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The Last Few Days
Guess I'll start this little review from Sunday evening.
Had a small sore spot in my back and when asking Dave to take a look he noticed a few different spots that he felt should be checked out. So I phoned Monday morning and got a Dr.'s appointment for that afternoon. The spots turned out to be nothing but something that comes with aging and would never be anything to worry about. So as I stood up and said thanks and goodbye the Dr. started flipping through my chart and asking how everything else was. "Other than being miserable with night sweats and hot flashes all is wonderful." So then I got the lecture ..... you see I can't remember my last mammogram or pap smear ..... it's been sometime in the past eight years for sure ..... anyway he started in on me about getting checked and how he can't rule out the night sweats to menopause when night sweats are also associated with breast / ovarian cancer. When I left I left him with a weak promise to get this stuff done. Still need to get some kind of insurance coverage back in place. Then I'll maybe worry about it. Right now all is well.
Then Tuesday rolls around ..... haircut day. I'm thinking my appointment is at 11:00 ..... mom informs me she is going with me to Etna ..... then proceeds to talk about when we pass through Fort Jones which is on the other end of the valley and I'm confused because I have no clue what she is talking about ..... then after a multitude of questions it becomes clear that I'm headed to Yreka after the haircut. I'm always the last to know how my days will be spent anymore. So I walk in to get my haircut and she (the hair cutter lady) looks at me funny and says "1:00 .... Julie" ..... shit, it would help if I put on my damn glasses once in awhile.
So I drag mom home for a bit, turn around with her in tow and once again head out for the haircut. So I get nosy since she cuts the girls hair from the group home and although she doesn't share much I get up to date on at least one of the girls ..... the bridge jumper .... is now living with her grandmother and doing well. I am really glad and hope that is accurate. Also find out that one of my coworkers is no longer there ..... when I asked what happened .... "she was drawn in by the bad girls" ..... ok, well they are all "bad girls" or they wouldn't be in the home in the first place. But I figure that this coworker was caught letting the girls smoke and drink as she had been doing since I was there ..... I'm fairly sure .... at least I had been told that by one of the girls. Who knows whether or not to believe them though .... so who knows ....
then the topic turns to menopause and she tells me about a woman in Medford and how she is well respected on the topic and gives me a list of a few things to try and use to help with the agony of night sweats. So I get me some calcium/magnesium tabs .... take 750 mgs before bed ..... and the last two nights have been night sweat free ..... still have flashes ..... but no serious sweats. And sleep seems more sound. Wake up still, but sleeping harder when I sleep. The Black Cohosh doesn't seem to do anything for me, but maybe they take time to have the effect take place.
In any case with my hair all chopped off and me a much more comfortable girl ...... we headed to Yreka. Where I ran into a different coworker (this one still employed there) from the group home. Asked her how things were and if all the same girls were still there (knowing they were not) and I got a "things are great and yes, all the originals are still there" .... well, it was obvious I was not going to get any real answers from her. So we gave each other our fake "gee it sure was swell to see you hugs" and went our separate ways.
Then the phone call Tuesday evening from the lady I drive around once in a great while to tell me she needs me Wednesday. So again, my day was spent driving someone around to most of the places I had been the previous day. I ran into several people I had not seen in awhile and got caught up on the trials and tribulations in their lives ..... and had to sit in the waiting room of the Dr.'s office with some serious smelly people. Do folks just get so used to smelling themselves that they don't realize they stink? Ended up outside where I realized it had warmed up and the sun was very welcoming. Got home mid-afternoon and raked out some flowerbeds ..... sat in the afternoon sun and soaked some of its glory in ..... wishing for the first time in a very long time I could just kick it in the warmth and enjoy a beer. But I refrained from going and buying any. YAY me! Today may be a different story. lol
So here it is Thursday morning. I have not exercised in three days .... and I'm patiently waiting for mom to vacate the premises so I can get in the other room and get a serious workout behind me for the day. Then back outside in the warm sunshine for more raking / weeding.
Ok, so it wasn't such a little review and most of it was boring crap I really didn't need to share but that has been my last few days ..... oh, and the many phone calls to the county regarding our insurance without return phone calls ..... forgot about that new / old battle that I face every six months .... grrrr .... but on the bright side ..... retirement dollars in a few days ..... and life gets a bit less of a struggle. Thank goodness.
Mom is out the door .... that means time to workout .....
Have a happy Thursday all .....
Peace. J.
Had a small sore spot in my back and when asking Dave to take a look he noticed a few different spots that he felt should be checked out. So I phoned Monday morning and got a Dr.'s appointment for that afternoon. The spots turned out to be nothing but something that comes with aging and would never be anything to worry about. So as I stood up and said thanks and goodbye the Dr. started flipping through my chart and asking how everything else was. "Other than being miserable with night sweats and hot flashes all is wonderful." So then I got the lecture ..... you see I can't remember my last mammogram or pap smear ..... it's been sometime in the past eight years for sure ..... anyway he started in on me about getting checked and how he can't rule out the night sweats to menopause when night sweats are also associated with breast / ovarian cancer. When I left I left him with a weak promise to get this stuff done. Still need to get some kind of insurance coverage back in place. Then I'll maybe worry about it. Right now all is well.
Then Tuesday rolls around ..... haircut day. I'm thinking my appointment is at 11:00 ..... mom informs me she is going with me to Etna ..... then proceeds to talk about when we pass through Fort Jones which is on the other end of the valley and I'm confused because I have no clue what she is talking about ..... then after a multitude of questions it becomes clear that I'm headed to Yreka after the haircut. I'm always the last to know how my days will be spent anymore. So I walk in to get my haircut and she (the hair cutter lady) looks at me funny and says "1:00 .... Julie" ..... shit, it would help if I put on my damn glasses once in awhile.
So I drag mom home for a bit, turn around with her in tow and once again head out for the haircut. So I get nosy since she cuts the girls hair from the group home and although she doesn't share much I get up to date on at least one of the girls ..... the bridge jumper .... is now living with her grandmother and doing well. I am really glad and hope that is accurate. Also find out that one of my coworkers is no longer there ..... when I asked what happened .... "she was drawn in by the bad girls" ..... ok, well they are all "bad girls" or they wouldn't be in the home in the first place. But I figure that this coworker was caught letting the girls smoke and drink as she had been doing since I was there ..... I'm fairly sure .... at least I had been told that by one of the girls. Who knows whether or not to believe them though .... so who knows ....
then the topic turns to menopause and she tells me about a woman in Medford and how she is well respected on the topic and gives me a list of a few things to try and use to help with the agony of night sweats. So I get me some calcium/magnesium tabs .... take 750 mgs before bed ..... and the last two nights have been night sweat free ..... still have flashes ..... but no serious sweats. And sleep seems more sound. Wake up still, but sleeping harder when I sleep. The Black Cohosh doesn't seem to do anything for me, but maybe they take time to have the effect take place.
In any case with my hair all chopped off and me a much more comfortable girl ...... we headed to Yreka. Where I ran into a different coworker (this one still employed there) from the group home. Asked her how things were and if all the same girls were still there (knowing they were not) and I got a "things are great and yes, all the originals are still there" .... well, it was obvious I was not going to get any real answers from her. So we gave each other our fake "gee it sure was swell to see you hugs" and went our separate ways.
Then the phone call Tuesday evening from the lady I drive around once in a great while to tell me she needs me Wednesday. So again, my day was spent driving someone around to most of the places I had been the previous day. I ran into several people I had not seen in awhile and got caught up on the trials and tribulations in their lives ..... and had to sit in the waiting room of the Dr.'s office with some serious smelly people. Do folks just get so used to smelling themselves that they don't realize they stink? Ended up outside where I realized it had warmed up and the sun was very welcoming. Got home mid-afternoon and raked out some flowerbeds ..... sat in the afternoon sun and soaked some of its glory in ..... wishing for the first time in a very long time I could just kick it in the warmth and enjoy a beer. But I refrained from going and buying any. YAY me! Today may be a different story. lol
So here it is Thursday morning. I have not exercised in three days .... and I'm patiently waiting for mom to vacate the premises so I can get in the other room and get a serious workout behind me for the day. Then back outside in the warm sunshine for more raking / weeding.
Ok, so it wasn't such a little review and most of it was boring crap I really didn't need to share but that has been my last few days ..... oh, and the many phone calls to the county regarding our insurance without return phone calls ..... forgot about that new / old battle that I face every six months .... grrrr .... but on the bright side ..... retirement dollars in a few days ..... and life gets a bit less of a struggle. Thank goodness.
Mom is out the door .... that means time to workout .....
Have a happy Thursday all .....
Peace. J.
A lil update
I know everyone's lives have drama in them, but it sure seems that when one thing becomes drama filled in part of my life, everything else follows suit. The past two days I have done a lot of crying. Lots of personal life stuff and lots of work stuff.
- The ex/landlord's marriage is falling apart around him and he isn't doing anything to stop it. At first he wasn't going to say anything because of my finally moving on with Ben. Anytime we see each other, either he cries or I cry.
- I am too much of a planner. Ben and I have been planning on going to the Twin Cities since about the time we started dating, but earlier this week he just asked off from work for Good Friday (going 20th and coming back sometime the 21st) and yesterday just finally secured a dog sitter for his dogs Abby and Morgan.
- Seeing as Ben and I are both from Rapids and are going back home for Easter, we are just going to carpool as gas here is currently $3.19/gallon. Looks like we are going to be meeting each other's families.
- Super stressed at the school due to a lack of consistancy. One week my lesson plan is fine. My plans have been fine for the past six months that I have been working there, but now all of a sudden when I do something that is remotely similar to something I did previously it just isn't acceptable. WFT!?!? Especially as I am following what our Director said to do and following what my coworker has done for the past five years. Talked to the Administrator about the issues and she couldn't believe the inconsistantcies with the Director.
- I have an interview with the Wisconsin Woodchucks on the 24th for a summer internship. Yes, I know I would be walking away from something I love, but baseball has always been part of my life. Grandpa K. played semi-pro with the Cardinals way back when, so it was kinda expected that we would like baseball. I love working with children, but there really is not advancement for me. Changing fields is what I need to do and this would give me an opening with something I absolutely love.
- Mum called me to tell me that they are going to have to put Sunny to sleep. The vet guessed her to be around 15 or 16 years old. Over the past six months her hearing and vision have gone, she has lost a lot of weight, and her hair is falling out. In the past week just about every night (during a five hour span) she has five or six 'accidents' (she is being let out right before my brother goes to bed and as soon as Mum gets up). We saw it coming, but it is still so hard.
i miss the sun!
Sunny with a chance of Storms
That was the weather forecast for today, funny ah? And, it happened too.
Today we went to IHOP for the morning, just made it in time not to be crowded with people who where celebrating fathers day. Then we did laundry (yay clean clothes)
Well today for the first time I went swimming in the Atlantic Ocean (Sachuest Beach), and it was quite smashing. Salty but fun, after about a half a hour in there I just lied about in the sun. Laying in the sun takes a lot out of someone who hasn't done that in a long time, Making all that vitamin D.
After that we stopped at a book store so we could look up some neat places to go to when we go to New York City and also D.C. (If anyone has any IDEAS or knows of any really awesome places to go please tell me)
Then we headed over to the Navy Base, where I took a few pictures of the Newport bridge, and also a few photos of WWII Air Craft Carriers (there where two, one was being disassembled and the other one was being turned into a museum.) Number 59 which had one of the largest flight deck fires in Naval History.
I'm haveing tons of fun.
For New York City I was thinking about going to a few places
American Museum of Natural History
The Cloisters
CHINATOWN
Brooklyn Museum of Art
For D.C. I was thinking about going to
International Spy Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Folger Shakespeare Library
Great Falls Park
Take care everyone, If you have any suggestions I'm open ears.
Today we went to IHOP for the morning, just made it in time not to be crowded with people who where celebrating fathers day. Then we did laundry (yay clean clothes)
Well today for the first time I went swimming in the Atlantic Ocean (Sachuest Beach), and it was quite smashing. Salty but fun, after about a half a hour in there I just lied about in the sun. Laying in the sun takes a lot out of someone who hasn't done that in a long time, Making all that vitamin D.
After that we stopped at a book store so we could look up some neat places to go to when we go to New York City and also D.C. (If anyone has any IDEAS or knows of any really awesome places to go please tell me)
Then we headed over to the Navy Base, where I took a few pictures of the Newport bridge, and also a few photos of WWII Air Craft Carriers (there where two, one was being disassembled and the other one was being turned into a museum.) Number 59 which had one of the largest flight deck fires in Naval History.
I'm haveing tons of fun.
For New York City I was thinking about going to a few places
American Museum of Natural History
The Cloisters
CHINATOWN
Brooklyn Museum of Art
For D.C. I was thinking about going to
International Spy Museum
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Folger Shakespeare Library
Great Falls Park
Take care everyone, If you have any suggestions I'm open ears.
Baby It Is Hot Outside!
We reached a record high for temps here in Seattle today, I think it is 86 right now! It is supposed to be in the 70s all week and what this means for us is BBQ,BBQ,BBQ! So for all of those people who say it does nothing but rain in Seattle....you should see us now!
My Mother In Law(Barry you know who you are:) will love this one! I have decided to try to be her eyes at all of the family events that she misses out on because she lives in Colorado! So what this means is.....I get to irritate all of my relatives by blood and by marriage by hiding behind a camera at all of the family events! Barry let me know how you think I did once you see the pics from Matts 30th! I really tried to tell the story from beginning to end with plenty of pics of all of the grandkids! So be on the lookout next week for pictures of Maxwells 4th birthday party. I will post some here and the rest will be on the kodak picture gallery!
Hope you all are staying COOL!
My Mother In Law(Barry you know who you are:) will love this one! I have decided to try to be her eyes at all of the family events that she misses out on because she lives in Colorado! So what this means is.....I get to irritate all of my relatives by blood and by marriage by hiding behind a camera at all of the family events! Barry let me know how you think I did once you see the pics from Matts 30th! I really tried to tell the story from beginning to end with plenty of pics of all of the grandkids! So be on the lookout next week for pictures of Maxwells 4th birthday party. I will post some here and the rest will be on the kodak picture gallery!
Hope you all are staying COOL!
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