Lately
Thank you, my favorite story-teller, for the lovely card! I just received it, today, for many reasons.
Lately, things have been a bit whacky.
*Thursday-week, we had a terrible storm and lightning struck one of our phone boxes. For some reason, we have 2, since we have 2 phone lines (why they didn't put them both on one box makes no sense, whatsoever). Because of that, internet has been off. Why didn't we hook the other phone line up to the computer? That one's next.
*Last Monday, my dad was rushed to the emergency room with severe chest pains. The docs say it wasn't a heart attack, but we all know it was. I won't go into reasons why. They did find a 75% blockage on one of the main arteries that lies on top of the heart. They scheduled him for immediate surgery to place a stint, but due to governmental red tape - he goes to the V.A. for all his medical stuff - he still hasn't had the surgery. He was scheduled for last Tuesday, then got moved from our local hospital to the V.A. hospital. He was then scheduled for surgery this past Friday. Apparantly, they had 2 emergencies come in that were more critical than him, so he got bumped to Monday (tomorrow). Hopefully they'll get him in first thing - as long as there are no more criticals in front of him. He's feeling fine, but is stir-crazy.
*Big A decided to NOT go to prom because of some boyfriend/male friend issues that's a whole other story for a whole other day. Instead, she asked me to take her to the beach. She doesn't like the beach, but there's this little hole-in-the-wall-drive-in-greasy-spoon that we all love and she wanted to go there. So...we went for the day. It was still cheaper than prom. Barely.
While we were there, we were involved in a hit&run accident. It wasn't a big deal, as we weren't hurt and there was NO damage to my boat...I mean car. It still pissed me off to no end, so we found the guys who hit us. I was too pissed to be able to handle the situation without going to jail, myself, so we just got their license plate number (like the little pussies they were, they tried to hide their car and when we found them, they ran and hid in a crowded restaurant) and went to the police station. I told the cop that I didn't want to press charges because I didn't feel like driving 4 hours to meet with a judge, but I'd love it if an officer would find them and put the fear of God in them. The cop chuckled at my comment of being too angry, then at the request to scare the young men a bit. He liked that idea and dispatched an officer to where the pussies - I mean, young men - were hiding out. He got my information and promised to call me with the results. I can't wait to hear what happened. Other than that, we had a good time, but I ended up driving almost constantly from 8am, yesterday, to 12:30am, this morning. Needless to say, I'm exhausted and my stress-o-meter is in hyperdrive.
*Philip and Little A went boating and fishing with some friends of ours, yesterday. I believe they had a MUCH better time than I did. But, ya know, I can go with them anytime. Seeing Big A happy and getting to do something that silly (driving to the beach and back JUST to go eat) made the day worthwhile. Little A caught the biggest fish. Our friends' son, Matthew, caught the most fish. Little A tells me that Philip kept casting his line straight into trees. Why is that so blasted hilarious? Well, because Philip is really good at just about everything he does. He's somewhat of a perfectionist. He's also, usually, a very good fisherman. Yesterday, however, was an exception. He got ragged on all day because of the tree incidents and everyone had a lot of fun at his expense. I would have LOVED to have seen that! He still fared well, I'm told, catching almost as many fish as Matthew. They were crappie fishing (for those of you not-in-the-know, that's a type of small freshwater fish) and did the catch/release thing, since the fish are generally too small to fillet. None of us eat fish with bones intact, so it was no sense keeping any of them. I was very surprised that Little A actually got "dirty" and didn't "just die" from it. She really had a great time, though and can't wait to go back again. The fact that Philip bought her her very own fishing pole, lures and tackle box had nothing to do with it, I'm sure....hahahahaha!
So, that's what's up, lately. I doubt I'll be around much until after my dad gets straightened out. Hope you are all well.
xoxo to everyone, and to everyone a good night (since I'm going for a nap)
Lately, things have been a bit whacky.
*Thursday-week, we had a terrible storm and lightning struck one of our phone boxes. For some reason, we have 2, since we have 2 phone lines (why they didn't put them both on one box makes no sense, whatsoever). Because of that, internet has been off. Why didn't we hook the other phone line up to the computer? That one's next.
*Last Monday, my dad was rushed to the emergency room with severe chest pains. The docs say it wasn't a heart attack, but we all know it was. I won't go into reasons why. They did find a 75% blockage on one of the main arteries that lies on top of the heart. They scheduled him for immediate surgery to place a stint, but due to governmental red tape - he goes to the V.A. for all his medical stuff - he still hasn't had the surgery. He was scheduled for last Tuesday, then got moved from our local hospital to the V.A. hospital. He was then scheduled for surgery this past Friday. Apparantly, they had 2 emergencies come in that were more critical than him, so he got bumped to Monday (tomorrow). Hopefully they'll get him in first thing - as long as there are no more criticals in front of him. He's feeling fine, but is stir-crazy.
*Big A decided to NOT go to prom because of some boyfriend/male friend issues that's a whole other story for a whole other day. Instead, she asked me to take her to the beach. She doesn't like the beach, but there's this little hole-in-the-wall-drive-in-greasy-spoon that we all love and she wanted to go there. So...we went for the day. It was still cheaper than prom. Barely.
While we were there, we were involved in a hit&run accident. It wasn't a big deal, as we weren't hurt and there was NO damage to my boat...I mean car. It still pissed me off to no end, so we found the guys who hit us. I was too pissed to be able to handle the situation without going to jail, myself, so we just got their license plate number (like the little pussies they were, they tried to hide their car and when we found them, they ran and hid in a crowded restaurant) and went to the police station. I told the cop that I didn't want to press charges because I didn't feel like driving 4 hours to meet with a judge, but I'd love it if an officer would find them and put the fear of God in them. The cop chuckled at my comment of being too angry, then at the request to scare the young men a bit. He liked that idea and dispatched an officer to where the pussies - I mean, young men - were hiding out. He got my information and promised to call me with the results. I can't wait to hear what happened. Other than that, we had a good time, but I ended up driving almost constantly from 8am, yesterday, to 12:30am, this morning. Needless to say, I'm exhausted and my stress-o-meter is in hyperdrive.
*Philip and Little A went boating and fishing with some friends of ours, yesterday. I believe they had a MUCH better time than I did. But, ya know, I can go with them anytime. Seeing Big A happy and getting to do something that silly (driving to the beach and back JUST to go eat) made the day worthwhile. Little A caught the biggest fish. Our friends' son, Matthew, caught the most fish. Little A tells me that Philip kept casting his line straight into trees. Why is that so blasted hilarious? Well, because Philip is really good at just about everything he does. He's somewhat of a perfectionist. He's also, usually, a very good fisherman. Yesterday, however, was an exception. He got ragged on all day because of the tree incidents and everyone had a lot of fun at his expense. I would have LOVED to have seen that! He still fared well, I'm told, catching almost as many fish as Matthew. They were crappie fishing (for those of you not-in-the-know, that's a type of small freshwater fish) and did the catch/release thing, since the fish are generally too small to fillet. None of us eat fish with bones intact, so it was no sense keeping any of them. I was very surprised that Little A actually got "dirty" and didn't "just die" from it. She really had a great time, though and can't wait to go back again. The fact that Philip bought her her very own fishing pole, lures and tackle box had nothing to do with it, I'm sure....hahahahaha!
So, that's what's up, lately. I doubt I'll be around much until after my dad gets straightened out. Hope you are all well.
xoxo to everyone, and to everyone a good night (since I'm going for a nap)
posted by Hazed at 5/18/2008 11:53:00 AM
1 Comments:
Wow! you've been crazy busy!
the beach trip sounds like fun..wish you'd taken some pictures! :)
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