On the advice of counsel, I called the PD this morning and filed a complaint about the crap that's been happening. An officer will be at my house later this afternoon, and will be making copies of all the emails I've recieved and all the correspondence accompanying those emails, and I will make a statement regarding the events of the past week.  The police have much more sophisticated investigative tools than I, their 'reach' is a lot longer than mine. According to my attorney, if th...

I got a lot of spam in my lunchtime emails today. Someone has decided to be pathetically childish and sign me up for a bunch of newletters and free trials of this that and the other. It was kind of silly for them to do that, especially from my home email address....because there are only a handful of people who have it.  Most people have my gmail or our family yahoo adresses. They also made a mistake when they signed me up for a free trial version of something - because when I went...

Dave finally gets to have his ACL reconstruction surgery today. The past few days have been nightmare-ish; he's been calling all over the county and city, trying to make sure that Tricare will cover everything.  They haven't, btw. They haven't covered everything - but we'll make do without the equipment they wouldn't cover.  It pisses me off, and D's going to write his elected official(s) when he's recovered, but right now it's time to concentrate getting him through the op and on t...

I've been licking my wounds all weekend, mourning anew my father's passing.  Today was not a good pain day for me, either physically or emotionally.  The Mrs was more herself today than I've seen her in a long time, but even the joy that came from witnessing that didn't last very long.  Before long, the clouds rolled in and the day was grey again. I came home from work and sequestered myself on the couch, not wanting to talk to or see anyone.  When the phone rang, I handed...

My husband went back to wrok on Monday.  He'd been on leave prior to that, looking after me whilst I recuperated.  I wasn't sure about him going back to work because I didn't think i was ready to look after the kids AND the house AND myself all day.  He and his supervisor reassured me that they would be flexible about things, that he'd be coming home for lunch and would be home around 5-ish in the evenings so I wouldn't be stranded all alone all day. Yeah, right.  Monday h...

The asshole child molestor I wrote about a few months ago had his Court Martial today. I had wanted to attend, but my recovery precluded my being there.  D went, though.  He had to, this dude's his prisoner. He (the child molestor) entered a plea agreement, so there was no trial.  He got 9 years confinement and a bad conduct discharge.  Our daughter said that didn't seem like a lot - so her dad and I asked her if she could remember being 4, because that was 9 years ago.&nb...

I'm going to be out of a job soon. The little gentleman I look after has decided that it's in his best interests to move into an assisted living facility.  The neurological disease he's had for many years is progressing rapidly (I personally believe that he's got the start of Alzheimers in addition to his other problems) and his savings are dwindling away.  He's going to sell the house that he built with his own hands and move into....well, into a place where there will be someone ...

As those of you who have read my blog in the past know, we have a very good thrift store here on base. Some of the items are consigned and have stupid, stupid prices attached to them.  For instance, there was an evening gown there today.  Circa 1970, made out of horrible polyester and an equally (if not more so) disgusting pale blue-green color with lace ruffles around the neck, on the bib and sleeves and on the bottom hem, it has sweat stains on the armpits and little pills all dow...

I have a test at school this afternoon.   I have to give my lab partner a full bed-bath.  Then, when I'm done and my tutor has graded my performance, I'll have to lie in the bed and let my lab partner give ME a bed-bath. Oh joy.  I guess it could be worse; I could be giving a bed-bath to someone who has Alzheimer's or an other form of dementia and who has decided that their bowel movement is something to play in.  That happens a lot, actually.  It's a common ...

The class was scheduled to start at noon.   I was, as usual, early.   Way early.   Like almost an hour early.   But, it gave me some time to familiarize myself with the school layout, so it wasn’t a terribly bad thing. Despite it being the first day of class, 6 people showed up late, sauntering into the classroom after the first lecture had begun without even so much as an apology.   Why they felt like it was ok to do that I do not know – personally, I felt it ...

It's funny how things just fall into place. Whenever a patient passes away, a hospice RN has to come out (she pronounces the patient deceased, contacts the coroner...there are things that have to be done for the patient and she takes care of them).  I knew the nurse that came out on Tuesday; we'd worked together before.  She asked me if I was a CNA or LPN - based on the level of care that I'd provided she thought I was at least an LPN if not an RN.  I said that no, I wasn't, an...

One: I wish that I had never done what I just did.  I hadn't seen Larry King's interview with Tammy Faye Mesner, so I (via the wonder that is the internet) just watched it. I wish that I had never done it.  I'd have preferred to remember her as she was.  I don't think I need to say any more; those of you who saw the interview will know exactly what I mean. I think that one of the best things that woman ever did was to go on VH1's 'The Surreal Life'.  It gave us a chance...

When I was a little girl living in rural England, I got my fourtune told by a Romanian gypsy woman who came door to door selling 'lucky' heather. Mum and dad weren't home at the time (I was 11 and babysitting my little brother. It was safe(r) to do that back then - almost 30 years ago. Nowadays - not so much) and I didn't want to cause any bad luck for myself or my family, so I spent what I had left of my allowance and she told me my fortune. It was full of the usual bullshit that so-called psyc...

I was fresh out of school with a brand new registry card sitting proudly in my wallet when I went on this call. It's a difficult thing for me to write about, so please forgive me if this is fractured...and if you have questions, please ask them. This is cheaper than therapy. She said she was 20 weeks pregnant, but she hadn't had any pre-natal care except for a positive pregnancy test. This was baby number 5 for her....and at the age of 22, she was swearing it was going to be her last. She ...