The Adventures of Being Me

There must be some weird bug going around. I have not had a cold all winter and now I caught one. I know I cursed myself by being glad not to have a cold all winter hearing about the state high school basketball quaterfinals starting. We usually get our last blast of snow during the tournament and then winter is over. Sunday had a bit of runny nose, then Monday I started to feel sick with less appetite. Tuesday I felt the worst with a sore throat and coughed all night I couldn't sleep. Wednesday I did laundry at home cause I didn't want to drive across town. Sore throat went away, but still was congested. Thursday start to feel a little and go to work. I thought of calling in sick, but then I felt better. Darn my luck. Coworker has a cold too. She said she got it Sunday and had a fever at 101. Stopped smoking when her lungs hurt from coughing. I didn't have a fever. I did feel hot and sweat a little, but temp was 98.2. She said other people said to enjoy the cold cause it i...

Enjoyed Sunday since I have the next day off. Then I almost fell on my face three times walking from my car to my front door, from the ice melting in the day and freezing at night. I was hopeful of the snow predicted for Monday so I didn't have to grip the steering wheel to keep from falling down trying to step into my car. Monday I got a call from the UPS guy because he didn't wish to carry my 80 lb. bookcase upstairs if I wasn't there. Cats got excited when I opened the fire door and ran inside the apartment when the guy got closer. He had this thing on his shoulder. He told me he saw the exact thing at Target for $3 less. Yes, I saw it too, but couldn't lift it. If I can't carry it to my car, I won't be able to carry it upstairs so I might as well order it online and have it delivered. I put it together in about 2 hours and placed most books on the shelves. Then I realized I need to stop to get my niece from daycare. It rained when I took the cats out but lat...

Today a car washer was coming over with a car, the car ahead of him stopped suddenly, and his front bumper went under the rear bumper of the other vehicle. And yes the car washer screeched his brakes, but hit the suv anyway. And the guy just clocked in. He got a bloody nose and a chemical burn on his wrist from the air bag that deployed. I just ate so I didn't look at his wrist. Poor guy. My male coworker flinched when he saw the burn, but then he is a bit of a pussy. When he filled out the accident report there was still blood on his nose. He looked awful. He wasn't sure if he should stay or go home, his nose and wrist were killing him but he still could work. The owner came out to inspect the car and said it was messed up. The guy said it was drivable, but I would not send out a car with a deployed air bag. The owner also told him to go home. So after he filled the accident report, I checked it over (he was a little ditzy and shaken up) and put it in the owner's drawer wi...

A gal at work told us about letting her husband sleep in since it was both their days off. He stirs as she gets up and asks her, while she is up, to load the dishwater and start the laundry. She loads the dishwasher and puts in a load of laundry, then waits for him to get up. She hears him in the bathroom, meaning he is about to go into the shower. Then she turns on the dishwasher and clothes washer at the same time. Her husband was most unhappy about the shower spitting out cold droplets. Post later. Bye!

Precious is 2 years old today. I got him a birthday cake for me and a can of tuna for him (and Frodo). I even got new sparkle candles for the event. I already got them a cat tower for both their birthday presents so I'll just lay a large piece of wrapping paper on the floor for them to crawl under. At work I had 2 cat owners from same litter ask me when our cats' birthday. One I just told our cats' birthday is tomorrow. Yes, I am the only one who would remember something like that. I commented to a coworker, why don't you people write this down on a calendar so you don't have to ask me every year when our cats' birthday is. We got a new monitor for the computer today at work. It has been broken a week. I commented to someone that we are taking bets on how fast a certain person realizes it is there. He never noticed the monitor was broken until I pointed it out touching the hanging on/off switch. He noticed it wasn't turned on, but didn't ask why that was...

Today I went shopping to find a nice bookcase, plus anything else on sale. I found a cute coffee with a mirror glass top. But I couldn't find a price tag and it looked too heavy. Sure I could have a big strong stock boy carry it for me to my car, but I can't take him home to carry it up to my apartment. I once got a media thing resembling a book case, but it took forever to push and pull it up 3 flights of stairs. The box was all torn up by the time I reached the door 20 minutes later. But it made due til I could afford a normal bookcase that were very expensive at the time. I found cheap at the store, but I couldn't lift it up. I thought I'll just get online. Nope, not there. I did find something similar that was twice the price. I said, screw this and went on another website. Ooh, la, la. My dream bookcase in the price range I'm looking for. And in the right color too that will match my media center thing that I shall use to display my doll and figurine collection...

I got my second tax refund check from the feds so I went to my bank to deposit both. Then, I went to see Mom in her assisted living place. I asked how they were treating her. Just fine. She doesn't remind them to use the "torture machine" on her more than they do it. They do it 3 times a day for an hour each rotating her legs (lift up your leg and make circles with your foot is what I mean by rotating) to stir up her circulation and when you just had knee surgery, having it rotated is torture. Both legs are rotated, 1/2 hour each, so her good leg doesn't go bad from lack of exertion. Her doctor thinks it should be done 6 times a day. Mom disagrees that it is too much when you're in severe pain from surgery to have that much exertion on it. She thinks she is in more pain than last time and they changed her pain med to make her feel better. Her right had more stuff to take out out and put in so it probably does hurt more than the left leg done last year January. Her...

Precious was relaxing next to my warm laptop. Then I started to print pics of the snow and kitties. I had to do a test page. I forgot to pull out the tray that catches the paper. Well Precious was stirred by the printer shaking the computer desk and sniffs at the noise. The test paper spits out, hits Precious, and Precious jumps to fall off the desk, nearly missing Frodo resting on the floor. Frodo licks his ears and Precious looked shaken up. I petted him. I pulled out the tray to catch the pic paper. Post later. Bye!

More snow fell today, the heavy wet stuff, and they predicted 6-9 inches. I went over to pick up my niece and she was distracted by a man on a snowboard holding a rope tied to a pick up truck sliding around the parking lot. I ask, Look fun? I took Finding Nemo to watch for her. No scary or bad things happen (Ok Nemo's mom and eggs get eaten but that is not actually shown). She liked it. She kept asking when the dad will find Nemo. I spoiled it a little telling he has to find the turtle on the DVD cover, then the bird on the back, then Nemo has to get out of the fish tank, then he finds Nemo. I made it home in one piece w/out hitting anything or spinning. Well better go. Frodo wants to play. Post later. Bye!

I knew a guy at work was a weasel but even this amazed me. He was talking about his tax person finding tons of deductions for him (that border between unethical and illegal): college courses he takes, work clothes he has to buy, mortage, car title, losses on stocks, and this year his medical bills from his motorcycle accident which were in the six figure range. I mentioned his settlement from the lady that pulled out in front of him causing him to drop his bike that he has to report as income, I heard it was close to a million. Settlement, he asks, What settlement? Oh, he is not going to report his settlement on his taxes. I'm sorry to ask this, isn't that tax fraud? Oh no, his tax person has him sign a paper stating the tax guy is responsible for all the tax filings and nothing will happen to him if he does it wrong. He assured me the tax guy does nothing illegal (how does he know if he doesn't read the tax forms he is signing?). Yes, but weasel not reporting his settlemen...

I visited Mom in the hospital today, for about 30 minutes when I had to go to work. She is doing better. She had a fever last night and today they said her blood was low so gave her her 2 pints. The first pint was done when I left. She announced that she would not be strong enough to climb the steps to the house so she will visit an assisted living place for a week to build up strength. She hoped Dad wouldn't be disappointed she wan't coming home right away. I said, He'll survive. We talked last night so there was not much to say really. I gave her the plant and her card. Nothing else happened. Oh, cats were outside 30 minutes today when a guy started his motorcycle and they suddenly wanted back inside. Frodo was fascinated by the melting snow by the playground, it dripped down the pavement hill like a river and he had to paw at the moving drop of water, then shook his wet paw and sniffed the tiny river. Post later. Bye!