So what do you do with a pissed off teenager?

Anyone with advice on this topic is welcome to send me info. Crystal really hates her new school. She is now hit the rebelling point. She comes how, stalks into her room, slams the door, and stays there the rest of the night. Any attempts to communicate with her are met with either snarls or tear and neither are understandable. Both are accompanied with a shove out the door. Anyone have any clues on what to do?

I am back online!!

It took Roadrunner forever to get me up and running but I am finally wired again. I thought I was going to have to go in to San Antonio and get myself hooked up, but a nice lady finally did the job right last night.

Texas is good. Crystal hates her new school but she has only been ther a day and a half so I am hoping that she will start to make a few friends. She hates the idea of riding the bus but there really isn't much of choice. Claudia and I walked her down to the busstop today and made certain she climbed on board before rushing home to get ready for work. I am learning just what a problem I was when I was that age. I now understand my parents frustrations a whole lot better than what I did.

Ok I get the message...

and yes, slacking is an artform.

Just in case you all didn't know, I am getting married. Claudia and I will be formally commiting to each other on April 12, 2003. I am moving to Texas offically. I will be out of Utah on Friday. I wish I had more to say but I need to get back to packing and let Claudia get back to surfing.

I will chat with you all soon. Be looking for anouncments and invitations in the next few months.

Wow, so I have been slacking!

Things at work have been really chaotic. I have been working to get trips extended and change policy and prep for interviews and handle escalated issues and train and and and. So I am really sorry. I am still alive and things are going well. Sleep is actually becoming a regular thing, which is really nice since it's been quite awhile since it was.

I need to run. I will try to find time this week-end to update everyone on the going's on down here.

Love ya'll!!!

Another Day

Man have we been busy down here. I am beginning to think that I will never have to exercise again. I am sure I walk/run 15 or 20 miles a day. I finally got some sleep last night though. After a bowl of Spaghetti O's I crashed hard.

Tonight is a movie night for me and the kid. Bonding time for us. I am not sure what we are going to see. That should be interesting.

I have been slacking

Sorry guys. I have been running my ass off here at work for the past week and a half. It has been very busy. We had over 100 people hit the floor in the last week so no time to breathe for me. On the one day I had off I actually got dragged down to Mexico for a day of shopping and eating. Not a bad day at all.

Claudia and I have been working on the relationship and it's going well. The kid thinks I am the bomb. Since I am not good with teenage girls this is a good thing.

I am doing the apartment hunting thing as well so you can imagine how pleasant I am at work. I am going to be back in Utah sometime this month but when is still up in the air. We'll see.

Well I need to go and finish up the day here at work so I will try to catch up with you all later.

LOVES!

The Sunrise just got better

All I really have to say is...WOW!

I'm Moving On

What an absolutly true to life song. It's 2:00am and I can't sleep. So many things are going through my head right now and that song is in front of all my other thoughts.

I survived the horrible 10 hours of airports and airplanes. I should be exhausted but I'm not. When I got to the hotel I was greated by roses and candy kisses. I love the whole falling in love feeling. I am glowing inside and apparently outside as well.

I am moving. I will be here in Texas on a permenent basis. I have thought about this and even sat down and wrote out the whole pro's and con's list. I was actually thinking about it before Claudia came into the picture. She just helped seal the deal. I went into work before I flew out yesterday and put in the paperwork for the transfer. When the rest of the world wakes up, I am going to go in and talk to H.R. down here to see what is instore for me when I start the move. For once I'm confident that what I am doing is the best thing for ME.

Sunrise's on the phone

they are just not working for me. It is killing me to be so far from someone I care so deeply about. Every morning we have the sunrise together. I can't imagine what it would be like if we didn't have phones. Ok, I know it's sappy shit but it's true, and you all have been there before so don't even give me shit. I am leaving in about 24 hours and I can't wait to get back there. I distinctly recall saying there is no way in hell I would ever live in Texas, can someone please tell what the hell happened to the little bit of sanity I had? Oh well, there is a reason for everything, right?

I had fun, did you?

Last night with the gang was a blast. I enjoyed getting lost in mazes, watching Lorene go stiff as a board and need to be dragged through the halls, and receiving obsene phone calls from Toni. All in all it was a very pleasant evening. I wish I could do it again next week end.

Good Morning Everyone

Well I am back even if it is for a brief stay. I arrived in Salt Lake at around 7:45pm last night. The flight into SLC Int'l wasn't bad. The landing would have been better had the Captain bothered to tell the flight crew he was landing. Needless to say, we were all a bit suprised when we heard the landing gear going down. After waiting 45 minutes for my bag to present it's self on the carousel, I got to endure the family tradition of taking Grace out to eat after she lands. I haven't figured this one out since I know they know I ate on the plane. It may not have been good food but it was filling. On the way home from dinner I got a very nice phone call from the girl. Yep, there's a girl waiting for me back in Texas. She made me promise I would spend this time we have away from each other figuring out what I really wanted. I was not allowed to call her and she was't going to call me. I thought I was going to die when I agreed to that one. So the call was a very nice one to get. I can't believe I have to go all the way to Texas to meet someone. She's incredible though and I am certain you guys will love her. We are trying to take it slow and just see where we end up at the end of this whole trip, but you have no idea how hard that is when you know you are on a time table. I have my pick of jobs at the end of all of this and I am seriously considering taking the job down there. I guess we will have to see.

Well, need to get into work. I have to go in and make certain everyone who flew home yesterday gets paid and that everyone who is flying out on Monday is ready to go. I will see everyone tonight at the haunted house.

OH, and just so you know, I MISSED YOU!

BTW

Pictures people, I am still waiting for B-day pictures.

Weekly report from the butt of Texas.

Week 2 is done and over. Thank Budda! In the past week I have learned more about patience than anyone ever need know.

Monday night Pitsburg dropped the ball, several times, and lost horribly. Not that I really expected them to win but, come on, they could have at least played the damn game.

Tuesday was realitivly quite. The guy's took me to the local strip club, Stilletto's, wher I found out quite quickly that I was no longer in Utah. I had to call it an early night because work only allows me to sleep in until 4:30am.

Wednesday was quite again.

Thursday I needed more than a few of those drinks I had passed up the Wednesday night for the sake of work. The class is out on the floor now accepting calls and since they are new to the whole consept I go around listening to calls and helping them through them. Every once and a while the agents need to call escalations because someone wants to speak with a supervisor. This department is in Florida. It's bad enough that they have to call someone they don't know but to have to call these people and be told they are incompetent (not exactly in those words but you know what I mean) but that the supervisor is not going to take the call. Now if you want to really piss me off just go ahead and tell me that I can't teach people things. If someone doesn't know how to do their job and I am the one teaching I tend to take it in a way that say's I can't teach. Well after listening to 2 different people told they can't do their job and following proper channels to see to that the escalations agent is told by the right people that it is in fact them that can't do their job's correctly, I blew at the third escalations agent. I took over the call the agent on the floor had I began by telling her that she did infact have to take the call and she had to correct the customer's issue. She actually had the nerve to try to tell me how the job as done. Now, trying in vein to explain to her that what she was doing went against company policy, I asked her to go and get her supervisor and have him listen to the situation and have him decide which one of us was correct. After sitting on hold for an eternity, she comes back with a,"Well he's on the phone right now". I don't give a damn if he's on the toilet right now. I tell her she is accepting the call and that my guy is not going to do anything more than introduce her to the customer. She begins in on her little tantrum again sooo, I found the Sr. V.P. and had him explain to her what her job was. After personally writing her letter of termination and sucking down a pack of Marlboro's, I felt much better.

Friday was not much better than Thursday. After running my ass off all morning I took a much deserved lunch hour, or so I thought. I went back to the hotel and fixed myself a lamb chop and so steamed veggie's kicked off my boot's andwatched mindly cartoon's. Now thinking that I will go back a bit early and read emails and maybe, just maybe update my blog, I walk in to work with 15 minutes to spare. What the hell was I thinking?! I get cornered by 2 of the women who came down with me who want to go to lunch. I explain I have 15 minutes but hand them the key's to the car fully thinking that Jeff is going with them. Jeff is working the same shift has lunch at the same time AND has had his name added to the car as a permissible driver. I sit down at my computer and while the damn thing is loading look up to see how thing's are on the floor. Low and behold Jeff is the only on out on the floor. I stand up and walk over to him and get greated with, "Did they leave?" Now being the idiot that I am I actually look around for the bloody bitches. Sure enough, they are gone. I tell Jeff if he need's to go to go ahead, after all I am Queen Shit I can handle anything. Jeff stuck around and helped me out which is a good thing since everyone seemed have trama all at the same time. Now I am not certain but I seem to recall saying lunch HOUR. I have been wrong on occasion but I am finding it hardto beleive that I would ever say lunch hour times 2. After an hour and a half I began to pace. after and hour and 45 minutes I began breaking pencil's. At 2 hour's I began looking for flight's home for them. The excuse I got was that the restauant they went to is slow. I ask them if it had ever happened before and they actually said yes. Now if you know someone is going to cause you to be late why on earth would you even consider associating with them when you are suppose to be following a time table. Not to mention the fact that THEY had no right to take the car without Jeff. Now thinking that I am going to just let things go and go out and enjoy a night of Drag show's I go back to the hotel, climb into a nice warm bubble bath throw Josh Groban in the CD player and relax. AHHHH! 2:00am rolls around and I discover the bath water is freezing and there is nolonger a Drag show to be found.

Saturday they all stayed away from me :). I left early to take Dave around since it was his last day in Brownsville. We went out to the island with Jeff. Found a hole-in-the-wall,bar shot pool, played darts, and talked about sex. It was very refreshing. After the island we went back to the hotel and changed, well I changed because I had a date, they didn't change because they were going to the girlie bar. Then the guy's took me out Mercede's. I got to enjoy real Mexican hopitality. We bbq'd and watched the fight on HBO. Mercede's took me back to my hotel around 1:30am and I crawled into bed to enjoy my 4 hours of sleep.

I woke up this morning to crashing thunder and a fear of having to drive Dave to the airport. Thankfully the storm moved quickly and by the time I had to leave the rain was gone. After dropping Dave off I headed back to the hotel thanking Budda once again that the rain was gone and that I had a bed I could crawl into when I got back to the hotel. Then Karma threw her ugly face into the picture. I walked into the hotel to be greeted by Jim (The Boss). He asked me to join him for breakfast. Now knowing that the only way to go up in a company is to be smarter than those above you, I quickly said yes. 2 hours later I am full of coffee, yep I even drank the coffee, and wide awake. So I did my laundry and am nowgiving you all the scoop on the week. I need a nap.

I will be homeon Friday night for a few day's so I promise to get in touch with you all before I come back. It looks as though after I am done here I will be going to Florida to start all over again. I am certainly looking forward to that. Florida isn't but I am. *CACKLE*

Are you ready for some Football!

Monday night football is on tonight. Yesterday was a football day as well. All the men gathered in my room to watch the games throughout the day. I had forgot how loud and obnoxious men can get. 2 eighteen packs, and 2 games later I was ready to kill someone. The room was ripped apart, my nerves were fried and I am still not sure how it was they got the popcorn in the places they did. It was loud, violent, foot stamping, belly laughing fun. I can't wait for next weekend. Tonight I kindly passed out as soon as I got in from work and now I am just getting settled in enought to watch the game. It promises to be a good one. My bet is on Pittsburg. I may grow to regret that choice but we'll have to see.

Hope all is well at home. I here you guys finally got rain. Good deal. We had a thunderstorm from hell hit here. I turned in to a jello cube that had melted. There is one thing that I am scared to death of and that is thunder. The guy's were actually good about not teasing me until this morning. I was on the edge of tears for about 3 hours last night. Lorene has her little people I have my thunder. Yes, I do know it's the lightning that does the damage I am still afraid of the noise. I get to look forward to a whole week of it in the evenings. I have no idea how I am going to make it through the week.

Just another day in Paradise

Well week one is done and over with. Not a bad week all in all. My body was forced to acclimate to Texas humidity. My sleep schedule is finally getting set straight. The people down here are making certain I don't go hungry. I have the bouncer's at the club across the street trained to know that it's all about me. I am pretty well stettled in for the long haul. The email's from everyone throughout the week helped to keep me sane so please keep them coming. I love to hear what's going on even if I can't be there to participate. Connie's party tonight should be a hit and I do expect to see those pictures. Everyone has to have at least one photo taken so I can giggle at the 80's garb.

TEXAS

Well I am here and managed to survive the first two days. The flight from Salt Lake to Houston was uneventful. The flight from Houston to Brownsville was interesting. We had to fly in on a little itty-bitty plane. This wouldn't have been bad except for the fact that half the people I am flying with are afraid to fly and we had a whole lot of turbulance. By the time we landed I was considering taking a bus home myself. I am almost certain Dave will be doing that. Once we did get settled in at our hotel we got the privilge of packing up and heading in to work for a four hour cram session on a new interface for the billing program we are using. By the time the day was over I had put in a good sixteen hour day. I was so wound up I didn't get to sleep until 2:00am. Thankfully I didn't have to be in to work until 10:30am. It pays to have say in when your shift will start. The kids here are all fairly bright so it wasn't a bad day at all. They seem to be catching on quickly. I hope it stays that way.

Connie says I need to get to bed now. I suppose she could be right. It's almost midnight here. I willl do my best to keep this thing updated. Oh, and remember this moment in time. I gave up seeing naked women just so I could write on this blasted thing.

Love you all. Miss you all.

You all missed it!

Last night's feasting, drinking and dancing were great except for a couple of minor things...the missing friends. For those of you who made it, thank you so much for joining us. I know that I was glad to see you and I am certain Connie feels the same way. For those of you that were unable to attend, I missed you all. I would have loved to have seen you there but I completely understand. Contrary to my favorite belief, the world does not revolve around me, and people around me are allowed to have a life outside of me. I do want you to know, however, you did miss "Drunk Connie". Have no fear there are pictures. Fortunately I was taking them so nothing can be held against me, hehehehe. See I did learn something after all those years with Connie.

Well I am going to try lying down and finally go to sleep without seeing eyes. Probably won't work but I am going to try.

STRESS!

Ok, I think I might be getting nervous now. My stomach has had butterflies in it since 3:30 this morning. I am having really bazaar dreams and now I can't sleep. If this goes on all weekend I will be screwed come Tuesday morning. I was supposed to have had yesterday off so I could do all my have to banking since it's a holiday weekend. Was this the case? Oh no. That would have been a nice thing to do for Grace. Now I am freaking out about whether or not the funds will be available when I get down there. I am actually debating on whether or not I should take down travelers checks or not. I didn't want to have to go and get them, but now...

Tonight's gathering is something I am looking forward to. Connie has already been told that I will be the driver so her intention is to wake up Sunday morning with a hell of a hang over wondering if she need's to call Lindi and apologize for anything that she may have said or done that was stupid. I think it maybe a very nice evening.

I am going to spend the morning looking for a good pair of boots and then I am taking the "Squid" up to Build-a-Bear for her birthday since I am going to be missing her's as well. It's hard to explain to a 4 year old that you can't just jump back on th e plane and come right back for her birthday. So, quality time with her Gracie is an important thing right now.

Wow, ten to five. Only 22 more hours in the day. Ugh! Maybe I should go take a sleeping pill. See you all tonight!

Bad blogging

I seem to be extremly negligint in my blog update's. I never seem to have time for any fun computer/web/geeky stuff lately. I apologize for not keeping up. I would say I will do better be we all know that ain't goin'a happen.

The count down is on. 7 day's before I leave. I have to do laundry, pack, go shopping for Taxas clothes, otherwise Utah cotten will kill me, I have one more teaching lesson to throw together, and 50 QA's I have to do. Oh, and I need to finish my Mom's pond in the front yard. I think I might like going to Texas, just for the simple fact, I may actually get some rest.

I plan on keeping in touch with everyone. I am updating address's, email's and phone number's on everyone. If I don't have all your info you will be hearing from me in one way or another, even if I have to drive around town until I find you.

Well better run. Work is calling to me.

Morning!

Jennifer would you really like me to comment on Saturday night? I am not sure if my body can handle the thought's that stream from the reliving of, even if it is just a mind activity, Saturday night. I had a blast though and we are definately doing it again. In fact I believe it's occuring this Saturday. I am coming to the conclusion that I will not be sleeping between now and the time I board the plane. Texas might be a welcome vacation.

I am getting details today about where exactly I will be staying. From what I have been told it's a sweet set up. I signed away my life to get my cash advance so that I will be able to pay for my car and food. It's amazing what people think the average person will spend on food. I am going to eat extremely well while I am gone. I have set up a weekend at the beach already. I have the class on surfing already arranged. I am so excited about being near water again I could just pee. I really do need to settle down in a coastal town somewhere. Water and I are not meant to be hundreds of miles from each other. The trip to Mexico is being organized as well. I am already gathering a list of the club's in the area if for no other reason than to go and sit and watch those Southern Belle's in thier tight Wrangler's. I know, that was pure testosterone.

I will be keeping in contact via email if Connie ever get's me that list I asked for. I will also try to Blog often so have no fear, you will all know when I break my leg because I allowed a wave to crash down on me while I was dangling from a piece of fiberglass in the middle of the Gulf.

Well time to get going. Lot's to do and running out of time to do it.

Sorry,

ok maybe not. I have been so busy I haven't had time to write. So time to play catch up.

Life is being good to me right now. I have caught up on a few hours/days of sleep so I have energy oozing out of me again. I have gotten up enough confidence to actually go out dancing and dance (I do mean more than one dance). I get to go to Texas (ok in all fairness I didn't know it was Texas when I said I would go). I finally got the job I wanted at work (thus the trip to Texas). What more could possibly go right for me (No, I can't get my own personal love slave, although that could be nice)?

DIRT!!

There is nothing better for the soul than hard labor. If you ever need to work through shit go grab a shovel and dig in the dirt. The bigger the hole the better it is for you. Clean out crap get as dirty and grimy as you possibly can. Sweat out all you have in you and then if it doesn't work the first time, do it again. If nothing else you will get all those project's your mom has been wanting to do done.

You are worth exactly: $2,133,922.00.

Human For Sale!

That's a suprise!

NOT!


Intuition. Insight. Emotions. Feelings.
Take the quiz.

Long time not posting...

Time to get back into the real world. The day by day grind has come to a halt. I am not sleeping or working or thinking anymore. I am just existing. I need to try to get over and move on. I have to remember not to carry the grief and anger, but to carry the memories. I am trying to survive. I probably will. The saying 'Life is too short to worry' keeps coming to mind but I have a hard time living it.

You may be right Lorene. If there is something worth sharing I just might share.

Please everyone, just stop. I am not sure I can take to much more of this. I will be taking the blog offline completely as soon as I can find more than 2 minutes to sit in front of a computer. Thank you for all your concern over me. That includes JJ. I know you all have the best intentions but enough is enough.

Game Over

You win.

New Link

Added a new link. Thought the free virus scan was a good idea. If you do any downloading you may want ot run this once a week. PC-cillin is a very reputable company and has Verisign backing it up, so you know it's safe. Even if you have a firewall you might want to run this everynow and again. Also make sure you update you firewall software. If it's not updated and current you may as well take it off. Most firewall's have websites to update you software. If you aren't sure check with the manufacturer of the firewall.

Well, that's all for computer aid this week.

Hell of a weekend...

thankfully I can go back to the stress of boredom at work. And yes that is stressful.

*BREATHE*

There is something absolutely refreshing about knowing you have the knowledge of your own weaknesses and the will power to say no and walk away. There is something empowering in knowing that somehow you can squeeze into tight spots and still not lash out at the next thing to invade your space. There is something comforting about seeing someone smile and knowing that the world is ending the chaos. There is something securing about realizing where you belong and knowing how you need to get there.

Thanks everyone!



****As a side note don't ever let me drink more than 2 light beers again. It affects me completly differently than I remember. I think I am turning into a light weight.

Speed!

Wow, you don't know what you got until it's gone. My internet seem's 10 times faster than it was. Amazing the difference between 56Kbps and broadband speeds. There are day's when I think it is faster than the blasted connection at work and that's supposed to be a T3 connection.

Well, off to bed. Someone thinks I need to work tomorrow. Oh wait, that was me that did that to myself. Crap!

Pisces!

I have decided that I am done with Virgo bashing and I am now moving on to the fish. This is an area I feel more than a little comfortable in getting into. So let me tell you about dating a Pisces. Fish tend to go with flow, for the most part they are easy going individual's, just don't reach out to touch them because that spooks them and sends them into hiding. Yeah, so, while they are generally easy going people they can also be very stubborn when it comes to getting things done and done right. If the salmon wants to swim upstream it will not only swim against the current it will jump up the water falls and make it to the top of the river dispite what the laws of nature and logic say. Oh, and then there is the emotions of a Pisces. Pisces are probably more emotional people than Virgo's (sorry had to bring the Virgo's in for this one). They do not wear their emotions on their sleeves the way Virgo's do. Infact you would never know a Pisces felt anything unless you actually asked them what they are feeling. They do not like sharing that part of themselves and know that once they do they have opened the can of worms that will get them hooked and cooked. A Pisces will give their heart and soul to the people they love and want in their lives, but they will also meet, spawn, and swim away real fast if given the opportunity. They know what is out in the real world but enjoy the seclusion and safety of staying in the nice flowing water going where ever the river will take them. They love to dream and live in those dreams, anything to keep them from the chaos of the world. If the have to join the world they become obsessed with doing things right and quickly to be able to get back into the nice safe river. The downside of this is they want to do it ALL right and quickly so they tend to jump from one thing to next to the next and rarely accomplish any of what they set out to do. If they do become focused on one thing, then that one thing becomes everything to them and they will not only complete it they will have a knowledge about it that rival most everyone. Picses Love to learn about everything and do everything and until all has been learned and tried they are not complete, and they will end up becoming grumpy insomniac's. So given this bit of knowledge, dating a Pisces is like walking into a whole other world. They can be some of the most loving and attentive people in the world. They can also be one of the most noncommital flighty people you will ever come across. Oh yeah, and we talk to and answer ourselves out loud in the middle of public events. This is a frightening thing to discover at the time it begin's and for no reason your date is arguing with themselves about how they should have gotten the white rose not the pink on for this date and....If this does happen to you just smile and say "honey did you say something?" That will usually kick them back into reality and stop the self talking to for the rest of the evening.

Whoa!

Not sure but the irony of this is scary Con.

"Whom she refuses, she treats still
With so much sweet behaviour,
That her refusal, through her skill,
Looks almost like a favour."
--William Congreve

I do have to say though, after a fabulous dinner and conversation with a beautiful blonde, I am more willing to open my mind to a commitment with a (sorry Steph) even more beautiful blonde. I didn't realize until tonight just how much I love being with Anne. So, with any hope she will disregard all of the comments on this page that make me look like a complete idiot, and allow me to continue to grow with her. Oh yeah you guy's, she does read this too.

Virgo's!

Yeah, so it appears that the whole idea of me having issues of any sort, good or bad, with a Virgo is a real hot topic. I do not hate Virgo's. Let's just get that clear now. I actually enjoy people regardless of their sign. How ever I think that if I was going to seek out a particular sign I would head towards a Leo. They are just such cute, big, luvable, kitty cats. But then again I'm not too bright either since I'm a fish. But then again there is that whole knowing that I am, yeah better leave that alone. Anyway I will stop my pursuit of the death of all Virgo's and will consentrate more on my own grip of reality, since it is obviously slipping.

The world is ending!

Yes, I am positive it is and let me tell you why. I have ZERO fashion sense. ZERO! I need help picking out a pair of shoes that match and they naturally come in two's. So what do I do? I go shopping all by myself to get a new outfit.

Oh wait, the scary part is yet to come.

I picked out a really cute outfit and it looks real good on me too. Now knowing that a new outfit needs new shoes (learned that from Connie), I proceed to where they keep those things, in boxes, in pairs just for people like me. I look at the shoes then look at the outfit, then back to the shoes and I reach for,*SIGH* the really cute white sandles. Those who know me also know that I NEVER wear sandles. The last time I owned sandles I was dressed in a yellow Easter dress, and I promptly buried those in the sand box after church along with my 3 year old baby brother.

Oh wait, it does get better.

Not only do I get girlie assed sandles I head over to the underwear section. They have smiley faces on them, but they are cute.

The world is ending and this time I am pretty sure it's not the Virgo's that are causing it.

Coming Soon...

Grace's View On The Zodiac

This delightful documentary will detail all sign in the Zodiac as well as Grace's personal experience's with individual's from all area's. You wil laugh. You will cry. But most of all you will learn just why Virgo's have been dubbed the "Root of all Evil". Don't miss this tribute to the Star's in the stars.

Hey...

I find this offending. I am good at everything.
You're good at what you do and hopeless at most other things. Join a team if you're not already part of one. Attentive friends and coworkers easily make up for each other's shortcomings.

Stranger's among us

So there are people just popping in and checking out my blog now. Guess I need to be nicer to Virgo's after all. Oh well, it was fun while it lasted. I would like to know who Risk Taker is though. Probably another Virgo trying to mess with me.

I am kidding people. Virgo's are fine people. They have to be I would never have spent 7 years with one if they weren't. However, for now I am going to consentrate on Aries. I need to get my head ramed in to reality. Get it. I thought it was funny.

Well I am going to go clean my car then go shopping. Think I am going to try Lorene's relaxation technique's today. I need to go pick out paint for my room maybe carpet too. Have fun at work people :).

UGH!

Enough said.

Go Lando!

Will someone ask Jeff what chanting this does for one? That was kinda frightening to behold.

The world is wacked out!

For shits and giggle I was just looking at one of the personal's pages out there. Why is it that every other ad is looking for sex? Those that weren't looking for sex were all Virgo's so they were just looking for someone's heart to fuck up. I have decided that the personal's are a place I will definitely be avoiding. Not that I mind the idea of sex, it's just become a whole diferent game. Sex isn't exactly safe anymore. Even if you think you are being safe you cant be absolutely certain without having your trusty STD testing kit with you at all times. *SIGH* no sex for me. Oh well, maybe I should consentrate on what I have right under my nose and just stop looking for something. Of course that may mean I have just decided to settle for the first thing to come along. Not that settling for thins would be a bad thing it could actuall y be really good for me. Shit I hate drugs that cause you to get you to analyze every damn detail of your life. I think I will go back to bed now before I screw up my head anymore.

Saturday night, ahhhh!

Glad to be home where it's quiet and I can watch a show in peace. Well sorta.

Had a busy day once again. I have decided becoming noticed at work may not have been the best thing to have happen to me. I can't seem to find time to breathe anymore. The only good thing I can see come out of this is I may be on a plane to Florida then on to Vegas shortly there after. I am keeping my fingers crossed on that. We will see.

Discovered today I know absolutely nothing about Dylan. Which could be a good thing depending on who you talk to. I'm not sure about that one yet either. Guess I should spend a minute or two getting to know the people around me, or at least those I would like to have around me. Yeah, so I will get right on that shortly after I save the world and get the grass stains out of my tan slacks.

Hope everyone is having a pleasant weekend. I am now going to watch my movie and enjoy the few hours left until Monday.

Week from hell!

I have had the work week from hell. Monday took the final test for training. Got the top score in the class. Woop-de-do. Tues day we sorta screwed off in class until Corporate ATTBS (American Telephony & Telegraph Broadband Services) showed up to give us the pep talk for product launch. It was kind nice to put a face to the names and voices, I guess. After the pep talk I got a message that said I had to report to H.R. for some meeting. Being the ever optimist that I am I figured I was fired for mucking up that lady's account. I headed over and was put throught the waiting game that H.R. directors are famous for. I was certain I was fired by then. When she and my boss finally came in to get me I was paniced. They picked me up and carted me down the hall to one of the free rooms to talk. Walked in to a room full of people being read a letter of commendation presented to me. Kinda cool. Got the letter, an award, and a shirt. Then we had a little graduation party with cake and non alcoholic champagne. Tuesday afternoon I helped George move an entertainment center and a chair. Went home thinking I would unwind and get myself relaxed enough to get a good night's rest before the hell Wednesday I knew I was bound to have. Sure enough I was awake all frigin' night. Threw myself into a shower at 3:30am and dragged my ass out of the house around 5:30am hoping I wouldn't fall asleep on my way to work. I walked in the door at work and instantly began running my ass off all day. Seems someone forgot to notify the proper people that I have been off LOA for 2 months now so I had no access to the programs I needed to work. I was still set up for Internet Services. Dorks! So my boss had me be the know-it-all gopher all day. I got to run get coffee, make copies, write phone lists for support, and walk the floor helping all the agents who didn't bother to pay attention in class figure out how to do things. When I did finally get to sit down and answer a couple of calls myself I damn near did fall asleep. The boss let me leav a half hour early. Real generous considering I was an hour early getting to work. Went over and chatted with my mom for a bit then went home and cleaned house. I managed to collaps from exhastion around 10:30pm but woke up at 2:30am. Since I have today off I am going to go over and get me some sleeping pills and some valium or something to get this mania under control. If I don't start getting rest soon I will go nuts.

Another sleepless night.

Since sleep was lacking I spent the night downloading a few music files and a movie I wanted. I may as well be productive while I am being insomnic right?

I had a Friday from hell at work. Had a legal issue come up and somehow I ended up being the one to save AT&T's butt. I suppose a bit of stress is good for anyone. I did get a letter of commendation out of all of it. That could be good in the long run. I have my boss completly fooled. She actually said she wished that she could have my enthusiasm and energy. Like I ever have those at work. Needless to say, I was glad to get home.

Saw the Scooby Doo movie. It's a must see for anyone who grew up watching and loving the Scoob. If you never got into Scooby though save the money until it hit's the dollor theater's. You would be disappointed otherwise. Oh, and for the record, I was saying uber long before Shaggy. Just had to get that out. It's an Everquest pride sort of thing.

Later today my brother and I are taking our father golfing as a precursor to Father's Day. Should be good. The other brother has no desire to go with us so I am thinking we may end up taking the baby sister or mom to complete the four.

Sunday the dog's have a date up a Tanner Park. So bright and early will be heading up there to run our butt's off. Then we will be doing the worship the dad thing the rest of the day.

Weekend is scheduled. Now if only I could manage to do that with the rest of the week.

Sorry!

I have been a bit lax in updating the blog thing. Not that I haven't thought about updating, just haven't found the time to. It was a busy week and weekend (Not that I am going to let you all in on the details). I am still trying to figure everything out. Started the official dating thing. That went very well. Now if I can just figure out if I really should pursue it. She is a great woman, I am just not sure I want to be someone's rebound while I am trying to rebound. Ya know? We will have to see how it all pan's out.

The Aunt is leaving tomorrow morning. It's about time. I thought I was going to have to kill her to get her out of the house. She will be gone until the end of the month then she's going to come and do the check in thing. I really hope she just finds a job and stay's gone. It's not that I don't love her it's just that she really needs to be working.

I am thinking I will move in with my parent next month. If I ever want a home of my own I need to get money stashed. I am not going to get that done by putting money into this place. I have found I don't have the patients it takes to put this place back together. So I am going to throw all my crap into my parents house so that I can add a bit more chaos to thier lives.

Work is going well. It's a bit on the stupid side sometimes but over all not too bad.

I am watching Abby and Cameron tonight while the parents take thier first date since the baby. I am really hoping that that goes well. Whith the way my luck has been going Abby is going to hate me a scream all night. Oh well.

Morning!

The work week began, ever so nicely yesterday. Whatver. Everyone I talked to yesterday was having a day full of chaos. Mine was not too much different. It wasn't a bad day, just had a difficult time getting everything in to the day that needed doing. Taking a 2 hour nap with Connie didn't help me accomplish things, but it was definatly nice to have. I am hope that today will be nice a quiet. We will see.

Good Day

The day was a pretty good one. Got up at the wonderful time of 3:30am just so I could take the dog's for a walk. It was actually a nice walk. Not too cool out this morning. It felt like it was around 70 degrees out. I am crazy trying to walk two Lab's at the same time but it is getting easier. Got home and took a quick shower threw on some clothes and headed off to work.

Work was interesting. Michelle is now in town so she kind of hovered over the class today becaus Jerimiah had already done work toward the day of training. It was a tense enviorment to say the least. I think there was jealousy amoung trainers. I totally took advantage of the situation and hassled both with all sorts of legal liability questions. I was basically a pest all day, but they were all valid questions. We got paychecks today. Anyday that someone gives you money has to be a good day. Final got my check routed to the right bank account so I was even that much more happy.

After work I dash down to Smith's and picked up the Florida pictures. I only let them sit there for a month before I remembered them at a time I had actual money to pick them up. Most of the pictures came out the one's that didn't are the one's of the dog's. The Japanese Steak House pictures didn't turn out either but I will live. It was fun to look at them. Went and showed them to my dad and had a good time telling all the stories. The sunset pictures all turned out well. I would say I am going to scan them and post them for you all to see, but we all know I would be lying. That would require me to hook the scanner back up and that is way to much work for my tired body to do.

Weekend has officially begun. Got to run pick up a baby shower gift for the security guard at work. Anyone know where I can find Suzie Q baby stuff? I don't think they make that anymore do they? She's done the whole baby room up in that little yellow duck and friends theme, so she really want's stuff that matches. Maybe I will just buy her some sort of new baby kit with power and crap in it. The shower in Saturday afternoon so I should run out tonight and find something. Tomorrow night my cousin is having a combined Mother-Son birthday party for her and Braxtyn. Not sure about going to that since I was never formally asked if I wanted to attend. Nice huh? Might just go out and hit the town instead. Sunday I plan on doing a bit of yard work and chatting with my cuz in Australia. Should be a good weekend.

Nevermind the walk.

It's way to hot to walk. I am just going to get up a half hour earlier tomorrow and walk them. I am turning into a heat wimp.

Alright now that everyone else has done the stupid little "get to know ya" form I figured I would put in my version as well. Whether you like it or not here ya go.

IF YOU COULD BUILD A HOUSE ANYWHERE, WHERE WOULD IT BE?
Washington coast. Want to watch the sun set over the ocean every night.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ARTICLE OF CLOTHING?
None. Would rather run around naked.

FAVORITE PHYSICAL FEATURE OF THE SAME (or opposite) SEX?
Butt's definately the butt's.

WHAT'S THE LAST CD THAT YOU BOUGHT?
Me pay money for music, right.

WHERE'S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO BE?
Near water.

WHERE'S YOUR LEAST FAVORITE PLACE TO BE?
Church.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE PLACE TO BE MASSAGED?
My back and neck.

WHAT'S MOST IMPORTANT, STRONG IN MIND OR STRONG IN BODY?
Mind. I have learned that a strong body isn't all it's cracked up to be.

WHAT TIME DO YOU WAKE IN THE MORNING?
Before the sun comes up.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE KITCHEN APPLIANCE?
The stove. Unless you count the ice maker I want.

WHAT MAKES YOU REALLY ANGRY?
Just about everything.

IF YOU COULD PLAY ANY INSTRUMENT, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
Give me an instrument and I will play it. It's my one inate talent.

FAVORITE COLOR?
Evergreen Green.

WHICH DO YOU PREFER, SPORTS CAR OR SUV?
SUV. I like taking the bumpy route.

DO YOU BELIEVE IN GHOSTS?
Yep.

FAVORITE CHILDREN'S BOOK?
The Giving Tree.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SEASON?
Believe it or not Summer. Especially when I can run around naked.

WHAT'S YOUR LEAST FAVORITE HOUSEHOLD CHORE?
Dusting.

IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE SUPER POWER, WHAT WOULD IT BE?
I don't really want a super power. Too much responsibility.

IF YOU HAVE A TATTOO, WHAT IS IT?
Yin &Yang with Dolphins surrounding it.

CAN YOU JUGGLE?
Yep. Not very good at it but I can juggle.

THE ONE PERSON FROM YOUR PAST YOU WISH YOU COULD GO BACK AND TALK TO?
Don't laugh but been there done that.

WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE DAY?
Wednesday. The week is halfway over but still not done.

WHAT'S IN THE TRUNK OF YOUR CAR?
I don't have a trunk.

WHICH DO YOU PREFER, SUSHI OR HAMBURGER?
Sushi. It's actually quite good.

FROM THE PEOPLE WHO READ THIS POST, WHO'S MOST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
My guess would be Lorene.

WHO'S LEAST LIKELY TO RESPOND?
Yeah, not sure about that. Wouldn't want to second guess people.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE ANIMAL?
Any one that does cause me to stop breathing.

IF YOU COULD SEDUCE A STAR, WHO WOULD IT BE?
While I find a few very attractive I am not sure I would want to suduce any of them.

WHAT'S THE QUOTE YOU MOST OVERUSE?
Yeah,.

Well there you go. More insite on my little world.

WORK!

Finally, we actually did some work and training today. We have my old trainer stepping in until the trainer from Florida arrives. I was thinking that in and of itself would make the day another one of our sit and surf day's, but amazingly enough we actually covered a bunch of new stuff. This I am sure only happened because the BOSS was there but at least it happened. I am happy.

After work I went to the golf corse to pound a few balls out on to the driving range. I discovered a few things while doing this. 1) My shoulder is much better than I thought it would be. 2) I have a bad slice. 3) Never go to a golf course at 2:00 in the afternoon wearing dark colored jeans, it's way to hot out. Thankfully I was dressed casual today so only the jeans were dark. By the time I finished off a small bucket of balls I was drenched. Glad I didn't get the big bucket. Tomorrow I am taking shorts to change into after work.

Just in case anyone wants to know, you can't donate platelets until 6 months after a surjury. It can interfere with the healing process. Not sure how since all my wounds are healed but appearently it can. I can't donate blood at all and now they don't want my platelets. Should I ever try to be nice and helpful to society again? Probably since I only have to wait until September to make a platelet donation, but it's tempting to say "screw you". Since the platelets go to hemophiliac's and other's who have problems with their clotting factor's, and I just don't like the idea of someone bleeding to death when it can be prevented, I will be in the ARUP office on September 20th trying to do my part to help. Janet, Brad, and Connie will be donating this Sunday. I am discovering Janet is a bit on the proactive side. I guess I could be a bit more active. I complain enough about not ever having anything to do so her suggesting the platelet thing was probably a good thing even if I can't donate right now.

Well, going to go walk the dog's and gather up the crap for work tomorrow so I can get to bed at a reasonable hour.

Better day!

Much better day so far. Took two ambien last night and actually got some good sleep. Woke up bright eyed and bushy tailed, watch it Connie and Dee, ready to go at 4:00 this morning. I did have some really bazaar deams. Anytime Chet and Shane walk into a dream wearing wolf costumes you have to begin to wonder if you are over drugged.

I did get my car washed finally last night. I have been putting that off for way too long. Now if I manage to get it vacuumed out tonight I will be a very happy camper.

As you can tell we are once again working ever so diligently to train hard here at work. My high hopes of actually getting some training in were dashed when we found out the Trainer from Florida had to postpone her flight in due to a family issue and therefore the BIG boss is going to catchup on her work and not be here today. ARGH!!! I hate feeling useless.

Another Day...

Will someone remind me to work on this stupid page? It's about as boring as hell on a hot day. Nothing ever changing. Same thing is happening in my life to. You think there might be a pattern emerging? I need to start focusing on a few things more things in life. I also need to start getting to bed at a decent hour. Man was I exhaused this morning. Good thing we aren't doing anything at work. Found out today that the BIG boss is going to be sitting in on the next part of our training. Wonder if we will actually begin training. I sit at a desk for 7 and a half hours a day surfing Everquest sites and emailing random people all day. How, do you think, this allows me to learn a blasted thing? I am getting real tired of not doing anything. I am not one who enjoys just sitting around when I know I can and should be doing something productive. I was also wondering why, out of 4 classes, it's our's she has to join? I guess I should be happy. At least, in theory, we will begin training again. I won't have to sit around anymore. Right? Oh, and while I am ranting, what's up with female hormones? Why is it that a woman can burst in to tears just because she is forced to play all day? Shouldn't I have been thrilled with the opportunity to play? Why can't I get something resembling balance in my life? Why isn't someone calling me with all the answers? I know there is some sort of method to all this madness but I will be damned if I can find it. When someone gets the answers will you please call me and let me know? I don't think I can handle another day like today. I know my trainer was a bit confused when I couldn't stop bawling. I don't think I should put her through another day like today either.

Summer!

Loving the summertime. I know officially it's not summer, but when the sun is up and the snowcones and popcicles are plentiful, who can tell the difference? Yesterday I took Abbie, Dexter, and Brutus to the dog park. They had the swimming pools out and you would have thought Abbie had died and gone to heaven. It's a good thing I don't have an allergy to mud. I think she thinks she's part fish. I need to go buy her a wading pool of her own. Dexter decided to let the other dogs pick on him and Brutus went around trying to defend him. I am beginning to think Dexter is a big priss. He let a bassett hound ruff him up. Abbie would have bit the dog's nose off if he'd have tried any of that with her. Dexter is going to have to undergo some serious work if he's going to father Abbie's puppies. Otherwise I think she might hurt him the first time he tries anything.

Last night was a good night. Connie took Dee, Jennifer and me out to dinner and a movie. Jennifer got sloshed. It's amazing what no food, six hours of sun and a glass or three of champagne will do to a body. I have a strong feeling Jen won't be getting out of bed real early today.

I on the other hand am thinking of taking Abbie fishing. It's a bit late in the day already but I would be going up so that she can have fun and I can complain about another bad day fishing.

Happy Mothers Day!

A beautiful Mother's Day for all to enjoy. Time for us all to take a moment and thank our Mother's for all they have done. The simple fact that we are able to be part of this world and experience all it has to offer, should give us a moment's pause and a thought to the woman who made us part of the experience of life.

I was talking with my Mother the other day and she said she was not sure that she had been a very good mom. I thought about this for about 2 milliseconds and told her she was horribly wrong with that thought. The lives of her children may not have turned out the way she had envisioned them to, but all of her children are not only intelligent and smart they love fully and unconditionally those who are part of their lives. They do not judge other's based upon looks or lifestyle. They have the ability to take some of the worst things life can throw at them, gain experience and knowledge and still come out on top and looking better. The world may cut and scar them but they turn the scars into an art in and of itself and still try their best to hold no malice toward the one's who inflicted the injuries. They will give all and ask little in return. When their family or friend's are threatened they become a force to be reckoned with and never has one of them had to stand alone in a fight. When one is in danger of falling the other's immediately form a chain to rescue them. My Mother did not raise fools. We would never try to cheat someone. We do not go around willy-nilly in the world. We have strong family values. We love, laugh, and cry openly and honestly. She not only gave knowledge, she allowed us to go out and use it, learning and growing in ways no other child I grew up with was allowed to experience. Because of our Mother we are incredible people. We may pass through this world never known by all but the one's who do meet and know us do not forget us. We are who we are because of our own choices. Not because of choices forced upon us. I could not have asked for a better Mom. I love her. I care for her. I would do anything for her.

Thank you Mom for allowing me to be me. For good or bad I am who I am because I was taught to be strong in my convictions and true to my heart. Thank you for coming to my aid when I asked for help yet all the while allowing me to learn and grow, love and hurt. Thank you for standing by, while I made choices that may not have been the best but were still mine to be made, and not judging me for having made them.

I Love You Mom!

Florida

I have to say that the time I spent in Florida was really kind of, well, interestingly nice? I landed in Florida around 9:00pm. After 8 hour in the air the only thing I really wanted was a nice soft bed. What I got was nice, soft chicken wings. Jason saw fit to introduce me to the local Hooter's wait staff. I have to admit the wings are pretty good even if the locals have no idea what hot-n-spicy is. I really didn't mind the view of the Orlando Airport either. Really, I was watching the planes the whole time. I did discover that they have this strange thing called alcohol in the beer down there. Unfortunately I found this out after I had downed an entire pitcher by myself. Strange how the legs get a mind of their own. After Hooter's we hit a club in the area. Now, I enjoy Industrial music, I can even manage to listen to Gothic now and again, but to throw both at me in large sums after long plane flights and way too much to drink, and I go into sensory overload. I wasn't sure but I think that if I had half way sober I might have had sense enough to be scared. Since I wasn't, I ended up overly amused. I still think that they were pumping nox or helium through the air-conditioning but since I can't prove that I will just say the air had that, just~sucked~way~too~much~helium~from~my~little~brother's~ballon, feel to it. That and people were talking really fast and I know that beer tends to make things slow down not speed up.

I managed to get even with Jason the next day though. I wake up a bit early usually, since I was in Florida the sun was kind enough to match my wake up hour perfectly, and as Connie will tell you all, the sun is up...I'm up. I got a nice and early start to the day. I got fresh squeezed grapefruit juice for the grapefruit off the tree in his Mom's backyard. Then I forced Jason on to a bike to take a ride around the area and see some of the local nature parks. We got to go up and over the one bump in the entire state. There were no hills there so riding was a cakewalk for me. The lower altitude helped out quite a bit also. We went hiking around in a couple of different areas. It was actually neat. I got some cool pictures of the one real tree in the state. It's a Cyprus tree the size of my Japanese Maple in the back yard but it's a big deal for the Floridian's. Then even have it in a park of it's own. In all fairness the tree is 3500 years old. Kinda cool huh? After that we headed back to his parents and I took a dip in the pool. Jason took a nap. Once I decided Jason had rested enough I made him get up and we took the dog for a walk. Came back. Ate dinner with the parent's then headed out for Jason's apartment down in Lakeland. They call it that cause there are so many little lakes :).

The next morning we were off and running more. Got the tour of the apartment complex, which is a city in and of it's self. They have 3 little lakes and river running through the complex. You can go fishing in the lake right outside your back door if you want. It was awesome. During the night's you can walk around listening to cricket's whirl (they don't chirp in Florida) and bullfrog's croak. It was a really nice atmosphere.

Friday we drove up to Tallahassee to see our friends and my Florida namesake (you know I can't be all bad if people name there kid's after me). It was great to finally meet Sarah and Theo in person. Little Taryn Grace is absolutely beautiful. Big brown eyes. She kind reminds me of the Pepsi girl. She could almost be her double. Anyway, we spent the whole weekend with them. Saturday I went out fishing with "my boy's". I caught a nice sunburn in that one area of my back I couldn't reach to put the sunscreen on and a bunch of blue gills. They call then pan fish down there. I think that's because you have to fill an entire pan for it to equal one fish. I still had a blast out on the river though. That night we went to an oyster bar in St. Mark's Bay. The food was excellent and the company even better. I had grouper for the first time. Jason has oysters for the first time. They gave us a side of lima beans with our meal. Oh my, these things were the size of quarters. I have come to the conclusion the stuff we get here is definitely not ripe if they can get that big. Oh and they tasted incredible and I hate lima bean's. Sunday was Sarah's birthday so Theo and I got up early and went to the store to get the stuff to make Sarah breakfast in bed. She of course woke up and ruined the in bed part of the whole thing, but what are you going to do about that? After stuffing our face's we got dressed and went down to the local Fun Dome. Played video games, bashed each other in bumper boats, made fools of ourselves on the minigolf course, and raced around a formula one track. All in all it was great. That night we took Sarah to dinner at a Japanese Steak House, ironically called the Japanese Steak House then out for fondue. I went to bed happy and full.

Monday we left Tallahassee and headed down the coast to Crystal Water's near Tampa in the Gulf. I had no idea that those pictures of the Gulf were real. I thought they had been doctored to look that blue. I was magnificent. The water was as warm as bath water. Except for the incident of having strange thing's swim out from under my feet it was great. I got to go the local aquarium and see all sorts of things. It was small but cute. They are sorely under funded there. It was kinda sad to see that, but the staff was really nice and uber sweet. We would have watched the sun set over the gulf but the clouds got in the way. It was still a nice attempt at it though.

Tuesday Jason had to go back to work so I spent the day checking out things on my own and put things together so I could fly out on Wednesday. I really enjoyed the day. Walked around the complex chasing strange bugs with two sets of wings. One set for the front half of the body one set for the back half. At first I thought every fly in the state was mating but I was wrong, they really have two sets of wings. Went fishing in the lakes and laid out by the pool. That night we went in to Lakeland city. It's frightening to know that there is a city that shut's down more completely than Salt Lake at night. That place was all locked up by 6:00pm except for the city bar, it stays open until 11:00pm. Scary huh? Jason showed me around and showed me just what it is an Ordinance Enforcer in Florida does. They put baskets in rain gutters to catch garbage and keep it out of the local lakes. It really is a good idea and I suppose someone has to do it. Jason seems to really like his job. He's really big into the environment so it appears to be perfect for him.

Wednesday we got up at 3:00am Utah time to get me back up to the Orlando Airport in time for my flight. I got to see an incredible sunrise on the drive up. The Orlando Airport is one I could stand to live in. They have 44 shops, 40 restaurants, and a hotel all in the main terminal area. I really could live there. The one time Airport Security stopped me it was because they saw my piece of granite I was bringing home on the x-ray and didn't know what it was until I showed them. I still carried it on the plane with me and it could have been a nice weapon if they had thought about it at all. It's heavy and it's in the shape of a triangle so it had a point. I guess because I was this sweet and innocent looking lady from Utah they figured they were ok. I should have smuggled out that pot. Hindsight.

The flight home was not too bad. Southwest had us stretching and doing flight aerobics so we wouldn't get cramped up on our way to Phoenix. Then on the flight from Phoenix to Salt Lake I got to fly with a bunch of Mormon Women on their way to a Conference in Provo. I was happy. Anytime I get to be around beautiful women I am happy. I was also real excited to be going home so they got the city-by-city announcement of location on the flight.

I am not sure what happened after the bags were claimed and food was put in my tummy, but somehow I made it home, got myself unpacked, talked to my brother for 45 minutes, fed the animals, and crashed hard. I did manage to work the next morning right on time.

I had a great time. Learned to be grateful for and tolerate Wayne on a whole new level. Experienced a whole new culture. Enjoyed the sun, the beach, and the babes I mean baby alligator's (which I never saw even one of outside a cage). Grew a bit closer to Jason (not close enough for his liking). Just had fun.

Why do we allow stupid people to procreate?

I finally got that call. Yes the one that takes all my skills and knowledge and puts them to the test.

Caller: Are you a Supervisor?
Me: Yes, how can I help you today?
Caller: Your technichan doesn't know how to do his job! I can't get on the internet or check my email! Now I want to know why?
Me: Ok sir let's see if there are any outages in your area and check you account status. No problems in your area and your account standing looks good. What are the lights on your modem doing right now?
Caller: There are no lights on my modem?
Me: None? No power light?
Caller: NO!
Me: Sir do you have power in your home?
Caller: Yes.
Me: Is the modem plugged into a power strip?
Caller: Yes.
Me: Is the power strip on?
Caller: Yes. The little light on the power strip is lit up.
Me: Ok, is the power plug to the modem plugged into the back of the modem securely?
Caller: Yes.
Me: What type of modem do you have sir?
Caller: RCA
Me: Sir is there an on/off button on the front of your modem?
Caller: Yes.
Me: Can you push that button for me?
Caller: Hey, the lights on the modem are blinking now. Let me see if I can get on the internet. I can. I am also getting my email. How did you do that?
Me: I didn't sir, you were the one that turned on the power.
Caller: Oh.

Remind me again why we let stupid people procreate?

Tomorrow...Adventures in Florida!

Man, am I getting lazy!

I can't seem to get around to logging on to the computer at all these day's. My excuse, the sun is up. The hour's just fly by now that there is light until 10:00pm. I am too excited to stay inside. I feel a need to be out doing thing's. Enjoying life. Run with the dog. Run with the family. Run with the Connie. Just run. I also see a need to burn the rubber off the bike brakes. Car's are just discovering biker's again. I however, do not wish to meet them so I am getting better at the whole idea of dodge-ball-a-la-bike.

Today has been an absolutely beautiful day. Got off a bit early and dashed up to Dondra's to see my little one. She is growing like a weed. She actually stood up by herself. Not for long, but that's not the point. Connie and I went and got her a swing and high chair and a bunch of clothes and bottles. It made her mom and dad happy. I also, gave her parent's my bike stroller so they can put in a few miles up in the canyon's with her over the next few month's. Figured I wasn't using it and those thing's are too expensive to just let them sit when there is someone who can use it. Dondra and Fuzzy are already have my conned into taking the kids for a weekend so the can have a vacation. Not that I will mind much at all. Cameron is a great big brother. I think he even like's Abbie a bit.

Well, going to go run outside some more. After all, the sun is up.

OK, I am worse than...

Connie and Michelle with keeping this updated lately. I will work on it when I get home.

Florida. Green and flat. Got up today and went biking. We went up "hills" near Jason's parent's home. Well at least I did see a bump or two on the trail. Nice ride though. Then we did about 2 hours of trail hiking this time there was actually hiking involved. the do have some neat assed sink hole parks here. Got to see Florida's version of big tree's. Even took a picture of it. Yeah, there is only one. Then I went swimming to cool off. If the heat doesn't kill you the humidity will. I feel like I am in a sauna all the time.

I found Connie's mom's twin. She live's in Florida and say's she's Jason's mom. Really neat lady although I haven't shared my "Kinky Toy's" book with her yet. :)! We did bond over recipe's and wine though.

Well, it's late and I am pooped. Going to crash now for an hour or two. Have fun ya all!

I had a minute so...

I figured if I didn't update this blog someone might accuse me of following in Michelle's or Connie's footstep's :). I have an arm. It works quite well too. It's a little wimpy but I figured it had never really been strong so I don't seem to be missing much. I have got complet range of motion back which is excellent. Anne is working on the strengthening bit. Before to long I will be all muscle (right :-P). I will be going back to work on Sunday. I get to pick when I go in for the next week because I don't have a set schedule. They forgot to submit all the paperwork to H.R. So next week will be nice and easy going. I have to start out on 6 hour day's just to make sure the typing doesn't cause me too much stress on my shoulder. Whatever. I will be moving to an early morning shift, 5:30am, the following week. We are now closed after midnight so my original shift is gone. My team was split up among others so I will get a whole new team in 2 weeks. Just in time for me to goto Florida. I think I need to talk to someone about that brilliant idea. I am thinking it would be better to just shuffle papers for the next two weeks then get my team when I get back. The same number of employee's will still be there so I will still be able to take them on when I get back, and for now they won't have to panic because they can't get a hold of thier supervisor because she's 1400 miles away. I will have to chat with Amy on that one. As a side note, did I ever tell you my boss has incredible legs. Well she does. I got a real good look at them yesterday. NICE!

Today has been fairly productive. I turned into "Jiffy Lube", as Connie would say. Changed oil and filters in 3 vehicle's. I would have done the lube also but dad was out of grease and I was to tired to run to AutoZone one more time. My car is running much happier now. I also finally got around to burning the guck out of the engine. No more knock. If I would just change out the roter's and fix the bent strut I would finally have everything done. Well, except for replacing Abbie's teething episodes, but I have to goto a juck yard to find those parts.

I am now going to shower and change. Wayne and Jeannie have invited me to BBQ and fix thier computer, oh and get sloppy assed drunk (that's a given when you are with Wayne). Soo, I am off to do that. Maybe I will network my house tonight too. I need to get that done soon. I am getting tired of my Aunt using my computer because her's is slow. It's not my bloddy fault she own's a POS I offered to help upgrade it several times over the past few year's. I digress.

Have a good weekend all and hope to catch you all later.

Time to change things.

I am going to use this waste of time my Doctor has seen fit to apply on me and rehash the whole blogspot and get my website up and running. Paying for a damn domain name and I haven't done anything with it. Not a wise thing. So there ya go.

Ahhhh

I am home. I missed my computer. I am truly becoming that geek that I never wanted to be. I can't imagine not having access to a computer at all. I thought I was going to die when I had to deal with a dial-up connection. There is no hope for me. I have become a product of society. Dependent upon technology. *SIGH* Oh well. I may as well enjoy it.

I got to have my boy over the weekend. His grandmother took him home and left him because she was tired of having to entertain him. I have never had to "entertain" Cameron at all. The kid is 10 for hell sakes. He can entertain himself. So we went up and saw his Mom and Abigail then can home and made turkey and cheese quesadilla's and played Pokemon while watching Iron Chef. Oooo, now doesn't that sound like a whole lot of work. Tomorrow is his first baseball practice of the season. He made the team of the older boy's (I have no idea what they call them now a day's), so he's pretty excited. He will be the team's pitcher. That kid has a pretty mean arm on him. I took him to the dog park with me a couple of month's ago and watched him throw the ball just as far as most of the men that were there. One of the guy's actually had a contest with him to see who could throw the farthest. Cameron almost beat him. All I could think was "that's my boy!!" You know if I have half as much fun with his sister as I do with him I might just stay young after all. Maybe I will be able to forego the whole idea of having my own kids.

Mom and Daughter are doing well

Both are adorable. I will get things thrown together and get the pics posted this weekend.

I can rasie my hand now. Not real high but I can lift it. I am driving myself about too. The doctor didn't release me to driving but he didn't exactly tell me I couldn't drive sooo... I didn't know I had to get permission to drive. Anne pointed out to me I might want to get permission. Well can't get a hold of the Doctor until next week and I wouldn't want to waste his time anyway.

Lorene, sorry about the puppy. I wish that you didn't have to go through that.

I will keep you all posted about the going ons of Mother and Baby. Take care of yourselves and those around you. You never know when or where they will need you most or you may need them.

I think these are off...

I know that I hate shoes far too much for these to be anywhere near correct. I think Lorene and I may have had our answers mixed up.

My Mormon name is Francelle Serenity-Tabitha-Ann!
What's yours?

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Which Evil Criminal are You?

Time to do something.

Anything would be good. I am starting to go stir crazy. My family took me to see "Phantom" at the Pioneer Theater yesterday. I enjoyed the play. The trip up to the the play house was even more interesting. I recommend riding the train for a few hour if you are looking for some good entertainment. We had the preppy homeless gal who ranted about Social Security. The drunk tumbler, who thought my dad was the saftey net. I believe my favorite was the Book of Mormon chanter. The singing of the verses while swaying back and forth just couldn't be topped. For all you people watchers...take the train.

Coma or pain?

What would you choose? I can either be in pain and remain conscious or take a couple of Loratab and be out cold for the entire day. Loratab never used to affect me this way. Maybe old age really is creeping up on me. At least I got my hair washed today. Had to go to see Tiffany and have her wash it but I have a clean head now. I really hate dirty hair. Makes my whole body feel dirty.

Tomorrow I think I will go to Border's and find me a book or two to cram some reading in before I get back to work. My parents have been good to me. I have certainly been able to get lot's of rest. I kind wish they would make me get up and get moving though. It would have been nice to go get the books today. Oh well. C'est la vive.

Well at least it's not a urinal

FUCK!

Stupid assed laptop! So I was telling you all about the surgery when it deciced to go back a page and delete everything I typed.

So the shoulder feels like new. The surgery went an hour or so over because my arm was out of joint, literally. I had a bunch of calcium built up in the socket area so he had to scrape that all out. Shaved off the hook on one of the bones. Took out part of my clavical bone and all the arthritisis that went with it. Oh, and he got rid of all the scare tissue that had built up over the years. Like I said, new shoulder.

Connie came to the hospital last night after she got off work and stayed with me and my drugged up ass until around 8:00pm. She also brought me up ballons and a pretty plant. It was nice to have the her there. I was actually able to doze in and out and get a little rest. I spent the majority of the night watching bad 80's kickboxing movies.

I do not recommend staying at Alta View Hospital overnight unless you can convince the one and only good Nurse I had, Robert, to be there the entire time. The staff sucked bad. I had to beep the charge desk several times before they figured out that you don't just turn the patient's nurse light off without asking if they may actually need something. Then I had to yell to get my night med's for my asthma because the damn nurse couldn't read in my chart that I might want to continue breathing through the night. Not to mention the fact that he didn't hook my IV bag up properly so while it watered the floor I got straight morpine for 3 hours with out the lactated ringer to buffer it. That tends to be a bit hard on the kidney's from what I was told.

Anyway, enough of that or else I might get pissed off again. I am staying at my parents for the next few day's. Mom seems to have a need to take care of me, so I'll let her. I will be back to work probably by the end of next week or the beginning of the following. He say's it depends on how I respond to physical therapy (hehehehehe, oh I'll respond alrighty).

Well I'm going to catch a few moments of sleep now. Getting kinda droopy and my arm is wanting the ice now. Thanks for all your well wishes and love. Dispite how I many or may not come across, I do enjoy knowing that I'm loved.

You all have a good night now ya hear!

Ok now I know Blogger is working.

So tonight sucks. That is what I blogged earlier but in not so nice terms. It has to get better though, right?

Well the birthday is done and over with for the most part. I know that I am getting to be old and tired of the birthday thing. My sister and parents took me to dinner at IGGY's last night and the wait staff sang to me and all I could muster is a little congenial grin for them. No more of the embarassing, red hot face. Of course I think I may have grown out of that when I sat down with Connie's mom to read a kinky sex toy book. That's enough to take embarassment out of everything for anyone. I have to admit that the best gift I got this year came from my nephew. Now you all have to understand that this is a two year old trying to get his favorite Aunt the perfect gift. What he thought would be great was promptly shot down by Grandma and the other aunt. They both seem to think that I would not have appreciated Barney very much. I think it would have been great. He picked it after all. But no he had to go back to the process of picking me the perfect DVD. After much deliberation and thought he reached up, grab the DVD, and shoved it into my mother's hand stating,"This Gracie present!!" I got Ghandi. Very good movie. A bit long, but a very good movie nonetheless. I recommend it to anyone. Especially if you can get it from a two year old. I really am beginning to think that boy is around just to take care of me. I love seeing him and spending time with him. He always manages to make me smile somehow. Oh and you all should see him play with Abbie. Those two are so cute together.

Anyways...So I am thinking of dozing off for a minute or two here. I love coming back from lunch/dinner. The phone goes dead and I can just slow down for the night.

ARGH!!!

What the hell? So I blog and stupid blogger doesn't post it. Damn it. I typed for nothing.

Nighty Night

Sweet dreams to all. Have a great day at work.

I found it!

I can't believe how true this one is. This is Connie and Cassanrda. I almost busted a gut laughing at this.

Happy Birthday To Me!!

FINALLY!!!

A hacker who truely understands the consept of hacking. Check out CNN's story. This gal did something that I wish I had done.

Oh yeah, so this is a virus update too.

I am going back to my earlier question...why aren't psycic's psycic?

Your success right now could depend on knowing when to move forward and when to remain still. You may have a tendency to be somewhat careless and take things for granted today. But if you're not careful, you could very easily lose your footing. So just try to be very aware of every move you make right now.

Ok...OUCH!

Take responsibility for the needless drama you have created. A sensitive person mistook so much to be reality. Discipline yourself to acknowledge things as they are, not as you wish them to be.

Didn't know I had created drama. Sorry about that. As for that last bit, I go back to my OUCH!

Ok, maybe I shouldn't have unplugged the phone...

Improvisation lets you dance away from trouble. A near miss might be about ineptitude, but it can also showcase your skills. A boss or powerful client is taking notes on your performance.

What a night!

So I got here at 4:00pm plugged in my phone and took one call after another until 8:45pm. No break. I actually unplugged the phone halfway through somone's goodbye so I could take a break, after wich I promptly took my lunch. Nice of me huh. So now that I'm back Everyone from Mass. have gone to bed and the calls have dropped off. So now I get the pleasure of listening to recorded calls to see just how many of my people got as frustrated as I felt during that little phone jam. You know it wouldn't be so bad if all I had to do was listen. But no, I get to take calls too. I realize it helps me learn more but man, I really don't like not being able to take a breath between calls.

So...yeah...

I was wondering if you got that memo?

Well I survived the night!

Home to bed now. After I pick up the hairy little kid.

1:30am AND ALL IS WELL!!!

Just in case someone cares to know.

Profound Thoughts...

"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never struck by bolts of lightning."

- someone named Calvin

Wow only 7 people left!

This floor got quiet when I left for dinner. If it get's too quiet I may fall asleep. The late night thing isn't going too bad considering I just spent 4 weeks trying to learn to sleep at night again. Now I get to learn to sleep in the day all over and I may get a shift change back to day's next week. That should really mess me up. I will be back to not sleeping in no time.

Paperwork's done...

now what do I do for the next 5 and half hours?

Why aren't pyscic's psycic?

Shouldn't they be the same? I mean if you are a true psycic you would know what the other psycic predicted and predict the same wouldn't you?

It should be a pretty good time to indulge in some of your dreams and fantasies, just try not to get too lost in the clouds today if you can help it. Your intuition should be right on, so try to listen to that inner voice. And if your intuition leads you to believe that someone else might be interested in you, you just might be right.

Please your palate with the taste that you've been craving. Anyone within earshot soon knows all about your likes and dislikes. When Water Signs get together, their combined power sweeps all else out of the way.

You know...

Some people aren't too bright!!! You cannot tell the customer they are stupid even if you do have the mute button pushed. I can still hear it and you will get marked lower on your call evaluation!

Ok so now I'm pushing it.

When you are told you need to get off the phone and go to training you really should not back talk the boss. FYI! But somehow I avoid getting the write up that the other 3 people got. I really do get away with murder don't I.

The Birthday Celebration Has Begun!!

Thank you Jen!! My book colection is now complete. I have now got something of everything to read. Jen completed my collection on Friday. Feeling that need to give me my birthday present early, Jen met me over at Connie's (we were working on her taxes) and gave me my gift. I now have a book that details the making of one's kinky toy's. In fact it's called "Kinky Toy's". I have to admit I never expected that one. It is a good book though. Just ask Joyce. She'll tell you. I am not sure but I think we bonded over the book. Never expected to bond with my ex's mom over a sex book. That's one for the books. Jen also gave me a very nice gardening set. Complete with seeds. Now that Spring is here, and YES it is, I am looking forward to working on the yard. I really let it go last year. Connie and her mother gave me my present early also. I am loving it. I got a digital camera! It is nice. I have managed to take about 4 or 5 dozen pictures and haven't had to spend a fortune developing the film. Which means I actually develop the film. Now I have to get my web site going. I took Abbie to the puppy park today and took picture's of her. I would have downloaded them but I got selfish and went and got my hair cut before work. Can't wait to get off and take a look at them. It's going to be nice when I go to Florida. I can update pic's daily while I am there. Sweet!

Well I guess I better get back to the work thing.

ARGH!!!!!!!!!

Wendover Update

There was no Margerita's drank. There were a few Cape Cod's consumed. At least I think that they were Cape Cod's. I know there was Vodka and something made the drink pink. It was the first time I ever got sloshed on casino drinks. I can't even get a mild buzz drinking with Wayne so it was a bit odd for me. Aside from the alchohol it was a very nice week-end. As for those of you who seem to think that going somewhere with the ex. is considered dating, just remember it was you all that said we needed to start dating. I don't recall anyone saying who it is we should date. I just happened to pick the cutest girl I could find. You don't like my choice then may be someone needs to set me up. So :P NAAAA!

HMMMM

You're still living with the consequences of a more carefree era. Don't let your newfound wisdom make you bitter. Someone is learning to appreciate your persistence and responsibility.

Oh yeah I can play on the internet again

That means I can check and send emails all day. At least when I remember that I can.

This only works if you aren't a perfectionist to begin with!!!!

A temporary solution is better than a state of prolonged unreadiness. Consider this a field test whose hard data you can bring back to the drawing board. Most people understand that perfection takes a few tries.

Excellent!

Arwen If I were a character in The Lord of the Rings, I would be Arwen, Elf, the daughter of Elrond. In the movie, I am played by Liv Tyler. Who would you be? Zovakware Lord of the Rings Test with Perseus Web Survey Software

Like I don't do any of this anyway.

Do only that which moves you. It would be a shame to waste your [TAKE NOTE]rare energy on something that you could handle any other day of the month. Make a difference and make it last.

What does this one mean?

Altruism lingers from your last two people-intensive days. Parlay a stroke of personal gain into a measure that benefits many others. The praise that you receive is worth more than whatever you may lose.

Day's almost over.

I am just glad that I didn't doze off today. I have actually had a pretty good day. I am thinking that I might survive on no sleep after all.

Not sleeping SUCKS!!!

I am getting really tired of this not sleeping at night thing. Last night was really bad. Not only didn't I sleep I had no computer to get on and surf. The only good thing that came of not getting any rest is I managed to finish TombRaider I on the Playstation off. Now I can open TombRaider II. Maybe I can finish it off tonight. I have also got the military fly by times figured out. My Doctor gave me some sleeping pills but not even those are working for me. This whole manic/depressive thing sucks! I have been in a manic mode for about 3 weeks now and it's going to end up killing with exhaustion soon. I did manage about 5 hours of sleep this weekend so I guess I shouldn't complain too loud. I am thinking I need to get my computer back though. Maybe I should just buy the rest of the parts for Connie's computer and just get it put together.

That test sucked!

I actually got hung up on a stupid trick question. I have just spent the last 25 minutes looking for the answer. I really hate doing that. It kinda pisses me off. The bad part is I can only be mad at myself.

Teacher's back.

Guess I better go back to work.

This one is getting closer.


Which John Cusack Are You?

Well, maybe?

You're Charlie "Trip" Tucker. You stay down to earth no matter how far away from it you travel. You have a charm that always works to your advantage. When it comes to your friends, you're fiercely loyal almost to a fault. No matter what the situation, you've got the best lines out of anyone on Enterprise. Take the Enterprise Quiz! Brought to you by redanubis.

True.



Which drink are you?

Stay focused on others, even when you'd rather be having fun in your private universe. Ideally, there should be two of you. The Capricorn Moon keeps you rooted on the material plane, which right now is full of guests.

Does this mean I should be cloned? I always thought that one of me was more than enough. Some people can't even handle me now. What would it be like if there was 2 of me? Hummmmm, make's you wonder what the Universe is thinking.

Last night was good.

I was down at the Center last night for my weekly volenteer time. We had a good night. The kids and I made Saftey Games 2002 packs. If you want to know what they are you will have to visit one of venues and find the kids in the hunter orange caps. We also came up with a format for the kids Zine magazine. We will be putting it together after the Olympic's since the Center will be close for the next two weeks.

I might actually find out what day's I will have off today. The production guy is in from Toronto and is going to start meeting with people today. We'll see if that actually happens. I am NOT holding my breath.

Survival is no longer an issue -- you've proven that one just by showing up. Pisces is more interested in satisfaction. Spiritual and sensual concerns leave you restless and pushy. Think before you say too much.

Today's horoscope is totally off. I am not pushy! And why would I want satisfaction?

Amuse myself, hmmm

The great flood of energy that you once rode with such ease seems to have passed you by. Rest up for the next surge, which should be along in a few days. Find quiet ways to amuse yourself.

Long Assed Day!!

I thought yesterday was bad. Today totally beat it out. I had the worst time staying awake after lunch today. It was all I could do to make it to break. But now I can help Toni and Rob with "fixing" their bill. I also know who you don't want to talk to when you call ATT&T support. We are spending the last half hour of the day listening to call's. Some of the people that took call's yesterday won't have a job by tomorrow. Man, you can't belive how rude some of these guy's were. If I had been the caller I would have demanded a supervisor. The men were the worst. They managed to make some of the caller's feel like idiot's. The women were just rude little bitches. It's kinda sad to know that these people work here.

I'm going to pack up and see if I can sneak out of here early.

Stupid computer's!!

My computer won't log on properly today. It makes learning really difficult if you can't get into the network.

I guess I can be a bitch today.

As long as I do it with diplomacy.
Recognize the dark side to better help you avoid it. People would rather be reminded about their qualities than their vices. Diplomacy and decorum steer a risky conversation onto safer ground.

What FIGHT CLUB character are you?

I really hate not sleeping!

I need to figure out a way to sleep when I am supposed to. This up all night when I have to train all day thing isn't going to continue to work.

Oh well.

So even though the Raider's didn't make it to the SuperBowl the AFC won. I may not really like the Patriot's but I have to give them thier prop's. Exellent finish to a game that looked like the Ram's had come back and won. Good job Brady!

Now, for all those out there that have ever done something that you knew was going to result it your own bodily harm but continued to do it any way, here's the advice for the day. If you know holding a wire while cutting it with an exacto bldae could slice a finger wide open, don't use the finger that has the potential of being cut to support the wire. The result will be 4 stitches in your index finger. Trust me on this one. I have first hand, or should I say finger, experience. Also, never, ever name your daughter Grace. If you do you will be sentancing the child to a life time of bumps, bruises, scraqpes, cuts, sprains, breaks, ect. Believe me on this. I have first hand experience. However Jen has cable in her bedroom again. She has to wait until tomorrow for the basement though. I am able to type pretty good though. So I guess that I'll survive.

Man, I really do need to start listening to that voice in the back of my head.

Janet's little quiz...

gave me this as a result. What do you think? Right or wrong?

41 TO 50 POINTS: Others see you as fresh, lively,charming, amusing, practical, and always interesting; someone who's constantly in the center of attention, but sufficiently well-balanced not to let it go to their head. They also see you as kind, considerate, and understanding; someone who'll always cheer them up and help them out.