Birthdays, Volleyball, Mimosa and Sydney

So...I'm typing this sitting in Brently's recliner with Sydney the super kitty around my neck. I'm also watching the volleyball game on TV drinking a mimosa. Does it get any better? I'm going to have to get up sooner or later...Brently is going to want to go outside and clean off the cars. The ice/sleet is pretty bad and I guess we need to get a head start on it.

I should be working. I'm behind in just about everything. Tomorrow will be crazy anyway because it's my birthday. Yep, I'm a December baby. Being a December baby pretty much sucks, but there's not a lot I can do about it. Just suck it up and deal with it.

Tomorrow night we're getting together with friends to do my birthday and our Christmas. Usually I'm totally against this, but as time goes on, it doesn't bother me as much. Plus it's really hard to get everyone together for supper. I get to pick where we eat. A little place in the Bluffs. It should be fun. I'm going to have to buckle down at work tomorrow. I guess we'll see what happens with that.

I almost have my Christmas shopping done. I have my cards done. I just need to mail them out. I didn't do a letter this year, just a picture card. I didn't really feel like writing a letter, so I didn't.

My boss's father passed away last Sunday. The funeral was today. It made me miss my dad. I miss him all the time anyone, but I guess I really think about it more at Christmas. No one loved Christmas as much as me and my dad. We were always the first ones up. We'd wait as long as we could before I started waking people up. Christmas will be fine this year, I just wish my dad was here.

Until next time...

Thoughts from Ohio

I'm in Ohio. Dayton, Ohio to be exact. I'm here for work. I've been to Marion, Chillicothe and Lima, Ohio also. I've learned a lot and have had a lot of fun the with guys that run and own these stores. It's easy to do my job when there are great people to work with. People that listen to my opinion and respect it. They may even do a few things that I have suggested.

I'm in the store right now at a corner table working and watching the Ohio St/Michigan game. They are crazy about their Ohio State football team - just like Nebraska is about the Huskers. The only difference? The Ohio State fans aren't annoying! At least I haven't met any.

I'll be back home tomorrow and then back to work in the Office on Monday. At least it will be a short week and then I'm heading to Denver the week after to see the Flackster. That will be fun.

Sometimes I feel guilty about traveling so much and not being home. I hate leaving Brently and Sydney at home. Other times I really think I like to travel because it makes me forget what I don't have and I'm usually so busy I don't have time to be sad. Sad about not have kids. Sadness that will always be with me. Sometimes the sadness isn't as strong, but it's always there. I was at a work thing where there were a lot of kids. My co-workers thought I wasn't happy because I didn't want to be there - it really wasn't my cup of tea, but to be honest, to see all of the happy kids with their parents just killed me. Don't get my wrong, I have my nephews and niece and I love them to death and I treat them like they are my own kids and I wouldn't trade them for anything, but it's not the same.

Wow - I really didn't mean to get into all of that. I guess that's what happens when I only blog once a month!

I'm excited for the short work week. Working Monday - Wednesday and then home for Thanksgiving. The day after will be my big shopping trip with Brently's mom and sister. It will be a lot of fun and I always look forward to it. I'm also looking forward to putting up the Christmas tree which I always do the day after Thanksgiving. I do it by myself and it's great. My sister has had her tree up for a few weeks now. I think she would keep it up all year long if she could.

I'm not looking forward to my flight tomorrow. My first flight is from Dayton to Cincinnati. That's only about 50 miles. It's like flying from Omaha to Lincoln. Then from Cincinnati to Omaha. I asked Brently if he wanted a Bengals shirt or shot glass - he didn't.

I guess that's all for now...until last month....

Random Thoughts...

It's been a week or so since my last update. Let's see...what has been happening....

MOM: Well, it's been an up and down week. My mom was put back in the hospital last Tuesday with a lot of fluid build up. The doctors drained the fluid and she feels like a new person. She got out on Friday and was actually able to lay down in her own bed for the first time since the surgery. It's still going to be a long recovery road, but at least I feel like we're heading in a positive direction!

CLASS REUNION: After my six beer on Saturday, it went really well. Actually, it was way better than I thought. I was able to catch up with an old friend who lives fairly close to me. There is no reason why we don't get together more often. I haven't seen her for over 5 years and we didn't miss a beat. It was awesome. Brently met me on Saturday night after he watched the game and we both had a good time. One of his friends was there and was pretty tanked. His friend did not bring his wife which was great. He is a lot of fun when she's not around. It was like he was his old self again. My classmates hadn't changed all that much. They were all very nice and most of them live around me. Even if they didn't like me, they at least acted like they did which is a lot better than high school!

WEEKEND: Brently & I went to the Tesla concert. It was outside and a lot of fun. It's one of his favorite bands so he really enjoyed it. I did too. It's nice when we can do something like this together. We also went with some friends to the NWMSU game in KC on Saturday. More fun and a victory made this trip a blast.

FOOTBALL: Jordy has still been playing but they have been losing which is a bummer. He had his best game yet from what I heard. I missed it because I was at the Tesla concert. Hopefully he will have yet another awesome game this Friday - one I can actually go to.

That's it for now...until later.

Football, High School and My Mom..

Not necessarily in that order...

My mom is doing a lot better. She's been home for two weeks and is getting stronger. She still gets pretty short of breath when she walks and talks, but the doctor said that will get better. She needs to do her breathing exercises and walk more. I think we're going to the pancake feed tomorrow morning. At least I want to go. I'll be going over there after the game tonight. I need to set up her pills for the week and then I'll stay over.

Jordy is starting tonight. He hasn't started since the two suspended players were back. I think he's excited. I know I am. I'm such a proud aunt and I'll tell anyone who will listen how great he is.

My class reunion is this weekend. The big 2-0. I hated high school. Some parts were okay, but the overall experience was not that great. I've been in contact with a few of my classmates over the past weeks. I'll see them over the weekend. Tonight after the football game and after I check on my mom, I'll go to the dance. It's an all-class gig and my in-laws will be there which means I can hang out with my father-in-law. He's great and although he will never replace my dad, it's nice to have him there when I need him. He reminds me of my dad - especially when we have a few beers together.

I'll have an update after the weekend. I don't think it will be as exciting as Missy's, but I'm sure I have something to talk about.

I'm taking Jordy and Jakey out for lunch tomorrow. Jakey's birthday was Thursday. He turned 13. I'm sure when they are 25 and 23 I will still be calling them Jordy and Jakey! I'm sure they won't mind.

Wheat has been over to play the Wii a few times. I haven't been able to play it as much as I would like because I've been so busy with work. Hopefully in a few weeks it will slow down.

Well...I better get going...until next time...

Traveling...

So I'm traveling for work. It's going pretty good. I'm traveling with a co-worker. She does the same thing that I do only she has been doing it for longer. She's so good at what she does that I sometimes wonder if I'll ever know everything like she does. It's nice to travel with someone.

Now I know what I'll need to do when I travel. I don't know when the first time I will travel alone, but I'm sure it will be fine.

I've been eating WAY TOO MUCH. I should go down and work out a little bit. Walk on the treadmill or something, but I'm sure I'll just stay in the room and go to bed early. I also need to do some work stuff. I don't know if that will happen either.

My mom is doing better every day. I talked to her this morning and she was getting along good. My aunt will be leaving tomorrow morning. It was nice to not have to worry about my mom. She was in good hands. I'll go and see her tomorrow night and then take her to Jordy's football game. I think she's ready to get back to normal. I know I'm ready for her to get back to normal.

The new shows start next week. I can't wait. I live for the season premiers. I know - it's sad. I had a message from my nephew that he wants me to be done with work stuff so he can come over and play the Wii. I miss playing it too. Brently is going to get really good when I'm traveling and then he will be able to beat me. I don't like that one bit.

Until next time...

The Light...

I see the light at the end of the tunnel. My mom is doing better. I took her home on Thursday. I got home late Saturday night and did absolutely nothing on Sunday. I bought a Wii on Saturday afternoon and Brently set it up in the basement. He's playing on it right now. I think he likes it better than I do.

Mom had a Dr. appt today. Everything is right on track. It's going to take her a while, but I'm sure she's on the road to recovery. My aunt is staying with her this week but I still feel guilty not being there. I didn't go to Jake or Jordy's game tonight either. I just wanted to come straight home. I worked an entire day which I haven't done in about two weeks. It went fast and I was busy the whole day. It was nice.

Short and sweet today. I don't feel much like writing....

Finally

Mom feels better. Finally. She was moved from ICU this afternoon and is now on the cardiac rehab floor in a private room that looks like an apartment. She has been sitting up and walking. She just laid down and is getting ready to take the miracle drug - Vicodine! I could use some of that too.

I feel so much better and have had some time to reflect on how bad things really were. I don't want to dwell on that too much because it will really depress me. To think how close I was to losing my mom scares me. When her nurse said that someone was watching over her, I said, "I know who it was," and that was my dad. At first I was mad at my dad because I thought he wanted her with him, then I realized he was just helping her get what she needed. So I've apologized to my dad a couple times. I know he is smiling down at me and Jacque and my mom. He knows how much we all need each other. Thanks again Dad.

I went to work for a few hours today. It was okay. There were several people that didn't know what was going on so having to tell the story again and again sucked.

She isn't feeling good right now. Just some pain and it kills me to see her like this. She was fine a few minutes ago and now she doesn't feel good. It happens just that fast. Hopefully the pain medicine will kick in soon and she'll get some sleep.

I'll hang out here tonight and we'll watch a little football together.

Until next time....

When they say stay out - stay out!

That's something that I learned yesterday afternoon. It was a rough day at the hospital. My mom didn't have a blood pressure for about 3 hours and they couldn't figure out what was wrong. Turns out she lost some blood. There was a lot of other stuff that happened too, but I'm a little foggy on that.

The day started out good. They went to put her in a chair and all hell broke loose. They finally got her stable around 8 last night. I was here by myself and called Brently about 3 to come and hang out with me. They kicked me out around 3:30 to start working on mom. The pastor showed up around 4pm and some other friends around 6pm. The doctors were in and out and kept telling me the would come and get me. I went in her room once and all kinds of stuff was going on. Dr. K took me by the arm and told me to wait outside. I was pretty antsy and went back in a little while later and saw some stuff I didn't need to see and some stuff that I won't ever be able to forget. When the doctors tell you to wait out side - wait outside!

She finally got settled down and then Jacque came up for a few hours to look at her.

Things seem to be better - but I'm not going to make any decisions on that until later. I do know that she will be in the hospital for longer than we thought. I'd rather have her here to at home right now. One of the doctor's said, "That's why we do this here and you don't do it at home." I guess that makes sense to me.

Well, something is beeping so I better check it out.

Until later...

Just when you think it couldn't get any worse....

So. Well. Let's see. I should have blogged a few weeks ago. I should have written about my middle nephew starting his first varsity football game. How he texted me "I love you too" which is funny because he normally doesn't do anything like that. How he played a great game even though they lost. I should have blogged about my awesome Labor Day weekend. How I spent it with my sister and her family and how I took my MX-5 on a poker run and how after going for a ride with my brother-in-law I was ready to buy a bike. I should have been blogging about how much fun I've had with Wheat since he's been up here. How we've starting going out for supper on Tuesday nights. The first Tuesday night was Hooters and the second was another wing place. How he and his friends taught me how to play Halo in x-box and didn't care that I was hanging out with them in their suite. That's the stuff I should have been blogging about for the past few weeks......

I'm blogging in a hospital room. I'm blogging while looking at my mom in a hospital bed. I'm blogging less than 24 hours after my mom had a quadruple bypass. Blogging from the ICU is not one of the places I even thought I would be blogging from.

It started out a fairly normal week. Monday I was off for Labor Day and watched the parade at my sisters with everyone. My niece was first runner up in the little beauty pageant they have and was waving at us from the convertible she was riding in. My mom had been acting a little weird all weekend, but we really didn't think much about it. She had been complaining of a bad headache. We should have pushed her to do something about it. We should have done a lot of things different. She left my sister's without saying goodbye which was kind of weird, but again, didn't really think anything about it.

On Tuesday I talked to my sister and she told me, "I told Mom, 'Am I making you a doctor's appointment? or are you going to?'" My sister said that my mom had already made an appointment for Wednesday.

My phone rang about 3:30 on Wednesday afternoon. I was in a meeting but saw it was from my sister so I left the room and answered it. I was not prepared for what she said. "They think mom had a heart attack on Friday." was how she started the conversation. I don't know exactly what I said. Something like, "I'm on my way." My sister said that wait because she was pretty sure they were bringing her to Omaha. I went outside, cried a little and then went back inside to get my desk cleaned up and wait for the call.

I met my mom and sister at the hospital around 6pm on Wednesday night. They were going to do a heart cath at 7:30 Thursday morning. We both stayed all night with mom, like we would go anywhere else. They took her down and we went to wait in the waiting room. The doctor came out about 10 minutes later and called us into the little room. I call it the bad news room. He said, "I have good news and bad news, what do you want first?" My sister said, "The bad news." and the doctor said, "Well, the good news is that her heart is strong, but the bad news is she has three blockages of about 95%. If she would have waited another day, you would have brought her in dead." Wow. That's not something you hear everyday. At this point my sister glazed over and I went into listen mode. They were going to do surgery either today or tomorrow and we caught it in time and all was going to be okay.

We were able to go back with my mom and talk to the doctor. He explained everything and said that he would do the surgery on Friday morning. At this time my mom's younger sister and my uncle showed up. I went out and hung out with them while my sister (who I'll go ahead and call Jacque because it's hard to keep typing my sister) stayed with my mom. Mom finally got up to her room around 12:30 and so I left Jacque with my mom and I headed home (only 20 minutes away) and took a shower and got some more clothes. I got back around 3;30 and then Jacque headed home to talk to the kids and let them know what was going on and sleep for a while. Jacque was trying to decided if she should sleep in a little bit or come back before the surgery started. The nurse got me a reclining chair and I slept right beside mom all night. My phone rang around 4am and it was Jacque and she was on her way up. Turns out it was probably a good thing that she did.

I'm skipping a lot of things that I'll probably come back and talk about. (just a FYI)

They come and get mom around 6:30am. Jacque and I follow them down to the pre-op room. There are a lot of people running around and a lot of different rooms. It was amazing that there were that many rooms and that many people and it all seemed to be running smoothly! Mom was in her room and they were hooking her up to a bunch of stuff. Then the fun happened. The dude come to start a few lines for IV's and the such. Jacque was up there talking to mom and I kind of had my back turned. I'm not good and watching the poking so I wasn't it. Then all of a sudden I started not feeling good so I sat on the little chair. I was trying to talk myself out of it because I knew that Jacque will kill me if I got sick. I was sitting there and then the dude came around the bed with some gauze that had blood on it. That's all it took. I said, "I don't feel good" and then I started sweating and turned white. The got mom out of the room and moved her somewhere else to finish things up and brought in a bed for me. I laid down and started feeling better but man was Jacque mad. I know that she was concerned, but in the way that we are, she said a few choice words and was really mad that she had to stay with me. "Mom's having open heart surgery and it's all about you." It made me laugh and she laughed too.

Mom made it through surgery but they got started late thanks to me!

After we knew she was okay, Jacque left to go home and get everyone ready for Jordy's football game. Mom said she the one thing we had to promise was to go to Jordy's football game. We did. Brently & I picked up Wheat and Seth and we all went to the game together. We got there and I went and sat by Jacque and her friend Christy. Christy looked at me at pointed to the ambulance by the field. "The ambulance is right there if you feel like you might faint." Jacque laughed and said, "That's never going to get old."

Jordy lost but it was a much better game than last week.

I got back to the hospital around midnight and sat with mom until 1am. Then I went home for some sleep in my own bed. I got here around 10 this morning and that takes you to present time. I'm here to cover her up, turn the fan up and down and make sure her feet stay uncovered. I can do that.

Yesterday when they wouldn't let me in to see her (they were getting her stable after the surgery) I kept sneaking in. I got kicked out twice and then the third time they said I could come in just for a minuted. I walked in and one of the cute guys working on mom said, "Now you're not the one that passed out this morning are you." Man - I can't catch a break.

Mom is sleeping a little bit right now. They are going to change her sheets in a while and I'll take that time to get something for lunch. I'm hoping they move her to another room this afternoon to get out of ICU.

Thanks for listening and I'll write more later.

Moving Day...

Wheat moved in to college today. I met him, my sister and my other two nephews around 9:15 this morning. We got him moved in pretty fast. I was then in charge of hanging up his shirts. He has more clothes than I do!

He's living in a suite. There are four of them and they each have their own room. There are two bathrooms and he's sharing one with Seth Michael. (Yes, I will refer to him by his first and middle name.) The other guys will be known and TJ and CO.

Wheat seemed a little nervous. It's a big step. My sister was really having a hard time. I ended up leaving before she did because I figured she would need some time with Wheat. I'm only 3 miles away from the boys, so I'm hoping to see them more. Classes start on Monday and I think the boys are ready to just relax. They have some mandatory meetings that they were grumbling about, but I think they'll have a good time.

I can't believe Wheat's a college guy name. It seems only yesterday that he was starting school...

The college stories are sure to be good and I'll be watching my sister to make sure she's doing okay. Jordy is moving to Wheat's room (it's way bigger) but he told me that we couldn't talk about it in front of my sister. We'll see how that works out.

I found out today that Jordy will be starting Varsity football in a couple weeks. He's going to be a freshman so it's really exciting. He's excited but trying to play it cool. I guess that's how he 'rolls'...

More later....

Should have...

So I should have posted a blog on Sunday. It was a pretty good weekend. Saturday I headed down home to spend some time with my mom. The drive down was perfect. It was late morning, early afternoon, it was cloudy but not cold. I had the top down on the Mazda and Tom Petty in the CD player. I took the back curvy roads (which were MADE for my car) and it was one of the most relaxing drives I've ever had. I was in such a good mood when I got down there.

On Saturday night I took Jake and Jordy to the movies. Jordy had seen it already (The Dark Knight) but Jake hadn't. He was a little freaked out by it, which is understandable because it freaked me out a little too. I took them home and hung out with my sister and brother-in-law in the party garage for a while and then back to my mom's place to watch some Olympics.

Sunday my mom and I just hung out, had lunch, did a little shopping and then to my sister's for a grill out. She was grilling out for the senior boys who were leaving for college this week. It was a great time.

Wheat is moving into college tomorrow. I'm taking the day off to help and to offer my sister some support. It won't be evident that I'm supporting her to anyone, just to her. It's a silent, just being there thing. He'll be three minutes from me so I'm hoping to see him more often.

Football will starts in two weeks. There's a chance that Jordy will be playing some varsity ball this year as a freshman. I'm so proud of him and all the hard work he has done to get to this place. It will be fun to watch him this year.

Now to work. I took the new job and I'm feeling very overwhelmed. I'm still doing my old job until I get someone hired to take it. I got a new phone last night to go with my new job. It's a fancy blackberry. Now if someone will just show me how to use it! We'll see how it goes and I'm sure I'll have a lot more to say about it. I know it will be fine, but ... well ... you know.

Brently has been under the weather and is even going to the doctor today which he NEVER does. I'm sure it's fine, but I think it will give him a piece of mind to know that he doesn't have some rare weird disease!

Until next time....

Difficult Decision

I have a difficult decision to make. I was offered a new position in the company that I work for. I don't know what to do. Do I leave my comfort level? Leave the position that I know I like and can do well? Do I take a leap of faith and learn a new job which includes hiring for my current position and supervising that person?

A co-worker told me to pray about it...I think I'll do that.

I told my boss I would let her know on Monday. She will still be my boss which is nice. The new job is kinda similar to my old one...but different. Currently I work with our corporate stores doing marketing...the new job would be working with the franchise community.

I don't know what to do. It would be way easier if someone would just tell me what to do.

Will someone please tell me what to do???

Busted...

So my blog is no longer a secret...not that it ever was. I was having lunch with Francine today and after we froze our various body parts off in Taco Bell, she exclaimed, "I didn't know you had a blog!" My friend Missy has a link to my blog from her blog. Francine said that she looked the blog over to make sure I didn't say anything bad about her. I didn't of course - what would I say bad about her??????

So welcome to my blog. It's pretty boring and everything you'll read you all ready know!

When it rains...

I am a firm believer in the statement "God doesn't give you anything more than you can handle" but I really think that He thinks I can handle way more than I can!

I know that in the grand scheme of thing, my issues aren't that bad. I know I could have it a lot worse. I know all of that, yet I still feel overwhelmed. I'm so good at hiding my feelings and issues. I don't do it on purpose it's just that I spend most of my time making sure everyone else is okay. I really don't mind doing it - really. That's what makes me - well me.

Wheat's baseball game was last night. I drove two hours to watch him play. I don't mind doing that. I would drive forever to watch him play. The other team was up first. They scored 4 runs in the top of the 1st. Seth was up first, got on base. Marcus was up next - he hit Seth in. Wheat was up and then the clouds opened up. The ball field was flooded in five minutes. That's how hard it was raining. Game suspended until tonight. So, I drove home. I don't know if I'm going to go tonight. I'm getting a crown this afternoon and I'm not sure how I'll feel. I feel guilty not going, but I feel guilty not being home.

That's all for now - I shouldn't even be writing this - I'm at work and have so much to do. Guilty at work. I think I have all the guilt covered.

Once a month...

So apparently I can only find time to blog once a month....

I'm tired of the weather. I hate storms and I hate having to deal with them. This has been a pretty stormy season. I missed the big one when I was in Wisconsin. I'm kind of glad about that. My co-workers were in the basement and of course my DH was freaking out at home. He has a tendency to exaggerate so I didn't really believe him when it said it was going to be bad. About 10 minutes after I talked to him, my sister called and said it was bad. Our house was okay and we were only without power for about 5 hours. He took the cat and went to stay with his folks.

Wheat's baseball season is getting closer to the end. His first playoff game is tonight so I get to drive 2 hours to watch him play. I'm not complaining...I would drive 8 hours to watch him play. He was hired to create the website for his high school. I can't wait to see it when he is done.

I played super Aunt a couple weekends ago. I had two of my nephews and my niece up to stay over. We had a great time and I was even able to take them to a CWS game. My seven year old niece, Peanut, was thrilled with the game, but she did pretty good sitting there for over 3 hours. She was trying to convince me that she would DIE if she didn't get a snow cone!

One of my co-workers is getting married in a couple weeks. We had a shower for her at work yesterday and then we went out for drinks. It was a lot of fun. It's always nice to hang out with co-workers outside of work.

Work - a new guy was hired and he's already gone. Not a good fit was the official word. I wasn't sorry to see him go - either was anyone else!

I finished a book the other night. It was good, although I was a little pissed at my DH. The book I read was book 13 out of a 13 book series. I didn't know it was the last book when he had me read it. The main guy died at the end...I was upset. I didn't want him to die. I was toward the end of the book (reading on my front porch which is my new favorite thing to do) and he came out and asked how the book was. I said, "Morse is sick." and he just said, "He is?" and went back inside. After I was done with the book I went inside and he said, "Did Morse die?" and I said, "Don't even talk to me about that!" He just laughed. NOT FUNNY!

We've been watching a show on USA. We taped a marathon last week. It's Burn Notice and it's really good. It's one of my new favorite shows - next to the The Mole!

I surprised my friend Missy a couple weekends ago. I tagged along with Francine and her mom to Wisconsin. It was a great time. We just hung out and had some cocktails. It was all I could ask for! I just wish she lived closer!!!

See you in a month....

Just another day...

So the big news last weekend was that my "perfect" nephew decided to drink before he turned 21 and got busted with 17 of his closest friends. Not only will it be on his record, but he is missing six baseball games. His hopes for all-conference might have just gone down the drain. All this is more punishment than his mom and dad could ever give him. I didn't even say anything because I knew I was the last person he would want a lecture from. I did make sure that my middle nephew learned from his older brother's mistake - he told me that he already got the talk.

Wheat's a good kid that made a bad choice. We've all done that. Did something that we knew we shouldn't have. Something we KNEW was a bad choice but for whatever reason really didn't care. I think he's learned - he better have!

My big convention is this weekend. I have to scramble to get my stuff done tonight but by Sunday afternoon it will all be done. I love the convention but I think I love it more when I don't have to do anything and can just go and enjoy.

Work sucks. My review will be either today or tomorrow. A new guy started. The new guy that has the job I want. I'm trying to give him a chance - it's just not working out very well for me. Apparently I'm not handling things very well. No one knows that because I need to keep my feelings to myself! I had a dream last night that I started drinking Vodka before work so I wouldn't get upset. That might not be a bad idea.

Where has the time gone....

It's been a while. I know, I say that all the time. It's been a big month.

Wheat graduated. I'm so proud of him. He received three scholarships at graduation. The most of any senior. I'm allowed to brag. His college campus is exactly three miles from my house. I can't wait for him to be up here. I know I won't see him a lot, but it will be great to know that I can if I want to. I did get his scrapbooks done. I better start on Jordy's....

Jordy is graduated from 8th grade today. He's officially in high school. He's ready for his shot at football in the fall and there is a good chance he might see some varsity playing time. As a freshman, that would be impressive - especially since his older brother didn't get to play varsity his freshman year!

Work is work. I'm just plugging along, trying to be happy all the time. It's tough, but I'm getting through. I guess we'll see what happens when I get my review in a few weeks. The new guy that has the job that I wanted starts next week. Stay tuned.

I've been getting "the" question lately. It goes in phases. I don't get it for a while and then all of a sudden I'm getting it all the time. The question, "Do you have kids?" or a variation of the question, "Why don't you have kids?" I have a standard answer which is partly the truth. I tell people that I love to be Super Aunt Ginny and spoil my nephews and niece (and sister for that matter) and I wouldn't be able to do this if I had kids. I also say that I have Sydney and that's about all that my dh and I can handle. Both the truth but not the whole truth. I'm really not up to talking about it. In fact, I don't think I ever have really. I am lucky that I'm okay with spending my golden years with my dh - we do have a lot of fun together. I'm lucky to have my nephews and niece but I couldn't help thinking when I was doing Wheat's scrapbook that I'll never do one for my own child. I think I'm okay with that - at least I keep telling myself that.

I'll be okay - I just get this way now and then. But we all have days like this...right? I'm babysitting my friend's 3 year old tonight for a few hours. It will either hurt or help :-)

Travels..

I will be traveling for work tomorrow and Friday. I'm heading to the great state of MN for 2 fun filled days of driving and work. I think I'll probably be on the road longer than I will be working. It will be nice to get out of the office for a while.

Wheat's senior celebration was last Sunday. It was a nice service and the senior video was really good. I was ready to cry, but I did a pretty good job of holding it together. I just can't believe he is graduating in less than two weeks. I'm still working on his scrapbook, but I'm sure I'll have it done it time. I really need to have it done by next Wednesday because I found out that my bf from Denver - The Flackster - is coming to graduation. I'm super excited. I saw her in December when I went out there and I saw her a month ago in KC and how I get to see her again. It will be a good time.

I told one of my co-workers that I had this blog. I didn't tell her where she could find it. She told me I should write that I had a "victory" with one of the stores after the manager told me I was doing a good job. (Funny thing - my phone just rang and it was the manager I was talking about - goocher!). He is one of the managers I will be vising in MN. He doesn't tell me I'm going a good job very often.

Back to graduation....the only thing that makes me really sad is to know that I will never know what it's like to have a child graduating. I'm super close to my nephews and niece, but I'll never have one of my own and know that feeling, the feeling that my sister has. Speaking of sisters, someone last night told me that some experts say that the oldest child is the most successful. Who are these "experts" and what does "successful" mean? I think my sister is WAY more successful that I am and she's younger. Most people think that she's the oldest - that probably has to do with the 4 kids.

Until next time...

Random...

Missy had an entry on her blog about the cards she received on her birthday. I'm a greeting card person. I love to send cards to my friends. I can spend hours picking out cards and I usually do. I always seem to find the perfect card for my friends. I may not talk to some of my friends every day, but when I find the perfect card and send it to them, it lets them know that I'm thinking about them and hopefully puts a smile on their faces.

I'm super behind on my nephew's scrapbook for graduation. He's graduating two weeks from Sunday. I better get going on it...guess I know what I'll be doing this weekend. The senior celebration is on Sunday. The seniors will gather at a church and they will show the senior video which I've heard will cause a major bawl fest. I guess I better remember to bring the tissues.

I'm celebrating my three year anniversary at my job. Three years ago I started here. The president of the company just told me congrats. He also joked that he couldn't believe they have kept me this long. With all of the trials and set backs I've had the last few months, it was nice to get his congrats.

There was an article in the daily paper about blogging. About how some family members don't like reading about what other family members write. One lady lost her job because she complained about work. I'm pretty careful not to use the name of my company and I usually try and not use family names. I do use friends names sometimes, but since only 2 people even know I write this and my friend in Denver doesn't ever read it, I'm not too worried. There's nothing that I write here that I wouldn't tell Missy if I talked to her every day. I don't know if anyone else reads this. I don't know that my life is that exciting, all I know is that it helps me to write this and it's my way of sharing my life and thoughts with Missy :-)

I'm feeling a little under par today. It started yesterday. I had a mini anxiety attack at work the other day and it really freaked me out. I haven't had one in quite a while. I don't know why, but now I'm nervous that I'm going to have another one. I was invited to meet Francine and some of her co-works for cocktails after work, but I'm just going to go home and relax. Maybe after graduation and my PEO convention, things will get back to normal.

We should be getting our tax gig in a couple weeks. I would like to use some of the money to buy a Wii. I know it's not a practical purchase, but I think the DH and I would have fun with it. He doesn't know if we should get one because every time we make a big purchase, something happens. In December we bought a flat screen TV and then the next week Sydney got sick. I don't know, we'll see what happens.

I'll keep you posted!

Friday...

Today is Friday!

Yesterday my mom had some tests done. I went down there to be with her. Everything turned out good which I was very excited about. I just don't know what I would do if anything ever happened to her.

I was also able to see my sister. She was working so I took her a soda when I got to town and then before I left to come home I took her a care package. A soda, a bag of chips and a pack of smokes. Her co-workers said that their sisters would never bring them anything. She told them that she had a good sister. It made me happy. She has things so tough that whatever I can do to make her happy, I will do!

Yesterday was one of my bf's b-day. She's the reason that I started this blog. She's the one that I'm following in the footsteps of. I've always wanted to be her - have her life (not to mention her DH - hee hee hee). She's the most caring person I know. She's always doing things for others and if one day I could have half the person she is......

My nephew is graduating in a few weeks. I'm so proud of him. He's such a great young man. I know it's going to be an emotional time for me - and my sister. We'll get through it. He's going to college where I live so I'm hoping to be able to see him more often.

I'm only working a half day today...so I better get to it.

Happy Birthday Missy!!!

Too Emotional

I'm too emotional.

I was told that today at work. I've been having a rough go at work after being blindsided with some news. A new position is being created, one that I wanted but one that I'm not going to get. I was told at April 9th around 11am. I had a complete meltdown. I don't meltdown much so when I do - it's big. I had to meet some people for lunch and then come back to work and have one of my biggest meetings of the year. I was still a mess and because I'm "too emotional" people knew it.

The meeting ended up being fine but I was told today - along with the too emotional part - that I need to take charge of my meetings. So I had one bad meeting because I got blindsided and now I'm too emotional. Whatever.

So I guess I'm going to have to start bottling things inside - which I actually already do. No more getting upset at work. No emotions. What kind of crap is that?

Spring???

I think it's finally spring. I know because I finally went topless on Friday. By topless I mean I had the top down on my MX-5 for the first time this year. I've been in such a funk lately, I'm really hoping that this helps. I had it down today - but it was pretty windy. I didn't care, I did it anyway.

My mom was up last Wednesday and we had a good time. She went out for supper and hung out.

Thursday night I bowled. It was the worst series I ever had (300) compared to two weeks ago when I had my best series (450). That's a swing of 150. DUDE! We had a good time though. Francine came out to watch and with the work people, it was .. like I said ... a good time.

Last night we all went to the movie (21). It was a good movie. I read the book it was based on. Although the movie and the book were different, they were both good.

Today has been pretty quite. I watched my 3 hours of 90210 on SoapNet and then Friday Night Light which I DVR every week. I never watched it when it was on, but now I watch the reruns. It's a great show. I hope it comes back. Then I went to the gym and worked out. I put some new songs on my ipod so I listened to that while I watched the Busch - wait - I mean Nationwide - race. Of course I missed the end.

I've been watching the basketball games. Memphis won the first one, which I'm happy about. Now the Kansas/NC game. Go Jayhawks.

Tomorrow will be grocery shopping, the gym and then a spaghetti feed. Not too interesting.

Work has really sucked over the past week so I'm hoping it will get better. I would say that it couldn't get worse, but you all know what happens when that is said.

Hopefully I'll have something more interesting to write tomorrow.

Seriously???

So I made it through another day. My eye has been twitching for a couple days now and the back of my neck feels like there is someone smacking it. So, I'm stressed. I went into work early so I could be on call for the dude to look at the water heater, etc. I got the call at 3pm and busted home to be here. The dude showed up, was very nice, and then told me that I was lucky to be alive. Apparently the chimney is blocked..blah, blah, blah. He'll have to come back but he'll call and let us know how much it may cost it. It would be an all day thing - and at $80/hour, I can only imagine.

The seriously part goes to my dh. He calls at 4 and says he's on his way home. I'm thinking that it will work out perfect so he can talk to the dude that's there fixing stuff. The guy finally leaves at 4:45 and I call my dh.
Me: "Where are you?"
DH: "I'm just pulling into the driveway."
Me: "Where have you been?"
DH: "I stopped at the store to get a couple things."

WHAT??!?!?! He knew the dude was there, so reason why he didn't want to come home until after he left. I swear he probably sat down the street and WAITED for him to leave. I don't get it and I'm pretty annoyed. The funny thing is that he KNOWS I'm annoyed. He knows I have every reason to be annoyed. WTF? SERIOUSLY!

I missed going to the gym after work so I'm going to go downstairs and watch the shows and ride the bike. Monday is a great TV watching night. I just had a bowl of cereal and I'm ready for the evening. Tomorrow night I have my meeting and I'm planning on going to the gym between work and my meeting. Wednesday night my mom is coming up because she has to take a class up here on Thursday morning. It will be nice to have her here. Maybe we'll go shopping or something. Sydney is going to love to see her Granny.

Until next time...

Sunday...

It's Sunday and I'm watching the race. I enjoy the short track races and I'm cheering on my fantasy racing team. Yesterday was a busy day. I had my meeting and it went surprisingly good. I still feel like a fish out of water, but I think I'm going to be okay.

I went to the gym after my meeting. It felt good to work out. I just walked on the treadmill for an hour but it was good. Then I met Francine at Old Chicago. Our waitress was super and the pizza was good. It almost had too much cheese - is that possible? Especially with the price of cheese. I hate that I know that, but when you work in the pizza industry you know all kinds of weird information. After that we went shopping and Francine bought a couple of tops.

Last night we went to a little town for Karaoke. It started out pretty fun. It was packed and there were a LOT of very nice looking guys. It was a great place to people watch. We went with a guy Francine works with and two of his friends. We've all been out together and usually have a good time. I was the DD which is weird for me. At the end of the night the boys wanted to go over to this chicks house for breakfast. We nixed it since we were driving. The boys went with her anyway. I didn't really care, but I felt bad for Francine. In fact I was pissed at one of the boys. He (Muldoon) knows that Francine likes him and they've hooked up a few times. If he doesn't want to date her (or hook up with her) he needs to tell her. She said she didn't care that he left with another chick, but I know she did. I did. I sent him a text and told him that he was an ass. I didn't hear back from him. Big Surprise. I think Francine should be with Muldoon's roommate. I call him Karaoke. I don't think she likes him that way, but he's super nice and fun to be around and I know that he would treat her right. I guess I don't really get a vote, but I'll work on it. I'm looking forward to see how Muldoon and Francine get on at work tomorrow. They'll probably act like nothing happened.

This morning was a tough one. Our furnace isn't working and there is also something wrong with our water heater. Of course it all happens at once and my DH was freaking out, which isn't new. He wanted to know what he did to deserve all of these problems. He doesn't realize that I think everything is perfect. I've been on the other side of a marriage that I wasn't happy in and things that are wrong with a house do not compare to being unhappy all the time. Anyway, while he was freaking out, I put all of our CDs in alphabetical order. It took a couple of hours, but it made me feel better. Then he said he was sorry for freaking out and I went to our favorite fast food place and got some lunch. He's snoring in the chair right now. All the freaking out must have made him tired.

I may be going to a track meet tomorrow night. Wheat is running track (as a senior) for the first time. I'm not sure how it's going to go. I thought he would be playing golf, but I think he wants to be with his friends for the last time. Prom is coming up and I told him he could take my mazda. We'll see if he wants to.

I'm trying to decide if I'm going to the gym after the race. I may just work out downstairs so I don't have to leave. It's pretty comfy on the couch - even though we don't have any heat. (I'm glad the heat went out now instead of January.)

Until next time...

Friday Thoughts

It's Friday night and I'm watching basketball. What else would I be doing? My bracket is all messed up but that's not surprising. Since G'Town is out (I had them picked to win the whole thing) I'm really cheering for Xavier. I picked them because I love the name. I'm such a girl.

I've been working on my PEO stuff. I'm display chair for the upcoming convention. I'm proud of what I have planned, but I feel that it won't be good enough. It's probably because I'm consistently in the shadow of one of my best friends who is super woman of everything. People are thinking that if I'm friends with Trasy, I should be creative like her. I'm creative in my own way and I'm not sure it will be good enough. There's a meeting tomorrow morning. She didn't call me to see if I'm going. I think she wants to see me fail. I don't know why. Things have been strained since she went to a musical with some PEO sisters and I wasn't invited. She claims she thought I knew about it, but she had to know that I didn't. Normally it wouldn't bother me, but going to plays and musicals is what we do together. It would be like if I was going to the bar with a bunch of people and didn't ask Francine to go. I'm hurt more than anything. I think she's just showing me how it feels when you're not asked to do something. I think there has been times that I've done stuff and didn't ask her. I don't know. I'm being a baby, but I think every once in a while it's okay.

I had a melt down the other night. I think it was just everything. PEO, work, home - everything. I just couldn't take it any longer and started crying and couldn't stop. My dh was pretty understanding - considering he was part of the problem. I don't get that way very often - which is good because I hate it when it happens. It's just my pitty-party. I'll get over it, although it seems like this one is taking a little bit longer.

Since my dh and I have been together, he's really helped me get my finances in order. I've usually been able to do what I want and buy what I want (within reason). I'm very thankful to him for that. Well, we're a little tight right now. With fixing the car we just traded in, buying a new car (with an additional car payment we're not used to) and paying taxes, I'm on a budget and it sucks. I know that people are way worse off that I am (including my sister) but I still hate it. (Just part of the pitty-party).

I didn't even go to the gym tonight. I changed my clothes at work but decided I really didn't want to go. I came home and have been doing very little ever since. (I'm loving it) I'll get back into the swing of things tomorrow. Maybe I just needed a night to myself.

Well, I think that's enough bitching for one night. Thanks for listening. I feel better already.

It's been a while - AGAIN

One of these days I'm going to learn that if I just blog every day I'll feel better. I won't let stuff get bottled up. I'll take one day at a time. I'll probably never learn.

Highlights of the last month:

We got a new car - Toyota Yaris. Love it, love the gas mileage, love that it's a 5-speed, love the color. Traded in the Tauraus - which I HATED

I got my Mazda MX-5 out on Monday. It's cold today today - they are talking flurries - are you kidding me?

Went on vacation over Easter. The whole family went to my Uncle's house in IL. I did nothing but drink, watch basketball and play cards. It was one of the best vacations ever.

I got my hair cut yesterday. I went short and I hate it. I think I look like an old lady. It's better today than yesterday. I guess it will grow out.

I'm getting ready to go to the dentist AGAIN. I received a letter than my dentist (who was very hot) left the practice due to personal reasons. I wonder what happened there. I hate the dentist and end up in tears before I even get in the chair. The new dentist is a chick dentist so we'll see how that goes. I was just getting used to the hot dentist.

Well - that's all I got for now. I'm going to try and post more often. It's gotta help right?

OVERTIME LOSS

The Trojans lost in OT. It sucks. Wheat played his last game as a senior. He fouled out in the 3rd quarter, so he didn't play much at all. He was pretty bummed, but his girlfriend drove down from college to surprise him. He was thrilled. Her face lights up when she sees him and vice-versa. Oh, to be young and in love. I found out that Wheat is going out for track. He hasn't run track since the 7th grade and he only made it a few practices before he decided it wasn't for him. I'll have to let you know how that goes. I love track but my sister would rather watch paint dry!

Work was okay today. Nat was sick - along with half the office - so it's been pretty quiet. I'm checked out for the day, so I think I'll leave here pretty quick. I need to run a couple errands and then it's back down home to judge district speech tomorrow. I'm a little nervous about judging, but I'm sure it will be okay.

I'm taking my youngest nephew (Jakey) and my niece (Peanut) out for supper tonight. Jakey was bummed that he didn't get to go to the concert Monday night when Wheat and Jordy did. It will be fun.

I've been planning my exercises in for the weekend. I'm feel fatter than normal, so I need to do something about it. I'll let you know how it goes.

So dh and I watch LOST. Dude - I can't wait to see how it is going to end. Last night was one of the best yet. Although I still have to put up with dh not remembering what happened last year. "It was a long time ago - who will remember that?" is always his answer. It makes me laugh.

Who would have guessed that Ryan Newman would have won the big race last weekend? I was excited for him. (I talk about him like I know him). We'll see how the race goes this weekend. And what is up with it not being the "Busch" race. I will always call it that. I still catch myself saying Winston Cup - man, I am old.

Have a good weekend...

More Basketball

I'll be traveling to yet another basketball game tonight. If my nephew's team wins tonight, they will play Monday night in a sub-state match. Keep your fingers crossed.

My car is in the shop. It's been there since yesterday. It sucks not having a car and I can't drive my summer car because I live in Iowa and it's still winter. It feels like it will be winter FOREVER! I'm tired of the cold! It better be done soon, I have a game to go to.

I won't be able to bowl tonight. That's two weeks in a row I've missed. I hate it. I miss Fun Bobby. If he would be fun at work, I wouldn't miss hanging out with him so much. Oh well, what can do you.

A follow up to the kitty I found a couple days ago. The humane society called yesterday and everyone there has fallen in love with him. I'm not so worried anymore!

My kitty's birthday was yesterday. We've had her for 2 years and she turned 5. We had a cake, hats, balloons, streamers - no, we didn't - I'm just kidding. It would have been fun if we had though.

Work is okay. It's not as busy as it's been so I've been able to get a lot of things done. I'm just waiting for lunch time. Francine is picking me up and we're going somewhere - I'm not sure where, but it will be close.

This week has been a tough one as far as going to the gym. I haven't been all week and I hate it. With basketball games, concerts, lost animals and sick cars, I haven't had a change to go. I did do a little at home last night while watching the reunion show of Project Runway. I can't wait until next week! I can't believe I'm hooked on that show...it's not something that I would usually watch.

My car is done - they just called. Francine is going to pick me up now - we're both hungry and she has some good gossip about people she works with, so I can't wait to hear about that!

Think good thoughts for the game tonight! Go Trojans!!!

It's been a while

It's been a while since my last blog. I think about writing and then I don't. Then I read a blog that inspires me and...well...here I am!

My last one was a downer...and to be honest, anything I would have written would have been worse and I didn't want it down in writing. If I would have, I would have felt better...that will learn me :-)

I should start with the present and work my way back if I want. Last night I saw Bon Jovi. It was awesome and Jon Bon Jovi is hot. He's almost hot enough to break onto my free list. He might be the sixth man and since you can only have five, he'll be ready to move up if I kick someone off :-)

I gave my oldest nephew tickets to the concert for Christmas. His girlfriend was able to go with him, so he took my middle nephew. I went with Francine. We all went to supper before hand. Our tickets weren't together, so I got them to their seats and then went and sat with Francine. I, of course, bought them t-shirts. That's what favorite aunts do...

Work has been rough. Not work wise, but people wise. Last Friday I found out that I hurt a co-workers feelings. I hate that. I didn't realize I did it. I'm part upset and part pissed off. Our whole department jokes around and apparently I took it a little too far. But instead of this co-worker talking to me, he went to my boss and then I got the dreaded email. I wish he would have just told me. I went up to him and apologized. He said it was no big deal and not to worry about it. But of course I am and I will for a while. So, I'm now super employee. I've stopped joking around with people, which everyone finds weird and no one can understand why. I did tell my bf at work and she totally understands where I am coming from. I'm not ignoring anyone, but I've stopped the inappropiate joking which I'm known for. It's tough and I find myself on the verge of saying, "That's what she said" but I'm holding back. It may change in the future, but it's going to take a while. I'm a very fun person, but once someone loses my trust, it's tough to get it back.

Today I was heading to lunch to work out (I joined a gym and have been very faithful in going) when I heard a noise. Turns out it was a kitty. Long story short, I called the local humane society and they came and got him. That would be fine, but the kitty actually bit a co-work (who had been making pizzas) and it drew blood. Now I'm sure he only did it because he was hungry. A bunch of us had been playing with him and he was VERY friendly. Turns out they will hold the kitty for 10 days and then he may have to be put down. I'm very upset with this. I wish I would have done it differently. I should have called the place where I got my Sydney but I wasn't thinking. So now I'm having trouble concentrating on anything!

It's 2nd round of the district playoffs tonight so I'll be traveling to watch Wheat play basketball. If they win, they play Thursday and if they win Thursday, they go to state. Wheat will be 18 on Sunday...that's just plain crazy! He was crowned the "sweetheart king" at the Sweetheart Dance last Saturday night. I'm proud of him.

That's all for now...I'm going to be better about writing...it makes me feel better when I write things down!

I'm old...

So I was driving home from work tonight and it hits me. I'm almost 40. In less than 2 years, I will be 40. What is up with that? It hit me like a ton of bricks. I'm not handling it very well at all. I just want to sit down and cry. Where did the time go? Now not only am I old, I sound old. All old people say that. I'm pretty much happy with where I am, but I really thought I would have kids. It's just not in the cards, although I really wish it were. I'm sure I'll snap out of it, but right now, I can't. I've been watching Make me a Supermodel for three hours. How sad is that???

On a bright note..I cooked tonight. I mean really cooked. I made enchiladas and rice. They were really good. I got the idea from Natalie at work. We went to her house for supper and she had made the dish last night. DH was very impressed so that made me happy.

I'm taking a 1/2 day vacation tomorrow. It's senior night for basketball. Wheat will be out there with my sister and brother-in-law. I can't believe he's a senior. It's crazy. I'm going to my middle nephews game which is out of town and then the two of us will go to Wheat's game.

It was 50 today. Dude - 50 degrees. Tomorrow it is going to snow. Big surprise - it is Iowa.

Well, I'm going to go lay out my clothes for tomorrow and then go to bed and read my book. I'm reading the Time Travelers Wife. It's really good.

Until next time...when I'm in a better mood...

Snow and Cold...

Yep, I'm sick of the snow and cold. Thursday morning it took me over an hour to get to work and Friday morning it took me over an hour to get to work. It was the first time that I hated my drive to work. It usually takes me about 25-30 minutes to get to work in the morning, but when you're not stuck in traffic, it doesn't really seem that long. In the summer, when I'm in my Mazda MX-5, I really don't care how long it takes me to get to work. Yesterday and today I got to work early, so it took me no time at all since no one was on the road.

I left work early yesterday. It was snowy, but that's not the reason I left. I got a call about 3:15 from my dh. He locked himself out of the house when he got home. How did this happen? He was in the trunk of his car and when he shut the trunk, his keys were in it. In our 1988 Grand Marquis, the car has to be on in order to pop the trunk, so - he was locked out. I had just got out of a very long meeting, so I told him I would leave to let him in the house. (Since I was at work early, I didn't worry about leaving early). I was about half way home in the bad weather when he called me back and said that he had found the spare key and was warmly inside the house. I think his exact words were, "I'm in - but I suppose you have already left work." YOU THINK? So I decided just to go on home.

I was in a big meeting yesterday. We were meeting with a creative agency. The meeting was informative, but I was having a hard time concentrating. Before I tell you what I did to help me concentrate, let me give you a little background information. At work, my department is big on "That's what she said." For example, someone might say (in a very innocent way) "This is really hard" and then someone else in the office would say, "That's what she said." So, in my big meeting yesterday, I starting writing down stuff that people said that after they said it, I would be able to say, "That's what she said." It was quite fun and I had a pretty nice list. I also kept track of many other things such as when someone used a really big word and when my boss did something funny. I did manage to pay attention for the rest of the meeting. For all my hard work I did in the meeting, I was awarded a Schrute Buck.

I'm going to the local college basketball game tonight with Francine. We were going to go anyway, but I managed to get a pair of tickets from work. AWESOME! IT's going to be a great game and I can't wait to go.

Have a good Tuesday....

It's 4:38pm on Friday

...and I do not have one brain cell left. My eyes are killing me and I'm soooo ready to go home. I'm sure it didn't help that I didn't get home until 2am this morning. I'm way too old for that. Once again, I was the responsible one at bowling last night and ended up giving two guys a ride home. One of the guys, let's start calling him Fun Bobby, I work with and the other guy was a friend of Fun Bobby's. I'm calling him Fun Bobby, because when he drinks, he's totally fun. He's nice when he's not drinking, but it's really quiet and doesn't say much.

I bowled pretty good and the 2nd game actually bowled a 162 which really helped my three game average. I'm sure I won't do that again.

I have a new background for my computer at work. It's Brett Favre throwing a snowball at the game last weekend. He's hot (I know he plays for the Packers, but when it comes to hotness, it doesn't matter!)

I'm going to take it easy tonight. Just a quiet night at home with my dh. We'll watch some TV and I'm sure I'll be in bed early. I'm going to scrapbook tomorrow. I'm continuing to work on my nephew Wheat's senior album.

That's about it. I'm just trying to stretch out the last 15 mintues of my day. It's been busy today. A lot of small things that I've been putting off. I have graphics design something, they do, I change it, I get another proof, I change it again - you get the picture. I'm lucky that the graphics people don't hate me!

Sunday I will be watching football. I'm pulling for the Pack (you're welcome Missy) just because Brett Favre is hot. Plus I don't like any of the other teams.

I'm sure nothing exciting will happen over the weekend, but if it does, you'll be the first to know.

Oh...Sydney is 100% better - and that makes me happy!

TGMO

Thank God Monday's Over...

Today was hell at work. Nothing that I can put my finger on...just one of those days. I was pretty much chained to my desk but I did get a lot done. I had lunch with my friend that just got back from India. We went to her house just to hang out. It was nice. We both needed to get away for a while.

The weekend was good. Francine and I went to a piano bar with a some people she works with and with one of the guys from my work that I bowl with. It's been a while since I've been to a piano bar and I forgot how fun it was. We had great seats. I had a little too much to drink, but I wasn't driving so it was okay :-)

Yesterday was relaxing. I just watched some football and played basketball on the PS2.

Right now I'm watching Top Gun on AMC. Can you go wrong with Top Gun? One of my shows is new tonight. I'm ready for the Writer's Strike to be over. I miss my shows. It's sad when your like revolved around TV.

I cooked tonight. I put pork chops in the crockpot and made some corn. It's one of the first times we've had a REAL meal. Of course we didn't eat together. DH was downstairs watching a TV show and I was hungry so I went ahead and ate. It was pretty good.

Tomorrow night I'm going to watch my nephew play basketball.

I guess that's all for now - my life is pretty boring, but right now I'm happy with that.

Oh - in case you're wondering, Sydney the cat is doing much better. No more pills and everything seems to be good.

It's Friday...

It's Friday! I'm ready for the weekend. This working a full week is killing me.

I bowled last night - got my three game average so I was happy. The guy I bowl (and work with) was a hoot. He's super quiet at work and doesn't really talk to anyone, but put a few shots down him and he turns into a guy that I would have totally hung out with in college. I love finding out people that you weren't sure about turn out to be great.

We had a dept. lunch today. My friend returned to work after being in India for a month. I wrapped everything in her cubie and she spent most of the morning opening stuff. We have two new people in our department and they are both boys. We've been an all female department for so long, it's weird to have boys, but they fit in great and we have a lot of fun. I always say we have more fun that we probably should have. We spend a lot of time saying, "That's what she said" made famous by The Office. In fact, I'm wearing my Dunder Mifflin sweatshirt today.

This weekend should be quiet. I have to give Sydney her last pill tonight. I'm glad that is almost done. I hate doing that. I think she's feeling better but we'll see how the next week goes. Tonight I'm planning on just hanging out at home. Probably playing a few games on the computer and maybe doing some scrapbooking. Tomorrow I have a meeting and then I have to get my reserved book at the library. I'm reading this series by Stephanie Meyer. It's a "young" adult series but it's really good. I had started reading the Time Travelers Wife, but that will have to wait. Tomorrow night Francine and I are going out for supper and then shopping. I think we're going to meet some people to watch the Nebraska/Kansas BB game on TV.

I went to my middle nephew's bb game yesterday. They got beat pretty bad but he played a good game. This was my first time watching him and he didn't start. I asked one of the other moms if he usually started and she said yes. Well, after he sat out the whole first quarter and then went in at the beginning of the 2nd qtr and played the whole game, I figured something must have happened. Yep, he got detention and had to sit out the 1st qtr.

Until next time...

Random Thoughts for a Tuesday

I'm still at work. I should have left 13 minutes ago! I'm waiting for Francine. She's dropping off some tickets so my dh and I can go to the Creighton game tomorrow night. Today wasn't a bad day. Work was okay. I still have a ton of stuff to get done.

I spent a lot of today decorating the cubie of a co-worker who will be back to work on Friday. She's been gone since Decmeber 13th. She went on vacation to India with her dh and family. She just got married last June and her husband is from India. I miss her and I can't wait until she gets back. I wrapped everything in her cubie including her computer. It will probably take her all day on Friday just to get everything back in order. That's what happens when you're gone for a month.

I have to give Sydney another pill tonight. Only 4 more to go. I still hate doing it, but it has to be done. I don't have plans for tonight. I have a couple things I should do, but we'll see if I actually do them.

Tomorrow night is the game and then bowling on Thursday. I may try to go to Wheat's bb game on Friday. I haven't been in a while and I'm feeling like a bad aunt. Wheat has a new girlfriend. Her name is Heather and she graduated from HS last year. She went back to college on Sunday and I think he's pretty sad. Although with texting and facebook and IM it will be like she's there!

Have a great night...

It's been a while..

It's been a while since I last posted. This is my first one for 2008.

Here's what's been going on:

1) My aunt passed away on 12/18. She was my dad's sister and always had a kind word

2) My b-day was 12/19. I went to supper with friends. I got the movies Superbad and Knocked up from my dh. I've seen Superbad about 10 times so far. It makes me laugh everytime. "I am McLovin'!"

3) Sydney (our cat) has been sick. She ended up having surgery on Wednesday. They didn't really find anything. She's been having bladder problems. We got her back on Friday and now I have to give her a pill everyday for seven days. Last time she was on medicine, we crushed it up and put it in her food. It didn't really work very well and I ended up taking her to my in-laws when I went home for Christmas. It was a cluster to say the least. When I picked Sydney up on Friday, I had them show me how to give her a pill. It's not fun. Saturday morning was horrible. Long, long story - I may share later. I have her the 2nd pill a little while ago. It went better but it was still awful. I was crying the whole time. My dh has been supportive. He's just glad he doesn't have to do it. 2 down, 5 more to go.

4) I went to a scrapbook weekend. I started my nephew's album that he will get when he graduates in May. I've been putting it off because I've been so nervous about doing it. What if my sister doesn't like it, what if it's not what she wanted. I know that she's going to love whatever I do, but I'm still nervous about it. I got a good start on it and I'm not as nervous as I was. I think I'll work on it a little bit later.

5) Work is busy. Fun, but busy. It's just going to get worse, but that's okay...I don't mind.

6) I'm on a bowling team. We started one at work. We bowl Thursday nights at 9:30p, so it's late when I get home. I don't mind, it's fun and I bowl with people I don't normally get a hang out with. (Except my boss). I don't have to worry about drinking too much because bowling with my boss is like bowling with my mom :-) I did pretty good for me - 110, 125, 125. We'll see how I do next week.

7) New Year's Eve was fun. Me, dh and Francine went out for supper and then Francine and I went to casino to meet up with a friend. This friend and her dh were hanging out with some people in the fancy bar - you know, the one for high rollers - where you don't have to pay for your drinks - and they got me and Francine in. We had a few beers and were back to my house by 11pm. We watched Knocked Up and rang in the New Year. It was nice and relaxing.

Hopefully I'll be keeping up on this a little better. I like to do this and I'm sure if I would have took the time to do this over the last few weeks, I wouldn't have got as stressed out as I did.