Time for a change

I actually walked the dog the length of the block today. That was all my foot could handle, but hey, I got out of the house. He of course was happy. He also got a new tag which has the updated information on it. Handy since someone (I won't name names but it rhymes with bab) left the garage doors open and he took off to explore the neighborhood. I am religous about closing the door so he can't escape. He's quite the master of that. So we had our W-A-L-K, and if I feel halfway decent tomorrow we'll do the other street.


So what else is new? The cold seems to be on it's way out. Thank the Lord. I am tired of being sick, not to mention sweating at night, coughing up green stuff and looking like the bottom of the shoe. Couldn't afford the doctor, so I did cold tablets and lots and lots of fluid. If I could have afforded it I would have drunk this:


Tonight is hamburger helper night. I have to use up the meat I defrosted. I thought about spaghetti, but HH is easier. I still have 5 lbs of beef in the fridge, but it's in a chub so I have to get someone to saw it into 3rds. Should have done that when it came home from the market, but oh well. I'll add some veges and it will be fine. It's usually a win win dinner solution here.



I am going to have a plethora of tomatoes soon. Both my topsy turvey plants are loaded. One with maters and the other with loads of blossoms. It was a later planted plant and it's huge now. The tomato that took over the patio. This is the Roma one. I didn't take a picture of the other one, but it's pretty substansial. We have to water them every other day. That is a palm tree behind it, surrounded by ferns and jasmine. We have a regular jungle in our patio planter. Now the next project when I have some muscle is to clear the patio of the bins that have been there since we moved since we had no place to store them. The bed is out of the garage so we can do that now.

I'm listening Beyonce's I am Sasha Fierce. Not too bad. I was listening to Boom Boom Pow and the husband questioned my sanity for listening to pop music. I like the Black Eyed Peas. They are fun and bouncy. My kid probably thinks I am nuts.



Well that's it for this time. I am getting tired and I have a bunch of stuff to do before dinner.

Cheers and later gators!

A tale with no voice

I've tried to be good and avoid this rotten cold that has befallen everyone in the house but the husband. Unfortunately it has struck with a vengeance. And damn it to hell I have to go out of the house to the bank and the post office. Am I thrilled? No. Am I happy, hell no.



So on to another thing. The agency I work for wants me to take some classes online while I am home. No biggie. But their website isn't Mac friendly which means most likely I will have to trudge over and use the PC. But I hate the PC. And why can't they make cross platforms for those of us who love our macs? They have no answer, so I guess I'll have to make the best of it and use the PC. Blech.



Life is strange isn't it? You just expect that things will work out for the best. But you can't depend on the agency that is supposed to pay your compensation to pay you on time nor will they answer your letters and tell you when you can expect your check. Can't make any plans for anything. Argh. This is what I feel the department of labor is doing to me:


So I have ranted.
Enough.
Bye.

okay okay

Lots to think about today. The news is droning on and on and all this stuff about the foreign policy of this country, I don't know where it's all going to lead too.

I am going to physical therapy. Gee the muscle memory is still there and I remember what to do with isometrics and pulleys. But I didn't have so much bone cut off before. This is the worst part of the healing, I am taking new meds and hope they work.



School is almost over for the kids. And it looks like we're going to have to go towards student loans to get the kid into next semester. That means FAFSA and a few other things. But with the budget crisis unit prices going from 20$ to 60$ per for a community college? Thanks Arnold. Fucked this state up good. Pisses me off. And then the book prices are out of reach too. What have we done to the future of community colleges in this state? Education that should be free is out of reach to the common person. I hate California politics.


Peace and later kids.

Wow, It's been a while....

So it's been over a month since I jotted anything down on here. I've been on Facebook a lot and it seems to take over your life....hahahaha.
So let's get on with an update:

1. I broke my foot before I had my shoulder surgery. I fell in the garage and really messed up my left foot. Now the swelling has gone down, I am pretty sure I mangled the right one as well.


The hard part is that I can't use crutches since I have had shoulder surgery this week. So we will have to wait and see what goes as far as the foot. In the meantime I have a lovely passive motion machine that I use to raise and lower my arm. The shoulder pain is manageable with meds. Again better living through chemistry



We've been having a swarm of earthquakes. They've been centered basically under this area. The first one was a 4.7 and I was in the back house talking to my son. I grabbed onto a pine tree and ended up covered in pitch. It was pretty scary. Had a few good aftershocks. Seems like there are a few happening all over. Today Guatemala City and Mexico City. They are pretty scary. I always get seasick when they hit.



It's Memorial Day weekend but it will just be a normal weekend for us. Might grill some steaks on Sunday. Remembering the sacrifices made for us to enjoy freedom. Today and every day.



Not much else to say. I am continuing with rehab, start PT this coming week. Peace and out.
da bunny

Okay Okay I need to be here......

The Villanova- NC game is on and I am sort of watching it. I only get into Basketball at the time of the final 4. Otherwise it is just guys running up and down and trying to get baskets.

So in the meantime I have been busy getting my green thumbs back in the game. My mom gave me a topsy turvy tomato planter and I have 2 hanging off my patio supports. One already has blossoms and in a month we will have fresh maters to eat!

I also decided to stop getting dive bombed by the hummingbirds by hanging a feeder near the jasmine, and hopefully they will come to visit. It would be nice to sit here by the French doors and see them drinking their little red juice.

I had an MR-A a couple of weeks ago and now have a pre op appointment set up with the doctor for the 27th. My surgery is going to be the 14th of May. I fell asleep in the MR-A and had to have some redone. Just zoned out. I even have a cd of my shoulder to look at and say gee what a mess.

Still having a lot of pain, so I am still taking pain pills and muscle relaxers. Unless you have acute chronic shoulder pain you take things for granted, like stirring sauces, slicing potatoes and onions, reaching into a cupboard, watering your plants. If there was a way to take an functional MRI and make it portable and do it like a 24 hour holter to see the way it behaves, there would be a lot of acceptable images showing red areas of pain. So I take the pills, don't drive if I don't have to and pray that all goes well on the 14th.

My kids took me to Disneyland. They rented a wheelchair which made it a lot easier for me to get around. Don't forget that along with the shoulder I have a very nasty back. I even have a permanent disabled card for the car. I may go and get license plates since they are free. We got on most everything we wanted to see. They made sure I got my butt massaged at It's A Bugs Life, and my free tortilla at Mission Tortilla. I soared over California and saw the California Adventure vineyard. Then to Pirates, Haunted Mansion, and of course sitting along the riverbank to see Fantasmic. It was pretty neat. We enjoyed it. And last Saturday when they picked me up from my friends house after her FIL's memorial service and wake, we drove down Harbor Blvd and saw the fireworks show. It was awesome.

I haven't had a lot of energy to write much. I hate to whine but this always seemed a safe place to do it. I don't care if the agency I work for monitors it, they are so full of venom and hate that I pray the new leadership in DC will clean house. I want to retire from this place and just walk away. It was their mismanagement that caused me to have this injury. And the medical issues that have been dismissed even with medical proof. Not to mention the Boy Wonder who basically threw me out to the wolves. There is a place in the afterlife somewhere for people like that.

So I am done for tonight. My tummy has pizza and Kosher Coke in it and the UNC Tarheels beat Villanova.

Peace and out.

Still here

I haven't forgotten this blog, I just don't have much to say.
Am having an MRA next week. Then waiting to see Doctor and find out what is going on with the shoulder and schedule surgery.
All else is copacetic. Tired of kids in/out of the back house.
Planted a tomato topsy turvy. Seems to be okay.

later.
amulbunny

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Wind, rain and a new laptop

My beloved Emac gave up the ghost quite soon after Christmas..It wasn't ready for new technology. So I scrimped up some retirement $ and got myself a new white Macbook. I love it. It is fast though it even has a 13 inch screen. But it's a good investment.


Wind has died down for a little and the rain has eased off. I lit a fire, turned off the heater and will let the fireplace do it's thing. Supposed to be a nice weekend. We need the rain and we need the snowpack. Drought and a bankrupt state. What more do you want from California? Sun and sand and movie stars?



I got roses and a card for VDay. That was nice. I love roses and tulips. I have some tulip bulbs that I am going to plant when the rain eases up.



Waiting on the agency to get the doctor thing done. They are paying me for the TTD time which we need, but for some reason they haven't approved the new doctor; which is stupid because the old doctor said goodbye and don't let the door hit you on the way out.



Well it's time to go. Life is flying by.

da bunny

Still here

Doing okay.
On meds.
Dog loves me. Keeps me sane.
Weather is hot.
I am waiting for the money to get here. But a watched mailbox never provides happiness.
Life is interesting.
Later alligator.

There's moisture falling down

It's raining and that is good news. No having to water plants and mow lawns this weekend.




Listened to the Illinois governor and his wacko news conference. Well what do you expect from the state that gave us Bozo? I hope they throw the book at him and get him the hell out.




Arm still hurts but there is light at the end of the tunnel. Not working is relaxing, I am not stressed. At least not stressed over work but stressed over things at home. I am waiting for a check to come from my teachers retirement, I have to get a new computer. I have killed my 6 year old Mac. So I am going to get an Apple laptop. It's time. I know I could spend the money on other things but I am going to pay off bills too, and get those off the table. I already am scrimping and saving everything I can. But I would love to have a long relaxing bath and a massage to relax those muscles. Well maybe it will happen too. I have a brochure from a cool spa. I may spend the money myself.




Another exciting day.Have a good weekend.

da bunny

okay okay okay

It's been pretty warm here. Actually fricking hot. But hey, global warming and all that are proven even if the outgoing administration doesn't believe in it. The dog loves to lay out in the back on the warm concrete and the cat sits on the steps of the jacuzzi.



Some how I have managed to disable my Emac. I got an external hard drive for Christmas and when I tried to do what I was supposed to do, it did something weird. I guess when I get some extra money I'll take it to the shop and have it fixed. I am going to get some extra money from my retirement (there goes another tax problem) and I am getting a laptop for me, pay some bills off, and put some money away for emergencies. I can't get into any of my applications. Somedays I am just baffled by my stupidity.



US Airways had a water landing in the Hudson River. CNN is covering it. At least they seem to have evacuated the passengers and the plane is still floating but it looks like it is slowly sinking. I hope Dave isn't the pilot.
Thank God they made a safe landing and everyone is safe.



Time to move from this uncomfortable chair and computer and read a little. Oh, I thought Grishams book The Appeal sucked. JMHO. I loved The Shack. Now I am going to find some mindless Harlequin book. The kid got a motherload when a used book store went out of business.



See ya.

what a clusterfuck

1. I see the new ortho! Yeah.
2. I get 6 weeks off and surgery to come.
3. I get a nice monkey written note to take to work.
4. I go to hr without an appt and the person who handles my file is gone. No matter she doesn't answer email or phone calls.
5. The head witch says that my doctor's note is not MEDICALLY ACCEPTABLE.
6. I call the dr's office and they are incredulous but they write a new note and fax it.
7. I get a copy from the admin office faxed to me.
8. I get threatened by the terminal manager that they will AWOL me if I don't give them the note and make sure it's medically acceptable. I push back and email her with a copy of the pdf note attached.
9. They are harassing me and I am really tired of it. It's time to get an attorney and start putting pressure.
10. I emailed the ombudsman and complained of harassment. The person who handles eeoc is also the person who told me my note from the doctor was not acceptable.
Chicken in the henhouse?
11. Still don't know if I have to bring in the paperwork in person which won't be a problem since my kid works across the street.
12. Don't harass me and I won't back up and get my fangs out. I am tired of being told I am worth nothing and don't mean anything to the agency. Time to retire.



later peoples!

I met Colin Ferguson!!!!

He is truly a nice guy!

Happy New Year

Finally have an appt with a new ortho------YIPPEE!!!!

Work still makes up their own rules and breaks them left and right.

Just read a wonderful book, The Shack. Recommend it highly.

December was pretty stressful. Hopefully 2009 will be better. Yes.

Miss my kiddo. She comes home from the frozen north on the 13th.

Peace and out!