Rave: Shots to the butt...sweet relief! Rant: But now I get to go get an MRI and see a spinal specialist....yay. Back issues for years, and it's been really bad for the last week or so, so off to the doc I go. I was going to try to hold off for another week but it was so bad that sitting and walking on breaks was exhausting me and I was coming home and immediately sleeping. I was pretty sure it was my SI joint (from my last round of treatment with an ortho and a PT) but this doc has other ideas. Let's see if this go-round can fix me.
Rave: Found out why my good friend was having a series of small strokes. Double motherfucking rant: Cancer in his neck constricting an artery to his brain. I have been trying to contact him to find out a further prognosis, but no such luck.
RANT: Jesusholyshitchrist, my sister is getting on my fucking nerves. Y'all may remember that she came down to see our dad in the hospice before he died, and the whole time she kept saying how she didn't care if our dad left her anything, she just wanted to see him one last time. Well, as soon as he died, guess what? She's blowing up my phone and Facebook, wanting to know what he left for her. The thing is, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HE LEFT TO ANYONE YET. I've been through all of his paper work (well, most of it; he held onto a lot of records), and I haven't found anything like a life insurance policy, bank account paperwork (other than his checking account, which only had a few grand in it), or even a hand drawn map to a cash-stash. I know that he has a safety deposit box at his bank, but I can't find the key, which really sucks, because the titles to a few of my cars are in there. I already talked to his accountant, and he said that if there's going to be anything (like a will, insurance papers, etc.) it will be in there. Meanwhile, my sister suggested that I break open the safety deposit box. Really. And just now, she's insinuating that I already have the will/money/gold bullion/etc, and that I'm just trying to hide it from her. The worst part is, I have a really bad suspicion that if my dad had anything to leave behind, he isn't going to leave her squat, because he never liked her. Seriously, she was like the Meg Griffin of our family. There are a lot of reasons behind his sentiments, and I won't get into them.
RAVE: My boss took me and his secretary out for Mexican today and we all had margaritas, then came back to work. I can't ever get in trouble for anything alcohol related now! RAVE: He also told me to book my flight to Switzerland next month. I'll be there for my birthday, so I'm taking a vacation day and staying through the weekend.
My mom had a beautiful service today. The visitation was one of the hardest things I've ever done, the funeral difficult and burial as well. I appreciate life, and my life much more. The cliche is true, we don't realize the value of something until we don't have it, until its ripped away from us. I will always keep fresh roses. She always loved me and I will keep them to remind me of that.
Rant: I was on the phone with the repair guy who was 5 minutes out when BOTH the dogs vomited. One of them proceeded to vomit again. All 3 landed on a rug. What did I do recently to deserve this?
Rave: Flattered to be asked to come work for my old owner at his place downtown during Mardi Gras madness....tempted. Very tempted. I haven't been verbally abused by a stranger in awhile....
Rant: If I ever find the motherfucker who was blasting his bass on my street at 8:45 AM today I'm going to bury him in his own subwoofer.
Rave: My wife just had her review today at work. She was put on salary and it a little more than doubled her income. Rant: Cocky little shit.
Rave? Just put an offer in on a house. This feels like some next level adult shit that I'm not entirely qualified for. But ohmigod guys it's so cute.
Rant: the allergy shot the vet gave Buddy was great, except it wore off after less than 2 weeks and now he is licking so bad he has a hot spot on his foot. He is so compliant when I put the cone on him but he looks so damned sad afterward.
I'm not sure if its been mentioned in this thread but you can safely give your dog human antihistamines. With Otto, sometimes he starts biting and licking his paws. Zyrtec worked best for him, but I've also given him regular claritin as well.
My Boss missed Trumps speech. I made the mistake of sending him the link this AM. He's half deaf. Now I get to listen to it on volume 10 for the next hour. Good times.
Rant: Today sucked. Dealing with my moms death, having no family around, being in a new city with relatively new friends, and dealing with the shit I deal with on a good day, yea today sucked
Rant: We hire temps from time to time and the company treats them well. I should know, I started out as a temp with the company. I always want the temps to do well and possibly get hired on as full time employees. I make a point of talking to them and telling them how I got hired. I showed up on time, I did my job, I didn't get involved in the petty office politics...I came in, did my job and went home. They never listen to me. The latest batch of temps is about to circle down the drain. The first casualty started showing up for work 20-40 minutes late every day, taking an extra half hour for lunch, and lying about his work. He got his walking papers today. I'm disgusted and disappointed. It's an easy job, the company treats us awesomely, and I make every attempt to relay this to the temps. "You want to work here" is my mantra to them. It was my mantra as soon as I saw how the company treated it's employees. At least one more of the temps is probably headed down the road simply because of attitude. She questions everything said to her and then cops a "Fuck you" attitude. Oh yeah, and for being late. Every. Fucking. Day. I sure wish I could be as flippant making $10 an hour as a temp and blow off a job that would pay me double that because I want to come in late, cop an attitude, and not do my job. People amaze me.
Rant: The main project that I had been working on at work got pulled, and my boss and one of my team members got let go. Luckily they kept me and 3 others on to work on some smaller projects, but I don't know how long that will last for. Every Friday that I go to work I walk in thinking "Will this be the day?" Rave: I went to Asheville last Tuesday to see Ben Folds and had a great time! I love that city. Rave: I'm supposed to go to Chicago next weekend. I've never been there before. Rant: Right now the weathermen are predicting a 30% chance of snow in Chicago next weekend. The highs are supposed to be above freezing and the lows right at freezing, but this still worries me. I sure as hell made my hotel reservations refundable and bought insurance for my plane ticket, though. Rave: I have several more good concerts coming up through the middle of July: Neil Diamond, Big Thief, The Decemberists, Green Day, Soundgarden, and Roger Waters.
RANT: Girlfriend of a year broke up with me today, and I totally deserved it but it still fucking hurts. Sorry I've really got nowhere else to vent.