Warm @ MindSay 
sunny
And much needed. Another sunny day tomorrow. Another day spent weeding.
Going to FORCE myself to exercise tomorrow morning. Mom is off to her Wednesday bingo so all will be quiet for me to rock.
Ready to just go and kick it for the rest of the night.
Thirteen more days .... and a quick trip to the coast. Definitely giving me something to look forward to. Then soon after that we will be on the river. YES. How nice that will be.
Time to get horizontal ......
Sweet dreams.
Peace. J.
Yahoo weather says we should get up to 74 today ..... if that is the case .... lookout .....
The shorts will be coming out ..... so will the tanks and the flip flops ..... just got some new hot pink ones .....
..... and the anklet Jen made for me will become a permanent fixture again. 1. Eat and exercise
2. Clean moms bathroom
3. Outside to rake and weed flowerbeds
4. Get a shower in sometime today / shave legs (till then .... DEAL WITH IT)
5. Go buy a new coffee pot. Mine finally died much to Dave and moms delight. I am in morning ..... ***sniffs and wipes tears***
You see ..... I was the only one in this house that LOVED my Cuisinart coffee pot. Yeah, it was loud and obnoxious ..... but it made damn fine coffee. With a built in grinder I would set it up the night before .... fill with water and beans ..... and awaken to something that sounded similar to a freight train coming through the house. My alarm ..... my coffee pot. Dave has refused to touch this coffee pot for years ..... despises it. Mom refused to learn how to set it up or deal with it at all ..... at 85 years old .... it is her right.
So today I will take it out to the garbage ..... give it its last rights and thank it for the many many good cups of coffee it provided ..... and dispose of it. While Dave and mom secretly do a happy dance behind my back.
Back to a stupid old Mr. Coffee ...... to make the masses happy.
Alright .... mom is headed out the door for her Friday hair appointment .... time to eat and exercise ..... get that crossed of the list anyway .....
Enjoy your Friday all ..... one day closer to the claim ..... the trailer is looking awesome ..... I will be doing a little pictorial on it when it is completed ..... the before and after pics. Bought some material the other day to make some new curtains ..... for my new windows in the trailer ..... moving on up folks ..... moving on up ..... lmao. Who knew that a little 10 foot trailer could be so darn cute ..... ! Dave should be an interior decorator ..... !
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.
Hello everybody. I know it has been quite awhile since I've posted. Been busy... 
I'm now at Ft. Stewart, Georgia, which is in Hinesville. Savannah is about 30 mins away. Not too bad.
It's warm. Not hot,but warm. Although in the AM it gets pretty chilly!!!
So, in November, my unit deploys to Kuwait. We'll be there for a year. I'm not gonna get into what we'll be doing there, but I will say its too easy. No worries, Kuwait is safe! I'm kind of anxious to get there. I'll be making some big money over there!!! I'll be a rich little girl when I get back. Get myself a new car!!!
Well, I have to go set up my TA-50(my gear) for tomorrow.
Well, worked outside yesterday as it was in the 70's! Worked in shorts and a tank top! Felt good.So ready for Spring! I gathered all the winter branches and limbs that had fallen all over the grounds. Understand it is almost 2 acres that we have that are not wooded, so have to pick up to be able to mow when the time comes. I got 3 small trailer loads of limbs piled up to burn on some Saturday. Found a lot of crocus' and daffodils poking their pretty little heads up. Was very tired last night after being in the fresh air for 5 hours. Was sitting outside about 5:00- 5:30 pm when I get a call from Ariana asking me if I had talked to Morgan lately. I said no, why. She precedes to tell me that there is a gunman at the Appalachian campus and it is in lockdown. She was shaking and about to cry, if not already. I started crying and immediatley started trying to get a hold of Morgan. Nothing. Ariana in the meantime gets a hold of his buddy,Jason, and asks him about the situation,Jason isnt on campus and Morgan is supposed to be meeting him! The siganl was getting jammed with frenzied parents and such, so it was a while before we heard from Morgan. He is alright and we all breathe deeply. Grandmas called and others wanting to know too. I lost 10 years off my life over that. Then today we find out the whole thing was a hoax. I was very upset over this. I'm sure a lot of parents went through what we did. I hope that person gets in serious trouble for what he did.I'm still angry over the whole thing but very very thankful my son was ok and never in any danger... whew...
Now today was cloudy and dreary, rain early and then the bad storms rush through. We didnt lose power or have any damage. Another blessing.
I spent the day putting applications in at different places. Two of them are coffee houses...One looks very promising...praying hard. I do know coffee as I worked at the coffee place in Clemmons for a year and a half. I actually miss it. It would be nice to meet people again.
Going out again tomorrow!(Job hunting that is)
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