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May 12, 2014 09:26AM
12:25 p.m. and I'm reading. The grandson didn't come home until 2;30 a.m. this morning and had me worried to death. I guess I'm gonna have to ask the courts to put him into foster care. I love him dearly and hate to do it but lately he refuses to follow any rules. Makes me sad. He did so well for a while.
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12:46 p.m. and a change of plans. My daughter called and said I could come over and wash clothes. Money has been really tight since I haven't been working and since I have about eight loads - guess where I'm going? Have to go by the doctor's office to have blood drawn also. Should take up the majority of my day. Maybe I'll get some reading done tonight.
2:15 PM. Hey, GR! Well, it looks like I was wrong. It is suddenly overcast, and there are sort of heavy storms to the immediate west of me. I think I hear thunder now. We can use more rain. Anyways, I'm eating some macaroni salad and a sandwich with ice water before I head out the door to run a few errands. I read a little earlier, ordered some shorts off of Old Navy, wrote my Grandma's best friend a card because I've been thinking about her, and got the dishes going. I'm looking forward to getting back home because I want to read and get started on laundry.
3:27PM EST. im at work. blah. but leaving at 4 for the day. Then I'm going to pick up my daughter from the sitter's and we'll do our nightly routine: go home and play until Daddy comes home, then eat dinner, play some more, bathtime, bottle and bedtime at 7. then it's getting my work stuff ready for the next day, plus get Amelia's stuff ready- re-pack diaper bag, make up bottles, etc. Then I have to study and do work on an assignment from my online class- Medical Terminology. and hopefully once that is all done, I will have time to start a new book
Pierre wrote: "Just silly stuff, y'know.Frankly, I find this so heart warming! Nothing silly about it at all. I hand written letter to a friend is an incredible gift as far as I am concerned."
Well, we've known one another for a long time, and she's one of the few people who can read my handwriting relatively well. I used to ask her what I had written in my own notes because even I couldn't read it... *laugh* I have several more letters I want to write, but I have the shakes really badly today and trying to write would not work well. It'll be bad after chemo for several days, but hopefully by next weekend I'll stabilize and can write the others.
Oh, Cindy, I'm so sorry. Can you effectively ground him, or some other form of punishment for misbehavior that might work? My parents used to ground me over every little thing (seriously, I was grounded for a month because Mom heard me say "damn"), but then again we lived 30 miles from town, so it wasn't like I could sneak out my window and go out and about without them knowing it... And we were long-distance from everyone, so I couldn't make phone calls. Really the only reliable source of communication I had back in those days was to write a letter.3:59 p.m. EDT Managed a fair bit of sleep today, which was good, but I'm feeling sort of "off" today, and my hands are shaking. Not sure what the problem is. Just clearing out some e-mail before I return to reading and finish The Six-Gun Tarot
by R.S. Belcher. He's a pretty cool dude, and this is a super weird book. Very Lovecraftian in the Weird West with a bit of steampunk influence. The county is here trimming tree branches away from the power lines. I'm hoping they won't come over by the house - we have The Thistle that Ate Wyoming growing here by the duplex and I want to have a picture of me standing by it. The thing is seriously taller than the eves of our duplex, must be almost 10 or 11 feet tall, and several buds on it - one is open. I did take a picture using my camera phone, but it turns out that I can't e-mail it to myself because I don't have a data plan and I don't want to end up paying for the usage charges. Erasmus is sitting here on my Kindle. Oh, he's now on my lap. It was funny, he sort of stretched like he was just stretching and moved one foot at a time over to my lap. My silly boy. And now back to the Kindle. This lap desk is freakin' awesome (it was a gift from one of my authors shortly after I was diagnosed since with the ostomy bag holding the computer on my lap was a bad situation). It even has a little drawer on the side for stuff. I have it full of pens... :-) This is it:
You can find more info at this link (click).
Right, off I go!
3:42 PM. I was at Home Depot and the storms hit as I was walking to my car. It is dark, POURING rain, and windy. I had to pull over and wait out the rain a bit and calm myself before I felt like I could make it home. I got home a few minutes ago, safely, and now I'm watching the storms and checking the weather reports. Scary stuff.
I need to write back to my pen pal and best friend soon but a lot has been going on lately. It's almost 4 pm and going to go read, watch a movie, and prob write my best friend leslie back as well as journal later on tonight and work on more of my web serial. I'm writing chapter 12 of it right now.
Katy wrote: "The Thistle that Ate Wyoming "Waaahaa! I nearly fell off my chair laughing! :-)
Are you sure it's not a Triffid? :-)
9:11 p.m. and I'm exhausted. Washed eight loads of clothes, dried, and put up. Babysat for an hour and a half. Took shower, washed dishes, made bed, and grilled steaks for dinner. Can't do anymore. Gonna read.
Cindy wrote: "9:11 p.m. and I'm exhausted. Washed eight loads of clothes, dried, and put up. Babysat for an hour and a half. Took shower, washed dishes, made bed, and grilled steaks for dinner. Can't do anymore...."21:18 EST The nice thing about reading is that when the world has exhausted you, reading will always (well, mostly always) relax you and take you away from it all. Enjoy, Cindy. :-)
You're right about that Pierre. Thanks!
Katy wrote: "...lap desk..."Say! That's a very nice looking desk. And I can even buy it from Amazon.ca. And it's only 80% more expensive in Canada. :-) (Secretly I mean %$&*&@&*%!!!!)
9:56 p.m. and I think I will sign off GR's and just read in bed until I fall asleep. Goodnight folks!
7:58 pm
Reading the introduction to Journey To The Center Of The Earth right now. Earlier today I finished my part of the group paper for my anthropology final. Almost done with school for this semester:)
Reading the introduction to Journey To The Center Of The Earth right now. Earlier today I finished my part of the group paper for my anthropology final. Almost done with school for this semester:)
Pierre wrote: "Katy wrote: "...lap desk..."Say! That's a very nice looking desk. And I can even buy it from Amazon.ca. And it's only 80% more expensive in Canada. :-) (Secretly I mean %$&*&@&*%!!!!)"
Blah, sorry about that. I really like it, it helps a lot, plus leaves my lap open for a cat while I'm using the computer!
Pierre wrote: "Katy wrote: "The Thistle that Ate Wyoming "
Waaahaa! I nearly fell off my chair laughing! :-)
Are you sure it's not a Triffid? :-)"
Hmm... could be!
10:49 p.m. EDT I forgot to mention earlier that we did not go have lunch today because Dmitry has been feeling under the weather for a few days and he needed the extra sleep. I see he bought some hamburger, so I'm hoping he'll make some Hamburger Helper tonight so I can have one decent meal before chemo tomorrow. I sure hope he comes home soon, 'cause already I won't have enough sleep before the alarm goes off in the morning... Re-reading one of my favorites, Vengeance
by A.J. Scudiere to prepare myself to read the next book in the series, Retribution. And that's all she wrote... not sure when I'll be online again! If I have the energy I'll check in tomorrow. If not, not...
10:20 PM. I'm laying in bed and getting ready to read. It seems I mildly sprained my ankle when I slipped in the storms today walking to my car. I'll be fine, though. I did my grocery shopping, came home and put the groceries up, and waited for Mark to get home. When he got home, I made spaghetti. It was so tasty! I cleaned up the kitchen, then we relaxed a bit and talked. It's nice what we do with our evenings since we don't have cable. I'm going to read for a while. Goodnight, GR. Katy, good luck tomorrow. I will be praying for you. The lap desk does look neat, by the way. I used one in college which had a black plastic top and a purple felt-like material with foamy beans in it, like a bean bag.
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9:10 AM. Good morning, GR. I am getting ready to read for most of the day. I've already eaten my cereal, and I'm about to make coffee. I need something to wake me up because I'm struggling a bit. I think it's because it's overcast again today. There is a possibility of more rain, which is nice. I don't really have anything planned except to read, read, do dishes, read, laundry, read, and read more. haha! Have a great Tuesday, everyone!
Kathryn wrote: "9:10 AM. Good morning, GR. I am getting ready to read for most of the day. I've already eaten my cereal, and I'm about to make coffee. I need something to wake me up because I'm struggling a bit. I..."sounds like a great Tuesday! I hear you about struggling to stay awake haha. it's 10:20am here, and its been raining since 6am. I have coffee but I keep yawning. and i'm at work. Boo. I'm looking forward to lunch already haha
1547 Listening to a massive storm hitting the conservatory roof. I love the sound of storms especially when I am all tucked up in doors.
Sam wrote: "1547 Listening to a massive storm hitting the conservatory roof. I love the sound of storms especially when I am all tucked up in doors."
Sam wrote: "1547
Listening to a massive storm hitting the conservatory roof. I love the sound of storms especially when I am all tucked up in doors."
Sam wrote: "1547
Listening to a massive storm hitting the conservatory roof. I love the sound of storms especially when I am all tucked up in doors."
I'm the same way Sam
12:35 P.M. Hey everyone, last night I got back from my Grandmother's last night, we spent the day packing everything and stuff she didn't want to keep we gave to charities. Hopefully if everything goes as planned we'll get her moved down this weekend, last night I got home at about 8:30, one of my Grandmothers friends gave me a lift home. I've had hardly any time to read because I've just been so damn busy, and last night I was so tired that when I got home I went right to bed. My Grandmother's really anxious to get moved down.
2:34 PM. Good afternoon, GR! I have been reading most of the day, but stopped to eat a can of soup for lunch. I read a little bit more, caught up on GR notifications, and now I'm about to get busy with dishes and laundry. My ankle feels better today, so I think I might work out a little bit, too.
2:23 pm The books I ordered from the bookstore finally arrived, so I'm checking them out while I listen to some music.
17:07 EST It's raining outside...
I ought to start making supper but instead here I am typing...
it hasn't rained here yet. Almost 5 pm Central standard time and just got through reading a pretty good horror short story online that actor wil wheaton from big bang theory wrote called The Monster in My Closet.
18:33 EST I made supper. Cod on a mirepoix seasoned with salt, pepper, and a few spices. Loved by wife. My son ate the fish. Disdained the vegetables. Accompanied by sliced tomatoes with feta cheese, olive oil, Modene balsamic vinegar, and early spring thyme from my garden (it's the only thing in there currently :-).
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6:19 pm Been doing nothing the whole day. I'll read my 80 pages of today.
Gavin wrote: "6:19 pm Been doing nothing the whole day. I'll read my 80 pages of today."Doing nothing sounds good to me. Maybe I should try it tomorrow. :-)
I'm about to go do my general reading, bible reading challenge verses, write more of prob my final chapter of my online web serial if it is the last chapter, journal and go to bed. would love to watch delivery man though. will prob do that later this week.
9:18 p.m. and I am done cleaning for one day. I need to back off a little. Been pushing myself really hard last two days. I would rather ease back into the wonderful world that never slows down. I am going to read for a while and go to bed.
9:00 PM. Good evening, GR. I am thinking about making some coffee and trying to finish Fangirl. I love this book! A lot of it reminds me of myself. Hope you are all having a nice evening. :)
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7:23. Having coffee, dreading work today because we are having construction in our offices. So, in addition to having to pack my office up and move furniture out, there will be dust and noise for the next two weeks or so.
8:20 AM. Good morning, GR. I have actually been up since about 6 this morning. For some reason, I was just wide awake. After I make some coffee, I plan to finish Fangirl. I almost don't even want to finish it because I like it so much. Oh well! At least I own it and can re-read it. :) Gizmo is still in bed, (that's normal), Pepper is looking outside and is happy, (normal, too), and Mark is at work, (also, normal). So, the house is quiet and in good shape to read to finish my book. :) Happy Wednesday, everyone!
Daniel wrote: "7:23.
Having coffee, dreading work today because we are having construction in our offices. So, in addition to having to pack my office up and move furniture out, there will be dust and noise for..."
That bites. Makes it hard to concentrate on your work.
Having coffee, dreading work today because we are having construction in our offices. So, in addition to having to pack my office up and move furniture out, there will be dust and noise for..."
That bites. Makes it hard to concentrate on your work.
9:30 a.m. and I plan to do more reading than house cleaning today. I've been working really hard on the house while Jeff is up North visiting his relatives. Going to get me a cup of coffee, clean some, and read all day. Nasty weather here for the next couple of days, so that will make for good reading.
9:30 AM. Good morning everyone, I'm getting ready to go to the gym, I haven't been there for almost a week because I haven't had a chance with everything going on but I'll finally get a chance to go today, then afterwards I'm going to a class that teaches people about job interviews and how to prepare for an interview, I've been taking them for the past month and I've really enjoyed taking them, for someone who hated school, LOL!
8:37am in San Antonio with my husband and his co-worker. They have a work conference this week so I tagged along! We are staying right on the river walk! Getting a facial at 10am, then shower and meet them for lunch. After that, shopping I suppose and of course leisure reading! (Excited about that because haven't done much while in school!). I did just find out that I got a 4.0 for my Spring semester! So I have a 3.7 overall for my first year! Not too bad for graduate school!
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Cassie enjoy San Antonio, I love it there although I don't get to visit it often. It is only about 6-7 hours away from me. I love the river walk, so beautiful and a great time to be visiting too. Enjoy!
Janie and Daniel- it's about 6 hours from us. We've been here twice before. It's so nice!
I am meeting some guys for lunch who are here for a conference. Maybe the sam conference as you folks!
1:08 PM. Good afternoon, GR. I have been enjoying my reading this morning, and now I'm eating lunch. I actually had to take a small nap during my reading because I had a slight headache, but I feel better now. So, I'm back to reading. :)
2:14 P.M. I hope everyone is having a wonderful afternoon! Have to work tonight, then again in the morning. Good thing is I have Friday and Saturday off....gosh, I can't wait!
Amber, is it extremely telling that when I think of Wil Wheaton I think "the actor from Star Trek: The Next Generation"? :-) 3:27 p.m. EDT Too lazy to log in yesterday. The doctor who read my scans sucked, he left off a lot of info that we need. He did point out that my pancreas ans spleen were good, but the tumors in my liver have grown some. We switched out one medicine for another, and I'm quite happy about that because the one we switched out had the potential to cause permanent nerve damage, made my hands and feet cramp and spasm and have pins and needles, and made me hyper-sensitive to cold. So, I don't have any of that to deal with anymore and can again have popsicles and frozen yogurt! Yay! I need to call my doctor's office to see if she managed to contact dumbass and find out about the other places where I have tumors... *sigh* I spent about 12 hours sleeping, then have been up cuddling cats and going through e-mail and having some cereal and drinking Gatorade and a Guru energy drink. Very exciting day! *laugh*
I guess so even though he's from big bang theory too. Katy. :)
Katy wrote: "Amber, is it extremely telling that when I think of Wil Wheaton I think "the actor from Star Trek: The Next Generation"? :-) HAHAHA! I do, too! I remember people thinking he was cute...but no, he wasn't.
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