Friday--my day of REST!
Good afternoon Vickie and everyone.....
You sure had a crazy busy week. I am so glad you had plenty of help to get it all done. I am so sorry it was so hard for you every day being there in all those memories. Soon you will be done going there unless you want to.
I am glad you can rest some today. Tomorrow is already Halloween!!!!
I can't wait to see the boys in their Halloween costumes. I know they will be so cute!!
I hope you get the deal on your bedroom fabric. 20% off that amount it a great deal!!
I am glad you are having someone go with you to the setting of Butch's headstone. That will be a tough time for you. 
I love you Vickie!!
As for me..... I am recovering from my colonoscopy test. I got really sick from the medication they gave to sedate me. It was bad!! They won't be giving me that next time!!! I am home and feeling better now. Very weak but much better!!
My cleaning fairy is here today. I canceled her on Wednesday. I was doing all that prep and didn't want her here. She is almost done now. Just finishing up the laundry.
I'm look forward to seeing Gracie in her Halloween costume. I love Halloween!! It is also my daughter, Jamie's birthday!!!
Facebook is being covered with costumes already!
Wishing you all a good rest of the day!!
Prayers for our wonderful OFF Family and their families. Special prayers to those that need them.
Much love and many hugs to all....connie d
Eileen....I am loopy all the time how could anyone know the difference!!!
I won't ever let anyone give me that medication again. I have never had a problem like this either!!
Tomorrow better be a better day then today ended up being! I think everyone decided to call me all in one day!!
Love you...HUGS....connie d
Good Evening Vickie and OFF,
Sorry I was AWOL yesterday. I watched Frankster all morning, then I had therapy. After that, I ran to my doctor's to get a prescription refill of my pain meds, then to the pharmacy. The pharmacy took forever because of new laws, about narcotics. Also, because whoever filled my prescription at Rite Aid told my insurance company it was for a 10 day supply. The way my script was written it could have just as easily been a five day supply, because the instruction on the bottle said 1-2 tablets every 4-6 hours. I ran out on day 9. So, I had to wait to find out about the insurance glitch. Then call my insurance company to find out that Rite Aid screwed up. The insurance company said to have Rite Aid change the number of days in the computer, so I had to argue with them for 20 minutes, then wait another 20 minutes for them to do it. By the time I got home, I was too emotionally and physically exhausted to think straight. Then, Colleen called to ask if I could be at her house at 8:00 this morning, coz she had to be at the school early to do stuff for the PTO, as well as the party in Izzy's class, after the parade this morning.
So, today, I took Frankie to the parade at 9:30. Then, we came here, so he could play with Utley, before heading back to his house. From there, I headed to my friend's house. We went to a laundromat near her house, coz her great-niece's parade would be going right by it. I had to wash my thick comforters, coz the temps are plummeting.
Tonight I am crocheting.
Love you all.
Trish
Well, I can't say I've had a real restful day. I needed to do something about my health insurance today. My COBRA coverage runs out tomorrow. All I wanted to do was pick up a little two month policy to get me through the end of the year. Then I will decide what I want to do for the year 2016, you know? HOLY COW! I spent 2 hours--TWO HOURS-- on the phone with a "navigator" from that damn OBAMACARE.
I know, I know, we have a tacit agreement here not to discuss politics. Okay, this is really not about politics, but it IS going to be a rant about government bureaucracy! A couple of years ago before the Affordable Care Act was put into action, I checked on an insurance policy for myself from Blue Cross. It was $198/month and was just a catastrophic policy for a low premium with a high deductible. But I could have bought it in about 5 minutes flat. And no one cared what my income was.
Today I finally got a similar policy, but now the price tag is a whopping $525/month. The cost has more than doubled (for pretty lousy coverage, actually). BUT, because I am now single and have very little income, they are doing me the great favor of a tax credit and the same policy is going to cost me $250/month. That is, IF I estimated my annual income correctly. And IF I agree to let the government monitor my taxes for the next 5 years to make sure I'm telling the truth about my income. And it took TWO SOLID HOURS on the phone with the navigator to get this wonderful coverage. THIS IS NUTS.
Well, after all of that, I was wiped out. The dishwasher repair man was supposed to come today, but never made it. I guess because of all the flooding. We had a catastrophic rainfall event in Central Texas today, but thankfully most of it was to the north of me. My neighborhood is high and not prone to flooding at all, so don't worry about me.
I hope I sleep tonight. I did sleep a little better last night, but woke up several times. In fact, I had a pretty upsetting episode around 3 a.m. I've dreamed about Butch several times in the past three months, but last night he spoke to me. He stood in the doorway of our bedroom and said my name. I gasped/screamed a bit and woke up with my heart pounding. It was so real. In fact, I had a similar incident happen a few months after my daddy died. That time I fell out of bed, I was so shocked. It's different from when you just dream about someone. I think it is their way of letting you know they are all right. It just shocks the beejesus out of me when it happens.
I think I'm about done for the day. I have to rest up for my big day with the boys tomorrow. They'll be here early! I hope it doesn't rain all day and we can get outside to play a little.
Love you all!
Vickie
I've had dreams about my father after he died; several times in fact. Usually when I was in trouble and needed help. I didn't even need to think about him and he'd come to me in my dreams. My friend Gloria, too, after she died; Margie, it took a while, and I don't know why. Maybe because I never got to say goodbye because she went suddenly. I think the ones we love come back to us after they die.
