hard to fully describe without details, but I can't give them. See, that's me RESPECTING HIM!!! How hard is it to expect some of that respect in return? Oh well. End of rant. He's not gonna change any time soon, so I guess I need to just suck it up.
Catch y'all later.
7/24/2006 I forgot to mention, Plus an UPDATE, no TWO updates!Last week, Nanny dropped a bomb on us. She's about to start getting Medicare or Medicaid whichever, and with the need for the supplemental stuff, she has to........GO BACK TO WORK!!! She first said it wasn't until September or so, but she just stopped by work here, with Bubba, and let me know she had an interview this morning, and she thinks she got it. And she could start tomorrow. Ummm. FUCK! Okay, yeah, Bubba can stay home with W for now, but what about the fact that he has to most likely have surgery soon? I don't know how I'll afford daycare when that happens. It's easily 40 bucks a week MORE than what I'm paying Nanny, which may not seem like much, but it is to my budget. She may not work for long, she just needs to be able to get some other things paid off and then she'll be ok. But this just totally stinks. Her daughter that *I* work with wants to just pay the stuff for her, but she won't take it. She's not all that happy either, she's really going to miss Bubba, she's watched him for two years now. And he's going to miss her a lot, too.
Well, I gotta get back to this pile of junk I don't wanna deal with at work. I'll try to post something that ISN'T bad news soon. But lately, I'm not sure what that leaves. hahahah. Bye.
*UPDATE* She got the job and starts Wednesday. So Bubba will be staying home with Daddy for the foreseeable future...Daddy is very excited about that. I am too, because he can work on teaching him letters and numbers more, and do stuff like go to the library for things, and maybe the beach more often or something.
p.s. I just waltzed into my big boss' office and asked for a raise and an extra weeks vacation! ACK! Keep your fingers crossed.
DOUBLE UPDATE - Big boss didn't like the idea of the extra week's vacation, since I work for two attorneys and need to be here. Hmm...he tried to split the difference on me with the raise, but I said if I couldn't have the vacation, I wanted the same raise as before and he agreed. Reluctantly. But I'm proud of my self for badgering with him. The extra vacation would have helped for surgery time but I'll manage somehow. 7/22/2006 Overdue updateOkay. So we went to the doc on Thursday. We had the report from the scan and the doc took off to the other room to look at it right away. He spent about ten minutes in there, with our caseworker, and we could hear snippets, but not enough. I had already pretty much made up my mind that W wasn't fused, and when the doc came back in, he proved me right. He said it didn't look really bad, and that the grafts had grown and were doing what they were supposed to, but they hadn't joined up and fused together. So, we got referred back to the surgeon to be evaluated for further surgery. NOT what we hoped, but what we were expecting, really. So that appointment is August 8th and we're in super health mode, because we're pretty sure he's gonna say, let's do it. The caseworker said we'd get a second opinion at that point, mainly because worker's comp would insist on it. Something about having come so far without nothing but maintenance stuff, now they'd question needing more serious treatment or something. We're fine with that. In the meantime, he absolutely must completely quit smoking, instead of having a few here and there, or more from time to time. And we're gonna try to get some more weight off him beforehand, too. He's kept off 30 pounds since March or so, which is good, but the more he loses now, the better.
Anyway. Work was crazy at the station today. I was doing a remote, then the race started, then another remote for the spanish station, which had me running to and fro a whole lot. It was nerve wracking. I've got other radio station news, and I'm very excited about this. They have added streaming live broadcasts on the internet!!! So if any of you want to listen to me, you can! Granted I'm not on the air all that much, but I have a set shift. Sundays from Four to Eight PM, (Eastern Time, for any of you other time zone folks.) I'll have some other shifts from time to time and will post about them, if I have enough notice. Next Sunday, I won't be pre-empted by NASCAR at all, because there's no race. So that may be the easiest time for anyone interested! If you happen to catch something, drop me a line and let me know. Even if you think I stunk! hahah.
Ok off to do some reading while I wait for the time to push some buttons.
Catch y'all later.
look away, nothing to see here......yetI know, I know I'm due to post about the doc appt on Thursday, but I'm slammed at the station right now, and I just can't. I WILL be back later tonite, for just a remote, and will be able to post then. Promise!! 7/15/2006 Still not much going onI see that everyone LOVED my last post. I had to WADE through all the responses and never even got through all of them. hhahah, I jest. OH well.
Not much going on. W and I had a date last nite, Bubba went off to G-ma's. Now R and Bubba and G-ma are at the beach while I'm at work. It's flipping hot as hell here lately. I'm glad the radio station is well air conditioned. I don't know how people function without it, sorry, Laz, I know you're sweltering up in Canada lately. Anyway, back to the date. We wanted to do dinner, but ended up not having enough time because we had a movie to get to. HOORAY! We watched the new Pirates of the Caribbean and it was absolutely awesome. W didn't like the ending, mainly because, well, I don't wanna spoil it for anyone who may see it soon. I can NOT wait for the next one. And I can't wait to rent it when it's out on video or dvd to see it again. My mom will probably buy it, so I can borrow it then. I want to watch the first one again, too. Say what you want about Johnny Depp, he's just an awesome actor. I love Jack Sparrow.
Anyway. Crazy weekend scheduled here at the station. I've been here since 10 am today. I did get a break inbetween, tho I wasn't supposed to have it. Back to back remotes, with overlap of the Busch race, however the second remote was for the spanish station and someone else ended up coming in to cover it instead. I am scheduled for another one tomorrow, but I'm not sure they are still doing it, or if they'll still need me. I don't mind that they had someone else come in, because I got to run out for lunch, otherwise I'd be here with no break and no food till after five. Now I have a full tummy and I'm sleepy but I only have to concentrate on the race.
Not much else to talk about. W had his scan on Thursday but the tech wouldn't tell him anything, so we have to wait until the 20th to see the doctor. Update will follow soon after that. I imagine I'm gonna have a lot to process from that appointment, either good or bad.
Catch ya later. Hope you all have a good weekend. I still see that a bunch of folks are stopping by, but noone comments. Come out, come out, wherever you are, I don't bite, honest! 7/10/2006 The first and probably only meme I'll ever doI didn’t get tagged with this, but I liked it so here it is.
I WANT: a better life I HAVE: no idea how to get it I WISH: I knew how I MISS: having no responsibilities I DANCE: badly I TAG: whoever
There are more than one ways to go with this one. First one was just what first came to mind. I could put more into it with better/different results…like this.
I WANT: to be happy I HAVE: a son that helps with that a lot I WISH: my husband never got injured at work I MISS: the old him I DANCE: badly I TAG: whoever
Or maybe these are better:
I WANT: my husband to be healed I HAVE: a wonderful family I WISH: I had more friends. I MISS: carefree days I DANCE: with my son, and it’s hilarious I TAG: whoever
Some answers are the same, just worded different, I suppose. Oh well. It was fun to do. So there you go. If you do this after reading it here, please let me know. Comment or email works for me. Have a great day. 7/8/2006 That funny Bubba of mineOkay, the funny Bubba story I promised, I hope it translates well in print as it did when I told W. *He had gone out on an ice cream run, and wasn't home when it happened.*
Last nite, about 9:45 or so I think, Bubba was well situated in bed, and I know because I checked on him, and moved a bunch of his stuffies from on top of him. I had just let the dogs back in from a trip outside and was about to sit back down in front of mindless television when I heard it. I can only describe it as a bodily THUMP. My mind went, "Was that Bubba? That HAD to be Bubba!" So I popped into his room, and sure enough he was flat on his tummy on the floor, so the thump I heard was him rolling out of his bed. He looked and was sound asleep. On the floor. So before scooping him up, I said, "Bubba, did you fall out of bed?" He picked his head up a tiny bit off the floor and without opening his eyes, said "Yeah" in his typical little voice. I giggled, scooped him up and snuggled him a minute and asked if he was alright, which he was. No bumps on the head or anything, so I said, "Let's get you back into bed baby." As I deposited him onto the bed, and reached for his blanket, he lifted his head up, again without opening his eyes, and puckered up his lips, waiting for me to give him a kiss. That was the sweetest part. It was only kinda funny to me at the time, but when I recounted the whole thing to W, I lost it, and had a hard time getting the story out I was laughing so hard. The funniest part to me was when he answered me in his adorable little sleepy voice when I asked if he fell out of bed. Oh well, I guess some may not find it as funny, but I sure did. My little man is even entertaining in his sleep! It's no wonder I love him to pieces.
Have a great weekend y'all. 7/7/2006 yeah whatever *UPDATE*Life is not good at the Hideaway lately. Moody husband, moody Beachgal, moody Bubba. Pardon my quietness, but there's not much point rambling on about how shitty everything is, when noone who reads can do anything about it. Unless someone has a cure for the bad back, and depression, and other stuff hanging around in their back pocket. Yeah, didn't think so.
I may be back soon, may not, but I will continue to read your stuff and possibly comment.
C-ya.
UPDATE:
Hi. I have a problem. See I have this thing I do......it's called, overreacting!!!!! Now, Now, I know it's true, don't try to stick up for me. I do, often at the most inopportune times. All is fine, as fine as can be expected anyway. So while posts may be sporadic, it's only because things are BORING! I do have a funny Bubba story I'm going to post, tho. 6/30/2006 Another radio station firstWe have this thing that prints out weather bulletins and stuff, and it went off a little while ago, and when I checked it, it was an AMBER Alert. A six month old girl was taken from a medical center in the upsate and they've issued the alert for her. So I got to do a live update, MINUTES after getting the info over the wire on the other station, and then one on my station. I'll do at least one more with all of the information. The first break on the other station, we hadn't gotten all of the info yet. Scary scary situation and I am praying that the little girl is located. I assume she was taken by her father, but we don't know that. The suspect wasn't identified as her father, but it's possible he is. Ugh. I'll check the official SC website when I get here tomorrow and see if there's an update, and hopefully a cancellation because she's been found. If not, I may do a break a during the race again.
Well, actually, just after posting this, I checked the state website and the alert has been cancelled she has been found, unharmed. Hooray!
who needs titles?Friday Nite Restrictor Plate Racin' from DAYTONA, BABY! Ahem, sorry. Got a little carried away. Obviously I'm at the radio station. I did a few live breaks right before the race started, and I get to do another live Bud Pole update after the race.
Bubba is having a sleepover at R's again, because W is on the road up to Virginia to meet his little brother halfway. B, the brother, will be picking up this puppy that W brought home the other day, for his mom. She agreed to take it, but thinks they are all coming down next weekend for her, when in reality, B and W consipired to make sure she had her birthday present ON her birthday. It's an adorable 8 month old Jack Russell puppy. W got himself in hot water with me when he brought it home first without asking mom if she wanted it or not, but it all worked out because she is taking it. Phew!
In exchange for taking Bubba tonite, we are having R's daughter sleepover tomorrow nite. This was W's idea, and I was a little surprised, because I have to work again tomorrow nite, so W will be in charge of Bubba and C, the five year old. Should be interesting. Then R and M, her fiance will be over for a cookout on Sunday. Going to be fun, my mom and dad are coming for the cookout, too.
Not too much else is going on. My supposed UTI or whatever, which should have been cleared up after TWO courses of antibiotics has reared it's ugly fricking head again, so I started a THIRD round tonite, and if it's not better by Monday I am going to have to go in to figure out what's going on. I'm confident that it will be better by Monday, but my concern is a few days AFTER I'm done with the meds that it'll come back again. I certainly hope not. I haven't had most of the classic symptoms, just the most disgusting one, aren't I lucky.
Now that I grossed out my readers, I'm outta here to lose myself in racin'. And ice cream, since the one kid from the other station ran to McDonalds for some! Woot!
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