Shattered Sun

Fall is definitely here! I have the worse case of allergies. I’ve been reading the news and it has been noted that this might be the worse allergy season ever. Of course, they always say that. Anyway, I’m going to go to bed very very soon. I’m waiting for Jayson to get home from work or for the terrors to be in bed. No matter how crummy I feel, I gotta always be a mom. I fear this is going to turn into Sinusitis again. Actually, I think it already has. I can’t miss work. Jayson is going to call my doc in the morning and see if there is anything that can be done without me having to go in. I think that I might need to find a doc that works weekends. Think any exist?

On another note, it’s a sign of being permanent when the place you work for asks for your middle initial and SS number. Turns out that I’m going to be getting my very own email and log in. Yea me! I will be so glad to be able to have email and be CCd on things around the office instead of people dropping it into my inbox. It makes my desk look crummy and I can’t have a bad looking desk because it’s the front desk. Cool part: I get to have my own little area away from everyone else. Uncool part: I have to great anybody that comes in the front door instead of letting them wander through the office and showroom. It’s a nice job though. And since I maintain the benefits packages, I can tell you that the benefits are nice. We might have to cancel Jayson’s insurance in January and put everyone on mine. I think it’s less expensive! :faint: Anyway, I’m going to take my sinus meds and go to bed and hope that I feel better tomorrow. Hasta pastas!

Man, I can’t wait til I’m used to my new schedule and have the energy to get stuff done that I need to get done! I feel like I don’t have any time now. Actually, I felt like that before. I feel like I have less than no time now. :tired: <= that’s me. And really, it’s not so bad, just that I think there’s some secret club that I don’t belong to. It’s the “Extra 10 Hours In a Day” club. I want membership!

Anyway, Zacky had his CT scan done today and we’re scheduling the next steps with his ENT. Why is it that it’s the stuff leading up to a surgery that are the worst? They’re worse than the surgery itself! Just drag on and on and on… :wall:

Okay, it’s almost midnight. I have to go to bed. I have to get up at 5. I don’t wanna! Someone want to work for me? I think I miss my old life sometimes. Sometimes…

She’s really sick. :fever: She was fine, but it seems that she’s developed diarrhea in the past few days. I don’t know what I’m going to do with her! It’s not like I can tell the other four ferrets tht she died. And they’re already looking for her, but I had to take her out of the ferret home. She’s not eating or drinking or regulating her body temp very well. I’m trying to nurse her today and Jayson is going to do what he can while I’m at work tomorrow. I’m so worried!

Update:Now she’s really an :angel: . She passed over the rainbow bridge about 2 pm today. She went to sleep and just never woke up. I’m glad she was as comfortable as I could make her. We cried and I miss her already.

Three years after the 9/11 attacks, I’m finding that Americans have a shorter attention span that I thought. Most people are ditching the patriot symbols that used to be so abundant. When I was speaking of this Saturday to people, the typical response was “What’s Saturday?” Have we really forgotten? Why is it that something so dramatic (and definitely the worse attack on our soil) can be pushed aside so easily? Have we recovered to the point that it’s not important anymore? We ignore the Homeland Security Alerts and generally gripe about the changes to the airport now. After three years, we want everything to go back to the way it was before. But would you feel safe if things did go back? Is ignorant that blissful? 9/11 woke us up as a nation and now we’re drifting back into our delusion that no one will hurt us again.

I don’t want America to live in a state of fear. But I do want America to remember the people who make this country so wonderful to live in. We have a horrible track record of forgetting those unsung heros. Most of our holidays start out with good intentions but just become an excuse for a long and drunk three day weekend. Patriot Day isn’t there yet, but I have no doubt that it will get there at some point. We forget too easily.

So remember today. Think about the civilians and public servants that died. Think about the Vets who have given their lives for us in wars. Think about the soldiers who are off on foreign soil fighting the good fight. And think about the families that are missing someone at their dinner table tonight. Then offer up a silent prayer of gratitude and be thankful that you live in the United States of America. It isn’t a perfect place, but it is home.

On a different but related note: Happy Birthday to all the September 11th babies out there. :cake: It’s tough living in something’s shadow. But celebrate your birthday today because I’d like to think that the people who died would have wanted you to.

I volunteered to do PRIT’s website and have been diligently working on it in my few hours before bed this week. It’s been something of an ordeal as the person who maintained it previously just stuck all the results into PDFs instead of converting them to HTML. Lazy ass! You see, PRIT stands for Phoenix Regional Invitational Tournament. It’s a local bowling tournament that’s held in March every year. It’s got an average of 200-odd bowlers and they usually bowl in singles, doubles, and team events. It’s a lot of stats! I actually don’t mind, but they needed to be put in table format since they are tabular data. And tables are ugly so I had to spice them up a bit with CSS. I like how it looks. Actually, I love how it looks! There’s only a splash page up there right now, but you can take a peek at what’s coming, if you want.

I’m trying to get myself less “undone” so to speak. I have way too many projects that are in stages of completion. So, I’m going through my hobbies and commitments and finishing stuff. So far I have a few cross stitches, websites, and organizing done. This website will be something that I’ll be proud to mark off my list.