I'm still here

Wow, it has been forever since I've been here. I've been trying to squeeze so much into my weekends now that summer is almost over. So, what's been going on? Musikfest just wrapped up it's 10 day festival last night. I went down on Aug. 2nd just to walk around and had a great time with Brenda. I ran into Sue and her daughter and we got to talking and found out that they want to be put on the cabin list for next years' Womongathering festival. The weird (or not so weird) thing is that I wasn't surprised that she was on this path. So anyway, Musikfest, heard lots of concerts this year. I didn't realize how close the hospital was to that particular stage until I noticed how clear the entire concerts were. I got to hear Avril Lavigne, Boston, Poison, Jethro Tull, and Stone Temple Pilots.

Last Sunday I headed up to Pocono for the NASCAR race. I had a blast!! I haven't been to a race in a couple of years and never realized how much I miss being there live. The only thing that I didn't miss was sitting in my car for an hour and 15 minutes trying to get out of the damn parking lot after the race. That is the one bad thing about Pocono Raceway and now I remember why I haven't been up there in a couple of years. I think next year I will head down to Dover.

I love the Olympics and watch as much as I can. I remember when I lived at home, my mother and I would watch them together every night. It's one of my favorite memories growing up. I miss having someone to cheer with. It's no fun watching it with someone who isn't as crazy as I am. I like to yell and scream at the TV and now I get looked at like I'm crazy. Which I guess I should be used to

My cousin turned 40 this past weekend and had a party. It was a blast! 12 hours of complete craziness. Fun times, although I hate my birthday and I find it weird that people want to celebrate theirs but regardless, I have a lot of fun when they do!!

Like sands through the hourglass......

I often wonder why in an adult world we have to deal with so much drama. Well, not just drama but drama that you had to deal with in junior high school. It is so disappointing to me. I don't know what is worse dealing with the drama or people trying to involve and suck you in to their drama. Ive started locking myself in my office just to get away from it. So ridiculous.

I almost forgot! The Reiki share was awesome. We also did some lymphatic drainage healing, which was also cool. I have no idea if this has anything to do with it but the next day I got my period and I totally wasn't due. Who knows.

Something odd happened during the Reiki share that I haven't experienced before. While giving Sharon some much needed Reiki on her smashed up elbow she started to experience some pain, which is normal for her given her 6 hour surgery, therapy, and practically no elbow left to put together. Now, her pain was so fierce that I couldn't even put my hands over her elbow yet alone touch it. My hands started to tremble uncontrollably and I had to step away and shake them out and pick another location to do my healing. So incredibly weird.

Just my sick sense of humor

When I read this online it really made me laugh, so I had to copy it down.

Zombie Emergency Procedure

In Case of a Zombie Apocalypse
95% of all known zombies can be stopped by decapitation or destroying the brain. Aim your desperate, improvised weapons at the head and neck.

DO NOT SPLIT UP
Someone WILL get killed, turn into a zombie and the next person to see them will go, "Oh, it's my friend, I'll just turn my back and OH GOD WHY IS HE EATING MY BRAIN?!"

DO NOT USE FIRE
The only thing worse than undead hordes trying to eat your brain, is undead hordes trying to eat your brain WHILE ON FIRE!

Sharing the Reiki love

We are having a Reiki share on Saturday at Sharon's house. I can't wait. I really need to get back into the swing of things. This is coming at such a perfect time. I'll make sure to let you all know how it went.

Wow, tonight just flew on by. I had to run a lot of reports to do a little investigation tonight. Well, that little investigation turned into over 6 hours of hell. I think my eyes may be crossed. All because of someone saying that they are doing something that they really aren't. Why are people so lazy. You got to be at work for 8 hours, why not do what your supposed to do. It's frustrating but rewarding because by tomorrow I should have her ass nailed to the wall with all the proof that I have.

Distance Reiki

Since I took Reiki at Womongathering this year I've made it a point in practicing not only self Reiki, but distance Reiki as well. One thing that I noticed when I'm doing distance Reiki is that the energy connection is so strong that I can actually feel the person's pain. When I sent distance Reiki to Sharon for her elbow, I got such bad pain in my elbow and then my hand cramped up and I couldn't move it. I continued sending the Reiki until it was gone. After I was done I called her to tell her what had happened. She kind of giggled and said, I am so sorry. The weird thing is now I know when she needs it the most. I woke up the other night around 2 in the morning with really bad pain in my elbow. So, I gave Reiki to myself and sent it to her as well. When I spoke with her she told me that she really didn't sleep that well that night because she was having pain. My response was, yeah, I know. I think I really need to learn how to balance out all this energy. Maybe that's why I'm so tired.

Winding Down

Well, the craziness seems to be calming down a bit but what a week it has been. Apparently mental breakdowns were like the flu last week. Not only did I have my breakdown but Sharon, Colleen, and Sherri were all in the same boat. Those were all very interesting (and funny) conversations.

Had a great 3 day weekend with lots of picnics. I ate so much these past 3 days that I don't think that I should be allowed to have food for the rest of the week!

Now I'm just completely exhausted. I don't know how I can be. I already sleep 10 - 13 hours a day. I need to make some changes in that department because that just can't go on. Looks like another trip to the health food store for me.

Scatterbrain

Okay, I am seriously having a complete mental breakdown today. I don't know what set it off but everything is a total annoyance and I'm so completely frustrated that my entire body is trembling. I think I'm just going to bed and maybe tomorrow when I'm at the health food store, I'll have to look if they have any holistic alternatives for the mentally unstable. That's all I got.

My Addiction

I have come to the conclusion that I have a serious book addiction. I just started reading Essential Psychic Healing by Diane Stein, the same author that wrote the Essential Reiki book. Since I've already had the Reiki classes and attunements, I find this book even more helpful and I highly recommend it. That's all I got for tonight, it's been a long week at work.

I just found out this afternoon that a couple of night shift techs were sneaking into the office during their shift to use the billing clerks computer. What the hell is wrong with people. First off, they have to go through 2 locked doors to get into the back office. Secondly, we all have personal stuff in our desks and our desks don't all lock. What makes them think that this is okay to do. I guess they didn't count on getting caught. Um, hello, I work in the computer department. Did you not think I couldn't figure stuff like this out. Idiots!

On a positive note, I've been doing self Reiki and distance Reiki on a daily basis. Let me tell you how great I feel. Especially when you can feel the end results. I am totally buzzing with energy.

Last night a bunch of us got together at Sharon's for a Summer Solstice celebration. It was so great seeing the people that I haven't seen since last year. Then to sit outside with all the fireflies out was completely magical.

Other than that today I am so physically exhausted and I have such a strong urge to call off of work tomorrow. That is so totally unlike me because I always go to work even when I'm sick. I'm just not feeling it right now. I may have to wait and see how I feel in the morning.

I'm Back

Although I've been physically back from Womongathering since Monday, I don't think I've mentally returned until today. I always go through a little sadness and depression upon returning but now I feel so in tune with what I need to be that it's just amazing and a little overwhelming. I took Reiki II and III again this year after having Reiki I-III last year. I really dealt with Reiki I over the past year. I never realized how many changes I have been through over the past year. I met some amazing wimmin this year that it makes me sad to only see them once a year. To put the experience in writing is almost impossible. I found out this morning that our cabin will be doing a ritual next year. I am very excited and anxious but at least it will give us a year to prepare.

Otherwise, this was the longest week at work ever and it was only a 4 day week for me. But now I am home on this beautiful summer solstice evening and have a summer solstice celebration tomorrow to look forward to. So thank the Goddess for this beautiful weekend. Dance, sing, laugh, and celebrate this wonderful time of year.

Keep on swimming

Wow, I am absolutely exhausted beyond words. I have done so much in these past two days then any human should do in that amount of time. I will be running around like this until I reach my peaceful destination of serenity on Thursday. I'll just need a whole mess of java jolts to stay awake. How ironic, I usually need sleeping pills to sleep and now I'm drinking so much coffee to stay awake long enough to get all the shit done that I need to. It's really starting to piss me off.

Three more days until Womongathering! I really can't wait. It's like my body knows when the year is up and in need of spiritual healing. This is the one time where I don't feel guilty for taking off of work. Now it's just getting everything ready. It's amazing how much stuff you need for 4 days. The weather is supposed to be nice but up there I don't trust it. I am still taking warm clothes and leaving them in the car just in case. I've learned this lesson the hard way.

I am loving this hot weather. My allergies have been pretty tame as well. Probably due to the fact that it is extremely humid and nothing can actually live outside for a long period of time. Either way, I'm loving it.

Joey and Hailie were running around in the sprinkler for a little bit. Hailie is almost 17 months old and was screaming her head off the whole time. And the funniest thing, her father let one rip and Hailie looked at him and yelled, "Jesus!". Yes, it's on video :)

I wear my sunglasses at night

They started filming Transformers 2 tonight at the old Bethlehem Steel site. As I was leaving work tonight and heading down the hill to make a left onto 378, I am completely blinded by the brightest lights that I have ever seen. To make matters worse, the light is red and I am forced to look in that direction. I really need to remember to wear my sunglasses or those little glasses that they give people in the tanning beds, because I'm really concerned that I may have burned my retinas just a bit.

So much has happened since I last posted that I don't even know where to start. I've been trying to keep myself busy, especially since the weather has been nice. Had a great outside drinking-fest last Saturday. I think I may need to start having a cut-off buddy. You know, someone who tells me when I'm cut off. I read a book in 4 days because I could not put it down. I think Jodi Picoult has achieved the title of my favorite author. If you haven't read any of her books, do it. My Sister's Keeper is my favorite. I have 2 projects going on at the same time at work and it's driving me crazy. Usually you can find just about anything on the internet these days. The problem is, that there is so much information out there that it is hard to find specific information and drug research will drive you crazy to begin with. I also get to install 2 new machines tomorrow, so I'm hoping tomorrow flies by. It's not that I don't like my job, it's just I want Saturday to be over with. I have to go to a stupid 30th birthday party. It's not that I don't love my cousin or that I don't want to be there. I just think that birthdays are stupid. I hate my birthday and I guess I don't get it when people like to celebrate theirs. I have a friend who celebrates her birthday for a week. She calls it her birthday week. I dunno, maybe I'm the weird one.

Breeding disaster?

Recently I was doing a search online for ugly cats. I needed a good picture of one to email to a friend of mine. (That's a whole other story, don't ask). As I look at picture after picture, I find this.



Now, I know it's been 4 years since I've worked in the veterinary field but I'm pretty sure that this is not a cat. If this is a cat what 2 breeds do you have to breed together to get something that looks like this? If you have one please do not invite me over because I feel it will cause me to hover in the fetal position and rock back and forth until it goes away. Seriously, if anyone knows what the hell this thing is please email me and let me know.

Keep on Rollin'

God Damn I'm on a roll. Another kick ass night at work. I got so much done that I thought I'm probably permanently cross-eyed, but you gotta love production. There's still a lot of weird shit going on but right now it doesn't really bother me. Today the good definitely outweighed the bad!

Can't believe I haven't posted in almost a week. Time really has a way of getting away from you. I had a small procedure done at the hospital on Friday and everything went fine. It was good to get back to work. I really hate taking off from work. I don't know why, maybe I'm just weird. I was kicking ass tonight at work. I got so much done. I was a freaking maniac. Well, more than usual.

Other than that there has been some really weird shit happening to me. Can't explain it in writing but I decided to let it all happen and just deal with it. I had such an eye opening experience that I cannot handle myself and will be calling someone to help with that. I don't know, it's just weird but that's okay.

Freakin' Lasers

Okay, well drunk laser tag didn't happen for me. Actually it didn't really happen for anybody. After 10 pm they close all the games and just the bar is open. Well, I had a little blood pressure crash and couldn't make it out and I'm kind of glad since a) no drunk laser tag and b) they got food poisoning.

So now instead of playing laser tag I am sitting her with a laser pointer annoying the shit out of my cats. Of course since I'm a little bit evil, I had my one cat spinning around in circles so fast that she puked and fell over. Now guess what I get to do.

What goes good with booze?

Laser tag! That's right, I said laser tag. We actually have a place around here that has all kinds of games and after 10 pm, no kids allowed. That's when the booze starts pouring and drunk adults can run around and play drunk laser tag. There is also mini bowling and they have bumper cars.
Who in their right mind would let a bunch of drunks play laser tag? Rascal's, that's who. I am so freaking excited!!! Sunday night we will be running around drunk and shooting each other.

Monday at work I will most likely be sitting in my office with a hangover, a black and blue body, and burnt retinas from getting shot in the eye with a laser, which will probably be a self inflicted wound.

Technical Support Request Form

In honor of the stupidity of others, I will now require all support requests to fill out and submit the following form.

1. Describe your problem.________________________________________________

2. Now, describe your problem accurately._____________________________________

3. Speculate wildly about the cause of the problem._______________________________

4. Problem severity:
a. Minor___ b. Minor___ c. Minor___ d. Trivial___

5. Nature of Problem:
a. Locked up___ b. Frozen___ c. Hung___ d. Shot___

6. Is your computer plugged in? yes___ no___

7. Is it turned on? yes___ no___

8. Have you tried to fix it yourself? yes___ no___

9. Have you made it worse? yes ___

10. Did you have a friend who "knows everything about computers" try to fix it for you?
yes___ no___

11. Did they make it even worse? yes___

12. Have you read the manual? yes___ no___

13. Are you sure you've read the manual? yes___ no___

14. Are you absolutely sure that you have read the manual? yes___ no___

15. Do you think you understood it? yes___ no___

16. If "yes" then why can't you fix the problem yourself? _________________________

17. What were you doing with your computer at the time the problem occurred?__________

18. If "nothing" explain why you were logged in._________________________________

19. Are you sure you aren't imagining the problem? yes___ no___

20. How does this problem make you feel?_____________________________________

21. Tell me about your childhood.___________________________________________

22. If you still have a VCR does the clock blink 12:00? yes___ no___

23. Do you have any electronic products that DO work? yes___ no___

24. Do you have any independent witnesses to the problem? yes___ no___

25. Is there anyone else you could blame this problem on? yes___ no___

26. Can you do something else instead of bothering me? YES___

***********

How fun would it be if I could actually have people fill forms like this out. Here is the conversation that I had that triggered this madness.

Nurse: I can't log in to the AcuDose. It says invalid log-in/password.
Me: Did you change your password before the upgrade like we asked?
Nurse: yes
Me: Is your password between 6-8 characters in length
Nurse: yes
Me: does is contain at least one letter or number
Nurse: yes
Me: Did you make sure the caps lock button was off
Nurse: yes
Me: How many characters does your password have?
Nurse: 9

Holy Mother Fucking Shit. Did I not ask her if her password was between 6-8 characters. I was totally dumbfounded that I actually looked around for cameras.

As a result of this phone call I have now developed a strange fear of phones and pagers and will require further therapy.

Rx Therapy

It is amazing how laughing at your own craziness can make you feel so much better. Ironically I had to walk down to the pharmacy department to get it. We spent our 1/2 dinner break just laughing at each other and ourselves. I am so glad that my friends have the same demented sense of humor that I do. Thanks guys I really needed that tonight. Love ya all!

What the hell is going on? Is the world spinning in the opposite direction. Everything is just fucked up!! My world and head have been in constant uproar since my past life regression session on Saturday night.

I really, really need some spiritual healing. I'm so glad Womongathering is only 50 days from now.

Whatever

Fuckers. Today I am just pissed off, annoyed, depressed, sad, confused, and concerned. I really have nothing else to say.

Just Breathe

Let me start by saying, I hate winter, it's dumb. I don't ski or anything like that. Why, because that's also dumb. Why should I pay someone to be cold. The warmer weather has arrived and I'm loving it. So now let me say, What the FUCK is up with my allergies??? I haven't been able to breathe out of my nose since 1990. Ok maybe that's exaggerating a little but I have been using Flonase every day for the past 5 years.

So what did I decide to do. Hey, I can't breathe so lets go mow the lawn. Yes, so now I'm out there sweating my ass off and unable to breathe out of my nose. Since I am breathing out of my mouth, my throat dries up and now I am unable to swallow. So now I look down and my shirt is wet. Not from sweating but from drooling. Hailie, who is getting 5 molars at once, has less drool on her shirt then I do. I have never felt more attractive in my entire life.

To top it all off, there is no more beer. Now I have to take my sweaty, drooling ass up to the store to get more.

FYI - If anyone finds my happy place could you please let me know.

How do use these??

Did you ever find yourself reading the back of packages for no known reason. Well next time you have the urge to do so, pick up a pack of men's underwear and read away. Listed on the back of the package were actual instructions on how to put them on. It stated as follows:
1. Put underwear over your feet
2. Pull them up over ankles and knees
3. Continue to pull them up over thighs to waist height

In case you haven't got it they were kind enough to put the same directions in Spanish under the first set of directions.

Are you fucking kidding me! What in the hell goes on here. Are you telling me that there is some poor bastard that got out of the shower and is just standing there because he is unsure how to approach his underwear?? Of course, these are the fucktards that I usually end up dating but anyway.

Now I am on a mission to find the dumbest and funniest package instructions.

Where do I begin?

During a recent conversation with a friend, I was told that I had a lot to say. Is she right? Most likely. Is this what she had in mind? Probably not but who fucking cares.

It's not that I have any problem whatsoever speaking what is on my mind. In fact that's what usually gets me into trouble. I am told that I am blunt and straight to the point. Odd, I call it being honest. My question, what the hell is wrong with that??? I'll admit that the thoughts in my head shoot right out of my mouth before I have a chance to think about it or even stop it if necessary. My goal is not to purposely hurt someones feelings but seriously, pull up your big girl pants and suck it up. The truth hurts. My feelings get hurt as well. You have to learn to deal with what is being said and consider it advice. Use it to make you a stronger person. Think about it.

On a side note.... The weather is getting warmer which means picnics, beer drinking, and Harley rides. Okay, well the beer drinking happens year round. Anyway, warmer weather also means summer clothing. Ugh, I really need to get my fat ass back to the gym.