Blue Day....

Dislike!!

So as you may know from a past post my work schedule has changed from 4p-1a to 9-5. Most people would love this...I however am not a fan!! I have completed my 3rd day and so far I am miserable!! I hate HATE waking up in the morning...my body won't let me fall asleep until around midnight...I am not happy getting ready in the morning...then I feel like I am just stumbling around in a daze for most of the day and then its time to come home.

And I'm Cranky!!

I dislike change of any sort and not only have my hours completely flip flopped but I am sitting at a different desk w/ different people with different ways of doing things.... I don't know where anything is or where the phone numbers are listed and such...I don't even know how to get in touch w/ doctors the right way...on my other shift you would just call then answering service or page whichever doctors are on call for that group...now I'm working standard business hours and you contact the actual doctor they are requesting....so frustrating!! Not to mention all the mangers are there all day long....ugh!! I also dislike the fact that I come home from work and have to do stuff....I really enjoyed being able to get up whenever I wanted... run around... clean up the house do a load of laundry or two and then go to work...come home watch what I wanted/recorded relax and go to bed...........blah now its nothing like that at all... I don't know when I'm going to get to watch all my DVR shows...I really am wanting to watch last nights Private Practice but Brad is in there watching whatever...ugh!!!    

Signed,

A Frustrated & Cranky

Can you say ANNOYING...I think you can!

Ok we all have them...the people that keep popping up b/c they are famous ...or should I say WAS famous..and they annoy the living poo out of you and you don't even know why...Sometimes its their their actions even just their looks and as soon as they appear on TV or in a story and you try your best to change the channel or put down the magazine as fast as you can.... What got me thinking to blog about this brings me to my first victim...

Kristi Alley

She's coming out with another show about how she failed in life as a skinny woman...yes you had an acting career and then you got fat and then you lost weight and tried to come back and appeared on Oprah in a bathing suit!!.. of all things we don't want to see you in...and then guess what you got fat again and now another stupid TV show...Like Fat Actress on Showtime wasn't bad enough...please just hang up your hat nobody cares that the only way you stayed skinny was from the coke you did..ya that sends a great message.

Kate Gosselin

Seriously!! Now she's on dancing with the stars are you kidding me!!!! Who's watching all your kids while you dance?? Now I don't watch dancing with the stars but I will admit that I caught a few episodes of John & Kate + 8 and if I were John I would have divorced you years ago...in fact I don't think I would have married you in the first place you control freak!! Her family unfortunately failed as a unit and now she is dragging her dirty laundry into the media...you had a show on TLC you did not make movies or support a good cause of any sort..nobody cares about you anymore!! Please go live your life in private..Thank You!

Dogg the Bounty Hunter

I do not watch this show and I never have...I do however watch A&E alot therefore I see stupid commercials on the rare occasion that I watch live TV....I think this is the ugliest couple ever!!! Cut the mullet please! I can only imagine how annoying you are if I were actually watch your show...this one just hits my list for aesthetics..or the lack of I should say!

The Osmonds

I've actually stopped watching Entertainment Tonight b/c of these people...for some reason ET thinks I care what Donnie or Marie's thoughts are about EVERYTHING....again these are people that "yes you did have a career in Hollywood...BUT now you don't" The End ..Good Bye!

Are there any people in the limelight that you can't stand??? Maybe some on my list...maybe not..I would like to hear about the ones that annoy you!

Tootles!

Long Live the Beast...Hello Zippy!!

So I'm behind on blogging about the loss of the longest relationship in my adult life...The Selling of the BEAST

The Beast was a 1995 chevy Tahoe - 2 door 4x4.....she was awesome especially when I first got her back in the summer of 2000. I was currently living in Stillwater, OK when I begged my parents to let me trade in my '94 Nissan Sentra  for the beast w/ 64k -- Having it in Stillwater was a lot of fun.....driving around on all the dirt roads and the mud puddles!!! The beast went all the way to Jacksonville, FL  (only to have the air conditioner compressor thing go out somewhere in the SW part of Oklahoma on the way home)  and all along the gulf coast .... down to Austin, TX and Dallas a little more then a handful of times.... The beast was with me for a few months shy of 10 years. I ended up selling her to a guy Brad knew through work -- She had 213k!!! Yep two -hundred and thirteen thousand miles on a chevy motor!!! 

I learned to live without when it came to the Beast....live w/o air conditioning for the last 7 Oklahoma summers (wow - just did the math on that didn't realize I had gone that long) .... live w/o any form of music in my vehicle since about 4 years ago when my car was broken into at my apartment and they took my crappy old cd player w/ my disc 1 of Dave Matthews at Red Rocks (still kinda pissed about losing the CD) - I just never felt the need to spend the money on a new one.....I learned to live w/o being able to lock my doors the last year b/c the driver door hung funny and when I locked my doors especially when it was cold out I wouldn't be able to unlock them....It was time to let her go and get something more reliable.....I was actually surprised how emotional I got when they came and picked her up and took her away from my house never to be seen again...I cried...its pathetic I know.. 

Welcome...Zip, Zippy, Zipper

She is a 2008 chevy Aveo5 and I love her!!! My bestie Lindy Lou has a white one and I liked hers so much that I decided to go and get one...This is my very first car in my name alone!! Brad found it online (this is from the actual add...actual car!!) and I went yesterday (Monday) just to check it out on a whim. I ended up putting on my big girl panties and making the decision on my very own (no help from Brad or my mom) to make the deal!! It really felt awesome!! It has low miles, gets great gas mileage, it feels way bigger on the inside then it look on the out...it has air conditioner and a stereo (which I'm going to upgrade to be able to play my iPhone)...it's so economical!!! and its MY VERY OWN!! I chose the name Zippy b/c thats how I feel driving it come paired to the beast...even though the engine is half the power of the beast b/c of its size I feel that I'm just zipping around town...

Tootles,

On a side note I'm sad to report that someone bought the beast and ended up wrecking it this past Friday...rolling it 3 times.. the beast will never ride again :tear: however the driver left pretty much unharmed.

Funk vs. Procrastination

I'm in a funk...at first I blamed the snowy, cold...no sun for days weather....now that the sun is coming around and that the weather is actually warming up..well a bit...I've realized I'm in a funk...I was doing really good and then I got a head cold this last week and downhill I went... Now I am feeling better but still have no desire to do the necessary things in life...like laundry...I know once I get it done I will feel better and accomplished but right now I just want to nap and watch tv and redo my blog and read and do everything else BUT laundry and pick up the house....blah...maybe its not a funk...maybe its just my procrastination that is kicking in.....

Sick and Tired of being Sick and Tired....

This last week was crap to say the least.... I got sick, sick, sick, I actually threw up...and there was no alcohol involved. I had a massive headache 2.5 days in a row w/nausea all week and hot flashes -- no fever though ... my temperature was actually lower then normal...I'm weird I guess. I still feel a lil icky today but I will survive.

So re my last post and my dad....We were able to get him into Grace Living Center...I had to be the one to break the news to him and I had to do it over the phone (since I was sick I could not go around all the old peeps) it sucked and I think it was one of the hardest things that I had to do in a long time...but in the end it was what is best for him...he told my mom that he is glad that we moved him there b.c it will keep his mind active. So that did make us feel better and he has a roommate which is good he needs company. In the end as sad as it may be I believe we did the right thing.

On a better note I'm still liking my new job as unit secretary in the ER. I finally am on my own and so far doing ok. The hardest part for me is that in registration I knew almost everything and now I know nothing...I know it will take time and experience but it is just frustrating....and now they are allowing us to get overtime which excites the heck out of me!!! So instead of going into work at 4pm I can go in at 2pm!! That makes me happy b/c I heart ot...again I know I'm weird.

I'm going to leave you with Charlie Bean Halloween Photos...his nickname has always been squirrel b.c when he was little he looked like one...so I came across this at Target one day and just couldn't resist.

Yes that is an acorn in his hands...hehehe...he was not a happy camper as you can see :O)

Not sure I like where this is going....

So as some of you may already know, and for those of you who don't ... my dad has been in a skilled nursing facility for about 2 months now...he is disabled and has early onset dementia due to a brain injury back in college from a motor vehicle accident...well anyways my mom and I were hesitate on sending him there but the Dr. insisted b/c he had become weak when he had pneumonia. Now my mom told me today that he has plateaued in his rehab and they may be sending home soon...which you would think would be great news ....RIGHT... however my mom and I have come to realize that maybe he needs more care then we can provide. So I couldn't sleep and I started thinking about this stuff....and so I got the laptop and started looking it up....did you know to be accepted into a longterm nursing facility you have have medicaid which is the state insurance - and I was looking up a facility here in Norman that got great ratings and it stated that if medicaid is your insurance to pay for the care that they will use you social security check for your monthly payment. If that is the case then what is going to happen to my mom...she is 66 and in good standing health for the time being but she currently still has to work b/c of all the doctors bills and such. She too relies on my dads SSI check to help pay things off. If she doesn't have that any longer then what??? My family is not a family that has very much to fall back on....gah .... now I think Im even more stressed then I was before b.c my dad needs the help he needs the care... he is at a high risk for falls and depression. He enjoys the skilled nursing home that he is at b/c he socializes he plays bingo, and cards and has little old people to talk to all the time ... he needs that ...gah I hate being a grown up!! It sux!! It sux to have to be making these decisions -- I hate making life decisions they just eat away at me!!

Yours Truly,
Stress Out in Norman

El Crap-o

So I am laying in bed and I can't sleep... My sleep sched is all jacked up bc I have been working 4p-1a and then last night someone called in sick so I was nice and went into work from 7p-430a w only 4 hrs of sleep under my belt... Blah so I slept pretty much of today and then around 1am tonight I got sleepy came to bed and now here I am blogging at 3:30 in the morning via my stupid iPhone. It a great phone but keeps me up late at night sometimes ...played Bejeweled for about an hour...I'm addicted...downloaded the old school frogger game which I loved as a child.. Much harder to play on my phone then I thought. Ughh- I'm scared I'm getting sick and god forbid hopefully not with the flu....EVERYONE has been coming into the ER with flu.like symptoms and alot of our staff has it or has had it bc for some reason they still haven't given us our flu shots yet. My throat is just a tad itchy, my ear hurts and I feel like crap...but it could also be my f'd up sleep too...idk... Just took some benadryl so that should kick in pretty soon - I don't want to sleep all day tomorrow bc I gots a crap.load of laundy to do. Well I guess that's all the bitchin I'm goin to do for now :o)

Brrrrr....

Last night our heater decided to stop working and its freaking cold in here!! I woke up and its 59* in our house!!!! I took Barney the Blue Beta to our neighbors b/c I was scared he was going to freeze to death!! Casey is shivering and he's the one w/ the most fur.....Ahhh I hate this Oklahoma weather you go from heater to windows open to air conditioner back to heater all in one day!! And the wind OMG! This is probably the first day in 4 that the wind has not been insane. So I'm waiting for Brad to get home to look at it b/f we call the landlord -- hopefully we don't have to call her (fingers crossed) --- I'm ready for summer!!

BLAH!

I am cranky - and tired - and frustrated - its just one of those days!! Dropped half my lunch on the floor - hit a baby in the head w/ the door - bad kinda day - dogs are growling at each other and barking outside at midnight - money woes kinda day!!

I'm off to bed now! Hopefully tomorrow will be better.....to be continued....

Give Me A Break!

I don't know about anyone else but I am so tired of hearing about this lady who has had these 8 babies!!! I'm watching Entertainment Tonight currently and I think this lady is fucking nuts!! She has 14 children now, unemployed, living at her parents house and single! WTF!!!

just in case you've been living under a rock in the last month

Now her mom might lose her house b/c her she is $20,000.00 behind in her mortgage. First of all this woman needs a job!! And second 14 children!!!! She already had 6 no need for anymore!!! And her mother is clearly not happy w/ her decision - what is this woman thinking!!!

Would love to hear what you all have to say about this....

Just A Bunch of Nothingness

Take the Pain Away
So today and yesterday I must say have been pretty crappy. I didn't feel good yesterday and spent most of the day in bed which then lead to a migraine. We had tickets to the OU/A&M basketball game which I ended up just giving to a friend b/c I felt so shitty. I feel bad b/c I guess it was a pretty good game from what I hear...which I wouldn't know I was in bed by 8:30. I tried going into work today, made it there but only stayed 16 min to be exact - my left eyeball felt as though it was going to explode out of my head so I was lucky enough to get to go home - which I slept again until about 6:30 tonight and finally woke up w/o as much pain in my noggin...now I hope I can just sleep tonight.

Money Woes
I just got paid today and my money is already gone...don't you hate it when that happens! Which I'm a bit sad about but you know that is life and the bills have to be paid.

Random
I sit here wondering whats wrong w/ my dogs b/c not only have they slept all day w/ me but they have also been sleeping all night. Even Charlie he has not asked to play w/ his ball all night!! I guess they are just as lazy as their mama.

Smell the Air
I don't know if any of you got out today or even this evening but the weather here is freaking awesome. I ran to the store around 7 and the air felt so good!! I love just breathing it in its so refreshing. I heard that we had our last cold day for the season on Wed. Which I hope it true b/c I am so ready for spring!!! And its suppose to thunderstorm on Mon which will be awesome as long as there are no tornados.

Yankee Love
I love yankee candles and I'm currently burning my favor sent (good morning) oh its such a wonderful smell!! I highly suggest it to anyone who like candles. I was thinking about investing in a Tyler candle next b.c I've almost burn through this one but I just love it so much I may just have to get another.

I'm Out
Well I'm off to sleeps...wish me luck - maybe I'll have something more interesting to blog about later :)

~Reese

Cranky

So as you know we got hit w/ a lovely snow/ice storm the last two days. And I have been lucky enough to have it happen during my scheduled days off.

HOWEVER...

Both yesterday and tonight they have tried to call me into work which pisses me the fuck off. If I was scheduled to work I would be there. I went to work during the last ice storm, made it there on time AND had no power for 3 of those days at my house. Well now since everyone else decided to call in they are trying to get me to come in. BUT we have PRNs -- those are peeps that are on call and are who you call to cover shifts....ahhhh....and I feel bad when I say no. But I'm not scheduled to work!! And my bosses keep saying "Well we can't make you come in......" Uggg...its just kinda runied my weekend you know. And this is the first snow/ice storm ever that I didn' t have to work.

BLAH!

I'm over it!

So last night was my one of my bff's b.days and we went out to campus corner and had dinner and drinks at Louie's (which I am so totally bummed out b/c they no longer have frozen cosmos) anyways b.f that I had met a friend from work over at Brothers for a drink while I waited for the girls and I told him that I may stop back by at the end of the night. So 12am rolls around I've only had two drinks (including the one at Brothers) and I was just sleepy and kinda getting a headache so I decided to go home and go to bed. So I text my friend and let him know I was just heading home and I was sorry - and I think it kinda upset him. You see I go to the bars like maybe once a month usually - and lately I've been going a little bit more than that the last 2 months and hanging out w/ people from work and I think I'm done. I can't do it anymore. I hate getting drunk, not that I do that every time but it does happen - it takes like 2 days for me to recover and its just not worth it to me anymore. I love the people I met at work and enjoy hanging out w/ them but all they want to do is go to the bars and happy hour and I just don't really enjoy it ALL the time - and its expensive. So I've started saying NO and I feel bad for a min or so .... but you know im just not that into it. Even w/ my girls we spend more time just hanging out and talking and watching movies or doing lunches and actually spending time w/ one another which I LOVE... nothing is more fun or relaxing then just having quality time w/ my two closest bffs.


I love my two girls Lindy and Callie they are the important ones in my life. I love all my friends don't get me wrong but w/ these two its different - we've done and still occasionally do the party like a rock stars thing and now we have moved on from the drunken stumbling nights we barely remember to appreciating each other in the day light w/o all the fancy clothes and makeup. I am and will always be there for them day or night. I hope they know that!!!

Holiday Rambling

So here i am sitting at the front desk at the ER wondering if this day will ever end..i never minded working the holidays b/c of the fact that my parents and i are the only family here, so we do our holidays on different days - i just feel bad for those who do have to work and have to miss the time w/ their families.

However out of all the holidays - including my b.day - thanksgiving is my favorite!! i love the food - stuffing, green bean casserole, yummy - and the weather!! Christmas is my least favorite!! now maybe its b/c i don't have children and that im too old get excited about santa clause. But i think alot of it has to do w/ that the holiday itself has been taken away and turned into a big marketing mess -- everything this time of year is about christmas - they put out the stuff at the stores at halloween time and the rest is history - thanksgiving has almost become the forgotten holiday....

Well so far things have been pretty quite around here today (knock on wood) .... so i think im going to read my book while i have the chance -- i am trying to read Angels and Demons by Dan Brown -- im only 50pgs into it and i hear its REALLY good -- so i will let you know.

Happy Turkey Day To All!!!
~ and good luck to those that brave the black friday crowds!

people - gah!

So as most of you who read this know i work in the emergency room in registration and everyone bitches!!! first of all let me give you a bit of background - our ER is known for is low wait time and treatment - on top of that we have 9 rooms that are only for minor emergencies such as, tooth aches, back pain, small lacerations - things that may require an x-ray but no IVs - well i had a pt come through discharge today and i told him that his copay for the ER was 50.00 and his response was "50.00 oh and im probably going to get a bill too huh...i wasn't even here but 30 min" like he doesn't think he got his monies worth - he came from the fast track area which means tech it probably wasn't an EMERGENCY and he could have saved some money and just gone to a am/pm clinic - but oh well --- the funny thing is that if he was there for 3 hrs he would have bitched about that - you just can't win w/ the world. i would rather be done in 30min then to hang out there -- duh.


~ please stay tuned for a blog about ER etiquette when i have more time!

answer me this.....

why is it that homeland cost SO much more than walmart?? this morning i had to go get dog food b/f work so i just ran across the street to homeland and everything is so much more expensive than what i would have paid if i just went to walmart....first of all the dog food i buy iams it usually runs me 18.oo i had a coupon for a new protein iams kind so at walmart it would have only cost me about 15.oo ....HOWEVER homeland did not carry the kind that the coupon was for and it was 22.00 and change and that was b/c i saved 0.69 w/ my homeland card!! so right there im in the hole --- then i decide to wonder to frozens and get some eggo waffels just the small box its like a 1.00 more at homeland not too too bad but still ..... i was going to pick up a tv dinner for work (which may i suggest Marie calenders turkey and stuffing SO good) well at walmart they are like 2.50 at homeland 4.50 - holy crap -- lets do the math

walmart vs. homeland
dog food 18.00 vs. 22.00
Eggo's 1.50 vs. 2.50
Marie calender 2.50 vs. 4.50
total 23.00 vs. 29.00

and i could have used the coupon at walmart b/c i got that food from there b/f so thats another 3.00 savings --- thats like 10bucks!!

and the sad thing is that if homeland had the same prices or even closer to walmart then i would shop there ALL the time i hate going to walmart i much rather go to homeland they actually take your groceries to your car for you!!!

sometimes......

i hate being a girl..... and this is one of those weeks if your a girl you know what im talking about -- the past 3 days ive woken up on the wrong side of the bed only to be annoyed through out my day. i wanna cry but i can't which is more frustrating than anything at all. nothing i do or eat or drink makes me content or happy. i have no real reason to be cranky but i am, i want to be in a good mood and i try really hard to be but it just makes me tired ...blah oh well it will past...it always does.

cleaning with reese

well right now im killing time while my ipod charges...it died on me in the middle of my bathroom clean and i just don't like cleaning w/o it .... i love my little shuffler i just clip it on and go....puts me in my own little world as i dance around cleaning the house.

does anybody else out there hate cleaning the bathroom as much as i do....i hate it....the smells of the cleaners... which are toxic...and the scrubbing my arm gets tired especially when i have to do all the shower walls...there is always hair everywhere (well if your a girl there is). its just gross!!

so i have 3 dogs and all hardwood floor and my problem has always been that they track dusty dirt into the house...you know like dirt crumbs... i think i may have figured out a solution...i have 2 steps going into my house from the back and i put one of those door mats that has the green plastic grass on it that sticks up. when the dogs step on it the plastic grass rubs the dirt off their feet..... its kinda like them wiping there paws b/f they come in the house -- i know ive noticed a difference in the dusty dirt in my house thats for sure!

today i have cleaned almost my whole house ... you see i have family coming to visit tomorrow and i wait until the last minute possible to get everything clean....and why is it that you wait until guest are coming to clean the weird things ...like the mini blinds or the baseboards like they are really going to notice....

i am obsessed w/ making sure my house smells good... i think its the fact that i have those 3 dogs and i would hate for people to walk in and go...you have dogs don't you....i can smell them.... i will spend money on stuff especially if i like the smell -- old navy has these oil things w/ the wood sticks out of them i can't think of the proper name but anyways they smell so freaking good!!

so i got this new vacuum about a month or so ago and i just love it -- i can't think of what it is but i wanna say its a hoover -- bought it at walmart for like 80 bucks -- i did my research and its got a filter you never have to change you just clean it which i love bc my last one i could never find the f'in filters for!! and its for pets too it has this awesome attachment that picks up the pet fur. i use it on their bed and it works great!!

well i think im going to go back to cleaning i still have a bit to do b/f i can go to sleep.

headache

i have had the misfortune of living with the fact that i am someone who occasionally suffers from migraines. when i was younger i remember having one and i would put a rag on my head and go to bed and wake up and it would be gone. however as ive gotten older things have changed a little.... i now have the hardest time falling asleep w/ one and i awake very easily once i am asleep...for awhile it would cause me to get sick to my stomach and once that was over my headache was gone and now they hang around for more then one day! i think this is the worse...i got this headache last night at work came home went right to bed woke up 3 to 4 times and then when i decided to get up i still have it!!! ahhhhh.... and now i have to go to work w/ it which is just the worst i just wanna lay one the couch and cry..blah -- hopefully it will be gone by tomorrow.