WHATS HAPPENING MONDAY

Hi Jan and OH Peeps~

Please remember Beverly B in your prayers. She is in surgery right now. I am waiting for a call from her family to let us know she is officially on the bench WITH us-WOOOO HOOOO....She has waited for SO LONG! Im so excited for her today. She really worked hard for her surgery and quit smoking and did everything she was suppose to do....I wished I could have made it to Columbia today to hug her when she came out of surgery! Had to send a card instead-and I got her a food journal and a little photo book to carry in her purse like I do-LOL....

Who else was having surgery today? Was it Deb? Jackie? Someone was???? Darn it-I HATE it when this happens, I feel like I cant keep track of everyone and then I feel bad-like they will think we dont care-when WE DO....I will try to find that info today. I KNOW I wrote it down somewhere, unless I am thinking of August 7...I just know there were 2 on the 7th and one on the 8th, but I really thought it was July.

Today is Megan and Aarons anniversary...Next year-I will be watching Mackenzie while her parents go out..LOL..CANT WAIT!! Someone asked if I would care if its a boy-heck no!!! I will LOVE TO PEICES any little baby they have-Mike and I BOTH had dreams of the little girl-and then my mom did-and ALL of us had the dreams BEFORE we even knew there was a possibility she could be pregnant. SO-I believe its a girl. If its a boy, I should MAYBE have some stuff left over from the garage sale. Will have to check and see whats left. Whatever were having...I bought some christian books Saturday that they can read to "her"..(LOL) and they are the big thick pages-so while she is little, she cant rip the pages-and if they get colored on-it will wipe right off. I picked one, and John picked one. Poor Maggie-she is just SO SICK....I look at her and get flooded with memories of my pregnancies-and I am here to tell you, I would get so sick (had that Group B strep while I was pregnant) that I couldnt even lift my head out of the toilet I was so weak-and would get so sick and so tired, I couldnt get out of bed and/or even change my clothes.....it was horrible. After I was pregnant with Jon-they had made enough headway with the disease, that they started treating you very early on in your 2nd trimester-and it wasnt nearly as bad. Please keep her in prayer. I pray she doesnt have to go through this for the whole 9 months. Its hard to watch...she sits on her bed with the trash can right in front of her. She looks bad. She is losing weight-which is okay-she is too sick right now to eat anything really, and you know I make sure she eats healthy when I am around and buy things for her when I am not...LOL...

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the inspirational postings~~!!! How awesome-and when I was reading others posts-I was thinking-Oh, I forgot about that, or oh yeah, I forgot about that-like being cold.....or losing the balance.. LOL so, thats great. I hope more post ops post to it-and I sure hope its helping our pre-ops.

Yesterday was a NIGHTMARE at the motel. I started thinking it had to be a full moon-because I had to deal with the most assinine people I have ever dealt with! I had one guy-who called and complained that housekeeping didnt make his bed and take out his trash. He has been there going on the 3rd day-they dont get housekeeping but once a week-and ONLY after they renew their rent-which is the 7th day-so the 8th day-they get it. They can have towels every other day, but not complete housekeeping. He chewed out the morning clerk AND the housekeeper BEFORE I got there....well, then when I tried to call him-he was gone, so I wrote him a little note-put it with the letter he signed that he agreed to our rules and regulations and left it on his nightstand for him, with his clean towels. Then he calls Megan, yelling and cussing her out-and she comes to find me and gives me the phone. He starts cussing me out-and I said, LISTEN, YOU KNOW, from staying here before-YOU DO NOT get housekeeping every day. He said-well, thats NOT what Carl said (my dad)...I laughed and said-well, guess what Noah? Carl IS NOT HERE and I AM ACTING MANAGER right now-and if YOU are so lazy that you cannot take your trash out when you walk right past it when you walk out of your room, then you need to leave-and I can give you 1/2 hour to get packed up. You WILL NOT speak to ME or the staff here like that-your NOT at the Hilton and WE ARE NOT catering to you. I have 50 rooms and ONE housekeeper! He said he wanted to talk to Carl-and I said, I told you, I AM CARL RIGHT NOW...AND GUESS what you A hole? Carl IS MY DAD-YOU STILL THINK HE WILL TAKE YOUR SIDE WHEN YOU HAVE CUSSED OUT HIS PREGNANT GRAND-DAUGHTER, HIS CLERKS, HIS HOUSEKEEPER AND HIS WIFE? NO WAY, you just BLEW IT-and I laughed at him and told him that he would NOT be coming back to our motel. He has bought himself a ticket on the roladex, which is our DO NOT rent list! Now he can go pay $300 a week instead of $160.95! Hope his laziness was worth it!! When my dad got back-he called Noah-and he wasnt as nice to him as I was (and I wasnt feeling nice, thats for sure!) Then I had a guy who called me who lived in Springfield-called and said he had left a very expensive camera in one of the rooms-and it was already rented out. CRAP~took his info. Tried to call the room, they didnt answer. Went to go to the room and check the nightstand-and when I knocked on the door a dog barked-OH, you are kidding me? WE DO NOT allow pets! So, I open the door and this nice little doggie is showing its teeth at me....I wait till I see them pull in and go down again-got the camera (thank God they hadnt found it before I got down there, told them that the dog had to go, in 1/2 hr I was re-checking and IF the dog was still there OR put in the vehicle (way too hot to leave a dog IN the vehicle) that they had to leave. He said someone was on their way to get the dog right now. I said, well, I WILL do a walk through and check and I will watch in the security cameras in the office and IF the dog comes back to the room, its an automatic eviction. He says-what if I give you extra money-I said no-you lied when you registered.( I HATE to be lied to) WE DO NOT allow pets. They bring in fleas, tear up our stuff and ruin our carpets we have to shampoo etc etc-NO PETS WHATSOEVER! I guess whomever they had to come get the dog was another lie-because they left within 5 minutes-well-my dad returned from his family reunion in that time-him, mom and Kenny ate and then they were taking Kenny to the new casino that opened. I had just gotten Kenny into the front seat of the SUV-and my dad was driving and this guy comes up (from the dog room), walks up to me (not realizing my parents run the place and are parked right next to me, windows down cause my mom had been talking to me) well-when they had gotten back-Megan was out walking my moms dog-Buster....and as he drove around to his room-our morning clerk was walking her dog, Chewy. The only 2 dang dogs there-and he saw both. He said that he saw these dogs and HE demanded to KNOW WHY they got to have dogs and he didnt. I said-Well, first of all, "I" DO NOT have to answer to YOU-YOU dont own this motel OR run it-and those are the ONLY 2 people "I" have to answer to. 2nd of all-they are staff and they had their pets BEFORE the owner made the no pets rule, so they are grandfathered in, NOT that its really ANY of your business-YOU were told at check in NO PETS and you bold face lied to me and got caught. I could evict you right now on those grounds alone-then he made a huge MISTAKE and HE HOPPED IN MY FACE!!!! My dad threw the SUV in park and hopped between that guy and me-and that guy never even knew he was coming!!! What the heck is wrong with people? When did it become that THEY are allowed to MAKE the rules and they dont have to obide by what WE have listed? Its amazing~!!!

Anyway-I got inside and called the gentleman that lived in Springfield-and I asked him what brand his camera was-and he described it to me....so I told him, yes-I have it in my hands right now-and I am putting it in our safe until you get here (it was EASILY a $800 camera) He said he will either come get it tonite or tomorrow (today) and I said okay hon-I have put a sticky on it with your name and phone number and it will be in our safe. I am writing a note to put on the bulletin board in case I am not here so the other staff will know. He said he was a pastor and he was blown away that there were still people in this world like me. He said that the camera belonged to his son-that he just buried the day before. He said he put it in the nightstand so that it wouldnt be out in the open and he didnt want to leave it locked in his hot car and have it get ruined. Anyway... He got there 15 minutes before I was closing and I was registering a customer when he walked in...well, got done with my customer-and he told me who he was-and I walked in back, got his camera and when I went to hand it to him, he had tears-and said-God Bless you child, there are not many people in the world like you anymore-and it does my heart good to see this in the world like it is today. He is a pastor in Springfield. He went to give me twenty dollars and I shoved it back to him and told him that "I" TRY to always treat people as I would want to be treated and if that were my camera, I would want it back too-he said BUT, YOU could have kept it and I would have never known the difference, my child-and I said, your right-but you know what? "I" would have-and more importantly, God would have-and I am not like that-nor will I ever be. I gave him a hug and told him I was so sorry to hear about his son. He asked if I had ever rewarded a favor or good deed with money. I said no-and Megan was standing there laughing behind me. He asked if I was lying and I said-Sir, I did not do it for money and I DO NOT WANT ANY MONEY from you. He said, I want to do this-and that guy I had just registered came up to the desk and I had to help him with his remote-and the pastor tossed $20 through the cage where the desk is-it landed on the floor-he said its not much-but please at least go get a burger or a shirt or something for yourself. God Bless you-and he ran out the door-and hopped in his car and was already driving away when I got to the front door!!!! Now-I would just send it to the address on file for him-but if he doesnt live there anymore-would he get it back???? I dont know! I feel guilty keeping his money though. I dont like it one bit!!! That ONE gentleman, being appreciative and happy-made up for the other jerks we had to deal with yesterday!!!

Well, I got ANOTHER call from Chandlers mom. Her name is Colette. She called me yesterday and said that Stephanie has got to move out. I told her that I was sorry, I would really like to help her-but I know for a fact that Stephanie is NOT going to go anywhere with me. I cannot MAKE her come home, and she knows this. I dont know what to tell you. She said-well, I have been thinking of dropping her off at your house. I said, thats really NOT an option for you. YOU took her from her home-no one would WILLINGLY help me when I tried MAKING her STAY OR MAKING HER COME BACK-Im sorry-but MY HOME is NOT AN OPTION! She will NOT stay anyway-so I know if they come toss her out, she will just go somewhere else. I just think that MAYBE it will teach Chandlers mom a lesson-to stop butting her nose in to everyone elses home life and realize that teens are NOT always going to get along with their parents-EVEN if they are GOOD kids-they WILL butt heads, more than likely-at one time or another-and EVERY time your child tells you that their friends parents are mean to them-you dont run and get them (they also have another kid there that her son knows-same situation...she went and picked him up too and is now complaining!!!) I told her as politely as I could that had SHE picked up the phone and CALLED ME BEFORE hand-SHE would have known the WHOLE story! She said, well, Stephanie lied to us, and Stephanie twisted the whole story around! I said, WELL-IF you had called HER MOTHER OR STEPFATHER-WE WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED!!!! Now-she found out the hard way and didnt/doesnt like being lied to-or taken advantage of- She asked ME WHY I let Stephanie go to Arkansas WITH her boyfriend-she said I WOULD HAVE NEVER LET CHANDLER GO!!! I said-WELL-STEPHANIE DOES NOT LIVE WITH ME ANYMORE-HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSE TO DISCIPLINE HER WHEN SHE LIVES WITH YOU? YOU SHOULD HAVE TOLD HER NO!! She said-I THOUGHT she was going to her grandmas-and I said-well, YOU should have called to verify where she was going-because SHE was YOUR responsibility since she LIVES with YOU!!!! NOT ME!!!! I told her that WE are just different people-because I DO NOT let my kids drin****il they are drunk-at 15 and 16. Stephanie does NOT tell ME what to pick up at the liquor store! I did NOT let her sit on the computer unsupervised-EVER...AND put regulations on her phone calls-AND didnt let her sleep all day cuz she was up all night long on the phone or the computer. I know she would sneak the phone-but.....she knew where she stood here-there-she had free reign! She told me that I needed to call Stephanies dad or her grandma on her dads side-and I said, do you have a pen and paper? I AM NOT talking to Stephanies father. You can call-he doesnt understand WHY we all have a problem with her and quite frankly-I AM NOT talking to him anymore. IF you need to talk to him, YOU can call him-Im sorry. So-I gave her both numbers. I know she wasnt happy-as she was trying to tell me how busy she was this week and how she will have to cut into her sleeping time (works nights) to take Steph somewhere and yadi yadi. I again, told her that I was sorry, but I am busy too this week. She asked if she should even call me when she gets ready to take Steph wherever she ends up taking her. I told her that she is more than welcome to call me whenever she wants to-I just cant help her kick Steph out-SHE needs to do that. I really just think SHE doesnt want to be the BAD guy to Steph OR her daughter!!! That, I am sorry for-but I didnt make her bed-and I am not laying in another bed of someone elses mistakes. I have enough to deal with without adding that to my plate-and I dont feel like I brought this issue on for her OR her hubby-SHE did. Am I right? Stephanie is bugging my mom to move in to the motel and taking some hours housekeeping. My parents are torn up, because they dont want to deal with it either-because Steph just wants to do what SHE wants to do-WHEN she wants to do it-and she doesnt show them ANY kind of respect UNLESS she wants something. My mom cried off and on almost all day yesterday because she doesnt want Steph to hate her and feels guilty that she has to tell her no. Steph is now talking about moving to Arkansas with that loser boyfriend of hers-and came home covered in hickys....(no offense to anyone else here) But, I PERSONALLY think hickys LOOK DISGUSTING....not saying Ive never had one-but never where they are plastered all over me-I just think they look trashy.

Well, Im gonna get off here. The boys and I are running up the road to look at that house-then I am coming home and lathering us up with sunscreen, going in the pool for 1/2 hr. Getting out and packing up some of Stephs room and doing some other chores-and will get back in the pool in a bit...its WAY too hot sun wise to be in for any length of time. I was going to go to town today for more boxes and etc-but I will get all of that tomorrow when I do laundry for the kids anyway. I have SO MUCH to do this week before Sunday. The owners will be here and will be doing some work on the house-so between working for the kids-I still have to get the carpets shampoo'd-and Stephs room done (it IS trashed-she left it that way) and get the other crap in here organized. Have a TON of boxes here for our sale!! Need to get them all put in one area.

**Jan-Sounds like a plan between you and Andrew. An accountability buddy-wish I had one closer. Once in awhile, I will email a couple of mine-but it doesnt last very long, even tho the intention is good!! Love to walk too!

**Bec-the 2nd sleep study is not as bad as the first-BUT-IF your more comfy-ask if you can sleep in the lazy boy chair-they let us do that here-however, they may not-since you were on the bed for the first one, you may have to do the 2nd one just like that first one. Its NOT as bad-you DONT have to wear the mask UP your nostrils-ASK OR TELL them for a full mask.....then you will feel like BAT MAN....dun, dun, dun, dun, dun-BAT MAN..I MEAN BEC MAN....BEC MAN.....BEC WO~MAN!!!! Hear you roar... We WILL PRAY YOU THROUGH IT! Think funny OR relaxing thoughts! Im sorry you go through that. Love ya.

**Angy-HONEY-MAKE SURE you tell them OVER and OVER and OVER-NO MORPHINE!!!! OVER AND OVER!!! MAKE them show it to you where its written on the chart. They are NOT going to want you heaving at all-tell them its extreme-severe reaction. THEY WILL give you something else. I know the name, but cant remember it now-and THEY WILL put it in your iv pain med drip. It does NOT have to be morphine. Mine wasnt. I know several others who didnt have morphine either. When you go to the hospital for the pre-op stuff-tell every single person NO MORPHINE. The anesthesiologist, the lady who does your x-rays, the lady who does your pre registration, the lab, the electro-cardiogram-all of it. Tell everyone. Even if they say they have nothing to do with it-this is assuring IT will get on your chart AND someone should double check to make sure. There is also a time when your being prepped-tell them...over and over and over!!! OK? Make sure that Lynn and Skyler OR your parents bring it up too-in case you forget....k? Love ya and will talk to you soon.

~~~~Sheila says to tell you all hi. She is STILL not able to get online-but she text me and said she misses everyone and hello. I will text her later today when she is off work and check in-to let her know about Bev AND get an update on her-and I will let you all know, ok????

Well-Im off. I hope you all have a good week and dont over do it. OK? As always-your in my thoughts and prayers!!!