tuesday

I'm headed to mom's. She has carpet cleaners coming and needs my help...........and I think she wants to go shopping when the carpet cleaners finish. My house is a mess. I think I'm learning to live with it.

I put a vacation request in for November. I even replaced myself but the time off was  denied. I'm a little bummed.

friday

Dad found this little house that's for sale. It's 138 years old............sits on one and a half acres that's pretty close to the city.............totally private and quiet................................reminded me of a tuscany villa. I love it even though it needs lots of TLC.

wed.

Boyfriend came home from the hospital yesterday.
He went because his tongue was grossly swollen and extremely painful.
He busted a vessel in the tongue while coughing......it bled inside and swelled.
Neither of the 3 doctors who checked him had ever seen such a thing before...................he had very little open airway so they admitted him to the ICU.........................................eventually his tongue split and the pocket of blood drained........I"m happy he is well again....................................................................and that he's out of that freaking hospital.

We went to Walmart tonight for garbage bags and I wanted to buy some old fashioned Christmas tree lights. I had to use the bathroom while there...................................it  was so disgustingly filthy.........................and non of the water faucets in the bathroom worked. The employees cant be washing their hands after using the restroom. Gross. I will not shop there again.............and I'm calling the health department tomorrow.

saturday

It's raining  and cold here.
I meant to put my tent up out back for a day just like this...........thought about doing it last night
but didn't.  I wish I would have.

Mr. Bojangles is on the dining room table sleeping. It's next to a window. I think he  likes the sound of rain.
I just let We-Ping in the front door. He walked through the living room, up the hallway, through the kitchen to the back door. I opened it and let him back out. He does the same thing several times a day. Cracks me up.

monday

:O)

wed

I'm off work the next 3 days. Yay!
I stopped over mom and dad's house on my way home from work
last night.
Mom was up beat and a little chatter box.
She started physical therapy Monday.........had lots of
positive things to say about it and about the physical therapist.

I've been trying to put together a cookbook of my moms recipes
mixed with little tid bits of information about mom. I thought we'd give it to sisters and grand children for Christmas. So I've been collecting recipes (she has none of them written down) from mom.
It's like pulling teeth.........but in a fun sort of way.
"I hate to cook." "I hate food." That's what she said. lol..........pissed me off cause I really want to do this.........
So I told her I'd make sure to start the book with those 2 quotes. She laughed.

Older sister asked me to paint her a picture for Christmas....................she wants it to include her and her husband.......her son,daughter,their 2 dogs and their cat.
She's the sister who bought our childhood home when mom and dad had a new home built.
Anyway..........I already know the scene I'm going to paint that includes her family...............I think it's going to be cute. (fuck you, Billy :O))

sunday

So yesterday morning I got my caramel latte then drove to a full service car wash. I sat outside on a wall and drank my latte while 2 men washed the inside and outside of my car.......it needed to be done.............it was worth the 20 bucks, this one time, to have someone else do it for me.

I spent the rest of the day shopping.
I needed new winter shoes and I wanted a new purse.
I got both..........love the shoes........the purse might be too small.........I'll try it for awhile though.

I hate work right now.
Its a hostile environment...................................it's miserable. When I wake on the mornings that I have to go there I feel dread and anxiety.
When I'm there I try to keep a low profile, and I stay busy in hopes that my 12 hours will fly by.

We had severe thunder storms and heavy rain last night. It was pretty awesome.
Mr. Bojangles hid under my bed. It reminded me of middle son. When he was a child and it would storm, he'd bury his self under the blankets.He hated the thunder. The storm last night reminded me of him.........and it made me miss the little boy he used to be. So I text him to say hello and to tell him I love him.

saturday

Work sent me a text at 4:30am the other morning asking if I'd work Oct 31.I didn't get to bed that night until midnight. I had to work that morning. Sleeping until 5:30  would have been great . Why would they text me that early? I wanted to throw the phone against the wall.

I went to moms house last night after work.
She's doing much better I think......a dramatic change actually from just days prior.
I told her I probably wouldn't come over today........that I would call to check on her.
I'm looking forward to some leisure time.

Right now I'm craving a carmel mocha from McDonald's.
I don't know why but I am. I gave up caffeine a couple months ago...........and I've never been a coffee drinker. .................I'm going to shower and go get one.......

......I don't really want to hang out with boyfriend today.
I resent him and daughter right now.
Neither one of them pulls their weight around here.............................they both seem perfectly content to allow me to do most of what needs to be done.........not that I'm getting it done!
I feel overwhelmed some of the time.
I need more hours in a day.................or a little help from the two of them.

tuesday

Went out to breakfast with boyfriend then went to mom and dad's house.
i helped mom with a bath and shampoo..........and exfoliated her back...............put dinner in a crock pot for her and dad............................and made sure she ate a little lunch................................................went shopping with boyfriend after we left mom and dad's...........................i splurged and bought myself some nice perfume..............they gave me some pretty nail polish and nice hair spray with my perfume purchase. it made me happy.
got home from shopping and threw in a load of laundry..........................gonna go do my walking and call it a night!
dad told a couple pretty good jokes today. i wish i could remember them..........