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fidget: (n) uneasiness or restlessness as shown by nervous movements; one that fidgets
fidget: (v) to moe or cause to move or act reslessly or nervously

OK – a good friend of mine calls me Fidget. The first time he called me that – I didn’t get it. then I realized how fitting it truly is for me. I’m always moving around – fidgeting. I sometimes let so much nervous energy build up – I can’t help but fidget hahaha I just gave up a long time ago and I noticed I’m not all that fidgety anymore. Sometimes – I still am tho!

So I went to work today – knowing it would be a good day. And it was. I got a lot done and made only one error. I forgot to tell someone where she was transferring effective tomorrow…OOOOPS!!!

I went to my best friends house to borrow her portable CD player…I realized I don’t have one for my workshop tomorrow so I called her in a panic this morning and she came through for me. Again. Nothing new there. So now I’m ready…I’ve got the CD with the songs on it, I’ve got the CD player and I’ve got enough copies of the hand outs I’ll be handing out. Each year, attendance at my “Relating Music to Recovery” workshop has increased. So I made a few extra copies this year – if the trend keeps up – the attendance will be more than it was last year. If not – I have some shredding to do

I’m watching Third Watch as I type this and I just have to say I’m quite upset it was cancelled/taken off the air. I think the only character I didn’t/don’t like is Carlos. Just never got a “feel” for what kinda character/person he was supposed to be. Cold, arrogant, unfeeling. this was always a well written, well acted show. I like it alot. I have an “alert” set up on Amazon.com so that when it finally comes out on DVD – I’ll get an email of when that is happening.

Josie….cute little thing that she is …. is asleep on my lap again. makes it quite difficult for me to type hahaha She’s quite comfortable tho so I hate to move her (helps that I spoil her rotten and she’s got me wrapped around her little paw).

Until next time….

It’s amazing to me how some people blow stuff out of porportion. I was told yesterday by someone (same “friend” who was talking shit about me to another friend) who works over the division I’m in that I should not yell at her (she says I yelled at her last week.) wow. I told her I didn’t realize I yelled at her. Usually, when I’m yelling – everyone around will know it. I also told her that I do know I raised my voice and for that I apologized….So then I told her that I think I’ll stop yelling at her as long as she stops talking shit about me to other people in her classification job. Ya know?

Someone I used to work with many many moons ago contacted me today…asked me to call em. So I did…turns out he found my little website here and was wondering if it was me (he saw the pictures – thought I looked familiar)…so I told him “depends on what ya found on whether I say it’s me or not” hahaha Yeah, turns out it WAS me…go figure!

As some of you know, I’ve been having some female medical problems and basically getting the run around from my HMO. I had an appointment scheduled for tomorrow – they cancelled it. I had that appointment booked for 3 weeks….so then they couldn’t get me in again until March 13th. What kinda shit is that? So I was venting to my boss today and the next thing I knew (it was about 2-3 hours later) I had an appointment this afternoon at 3pm with a doctor. WOW! Thanks to my boss and his friend (who facilitated this and found the place and the doctor and the appointment) I am getting tests done, have another one scheduled for the 7th and I go back to this doctor in 3 weeks to discuss all of my options and all the test results. This doctor sat with me for about 20 minutes BEFORE doing an exam and then sat with me 20 minutes AFTER doing the exam. He’s the doctor of my dreams, I tell ya. All I’ve ever really wanted was to have one of them listen to my concerns and if they can’t “fix” it or if my problem is “normal” then give me some ideas on pain management and ways to work with it. That’s it. I finally found that today. I’m so grateful I could cry. Actually I already have a few times today haha

I’m watching the news right now…..looks like they’ve identified little Jane Cordova Doe. Her first name is Crystal. They’ve also got someone in custody back in Minnesota. This is a good thing. The little girl suffered greatly before she died and I hope they bring the suspects to justice.

OK I am going to go change and get over to the bar for the pool league. Hang out with the girls for bit.

Until next time….

I got this from someone at work today too….

Cop On The “Take”

First he takes … the oath.

Now look at what else he takes:

He takes … it in stride when people call him pig.
He takes … his lousy pay check realizing he’ll never be rich.
He takes … a second job sometimes to make ends meet and support his family.
He takes … time to stop and talk to children.
He takes … your verbal abuse while giving you a ticket you really deserved.
He takes … on creeps you would be afraid to even look at.
He takes … time away from his family to keep you safe.
He takes … your injured child to the hospital.
He takes … the graveyard shift without complaint because it’s his turn.
He takes … his life into his hands daily.
He takes … you home when your car breaks down.
He takes … time to explain why both your headlights have to work.
He takes … the job no one else wants — telling you a loved one has died.
He takes … criminals to jail.
He takes … in sights that would make you cry.

Sometimes he cries too, but he takes it anyway because someone has to.

He takes … memories to bed each night that you couldn’t bear for even one day.
He takes … time to explain to his family why he can’t make the ball game his child is in and why he has to work on the holiday when other parents are off.
Sometimes … he takes a bullet.
And yes, occasionally he may take a free cup of coffee.
If he is lucky … he takes retirement.
Then one day he pays for all he has taken . and hopefully.., God takes him.

Written by Texas Police Officer Kendricks as a tribute to his late brother, Police Officer Rodney Kendricks who died from injuries suffered in an on-duty auto accident in Lubbock, Texas- July 2001

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Do right because it is right and not because you are afraid to do wrong!!

A friend at work sent me this email today and I thought it was funny – so I wanted to share with you!

Why, Why, Why

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are getting weak? (damnit! I thought I was the only one who did that? hahaha)

Why do banks charge a fee on “insufficient funds” when they know there is not enough? (that’s a pretty good question!)

Why does someone believe you when you say there are four billion stars, but check when you say the paint is wet? (hahahaha)

Why doesn’t glue stick to the bottle? (wow…never thought of that!)

Why do they use sterilized needles for death by lethal injection? (it’s the law man!)

Why doesn’t Tarzan have a beard? (he shaves with a sharp rock?)

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him? (cause his head is more vulnerable than his chest?)

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes? (people are still evolving….oh I could get rude but I won’t! haha)

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white? (cause in all reality – it’s just soap?)

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale? (hmmm)

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized? (hahahah cause we are lazy and don’t want to cook anything to put in there!)

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance? (cause we are hoping by picking it up and moving it around to a different spot it was just the carpet – not the string or the vacuum)

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try? (that would be too easy!)

How do those dead bugs get into thos e enclosed light fixtures? (I’ve always wondered that – if anyone figures it out, let me know!)

When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, “It’s all right?” Well, it isn’t all right, so why don’t we say, “That hurt, you stupid idiot?” (hahahaha cause it’s rude to say that!)

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that’s falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over? (Murphy’s law)

In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat? (who does that? haha I don’t!)

Until next time….

I went to work today expecting to have a bad day. Why you ask? Well I figured since the last 3 days that I had been at work were bad, what was stopping the 4th from being bad? I got there at my usual 6:40 and there was not much of anything to do. I did the paperwork that was waiting for me and got some more ready for the boss to sign…and then that was about it. It wasn’t such a bad day after all.

I got to do a lot of thinking about life, recovery, relationships, people in general.

I wonder on this lovely Wednesday – why do people drive like they are going to a fire? Or running from a crime in progress?

A friend told me the other day that he saw a bumper sticker that said “Happiness is coming.” this could be taken in two ways hahaha either way we choose to view that comment – it works either way.

So I’m watching this scene in Grey’s Anatomy…and Meredith is straddling Dr. McDreamy in his car and of course they were making out!…and I almost choked on my beer. It was so reminiscent of something I laughed for a good 10 minutes AFTER the scene was done. OK I watched the first disc of the DVD set…it had the first 5 episodes of the show on there. I’ll wait til Sunday to watch the rest of it…or maybe tomorrow night – depends on what I’m doing and how I feel.

I’ve been slightly following that Port purchase thing…Bush is facing some serious heat with it. How do I feel about it? My knee jerk, first feeling is to say hell no, don’t let them buy it. My second reaction is to step back – let the experts handle it and see where it falls. Do I think the United Arab Emirates is an enemy of the US? Nope. Sure don’t. I do however, believe that they a little more lax than we are in how they handle their naiton’s security. That makes me feel concern for if they are lax with their nation’s security….who’s to say they won’t be lax with the security at the ports of America? this is very troubling and I’ve been praying for the President and all the law makers to make the right decision. Whether I agree with it or not – it could be the right decision.

I got this following quote from msnbc.com tonight….

Insurgents detonated bombs inside one of Iraq’s holiest Shiite shrines, triggering reprisal attacks on Sunni mosques.

How disgusting is that? They try to tell us that this Jihad is supposed to be a religious thing, that it’s a God thing…. Yet these people don’t seem to be following those rules. Allah (or God as I choose to call him) would not approve of this. No loving, kind God would. I do NOT understand how attacking each other’s religious sanctuary will resolve this issue. I fail to see how people could be so inconsiderate of another’s beliefs. I’ve studied a lot of different religions and I have yet to see of a God or Gods that would sanction the killing and descicration of a holy temple of any religion. I fail to see how any God could let His (or Her) people do that…. They claim Allah is leading them, they claim their religion is best. I’m sorry, I can’t follow a religious belief that “lets” their people blow themselves up, kill others and desicrate a temple of any religion. I believe in human rights. Live and let live. These people are ignorant (in my opinion) I do believe there a LOT of people who practice Islam and that are Muslim who are not like this and who do not approve of nor sanction what they are doing…I, in no way, believe that the “whole” of that religion are that way. I believe there are good, kind, God fearing people in those countries and I feel for them. I feel their pain as they watch this happen around them. I feel their pain as they bury their loved ones because someone next door is a Sunni and they are a Shiite and so the Sunni kills their loved one just for having a different belief system. Makes me sick to my stomach.

Ya know, my “aura” test said that I was “very accepting” Maybe that’s my problem? I don’t believe in sanctioning people for their beliefs. I don’t believe in racism. I don’t believe in making people “pay” because they are not the same religion as me. Or same political party as me. So we have different belief systems, so what? Let me live my fucking life and I’ll let you live yours. There. We are done. Imagine that. You leave me alone, I leave you alone. We’re square. Now, if things could REALLY be that simple – I’d be living in a perfect world. Since things aren’t that simple and I’m not living in a perfect world, all I can do is stay out of it and not get involved. Personally, I would not mind dying for my belief in Christ. But I’ll tell you what, I don’t want to die for my belief at the hands of ignorant insurgents who think they are doing “Allah’s will.”

Now that I’ve gone on a rant…I’m going to go read some other blogs on my blogroll and relax haha

Until next time….

OK – so if you read my first blog that was not on my own domain – you’ll recognize this post…I found some more Ladybugs today and I’m still very enamored by them and all the folklore surrounding the ladybug….

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/insects/Ladybug.shtml

That’s the URL to the page where I found all this cool stuff on the insects!

Four ladybugs were sent into space in 1999 on NASA’s space shuttle led by Eileen Collins. Ladybugs and their main food, aphids, were sent to a zero-gravity environment to study how to aphids could get away from the ladybugs without being able to jump using gravity.

Did you know that? I had NO idea ladybugs went to space in 1999!!! learning all kinds of stuff on this webpage hahaha I could even make a ladybug puppet out of two paper plates. how fun would that be? hahahha

http://www.celticbug.com/Legends/Lore.html

I found the following on the above URL…..

LADYBUG LEGENDS:
Nearly ALL cultures believe that a Ladybug is lucky.
Killing one is said to bring sadness and misfortune.

In France, if a Ladybug landed on you, whatever ailment
you had would fly away with the Ladybug.

If a Ladybug is held in the hand while making a wish,
the direction that it flies away to shows where
your luck will come from.

If the spots on the wings of a Ladybug are more than seven,
it’s a sign of coming famine. If less than seven, it means
you will have a good harvest.

In Belgium, people believed that if a Ladybug crawled across
a young girl’s hand, she would be married within a year.

People in Switzerland told their young children
that they were brought to them, as babies, by Ladybugs.
(…and we thought Storks did that)!

In some Asian cultures, it is believed that the Ladybug understands
human language, and has been blessed by God, Himself.

In Brussels, the black spots on the back of a Ladybug indicate to the
person holding it how many children he/she will have.

According to a Norse legend, the Ladybug came to earth
riding on a bolt of lightning.

The Victorians in Britain believed that if a Ladybug alighted on your
hand, you would be receiving new gloves…..if it landed on your head,
a new hat would be in your future, and so on.

In the 1800’s, some doctors used Ladybugs to treat measles! They
also believed that if you mashed ladybugs (ewww!) and put them
into a cavity, the insects would stop a toothache!

During the Pioneer days, if a family found a Ladybug in their log cabin
during the winter, it was considered a “Good Omen”.

In the Spring, if numerous Ladybugs are seen flying around,
British farmers say it forecasts many bountiful crops.

Many Bretons believe that the arrival of Ladybugs will bring fair weather.

Folklore suggests if you catch a Ladybug in your home, count the number
of spots and that’s how many dollars you’ll soon find.

In Norway, if a man and a woman spot a Ladybug at the same time,
there will be a romance between them.

So that was quite interesting! all the folklore surrounding the ladybug…no wonder I like her so much…I have not thought of a name for her yet, but I’m thinking just Ladybug =)

So I was reading MSN.com (of course!) and I found this list of excuses to use when you call in sick….

I’m too drunk to drive to work. (my boss would so not go for that hahaha)

I accidentally flushed my keys down the toilet. (then he would ask me if I’m truly blonde haha)

I had to help deliver a baby on my way to work. (Employee was not in the medical profession.) (wow! that is some excuse hahaha)

I accidentally drove through the automatic garage door before it opened. (hahaha that’s funny!)

My boyfriend’s snake got loose and I’m afraid to leave the bedroom until he gets home. (haha I could see me doing this one cause I HATE HATE HATE snakes)

I’m too fat to get into my work pants. (I could use this excuse every month!)

God didn’t wake me. -Employee didn’t believe in alarm clocks and thought a higher power would wake her when she was ready.- (OK…that’s just silly!)

I cut my fingernails too short, they’re bleeding and I have to go to the doctor. (this one wouldn’t fly for me – since I get my nails done and I would NOT be cutting them – he’d know I’m lying!)

The ghosts in my house kept me up all night. (I do believe in ghosts and I do believe they could keep me awake all night…but I wouldn’t tell my boss that hahaha)

I forgot I was getting married today. (Ummmm…OK….I’m flabbergasted at that one hahaha)

My cow bit me. (If I had a cow – I’d probably use this one)

My son accidentally fell asleep next to wet cement in our backyard. His foot fell in and we can’t get it out. (this would just sound weird saying it cause it would sound like a lie and just straight B.S.)

I was watching a guy fixing a septic pump, fell in the hole and hurt myself. (Why are you so close to the hole? What hole did you fall in again?)

I was walking my dog and slipped on a toad in my driveway and hurt my back. (a toad? a toad? sheeeesh!)

My house lock jammed, and I’m locked in. (I also just bleached my hair – I’m blonde now)

So really….today was my Monday (since I was off yesterday) and it felt like a Monday! I got to work around 640 and hit the ground running…almost literally…if it wasn’t one thing – it was another. One cluster after another. People were driving me crazy today and there was nothing I could do but try to fix their problem and put out the fire. Good thing I love my job! hahaha

I went to Walmart tonight and I bought the 1st season of Grey’s Anatomy on DVD…I’m watching it now. Just started it though so don’t have much commentary from the old episode yet. hahaha I’m sure I will eventually.

Some 007 fans are going to boycott the new movie coming out. Why you ask? Well cause they are upset about the actor who got chosen to play James Bond. Hmmmm sounds kinda silly really…it’s been a few months since they chose this Daniel Craig to play 007…why the late reaction I wonder?

So I read in this article on MSNBC.com – that if you have a major decision to make…you should sleep on it…kind of like that Tim McGraw song – “Maybe…baby….we should just sleep on it tonight…” Hmmmm ahhaha OK so all joking aside, the study says that if we are faced with a major decision, such as buying a car or a house – do your homework and then forget about it… then sleep on it,….and your sleeping conscious will make the decision for you….Interesting….I’ve always made myself “sleep on it” when it comes to huge decisions….I just thought it was common sense…and now it takes a major case study to tell us to sleep on big decisions….

I just have to mention – I’m LOVING this Grey’s Anatomy DVD…I’ve been watching it since I started this post…And I am laughing my ass off…the 2nd episode is all I’m at right now and I am LOVING this show even more cause now I can see the progression of the characters. And George started out crushing on Meredith…it’s quite sad really hahaha

Until next time….

OK…so as an update to something in an earlier post…I got my bowling ball. It rocks!!!!! I got a 10 pound, purple, white and turqoise color ball, custom drilled for my hand (of course!) I then got a purple bag with wheels for it and a Green Bay Packers towel (OK the GBP thing doesn’t match but I’m a Packers fan!)
My good friend KP went with me when I went to get it there at the bowling center. After they finished drilling the holes (only took him about 10 minutes) – we practiced 2 games and I did over my average both games we played (my average was 112 going into tonight)…so I bowled a 117 and then a 122 on the practice games….

When the real bowling started at 630pm – I did a 126, 128 and then a whopping 139!!!! I do believe my average is going up after tonight hahaha The ball was comfortable and easy to use. I also took a few pointers from KP on my “form” and all that – so it took some getting used too – but I will work on it each week and anytime in between that I go bowling.

It was really fun tonight at bowling – I don’t know what was different but I’m thinking it was the team we were playing. They had me laughing so hard at one point I was in tears. My mind was elsewhere a lot of the night – thinking about the Marine and that’s OK – could be why I bowled so well

So I walked into our house and I just have to say it’s freaking cold in this house haha it was at 69 when I came in…I set it up to 72 to warm it up…I’ll set it back down when I go to bed (in about half an hour).

Josie just jumped up on my lap as I’m typing this. Quite difficult to type around her when she’s standing on my lap and trying to nudge my hands to pet her hahaha she’s also making her funny “purring” noises. I call them purring cause she sounds like a fricking cat. She’s smaller than most cats ya know hahaha

Until next time….

Don’t know who George is? He’s a character on Grey’s Anatomy. He’s so funny – makes the show sometimes. He’s sensitive, he’s shy, he’s very smart and he’s really really cute…Since the beginning of the series, he’s been in love with the show’s main character – Meredith. But of course, Meredith fell for Dr. McDreamy – the super hot Patrick Dempsey.

George has been pushed to the background as a listening post/punching bag for Meredith, Izzy and Christina. After last weeks episode, when Mereditch almost blew up – George has been trying to garner the nerve/courage to ask her out and tell her how he feels. He spent the whole episode last night trying to get her to listen to him. She pretty much ignores him and doesn’t “hear” what he’s saying.

So last night’s episode featured a guy from McDreamy’s past – the one who used to be his best friend. His wife (Addison) cheated on McDreamy with this guy – dubbed Dr. McSteamy by Meredith and gang. I can see her dilemma hahaha both super hot – both super successful in what they do. decisions decisions. So McSteamy was hitting on Meredith and when McDreamy saw that, he punched McSteamy and then he did stitches himself on his cheek – he’s a plastic surgeon for God’s sake – can’t have an intern (Meredith) do the stitching!

So after all is said and done, George tells Izzy that Meredith just doesn’t listen to him. Izzy tells him “She will if you make her, George.” So then, George knocks on Meredith’s door (they are roommates by the way) and walks up to her in his uber cute shy way and tells her he would never hurt her, he would never leave her and he will always love her. So they end up in bed. HELLO?!?!?! Now, I know I have a f*cked up sense of whats what – but DAMNIT!!!! Meredith is gonna break his heart into little tiny pieces!!! She’s so not into him. And I now feel sorry for George. It’s going to be painful for me to watch next week cause I’ve been in George’s shoes. I’ve had feelings for people who didn’t have feelings for me and it’s been reversed as well, I’ve been in Meredith’s shoes where someone had feelings for me when I did not return the feelings. It’s a horribly painful situation for all parties involved.

And I know this is just a TV show, but when TV shows like this Grey’s Anatomy come along and make you FEEL what the characters are feeling – it’s hard not to take a trip down memory lane to when/if you were ever in that situation. This show touches a nerve with a lot of it’s viewers and it’s phenomenal the way the actors have taken those roles to higher levels and taken the characters to a higher place.

I love this show. I love ABC for putting it on the air. And it’s quickly taking over as my favorite show ever (it’s catching up with Lost!)

Anyway…I’m done rambling for now….It’s been a boring day off and I’ve resisted posting a million things today cause I’m so bored!

Until next time….