Back in the Office

So my boss asked me to come back in the office for today and Monday. I guess they forgot about how they fired me from this position. Whatever! I find it funny that they now have 3 people to do the job I was doing alone. I find I have a lot of free time! I guess it is ok except that I sit for too long and I don't get done till 5pm! Bummer! Hey, at least I can catch up on my blogs!

WEENIE DOG PARADE

Ok so I have some pictures from the parade. I went with my friends Casey and Connie.Dooley refused to participate by going naked. It was ok though because he is such a rare type that everyone wanted to touch and look at him.

Memorial Day

I haven't posted in a while. I am hardly ever on the computer anymore.I have been spending a lot of time in the DFW area. My brother who is 44 years old, barely, is also a big old honkin' alcoholic. He is in and out of the hospital all the time with complications associated with the drinking. He is dying and it is a drain on the whole family. He was in the ICU a few weeks back because he was bleeding in his gut and they couldn't get it to stop. The Doctor told him if he would just give up drinking he could maybe live but he cannot give it up. He went on a bender for a few days and wore his shoes the whole time, then when he took them off he had bad blisters which then turned into wounds that have now become infected.His roomate called my mom saying he was in the bathroom and had fired a gun. She got over there to find him in the bathroom hallucinating saying someone was standing on the other side of the door with a gun and he shot through the door. The roomate kicked him out and well he should. My 2 sisters who live in the same town went to his house and put all his stuff in storage. My brother went to the parents house where he pulled out another gun and was waving it around saying they were outside waiting to kill him.Mom had to call 911 and when her husband got home, brother gave him the gun. He went back to the hospital. He was seen in the hospital again and then checked himself out AMA when they told him they may need to take one of his feet off due to infection. He came back the next day with fluid on his abdomen and legs all swollen up. They drained the fluid and put him on IV antibiotics and now his feet are better. He signed out again this time going straight to the bar where he did not however drink. He just sat there playing a video poker game till his money ran out. He left the bar to go to the ATM machine for more money. His card would not work. It was late,around 1:30 am and he went back to the bar but they were closing. 3 guys pulled brother out of the truck and beat the living shit out of him,would have killed him perhaps but the bartender came out and they ran off. He went to the hospital with a closed head injury, 2 fractured orbits and a fractured nose. He signed hiself out AMA again and told my mom he was dying and had things to do. He cannot even see because his eyes are swollen shut. He called my niece to come get him and drive him around.This is exhausting, not to mention hertbreaking. My poor mom is gonna have a nervous breakdown. I am glad I am not in the same town although I do feel guilty that my 2 sisters have to bear the brunt of this. I haven't called my sister today to see how things are going because I am having a good day. My mom says she wants 1 day to just be alone to do whatever she wants to do which is going to Oklahoma to play the slot machines for a while. I say go for it but she is afraid if she does this he may need her! Bullshit! I call bullshit! Alcoholics are selfish people. All they ever think about is themselves! I am sick of this and it is far from over.

Dallas and King Tut

I am going to Dallas this weekend to meet my friend Pam from Tulsa. We are going shopping and to the museum to see the King Tut exhibit. I am so looking forward to the trip. I love shopping in big D and I love anything remotely egyptian. Even the cotton! LOL! I have been busy at work too! I went to the Dr. last week and had blood work drawn. I have tested positive for Hepititis C but my blood work shows no viral load, and I am one of the lucky 20% who does not need the treatment. My liver enzymes are all normal. I am not even a carrier.! Yay me! I have been so tired lately and the aches and pains have exacerbated to the point of my crying with the pain. My Vitamin D level was 9 the normal is 30-60 so this is probably why I have weak muscles and pain. I have started on a replacement but I will have to wait for a few weeks before checking the levels again. I am out in the sunshine every day but I do use a sunblock. I have to or I would burn baby burn. Hopefully the replacement therapy will work and I am already feeeling stronger and less pain. Of course, he also put me on tramadol which my friend Connie the kidney nurse tells me is the least offensive to the kidneys. I really wish I had a vicodin because they work and I am tired of the pain! Whaa!!!Big baby!

Catching Up

I have been bad about blogging lately. Well,actually ever since I quit working in the office with access to the computer all day.Truth be known I spent a lot of time at work goofing off. But now that I am back in the field I am busy all day and when I get home I am too tired to do much other than laundry,shopping for groceries,picking up the house,etc. You get the picture. I was on call this past weekend and I worked long hours both days. I didn't get off friday till almost 7pm. SXSW was going on all last week too. I did go to a free concert down on Auditorium Shores friday night though.It was Bob Schneider(missed him) then Raul Malo,and Arc Angels.The last band is a favorite of mine and the real reason even went down there to hang out with a feew thousand folks. They have 1 album and if you can find it get it because it is the epitome of Austin music.I have company too. My cousin from Chicago,her son and a friend of his came in late friday night and have been staying here soaking up the Austin scene. I asked my little friend Maddy who is a college student to show them around Saturday and they went to a few concerts SXSW style. I took them to the Oasis last night which is this restaurant on Lake Travis. The view is awesome for the sunset but the food sucks and I spent $130 on dinner and drinks for 4 of us which isn't too bad but it was bad that is! Today, I am off and plan of spending time either in bed or doing laundry. Haven't decided which one yet. I think the boys are leaving today to go to Houston. What a change of pace for them. I think they want to see the ocean but Galveston is still pretty tore up from Ike. I have been having more and more pain in my knees and so I have an appt. to see my dr tomorrow. I am going to ask for pain And yes, I have tried NSAIDS but they are bad on my kidneys.

Just Thinking

I have been very busy lately. My sister,Anna, has a very rare neurological disorder called transverse myelitis. It affects the sheath that protects the nerves coming from the spinal cord. She has a lesion at c-4 which is pretty high up. She has lost feeling in both her hands and arms. She has trouble gripping things,writing,zipping,buttoning,etc. I went to see her this past weekend and she is scared stiff. There is only 1 clinic in the US that specializes in this and it is in Baltimore. But they are opening a clinic in Dallas sometime in the next few weeks. She will be seen there but in the meantime she can only wait. I feel so helpless in that there is nothing I can do for her except try to find adaptive devices to make her life easier. So, please keep her in your thoughts and prayers.

Cold

I have arthritis and have had it since I was 25 years old. I have it in my ankles,knees,shoulders,and wrists. Lately, I have been feeling it attack my right hip. Soon, I will have every joint in my body affected. It is only a matter of time. I am overweight and sedentary for the most part so that doesn't help matters much either. I maen, work keeps me mobile but, once I get home I am a couch potato. It has been cold here lately and the cold makes my joints ache so bad it is unreal. I take aspirin but could use a morphine drip!I am kidding. I guess I just feel sorry for myself because really last Tuesday I had a pretty good day. I was walking without a lot of pain. With every step I was praising God's name for giving my what I pray for every day.Guess it's true what they about God. You pray on your own time and He answers on his. I know this sounds needy but I am praying again for one of those days.

Wintertime

It is cold here this morning.Dooley will not go outsideand chooses to pee on the bathroom rug!I myself do not care for it either but since I live at the back door of hell it will only be cold a few days at the most. Jan 20th is fast approaching! Go Obama! How is the weather in your neck of the woods,so to speak?