DON'T KNOW WHAT IS GOING ON WITH AOL JOURNALS - WOULDN'T "SAVE" MY POSTS - RATS!!!

Okay - gonna try this AGAIN.....I have tried to post faithfully but for some reason known only to AOL - my journal would NOT save my posts.

Nothing spectacular has happened in my life since my last post - just working - a little sleep - more work - laundry - more work, etc. etc. etc.

Early this morning something weird happened - about 2:00 a.m. I heard the birds having a "fit" - thought it was one of the cockatiels having one of their "night frights" (yes - they do have those).  Things quieted down, and I ALMOST stayed in bed - but then I had this funny feeling - so I got up, turned on the dining room light and RAINY WAS OUT OF HIS CAGE AND HANGING ON PETEY TWO'S CAGE!!!  I totally freaked out - Rainy is VERY hard to handle and I just knew I would have chunks taken out of my hands and would be dripping blood by the time I got him back in his cage.  Well - all that aside, I could tell he was also totally freaked out so I offered my hand for him to get on and HE DID - for about 3 seconds and then he flew - right to SAM'S cage - not a good thing at all - and landed on the door of Sam's cage.  Now - Sam is notorious for biting the legs off another bird that landed on his cage (this was before I got him) so now I am REALLY crazed - so I grabbed some article of clothing - not sure what it was - wrapped Rainy up in it and quickly tossed him back in his cage and shut the door - WHEW!  He didn't bite me - I don't think he even thought about it - and no one else got hurt.  Thank you God!!!!

Worked the Parade of Lights at DW this weekend - and 8 hours in parking.  The parade is nice but I was a spotter for a float and had to walk backwards the whole parade route - my knees just can't take that so I hope they don't ask me to do that again - I hate to tell them I can't do something, but it takes 800 mg of ibuprofen just to walk it and my knees are sooooo sore.  Parking is fine - EVERYONE I worked with - both in parking and the parage were super nice to me and I know they appreciated the help.

Okay - I'm pooped - got a full week of "other work" ahead of me so I'm going to bed.

Peace

MY JOURNAL DID NOT LIKE ME - WOULDN'T LET ME SAVE ANY POSTS!!!!

Well - this is the first day since my last post that my journal would "save"...  talk about frustrating!!!

I tried every day to post something - then I would hit "save" and it would just sit there -

Soooooooo I contacted AOL "live" help and said "HELP".  I'm still not sure I "talked" to a "live" person - the conversation was pretty "stilted" - BUT the "person" said there was a system problem that was affecting AOL in different places and evidently my journal was one of them.  So there you are.

So......last week - where to start.  Let's start with Tuesday morning when Ryan called me about 10:30 a.m. and said "Mom did you forget to pay the cable bill"?  I said "why?" He said "its' off".  $#)@#*@)*%&#&@#

So I called the cable company less than one hour since they "disconnected it at the pole" and paid the bill and said when can you hook it back up - NOT UNTIL FRIDAY.  OH AND BY THE WAY, SOMEONE HAS TO BE AT THE HOUSE TO "PROVE THAT YOU LIVE THERE".

Excuse me????  I've had cable service at this address for over 20 years and now I have to prove to you that I live here??????

SHEESH - what idiots.  I had "a fit" on the phone and ended up hanging up on THAT twit and calling back about 30 minutes later when I had calmed down.  THIS time I talked to someone with a little more sense AND compassion and although we still had to wait until Friday to get it hooked back up, I did NOT have to be home to prove I lived there.  HARRRRUMPFFF!

So Ryan spent from Tuesday to Friday home - alone - with no cable - I know that doesn't sound like much - but to him - it was a lifetime - a change in his routine - wow.  I felt so bad about it.

We got through it.  We survived.

Went to DW today - had a great time - did NOT get called in to work so spent the whole day with Ryan just having fun.  He loved it - I loved it - GREAT DAY!

Peace

 

SUNDAY AFTERNOON

Okay - I was off on Friday and spent the entire day doing laundry and cleaning Ryan's room.  Wow.  If I ever start to buy him any clothes - somebody kick me.  He has more clothes that he will ever wear!!

I really felt like I accomplished something - I can now see his floor of his room.

Yesterday we went to Dollywood and had a wonderful day - until about 5:30 when I got a call from Mary saying that they needed me in parking to be a conductor on the trams.  Okay - met up with Ryan, told him, he pouted (but just for a second), gave him his ticket for Christmas in the Smokies and I headed off to parking for my first official conductor session.

It wa actually fun!  I worked until all the guests were gone, and then "hitched" a ride on the last tram to tram stop D/E where my car was and we came on home.  Got home a little after midnight - took a shower 'cause I was "chilled to the bone" as my grandmother used to say.

When I work up this morning, my legs had swelled up - AGAIN - and I couldn't bend them enough to get in the car - so had to call and tell them I couldn't teach my CCD class today - hated to do that but - well.

I put pillows under my knees and the swelling is going down nicely.  Probably need to talk to my doctor about that huh.

Have a nice Sunday afternoon and

Peace

WELL - YESTERDAY WAS A BETTER DAY - AND SO IS TODAY

If yesterday HADN'T been better - well - it was - so there you are!

Tonight I'm going to a rehearsal of "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever" which a friend of mine got a grant to do - she has a "cast of thousands"...hehehe - not really - but there is a BUNCH of kids in it.  going to try to help stage a little tonight - we'll see how that goes.

I'M OFF TOMORROW - OH HAPPY HAPPY DAY!!  Didn't even realize that everything was shut down tomorrow - Mike came in and said "why are we open tomorrow - shut us down" - oh so gladly done - I did!!

Maybe - just maybe I can get my laundry caught up - THAT would be awesome!!

May post more later - until then.........

Peace

TUESDAY???? THIS IS TUESDAY???? SEEMS MORE LIKE A MONDAY TO ME.

Hmmmmmm.  I said that today needed to be a whole lot better - sure didn't start out that way.  My boss came in with his "attitude" today.  grrrrrrrrrrrr

Then when I talked to his wife - found out that he had missed a doctor's appointment and had cut his medication in half so he wouln't run completely out.  That explains so much.  Doesn't help - but it explains so much.  I called his doctor and got him a refill on his meds AND set him another appointment on Monday.  If I can hang on until then, MAYBE, must MAYBE he will get straightened out. 

I came the closest I ever have to just walking out today.  I can and have put up with a lot - but sarcasm and being just plain hateful????  No sir - life is too short. 

Now don't get me wrong - I love my boss - and 99.99% of the time he is the best person in the world to work for.  This has been the .01% week.  I guess I can stand it.  I know I could get another job - that doens't worry me.  But I owe a lot to him - he has been very good to me in the past - and I know he will be again in the future - If I just don't exterminate him  AND me first.  hehehe

Anyway - I'm looking forward to a much better day tomorrow - and I'm going into it with a positive attitude - we'll see how far it gets me - huh.

Peace

A TYPICAL MONDAY - YECH

Okay - another Monday falling right into place with all the other sucky Mondays of my life.

I had signed up (and I might add already cleared it with my boss) to take the AARP Driver Safety Refresher course offered by our local police department.

So this morning I got up extra early, went by the office to check messages and call a client to confirm an appointment and then went on to my class, paid my $10, got my books - oh and let me add - I called my boss and gave him his schedule for the day from the class before it started.

I checked with my boss during a break and told him I had set him a new appointment at 11.

He came back to the office in a FOUL mood, glared at me and went in with his first client.  He was "pissy" all morning, sarcastic, hurt my feelings - made me cry - etc. etc. etc.  I guess he had a bad day too.

So I gave up.  It was just not worth it.  I told him that I would not go to the rest of my class tomorrow - that I would be at the office at 8:30  and that I would check and see if I could take the second day of my class when they offered it again.  He was happy. yipee.

I wanted to finish this class so that I could get a 10% discount on my auto insurance.  Maybe I'll get a chance to - some day.

Went to rehearsal - one cast member was not there - hasn't been there so far for any of these rehearsals so it was basically a waste of time.  We will try again next Monday - and the show is A WEEK FROM FRIDAY.  Okay.

This has been my Monday.  Tomorow needs to be much MUCH better for me.  We shall see.

Peace

IT'S BEEN A GOOD WEEKEND!!

Well - we went to PF on Friday - stayed at a pretty nice motel and wonders of wonders - I got a really nice surprise when we checked in.  When I had called on Thursday to make the reservation, the desk clerk said that it would be $81 plus tax...ouch - but okay.  When we checked in - the rrom was $37 plus tax - oh happy day!  What a godsend.  And the room was very nice.  We went to the dress rehearsal of "smokies" and it was great - Ryan got to see all his girls from DW and I got to meet those I hadn't had a chance to meet yet - and then we went out to dinner with Mary and Edgar.  We decided to go to Calhoun's for "dessert" - but since none of us had eaten supper - we opted for "real food".  It was a really nice time, but when it came time for the check - Edgar took ours too and treated us to supper - what a nice surprise - although if I had known he was going to do that I wouldn't have ordered the appetizer....LOL.  It was a really nice evening.  Then after we ate, Ryan and I decided to check out the new pre-historic boat ride that just opened and found out that it is free to Dollywood employees - so we really had a special night!!!

We slept really well on Friday night, then got up Saturday and made our way to DW for the opening day of Smoky Mountain Christmas.  The park opened at 11 and we got there about 10:30 and the parking lots were filling up fast.  We did manage to get seating tickets for the Von Trapp Family - they were Awesome - three sisters and a brother who are the grandchildren of the youngest Von Trapp boy (his name was Kurt in the movie) and they were just great!  We also saw "Twas the Night Before Christmas" in the Pines - really good show this year, and of course "Christmas in the Smokies" which is the signature show of DW and if was great - as it always is.  The lights were beautiful and the food delicious.

Then I made my mistake - I was feeling guilty about being off so I volunteered to "load trams" at the end of the evening.  I worked for almost three hours getting people and strollers on the trams to get them out as quickly and effciently as possible, and the parking people were very apprciative and nice. I worked for almost three hours.  But boy did I pay for that - my legs swelled up like toads and I didn't sleep hardly at all from the cramps all night long.  Today they are better - no swelling - but still hurting.  I guess I'm going to have to limit myself to about 1 to 1/2 hours loading trams if I do that again.  I think I could do that okay. 

Anyway - a good weekend overall - Ryan loved it - that was all that mattered.  He knows I'm going to have to work some weekends but having this first weekend off was just great.

Thanks Mary.

Peace 

OH HAPPY DAY - IT'S FRIDAY!!!!

Oh Happy Day - it IS Friday - and so far they have not called me to work at DW this weekend - oh let it be - let it be!!!!

Ryan is excited about DW opening this weekend for Christmas - he wants to go tomorrow - of course.  And we will.  I'm taking my $100 I won on the lottery yesterday and we are spending the night in PF tonight and going to the "dress rehearsal" of the Christmas shows at DW and then going tomorrow to see "the real thing"...hehehe.

I feel guilty because I haven't had much time to spend with Ryan lately - he does so love to stay in a motel - it is really special for him.  So that is what we are doing tonight.

I'll try to post tomorrow night when we get home - until then -

Peace

MISSED ANOTHER DAY POSTING HERE - IT'S BEEN THAT KIND OF A WEEK

Had a really weird thing happen with my finches yesterday.  I have a male and two females.  They are forever laying eggs and sitting on them but they never hatch.  That's okay.  Yesterday the male finch started after one of the females (Barbara) and chased her until he wore her down and then proceeded to pluck out all the feathers on her back to put in the nest with the worthless eggs!  Man - I was ready to wring his neck.  I pulled the nest out, dumped the eggs and left the nest out - caught Barbara which was so easy as she was just sort of "lying" on the bottom of the cage - fixed her a "respite" area in a corner of their cage with a small wire basket I had - put her a small bowl of water, some millett and a small piece of bread in it and left her alone to recoup.  Poor little thing - I felt so bad for her.  I know it's "nature" for the male to do that - but GEEZ.  She had "perked up" considerably before I left the office last night, eating and moving around, and this morning when I came in, she had gotten out of the respite area and was back up on the perches with the other two birds, twittering away and evidently held no grudge against the male as she was right next to him, showing no fear at all.  She still LOOKS pretty rough, but I think she'll be okay.

Jack on the other hand is a much spoiled bird - but I love him sooo much.  He is such a sweetie but now he wants to be on my shoulder ALL the time and I discovered he loves goldfish crackers - the x-tra cheddar kind.  When I get the bag, he has a FIT until I give him one.  He is a sweetie!

Dollywood opens for their Christmas season on Saturday, and of course Ryan wants us to go. I hope they don't call me in to work - I'd love to spend that time with him.  I wasn't able to spend time with him at Dollywood  a single time this year - I feel bad about that, but he is very understanding and knows we need the money.

I bought a lottery ticket this morning on a whim - a $5 ticket - don't do that very often at all!  Low and behold - I won $100!!!  Wow - excited here.

Have a great day -

Peace

HOORAY!!

The Judge heard the adoption at 1:15 and Gracie now has a new last name - everything went through just fine - thank you God!

My day is going better.

Peace

THIS IS JUST NOT MY WEEK - AND IT'S ONLY TUESDAY

Okay - God help me - I know He will.

After yesterday I was really hoping that today would be better - but not so far.  We had an adoption scheduled for this morning that we have had MORE than a few problems with - this is actually the 3RD time we have tried to have it.  Mike calls me from court saying that the judge wouldn't hear it because I DID NOT SEND A LETTER OF CONFIRMATION TO THE JUDGE'S SECRETARY.  Okay.  If I knew I was supposed to send the letter - God only knows where in my mind that knowledge is located.....I don't.  I felt so bad for our clients.  Mike said he was trying to get the Judge to hear it at 1:15 this afternoon.  I hope he does.

I'll post later on today - if I'm capable.

Peace