Jane 63 & Co. - part 3

[Impurrfect]

((Jane)) - have fun this weekend. I know that everything bad is a million times worse when the hormones flare..I just have to keep reminding myself that it won't last forever.

((kari)) ((anvil)) - hugs, since you haven't checked in here today!

Dad just brought home smoothies...mine is cherry and is pretty darn good! Tried Brit's sour apple and it really is sour! Elvis is attached to my hip again. I slept for a while, and will probably go back to sleep in a bit. Tomorrow, have too much to do to sleep all day. I really liked only working 4 days last week, but don't see them giving me every Fri. night off since we do get busy, sometimes. This weekend should be really busy...lots of holiday stuff going on in Atlanta. I'm hoping we can see fireworks from work....we could last year.

Hugs and prayers!

Amy

[canuhearme]

This will sound like a strange question but, Can anyone see my comments???

I don't think any one has answered a post in over a week.
Feels like I have the cooties.........

[Impurrfect]

No, you don't have the cooties I found out that we get so carried away, here sometimes, that by the time I remember to post on another post, I get sidetracked by a more recent post.

So, how are you doing? I've really like your posts about gratitude. I'm having a pretty darn grateful day today...just realizing my life is right where it's supposed to be and it's okay. Huge step for THIS RA!

Hugs and prayers!

Amy

[Klynn33]

oh PLEASE.........someone has to have a suggestion for these headaches.........

the morning I'm great. they start around 1 or 2 in the afternoon, then just keep getting worse. I thought maybe 'cause I don't eat until supper time, so I started getting something at lunch, and drinking lots of water. not helping.

can't get much done at night with these - and I'm looking a little odd with the icepack stuck to my head every night
there's gotta be something going on..............been weeks..........

[Impurrfect]

(((Krista))) - go to the dr., sweetie, just don't let him give you any pain pills!

I am the world's worst about going to the dr...figure I should be able to diagnose myself and don't want to pay him, even though my insurance is good and it's only $25.

Keep a log of when they come, what you've been eating and drinking, so he has an idea of what is causing it. It could be something really minor and there's no since suffering every day in pain.

Hugs and prayers!

Amy

[ccgirl2]

Hey, Can You, I've been very sucky about answering posts lately. I know how you feel though, so please accept my apology, pretty please!!! lol

Krista, are your headaches migraines? If they are I take a wonderful (non- addctive) med called Relpax. I've had painful migraines for most of my life and it has given me my life back,, I'm not exaggerating.


Amy, a CHERRY smoothie? Yum. Did it have lots of frosty ice? Alan bought me a smoothie maker for my birthday (it's OK, last year he hire a cleaner, so he's good, lol) and he makes them and they suck. I like lots of ice.

[Impurrfect]

yep, it had lots of ice and was delicious. Then they brought home KFC and I actually got to eat the coleslaw before Elvis got to it.

Finally e-mailed HP (the computer people) to see if they could fix my laptop. They said the warranty is out, but they will do the repair for free, which is good news, but that means I will be without my beloved laptop for over a week.

I've got to figure out how to back up everything today (I'm hoping a flash drive will hold everything) since they said it will wipe out most of my stuff.

I'm thinking they KNOW what the problem is, from the 100's of people I've found out have the same problem, and wouldn't recall it, but at least they will fix it for free

Hugs and prayers!

Amy

[canuhearme]

Krista~ I 2nd the doctor, also make sure you are getting enough fluid, getting dehydrated will cause head aches. Remember caffeine can dehydrate you a little, (not as bad as we once thought, but still not good). I have migraines and the first thing I do is grab coffee and an Excedrin, I also do imitrex injections, but that only for extrema migraines. Also consider your diet and the time of month, for me chocolate a week before my time of the month is a migraine invitation. (Gezz, do I sound anti-chocolate lol)

[ccgirl2]

Oh, Amy, btw, Alan puts bran flakes in the smoothies. EWWWWWW

[Klynn33]

maybe it is dehydration a little.........

usually don't eat and drink only coffee until supper time.......but if I take a day and have lunch doesn't seem to matter. although tonight so far is pretty good.
last night I couldn't even look at the computer screen to come back on here.......having a headache is bad enough.......but when it interferes with my posting, well......

I'll take advantage tonight to get some stuff done around here. thought about going to the doctor and just getting some blood work and stuff done - just to make sure everything's ok and go from there.
they're not migraines, all the time. some are, and I get sick from them., others are just bad enough to be annoying and so I have to lay down..........
ok - enough whining........

I have to go up a few posts I guess............bran flakes in smoothies?.........what kind of smoothies are those..........yuck

[Impurrfect]

well, I was going to try to get some stuff off my computer, so I could possibly back it up on a flash drive. I have a zillion pictures, have put them on a disc and it made no difference in the space I used on the computer....grrrrrr.

I have, somehow, moved the file for my background scene and have a lovely black screen with icons. Guess I will take the flash drive back and get a stupid external hard drive for $100. Tips better be good this weekend!

[ccgirl2]

Krista, he calls it his healthy breakfast shake. I call it disgusting, lol.

[Impurrfect]

I'm with you, cc - disgusting.....yuk!

I tried to pare down the computer, took off more than I should have, and will not put it all BACK on the computer and by the darn external hard drive and back it up the right way! At least I have all my pictures on a disc, now, so won't worry about losing them!

Slept all night and most of the day..think I'm going to be very busy this weekend at work!

AJ called me at 1:30 in the morning!?!?! Told him he won't be allowed to come back to work, but I would give him a reference. Stepmom is sinking into a black hole of depression and Brit is calling her on it (for once, Brit is absolutely right....life doesn't stop because stepmom is depressed).

I have decided to let them all deal with their own stuff. Stepmom doesn't want to do anything about depression, except sink further. I hate it, but can't fix it any more than I can fix AJ's stuff. Haven't heard from Desirae or Cathy in weeks. They know how to find me.

Can you tell I'm working on NOT being such a codie?!?!?

Have a super holiday, everyone!

Hugs and prayers!

Amy

[kari08]

Amy you are doing the right thing.. you can't fix everyone sometimes it is all we can do to fix us. When you have a really big and sensitive heart it is easy to get caught up in everyones battles. And then you get into a worry frenzy if you can't fix it. I know I do anyway. I always feel like I should have the answer and I should be able to fix it. It is especially bad with nursing stuff. I hate having to say I don't know.. I am sorry I can't help you.. you need to call your doctor.. uughh.. but always safer that way. Anywhoo.. it is gorgeous here weather is purrfect and hubby made it in so we are grillin tonight with some sweet corn and steaks..yumm.. then maybe bowling. who knows yet..did the movie last night seen Get Smart.. was funny. except I accidently fell asleep for about 10 minutes several different times.. I was sooo wiped. Well I hope y'all have a good holiday..
hugs
Kari

[Impurrfect]

(((Kari))) - eat some steak for me, will ya? It's my most favorite food!

I agree with the nursing thing....I STILL am expected to "cure" everyone. I learned, a long time ago, to say "you need to see a doctor". It's easier for me, because all I did, for 12 years, was work in ICU or ER....I didn't really deal with "minor" stuff. Drop dead of a heart attack? I know what to do. Something minor....go to a dr!

Dad told me yesterday, that he is waking up every morning, having trouble breathing. He doesn't realize it but he's BEEN having trouble breathing...I can hear it with minor exertion. I keep telling him he needs to lose weight....his belly is HUGE and I told him it's keeping his lungs from being able to expand.

He chooses to think that he's getting emphysema from "living with 3 smokers in the house". I was still pms'ing (obviously) and quickly reminded him that he could ALSO get emphysema from the fact that HE smoked 3-4 packs for more than 30 years before he quit.

It scares me, because even when he gets on my last nerve, he's still my dad and he's not getting younger. But if he won't go to a dr., insists on eating "goodies" (sugar loaded snacks), then not much else I can do. I do smoke in my room, and the doors are closed, so I'm the one that breathes in my smoke.

Enough of that! Enjoy your hubby and your dinner!

Hugs and prayers!

Amy

[ccgirl2]

Good morning all. See, Amy, you need to move up to Cape Cod to the healthy cool air. Then you'll stay healthy, lol


Seriously, sorry for what you're folks are going through. Especially frustrating when they won't do anything about it.

[Impurrfect]

I think half the world is in Atlanta this weekend. We were super busy. There's some kind of church convention, with 2000 people; there was a gay pride parade, and I don't know what else.

Customers were nice, tips were good, but I am wiped out. The convention people may be back tonight...I think I need rollerskates!

Hugs and prayers!

Amy

[Klynn33]

yeah rollerskates.......fun. wear pigtails and a poodle skirt too - just for giggles.


penguins can wear skirts right? must be girl penquins.........

so I had some not so nice person "forget" (yeah right) forget my payment plan I made and try to take out a pre-authorized debit from my bank account. which of course bounced and in turn bounced my rent chq. yikes. so now I have to get on the phone and let them know what happened. ugh. I know I'll be out of this in 2 weeks when I'll be able to have everything paid off, but waiting that 2 weeks is harder than you'd think. wish it was now..........
other than that I feel great - and not going to stress about this. Not worth it,figure people might be a little upset but really, in 2 weeks I'm still going to be sitting here and things will be dealt with, so there's really no point in making myself sick over it. (not like I spent the money on pills, which is normally what I would have done)
I'm trying and that's all I can do right?


well people, thanks for letting me vent so early in the morning!!

[Impurrfect]

Good for you Krista!!! It took me a long, long time to realize that worrying over stuff I couldn't fix right now (or, in some cases, ever) didn't do me a darn bit of good! Dad was thinking I was taking things too lightly, but as he realized that I still resolved issues WITHOUT worrying about it, he's actually trying it out for himself. Of course, he is bugging me to death about my car insurance, now. I'm going to change the company, but my policy doesn't end until Aug 22. He thinks I need to be calling HIS company and running around getting prices. I want to go back to the company I was with for more than 10 years, and will check with them on my days off. I'll have to do him, like I did with my old boss when she would be yelling or driving me crazy...just say "okay" and do what I was going to do anyway.

Work was a little bit slower. Some of the convention people were there. It's a church convention, but apparently of a middle-east religion? All the women wear sari's, or whatever you call the long dresses with scarfs. Most of them have been really, really nice, but a guy was in last night that was just plain rude. He snapped his fingers to get me to come over to his table, and I had to almost bite a hole in my tongue.

He wanted coffee, told him I'd make a fresh pot and he said "yes, do!!" When I went back to the table a couple minutes later, he said "where is my coffee?" and I said "it's brewing, sweetie, you're going to have to wait". Marilyn, my mgr, said I was rude. Oh well. Then he said he wanted something to eat, but we didn't have anything "worthy of eating". The OTHER 11 people at his table were very nice, and said "he's picky". I did my best to be nice, but it's obvious he is used to women being very submissive.....obviously, I am NOT!

Sonny called in because his sister was having a baby.....um, he never went to the hospital and was home getting drunk and high? His baby-mama worked, but we were short. Both drive-thru people want to be servers, we let them take a part of 18, and one b*****d that we took a couple of tables while they were busy??!?!?! One of them is really nice and helpful, so I don't mind if she makes a little money on the side. The other one? She's only been back a week (was let go a long time ago) and she's already on my list. I told her that as long as Lisa and I were making $2/hr, we were going to take tables (they make $7.50/hr).

Okay, guess it's a morning to vent, huh?

We had really bad thunderstorms yesterday..woke me up and Elvis FLEW in here to my bed.....scaredy cat!

Hugs and prayers!

Amy

[kari08]

Man Amy that place seems like a zooo sometimes.. i think it would have been calmer in the ER.. LOL. We have had a pretty good weekend but have run non stop since he got home.. has been crazy. Then today we have to drive 45 min to a ball game thank goodness this season in almost over.. grrr.. so tired of forcing Kat to go. She wants to play then she doesn't then she does.. uuuughhhh I really really really am not a fan of teenagers. OOOOHHHH and she started her period finally.. isn't that just grand?!?! I only found out cause i found all the underware in the garbage.. sorry I know that is tmi.. but I was like.. ummm Kat.. is there anything you want to tell me??? she was like ehhh well.. no.. then finally was like well i think something might be happening.. I was like.. uummm you think? we can't keep throwing away underware.. too expensive to do that. apparently she was under the impression it was a one time deal.. hahahahaha I wish.. but no luck there. so yeah I guess it is time to vent some.. haha. anyway I have to run for a bit, but I hope you all have a good sunday.. HUGS
Kari

[Klynn33]

?? Amy,

that post about what you're paid confused me........
$2.00 and hour? I think I read that wrong.......
even the $7.50/hr sounds a little bit off - not even what minimum wage is here?

and don't worry - my stomach's a little queezy about being behing - but I can't fix it right away, so I'm trying not to be sick over it. not going to help anyway..........

[kari08]

I know here they can pay people who get their wage mostly from tips that low... when I was a cocktail waitress in the casino we made 2.00 and hour but we had to turn in our tips which was over 60% of our income. So that is how they can get away with that. Ugly.. big time.. never know what you are making then you have to work your butt off and we had to "tip out" our bartenders part of it.. then claim it for uncle sam to tax. SUUUCKKED but you learn to play the game.. we never claimed a 100% of what we made...claimed what we were required to and that was it. Does it work that way with you guys too Amy?

[Impurrfect]

Servers here in GA make $2.13/hour plus tips. I make $3.13/hr as a supervisor. We ARE supposed to claim 100% but no one does. Our computer, that we clock out on, will not let us clock out without claiming a certain percentage (I think it's 8 or 10 percent of our sales). Of course, I have a manager card and can override it it if makes me claim too much..which I did tonight. And yeah, Krista...our production workers make $7.50/hr.

On a good night, it's pretty good. If I average out what I take home in my pocket by the hours I worked, it's usually at least $14/hr. I usually only claim about half of what I make.

It was busy for about an hour, then died. Lucy let me go home early, and I didn't even have to mop I only worked 3 hours, came home with a whopping $36, and it costs me $25 to drive there and back....not really worth it, but it's okay.

When I came home yesterday morning, I saw the remnants of a wreck...tons of cop cars, wreckers, and an ambulance heading back toward the trauma center. Read, this morning, that a car stalled, another car hit it - those people got out of their car, and were hit by a 3rd car and killed. Feeling pretty darn grateful that I came along AFTER the wreck, since I am usually speeding down the interstate....will be a lot more careful, now. Didn't have a problem slowing down this morning, as it was raining like crazy when I left work.

Two houses down the road from us got hit by lightening, an apt. complex had 5 apts. flooded by the sudden and heavy rain. We NEVER used to have lightening strikes...now it seems we can't get a storm without damage from lightening or tornado winds!

Kari....I SWEAR working at my job now, is a whole lot more stressful than working at the ER of the trauma/indigent care hospital. I keep reading about how there is this huge nursing shortage, and wish I still had my license or could speed up the process of getting it back. I'll be calling my lawyer today or tomorrow to speed up the motion to get off probation and have my felony removed from my record. Then I can start working with the board of nursing.

Hugs and prayers!

Amy

[ccgirl2]

Amy I would have called him something other than sweetie, LOL. It does sound stressful. Maybe it's the heat.


OK, I have a vent but I'm also going to ask for an opinion. I got an email last night from my newphew's mother (he's 29). A couple weeks ago he had a family co