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Eighty-five Degrees in November!
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Nov 7, 2009 8:06 pm
Mood: good,
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I couldn't believe how hot it was, today! I'm wondering if that wasn't some kind of record high temperature for November, here.
With it being so warm, I wanted to do something outside with the boys that we haven't done in a long time. I think it had been at least two years. I wanted to play goony golf.
I told the boys and they liked the idea, too, but it sure took them a long time to decide who would get to sit in the front seat. I think it took them half an hour to come to an agreement. It didn't bother me that much, because I just got a catalog from the Christian bookstore and found out that Todd Agnew has another CD out that I hadn't seen before. And it's on sale! I didn't mind looking at the other deals they had, either.
We got to the golf course and had a great time. I got the ball in the hole with only two putts, a lot! The boys did pretty well, too. At least, they did better than I did at their ages. I was a really sore loser, too. That's probably why we didn't play that very often.
After we golfed, I took the boys to see the cheap dollar movie, "G-Force." We had a pretty good day.
I think I might be able to get Chris to go to church with us tomorrow. He went to bed so early last night that he was up before six this morning. I don't think he'll want to stay up much longer.
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What Great Timing!
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Nov 6, 2009 12:51 pm
Mood: just fine and dandy,
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I've been working on reorganizing since the boys are over the flu and back in school. After getting Chris tested for mono on Tuesday, since he was sleeping so much I looked it up online. He seemed to have most of the symptoms. He must not have mono, though, because the lab didn't call me back to tell me he does.
I talked to both of Chris' school counselors and they told me they would try to work with his teachers so he would have time to finish all the work he's been missing. I'm really proud of him, now, because he's getting a lot of it done. He's starting to get back into the normal routine of going to bed at a decent hour, too.
Getting them back in school gave me the chance to go through their rooms to try to make sense of them again.
I know. I say every time they mess up their rooms that I'm not going to clean them again, but they get so bad I just can't stand it anymore.
Chris' bed had been broken for a long time, anyway, so I spent most of the morning trying to fix it. The foot board was so stripped, though, that when I thought I had it fixed, I moved the bed again, and it broke.
I was so frustrated...but Dad came over to tell me I need to get the boys to rake the leaves....and it was just the right time for him to get here...right when that dumb bed wouldn't stay fixed. He went right home and pulled out a head board and foot board for the same size bed. And those had been right in his own garage the whole time! I'm glad he saves everything.
I'm just waiting for him to bring over some slats to hold the springs up. The ones just lying under the bed were an inch too short and wouldn't do. In the meantime, I've rearranged everything in Chris' room and he's probably going to be annoyed.
Z came over three times this week. He sure livens things up. He's so little, but did his best trying to help me move things around. Chris is really good with him, too, because they both like playing with his toy guns and light sabers. I just wish it didn't get dark so early now, so they could do more playing outside.
Another three-day weekend. They sure don't seem to have school much in November. Monday is another teacher's meeting.
I guess I should take the stuff to the recycle bins, now, before the kids get home.
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A Weird Monday
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Nov 2, 2009 8:47 pm
Mood: good,
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I really did try to get my kids to go to school this morning. Really! Chris insisted that his throat hurt and that he was really nauseous all night. Zach had been sneezing and coughing a lot yesterday. The main reason they stayed home, though, was because I couldn't figure out how to get them up. I even washed Chris' face and it didn't help.
I called the doctor and had the nurse call me back. I described they symptoms both of the boys had been having all week last week.
She told me that they probably did have swine flu....that it's really spreading fast. She told me that about ninety percent of the kids that have been in the office lately have had swine flu and that it isn't really that big of a deal. She said that if they didn't have a fever for 24 hours that they would be fine to go back to school.
So, tomorrow, they're going to school.
I called my dentist, too. My tooth has really been bugging me. I think it's effecting how I think and everything. They had me scheduled to come in after ten.
I decided to go jog my mile before I went to the dentist, so I went to the Y, then came back home to check on the boys. I called them in sick, then went to my dentist appointment.
The dentist took some x-rays and said it didn't look like I had an abscess and he said I already had a root canal on that tooth.
They had to take more pictures, but finally they saw something, I think, because they put me on antibiotics and codeine. He told me to come back in a week so he can see how I'm doing. I'm glad I might not have to get a cap, but I had it all figured out how I was going to pay that dentist bill.
I canceled Chris' appointment for a med eval. He hasn't had any more anxiety attacks, anyway, so maybe he doesn't need meds. Besides, I couldn't wake him up.
Then, Z came over. It had been a couple of months since we took care of him. He's still a good boy.
I spent a couple of hours while he was here, trying to get Chris to do his homework. Wow, that's hard. Not the homework. That's fairly easy. What's hard is getting him to do it. I had to handfeed him his algebra questions while he was trying to watch a movie.
Then, one of his assignments was too write twenty facts about a famous Hispanic person. I looked up notable Hispanic/Americans and saw that Jaci Valesquez was one of them, so I clicked on her name.
I love her singing. I have a couple of her CDs. It was fun finding out that she's made so many and won so many awards. I hope Chris gets that assignment done tonight.
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In A Small Part of the World...
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Nov 1, 2009 7:02 pm
Mood: good,
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A woman sits in front of her dirty desktop screen, considering the events of the day.
This is crazy....let me go get something to wash off the screen.
That's better.
Now, on with the blog!
I took Zach to church this morning and it was a really good service. After that, Zach asked me if it was a good thing to tattle on people, sometimes. I wanted to hear if Chris had done anything he wasn't supposed to do, so I told him it could be good to tattle.
Fortunately, he wasn't talking about Chris.
He told me that while the boys were still awake last night that Dorian, the boy who spent the night with the boys, was looking up porn sites on our computer.
This really surprised me, because I didn't think he was like that, but I was glad Zach told me. I asked him what Chris did when Dorian started looking up porn and Zach told me that Chris made him stop. (Whew!) He then told me that they started looking at short clips of animals mating online.
(Ew) I told him that porn really turns what God made to be a good thing into something evil. I told him that sex was meant to be shared between two people who are married to each other and love each other. I told him that when people go around sleeping with several people, that they get diseases, or sometimes have unplanned pregnancies, and some have abortions.
I was so relieved that Chris made Dorian stop, but it sure gave me a different perception of Dorian. I told Chris that I didn't want him to spend the night anymore.
After our interesting conversation, we got a cheap lunch and a couple I knew from a church I used to go to sat across from us. I actually heard them praying before I noticed who they were, and signaled for Zach to wait to talk to me until they were finished.
They told me that Judgment House....the play their church puts on every October...drew in 1500 people! They said that some who came confessed they were athiests....but....God moves in mysterious ways. This is the type of play that people don't soon forget. My daughter used to be involved in it every year.
We went to visit Aunt Betty in the nursing home after that. She seemed really happy that we were there. She gave me a good book I want to read this week by David Jeremiah. Next time we go, I want to lend her "The Shack." I think she'll like that book.
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Bad News
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Oct 31, 2009 3:56 pm
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I just got a call from my daughter. She went to the doctor last night and found out she has the swine flu. Please pray for her. Thanks to face book, I found out that KSDAD's son has it, too. I'm more worried about him, though, because he's just six or seven. I heard that it's harder on small children. .
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Just My Size
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Oct 31, 2009 8:58 am
Mood: great,
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The boys and I were getting bored yesterday so we went to the Salvation Army to see if we could find something used and cheap for Chris to wear for Halloween. My boys will probably go over to the churches' trunk or treat deals they do every year. They never really eat the candy they get. Usually, my sweet tooth takes over and it gradually disappears....especially the chocolate. That's probably why I have to get another tooth capped soon.
They didn't have anything left that would fit Chris at the Salvation Army, but I found some picture frames just the right size for the school pictures my sister gave me. The boys found a Star Wars monopoly game, too. They haven't played board games for awhile, but seem to be collecting different monopoly and Life games. Since they were really interested in it, and it was so cheap, I let them get it.
While I was standing in line, I noticed that a woman had found some really nice athletic shoes there, so, looking down at how worn out my shoes had become, I forfeited my place in line and went on a treasure hunt to find some for myself. My sons were getting impatient with me and the line was getting longer, so I went back to the line without any shoes.
I waited for a couple of minutes, in the line, then across the store, I saw that there were more athletic shoes in another place. I asked Chris to go find a pair in my size, so reluctantly, he walked over to the shoes and picked out a beautiful, hardly-worn, pair of Asics! He held up the shoes, and from across the store told me that they were a half-size too small. I told him to get them anyway. They were really nice shoes!
And, get this! I think I was supposed to be behind this particular person before I made my purchase.
The lady in line before me pulled out a military card from her purse and asked the cashier if they were still giving out a twenty-five percent discount for people with military cards. I hadn't even heard about that discount until then, so Zach pulled out his military ID card and showed the woman at the register. We got the shoes, the game, and the picture frames all for less than six dollars!
When I got home and tried on the shoes, they fit perfectly! It's almost like they were put there just for me! Chris told me this brand of shoes is really expensive, new.
I took the boys to get something to eat after that, then we remembered that our library materials were due. We had to go back home to get them. Since the library started charging late fees this month for overdue materials, I didn't want to chance turning them in late.
We went to the bookmobile and turned in our movies, picking out a few more. Chris found a joke book he couldn't put down, too. After that, he reminded me that he still didn't have a costume.
I took them to another thrift store, but there wasn't anything there that he could use, either. We decided to go to Walmart. He ended up getting a black shirt and vest so he could be a secret agent or something. I was happy because he can just wear those things any day and they look nice on him. Now, if I could only get him to get his hair cut!
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My Nutshell Life
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Oct 30, 2009 9:28 am
Mood: good,
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Here I am, again, wondering what I should really be doing, instead of sitting here writing about life, trying to make sense of everything.
I really liked what Firecracker said about nutshells...holding only a nut, yet that nut can become a great tree...and that tree can make a big difference and fulfill a great purpose and provide food and shelter for animals or be carved out as furniture or wood for houses....and we all know that wood is used for so many things...all from a simple, little nut.
Okay, she didn't say all of that, but I know what she meant. We should never take nuts for granted...or nutty people...or even just people who feel like they don't have any real, important purpose because they don't know what they're good at, or would be good at, if they were taught.
Did I just go totally off-base again? Maybe.
I'll just go back to recording, now.
Last night was Christopher's parent-teacher conference. He did get five As...which I thought was wonderful....but, the other two classes.... Let's just say, they weren't A's. I think I would have been happy if they were even C's...or even if I knew that he had put forth some effort in either one of those classes.
But, no one is perfect and I got a few bad grades in my lifetime, too. There really isn't anything you can do about the past except learn from it, so I told him he needs to bring those two grades up by semester.
I did talk to those two teachers, though, because I thought the grades must have been a mistake. The first teacher was really helpful. She pulled out his folder and showed me everything he didn't complete and what he was supposed to do. She's even giving him the chance to complete a major project over the weekend, which should be fairly easy for him if he will get to it. I hope he does. Maybe I'll think of some kind of reward. I'm not sure how fair that would be, though, since Zach always does his homework on time.
His reading teacher was really nice, too. I knew that because I had talked to him before about Christopher's grade. He was assigning the same books for the kids to read that I read when I was in junior high. Those were good books.
I had a really nice talk with his reading teacher. He said that he would remind Chris to stay after school to complete assignments if he ever misses school again. I think that's probably the only way he'll get them done because he gets too distracted at home. He even offered to call me when he was going to have Chris stay after school to let me know where he was. I'm really grateful for that.
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Life...In a Nutshell
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Oct 29, 2009 8:40 am
Mood: considering,
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I always wondered why someone came up with the expression, "in a nutshell." I mean, the only thing in a nutshell is a nut. And to refer to something as being, "in a nutshell", would be saying that, well, that's "all" of it....right? So, with my confused and damaged brain, saying that life is in a nutshell...would mean that life is nutty...or confusing...or crazy....right?
I don't know. I completely forgot what I was going to blog about, now. I think I'll just blog about life that happened after I last blogged on...which day was it? Sunday?
Did I blog about Zach getting woozy at Walmart after he picked out all the art supplies he thought he wanted? It turned out that he had a fever over 101. I guess it could have been worse, but since it was a fever at all, I kept him home from school...and the fever wouldn't go away, so he stayed home from school all week.
Chris started running a fever, too, so they were both home from school every day they had school this week. There wasn't any school in session today and tomorrow, so neither of the boys will have gone to school for a whole week.
I wish all this sickness would just go away. I went to Chris' school and got all of his assignments he missed, but forgot to ask Zach's teacher for his when I had to go to his conference yesterday. She didn't seem all that concerned because he had all As on his report card.
I finished reading, "The Shack" a couple of nights ago. It's a great book. I think that without it, l probably would have gotten really depressed about all that's going on in my life...except that Zach is still getting straight As. I would recommend it to anyone that's carrying any kind of bitter feelings toward anyone...and I think that would include most people. It really does help people understand life better, I think. I mean, everyone has bad things that happen in their lives that don't seem very fair at all, but when we realize that God never leaves us and that He doesn't cause bad things to happen, but can take the bad things that happen and make good things happen, then we learn that there is hope. We're never alone...even when we feel alone.
I know I feel alone a lot...and very confused about where to go or what I should be doing with my life...but I also know that if I trust God, that He's not going to let me down. He's always going to be there. It doesn't mean life won't be painful. But, through everything that happens, God won't leave us.
I have a friend who wrote to me a couple of days ago, telling me that his father died two weeks ago and that he just found out his mother has cancer. I told him I would pray for him. I don't understand why so many people have to suffer so many terrible things...but I think that some things weren't meant to be understood...only left up to God.
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Life Gives me a Headache.
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Oct 24, 2009 7:53 am
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Sorry I can't be Pollyanna all the time, but life really is getting me down. I know it won't last forever. I mean, it will get worse, or it might even get better. That would be nice if it got better, but when bad things happen, it seems like they come in bunches. It makes me just want to chop off my head since it hurts too much.
I got up super late this morning...almost 9am. I don't know why I just stayed in bed that long. The boys are supposed to be spending the day with their dad...if he comes. We haven't seen him since last July. I don't understand how he thinks it's okay to ignore his own children unless it's convenient for him He said he was coming last week and didn't show up.
That was okay, becuase it WAS fun going to Science City without him. I liked seeing all the little animals they have there. The bunny was so friendly, welcoming anyone to pet its soft back. I wonder if we should get another bunny.
I shouldn't even think about that after what happened to the one we had three years ago when I let her hop into the neighbor's yard and found her later with a bone sticking out of her leg. Poor Bunny.
I guess I'm not a very good pet owner, either. It takes a little foresight to keep bad things from happening, and I don't think I have any of that. If I did, would I be in the position I'n in?
It's a good thing I pray a lot. I know if I didn't, I'd be a whole lot worse off. God knows He has to give people like me a little extra protection where we lack good sense.
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This World is Nuts.
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Oct 23, 2009 9:37 pm
Mood: frustrated,
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Now, with all the problems we're having, another one is added to the piie.
I got another letter in the mail saying I was denied health coverage so I called them again to try to figure out why. They said that when they typed in my social security number, it showed that I worked for Adult Health Services and Locamp....whatever that is. I insisted that I didn't ever work there and that I had told them that before, then it dawned on me. Someone had stolen my social security number! I started thinking about a problem my daughter's friend was having with someone they used to be friends with who had stolen his debit card and gotten away with spending over $1500! Then I remembered that I had dated a guy five years ago that worked for Adult Health Services.
I found out later, more recently, that he used to sell cocaine. I didn't know that, at the time. So, now I'm thinking that maybe he stole my social security number while we were dating. He always did seem kind of shady...like he was looking around for something valuable to steal. I always blew it off because I couldn't ever find anything missing...not that I would notice if something was missing. I'm not the most observant person in the world
So, I spent an hour on the phone getting the runaround, trying to find out how I could get this whole thing taken care of. I had to call the better business bureau and some other agency, the social security office...crazy. They all kept telling me to call someone else.
All this happened after I went back to the rehabilitation office. I just went there to find out if they still had my old records of the accident when I tried to get help with Vocational rehab. I hope they still have the records.
Anyway, I also asked them why I still hadn't gotten health coverage and found out that I had to fill out another form. I wish they would have told me that earlier. I would have been there months ago...not that filling out those papers is going to stop them from telling me someone stole my social security number.
I know there's a reason for everything. I just hope I find out soon why all this mess seems to keep getting bigger.
I sent the stuff in that the lawyer had me sign. I never had a witness sign the places where it was asked. I'm pretty sure I didn't finish everything just right and he's going to send everything back.
I got the appeal sent in to the social securiy office, too, but I know I didn't do that right. It seems like people would expect brain injured people to need help filling out stuff...but then, maybe they're trying to make sure I really do mess up.
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