Monday Roll Call

Good Morning from Lower Slower Delaware . Looks like it is going to be a nice day. My sister is visiting since we both have off a Monday. We will probly go to the thrift stores. I put on a pair of jeans and they were to tight  for me over the weekend.  Oh my God did it hit me like a brick I know I need to make a plan to get back on track and stay there so that is my goal for today. I am making a list and doing it right. I know what I need to do. Do I need to say it ? No I need to write over and over again. I am starting my log today. How is everyone today? What are you up to ? How are staying on track ? See you lighter. Joanne

Hi everyone.... Im gonna post a quote here in a bit i havent looked up any yet.  But hey Im doing ok.  I had an issue this morning. I was working and afte taking a patient into one of the ER's we were kinda hanging out waiting to get some equipment replaced and i was standing leaning on the triage counter. I got dizzy, light headed , and everything got dark and fuzzy.  So i said something to my partner and  he and another person sat me in a chair. I put my head down again just waiting for it to pass. So they decide to lay me on a stretcher to rest a few minutes. When they sat me up to stand up everything was dizzy and fuzzy and dark again....they put me on a stretcher and checked my vital signs, my bloodsugar and put me on a heart monitor...evrything checked out normal. Now hwen all this happened i got very pale and sweaty.   I laid there for about 30 min or so and then i didnt sign in i got a ride ( the ambulance had gone back to station for shift change) and went home. I did go see my pcp today and he thinks it was kinda fluke but is gonna check out some lab work anyway.  He said i vageled (sp) down and that its good i didnt actually pass out completely or he would have to take my license.  He didnt want me to go to work tonight but since my boss just offered me a supervisor position literally on my way to the dr office today i really didnt want to call out.  The doctor agreed I could work if i didnt drive and got my labs done by morning.  so its been an interesting day or as my family heard when i told them So WEird...thats my theme today...LOL    No im not pregant either....LOL

amy

Hi Amy,

Sorry to hear about this health problem.  The funny thing is I heard about this earlier today by my son.  I am the mother of the handsome young man who assisted Patrick last night on A16.  Jonathan is my baby.  If he ever gets on your nerves just smack him :laugh:   I hope he doesn't drive you crazy.  He is very passionate about firefighting and has been since he was 18 months old.  Some parents take their kids to carnivals and state fairs during the summer, I took mine to fire stations and on more then one occasion have followed fire trucks to fires or traced down smoke in the air so he could see the fire fighters at work. 

Hope you are feeling better.  Take care.

Deanna

Hi to Delaware Boards.  It has been forever since I've been here, 2 years out this past Nov and I'm still hanging in there doing great.  Alot of changes in my life occurred this year and I have been busy, busy, busy at work.  Early Oct I wa**** with an emergency hernia surgery, it was the most painful and the longest surgery I have had to recover from thus far.  Apparently, I had a lot of adhesions that also needed removal and I didn't realize and got myself pretty sick a few weeks out. All is back to normal again, my kids and I had a low key Christmas (no there were not alot of presents under our tree this year) but we had our family and were all together and that is what mattered the most.

I too will try to do a better job checking in, now that work has calmed down I should be able to do this a little easier.  

Enjoy the rest of your holidays all! 
 

Good Tuesday morning Joanne, and all the other posters and lurkers,  Monday was an eventful day for me and Ed. 

We started out with Ed needing to be in Georgetown by 8:30 a.m.  --  I had to be in Lewes by 11:15 a.m., and then in Philly by 2 p.m. so we knew we had a busy day ahead. His car has to be jumped every day until we get the money for a tensioner pulley, so he took my Pontiac to Georgetown.  I was afraid he wouldn't get back from his appointment in time for me to get to Lewes for -mine-, but he was.  We went to my PCP appointment and the doc ordered a whole sheet of labs and x-rays due to my increasing problems with bilateral small joint pain and swelling.  I pray it's not Rheumatoid Arthritis but chances are, it is.  I've also had this chronic but almost symptomless UTI, so another culture will be done.  By noon, we are off to Philly for my 2:00 dentist appointment.  We walked in the office at 1:55.  Whew.  I had 2 broken teeth, one that I have let go since August and the other one broke a month ago.  I sat in the chair for almost 3 hours and I am very sore today.  I will go back in 3 weeks and have 2 permanent crowns put in.  Any regular dentist would have cost me close to $1600 just for what was done yesterday but ours is family and we only pay lab fees.  My crowns will cost me about $80 each.  That's why we go to Philly for our dental care.  God Bless Dr. Wasko---he is Ed's cousin.

Heading back home, we always stop at the Valero on Rt.1 about 5 miles south of the AFB to top off the gas tank.  We didn't make it that far.  We ran out of gas right in front of the base, at the Old Lebanon Rd. overpass in Little Creek.  I called 911 and they sent a trooper, who called a tow truck to bring us some gas.  The tow driver gets there and says "no one said anything about gas, they just told me someone needed to be towed.  I don't have any gas on board."  CRAP.  He takes off to get a couple gallons and when he gets back, I write him a check for $62 for the gas; then he gets an emergency call so he had to leave us there on the side of the road, trying to get fuel into the lines....the car wouldn't start.  Needless to say, my Pontiac is still sitting there on Rt. 1.  It has to be something else other than no fuel...it still won't start and we drained the battery with the 4 way flashers running.  Our friend came and picked us up so all told, we left Longneck at 10:30 am yesterday and did not get back to the house until 11:30 last night.  We have to go back and retrieve the car today.  We already know what Ed's first paycheck from Perdue will be used for....getting both of the cars fixed. 

Bad luck comes in 3's so I am waiting for the third shoe to fall.  The 3rd shoe?  A family roundtable will happen here tonight to finalize the plans for us to take temporary custody of our 3 grandkids so my daughter and her husband can get any job, any shift, anywhere without worrying about child care.  Joanne,  I know you have your grandkids and I could use some advice here.  Mine are much younger....the oldest just started kindergarten.  I will have to stop working and that's the big shoe because I have only been at this job for just under a month.  We need anything I can earn but those babies need a home first.  God will provide for our needs, He always does but this one scares me.

I hope everyone has a better Tuesday than my Monday was!! 

Kathy, Sounds like you had the day from hell yesterday ! beleive me I have been there too but I truely know God only gives us what we can handle. My grandkids were 5 and 6 when I took guardianship of them. It has not been an easy road but I would do it over in a minute. They are my life. You will be Blessed for taking care of them. I didn't say it would be easy. Our you guys going thru court to make you legal guardian ? If so there is benefits ( not much ) that you can get that is not based on your income. Call me when you get a chance. I have a Dr's appointment at 11:00 this morning. Debbie's dog tripped me last night with his lease and I injured my ankle. I couldn't walk this morning and it has been trobbing all night.  My car is being worked on too. I have to take the parts to Fredricka today. hopefully it will get fixed this week. My son taking me to work is getting old. I feel like a trapped animal without my own wheels.  When it rains , it pours ! Please let me know how I can help. Call me ( 947-0417 ) or just stop by.  You will get thru this with God's help and lots of prayers . Talk with you soon. Joanne

Deanna-- your son was fantastic and seems to be a really great person to me.  I had only met him that night but he and all the people from the firehouse are really good, i like working there part time.


Kathy---  I am so sorry your week has gone so wrong so quick.  I do hope things start looking up for you.   I wish you the best with your grandchildren.  With your love and dedication  for them everything should work out.  Hey i know the financial worry is there would it be beneficial for you to get cerified as a day care provider then if your daughter isnt working and can get purchase of care she could pay you with that and it would benefit both of you? That way the kids would still have the benefit of there loving grandparents but you would have some type of additional income. I thnk the rules may even be different for purchase of care if the children go to family but i dont know .


Joanne---  I hope your ankle gets mended soon and its nothing serious. 





so here is what happened this morning .....I left work at 7 went to  get labs for my surgeon that yesterday my pcp said since i am already getting what he needs then just get  the surgeons labs sent to him......yeah didnt work that way lab corps couldnt do that. So i run across the street to my doctors office my DR wasnt in until 1pm. I go back to  labcorps get my lab work and leave.  I make it about 1/2 mile up the road im in a turning lane and someone tries to get into my lane in the same space im occupying hence a crash happens. No one was hurt thank goodness and there is damage to my car but all in all i guess its not that bad so everyone says...its my car so it looks horrible to me...LOL.  UUGGHHH  I want a do over for this week and its only tuesday.



from what i read here a few other people could do well with a do over too. I hope things get better all the way around.
.calgon take me away!!!!!

Hi All!
My day is going good.  I just found out my company is going to "trim the fat".  My boss took me aside and thanked me for my dedication and commitment to the company.  She said I'll have to take on more responsiblity when they lay off some peep's.  WHEW!! I am so thankful I'm not the one, I told her no problem, I'll do anything she needs done!

Here's to wishing everyone a prosperous and healthy New Year!!

Judy