Saturday Roll Call

 put your shades on kids as it is supposed to be sunny today. Lorrie and Don got to our house at about noon yesterday. We sat and talked for a while then my niece down the street called asking if I could come and sit while she runs to pick up one of the other kids at school. Her youngest daughter, Sammie decided to fall asleep for her afternoon nap 1/2 hr before mom needed to pu the oldest. That was easy kid sitting - she was asleep and I looked at her 2008 scrap book with family pics.

We all went to Dover Straits last night in Hoffman Est for seafood, I brought over 1/2 of mine home, yum.

Have a few things to tackle here before the group comes for their get together at 5pm. Also, time to sit and relax as most of the organizing is done, just last minute food prep.

Monica, have a safe drive and enjoy the family. We are missing Christina lately as she must be busy with the new job. Still have not heard from Mary H(?) and Barry. What is everyone else's plans? Any great fall fests this weekend? Scarecrow fest is next weekend in St Charles. Dave and I are going to it.

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Christine

Hi Chris -
I'm here, just keeping a low profile and posting here and there.  I'm still feeling very fatigue.  Not working much.  Some days I can not even get out of bed.  Most days I force myself but hopefully Dr. Rosen can help me get to feeling better soon.  It was discovered I should have started B12 shots back in July but someone missed it on the lab work that was done.  My Vit D is very low and now they are concerned that my results on the thryoid are out of wack so they are running more tests and that should be back hopefully the first of the week.  Not much else going on.  Just trying to get more energy and feel normal again.
I did get a B12 and flu shot yesterday so hopefully I'm moving in the right direction. 

Have a great weekend everyone.
Christina

Good Saturday Morning to you. YeahI do not have to work this morning!Thank goodness I never work on Saturdays. I really love my job, 99% of the time. But this was a bad, long week, and next week looks like more of the same.

Nothing going on in my world today, except trying to make a dent in the housework. That is the only hing about working this crazy, I really don't get anything done during the week. I am planing on making a pot of chili later today for supper. I will have some for lunches next week too.

Monica, have a wonderful ride out to your Moms this morning.

Christine, have fun with your company this weekend, and Christina, I am so sorry that you are not feeling up to par.

I am off to conquer the housework,

Hugs

Hello everyone

I'm not doing much today.  I'm taking the day to be lazy and relax.  I haven't had a day off in over two weeks.  I went to the laudromat to do my laundry Thursday after work.  It was just completely exhausting.  I mean I do have to lug all the laundry down and wash, dry and fold it and lug it back up to my apartment.  But lately it has been almost too much work for me to handle.  I'm glad I'm getting this surgery because I just can't do the things I used to do.  It litterally wipes me out to carry all of this extra weight around.  Being single and my daughter being away at school I have no choice but to force myself to do these things.  I'm only 37 I shouldn't be feeling so tired.  Oh and my allergies have horrible and I can't take any decongestants.

Christina I hope you will better soon.  

I hope everyone has a nice weekend. 

Good Morning Illinois Friends!

It is the weekend.  Yeah!  I do have to drive to Rockford to teach a class from 1 - 5:30 today so most of my day is gone.  But the money is good and I enjoy teaching so I wont complain. 

Crystal, congrats on having the weekend off!    You work so hard.  It is nice to hear that you are finally getting a break. 

Christina, I hope you start feeling better soon and get those vitamin levels stabilized. 

Christine, enjoy your company.

Lisa, enjoy not working.  I agree, people have been nuts this past week. 

Hope everyone has a great weekend! 

Nancy-   what do you teach???

I contract for a company that works with States Attorneys to provide classes for people who are first time offenders at passing bad checks.  If they write a bad check that has been turned over to the States Attorney for prosecution, they can attend a 4 1/2 hour class plus fines and then have the conviction erased from their record. 

How interesting.  How did you start teaching this class?  Did you need to take some classes yourself to learn to teach this class? 

Rockford, that's quite a drive for you.

I answered an ad in the paper offering an opening for someone with a masters in psychology or counseling and experience in working with mandated court ordered training.  I had both.  I did a phone interview and was hired.  I had 2 days of training.  I initially started out doing LaSalle, DeKalb and Winnebago counties.  They finally found someone for Winnebago, and DeKalb never got enough attendance to sustain classes there.  Now I only teach once a month in La Salle and occasionally in Winnebago when that teacher cannot cover the class.  I also will cover other locations as needed.  They do pay mileage and as I said, the pay for the class is great. 

Good morning everyone. Yikes, I slept very late this morning. Had a hard time sleeping as something I ate didn't agree with me. I finally went up to bed at 4 this morning.

Chris, a scarecrow fest sounds like a lot of fun! I've never been to Dover straits, I think it's a fish and seafood place.

Christina, I only know how tired I was when my iron was too low. I just got under the wire with my Vitamin D results. Hope you feel stronger soon.

Today is time for a sister visit. She is coming to my house.

Tomorrow I may go to see the cutie animal movie, Beverly Hills Chihuahua. I just love dogs.

Stay warm and enjoy the sunshine

Hugs,
Lucy