What I want

8:03pm: I am made of fail lately
I have not gotten into LJ for a long time - have note even had the urge to do so.

We are having a get-together tomorrow, since fireworks are banned in Larryville.

At any rate, be safe this weekend!

7:48pm: Last night
I had a lot of fun at Liberty Hall! It was a midnight movie, showing "The Big Lebowski"
There were so many people, and the whole thing was so much more than watching at home.

There was one group who came dressed in shirts proclaiming that they were from Team Lebowski.

It was like watching an MST 3K show, live!

1:01pm: Yesterday
I went to the monthly meeting for MS survivors.

There was a guest there to talk about Journaling.

She told us that she has been journaling since she was 10 years old.

Gave us a list of things to react to and create our own journals.

(I think I know her daughter.)

It was a very good meeting!

12:48pm: Writer's Block: Close Call


I am lucky that I am alive now. I had a car wreck when I was 16, on my way to a class I was taking - it was the summer before my senior year in high school.
(That was in 1984)

No one knew what caused my accident - LOL I was given a ticket for careless driving after that.

I suspect I had a gran mal seizure during my driving.
(I had some when I was a child; my mom says I was just a baby)

My car rolled once and a half times, and I was thrown out of it in the first half roll.

I was not belted in, but if I had been, the car would have crushed my head.

My last seizure happened while Rogue and I were at a hospital to visit his grandmother.

My memories of that are all messed up.

4:33pm: Mom is home!
They let her out of the hospital Friday morning, May first.

1:52pm: Hopeful time!
My mother is still in hospital, she is going through PT and OT very well!

They told her that she will be ready to go home this Friday.

They have her walking in OT without a cane, because she has such good balance.

The PT wears her out a bit, but she has recovered a lot of the strength she had lost.

She plans to continue the strength exercises at home, because she enjoys them.

7:38pm: Robert 's day?
He got home and went straight to bed, poor guy.
Then was called from work.
The guy that is on call right now seems to not understand anything.

And Roguewolf71 was just barely asleep.

Oh, and we got a new neighbor yesterday.

The woman who owned the property put it on sale as soon as the last neighbor moved out.
Can't blame her for that, she's getting close to 90 now.

At any rate, it was sold to a young man; through his mom.

The property went through a lot of renovations over the past month.
We'll see how it turns out.

7:29pm: News!
Lots of things today.

My mother had the second surgery on her back.

She went in to surgery at 9:00 this morning, and Larry called me at 4:35 to let me know that she is in the recovery room.

The doctor has many hope that he did a good job; the wedges they put into her back makes the small of it bend naturally, which it was not before this.

I suspect that she has had this trouble since she was in her late 30s. Her back always hurt, but she rarely complained about it, considered it a part of getting older.

4:55pm: Roguewolf got up an went to the airport at 8:30 this morning.

He got there safe and sound by 2:00.

5:52pm: A story of nothing
I was really looking forward to seeing Jenny get married today.
But Roguewolf woke up sick.

Well, I still have this terrible cough, so - whatever.

2:25pm: Tonight is the monthly poker games
At house Foster.

Tomorrow, a friend's youngest daughter is getting married!

She stood with her sister at my marriage in Oklahoma.

They are both taller than I am now.

My parents have driven to Kentucky to see a cousin's new baby.

And, I still have this cold.

12:01pm: What makes a person a hero?
Finally got the info straightened out with Audio Reader!

Tomorrow will be a day of calling my mom and brother in OK.

I decided that my little brother is a hero earlier this week. Not My hero, he's just my brother, but in his actions he has a decidedly heroic type of mind-set.

What makes a person a hero?

9:15pm: My poor mom
She sent me an email Sunday morning that she is going in for more surgery on her back.
The Dr. is determined to get her so that she can stand up straight again.
(Each time she goes in, he kept trying to push her to stand up straight, he really thought it was her own fault at first.)
She will be going in on April 23 for surgery - supposed to be out again in three days.
She really wants to be able to reach her height of 5'9" again.

8:05pm: I have not been here much at all lately
Why not - I was sick after the last poker game, plus I got pink eye last week as well. I'm feeling much better today, so I was here reading up on my f-list.

Of course, I still get tired too quickly, but what can I say?
At least the weather is getting better now.

I failed at doing the Walk MS on Saturday; I simply did nothing for it at all.

7:30pm: Me Irish? I think not

You're 55% Irish

You're very Irish, and most likely from Ireland. (And if you're not, you should be!)

2:01pm: Quiz!

Your result for The Steampunk Style Test...

The Ragamuffin

50% Elegant, 24% Technological, 50% Historical, 16% Adventurous and 51% Playful!

Take The Steampunk Style Test at HelloQuizzy

1:39pm: Are You Chocolate or Vanilla?

You Are Chocolate

You are dramatic, charming, and downright addicting. You have a strong personality, and and people are drawn to your fabulousness. You are stimulating and exciting. It's hard to get tired of you. You are incredibly likable and popular. You live a glorious life.

5:54pm: Today!
Well, after lunch out with friends, we went downtown and walked a mile together.

4:42pm: LOL - new disease
I get these from friends online.

The Center for Disease Control has issued a medical alert about a highly contagious, potentially dangerous virus that is transmitted orally, by hand, and even electronically. This virus is called Weary Overload Recreational Killer (WORK).

If you receive WORK from your boss, any of your colleagues or anyone else via any means whatsoever -DO NOT TOUCH IT- This virus will wipe out your private life completely. If you should come into contact with WORK you should immediately leave the premises!

Take two good friends to the nearest grocery store and purchase one or both of the antidotes - Work Isolating Neutralizer Extract (WINE) and Bothersome Employer Elimination Rebooter (BEER).

Take the antidote repeatedly until WORK has been completely eliminated from your system.

5:57pm: I have watched as the snow melted away.
I also just found out that this year's Walk for MS will be on Saturday, April 4.

I really want to be involved with that this year.

4:18pm: It is so bright outside!
Waking up I knew that it was snowing.
It stopped - maybe an hour ago
I wonder how long the city will take to plow even the main roads, because they never start while it is still snowing.

Jezebel and I spent some time looking out the window at the car, until she wanted to go back to bed.
I'm not tired, so I am reading emails, Live Journal and working on the books I got last Saturday.
Have a good day, everyone.

3:19pm: Writer's Block: Priorities


Having an Open mind, being curious and a bit adventurous. Oh, and liking to go places.

Putting up with my shamelessness is pretty important as well.

5:53pm: I am hanging around. Reading, of course.
I got two new books on Saturday, by E.E. Knight - the second and third books from is series "The Vampire Earth".
I bought the first one a few years ago, and now the others are in paperback, too.

4:58pm: Writer's Block: Adult Onset

It always depends on how I am feeling.
Being adult is often boring.

2:37pm: Writer's Block: Dream Trip


Barcelona