I took over 800 pictures in the last 2 days.  :o :o :o



Cat


Were you at Paleyfest?  :D

Interesting morning.  Sarah came to me to tell me someone called her twice last night.  She keeps the ringer off so it didn't wake her up.  I looked up the number and it was the Cottonwood Heights police dispatch.  Looking further, her phone called 911 at 3:25 in the morning. 

Her lock screen has an "emergency number" tag at the bottom so all you have to do is hit it and it dials 911.  I think she looked at the time and when she put it back down, she must have hit the button.  Tonight my goal is to call the phone company and figure out how to turn that feature off. 

I took over 800 pictures in the last 2 days.  :o :o :o



Cat


Wow, can't wait to see them.

I think that rule only applies to swimming  :D



not really, you always have to wait for your food to digest.

Wow, can't wait to see them.



I don't think you or ANYONE wants to see ALL of them-but someday I will post some of the good ones.


As for me, I'm not too sure where I am, what state I'm in (besides the State of Confusion), or what time zone I am in. I think today we are going to see some presidents or something.

This is the view from our campsite.


https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hLr52HZM5r8/USJcAj5hGtI/AAAAAAABHdA/CqIUiOlg4kc/w506-h379/back-of-rushmore.png


Cat

I've heard of one of those singers. Guess which one  ;D
It sounds like an awesome (long overdue) date night

I hope you find a job soon but in the mean time I hope u enjoy some u time at home alone while the girls are at school.  I think you're over due for that too  ;)

Also. Room mom!!! Oh wait your girls might be too old for that  :-\\
we don't have room mom's but I am volunteering in the classrooms, and president of the pto...  I also have out my sub teaching...  So I should get busy in a couple weeks with that!  ;)

I've heard of one of those singers. Guess which one  ;D
It sounds like an awesome (long overdue) date night

I hope you find a job soon but in the mean time I hope u enjoy some u time at home alone while the girls are at school.  I think you're over due for that too  ;)

Also. Room mom!!! Oh wait your girls might be too old for that  :-\\
oh and Alan Jackson....

I think that rule only applies to swimming  :D
i was thinking the same thing!  I just didn't bother o comment!!!!  Lol :D

not really, you always have to wait for your food to digest.
really???  Because it takes 6 -8 hours for food to pass through stomach and small intestines.  Then it sits in the large intestine were it is more thourghly broken down and minerals are absorbed (in total the average human takes 53 hours to digest food completely)....  Looks like you will never be exercising, or eating, you choose  :D


;D

The old wives tale about 2 hours after eating and swimming is exactly that!  They just want to make sure you are not starving your muscles so they cramp up.  Nothing to do really with digestion, except to make sure your body has absorbed  the needed sodium and other minerals, and calories to burn! 

I think that rule only applies to swimming  :D

You're probably right. ;) I remember when I was taking swim lessons, I would eat a light meal at least two hours before going to my lessons.




not really, you always have to wait for your food to digest.

really???  Because it takes 6 -8 hours for food to pass through stomach and small intestines.  Then it sits in the large intestine were it is more thourghly broken down and minerals are absorbed (in total the average human takes 53 hours to digest food completely)....  Looks like you will never be exercising, or eating, you choose  :D


;D

The old wives tale about 2 hours after eating and swimming is exactly that!  They just want to make sure you are not starving your muscles so they cramp up.  Nothing to do really with digestion, except to make sure your body has absorbed  the needed sodium and other minerals, and calories to burn! 

Thanks; this is helpful.

I don't think you or ANYONE wants to see ALL of them-but someday I will post some of the good ones.


As for me, I'm not too sure where I am, what state I'm in (besides the State of Confusion), or what time zone I am in. I think today we are going to see some presidents or something.

This is the view from our campsite.


https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hLr52HZM5r8/USJcAj5hGtI/AAAAAAABHdA/CqIUiOlg4kc/w506-h379/back-of-rushmore.png


Cat


Are those actual stones? :o ;D

Interesting morning.  Sarah came to me to tell me someone called her twice last night.  She keeps the ringer off so it didn't wake her up.  I looked up the number and it was the Cottonwood Heights police dispatch.  Looking further, her phone called 911 at 3:25 in the morning. 

Her lock screen has an "emergency number" tag at the bottom so all you have to do is hit it and it dials 911.  I think she looked at the time and when she put it back down, she must have hit the button.  Tonight my goal is to call the phone company and figure out how to turn that feature off.



God I hate those phones... seriously we get so many pocket 911 calls it's almost like the boy who cried wolf... one day some agency somewhere is going to dismiss a pocket dial because they are always false only to find out it's real and some one some where really needed the police.. .actually it's happened a few times. I just hope it never happens to me...

dag if you get her a phone cover with a front cover... lt could help.  I don't think you can disable the 911 feature but she does need to be careful of that button. 

I don't think you or ANYONE wants to see ALL of them-but someday I will post some of the good ones.


As for me, I'm not too sure where I am, what state I'm in (besides the State of Confusion), or what time zone I am in. I think today we are going to see some presidents or something.

This is the view from our campsite.


https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-hLr52HZM5r8/USJcAj5hGtI/AAAAAAABHdA/CqIUiOlg4kc/w506-h379/back-of-rushmore.png


Cat




never saw that one before
;D

oh and Alan Jackson....



that's the one!  O0

Are those actual stones? :o ;D



that's what Mt rushmore looks like from behind... it's a little known fact but it's true...

that's what Mt rushmore looks like from behind... it's a little known fact but it's true...



;D ;D ;D ;D


We went high in the mountains and then we went UNDER the mountains.  :o :o :o

After Mount Rushmore, we went to Wind Cave. Saw a buffalo but I didn't get a chance to shoot it.  :\'( :\'( :\'(  But I did shoot a pronghorn antelope.

Tomorrow we go to Wyoming.


Cat

;D ;D ;D ;D


We went high in the mountains and then we went UNDER the mountains.  :o :o :o

After Mount Rushmore, we went to Wind Cave. Saw a buffalo but I didn't get a chance to shoot it.  :\'( :\'( :\'(  But I did shoot a pronghorn antelope.

Tomorrow we go to Wyoming.


Cat




Antelope burgers on the grill tonight?

bummer about the buffalo.. I hear they are quite tasty..... hopefully you can shoot some tomorrow... mmmm buffalo wings...that comes from buffalo right?


2:56 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJaoprpwpqg

God I hate those phones... seriously we get so many pocket 911 calls it's almost like the boy who cried wolf... one day some agency somewhere is going to dismiss a pocket dial because they are always false only to find out it's real and some one some where really needed the police.. .actually it's happened a few times. I just hope it never happens to me...

dag if you get her a phone cover with a front cover... lt could help.  I don't think you can disable the 911 feature but she does need to be careful of that button. 




Front cover is a good idea.  She has had the phone for 9 months and this is the first time it happened so that's good.  I told her not to put it by her bed anymore.

What's funny is her phone has it but mine doesn't.  Same brand just different models.  Oh well. 

In late August, I used to find Monarch butterflies lying on the beach, having died, I guess from the cold nights or something. They were very easy to catch then. (Aren't I awful)  Have you ever been to a butterfly… um… place (I forget what they call them. A butterfly museum?) It's an enclosure, usually with walls made of a lot of glass, so its real bright with daylight, and it's FULL of butterflies!! Some people seem to attract them more than others, 'cuz they land on certain people.  :)

I, like most people, absolutely love to look at butterflies!  God, at his finest!!!  Butterflies are the flowers of the insect world.  :D


And I'm not one of them. ;D

Thanks, Howard & Q. Got some interesting toy cars at TJ Maxx (obscure brand that is ragequitting the US), 2 meetings in 2 days with another next week, which'll be stressful, my girlfriend may be at risk of wildfire and I suggested that if she's under evacuation order, she pack her card & video games, her TV since mine works with only her SNES but not her XBOX and PS3, other needed/wanted things and her irreplaceables & come up here with me until it's safe for her to come home, and plenty of generalized stress, anxiety, lamenting how the bad hand dealt to me has meant that my life will never be like those of others my age and my body will never be how I want it, and wishing I could just get out & start over without worrying about being reported missing, forced back to Eugene if/when I'm found and possibly arrested & charged for absconding from ODHS jurisdiction.

So I'm not exactly ok, but not doing terrible either.

that's what Mt rushmore looks like from behind... it's a little known fact but it's true...


;D

Thanks, Howard & Q. Got some interesting toy cars at TJ Maxx (obscure brand that is ragequitting the US), 2 meetings in 2 days with another next week, which'll be stressful, my girlfriend may be at risk of wildfire and I suggested that if she's under evacuation order, she pack her card & video games, her TV since mine works with only her SNES but not her XBOX and PS3, other needed/wanted things and her irreplaceables & come up here with me until it's safe for her to come home, and plenty of generalized stress, anxiety, lamenting how the bad hand dealt to me has meant that my life will never be like those of others my age and my body will never be how I want it, and wishing I could just get out & start over without worrying about being reported missing, forced back to Eugene if/when I'm found and possibly arrested & charged for absconding from ODHS jurisdiction.

So I'm not exactly ok, but not doing terrible either.



Why would you be arrested and charged with anything? Unless you're one probation or parole there is nothing that says you have to stay where you are....

There is nothing that says your family can't put out a missing persons report on you but, as long as you are an adult, no one not even the police can force you to go home...no matter what your own personal mental well being is.    If they deem you are a threat to yourself they can commit you for 72 hrs but the truth is adults can live whereever the hell they want to live....
unless they can't

As a 911 dispatcher, you'd know, Q.

My psychiatric and county case management records say I have "medium functioning autism spectrum disorder" (changed from Aspergers when the DSM-V came out), and pretty high chances of baseline schizophrenia that I was never formally evaluated for but show many signs of, but I am actually better than what they say I am... so I would be involuntarily committed, but would be free to come "home" (which would likely be an InTown Suites or Crossland Economy Studios sort of place, at least for a while) to my girlfriend if I end up leaving. Main blocks to that are me not having a car or driver's license at this time (my dad's teaching methods and him looking out the window for me every time & telling me what to do are setting me up to fail, so I'm going to try to talk to my case manager about driver's education again and having a different person to practice with)  and money.

Today is the usual for me, stressed out, my mom complaining to me over the phone and telling me to "get out" and find a rich woman who will take care of the whole family for life along with giving my mom lots of grandchildren, I already have someone great who, like me, doesn't want kids... and two meetings with case management in 2 days...  :-\\

Still quite worn down, but not bad, finished the shoot at that cemetery I was at a couple weeks ago, went to the library to get photography books that might help me improve.

It's my last day at work today, as I'm moving saturday next week and didn't wanna be stressing, and at work instead of packing the day before.
I'm quite sad to leave, I work with some fab people, even if sometimes the "office politics" gets me down. It's been a good 21 months.
Kx

Today is the usual for me, stressed out, my mom complaining to me over the phone and telling me to "get out" and find a rich woman who will take care of the whole family for life along with giving my mom lots of grandchildren, I already have someone great who, like me, doesn't want kids... and two meetings with case management in 2 days...

I see she wants everything at a fast pace.

It's my last day at work today, as I'm moving saturday next week and didn't wanna be stressing, and at work instead of packing the day before.
I'm quite sad to leave, I work with some fab people, even if sometimes the "office politics" gets me down. It's been a good 21 months.
Kx


I wish you well in your moving.  :)

It's my last day at work today, as I'm moving saturday next week and didn't wanna be stressing, and at work instead of packing the day before.
I'm quite sad to leave, I work with some fab people, even if sometimes the "office politics" gets me down. It's been a good 21 months.
Kx
I trust the day went well for you?

I trust the day went well for you?


Was a great day, fairly normal and uneventful until an hour before close and I got given cards, prezzies and flowers :) got a lil emotional lol.

I shall miss it

Was a great day, fairly normal and uneventful until an hour before close and I got given cards, prezzies and flowers :) got a lil emotional lol.

I shall miss it

I bet... and good luck in whatever you get to do next! ;)

Today was ok, a bit stressful, but my program is better than I thought it would be, I learned that due to poor handling and lack of early intervention from the school district and my family, that I may never become truly independent, but I'm trying to get to where I can be placed in an out-of-state program, specifically one in the southwest US far from my family, the people who have bullied me, the lack of social events for anyone but college students, hippies, parents with kids and old people here, I'm hoping to get placed in Phoenix, Tucson, Santa Fe, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, Reno or possibly Fresno or Modesto... decent-size places with diversity and people I'll have an easier time trusting, plus Oregon's psychiatric safety net is nonexistent and social welfare here sucks...

I can't trust anyone I have never met in my area, and few that I have met, because I fear that they may know, be related to or be friends with people who bullied me or abused me in various parts of my life and side with the bullies/abusers on their views of me, or bring those idiots around me, or know relatives/friends of my family.

For whatever reason it has been a very tiring week.  I am off to dreamland.  Night all. :)

For whatever reason it has been a very tiring week.  I am off to dreamland.  Night all. :)
awww. Noooooo. You too! 

I can't pm you I keep getting


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awww. Noooooo. You too! 

I can't pm you I keep getting


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Yeah, me too.  I am beat...I will be back, though.  I promise (or that could be a threat, depending on who you are ;))

Yeah, me too.  I am beat...I will be back, though.  I promise (or that could be a threat, depending on who you are ;))
ok... I have no one to talk to! :\'(

And I am ready to talk!

I can't trust anyone I have never met in my area, and few that I have met, because I fear that they may know, be related to or be friends with people who bullied me or abused me in various parts of my life and side with the bullies/abusers on their views of me, or bring those idiots around me, or know relatives/friends of my family.



then who can you trust? ???

ok... I have no one to talk to! :\'(

And I am ready to talk!


you can talk to me.  :)

ok... I have no one to talk to! :\'(

And I am ready to talk!


Sorry. :(


you can talk to me.  :)


See, you had Howard.  :)

Sorry. :(

See, you had Howard.  :)
not till 6:30 am... 

you can talk to me.  :)
Thank you Howard, but you need to stay up later!!!  :)

not till 6:30 am... 


Oh...sorry.  :(

Thank you Howard, but you need to stay up later!!!  :)


and our time zones are probably different, I go to sleep at about closer to 11pm and the computer has been turned off by then.

then who can you trust? ???

Only those I have met and known for a while and know to not associate with my family and those who have bullied me.

I could be getting a new computer next week, migrating from Mac to Windows due to issues with this one and learning that Windows 7 & 8 are better than Vista, that 7 & 8 are as good as or better than Mac OS X with good antivirus protection and good software, and that I can transfer music onto my iPod and play it on a PC with a Windows Media Player plugin or Winamp, both of which are free and will sync my iPod too.

So I did research on the internet about publishing. I wanted to find out the average age for a person to have their first novel published, and the average age was 35.

Kinda surprised to be honest, I thought the average would be like 26 or 27. But that gives me a relief since I thought I was a late bloomer, but I'm right on time to be a writer.

Sarah just texted me from school.  They had stir fry for lunch...I get PB&J.  What's wrong with this picture? ;D

:-\\.

Sig is going to get a Lyme Disease Test.  He has been bitten before and got meds for them. But he has developed aches and pains that he has never had before, then said he had chills.  He is never like this and better safe than sorry.

Sarah just texted me from school.  They had stir fry for lunch...I get PB&J.  What's wrong with this picture? ;D


that you should've gotten the stir fry?

:-\\.

Sig is going to get a Lyme Disease Test.  He has been bitten before and got meds for them. But he has developed aches and pains that he has never had before, then said he had chills.  He is never like this and better safe than sorry.


hope it turns out negative.  :)

:-\\.

Sig is going to get a Lyme Disease Test.  He has been bitten before and got meds for them. But he has developed aches and pains that he has never had before, then said he had chills.  He is never like this and better safe than sorry.


Hope all goes well

Sarah just texted me from school.  They had stir fry for lunch...I get PB&J.  What's wrong with this picture? ;D


Maybe y'all switched bodies but you switched back right before lunch and that's why she got the stir fry. If u has held out thru lunch she would've eaten the pbj instead  :D

:-\\.

Sig is going to get a Lyme Disease Test.  He has been bitten before and got meds for them. But he has developed aches and pains that he has never had before, then said he had chills.  He is never like this and better safe than sorry.



Hope everything turns out ok.



hope it turns out positive.  :)



I think you mean that you how the test turns out negative.  ;)



Cat

Hope everything turns out ok.



I think you mean that you how the test turns out negative.  ;)



Cat


Oops, I meant negative, my bad.  :-[

:-\\.

Sig is going to get a Lyme Disease Test.  He has been bitten before and got meds for them. But he has developed aches and pains that he has never had before, then said he had chills.  He is never like this and better safe than sorry.


How scary.  Keep us posted. 

How scary.  Keep us posted.


Yeah, what Dag said. I read that star pitcher Tom Seaver had that at least once.  Chills, muscle pain, headaches and fever is what he had at first. He is recovering from it.

Hope the Lyme Disease thing turns out negative.

I got a new computer, actually barely used, had to reinstall Windows, decided to add the HotSpotShield free version VPN that came with it, add photoediting software and add my music, and am relearning Windows (been a Mac user for years and learned on them, not all they're cracked up to be due to high service & upfront costs, planned obsolescence and reliability issues, also, they are no longer immune to most viruses and have never been immune to elaborate malware like Trojans), have barely been online all day as a result.

:-\\.

Sig is going to get a Lyme Disease Test.  He has been bitten before and got meds for them. But he has developed aches and pains that he has never had before, then said he had chills.  He is never like this and better safe than sorry.
hope all gets sorted out quickly and he can be on the mend!!!  That is scary stuff!

The packing is well under way now. Still got a way to go, but 4 days will be plenty of time. Plan today is to pack up all my craft stuff, and the last of the fragile stuff from everywhere, that got missed last time!

(And of course, procrastinate, there shall be much procrastinating!)

We went away for a long weekend.

Dai and I drove up to Yorkshire on Thursday.  We had lunch in a little café and then went for a walk up to Gaping Gill.  The whole area is limestone so has many sinkholes and cave systems around.  When we got to Gaping Gill we found that a caving club had set up a motorised winch and we could be lowered down into the main cavern.  It is huge - the size of York Minster or thereabouts!  Then we walked back down to the village where we'd left the car and we drove on to our B and B.  This was an interesting building having being built originally as an isolation hospital.

On Friday we drove across to one of our favourite cafés in the Lake District - Wilf's in Staveley.  We parked nearby and went for a short walk up to one of the tarns and back along a river then had a late lunch.  Dai chose the interesting route across to the campsite where we were picking up the children.  Down some very narrow lanes and across a ford that was worryingly deep.

We fetched the kids from their Scout camp and drove to a hotel.  Comfy beds and a chance to shower before a weekend camping and orienteering.

Every August Bank Holiday there is an event in Yorkshire called the White Rose.  There were two individual events on Saturday and Sunday and a team event on the Monday.  None of us broke any records, though I did manage to complete my course in exactly 100 minutes on Sunday.  For the team event I was running with two ladies from our club.  We managed to come second and so we won a prize (a mug each), Dai's team came first so he won a mug as well.

So now we are home with several bags of smelly clothing (running kit from the weekend plus all the kids clothing from camp).  Dai is back in work and we need to get our heads around school starting next week. (Which isn't too bad, friends are starting school this week!)

We went away for a long weekend.

Dai and I drove up to Yorkshire on Thursday.  We had lunch in a little café and then went for a walk up to Gaping Gill.  The whole area is limestone so has many sinkholes and cave systems around.  When we got to Gaping Gill we found that a caving club had set up a motorised winch and we could be lowered down into the main cavern.  It is huge - the size of York Minster or thereabouts!  Then we walked back down to the village where we'd left the car and we drove on to our B and B.  This was an interesting building having being built originally as an isolation hospital.

On Friday we drove across to one of our favourite cafés in the Lake District - Wilf's in Staveley.  We parked nearby and went for a short walk up to one of the tarns and back along a river then had a late lunch.  Dai chose the interesting route across to the campsite where we were picking up the children.  Down some very narrow lanes and across a ford that was worryingly deep.

We fetched the kids from their Scout camp and drove to a hotel.  Comfy beds and a chance to shower before a weekend camping and orienteering.

Every August Bank Holiday there is an event in Yorkshire called the White Rose.  There were two individual events on Saturday and Sunday and a team event on the Monday.  None of us broke any records, though I did manage to complete my course in exactly 100 minutes on Sunday.  For the team event I was running with two ladies from our club.  We managed to come second and so we won a prize (a mug each), Dai's team came first so he won a mug as well.

So now we are home with several bags of smelly clothing (running kit from the weekend plus all the kids clothing from camp).  Dai is back in work and we need to get our heads around school starting next week. (Which isn't too bad, friends are starting school this week!)


Sounds like a wonderful time, for the first part of it anyway. 

We are supposed to leave for our DC/Virginia Beach trip on Saturday.  Sig is at the doctors right now getting sorted out, hope everything goes well, would hate to have to cancel, and don't want to go if he is still poorly.  :-\\

Have they said that it is Lyme's disease?

Two friends have had Lyme's disease and had a long delay in diagnosis. It is not that common in the UK so doctors won't automatically look for it and one friend repeatedly asked to be tested for the disease before they finally listened to him.  They both responded well to the medication and have now fully recovered.

:-\\.

Sig is going to get a Lyme Disease Test.  He has been bitten before and got meds for them. But he has developed aches and pains that he has never had before, then said he had chills.  He is never like this and better safe than sorry.

Hope everything turns out okay.

So, I come to work today and what do I find hanging from my cubicle, literally hanging?  A bat...He is gone, now but it sure got my blood pumping.  Freaked me out.

:-\\.

Sig is going to get a Lyme Disease Test.  He has been bitten before and got meds for them. But he has developed aches and pains that he has never had before, then said he had chills.  He is never like this and better safe than sorry.

What everyone else said; hope everything turns out ok.

So, I come to work today and what do I find hanging from my cubicle, literally hanging?  A bat...He is gone, now but it sure got my blood pumping.  Freaked me out.


Mental note...bats. 


Got it.


:P



:D

Mental note...bats. 


Got it.


:P



:D
lol!!!!  ;D ;D ;D

what about frog bats??? 


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SCgLYA7Pstg/TrNqNSqOaMI/AAAAAAAADPE/K7wj5cGZTj0/s1600/Funny+Bats_1.jpg

They kept Sig overnight, but it is such a fiasco.  He had a Lyme test, but that takes time. He was dehydrated so they have them on fluids, then it got weird.  They want him overnight to watch for the DT's, he drinks MAYBE a six pack a year, and the doctor was saying something about a tonsillectomy!  We said no, just overnight fluids, and when I left I told him he could call me anytime if he wants me to bust him out of there.  OH YEAH!  they said they want him overnight, but it would take hours for an available bed and would he mind an ambulance to another hospital.  We told them he would stay in the emergency room bed, and if he is to move I will just come and get him....what a way to jack up costs.  ::)

They kept Sig overnight, but it is such a fiasco.  He had a Lyme test, but that takes time. He was dehydrated so they have them on fluids, then it got weird.  They want him overnight to watch for the DT's, he drinks MAYBE a six pack a year, and the doctor was saying something about a tonsillectomy!  We said no, just overnight fluids, and when I left I told him he could call me anytime if he wants me to bust him out of there.  OH YEAH!  they said they want him overnight, but it would take hours for an available bed and would he mind an ambulance to another hospital.  We told them he would stay in the emergency room bed, and if he is to move I will just come and get him....what a way to jack up costs.  ::)



thats crazy!!!

what about frog bats??? 


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SCgLYA7Pstg/TrNqNSqOaMI/AAAAAAAADPE/K7wj5cGZTj0/s1600/Funny+Bats_1.jpg



Okay, I'm impressed you looked that up. ;D 

Bats normally don't freak me out, but when you walk up on one hanging on the side of your cubicle...it is shocking.  At first I thought he was a big, black rubber cockroach.  I was wondering how to get back at the attorney that did it...then I realized it wasn't a toy. 


They kept Sig overnight, but it is such a fiasco.  He had a Lyme test, but that takes time. He was dehydrated so they have them on fluids, then it got weird.  They want him overnight to watch for the DT's, he drinks MAYBE a six pack a year, and the doctor was saying something about a tonsillectomy!  We said no, just overnight fluids, and when I left I told him he could call me anytime if he wants me to bust him out of there.  OH YEAH!  they said they want him overnight, but it would take hours for an available bed and would he mind an ambulance to another hospital.  We told them he would stay in the emergency room bed, and if he is to move I will just come and get him....what a way to jack up costs.  ::)


Wow, that's insane. 

So, I come to work today and what do I find hanging from my cubicle, literally hanging?  A bat...He is gone, now but it sure got my blood pumping.  Freaked me out.


what was a bat doing in your cubicle?  :o

Okay, I'm impressed you looked that up. ;D 

Bats normally don't freak me out, but when you walk up on one hanging on the side of your cubicle...it is shocking.  At first I thought he was a big, black rubber cockroach.  I was wondering how to get back at the attorney that did it...then I realized it wasn't a toy. 




It is good to be afraid of bats.  They can carry rabies.

what about frog bats??? 


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SCgLYA7Pstg/TrNqNSqOaMI/AAAAAAAADPE/K7wj5cGZTj0/s1600/Funny+Bats_1.jpg



no such thing.

what was a bat doing in your cubicle?  :o



Carlos said, "Just hanging around."



Cat

what about frog bats??? 


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SCgLYA7Pstg/TrNqNSqOaMI/AAAAAAAADPE/K7wj5cGZTj0/s1600/Funny+Bats_1.jpg
sooooo cute!!!!  Probably bothers you more then Dagny!  ;)

They kept Sig overnight, but it is such a fiasco.  He had a Lyme test, but that takes time. He was dehydrated so they have them on fluids, then it got weird.  They want him overnight to watch for the DT's, he drinks MAYBE a six pack a year, and the doctor was saying something about a tonsillectomy!  We said no, just overnight fluids, and when I left I told him he could call me anytime if he wants me to bust him out of there.  OH YEAH!  they said they want him overnight, but it would take hours for an available bed and would he mind an ambulance to another hospital.  We told them he would stay in the emergency room bed, and if he is to move I will just come and get him....what a way to jack up costs.  ::)
crazy!  Hope he gets what he needs!

Okay, I'm impressed you looked that up. ;D 

Bats normally don't freak me out, but when you walk up on one hanging on the side of your cubicle...it is shocking.  At first I thought he was a big, black rubber cockroach.  I was wondering how to get back at the attorney that did it...then I realized it wasn't a toy. 

Wow, that's insane. 





how about this one then  :P 

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm125/VisionaryMissionary/FVZA/vampire-bat_zps111e5fe8.jpg


sooooo cute!!!!  Probably bothers you more then Dagny!  ;)



yeah apparently it did.

how about this one then  :P 

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm125/VisionaryMissionary/FVZA/vampire-bat_zps111e5fe8.jpg


yeah apparently it did.
i think it was more of the surprise than the critter itself!  Lol

;D

But I could be wrong! 

Carlos said, "Just hanging around."



Cat


I was going to say sleeping but this works, too. ;D

how about this one then  :P 

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm125/VisionaryMissionary/FVZA/vampire-bat_zps111e5fe8.jpg


yeah apparently it did.


Nope, not scary.  Kinda cute, he looks like he is smiling.  I like bats behind glass and all that.  Like Danoota said, they carry rabies.  Good try, though. :D



i think it was more of the surprise than the critter itself!  Lol

;D

But I could be wrong! 


Exactly. :)

Nope, not scary.  Kinda cute, he looks like he is smiling.  I like bats behind glass and all that.  Like Danoota said, they carry rabies.  Good try, though. :D


Exactly. :)
that's what I thought!!!  Anyone who brings a reptile man for her daughters birthday, is pretty ballsy!!!  Maybe a big spider, but I doubt a pic will do it ;)

that's what I thought!!!  Anyone who brings a reptile man for her daughters birthday, is pretty ballsy!!!  Maybe a big spider, but I doubt a pic will do it ;)


You got it. :D Pics don't bug me, but real spiders get me.  Especially the demon spiders at my old job.

that's what I thought!!!  Anyone who brings a reptile man for her daughters birthday, is pretty ballsy!!!  Maybe a big spider, but I doubt a pic will do it ;)


You guys could humor me a little. The least she could do is fake it.  :P

You guys could humor me a little. The least she could do is fake it.  :P
fake it...  You really want us to fake it???  All those years of watching SITC, I learned never to fake it!  You think we can just flip a switch  :D

;D

what about frog bats??? 


http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SCgLYA7Pstg/TrNqNSqOaMI/AAAAAAAADPE/K7wj5cGZTj0/s1600/Funny+Bats_1.jpg

Looks like a character from the Narnia or LOTR universes.

Finally gaining positivity and confidence in my life, at the expense of a prolonged spell of mixed mental state, but I'm gaining lots of support that I never had before, online and IRL.

:-\\.

Sig is going to get a Lyme Disease Test.  He has been bitten before and got meds for them. But he has developed aches and pains that he has never had before, then said he had chills.  He is never like this and better safe than sorry.


Hope all turns out well for your sig.  :)

Finally gaining positivity and confidence in my life, at the expense of a prolonged spell of mixed mental state, but I'm gaining lots of support that I never had before, online and IRL.


:)

In moving news, all going well so far, took apart some furniture yesterday, as well as packing up ALL my craft stuff... So the wardrobe has been flattened and some drawers are ready to go... starting to look a bit empty lol.

:)

In moving news, all going well so far, took apart some furniture yesterday, as well as packing up ALL my craft stuff... So the wardrobe has been flattened and some drawers are ready to go... starting to look a bit empty lol.

Take good care with your home moving.

You guys could humor me a little. The least she could do is fake it.  :P


You don't want me to fake it.  Because then I get even and I can think of a few pics to put up that you would not be happy about. :P ;)

Carlos said, "Just hanging around."



Cat


thank god it didn't turn into Dracula.  :o ;D

how about this one then  :P 

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm125/VisionaryMissionary/FVZA/vampire-bat_zps111e5fe8.jpg


yeah apparently it did.


That is scary. :o

Finally gaining positivity and confidence in my life, at the expense of a prolonged spell of mixed mental state, but I'm gaining lots of support that I never had before, online and IRL.


wonderful.  :)

thank god it didn't turn into Dracula.  :o ;D


I know, that would have...sucked :D

You don't want me to fake it.  Because then I get even and I can think of a few pics to put up that you would not be happy about. :P ;)


*waves the white flag*

That is scary. :o


Thank you for thinking so.

I know, that would have...sucked :D


;D

*waves the white flag*




;D

I know, that would have...sucked :D


;D

I can't believe August is almost over, where'd the summer go?  :o

I can't believe August is almost over, where'd the summer go?  :o
The Summer is not over yet, it finishes on Sunday, September 22nd.

Other than a small argument with my dad, I'm doing well. Gonna housesit for my folks this weekend, no idea how my internet reception will be, but I'm taking the Gateway instead of the Mac, which seems faster on my complex's wi-fi, and my use of HotSpotShield (to protect my computer, internet privacy and scramble my search histories on Google, Yahoo! and Bing) seems to help too.

how about this one then  :P 

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm125/VisionaryMissionary/FVZA/vampire-bat_zps111e5fe8.jpg


yeah apparently it did.


Bats creep me out a bit. I won't scream, but I'm afraid they carry diseases or something.  :-\\

The Summer is not over yet, it finishes on Sunday, September 22nd.


September 22nd at 444pm

Update on Sig's hospital stay.  I had a couple of friends come in with me, spoke to the doctor and got them to stop the anti seizure crap that they were giving him for the DT's that he didn't have.  They had mixed his intake papers with a guy who was a serious drunk, and when I said they had it all wrong they gave that 'poor thing is in denial" smile.  The friends came in to back me up, they rechecked the papers, did a blood test, THEN they stopped the drugs, and now he is 100% better.  He was so drugged up he didn't know what was going on, they even were planning on shipping him out to rehab. :o

All this started because he was dehydrated from a combination of not enough sleep, eating crap, overwork, and an infected bug bit,  and an incompetent emergency room intake.  I have had 2 frantic days, and shudder to think what happens to people without anyone to step in for them. 

Spent the morning rearranging our vacation plans, we were supposed to go Saturday, but now have put it off a week to make sure he is fully well. 

My head hurts  :(

Wow, that is crazy.  You would think his name would at least be on the papers so they would have a clue.  Giving him meds like that could be dangerous.  I would complain to the administrator.

What a horrible experience Danoot. I hate hospitals.

Update on Sig's hospital stay.  I had a couple of friends come in with me, spoke to the doctor and got them to stop the anti seizure crap that they were giving him for the DT's that he didn't have.  They had mixed his intake papers with a guy who was a serious drunk, and when I said they had it all wrong they gave that 'poor thing is in denial" smile.  The friends came in to back me up, they rechecked the papers, did a blood test, THEN they stopped the drugs, and now he is 100% better.  He was so drugged up he didn't know what was going on, they even were planning on shipping him out to rehab. :o

All this started because he was dehydrated from a combination of not enough sleep, eating crap, overwork, and an infected bug bit,  and an incompetent emergency room intake.  I have had 2 frantic days, and shudder to think what happens to people without anyone to step in for them. 

Spent the morning rearranging our vacation plans, we were supposed to go Saturday, but now have put it off a week to make sure he is fully well. 

My head hurts  :(
How horrible. Glad you were able to get it all straightened around?  May I ask, is it a University Hospital (because I know University of Iowa Hospital here, while celebrated as one of the best - is quite lost when it comes to patient knowledge.  Patients frequently get lost, literally lost, in the shuffle)?

What a horrible experience Danoot. I hate hospitals.


What do you hate about them?  ???

I don't know yet but I think it's time to get a new computer, since the other day I kept getting the blue screen of death error message, the hard drive might be messed up but My Father & I might go to our repairman to have it fixed, might cost me $125 to shell out or get a new computer whether it be Apple or Windows 7 but I may be off the computer for a while not saying now just saying when it happens it could be for a few days but I'll let you know when it happens. :)

Awesome and long day at work today.  It started out with a client calling to talk to her attorney.  If it's something simple like "when is my next court date" we are supposed to deal with it and not bother the attorney.  Well, this particular client has asked something yesterday.  The attorney specifically gave me the answer and I put it in the file notes.  I told her what the answer was and she said "but they said".  I told her that hands were tied without the specific paperwork and it wasn't there.  She continued to argue so I passed her to the attorney.  After the call she came out of her office and told me that she reamed the client.  She told her that she could talk to me, that I was competent and know what I am doing.  She said if she ever was that way with me again there would be trouble. 

The funny thing is, this is the attorney all the secretaries keep asking me about and telling me to watch my back because she is going to flip out on me one day and argue with me just because that is who she is.  I have been there 3 months and seen none of this.  I just don't get it.  Oh well. 

Sure made me feel good. 

Awesome and long day at work today.  It started out with a client calling to talk to her attorney.  If it's something simple like "when is my next court date" we are supposed to deal with it and not bother the attorney.  Well, this particular client has asked something yesterday.  The attorney specifically gave me the answer and I put it in the file notes.  I told her what the answer was and she said "but they said".  I told her that hands were tied without the specific paperwork and it wasn't there.  She continued to argue so I passed her to the attorney.  After the call she came out of her office and told me that she reamed the client.  She told her that she could talk to me, that I was competent and know what I am doing.  She said if she ever was that way with me again there would be trouble. 

The funny thing is, this is the attorney all the secretaries keep asking me about and telling me to watch my back because she is going to flip out on me one day and argue with me just because that is who she is.  I have been there 3 months and seen none of this.  I just don't get it.  Oh well. 

Sure made me feel good.


Because you are competent and know what you are doing. Good on you Girl! I bet it made you feel amazing!

It did.  It is so hard starting a new job, going from something I could do with my eyes closed to something I have never done in my life.  And to find out that way that I am doing a good enough job to make the "tough" attorney happy is awesome. 

Although, I don't think she is tough.  I am betting it is a personality thing.  I can see where she would come across as standoffish. 

Last morning before moving day!
My BF is collecting the keys and signing contracts this eve after work, so I'm actually meeting him at the new house then, to take some stuff, and he left for work at 7 after we spent a few minutes chucking some boxes in the car.  I just have last minute stuff to deal with here today, and then tonight we're gonna sit down and deal with all the things we need to do online before we go.
Can't believe we left 90% of the packing for this week, but we didn't find out a moving date for sure, with enough time! Still it's mostly done, and luckily we live at his mums so it's not like anything forgotten is going to go anywhere! We have to come back in a couple of days for my cat anyway, as we want to move him when things are relatively sorted, and don't want to be falling over him unpacking!
Tomorrow's going to be crazy, with three cars and a HUGE van, picking up furniture from 3 different places and then moving!
Can't believe it's tomorrow, we started looking at new year, and decided there would be no rush, but we wanted to move by October... Cut it pretty fine huh?!

Kx

How horrible. Glad you were able to get it all straightened around?  May I ask, is it a University Hospital (because I know University of Iowa Hospital here, while celebrated as one of the best - is quite lost when it comes to patient knowledge.  Patients frequently get lost, literally lost, in the shuffle)?


No, it is a local community hospital, one I didn't want him to go to because it is really awful.  I was there for 3 days once and the care was abysmal.  The problem is nurses aids instead of RNs and not enough of either.  That, and we have great insurance and because of that I think they try to soak up every bit of it with unnecessary crap.  I truly believe if we had gone into Boston, to a unionized hospital, which we will always do now every time for any reason, they would have hydrated him, let him stay, at the most, for the afternoon, and sent him home right as rain.

It did.  It is so hard starting a new job, going from something I could do with my eyes closed to something I have never done in my life.  And to find out that way that I am doing a good enough job to make the "tough" attorney happy is awesome. 

Although, I don't think she is tough.  I am betting it is a personality thing.  I can see where she would come across as standoffish.


Sounds wonderful.  :)

So I'm housesitting/catsitting for my folks while they are out of town, using their internet service for the most part because my plug-in modem that I subscribe to for when I leave home does not get reception out here, can't say I'll be on much because the position of their keyboard hurts my wrists (don't want to remove it and rewire it since it might upset them), but I'll try to hop on here a bit.

Just spent my morning re-arranging my file drawers so they look nicer and are easier to sort through.  Each one of my attorneys have noticed and love it.  Glad I wasn't the only one it was bugging.

Just spent my morning re-arranging my file drawers so they look nicer and are easier to sort through.  Each one of my attorneys have noticed and love it.  Glad I wasn't the only one it was bugging.


Excellent.

I am leaving to pick up my car. O0

I hate the rental so it'll be nice to have my baby back

Excellent.

I am leaving to pick up my car. O0

I hate the rental so it'll be nice to have my baby back

That's good. Having your own car is always preferable.


We'll probably be renting a car next week because we intend to do lotsa driving next Friday and Saturday.

That's good. Having your own car is always preferable.


We'll probably be renting a car next week because we intend to do lotsa driving next Friday and Saturday.


Going anywhere fun?

Going anywhere fun?

Well, my mom has a doctor's appointment next Friday, and that's at the UCLA Medical Center... and then on Saturday we will probably drive up to Gopher Glen, an apple farm off the beaten path in the San Luis Obispo area to pick up some apples. :)

Well, my mom has a doctor's appointment next Friday, and that's at the UCLA Medical Center... and then on Saturday we will probably drive up to Gopher Glen, an apple farm off the beaten path in the San Luis Obispo area to pick up some apples. :)


Driving thru my hood have fun.

Let me k ow if you stop anywhere interesting for lunch I'm always looking for new restaurants.

Driving thru my hood have fun.

Let me k ow if you stop anywhere interesting for lunch I'm always looking for new restaurants.

Will do when we go. :)

We were originally thinking of going up there this Saturday (tomorrow), but changed our mind when we realized the roads would likely be crowded due to this being Labor Day weekend. Also, we contacted Gopher Glen to see if they had a particular variety of apple we like (Jonathan, a seasonal variety which we used to get in the stores but they are much rarer these days), and they said it wasn't yet available, but there's a chance it might be next week.

Next weekend is the weekend of my Avon walk

Oh that probably should go in the sept thread  :D

Just spent my morning re-arranging my file drawers so they look nicer and are easier to sort through.  Each one of my attorneys have noticed and love it.  Glad I wasn't the only one it was bugging.
lol!!! I loved it when I did that at the vet clinic! 

Last morning before moving day!
My BF is collecting the keys and signing contracts this eve after work, so I'm actually meeting him at the new house then, to take some stuff, and he left for work at 7 after we spent a few minutes chucking some boxes in the car.  I just have last minute stuff to deal with here today, and then tonight we're gonna sit down and deal with all the things we need to do online before we go.
Can't believe we left 90% of the packing for this week, but we didn't find out a moving date for sure, with enough time! Still it's mostly done, and luckily we live at his mums so it's not like anything forgotten is going to go anywhere! We have to come back in a couple of days for my cat anyway, as we want to move him when things are relatively sorted, and don't want to be falling over him unpacking!
Tomorrow's going to be crazy, with three cars and a HUGE van, picking up furniture from 3 different places and then moving!
Can't believe it's tomorrow, we started looking at new year, and decided there would be no rush, but we wanted to move by October... Cut it pretty fine huh?!

Kx


good luck with the moving.

Next weekend is the weekend of my Avon walk

Oh that probably should go in the sept thread  :D


Have a good time. :)

Morris dancing in Leicester area tomorrow to celebrate 30 years of Leicester Morris Men dancers.  Lots of different dance groups getting together should be fun.

Sig is home, finally!  :) He had an infected bug bite behind his knee, it was red, swollen and ugly.  Never going to that hospital ever again.  >:(

Sig is home, finally!  :) He had an infected bug bite behind his knee, it was red, swollen and ugly.  Never going to that hospital ever again.  >:(


Glad all is well :)

Moving day tomorrow (or today, now) up in less than 6 hours!!!
Hopefully all will be well, and I'll be back when we get the Internet sorted.
Much love to you all xxx

It's funny how people talk about hospitals. I never understood the hate for them. I'm quite neutral towards them. Now needles, I can understand the hate! Long and scary, ready to stab you!  >:( :(

I have been scratched by my mom's cats prolly 10 times since I got here, got bounced on during my nap and had to give that cat a kitty treat, and got bit trying to refill the automatic feeder with 2 cats circling around it. I like my mom's cats even tho they are more or less feral (the one that used to be mine has had the feral mentality for years now), I'm just glad I'm the only one here.