Another Land.

The weather has been totally gorgeous lately.  I have been too absorbed in another land to have noticed it.  How sad.  I have not been aware of or grateful for the beauty.  I ran out to my daughter's yesterday because I had Meadow's school schedule in my purse from when we went to orientation.  Jeremy goes back to work Sunday-gone for 6 weeks at a time-and Dawn goes back on Monday.  The kids start school the 22nd.  They have the hotel rented until like the 29th.  Can't be into their townhouse until Sept. 1st.  Need to figure out what to do for those 2 days.  Dawn has a really good friend-several in fact-who will let them stay there.  Then I can help them get the things they need for now out of storage.  Will use my rendezvous and their SUV or what ever.  Ya know....it was much easier when it was just...the car, the truck or the van.  We, opps...I mean Hunter has a nice truck but I know he won't let me use it.  Jeremy will be back the end of Sept. to rent a u-haul to move the rest of the stuff out of storage and into the townhouse.  After that.....hopefully things will be on more of a even keel. 

And on a happier note......I do believe Hunter is leaving the end of the month to go to his friends farm.  He will be gone over a week and will have Maggie with him.  I would have my nervous breakdown then but I have to wait until Dawn is all settled.  Hmmmm.  Maybe I will wait until later in Sept. or October or November.  Actually I was kinda hoping my heart would explode while I was right here with Chuck, preferably when he was yelling at me.  I have that ascending aortic aneurysm and while that heart wall isn't quite thin enough to do surgery on yet.....it could happen anyway.  It's a case of weighing the benefits of surgery now or later. 

The drive home from Dawn's is a bit over 45 minutes.  There is construction and because I am so worn out and it's dark and they're  all these lights and construction barrels.....well it has become kind of a crap-shoot as to whether or not I will make it home alive.  It's a bit like driving through a weird dream.  As far as I know, I won't be going back there until Thursday because they will all be gone and I will need to stay with their dog Simon.  They are concerned that he may howl and bark and then they'd get kicked out of the hotel.  Also.....just to make it more interesting....they did get Dawn's old car to the hotel by jumping it but now it won't start again.  I don't think it's the battery.  I believe they need a new starter.  I am worried that it could be an electrical problem which would really suck.
I do need your help though.  Does anyone know where I can buy more strength?  Can I get it at Walmart?  Or do I have to go get it on a corner in the dark streets of Chicago.?  Maybe I should eat something.  Coffee isn't doing it.  Sleep isn't enough.

It's evening now.  I wrote the above this  morning.  Or was it yesterday?  Went and saw my friend Susan.  Then I went to Goodwill and got 2 lampshades.and a pair of shoes.  What?  I went to Kohl's.  I haven't been there in a long time and the prices seemed so high!  Three sweaters, a bra, two bracelets and a ring.  There may have been other things.  Dawn texted that if I was at one of my stores-thrift-that she was looking for jeans for the kids for school.  All denim was 25% off today.  I called to see how late they were open and made it there with only 30 minutes to shop.  I just got everything I could find in the sizes she needed.  Got 25% off the denim, 5% off with my card and another 25% off with my birthday savings card that they send me every year.  I will take them when I go there Thursday and have them try them on.  What ever doesn't fit or they don't like can be taken back.  Then since it was right there, I stopped at Walgreens.  Spend.  And that seems to be my drug of choice.  Sad.  But at least I feel better for now.  Tomorrow is church and I am debating whether or not I want to go.  I know I will cry.  Perhaps I will go and stay in the cry room.  It's a room that you take your baby into if the baby is acting up.  And you can still hear the service.

Ok.  Will go to desktop computer so I can play my game.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS ON LAST POST.  IT WARMS MY HEART.
Just found out that it was their battery so car is good!

Another Day. Another Holler.

At least I was given fair warning.  Four days of getting up to an alarm and finally a day to sleep in.  Ya think?  Nope.  I was told to be up early so we could, "Get at it."  It meaning.....he wanted me to help him freeze corn.  He wants to go for groceries.  Aaaaand.  I have to fix the freezer.  It was leaking on both front corners.  (side-by-side refrigerator)  The last time I went to Appliance Repair University was.........um, never.  He was really mad..  He said it was because I never clean the inside.  Well yes I do.  In fact, I put stuff on shelves the way it should be.  A dairy shelf, a liquid shelf, etc.  It takes him three or four hours to mess that all up.  He has so many little pieces of crap food that he puts all over the place.  I even tried to put all those things in a large plastic bowl so it would be all in one place and he could see what he had.  Nope.  He wouldn't do it so after a couple weeks, I gave up.  Here's the thing.  Even if the interior was coated in food and um,..mold or whatever,.that would have nothing to do with the workings of the unit.  I even vacuum the coils on a regular basis.  I thought, "You ass.  I'll show you!"  And I called my friend, the appliance guy and he said not to pay attention to what Hunter says.  He said that what was wrong is just something that happens sometimes.  It was an easy fix.  Hunter did at least bring up one cooler.  I will get the gallons of frozen water and bring up another cooler.  There is no room in the basement freezer so I will use the coolers.  I figure if I don't have to empty the fridge, the frozen food will be OK in coolers.  Plus, the basement freezer is full of wild game and weird shit.
So I got up this morning like any dutiful wife and after a cup of coffee, came in to help him freeze the corn.  He said he didn't need me to help him.  That it was a "one man job."  OK, so I started on the freezer but as soon as he saw me he's like "Oh.  Are you going to start on that?  If so, I will leave the corn 'till later."  I told him that he could go ahead and that I would do the freezer when he was done.  I told him I would go back out front and finish my cup of coffee.  As I am walking out he said he could use my help.  That it would go faster.  Um...did I mention that I offered and he said  it was a one man job?  Errrrrr.   I came out anyway. Would like to do some laundry but his food sealer is down there on top of the washer and dryer.  For my birthday I would like my own kitchen and laundry room.  And while I am having wild wishes here,.....I would also like my own bathroom.  In lieu of that.....I will take myself to TJMaxx and also to Goodwill.  So there!  I also got a gift certificate for Olive Garden and since Hunter has been asking me where I'd like to eat on my birthday, I told him Olive Garden.  As most of you know, men do not like Olive Garden.  He will probably tell me to go there some other time and that we should go to........He did, at least, buy be my German Chocolate Cake.  I know I shouldn't complain but as the frosting is the best part...It is the same kind he got last year.  Two layers of cake, no frosting on the sides or in the middle and dry.  I think I will cut a circle right out of the middle.

Better go in and help the poor lad.

Hotter than Hell?

I'm guessing hell is hotter.  100 degrees last week, 97 degrees today and 90's all this coming week.  And yes.  John and I are going to the flea market.  Hunter is going to babysit Tebow I know there is at least on large airconditioned building.  I like to take my cart so I don't have vision out of one to carry stuff.  What a difference that makes.  But with the crowd of people inside - I can't imagine anyone setting up outside today - I think the cart will get in the way.  I will carry a backpack as will my son.  I worry about him in the heat.  Ever the  mother, right?  It will be difficult with his limited vision.  He does quite well and you might not even notice it but he has only about 1/4th or 1/5th of vision out of one eye and none out of his other.  The problem is with his depth perception and he certainly has no periferal vision.  So the crowds of pushy people might piss him off.  I know if he was with his wife, he would hold her hand.  I'm thinking he will put his hand on my shoulder.  The word of the day is.......WATER.  Oddly, I can't think of anything I need or want.  But despite the heat, I am excited.  To spend the day with my son is the best thing ever.  He and I are so much alike in humor and he is as easy-going as I am. 
Again......it is amazing to go through my house without needing a compass to find our way through the maze of shit.  I have a ton of stuff to go through yet but this time......it's all going to Goodwill.  It is so easy and the guys there are amazing!  Easier still is the fact that you can haul it all there in your rubbermaid totes and get those back. 

Monday we will be going to meet up with Matt, Deb and two of our other grandkids.  It should be interesting.  Hope we can at least get them out of the water long enough to be able to play mini-golf and go to dinner.    It's about a 2 1/2 to 3 hour drive for us and we plan to come back the same day.

Sorry for any typos.  Spell check doesn't work weekends.  So.  I am just checking in here.  Hope you are all well, and for anyone involved in the floods, heat, wildfires and any type of illness', God Bless you.  I pray for health and happiness.  Peace.

After the sale and more so the day after, I thought I died .......

and went to ....er, no.  I was too tired to even catch the bus to Heaven.  I slept alot.  Made a little over $300.00 as did my neighbor.  My son and daughter-in-law worked their asses off.  I smoked and drank coffee worked really hard too .  Today we hauled the leftovers to Goodwill.  Hunter says, "Now you are banned from Goodwill for 3 weeks because you would probably buy it all back."  He's right.  My neighbor -who talked me into having this sale- made coffee cake for our breakfast then a meal for us to come and get a plate of whenever we wanted.  My grandson Josh -age 9- thought it was the greatest thing ever that he could just go over there.  And man, you should have seen him selling lemonade.  OMG!  He was the cutest dude ever!  He was hollering out, "Lemonade!  Cold Lemonade!  If you want it hot, then scram.!"  He held the sign and then he was twirling it like they do in Vegas and I have seen this in Florida too.  I gave him start-up money with no thought of getting it back.  I'm Granny you know.  Damned if he not only counted it up but he also returned the start-up cash to me when he had made enough.  Their puppy Tebow is so precious!  Everyone asked if she was for sale.  The other two things that everyone wanted were the ladder at the end of the driveway that signifies a sale and was decorated with signs and a shiny, attention getting heart cascade.  And....they wanted my little old wooden rocking chair that I had brought out for Josh to sit on.  I am glad it's done and once again........."I SWEAR I WILL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER SALE!!!!!!" 

Tomorrow we are going to Cain's ballgame.  The weather will be really nice.  We will not go to Meadow's game Thursday cuz it will be 100 degrees out.  I was sure they wouldn't have these kids play in that heat but....yup, they have never cancelled due to the heat.  I also see my therapist tomorrow.

Thursday I have my sleep study.  I will have to have a talk with these people or they will just up my titration without even delving deeper.  It could be because of the type of "mask" I use or,...sometimes I wake up and my arms are all red or my stomach has that pitiqia or whatever those red dots are that indicate a person isn't getting enough oxygen.  I wish I could go to the place I went to the first time.  That guy was young and cute very patient and observant.  I do sleep very well though.  It's just that I wake up and am so tired all the time. 
I also think the synthyroid is making me tired aaaaannd messing with my blood sugar.  But I love that it has somehow absorbed all my depression!!!!!  It's like a miracle.

My son and I and his family want to go to the flea market.  It is my favorite thing to do.  My late husband and I used to go every month.  Hunter and I have gone a few times and I have gone a few times alone and/or with my kids.  John and I will go regardless of the weather.  I totally crave a funnel cake.  They also have those big pretzels but with cream cheese in the middle.  To die for!

The following week brings a whole other type of family.  Hunter's son and wife and our grandkids with them are going to be here from Florida.  There is still a conflict of plans and I am staying out of it.  Hunter and his son are two adults and can figure this out themselves.  Shit,  even as I am saying this, I plan to look up the Wilderness resort to see what/if we would pay to get into the water park just for the day.  I think it is that Monday.  The end of the week is Josh's birthday party to which my daughter will not be invited.  Remember, my son and daughter's families have issues between them.

Just wanted you to know I have survived my final garage sale.  What?  I can hear you laughing you know.

Peace.