Hi guys. I am sick with a nasty cold. My ribs hurt from coughing, my head bangs from congestion and I feel absolutely horrible. I'm supposed to drive mother all over town today for her usual beauty treatments but just can't at all, so I've made other arrangements. My coffee's cold, my feet hurt and I want to go back to bed.
What's up with you kids today?
Shelly, isn't this the day you see your Vinnie and drive to Michigan?
yep, he gets in tonight at 730. YAH!! I havent seen him since the 24th of November and have missed him, we will head to Michigan tomorrow. Such a long drive I am glad Vinnie will be doing most of the driving.
Today I am just going to get mine and Jolene's bags packed up for the next leg of our journey. We will have snow in Michigan so I want to make sure that Jolene can play and have a good time.
Karen I hope you start to feel better soon. Cold season is the worst. I hate it.
Thanks, Shelly. I caught this thing from Vanessa who brought it home from school. I haven't had a bad cold for a few years. They are actually good for the immune system, as nasty as they can be.
Interesting little tidbit of trivia, but people in asylums for both criminally insane or just plain nuts seldom get colds or flu. The cases are so rare that it has finally become a study. Seems if the body is busy being deranged on the deepest level (in the mind) it doesn't have time to address a virus. Interesting, huh? So with every sneeze I comfort myself with the thought that I am sane, I am sane.
Where is Brandon? Did he and his bride take off for the holidays?
I hope you feel better soon Karen, and I'm very glad you're sane. You know I haven't had a horrible cold yet this year ... the dissent into madness begins.
I will be with him this time until around the 12th of January and he will go back down to Georgia to finish working on the boat he was on. I have no clue how long he will be gone that time.
I need to pack still, that really is the worse part about road trips is the packing, blech.
My friend, Marilyn, brought me some Oil of Oregano for my cold and WOW! Did it ever help! It's nasty as can be and will burn your lips, but it helped so much. I can't recommend it highly enough. The brand she brought me is St. Francis Oreganum.
I still have all kinds of aches and pains but at least I can breathe better and my headache is gone. Go get some to keep in the house. You'll be amazed at how much better you'll feel after a couple of doses. Three drops under the tongue, and keep a big glass of water handy - you'll need it!
Sorry 'bout your nasty cold, Kae! I've put oil of oregano on my list though!
Shel, have a nice time with Vinnie, and have a safe trip!
Tina, that phone sounds so cute! And keep safe in the snow!
It's pretty cold here....the stupid ice won't melt, so it's pretty slick here too. So slick that while I was walking from the office to the car, I slipped and fell right on my tushie! Hehe...it didn't hurt though!
Hi Jojo! You'll have to tell us more about how it's all going for you in Gillette. How's the apartment shaping up? Do you have furniture, sheets, dishes and all that?
My cold is progressing normally so that now I'm just this blob of a snuffling, choking, coughing mess. I'll live.
What are the plans for all of you for NYE? We've been invited out for a little thing at 9:30, but if I'm still hacking germs all over, we'll have to decline.
Tina, I'm becoming annoyed with the weather. At first the snow was fun, but I'm having to keep the vehicle in four wheel drive almost constantly! For daycare, Jackson goes to the local Boys and Girls Club. It's 10 bucks a month, and they're open until 7 p.m. Except they were closed all Christmas week, so Jackson got to go to work with me. Joy.
Kae, the apartment is coming together. I still haven't been able to get a hold of anyone regarding the carpet, but I plan on stopping in on Monday to have a face to face chat with someone! HMMPH. I still need quite a bit of furniture--a box spring mattress for Jackson's bed, and a small dresser and small bookshelf for his room. I'd also like a small shelf unit for my room and the living room. But I have the essentials-beds, couch, computer desk, tv stands, dresser in my room, etc. I still need a few odds and ends for the kitchen and such, but that will come.
And I do hope you kick the cold soon, so that you may go out for NYE! I don't have any plans, I never do, LOL.
OMG that's the cheapest daycare I've ever heard of. If I go back to work it would cost me probably $200 a week for day care! Almost as much as I would make.
Ten bucks a month is fantastic! Obviously it's well subsidised. What a great deal for all the working parents there. We have similar day cares here that are government sponsored but they fill up very quickly and are next to impossible to get in. Moms have to register their kids before birth in most cases, and then you have some social worker-type prying into your finances to make sure you couldn't afford to pay for a private day care.
When I was working and had to put my youngest in day care just down the street from us, there would always be these Volvos and Mercedes pulling up dropping off the kids, and I always wondered, if they could afford those ridiculous cars, why didn't they hire nannies to mind the children so they wouldn't be off in a miasma of germs all week. Pissed me right off. Nick got three ear infections in a row one winter and not only did I have to pull him out, I had to quit work. The doctor said one more infection, and they'd have to put those darn shunts in his ears.
Anyway, the wife of Ontario's then Premier, a full-blooded silk-stocking socialist, was there every morning dropping off her kids, I suppose to make the point that they too could rub shoulders with the hoi polloi or whatever. I think those kids were the sickest of all the little ones in the centre, and probably were responsible for half of the germs Nick brought home that year. The guy wasn't reelected. Karma, eh?
It's cheaper than I've ever seen! And yes, I'm quite sure it's pretty well subisdized by the government. It's a nice place, and the kids have a great time. I haven't seen any volvos or mercedes pull up though...lol.
Karma's a bitch, just like that premier found out, and I"m sure like my sister in law will find out. One day.Hopefully. Did I tell you all that when I went over to their house on Christmas evening, she stayed upstairs the entire time? Didn't even come down to exchange gifts.
thats so horrible. Especially since she was one of the ones who encouraged you to leave your comfort zone and move to a new place.
I sure hope that at least your brother treated you right, just imagine how tense things must be in that house. You are right, karma is a bitch for sure.
Oh, Jodi, your poor brother! Listen, for whatever it's worth, do what you can to heal the rift between you and the s-i-l. Family feuds can be deadly and the longer they fester, the worse they become. Whatever it was that set her off of you, it can't be as bad as what your brother must be feeling now that he is torn between his sister, who moved across the country, and his wife, who seems to enjoy perpetuating a grudge.
Little peace offerings that you think might make some headway are in order here. Doesn't matter who was right or wrong. It's obvious that you're going to have to be the bigger guy here and make the first move. It might take several efforts, but in the end it will be worth it. Jackson needs the support of his uncle, and that wife of his is part of the package.
I could bore you to death with stories from my mother's family feuds, all started amongst the sisters-in-law, that caused so much heart-ache for so many of us. Or my good friend who has 2 siblings that she doesn't even know if they are alive or dead. Or cousins I loved as a child that I am afraid to contact because of bad news they might bear that I would have to pass along to my mother.
Fix this, Jodi. And keep us posted. Good luck to you sweetie.
I'd give it time though, before I try to solve the problem. Some people feel pushed into a corner.
My mom and aunt stopped talking to each other in 1986. It took me several years to get them to talk to each other again. And I did it very slowly or all Hell would break loose!
That's good advice Kae, but I'm just going to let it sit for a bit and let the dust settle. I will be glad to be the bigger person, and at some point I'll do some thing to start trying to heal it. And my brother has been no saint in this situation.I'm sure he was prodded by my sister in law a bit, but he did and said some really hurtful things as well.
As for what set off my sis in law, I can only gather she's upset I don't live my life as perfect as she does. And I'm just a user who takes advantage of people and shows no repsect. Which is not true.
At any rate, I'll keep you all posted on how things are progressing with her.
that is good advice kae, though I think you are doing the right thing by giving it a little time. Its not likely that she would get madder if you don't rush to make her feel better, but she could get madder if you push whatever issue she may have. Please do keep us posted. I do feel for your brother. I will pray for both you and him. And poor Jackson, shame on your sister in law for making a little kid feel that way.
It's really hard to live with people. I had to stay with an Aunt once and she seemed to be mad at me, and I never knew why. I did my best to clean and buy groceries. Commnication is always a big problem with room mates, they don't say something is bothering them until they are really good and mad!
Just tell your son sometimes adults can act like children and it's not his fault!
