everyone needs a hobby, something to do....something to keep them occupied when nothing else will do. Right now, I would love a hobby other than keeping up with websites that I am admin.

ummmmm, not sure what I want to do but looking for suggestions.

Anyone have any?

we tend to spend a LOT of time waiting in life.....I wait in traffic, wait in line at the store, wait for X000 for a program to come on or to end cos I am tired of listening to it or wait for dinner to be done.

There is a LOT of waiting.

I am in a 4-6 week waiting period right now. I took Level II for my Florida Association of Code Enforcement and Test....takes 4-6 weeks to process.

So here I wait.

Wondering if I passed or not and the wondering if I passed or not is now on my mind. I believe I passed. I am pretty confident I passed. Just would like the test results to prove it.

Now to keep myself occupied and busy between now/then and be productive :)

asking for rain cos it was super cloudy and they were looking grey and all....and BOOM 24hrs later we are getting a nice gentle rain! YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

surgery was 12-Oct and she is doing great! Won't hear back about the biopsy for another week or so.

grateful I am seeing my girldoc soon as I am not sure how much longer I can stand this rollercoaster of emotion I am on the week before my period is due.

I want to cry in frustration, hurt someone because I feel angry, curl up in a ball until it is over because I don't want to do anything (unmotivated) and I am sure there is more but I don't know how to put it all down on paper.

sigh

being this way creates all kinds of old tapes that are not healthy to my mental status to be dug up and replayed. I know this and can stop it and I am not sure how to keep them buried. I want them to stay away!

okay last I posted I was in the airport waiting for the time for my departure time. Got to my gate, flight postponed three separate times!

We left almost 2 hours late and no movie :( only shorts and they were all bad. At least the people next to me were pretty kewl. Just chatted about Colorado/Florida weather and just other things in general. They made the time go by quickly!

Got home, chilled out and was wired so it took me a while to get to sleep. So glad I took Wednesday off as I didn't get to sleep until 2:30am! Didn't sleep well cos I was either over tired or worried about work.

Relaxed a bit on Wednesday and did a few things around the house.

Work was not bad on Thursday YEAH!!!!!!!!!

well, there was no voice mail when I got off the plane. My great uncle Reuben crossed over into the summerlands to be by his one and only love late Wednesday/early Thursday morning.

Dunno how my mom is doing however, I hope she is okay and finds something else with her time.

it is 4:21 pm, I am hungry, I have some snack foods like nuts and raisins and my plane leaves in over an hour. I do not feel like walking around the airport looking for good AND affordable food. Sigh, why is a sandwich $8 and a drink $2.20 ???? I had an empty water bottle but was told I had to throw it away before I could come through security. wtf? did I get someone on a bad day? Guess I may have to walk around some more to hopefully find a place to eat something better because the airline doesn't have the free snack food (peanuts or cookie) and I am thankful they still have sodas/water/juice. Oh should say there is food for purchase though for $6 - $7 and they don't take cash!????

No idea what I will do. Should say that the plane is leaving late too, won't get home until almost midnight. One good thing is that my tummy is calm. The first 4 days, my tummy was sooooo upset I just wanted to cry.

On a sad and somber note, my Great Uncle Reuben is dying. They don't expect him to last the night. I did go to see him, he knew I was there because he woke up a bit. He thought I was also my sister too. When I kissed him on his forehead, it was cold. He said to tell everyone goodbye. So I know the end is near for him. It makes me sad because my mom has been taking care of him and my grandma and that has been her identity, her purpose. She will be a little lost after he goes. I do expect to have a voice mail on my phone when I arrive in Orlando that he has passed away.

Every trip to Colorado has included a trip to see Uncle Reuben. He was such a flirt and a gentlemen at the same time. He will be missed however, his wife and first and only love of 60 years is waiting for him on the other side. Aunt Ann, he will be with you soon.

wow, what a whirlwind the past few days have been, getting things ready for the wedding, the wedding and then clean up and the day after. Phew. Well, Arrived in Colorado on Thursday - had dinner with family - sister, soon to be bro-in-law, dad, stepmom and niece. Afterward, met up with a friend I have known for over 20 years! Slept with nothing cos new bed, smells (pillows stank), and so on. Then spent more time with said friend. Went to Sister's house to have dinner, chill with family and was going to go out but was waaaaay tooo tired and ended up going back to the hotel early but didn't get to sleep until late (again) Saturday, went back to sisters house for rehearsal. Had dinner with everyone - met BIL's mom and aunt. Great family, everyone got along, including mom, step mom, dad and step dad! WOOT!

Then the big day came. Sister left early for hair/make up and the rest of us followed a few hours afterward. Poor sister had worked herself into a tizzy with details and such BUT the wedding planner did great and calmed her down and made everything right!

They talked about zombies (yeah my sister is a little strange, however, what they said really made sense) and the vows were the same vows that were said in the Tim Burton movie Corpse Bride. Very very sweet! Then pictures happened afterward. Food set out and drink poured, the dancing commenced (after the typical cake cutting, garter/bouquet toss). I danced until I could not do much else LOL

Now I am at my Mom's house, chilling out getting ready to see my grandma! YEAH!!!!!!

I leave tomorrow and to be honest, I will be happy to get home.

my internal clock is saying it is 12:30 / the clock on the wall says 10:30 still a decent hour and time to got to sleep but I am awake!

Hotel is nice - brought ear plugs and benedryl so hopefully that will kick in enough to where I can sleep all night without worry.

Boarded the plane, we sat there for over 30 minutes as there was issues with the plane but after they did the final checks, the flight was gonna only take 3 hours because there was lighter headwinds than they anticipated. Kewl....well the flight was very bumpy, little rollercoastery for a bit too! The movie and beverages (no snack btw) started late and the movie finished 5 minutes before we landed. There was probably about 30 minutes of calm the entire time.

Got there and saw my dad, sister, stepmom and niece (who I never met before today)! Checked into my hotel, went to dinner, got a few things at the store and then came back to the hotel. I hooked up with a girlfriend I have known since junior highschool! We chatted for 2 hours to catch up and she is coming by to pick me up and so I can see her house! I will hang with her for a bit then get with the family!

I am extremely grateful that I was able to spend a few hours with Lenore! Tomorrow I will be taking pictures like mad! Gotta capture the moment! My memory is not that great....not any more.

here at airport, panic about long lines as it being a Thursday and in the middle of the afternoon. Well it was all for naught. There was NO, Zip, Zero, Nada line. It took longer for me to take off my shoes and belt and put them back on than the wait in line for security.

I have a terrible tendency to get myself all worked up over naught. My tummy is all in a flutter and has been for the past few days. I am happy stressed.

Now that I am through my next step is to make sure my travel suitcase (carryon) fits up in the overheads. Left side is bigger so therefore gotta go to the left. Won't be in Colorado until 7pm EST or 5pm CST.

Bought Tod breakfast at Cracker Barrel, and a few more candles. :)

Realized I forgot to bring a pencil....I have a few suduko puzzles and all I have is a pen....*roll eyes* oh well. such is life, guess I will have to do it right the first time around.

Hoping/praying there is a movie that will hold my attention and make the 4 hour flight pass quickly!

Will write more when I can ttfn

doc's office called me and said that my T3 levels were elevated but since the T4 and TSH levels were all within range, not to worry about it. I have had issues in the past with my thyroid levels (hypethyroid). So Doc wants me to check my levels again in 4 weeks.

mmmmm

Hand to write it down somewhere before I forgot

Happy Birrrrthday to Youuuu,
Happy Birrrrthday to Youuuu,
Happy Birrrrthday Dear Maddie,
Happy Birrrrthday to Youuuu!

A few years back, not so long ago, heaven and earth erupted into a major celebration with the news of your impending adventure into this very time and space. You see, someone like Maddie doesn't come along all that often. In fact, there's never been a single one like you, nor is there ever ANY possibility that another will come again. You're an Angel among us. Someone, whose eyes see what no others will EVER see, whose ears hear what no others will EVER hear, and whose perspective and feelings will NEVER, ever be duplicated. Without YOU, the Universe, and ALL THAT IS, would be sadly less than it is.

Quite simply:

You're the kind of person, Maddie,
Who's hard to forget,
A one-in-a-million
To the people you've met.
Your friends are as varied
As the places you go,
And they all want to tell you
In case you don't know:
That you make a big difference
In the lives that you touch,
By taking so little
And giving so much!

Maddie, you are so AWESOME! For your birthday, friends and angels from every corner of the Universe, including buddies you didn't know you had, will be with you to wish you the HAPPIEST of days and an exciting new year in time and space. You won't be alone!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Maddie!

Mike Dooley
Orlando, Florida, USA

PS - Maddie, this is going to be YOUR year!!

I have been sick (again) for the past week+ and I am finally feeling that I am getting over the sinus infection I had.

YEAH! Now i just gotta call the ENT (ear nose throat) to set up an appointment to talk with him about my reoccurring sinus infection.

Business writing has never been a strong point of mine.

In my current job I write letters.  Some are form letters that are fine, I just have to do minor modifications to them and some, I have to write from scratch.

Some days, like today I feel dumb as a box of rocks.  I am just glad I have a boss that is understanding and willing to walk me through now the letters are to be written.

I needed a short get away...mini vacation because I can be a workaholic.  Working on something always, be it paid work or volunteer or online.  I told Tod what I wanted, a short get away, be it to daytona for the weekend....drive up friday come home sunday or something.  Get out of town, away from work related stuff.  So he made arrangements to go to his dad's house (Aventurna/Miami) then the Keys then back to his dad's house and then home.  Clap Clap Clap for Tod :)  He did good with this surprise!

SOOOOO - meeting on Thursday - after meeting Tod and I headed down to Miami, we stopped at a few places then his dad's house.   We leave earlish on Friday and head South.  Thursday night I did research as to where I would like to go so on Friday we stopped at a few places on our way to the Keys.  Each Key had their own touristy stop....a kewl place ws the en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Mile_Bridge When I  saw that both Tod and I thought of the movie True Lies, dunno if it is true but it looked like it was the same bridge.  Could be, who knows.  Anyway there was also an old RR line that was really cool to see.  What amazed me was how blue/green the water was there....so pristine, so clear, so calm.  There was some rain on the way down but it didn't dampen our spirits!  Anyway, we FINALLY got to Key West....and the hotel.... OMG we stayed at the Hilton, Waldorf Astoria...so ritzy!  Tod cashed in some of his points for our stay  :)  Before you start saying, oohhh you lucky girl let me tell you the only good thing about that room was the bed.  The room was soooo small that the bathroom door when swung open missed the dresser by less than 1/2 inch.  There was not enough room for us to occupy the floor area at the same time, can we say TIGHT!  Anyway, the bed wonerfulness more than made up for the smallness of the room.  We get our room, get a bit settled and the sky opened up and poured for 30 minutes or so.  YEAH nappy time!

After the rain, we did all the touristy stuff....
Sloppy joe's
Bull, Whistle, Garden of Eden
Hog's Breath
Hemmingway's (didn't go in cos they charged 12$!)
Then Mallory Square - ritual of watching the sunset
Southernmost point

Okay gotta tell you about Mallory square.  as we arrived it was full of street performers and people selling touristy stuff and foods.  Tod was telling me about a guy who juggles cats.  I was in disbelief!  No Way!  We asked one of the food venders, and  was told oh yeah, the crazy frenchman, he will start in about 5 minutes.  So we waited and this guy is funny, silly french man who loves his cats and created a skit with them.  If you go to Youtube you can find all kinds of videos that show him and his cats....... www.youtube.com/results  he was something else.  After the show, we watched the sunset, then was off to a few more places.  We drove by the Southernmost point.  That was a bit of a disappointment.  I expected to walk a bit down a boardwalk to a smallish island or something.....no it was a monument ust off the road.  So we drove by, Tod let me out, he circled the block and took my picture and then I hopped in (this was 9pm at night)

We got up Saturday AM and went for breakfast.  The chickens/roosters are still all around!  There was a hen w/chicks and was crossing the road, and a guy in a sports car drove up to the stop light to turn right, and pedestrians yelled stop cos he was gonna run them over!  So they shooed the chicks and momma out of the way... LOL 

Anyway we stopped at a place called Papa Java (terrible breakfast) and there was a hen with 5 chicks leading them through the drive thru!  mmm wondered what they ordered? LOL

For lunch we stopped in Islamorada to eat a place called Loreleis that had beautiful mangroves and a few locals arrived by boat!
Then we stopped at a place called Alabama Jacks  for conch fritters.  Tod loves them, they were okay not something I would want to eat on a regular basis but it was okay.  It was on a road called Card Sound Road.  

Arrived in Miami around dinner time - ate so much that day but it was soo worth trying different foods.  Hung out in Miami until noonish and headed home, stopping a few places on the way too....got home around 5pm so I wanted to put a few thoughts down before I forgot.  Will add more as I remember. 

It was what I needed.  Tod bought me a mug to take to work so I would remember the good relaxed time :)

you know I feel a lot of the time that I can't catch up....there is always a gazillon things that are happening AND customers think I can wave my magic wand and people will do what I say to do....

it doesn't always work that way.

Besides I am tired

Did schedule some time off though... June 26th (three day weekend) and then following week is a 3day weekend anyway with the 4th. Then in early August taking off three days for a 5 day weekend/ maybe taking more too. In September, taking off days for my sister's wedding!

Time off coming soon.....

I was at church today (rode the motorcycle) and the talk was about murphy's law....well the sky opened up and it rained. No let me qualify it as it poured!

well I left shortly after the downpour and it was still sprinkling as it looked like it was gonna get worse. Thank the gods it didn't cos it was only rainy/wet the first five miles or so and then, the road was dry and no rain! So I got some easy/not so difficult ride time in the rain. I was cold and wet when I got home so I soaked for a bit in the tub and then was nice and toasty warm :)

Just an experience I wanted to share

what that means is two on the bike....rider / passenger.

Tod was brave enough to go out and be my bitch!

Wow, can't believe how hard/easy/ it was.....ooohhhh that got me excited and I can't wait until I can try it again! I am hoping that Tod will go with me again to give me more practice. We just drove around the neighborhood for about 5 minutes or so. Giving me start/stop/turn practice.

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGONGOMGOMGOMGOMG

wow that was intense!

I really dislike cooking/making food. I have never had the desire to whip up anything other than the occasional brownie or cake.

I don't know if it is cooking and what goes with what or the fact that it might turn out terrible and thoughts about time/energy/money will be wasted? I really don't know. I am lucky enough to come home for lunch every day. AND each day is a struggle as to what I want for lunch. Most of times I do leftovers and then I have to think about what is for dinner.

Sigh, I gotta figure out what to make for dinner and I have NOT a clue. If I was cooking for just me, it would not be as bad, but I am cooking for another person too who doesn't like the veggies that I like.

mmmmmmmmmmm

Ideas, I have .... NOT