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ron is feeling better and is in his own room. spent 30 hours in emerg. nurse suspects possible brain infection, he's on antibiotics and is talking well and joking a bit. seems like his regular self. more asap.
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the longer i diet, the harder i try, the grumpier i get. i feel much happier when i've had chocolate.
thanks to joni, who sent me stuff.... my hotmail is not working well, but i had a brief look and it's cool that all that stuff is online. and it obviously works.... now if i could get my hotmail back up, i'd be golden.
now for a cheat.... chocolate loves me, la la la.Current Mood:  grumpy |
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May. 9th, 2008 @ 01:26 pm
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i need a weight-loss diet for a breast-feeding sleep-deprived 40-year-old with chronic low blood sugar and overwhelming sugar cravings who works 13 hours a day and can't exercise due to the toddler hanging off her leg.
*blink*
i'm not kidding. also throw in the fact that my pelvis is still separated and half the food i eat comes from the food court at union station. and i can't cook.
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i'm pregnant! first ultrasound today, very strong little bubba in there... no gender yet of course, i'm only 12 weeks. and sick as a dog, as usual! pics to follow from ahab!
yours barfily,
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this will be our last post. we're on our way west, to my dad's shop, which is more defensible than our one-floor bungalow. the dogs haven't started barking yet, but they seem very uneasy, so we know it's on the way.
we made it out of the city today without much incident. the traffic was heavy but since we live in canada, there wasn't too much infection there yet. but it's all over the news. we're too close to toronto, big cities are the worst. and we heard about X.... so sad... such a cute kid. aj and james seem to be in some kind of denial... aj will be turned soon too, since she got bit. so sad... anyway, we have to get out of here before our little town gets crazy. we have tons of weapons, shovels and golf clubs and baseball bats, as well as a full tank of gas. the roads are busy but moving. we have food, and diapers. little short on water, so i hope it rains soon.
the shop is 2 stories of concrete block with a flat roof on one side for defense, and a sloped roof on the other for collecting rainwater. god i hope it rains. ron has a rocket arm and a basket full of softballs to take 'em out. we could conceivably last for a month, if it rains, longer if my parents come too and bring more food.
man, i'm so glad i read that book by max brooks. i was ready. the misinformation on the tv is astounding. here's the real story:
it's an infection. if you get bit, you die, then you reanimate within a few hours. but it's not you, it's your body being used by the bacteria. dogs will detect you somehow and bark at you like crazy. the only way to kill you will be by destroying your brain. you'll walk underwater, you can't open doors, climb stairs or use tools, and your moaning when you sense food (me) will attract every zombie for about a mile. you'll freeze solid in winter, but when the ground thaws in spring, so will you.
it's only june. we have to make it to november.....
good bye, everyone, we love you. good luck... hope this info helps. get a dog, get up high, get up north, or get on a boat.
good luck...
rocket-arm ron, shovel-wielding shell, gabbing gg, and protecting puppiesCurrent Mood:  driven |
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to viv and emma. geminis rule!!!!!!
May. 30th, 2007 @ 12:10 am
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May. 4th, 2007 @ 09:34 pm
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it's not a snow day, cause canadians don't have snow days, but it's days like today that remind me i'm not living in the U.S. it really feels like canada here today, what with tromping through piles of snow, getting frost on my eyelashes and in my nose, and eating lunch in a cafe full of touque-wearers (look it up). it's the great white north!
yes, i know you all have snow in the states, but it's just not the same. i know. i've been there.
Feb. 14th, 2007 @ 01:21 pm
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what do y'all think of getting gg some formula for the trip? i ask for a few reasons, although she's been drinking cow's milk for four months:
-she'll be off her schedule and distracted and less likely to get the amount of food she needs
-the food will likely be crappy airport fast food
-although formula is allowed in quantities larger than 3 oz. in carry-on luggage, it seems regular milk is not, and she needs homogenized (3.25% m.f.), not likely available from fast food vendors
-she has a cold (of all the rotten timing!) and could probably use the extra nutrients and vitamins right now
well? i bow to your advice, as always, lj friends....
Jan. 16th, 2007 @ 11:23 am
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we thought ahab's bro would bring dad and mom home today... no such luck. got a phone call in the middle of the night, dad was hallucinating and agitated. bro called the police, emt etc, and dad was taken to the hospital in texas. he is being assessed, and last i heard bro and mom were trying to catch some sleep.
more later, of course.... we are trying to concentrate on getting them home where we have more peeps/family to help look after them, but we're not sure what to do at this point, except wait on the doctors. mom's flight was previously scheduled for friday so i hope she'll keep it.
more later....
Jan. 9th, 2007 @ 01:11 pm
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i simply cannot wait for the next harry potter book. I MUST HAVE IT NOW!!!!!!!!
*pant pant*
i can't stand it.
btw, that sound you hear is the geek alarm going off.
Jan. 6th, 2007 @ 12:22 pm
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my mom can't figure out why i'd want to get gracie a truck for christmas. she didn't say anything specific, but it was one of those "oh." type things. *sigh*
Dec. 6th, 2006 @ 08:35 am
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I SWEAR I WILL KILL SOMEONE AT WORK TODAY. PMS, AND BAD STUPID PEOPLE ALL AROUND. **THROWS DARTS WITH EYES** **KICKS EVERYONE IN THE SHINS**
Dec. 5th, 2006 @ 04:03 pm
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looking for a movie:
probably mid-seventies, a journey to the center of the earth type movie, where they travel into a hole in the arctic by hot air balloon, and find a viking-type civilization in the center of the earth. possibly disney, or disney type anyway.
anyone?
Nov. 30th, 2006 @ 10:32 am
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my truck is ok!! MY truck. that i've wanted my whole life, that i saved for, that i loved because it was mine, and it was a truck. it's safe! it's not wrecked up, the constable said perfect on the outside but maybe a bit of damage to the ignition. she said it was drivable, but seeing as she's a cop, not a mechanic, i'll have it towed directly to the garage where i bought it a month ago. they're great there, they'll make sure it's ok. she asked if i knew anyone in guelph. *beat* well, not anyone who would steal a truck, unless a certain truck-crazy birthday boy has grown enough in the past few days to reach the pedals!!! dude, just ask, i'll take you for a ride!! :)
anyway, relieved, happy, and i wish i could just drive it home right now. can't wait to get it back.
and can i just say, that both of the officers i dealt with were fantastic, empathetic, compassionate, and incredibly helpful. and both chicks, too, not that that should make a difference.
yay yay yay, my truck is coming home!!!!!
Nov. 21st, 2006 @ 01:23 pm
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i walked to the GO station this morning in the POURING RAIN.
AAAAARRRGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*breathes*
Nov. 16th, 2006 @ 09:02 am
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but i didn't sleep well and i didn't go to work today. i feel kind of beaten up. i hadn't been feeling all that well anyway (just pms) but now i can barely function. ron and my dad thinks it's a bit of shock. even my dad thought i should stay home from work today! that's pretty rare. so here i am. i thought i'd do some puttering around the house, with gracie in tow. that generally makes me feel better. the insurance adjuster is supposed to call today. and i'd like to go down to the parking lot to see if there is any glass or bits of my truck lying around. it was something the insurance people asked but it was dark and rainy and i couldn't see much last night.
i really loved that truck. i've waited years to get a truck, and though it was only a 1994, it was in perfect condition, immaculately clean inside and not a scratch on it. we got a hell of a deal on it because my dad has great connections. we scrimped and saved and borrowed because it was so needed yet we really couldn't afford to pay cash outright. so here i am, paying interest on it, and i don't even have it. and it had a full tank of gas, just filled it saturday. i hoped that they'd catch someone driving it, but truth is, it was probably gone by lunchtime yesterday and is sitting in some parking lot in frickin' thunder bay by now. at least they won't get it over the border.... unless they took it across before i reported it. i was gone from it for 13 hours (my regular workday these days). it could have been swiped an hour after i left it.
i hate that they got the pack and play and the stroller. both were gifts from our parents, and we expected them to last through all the babies we might be lucky enough to have. even the carseat... it was a handmedown from tim and les, making the rounds through the cousins now. i like family stuff like that. i feel like good karma attached itself to things like that, because they were gifts. not to mention the fact that we now have an infant car seat in the basement that doesn't have a stroller to attach to any more. so much for our travel system, which we loved and used so much.
i'm angry and bitter, but most of all i'm deeply deeply hurt, because i sacrificed time with gracie and my husband to make the money for that truck, i sacrificed room on our creditline to help pay for it, i'll have to give up more time with gracie to pay that off, and those were HUGE sacrifices, and now it's just gone, and the pain from making the sacrifices is still there. and we had plans for US thanksgiving that are ruined, going to help my brother and family in his new place. i'm sure i'll still get there somehow, since my family is so wonderful in these situations, but my independence and mobility has been taken away.
which is really the problem. now i have to get up at 5:30 in the morning so i have time to walk to the go station. no matter the weather, or the fact that it makes my 13 hour day into a 13 1/2 hour day, if i want to get to work on time, that's what i'll be doing. it's hard to express the relief i felt when i got the truck and didn't have to do that any more, and the discouragement i feel in having to start doing it again is overwhelming.
Nov. 14th, 2006 @ 09:58 am
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sweetest and happiest of birthdays to my dear husband. i love you, and i love our family, and i love our past, present, and future together.
many happy returns, darling.
and smooches... :)
Nov. 3rd, 2006 @ 11:50 am
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