News From the Home Front

Have I mentioned lately that I LOVE SOUTH GA! The weather here is great. I am back in shorts proudly flashing the whiteness typically covered by pants. It's WONDERFUL!

I still don't have my car back yet. It should be done middle of this week but since I am not going home until late Friday I can't get it until Saturday. I'm just ready to be back in my car. B. is hopefully going to take me back on Friday when she gets off work. Maybe I should just quit my job and move back home, become a freeloader and be happy all the days of my life. Not like I would actually do that but dang....ain't nothin' like South GA. I have missed it dearly. I wish there was a way to get a job here in the south but there just isn't a need for Sign Language Interpreters in South Ga....at least none that isn't connected to Nanci Scheetz. I refuse to work anywhere that is connected to that woman, but that's just me and my demons, and she's a demon.

So I have been in South GA for the past week. It's been GREAT! There hasn't been a truly boring/lonely moment since I got here. If nothing else I can always call up a friend or two and find someone to hang w/. That has been WONDERFUL!!!! GEEZ, I miss S. GA. I have had a busy week though I must say. Monday I went to the dentist in Tifton, then to Douglas. After that I went back home and just hung out for a while. Tuesday I went out w/ R. and go me some steak from Texas Roadhouse (my favorite restaurant) and got me some good steak like I been cravin'. We had fun, messed around Valdosta for a while and then came back to my mom and dad's house to watch a movie and work on Mom's computer. Wednesday I spend the morning sleepin', dealing w/ a few necessary things and then I went to have lunch w/ my dad. That was nice. When I got back from lunch I dropped him off at the shop and then went to B.'s house. I spend all afternoon w/ her and left her about 10pm and came home and chilled until I went to bed. Today, Thursday I have come back to Douglas and am currently working at my old job at Trophy World and Gifts, INC. to earn a few extra dollars to help pay for my car. Tomorrow I get to go to my mom's school and talk to the kids about Deaf Awareness. After school Mom is going to take me to B.'s house and I guess I will wait for her to get back and get off work and then we will head out towards Athens. This has been my week, busy but enjoyable. Anywho, nothing major happening or going on lately so I guess that about catches you up. Boring and probably a lot of things that you could have cared less about but I'm bored and wanted to type something...so there ya go. Guess I will post more later...maybe next time there will be more interesting things happening. Although I will have to say that it's been nice to have a boring mundane life for a while. I had almost forgotten what it was like. It's nice not to have a lot of drama for a change. *sigh* Let's just all pray it stays that way. Love you guys!

:-( THE WEEK )-:

OK, so most of you know that my b-day sorta sucked big fat donkey di....well you get the point. I didn't think much of it right...just go on about my business, sulk about it for a day or two and move on...right? Yea no...not exactly how it happened. You know all the drama up til the 20th right.....so the morning of the 23rd I actually leave my house a little early. I was feeling kinda proud of myself and looking forward to what I hoped would be a pretty decent day. It was rainy that morning and a little hazy as I pull up to the stop sign at the end of my road. I look both ways....nothing, so I pull out and then I hear a BOOM! and my car starts moving to the left. I think, CRAP I just had a blow out and I'm gonna have to change a tire in the rain, good thing I left early. Then I hear a horn blow and I realize that someone had just hit me. I accidently pulled out in front of someone and they are now going into the shallow ditch. Oh yea, this is going to be a REALLY good day huh? so I pull over and get out and make sure that everything's ok. No one was hurt (Thank God!) and although damage was done to both cars it wasn't major damage, most appeared to be cosmetic and the axle's on both cars are bent but other than that there were no parts really knocked off or anything. However, I realized later why I didn't see the guy. You never think of things right on the spot when things like that happen, I was just so glad that no one was hurt and everything else that my mind wasn't functioning in analysis mode. So as I am thinking back over everything and trying to see it all over again in my minds eye I realize that I didn't see him b/c his headlights weren't on. The boy was driving a gray lost to the ground car (mustang) on a gray rainy morning w/o his lights on......hum....you tell me who isn't the sharpest tool in the shed. Needless to say that didn't help me any, I still got a ticket for not yielding while turning left. That's find and all, I get it but dang. If the boy had sense enough to have his lights on while driving on a gray rainy morning I'd have seen him. Oh well, as my daddy said, shit happens. So at this point I have decided that I will probably take the ticket to court if for no other reason that to see if I can at least get the fine reduced. I am already going to have to pay the insurance deductible of $500 to get mine fixed and the ticket is $130 more that I don't have. Maybe the judge will be in a good mood that day and have mercy on me. Pray that she does.

So right now I have my mom's car while mine is being fixed. What can I say, my mommy loves me. But needless to say that last 2 weeks haven't been a party. Nothing near, it's actually been quite frustrating. So that was Thursday, I obviously wasn't able to make it to work that day. My neighbor across the road let me use his truck to go to school on Friday. I am thankful for having some wonderful neighbors that have really stepped up to help me out. My dad came up Friday to get me and take me home so that I could get my mom's car. Saturday I went out w/ B. and her Dom. He took us out to eat at Tokyo Japanese Hibachi Grill. It was really nice. We decided that if nothing else we would celebrate the fact that at this point I am alive and not killing ppl..........yet. hee hee. After that we went to the bar and had a drink or two. B's Dom got sick while we were there but didn't tell us about it until later. We had fun though. Gave me some time away and not thinking about everything that had happened on Thurs. So while we are out on Sat. night W. called me and wanted to make a "business proposition" which ended up being EXTREMELY insulting to both B. and me, so you can imagine what it was. Then he texted me more times than I can count. The next day I told him that he had said enough the night before that he actually was able to piss me off, which is hard for him to do. I told him some of the things that he had said and some of the things that his friend had said when he got on the phone and he apologized. I haven't talked to him since. I was talking to him Sun. night on my way home and lost him when I hit the dead area (you all know how that goes) and tried to call him back. I left him a message to call me back and texted him to let him know I was home and to call me back......he never did. Oh well, his loss. I am done w/ trying to run after him. I was w/ the chase for a while, at this point he can come back and run after me for a while. I am tired of it. I have built that bridge and am crossing it as we speak, apparently leaving him on the other side........I just have to decide if I want to burn it when I get to the other side...hee hee hee. FIRE!!!!! it's so pretty.

So Monday and Tuesday I went to work in an obviously depressed, frustrated state of mind. Wednesday wasn't all that bad and today has just been me running around trying to get everything done that was required of me so it seems like things are back to normal....or at least as much so as they can be at this point (knock on wood). I still don't know much about my car. I need to call and see what they know about my car and when they think they'll have it fixed. All that is a mess, always is. The insurance agency and I have been playing phone tag for the past few days to no avail. We'll catch each other eventually. Just keep me in your prayers. I think we all know my patience on certain things are some what limited. *looking up*"Lord, I ain't prayed for patience, I'm happy w/ what I got."

So that's been my week...from Thurs. Feb 23rd until today. It's been a rough one but I have managed to survive w/o casualties. Needless to say, all comments of encouragement are appreciated, snide remarks will be edited to my liking before posting..lol.

Be well A/all!

Wanna hear it?...here it goes....

Ok, so as you all know, Friday was my birthday. Everything that I had planned to do this past weekend fell through, and I do mean EVERYTHING! Even the small minute little things that weren't really a big deal, went sour on me. It really SUCKED! So I was really looking forward to next weekend, b/c that was when B. was planning to come up and we were going to celebrate the way it was meant to be done.......theoretically that is. Apparently it was all in theory b/c as my luck would have it...she's not even going to get to come up next weekend. Go figure huh? So I guess I will go home. There's nothing else to do and I don't want to spend another weekend alone sulking in my house and being a house frow. I want to get out and do something and there's no one here to do anything w/. If I go home I can go get the birthday steak I was meant to have and spend some much needed time w/ mom and maybe even find some time to drag B. off to get our piercings. It's like I told R., I don't think I was meant to have good birthdays and Christmas-es b/c it never fails that is things are going to go wrong and I am going to end up crying it will always be on Christmas and my birthday. Any other day of the year it's not that bad at all....but those two days, no matter what I do, how careful I am, how meticulous or non-meticulous I am, it never fails that no matter what happens everything will go to the dogs and I'll end up in tears. Welcome to my world, and ppl wonder why I'm so screwy.

I will have to say that the best thing that happened this weekend was I got to talk to my baby boy (the youngest of the two boys that I kept while I was in college) on Friday. I cried then just b/c I was so happy to hear his voice. However, it made me realize that he's growing up on me, and I'm missing it. That was a really hard revolution to have b/c I have seen everything in this kids life. I was there for the first time he sat up on his own, the first steps he took, the first time we went to the bathroom by himself, I took him out to eat at his first sit down restaurant, I have been there for almost the entire first 5 years of this kids life and now I'm not. That's really hard. Then his brother, oh geez, he was 3 when I started keeping them so I was there w/ him for a lot as well and now he's in 2nd grade and I am sure at the top of his class b/c he's incredibly smart. I guess I just miss them both so much. I am ready for the summer to get here. I am definitely going to Canada for a visit. I don't care what it costs or what I have to do, it'll totally be worth it.

I have so much I know I will be doing this summer that it's scary. I will be in Fla. for a week this summer, then I will be a camp for 1 possibly 2 weeks, I will be in Canada probably for about a week, and then who knows what else will be thrown in there. It should be interesting. When I told the boys that I would be coming to visit them this summer the oldest of the two pointed out that it meant that I was going to have to get on a plane.....which is going to be a new experience for me b/c I have never been on a plane before. However, he comforted me by saying that he would be at the airport waiting for me when I arrived. He's so cute. I am sure that when I get to Canada that I will just rent a car and drive myself but still, it was a nice thought. My babies are concerned about me.

Anyway, so I guess that will be all for now. I am going to jet out a little early and go get some pics developed and maybe pick up a new camera. I need one and I have had my eye on one for about 3 weeks now. I think it should have my name on it, don't you? It's a 6 megapixl 12x optical zoom digital that with tax will cost me well more than I should be paying but oh my gosh, when I say I need one I mean it. I am still using the one that my mother had when I was 12 (if not before) that she handed down to me, you know the old 35 mm type that you take a pic and then wait 5 minutes for the flash to recharge. I think it's time for an update. Anywho, I will talk to you all later. Be well and don't do anything I wouldn't do.

Lemonade Anyone?

So I made it though V-day. This is a feat in itself. Since I work in a HS, V-day is a BIG deal. Walking down the hall you see balloons w/ expressions of love, flowers, more stuffed animals than you can count and some so big they weren't able to fit in a desk of their own and were forced to reside in the corner for the duration of the class. But then you were also able to easily pick out those single folks as they walked the halls dodging eye contact w/ everyone else in hopes that no one else would notice that they were not taken, and the occasional few singles who would frantically search the hall for their crush in hopes that he/she would notice them on this special day. *sigh* So needless to say it SUCKED being in a HS on V-day. Oh well, life moves on weather you go w/ it or not......so I move.
I'LL BE 25 TOMORROW!!!!
For those of you who haven't noticed....it's only ONE MORE DAY!!!! TOMORROW IS THE DAY PEOPLE!!!!! Mark it and let it be known. Tomorrow I will be........oh wait.....some of you don't know me.....don't know how old I am....and should we meet might think me younger.....humm....oh ta-heck w/ it....if you don't know me turn around and don't look....I'll whisper it...I'll be 25.
(You'll have to highlight the spot to see it. I'm being berry berry sneaky....so shhh...don't tell no body. Who knows how many other messages I have done this way thoughout the blog...hummmm...see, now I have your curiosity hummm?)
I'LL BE 25 TOMORROW!!!
Hopefully my b-day plans will go off as planned. Not holding my breath for it but one can always be hopeful. However, it seems that every time I turn around there's a road block and no one is coming, then I turn around again and 1 person is coming, then again they're all coming, then no one is again....so at this point, it's anyone's guess. We shall see I suppose. The last time I had a b-day go off w/o a hitch I didn't know about it. I helped plan the entire thing b/c I thought it was a party for someone else who's b-day is Feb 13th. I was helping plan a b-day party for her (at least, so I thought). So I get there and it is my job to keep this person occupied while things are set up, and she thought that she was keeping me occupied while they were getting things set up, so when we both came out of the room after having a very messy, very fun, baby powder fight we were both VERY surprised. Neither of us knew that the party was for us, we both thought that the party was for the other person. I obviously have some sneaky friends. It was great.
I'LL BE 25 TOMORROW!!!
Since then, they still haven't been able to completely clean up all the baby powder (that was my 17th b-day and believe me when I tell ya that stuff stays in the air and air vents and is impossible to get out of those corners) and every time I try to plan something it always falls through. I have decided that if I am going to have a b-day that happens the way it was planned, the best way to do it, is not to tell me about it. That's the only way it'll happen. Otherwise, there'll be more complications than you can count. Plus, I just love a good surprise.
I'LL BE 25 TOMORROW!!!
So I guess that we will see tomorrow who all is going to show. P. (a fellow interpreter) and I were planning to go out to dinner after school, before everyone arrived, but that probably won't happen until next week. She is getting sick and doesn't know if she will be here tomorrow and really doesn't need to be out in the weather. So that's no biggie, will gimmie a chance to go home and get everything straighten up before anyone arrives, if they do arrive. B. is supposed to be coming if she gets the money situation worked out and will probably arrive around 9:00 pm-ish and W. is going to try to come. If he is able to come he will be leaving after work and he never knows what time that will be (not like I know for sure what's up w/ him since the only communication I have had w/ him in over a week has been via text). So one is coming if the money can be arranged and the other if he doesn't have to work. HUM.....looking some what bleak. I hate it when that happens. Oh well, as they say, when life give you lemons, make lemonade.
I'LL BE 25 TOMORROW!!!
I think I should just open up my own shop. I don't think a stand would cut it...would definitely need something bigger w/ the quantity I have at this point. So I guess the next question is....Who's up for some lemonade?
DON'T FORGET I'LL BE 25 TOMORROW!!!! Y? B/C IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Surprises, V-Day, A Fair Deal & G. I. Joe

This weekend was definitely an interesting one. My parents came up and we had a nice dinner Friday night and then Saturday we got up, went to breakfast, baked a few pies, and watched a couple of movies before Mom and Dad headed home. Saturday night I went out to karaoke and had some fun. Sunday morning I had a few pleasant surprises that helped keep my mind off of W. for the weekend. It was nice.

Needless to say I haven't heard from W. and am really not expecting to. Can't say that I'm worried about it. I think I've let it go. I have put out my fleece and the requirements haven't been met. Although the time for it does not end until tonight at 12:00am but I am doubting that I will hear anything. Oh well, life goes on as I must as well. Big whoop. At this point I am tired of feeling like a 17 year old school girl w/ her first major crush. That gets REALLY old after a while and I know that B. is tired of hearing about it. L. and I have talked about a few things that have happened but she doesn't really know much about the W. drama. Everything else she knows about though....but I haven't had a chance to really sit down and talk to her about everything that has happened and went through my head on that topic.

AHHHHHH, so tomorrow is the day of the patriot St. Valentine. The day that couples look forward to for the romance and the guaranteed bump and snuggle (that is unless you REALLY screw up) and that all single ppl look on w/ distaste and despise. I suppose I will be w/ the singles this year. Sucks to be me huh? That's ok, I'll happily look at all those cute little couples w/ the disgust they deserve and make silent comments to myself about how they should just go get a room and keep all that sappy crap to themselves b/c no one wants to see that. AH, already I'm sounding like the little old lady w/ her cats. Fluffy and I will just have to have a good time of our own...lol....too bad I don't even have a fluffy at this point.

PeeWee will probably be coming home w/ me next time I go down to South Ga. though. Dad wants to get a new dog (Blue Healer) and he knows if he does that he will have to get rid of PeeWee if he wants his dog to live. For those of you who don't know, PeeWee is a murdering bastard that killed my baby, Casper, a gorgeous white American Bulldog. The little shit will lead any animal to the road that takes the attention away from him. Another example of this; we have a new little kitten that sleeps w/ him and he has really taken a shine to, this kitten's mother was a white cat. We also have a white cat and this kitten will follow the cat and look to it like it's mother. PeeWee has started trying to lead the white cat to the road to get ran over b/c the cat takes the kittens attention away from him. To say that he's jealous is an understatement. However, I couldn't stand knowing that he's my Papa's dog and I know how my dad gets rid of unwanted animals. Let's just say he tends to take them out w/ a bang, and leave it at that. PeeWee maybe a murderous little bastard, but he's an old dog that knows what it takes to get what he wants & to survive, and he's willing to do what it takes to get what he desires. I guess I can relate and hate to see him go out that way. He deserves to die naturally or in the same manner in which he has killed so many others (a nice hit and run situation). It's only fair.

As the saying goes: "What's fair for the goose is fair for the gander."
(For those of you who don't know or have always wondered b/c you aren't acquainted to the farm, a gander is a male goose. Just thought you'd like to know, and as G. I. Joe says: "Now you know, and knowing is half the battle.")

Don't forget...My B-day is on Friday!!!! 4 more days!!!!!!

Some Mythical Creatures Do Exist!

OK, so my parents are coming to visit me this weekend. They are leaving early this afternoon so that they can get here in time we can go out to dinner. Dad owes me $5 now b/c he bet me that I couldn't talk mom into leaving early and HA HA I did. Like I have said before, I'm the baby and the only girl.....I tend to get what I want. One way or another.

Next weekend should be interesting. B. will be here and hopefully W. will too. But I have this gut feeling that he won't be. This weekend he has some visitors coming down to see him from the Tifton area. One of them is a girl that he's went out on a date w/ a few times. Nothing serious, just dates, she's still got the V. Card. W.'s theory on that is NEVER take a V. Card b/c those b*tches just go crazy afterwards and don't wanna leave you alone. So I don't think that he's going to do anything but it'll be another body to wake up to and I know he'll at least be throwing on the "CB Charm." I'm ok w/ him doing all this...np...but I will have to say that I am a little jealous. Who wouldn't be though. *sigh* oh well. We did agree that there were no strings attached and that we were just going to stay friends at this point. Not much else I can do. I'm just hoping that he'll come up for my B-day and throw a little of that charm my way.

Who knows. I'm ok w/ staying friends w/ possibilities and maybe a few benefits. I just gotta be careful not to get all attached and stuff. I hate it when my head goes into girl mode. That has never really happened before. Must be something that he does to me I guess......that or L. has just had WAY too much of an influence on me lately. Either way it ain't good. I'm not supposed to have a girl mode. That's like finding out there isn't an Easter Bunny or Santa Clause. It's a mythical thing, my girl mode. Even I didn't know that it existed. It's the thing of nightmares....beware, it could happen to you too. Just don't tell anyone it happened to me....it'll ruin my reputation of being the all knowing testosterone bitch. Wouldn't want to ruin that one now would we? SHHH...don't tell anyone....but I sometimes also dress like a girl too. I told you it was a thing of nightmares. I will be doing this when we go out for my birthday if for no other reason than as a form of disguise so that ppl will not realize it is I who is out having a good time and getting hammered. Wouldn't want to ruin it for those who still see me as the goodie goodie either now would we. Too bad one of those ppl will be w/ me....isn't that right B.?

Anyway, so the count down is down to 7 more days........7 MORE DAYS!!!!! Fun shall be had by all. Come and join us if you dare. Until then, try not to have too many nightmares about me actually being a girl, giving a shit about how I look actually behaving like a girl b/c I'm interested in a guy. Just pinch yourself and you'll realize it's all fake. Don't believe any of it. See you all on Monday.....if I get the time.

7 MORE DAYS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's Back On BE-OCH!!!!!!!!!

9 more days!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good news. As far as I know everything may work out for my B-day. B. says she'll be coming after all. At this point in time I don't know how she is going to be able to swing it but she's found a way. Hopefully W. will be able to come up as well. At this point he said that he was going to try. I yet again find myself hopeful when he is concern. I am hoping that he will be able to come. That way I would be able to celebrate my B-day w/ 3 of my best friends. What more could a person want...well, maybe all my other friends to come and join us but I know it's a long drive.....and could name a few other things....but I will be nice.

Even better news is that since B. is coming for my B-day that I will be able to get my piercings!!!! OK, well, I say I'm excited. I will have to say that I was disappointed that I wasn't going to be able to get it done. I was looking at my jewelry that I had already bought and was hating that I was going to be able to use it for a while. Now I will be able to use it soon. YEA!!!! However, I will have to say that I am nervous about getting it done. I told B. that I had to get it done first so that I would actually go through w/ it. B/c if I watch her get it done and she screams I will probably be tempted to back out. However, if I get it done first I will not be able to back out. Plus, I like pain more than B. does..lol.

Anyway, so plans are back to normal and lots of fun w/ friends will be had.

9 more days!!!!