My tulips and sweet williams are making appearances from the earth. It won't be long. The temperature shows 59 degrees BUT it feels colder. The rain, the damp. Thank heaven there wasn't anymore water filtering into the basement. I'm still working on it...only becuz I'm only doing a bit at a time.

There won't be anymore house viewing until Friday morning. Nothing new going on the market around here. We are waiting until Friday morning becuz Troy will be gone for the next few days.

I am working on my resume. I have a new place to get it out to. They are opening this new huge Home Improvement store in our town and they have a Human Resource Management training program. I would really LOVE to get in on that! Wouldn't have far to go to work. And they have some pretty good benefits.

Home hunting, job hunting...and all without a gun!

Good thing!

So...how do you handle it when you are given a whole list of things that are 'wrong' with you? From outward appearance to all the things that you have mishandled or don't do well? Do you sit and consider them all and figure out how to 'fix' it all OR do you get angry OR...just try not to let it drown you? I have often wondered what it would be like to be perfect. I would like to be Catherine Zeta-Jones (sans Michael Douglas)

I took my daughter to the doctor's yesterday for a 'sick' check up. This time we actually got to see the doctor...not PA. He looked Bethany all over...made sure she didn't have mono. BUT he did find the problem. It WASN'T recurring flu like the PA had kept telling me. She is having allergy problems...terrible allergy problems. The doctor said that her glands in her neck are severely swollen and infected and it has gone on so long it has spread to her tonsils and she has puss in her nasal cavities. To which I said, "now I have brought her in here TWICE and the PA told me both times her sinus cavities and EVERYTHING was clear! How did this happen?" He tried to give me some BS...whatever! All I know is...the PAs that he employs don't seem to know their a** from a hole in the ground. NO WONDER the poor thing has been so tired and ornery...puking... She is now on a strong antibiotic with allergy nasal spray. She had two doses of the antibiotic yesterday and last night she ATE and kept it down. YAY!

So, once the doctor told me what was wrong with her...I bought myself some Tylenol Multi-symptom allergy meds. I had two doses of that yesterday myself. I woke up this morning ALL BETTER!!! Yippie! Feels good to be human.

TJ is doing very well. Know why? I had bought one of those Ionic Pro machines and put it in his bedroom. He is feeling SO good...he quit taking his meds. I don't recommend doing that cold turkey. But he announced that he didn't need them. Didn't want them. He wants to try going without them and see if he is the same without them...or better. Hey...if all it takes is an Ionic machine in the bedroom, I'll buy one for everyone! No more money on anxiety meds...yay!

Picked up Troy from the airport this morning. They broke the handle on the suitcase I JUST bought him for Christmas.

I was standing in line at the check out at the Walmart last night. Had to get some things...it couldn't wait. The woman working the register said that I looked like I'd had a very long day cuz I looked so tired and she felt sorry for me. How pathetic do I look? A cashier that has been on her feet for hours putting up with all humanity felt sorry for ME.

And, this morning, after 22 years of faithful service, my microwave went pfffft. I've had that thing longer than my husband. I think I loved it more. sigh...no more microwave popcorn. At least not until after I move into my own house.

These are the days of my life. It could be SO much worse. I think, after putting a dent in the laundry, I just might go out and take a walk through the neighborhood and be nosey about the new ppl moving in on the next block. Why? Becuz it is unlike me and I can. You should always strive to do one new thing once a week to keep yourself from getting bored. I figure, with house hunting, I should be able to do one new thing every other day and save up so that when October rolls around I can quit. I can go back to boring.

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Okay...meltdown sequence aborted...problem contained...for now.


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I'm just not feeling very well. I want the flu to go away and STAY away. I don't have time for 'sick'!!!! WHY? WHY? Oh...the horror!

A little too over the top, huh? Just be glad I'm not giving you a little too much OUT of the top...if ya get my drift.

I have a lot more thots that I am just NOT gonna post here. And be grateful...cuz today was more like my life.

Daughter is still sick...finally convinced the doctor's office that she doesn't need a med check up tomorrow as much as they need to be doing some testing and more checking to figure out WHY my daughter has been so sick...the flu 3 times in a month? They rescheduled the med check up for next week...sick check up for tomorrow.

Which brought on a tyrade from the daddy about having to pay for two separate Dr. appts. and that she doesn't need meds becuz they are the real reason she is sick....

He called me to inform me the joint checking account was over drawn. Seems the GS leader has been hanging on to checks. She has saved EVERY check I have written her in the past 10 months and decided to cash them all at once. When I was trying to reconcile and rebalance the checking account I only went back 4 months worth of statements to make sure that all the checks had been cashed. It never occurred to me to check back through a whole year! Of course if someone ELSE took better care of his PERSONAL expense account and quit 'borrowing' money from the joint account, this might not have happened either. But...hey...I'm super woman. I can clean a flooded basement, house hunt, take care of sick kids, do laundry, keep track of all items that may be running low and need replaced so they don't run out, do my own homework and keep track of all the bills and financial matters without any problems. OH...and I have time leftover to capture hoodini hamsters.

My head has been splitting all day...and I have been trying REALLY hard not to vomit myself. 2 homes I had to tour. 2 homes I can mark off my list. They are really nice homes...one just had a bad floor plan and one was just not big enough. I get to see the stucco home next Friday.

It is a cold, wet, rainy day. I'm sick...I'm anxious...I'm P*S*ED OFF. I am seriously thinking of packing some suitcases and throwing them in my van and running away. Anyone have any idears about where I could/should run to?

Okay...

Can someone who knows something about astronomy/astrology just tell me what the HHHHHHEck is going on? And am I waiting for another shoe to drop or a door to close or a window to open? Am I gonna have to divvy up to the band, yet? I'm totally confused.

The basement flooding last week and the back and forth exchange of, umm, 'thots' with the landlord...now THAT I'm used to.

But then the email from the finance company at just that point in time AND the quick preapproval to go house shopping...I keep waiting for the realtor they assigned us to jump up and say, "Psych!"

Today...and this just about gave my husband and coronary when I told him...our son...and I did double check to make sure it wasn't a doppleganger...got his bottom out of bed and got all spruced up and went out and...dare I say it? FILLED OUT JOB APPLICATIONS! He has a LIST of about 7 places that he is going to. He is going out for the next 2 days and doing the same thing!

The landlord called me yesterday and in a very PLEASANT voice told me about the guy he has hired to fix the leaking basement problem AND he even told me all the guy is going to do. He was, again, apologetic about all the work I am doing to clean up the basement. He even THANKED me for being so nice and patient. (at least he didn't give me that crap about 'soothing voice' again or the chocolate that I ate wouldn't have been the only thing made me vomit!) You have to understand...he's NEVER been that nice to me...he's just NOT that nice, period.

I have 3 properties I have appointments to look at Thursday evening...thanks to our realtor.

The only thing that seemed 'normal' about my world was my daughter vomiting before bed last night. She got herself up this morning and got ready for school...even though she vomited 3 times while doing so. I was still sick myself so when I heard her make her way to the kitchen I went out to pack her lunch. She looked like chit on a shingle and I touched her head and it was hotter'n a fire cracker. That's when she told me about the vomiting. Go back to BED! I called the doctor's office and explained...they said they would fax a note to the school...keep her in bed...don't bring her in. She kept down some chicken noodle soup and gatorade tonight. The fever is gone and she is bound and determined to go to school tomorrow cuz they have a science field trip. I hope she makes it. Poor thing. She has two more school days then a nice spring break. I am hoping that the time away from the germ filled school will help her get better. I am giving her a really good multi-vitamin for teens but I'm beginning to worry about anemia. She has a doctor's appt. for Friday for a med check up. I'll broach the subject with him. She's getting quite thin.

The only thing that will REALLY make me check to see if I made a quantum leap into another universe is this...the house that I always made fun of turns out is just what I want on the inside. It has some things that need to be changed and updated but it is easily enough done becuz we have contractors/builders/handymen in the family that would help. BUT the house is off the market for the time being...it didn't sell under the last realtor. My realtor has tracked the owner's phone number down and left a message that she has some clients that might be interested if they are still interested in selling. AND they would have to be willing to negotiate on price. If they are willing to let us see it, we like it and they agree to our price...THEN I KNOW I must have gotten too close to Jerry O'Connell and switched worlds.