Enuff Reason

I know I've given more than enough reasons to feel bad for me and the family I live in but let me give you one more.

I called my mother this morning and she says "did I tell you about your father, he almost died"?

Me: Um no ya didn't what happened now?

Mom: Well the other he was bound and determind he wanted salmon and fiddleheads for supper so I made it for him, he left at 4:30 to go to the water house and he came back at 5:30 when he came in the door he collapsed to the floor, said his back hurt and he couldn't breath

Me: What happened and what did you do next

Mom: called Tawyna

Me: you did what? What the hell was she going to do? How about 9-1-1?

Mom: I'm not calling "them", he said his back hurt so he took a tylenol then 10 minutes later he vomited and vomited.....

Me: what did you do next, since you were willing to watch him die?

Mom: He wasn't dying, Tawyna looked it up on that computer and said he must have been having an allergy attack to the salmon, but he's ok to eat lobster and other stuff

Me: WTF are you saying?

Mom: well Salmon is from the river

Me: from the river, are you nuts!

Mom: They aren't from the sea?

Me: Um yeah cuz its really the f'in sea he's allergic to Mom, so what are you having tonight? Shrimp?

For fuck sakes, kill me now, the man could have died but hell we would have been saying what a shame, we thought it was only a "river allergy".

Kill Me Now or I will

As some of you know I have a very big office all to myself, it actually has 2 office in it but the other has been vacant, unless you count all the external clients coming in for the day and working at the empty desk, its a big joke around here that I'm in the "red light" district, revolving door if you will with all the different men coming and going, I really don't mind the company or the eye candy to be honest :o)

Until last week. A student from the college has come in for a month to do his practical. I was only told I was a getting a "new guy" for a short time before he arrived. I thought cool, student, young, cute.......I never considered the alternative. He's challenged, I'm told he's brilliant in his field and I'm entirely sure of it but for the love of god he won't stop talking to himself and when I'm on the phone he interjects comments, if someone comes into my office he pulls himself up a chair. Its been so bad I've been hiding out in other people's office, I can't turn around he's become my shadow and he's not working for me.

I also do the purchasing of all hardware / software and today I had 2 boxes arrive in my office, as I went to open them he pulled up a chair and sat and watched with a goofy grin rubbing his hands together asking "what is it, what is it, it feels just like Christmas", now for those of you who know me you can guess my response......"yeah".

So I set them down and went back to my computer work and waited 10 minutes, he hears me again and f'in pulls up his chair again (who ever thought of the f'in wheely chair I hate them today).

I spoke to my manager yesterday and said this is enuff, I'm fine if he would just sit there and do his work. The good part is he is doing to everyone, he walked into a meeting this morning with my director and boss in HER office, they asked him to leave.

So my point is, I think I might slit my wrists.

His supervisor spoke to him this morning about interupting workers but that only helped til lunchtime, he's freakin' back at it. I had another box that I waited to open until 30 mins ago and I silently slit the packing slip open and BOOM up he came saying "your so lucky, I love boxes, its just like Christmas" and I said "yeah Christmas" and put the box back down.

I feel like a caged animal this is terrible.

My Director came by today to ask me a few questions and blah, blah and he interupted with his "knowledge" and she just looked at me, she knows what I'm going through here and his response to everything that isn't working or something that messes up is "lovely" and so he said "lovely" and she walked out.

My response to that "Fuckin' Lovely" ~ Just kill me now, so if I don't answer e-mails and phone calls leave a message I'm hiding under someone's desk, in the server room or sitting in the bathroom stall rocking back and forth with the plastic knife my co-workers have lent me.

BTW, I am soooooo happy I could make your day! I know most of you are in tears, anyone who knows me knows I'm serious and I might rip his eyeballs out by next week. Enjoy the Laugh! I'm use to it :o)

Tooth - less - NOT

Last Monday, our day off, where I laid in bed and prayed to be taken out of my misery from the terrible flu that riddled our household my gorgeous baby girl came running in the house from having lunch at grammy's to announce the BIG news!

Her tooth was loose.

What a joyous event, we were so happy, well I showed as much enthusiam that I could muster being fatally ill and all. We offered to get the pliers or the string and that was all fun and good.

Its been 8 days later and that tooth has not come out, its not even "wiggly" enough to attempt it. What the heck is going on?

Sunday I looked in and the adult tooth is coming up behind it and jutting the baby tooth outward, the adult tooth is half way up!

So what do I do? All you "seasoned" moms what should I do? I'm sort of getting concerned? No I'm really concerned, can yone shed any light on this?

I hope and pray she doesn't end up with 2 rows of teeth, my brother had a terrible time with his teeth, he even had some grow out the roof of his mouth, mucho dollars later he was "sort of" fixed.

I called the dentist and they said "can't get you in for 2 more weeks", huh really? Gee thanks she end up in a terrible mess by then. So I suggested the dentist call me and we talk, I hope I'm just being concerned and over cautious. Fingers Crossed.

New

I've received a few jabs on my blog, the fact I haven't updated it.

so here goes.

Randoms

- blinkers use them
-high beams lower them when you meet someone
-stupid people, brighten up
-I wish I could have more time to read my book
-I'm on vacation in a few weeks time
-I just placed my CTMH order - yeah
-I have a new boss at work
-I will never help plan a work event again, with the same people
-I hate the price of gas and oil
-I love breakfast
-I hate being unproductive
-I hate being lazy but its all I've got lately
-My mother - nuff said
-I am so happy the sun is shining today, I hope the global warming thing kicks in like they say it will :o)

Happy Sunday

Fun, Fun, Fun & Games.....

Facebook was all fun and games until last night....now its ruined.



2 days ago and old, old friend way back, like the age of 3 who I went to school with my entire life, fought with, played with, got into major trouble with found me. She stirred the pot all over again.



She was trouble with a capital "T" in every sense of the word. In grade 7 I fell head over heals for the goalie of the hockey team, who was the gym teachers son, his nickname was "Burnout" and at that time it was cute he had a nickname at all. He was cool, his parents let him come and go, he had a ton of friends and was in love with me (or so it seemed)?

Either way, in grade 8 they "hooked up", I found out "through the grapevine" and from then on we fought over this guy, we both loved him. Fights in the girls bathroom, at the dances, notes were passed, who would take "BurnOut"?

So as the story goes I got tired of him, after he pushed me up against the wall and held me there, he shocked me and out of suprise I grabbed his arm and pinned him and said "don't you ever f'in touch me again or I'll break your f'in arm" and left his house and only saw him at school.

So she took him and I thought good riddence, he's a loser anyway.

Time goes on and she had many, many, many guys past him, I remember her keeping a list of guys in grade 9 through to high school, that girl would do just about anything - she was popular to say the least.

The last 2 days she has been posting old pictures from way back, the first one wasn't so bad, the b-ball team picture and my big hair but last night took the cake. See BurnOut and I had our pictures taken together at K-mart while we were together, why? Because it was going to last forever and we needed to save the moment for memories we could tell our great -grandchildren about some day - NOT!!!!

Sweet huh? To this day I shake my head and GARF a little bit each time.

Girls are so dumb at this age, we think guys matter more than each other, when will we ever learn that boys are only after one thing, and they can come and go but girl friends can last a lifetime?

Pieces of Me

You know how it is when everyone wants a piece of you?

Can you do this for me? Right Away

Can I have? Now

Can you go get this? ASAP

Can this be moved forward? Yesterday

Can you, can you, can you translates to I want, I want, I want and I don't care that I can see you are swamped and I can't see the fake wood of your desk, I want what I want and its all that matters and I'm going to sit here and stare at you until.

Your phone is ringing, should you get it? "um no its just another idiot wanting something else".

I am sick and tired of people bursting in on meetings, giving their 2 cents worth that wasn't asked for, bitchin' and complainin about anything they can find fault in but doing nothing in return but watching me "the hampster" go round and round.

I totally lost my "customer service" voice today, had someone come in and say "can we do this ASAP" and I said "get in line and take a number honey cuz this gal just can't help ya now, your gonna have to wait". She laughed but she got my point pretty clear.

Most times I do what is asked right away but for god sakes, open your god damn eyes and have a little respect like "when you get a chance can you get to it" BUT don't come back in an hour and say "didya do it".

Challenge

So lets challenge ourselves tonight...

What is the one thing you MUST have if you to be stranded on an island. I'm not talking matches, blankets, firewood, the essentials, they will be there (in my challenge).

What would you have to take in order to keep your sanity?

Nick you can't say Sirius Satellite Radio.....that is a given for you....LOL

10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

The absolute nerve of some people, the nerve, the, the......oh just shut up will ya?

I've been planning an upcoming work retreat basically by myself for 60 people, I was given a small budget, very few guidelines and a clipboard (as you know I'm in just for the clipboard).

The date was set 3 weeks from the time I said "yes", so that would have made the retreat next week, after some strong deliberation I convinced them to change it, push it to the next week due to the guest speaker, rentals....etc...mission accomplished - I think.

Along with doing all my other daily work that has been piling up since the new budget came in I'm basically swamped and I can't see the end at the light of tunnel of catch up.

To top it all off I decided since I shouldn't be drinking my water out of a plastic jug as I've been doing (and many others in the office) I took it upon myself to get a quote on set up and delivery. All was good, so I sent out the message to the building today asking them to vote "yes", "no" or "maybe".

Here is one response I got back......I'm sure you can guess what I wanted to send back as a note..... AUGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Doesn't matter what you do there is some A-hole waiting to say different.

"Why pay a company to put water in a bottle and drive it around in a pollution creating truck when you can get it for free from a tap. There is very little difference between bottled water and tap water. Fredericton has a very good and very clean water source. The water quality is constantly monitored. Just my $0.02."

Campground

So here is a campground Lesley found and thought she might go to........NOT!


http://www.riversedgecamp.ca/

So Sue, you in?

Dreaming

Ok so my dreams are becoming very strange to say the least.

Last night / this morning it was me shopping for clothes but the racks were bare and I was naked, buck naked only my purse and flip flops, everyone else was too, I didn't see anyone I knew though, just strangers and it was ok.

My cell phone rang and it was a wrong number, someone I didn't know.

Was I in the Twilight Zone or what?

At least on the weekend I dreamt about my future Scarpbooking pages, maybe I should lay off the Diet Coke? or Popcorn?

Commercials

I don't know about you but I watch commercials, I like them or hate them or shake my head at how crazy some writers must be.

I would like to point out a few that really take the cake.

1) Monistat - I saw this Sunday night and almost fell of my chair. A woman is walking down the street and her lower abdomen has a thunderstorm on it, she meets another woman on the street whose V-JJ has popping up talking clouds that say "!*&#", then another "AUGH". Next scene is them arriving home with the Monistat box and one ladies V-JJ has a nice sunny day showing, the other's talking clouds are popping out again with "Ahh", and a smiley face (I think)....

That was almost too much for me to take, give me a break, what next will they think of.

2) Tourism NB - Ok the French only commercial pissed me off, its ENGLISH TV and why are we only promoting the French aspect of our province, yeah thanks a lot. So I noticed Sunday night as well its been changed to English. That made me happy, since its English TV I was watching.

3) "Ain't No Bugs On Me" - the little puppy with the hankerchief around his neck singing that song about flea medication (can't remember which one) but I love that, he is so stinkin cute, I just can't get enough of that one.

4) Mini Wheats - We love this commercial, we get up and dance each time this comes on...."mini, mini, mini Wheeeeaaattttss!" - Yep love this one

5) Cottonelle - Those white persian kitties......how cute and clean and without tangles are they? I love them

6) Michael Waltrip / NAPA commercial where he is signing autographs and this guy comes up to him with a talking Parrot, he says "Michael I'm your biggest fan", the parrot starts talking "55 is just your car number, Squwak not the speed limit Michael", "Squwak get off the arpon and race Michael, don't be scared Squwak"...those Nascar commercials are way too funny!

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By the way, I woke up from a crazy dream this morning........I was listening to Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech I have a dream and Nick came in and grabbed my arm and said "hey you comin'?" Then I woke up, I have no idea why and how did Nick get into my dream and where did she want me to go?

Just another crazy Tuesday!

Productivity

I feel such a sense of accomplishment today. I spent the better part of my weekend Scrapbooking. I completed a total of 11 layouts, the first 8 are thanks to CompuPro Scrapbooking's on-line crop, the 8 challenges got my mojo juices flowing.

My kitchen table allowed for a lot of work to happen.

I had such a great time that I plan to go home tonight and hit another page(s). I have the perfect idea, the paper and the concept down. I even have my journalling figured out. I even bought some extra's for my kiddo so she can sit up and so some with me tonight, gotta love the dollarama for their SB supplies. She didn't need much but she's been begging for ribbon and brads and thats just what mama bought!

Hows that for moving forward? I have completed so many Scrapbook pages in the past 3 months I have run out of Scrapbooks to put them into.

My daughter asked me on the weekend "I want a scrapbook, you have so many downstairs mommy, I want one like that". My reply was "honey all of those with the exception of 2 will be yours someday, that is why mommy scrapbooks at all, so that someday you can have these memory pages and its journalling and see where you come from". She says "why can't I have them now?". I wanted to say "because mommy isn't ready to give them up yet". :o)

Friday Laugh - at my expense!

Last night was the first night ever I have not had my baby girl in her bed, yes of course weekends but never during the week.

Since school was cancelled Thursday (due to flood), then Friday & Monday for PD days I decided to spred the child care "love" and ask my mother to keep her last night and today.

Well how amazing is it to wake up (just for today though) and get in the shower and to not have someone banging on the bathroom door, and while I'm drying my hair nobody was tugging on me, I was free as a bird. Mind you I was ready to come to work at 6:30 I can still get ready in 30 minutes - that rocks! I still got it!

I've had some sleeping issues for the past while and I thought ahhhh no worries I can sleep, lay in bed for a bit, grab a shower and go to work - ahhhhhh! Off to dream land I went.

But no, it didn't go down that way. That F'in cat Henderson was in our bedroom window, someething ran through the yard (some varmit) and he flipped out literally, the worst "Yowl" came out of him and he is so clumsy he got himself tangled in the blind, then the curtain and when tubby falls he likes a bowling ball.

So the 10 seconds that all took I was up out of bed, nice and wirey and sent Henderson down the rest of the hall like a football (furry ass meet my pink toe nailed foot). GRRRRR!

So I laid awake from 5:04am until 6 when the alarm went off, so much for enjoying solitude.

I was so mad at him I refused to say good bye when I left this morning......hmph! That'll learn him!

Water is Everywhere

As of right now the St. John River is at 8.28 m in Fredericton, it is expected to meet or exceed the 1973 record of 8.61m.

I took this picture this morning crossing the Westmorland Street bridge at around 7:25 am. Where the road was yesterday cannot be found today