Hump Day

Well good morning everyone!  (Shhhhh...it is really the middle of the night and I know most of you are sleeping except us insomniacs)  I went to bed earlier than usual because I was tired but at 2:30 I was wide awake,  Bummer!  I will really pay for it today at school.  This teacher may be sleeping on her desk during prep time. 
Lots of stupid stuff going through my head.  My daughter woke up late yesterday (shut off alarm by accident) and got a late start off to Indy.  She forgot her sunglasses and cell phone.  I just knew when I saw the phone on the counter that today would be the day she would really need it.  Why is Mom's intuition usually right?  She ran out of gas on the way!  Poor girl!  She didn't know where she was ( I'm not sure how far she got) and just stood on the side of the road and prayed for help.  A policeman stopped.  She said she was never so glad to see a cop in her life!  He took her to get gas and was really nice.  Needless to say, she was late to her first class.  She borrowed a friend's cell phone to call home last night to talk with Emily before she went to bed so I got the lowdown of her fabulous day. 
I am anxious about going home to see my family.  We will celebrate my Dad's 80th birthday this weekend.  I am no longer the 368 pound older sister and now I am treated differently because of that.  Some say that should not bother me, but it does.  I don't want any comments said to be hurtful to my daughter who will be with me, because her WLS has not been totally successful and she still has more to loose. 
I also know that with Micah (my daughter) soon finishing her degree, that I will have some decisions to make about my housing situation.  Originally, it was thought that I would only live with her and Emily after my divorce 5 years ago until she finished her degree.  I couldn't pay for her to go to college, but at least I could financially support her while she went.  So when she is done and after she gets a job and gets on her feet, do I move out and try to start my own life?  I know I am needlessly worrying about things that are a ways down the road, but it is still on my mind. 
Sorry I am so long winded this morning.  Overly tired I guess.  Thanks for listening to my concerns.  I would appreciate your prayers. 
Shanna, sorry things are going so badly at work.  Hang in there it will get better.  If your friend had really been a friend, she may come to the conclusion that she misinterpreted information she thought she overheard. 
Gai, my prayers are with you and your Mom.
Misty, I hope you are feeling better. 
Sherri- please take care of your self!  Your test on Friday is really important and you need to be in the best shape. 
Hugs to all.  Have a great day!  Karen

Good Morning.

I just woke up from another small cat nap. Thats all I've been able to get since i woke up in the recovery room, 20 mins here, 20 minutes there. Oh well.

I hope everyone is doing well.

Gail - Thanks so much for updating folks.
Sherri - I hope your feeling better.
Karma - Sounds soo much like one of my days half the time lol

(( HUG )) to you all. I'm going to try and rest again.

Good hump day to everyone. This one promises to be a busy one for me. I hope that it is a good one for everyone.

Today I have to be at the church office early to get the final things done for the church evaluation. I am going to be so happy when that blasted thing gets into the mail today! Then it is done for my part. I think it looks good and that is the main thing. It shows that my church is working on our low points and it shows that we are a good and busy church. We are just having some problems with the membership. We are small to begin with and sometimes they just don't think they need to do anything and that the regular ones that do things are the ones that are going to be able to continue. That is not the right mindset. Oh well, I am not going to worry about it right now.

I have visitation to the nursing homes today with communion. We are going to have 3 visits. Two of the three has Alzheimer's so that is going to be nerve racking. The visits with them take a lot out of you. You go from one thing to another so fast most of the time that your mind gets bogged down. I guess I am lucky in one way since that was how I lived my life several years with mom and her Alzheimers. It is such a sad disease. It takes so much from the person who has it and also from the people that love them so much. I guess it is moments like the visitation times with them that I am so happy that mom is now a whole person now. God does answer prayer~just not always the way that we would like. He does heal but unfortunatly death is a form of healing also. Most people lose sight of that fact. Their loved one passes and thinks that God has let them down. Death is the ultimate healing that He can do. That is the most true form of healing. Everything negative is gone and never to return again. Our loved one is whole again with no infirmities at all. How much greater of a healing can we ask for?

Bill is off for work. He is going to be so happy when this week is over. Not only because he is off on Monday but because he is not a morning person. Usually when he gets up in the morning he likes to just be alone and quiet but he isn't able to be this week. He leaves here and goes to the insanity of the coke plant. He loves working out there but sometimes it is hard to work with others.

I go see Karen the wls nurse for my appointment this afternoon. I have to cut visitation shorter, but not by much, because I have to be in Merrillville early this afternoon. I go all the way there and the whole thing takes about a 15 minutes and so then I leave and feel like I rushed around for nothing. lol I guess that is better than to go and have something wrong so I should be gratefull. If you can't be gratfull for the things that you have be gratefull for the things you don't have. We must always remember that.

I guess I had better get going. I have to do some things around here before I get moving to the church and the start of today. I hope that everyone has a wonderful day and remains blessed. I am sending love and hugs to everyone with prayers for all. Special prayers are going up for those in need of them.

Good mornig all. If my computer is acting the way the rest of the day is going to go, I am gonna be screwed!!! It has taken me28minutes to boot up, and be able for me to get onlineto post a single thing! GRRRRRRRRRRR 
Of course, the girls are acting just as slow too.....the bus will be here in 20 minutes, and neither are ready! Go figure, I have had them both up for 45 minutes, and been on them to get ready too, but it just isn't helping at all this morning.
Back to work for me today........for 6 days in a row!  Wooooooo hoooooo!!!  Joy joy joy!  Oh well, at least it will be 10 hours of OT for me for this week, AND next week too!
Gotta get their hair fixed. Have a great day all!  Prayers going out to everyone needing them.  Please say one for me as well!
TTYL!

Good morning everyone!

Today is a better day..but...I cheated. I usually refuse to take pain meds when I'm at work. Since my instruments are all running ..... and I'll be here for quite awhile today, I did take them this morning after I got here. I didn't yesterday and boy was I hurting by the time I got home! I didn't want to go through that again. I see Dr. Gupta for a 1 week check-up tomorrow. I'm glad. I have 2 places that doesn't look very good. One is one that was there before (the other one that was there before is looking good now) but the other one is a new one and it looks worse that the 1st one. Both are draining quite abit. My stomach has been VERY sensitive to clothing. It doesn't seem to matter how loose the material is, if it touches the skin, it has like a burning sensation. I couldn't wait to get home yesterday, pop some pain meds, and get my clothes off ASAP. Add in that the bloating & diarrhea was working overtime and my darn toe is still swelling & hard to walk on with shoes on...and then you have my day yesterday!  I am really hoping for a better day today! So far...the stomach pain & burning is under control. I've got everything else but those I'm kinda use to as much as a person can be anyway.

Tomorrow, before my doctor appt, Bill & I are going to meet Jan & Tim (her dh) at Max & Erma's at 2. It'll be good seeing Jan again. I get to enjoy the tea there while I smell their food..lol! Dr. Fecht doesn't allow ANY solids at all the day before a colonoscopy. Given my 'failed' one in June, trust me, I wil do everything exactly as he says...so...I hope M&E's has wonderful tea! LOL!

Karen...I'm trying my best to take care of myself hon. I'm not over-doing it. I am at work, but not alot of choices about that. I'm not doing anything I'm not suppose to do ...so no lifting over 10 lbs. My boss is in Puerto Rico this week but we've been emailing each other quite abit and he is in total agreement. If it hurts or can hurt, I am not to do it. Brian's pretty cool about that kind of stuff. At home, I've been taking it easy. I did put some tomatoes on to dehydrate last night but the night before I spent it playing a computer game that my secret elf sent me...Alice in Wonderland's Mahjong! I'm about 1/3rd of the way through it. woo-hoo! I downloaded it on my laptop so I could sit in the livingroom & play it with my feet propped up &/or ice on my toe and a pillow protecting my tummy. Man, am I messed up or what??? You should see me trying to clear everything off of me so I can go potty!

Misty..I hope you start feeling better soon. I'd call Dr. C's office though about the loratab. It gives me insomia so no can do. When I had my hernia surgery, vicodin just didn't cut it. Dr. Gupta ended up having to give me oxycodone to get the pain under control..straight percocet makes me itch too. So do call her nurse. There are other alternatives...even in the liquids!

I hope you all have a good day today!

Sherri

Just a  quick sec to say hello and off to work!  Hope everyone has a great wednesday!

Just popping in to say hello  I gotta go get ready to drive clear to indy to my work which is around a 45 min drive with gas almost 4 bucks just to get a 15 min evaluation and then drive the 45 mins all the way back home. I'm sooooo not happy about it !!! I told them I didnt have the money until monday to afford the drive there and back (I only work prn hours cuz of hubby being gone, so its only like a few days a month) They didnt care, he told me if I didnt get in there and have it done that I wouldn't have a job, you dont even want to know what I wanted to tell him he could do with my job           Sad part is I worked on saturday and both managers live in Indy. I dont know have a clue as to why they couldn't of came in for that little time and gave it to me while I was there. GRRRRRRRRRRRR I'm so not a happy camper today lol Lets just hope I can be nice when I get there is all I got to say  Well I hope that everybody has a great hump day and to those that are starting off on the wrong foot like me today, well I hope the day gets much better for ya!!!