stereotypical

stopped at walmart on my way home
and of course, spent too much, again
got a generic super soaker
works quite nicely, altho i havent tried it on kc

put my stuff away
let kc out to explore
and i headed to my garden
i weeded where i had planted stuff
the unused portion i didnt get done

and as i'm crawling around in dirt, i hear sirens
hmm, what am i missing?
cause i didnt have my pager with me
and the sirens stopped
pulled up behind my car, which is hidden by the old blacksmith shop
all i could see was one headlight and abt 3 inches of front end
thats odd, doesnt look like lwd's truck
lwd comes around the corner, waves me up
we brought the demo amb over here, you wouldnt answer your phone

jb from pfund superior brought a life line amb for us to look at
so, i said hi to him,
and hopped up in the amb

in my bare feet, dirt to my knees
more dirt on my arms and hands, under my fingernails
i felt like the stereotypical menno girl

only thing wrong with that pic was the fact that this stereotypical menno girl was climbing into an ambulance, which has been brought to my house (because i was being domesticated), so that i could give my yea/nay. this stereotypical menno girl is on first name basis with the sales rep. this stereotypical menno girl is considered important enough to the company so that the foreman brings the ambulance to her place, for her input

never thot, when i was 16, that my life would involve ems

today

today has been the day for interesting little tidbits

it started this morning with kc squawling and prowling
and when i went downstairs, it appeared as if a massacre had been committed
there were flecks of blood smeared all over my kitchen floor
and in the middle, there was this dead mouse
with its guts all hanging out
so needless to say, i was very proud of kc
and praised him profusely
and then i picked up the mouse by its tail
and flung it outside

took a trip to hbg this morning, to the cath lab
and as d and i were coming home, we were sitting at a traffic light
and i was watching this young man
he was dressed in a black suit and tie, white shirt
looked quite debonair, i must say
quite hte professional young man
and doesnt he go skipping off the sidewalk, as he crosses the street in front of us
i busted out laughing

forgot my wallet in central's amb
wasnt any too thrilled abt that
had to go the whole way to jco, after work, to pick it up
cause i wasnt abt to let it down there for 2 days

made a new glucometer control log
bossman basically gave me free rein
twas fun!

i picked the first 2 strawberries from my berry patch this evening
and popped them in my mouth, as i was headed to my garden

pulled some radishes, cut some lettuce
realized i need to weed
(i should do that tomorrow
but gots a dentist appt)

lets see, what else
oh, i brought in 2 deep dark red peonies and several buds
it makes a lovely boquet in my kitchen

and i guess that was the extent of my day
cancelled a hazmat for ems class for this wk
cause i got the dr appt for that lump, on thur
and i'd prefer not to cancel that appt

and i guess thats abt all the interesting things that have happened today

kids

was to t's for supper tonight
mom, dad, j were there too
those kids are much to rambunctious for me

i can certainly see the advantage of having kids early in life
rather than waiting until a person is over the hill

freebie

kc isnt sure what to think of the fan in my bedroom
but it is warm up here, and he's just going to have to get used to it

today has been a very slow, lazy day
to church this morning
came home and made myself a freebie dinner
left over shells and turkey from fri night
lettuce and radishes from my garden
pecan tart left over from yesterday
it was quite good, i must say

then spent the better part of the afternoon playing yahoo pool with clinton
thank you for spending the time with me :)

took my garbage out
got my shower
and crawled into bed again

and thats been the extent of my day, today
am tired, and i've got a headache

cmd

country memories day is tomorrow
thats always a big day for us
lots of food
antique cars, 60's music
shut down the streets of hometown for krafts and entertainment

mom makes moon pies, whoopie pies, pecan tarts, rice krispies, choc chip cookies for sale
and has hot dogs, bbq, and soda
we have a fun day
its a family affair at hte stand

mom and i dont normally get to do any sightseeing
but thats ok, we enjoy our day

lots of work getting ready for it, tho
my aunt is here this evening, spending hte night
thats a first, too
life is certainly changing since i got my house

dog

am way behind on charts again
due to my stupidity yesterday
but, i shall have to live with it

am a bit on the grumpy side today
and kc has to be ornery

i hopped in the amb today
and there was a dog in the amb
belonged to hte pt
and the crew thot they were going to take this dog along to hte ER
um, isnt gonna happen
find a place for this dog to go
cause its not coming along with us

ER thanked me
and life was good

then i made ds mad at me!
i came up 3 times with pts
was funny!

banished

poor kc is outside my bedroom door
squawling
i banished him from my bedroom, until i get up and use the br, then he can come back in
he was jumping up on my dresser
and the syringes of water wouldnt faze him
sooooo out he goes!

fun

tomorrow is the ultrasound for the lump on my neck
1 pm
and i gotta go to work in the morning for 4 hrs
not quite my idea of a fun morning

but oh well
so be it

country memories day is coming up soon
on saturday
thats always a fun day
exhausting, but fun

today

got to work at the hosp this morning
and got sent to jco, instead
had a call off
was quite nice, i must say
i got to sleep until noon, in hte easy chair

it was another slow and boring day at work, today
watched andy griffith show all day (tv land)
only had one call
thot it might be something good, but ended up being general illness
altho i did make the lady feel better, before getting to the hosp
so thats a good thing

went to port for lunch with mc, l, and kf
and wasnt there more than 5 min, before their tones went
so, i left as soon as i had eaten my sub
no sense in hanging around their station.....

figured out how to forward my cell phone calls to the house
for when i am at home
not that it was a difficult task
was quite simple actually
just that i never really been interested in forwarding calls
but then, the other night, i missed an interesting call
so i decided to attempt to fix that prob
and got it accomplished

kc just jumped on my back
he's purring
and kneading my back

and thats abt been the extent of my day

tired

its sat night
and i'm tired, tonight
i should head off to bed
but, i dont want to
cause if i do, i might miss my phone call
and i cant have that

expo

this wkend is hte fire and ems expo, in harrisburg
fri, sat, sun
i havent been able to go, for abt 4 yrs now, and i'm missing it
so today, d and i had an ldt to hbg
so we decided we were gonna stop at the expo for abt an hr
on our way home
we thot it sounded like a pretty good idea
until......
until we decided that we valued our jobs a bit more than the expo
so we just complained abt it, the whole way home!
(truthfully? it never was a legit option, it just sounded good!)

maniac

kc turns into a complete maniac when i let him outside
the past two times, he has hissed at me, and postured
and growled
and he is hte sweetest cat, inside

which means one of 2 things
either he never goes outside again
(i hate to not be able to freely go in and out the doors)
or
i buy a super soaker to use outside

that just might fix him!

or, another option
he only had one testicle descended when i got him neutered
and lately, i been wondering
i believe the other one may have come down
i'm thinking a vet visit might be in order

that might fix him

irritable

well, its certainly time for me to go back to work
i'm getting bored, grumpy, irritable
x for sun night, i've been off work since friday

whoopies

was back home tonight
mom and i made 186 whoopie pies
all chocolate ones

we've got quite a system, working together
only took us abt 3 hrs from start to finish

love

wish i knew what kc was saying when he talks to me
he has all these little meows
and they all say something different
and i dont know what he was saying

like tonight, he was on my washer
and must have had 7 different meows
short ones, long ones, looking at me and talking
and then, he hopped off the washer onto hte floor
and came over to my chair
and stuck his head under my hand
so i had to love him

spaghetti

i made sphaghetti for supper tonight
and not just "spaghetti noodles, dump some sauce on top and call it spaghetti"

this was really good sauce
half a pound of hamburg and browned it with lots of onion, some red pepper flakes, and italian seasoning flakes, dumped in some mushrooms
then added what was left of my salsa, maybe half a cup, and dumped in almost a whole jar of spaghetti sauce
and cooked that together

then dumped the spaghetti noodles and the sauce together
yummm

there's plenty left, if anyone wants to come get some

lovely

today has been an interesting day
not many saturday's end up like today has
got to spend it with people
instead of justme and kc
its been a very nice day

got up this morning, took my shower
(ok, ok, thats to be expected)
then to hbg to meet n
had a nice afternoon
ate at olive garden
then walked around in hbg mall for a while
had a nice conversation
learnt to know him a bit better

stopped at walmart on my way home
got a skirt and blouse
a mothers day card for mom
and then, headed on home
swept my floors
put some catnip on a toy for kc
funny!

my bro jon came over for supper
i made hamburger helper
added some red pepper flakes, chili powder
onions, mushrooms
and then some salsa and chz
it was quite good
and jon's addition to hte meal was peanut butter swirl ice cream

and then we md'ed awhile
and now?
i am in my nice snug cozy bed
its been a lovely day

friends

well, i believe i have made a new friend today
the little neighbor girl came over
she jibbers and jabbers and never shuts up!

kc wasnt sure what to think of her
the thing is, i found him on their front porch today
so he better be nice to her
after all, he is tormenting their cats

sabotage

its been cool and rainy today
sure was glad for my jacket

only had 2 calls today, bells palsy and a hypotension
got my charts all done
which is just swell!

ds yelled at me, today
told me i sabotaged the cbc top
he picked up the set of labs that i had brought along
and the top flew off and he had blood every where
quite hte mess, he said

and so now, it shall be awhile before i can live that one down
and i didnt even try it!
next one, he made sure to exagerate pushing the tops down
i just laughed at him
and at b and k too

neighbors

well, since this is my blog
and since i can write abt anything i want
i shall tell you abt my neighbors

i have the best neighbors in the world
tonight, i got home from work, and lwd is mowing my lawn
now, that was the deal, when i bought the house
lwd mows my lawn, i pay him for gas
i'm standing there talking and d and s come over
d says to lwd, want me to come help?
sure, says lwd
so, i've got 2 guys on lawn mowers mowing my yard
while i am in the garden pulling weeds
and after bit don comes around
did you loose a wheel lug?
dunno? i have no clue
"well, you did, he said
i found it where you turn around when i came down to get s off hte bus
i just checked your car, and its missing one
i'll go back up and get it, and put it on for you"
so, now i have 2 guys mowing my lawn and another guy fixing my car
am i blessed or what?
and then s comes back over after her shower
and starts jabbering away as only an 8 yr old girl can

my place was quite the neighborhood gathering this evening
i made sure to thank each one with a big smile

accident

had an accident today
something i've not had happen in yrs
got up from my chair at the station,
and realized i would have to hide from everyone on my way out the door

luckily, d left to go back over to the fh
and that allowed me to quickly attempt to clean up
and sneak out hte door

btw, tmi???? ;)

pride

kc made me quite proud today
he was outside
and i looked out the kitchen window, and saw him in my neighbor's yard
he's abt 20 ft away from another cat
his back is arched, and his tail is sky hi
he looks quite ferocious

well, now, i dont want kc in a cat fight

so,i went out onto hte porch
and called him
and he looked up
and i called again
and starts running over towards me
and i met him half ways
picked him up
and we came inside

i was quite proud of him for coming when i called
he's my kc

friends

this is no fun
md is down

i'm missing my md friends
this isnt my idea of a good evening
not at all

trauma

was to the doc this morning
and then, after i got back, i came upstairs
and crawled back in bed
after all, its much to early to get up on my day off!

and abt 10 min later, i hear kc downstairs
he's meowing
he sounds questioning
and i can hear him meow the entire way thru the kitchen
the living room
and up the steps, and into my bedroom
and he promptly shuts up, and just stands there
so i pat my bed, and say, come here
and he gave this happy meow, and up on my bed he came!

i laughed at him
prob shouldnt have, tho
poor cat must have been traumatized, by me not being home for 5 days

yawning

i've been advised that i am not allowed to yawn, when i am on the phone
that it is grounds for punishment

is yawning while on the phone with someone really that rude?

i say its not rude enough to warrant punishment!
but might be considered not in good form

what do you think?

oddities

the knuckle on my right big toe is itchy
i stepped on a wasp, on wed, when i was outside weeding
and its still itchy today

kc was quite funny, this morning
my alarm went
i ignored it of course, for several snoozes
then i rolled over and turned on the light
and kc promptly had this grieved, ouch that hurt my eyes, meow
it was a bit funny!
so of course i had to give him some snuggling, before i got up

in other news
i gave up and made an appt with a doc for that lump
and now i'm thinking i should have waited one day
cause i declare
its smaller, tonight, than it was this morning
which is a good thing

one late jco call, of course
so i never got home until after 9
kc was quite glad to see me

lump

well, that lumps no smaller
in fact, its bigger today

weeding

today has been a lovely day
got nice and dirty
and scrubbed it all off
was quite worth taking a shower, tonight!

was outside in my bare feet,
weeding my flower beds
here's hoping i didnt pull out any flowers, thinking they were weeds

kc had all kinds of fun, outside
once, he was outside, and i was still at the table
i got up, and went to the mailbox, for the mail
and before i got back inside, he was crying
poor guy musta thot i deserted him again

and for hte better part of hte day
he would make sure i was within seeing distance
and he was fine

kansas

well, i guess its time to start back to a normal life
got back from kansas safely, and slept most all day, yesterday

we had a lovely trip
4 of us girls went
just a bit crowded, but fun
several really good conversations on the trip
quite hte interesting cd to listen too
"bohna soop un lahtvarick brote"
yes, it was a dutch cd, all pa dutch

j ran over 2 deer, within 30 min of each other on the way out
already dead on the road, and couldnt go anywhere x over top of
so after we got to kansas, to my uncle's place
we had told the story
and my uncle and aunt tell us that the cats were under the car,
licking off deer parts
and s says, i dont believe it
and that turned into the saying of the entire wkend
"i don't believe it"

got my cousin married
and sent on their honeymoon
met my other cousin's gf
saw the newest baby
and found out hte 4th cousin is preg
played the menno game a time or two

then on to hillcrest
to meet another cousin
yes, i've got a hundred or so
took a tour of the place
met a few of hte staff
almost had me wishing i had done a term there
oh well,
who knows what life would have been like, had i gone into vs somewhere

headed on home, then, monday afternoon
with the saying of the trip, being, oh. my. WORD!
laugh!
thanks e and bozo

got to my grandfathers shortly after 4 30 AM
and then, home, just after 5
kc was ecstatic
wouldnt let me out of his sight
and then, of course, had to show his displeasure
so, he peed on the floor and jumped up on the dresser
but thats been the extent of his arguing
he's been quite good, today :D

travel

well, here i am, at hillcrest
got steven married, and sent on his way
and headed home, tomorrow

been a nice trip
21 hrs travel time
was ready to hop out of the car and run
we've got 18 hrs till home, tomorrow
long day
but it will be fun

that lump is slightly less sore than it was
dr r says its a lymph node,
coming from the pimple on my shoulder that doesnt want to heal
so, life is good

it'll fix itself, after i get home
and put a few warm compresses on it