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Showing posts with label sick. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sick. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Bosses and Rambling

I e-mailed a very good friend today, and I asked him...
You ever get so many things going on in your brain that you can't even accomplish a complete thought?
That's how I am right now. Everything running around in my brain isn't necessarily bad, just overwhelming.

So, as I sit and listen to my boss, who will no longer be one of my bosses after today, tell a client about cheap term life insurance, I try to sort through all the random thoughts that keep annoying me my mind busy.

See if you can follow this - it's rather tricky...
The boss where I am working today will no longer be my boss after today. I talked to my other boss of eight years on the phone today and am now very concerned and upset for him, because he is dealing with some issues which are very disturbing, and I wish I were there to help him through. The boss of eight years will be sending me some work later today for me to do tonight after I get home from this job, which will no longer be my job after today. I will be seeing my new bosses tomorrow, and, soon, I need to talk to them and get down on my hands and knees and plead with them to let me inquire if they will allow me to take a week off work at the end of June/beginning of July so I can go to my family reunion in Ohio and spend time with my daddy! I really hope they agree, because I'm REALLY looking forward to seeing my dad, and I know he's looking forward to it too. Besides, I've got a wolf to lecture. If my new bosses allow me to take a week off work, I need to contact the boss of eights years to arrange to spend some time with him.

You confused? Imagine how I feel - especially considering that's just an itty bitty portion of everything that keeps dancing around in my brain. :-)

Hmmmm - I wonder how I should get my hair cut. I've got less than three hours to figure it out.

I wonder if it is still storming at home. I hope the dogs aren't too scared.

If I sneeze one more time from this stupid sinus infection, I'm gonna scream! Yes, now I have a sinus infection. My face feels like I've been in a fist fight. I think it is going on about a month total that I've been sick - enough is enough!

OK, I better end this post now... I'm just rambling - which I do rather well and rather often. hehehe

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

Wordless Wednesday... Almost

(c) Misty DawnS

Will I ever get caught up? I'm beginning to think the answer to that is 'no'. I have OVER 500 unread posts in my reader! Then, when I participate in a meme, I visit all those participants! Now, I start my new full-time job today, in addition to coming home to do my Virtual Assistant work! Will I ever get caught up? I'm beginning to think not. I do promise to be better at visiting everyone's blogs... I just need to have a little while to figure out a routine and schedule... I'm a routine-kinda gal. So, right now, I'm feeling kind of overwhelmed.

Did I mention that my throat feels as if I have swallowed razor blades? I just keep thinking, "No, no, NO! I can NOT get sick right now."

I'll be back this evening, and I'll start trying to get that routine figured out... Don't give up on me, Friends!

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Saturday, May 3, 2008

I'm Back

(c) Misty DawnS

Wow! Y'all have probably given up on me. Did you figure me for gone and delete me from your readers? I sure hope not, but I wouldn't blame ya if you did!

As you know, Hubs was very sick with the flu for about a week and a half. Then, being the sharing Hubs that he is, I got the flu from him. My little body wasn't up for the fight, and I was very ill for about two weeks. In fact, I've still got some of the symptoms, but I feel 300 times better than what I did last week. Unfortunately, I also lost a LOT of weight. So, Hubs went and bought me a huge thing of ice cream and several packs of Ensure to mix with the ice cream for milkshakes. The other night, while wearing my milkshake mustache, I asked Hubs, "What if this doesn't work, and I don't gain weight?" Hubs replied, "Then we'll try something else until we find something that does work." Thanks Hubs!

This whole week, I've been working as a fill-in at the insurance company. After not doing anything for about two weeks, and then going to work each day, I've been pretty wore out and exhausted by the time I've arrived home in the evenings.

Most of the time, I didn't even have my computer turned on, because I was just that tired. When it was on, I'd be in the middle of talking to Tammy about blogging or miscellaneous things like acne treatment, or I'd be talking to Bear about baseball or critters, and all of a sudden, I'd feel lousy and just have to sign off and go to bed. So, I'm hoping this weekend will provide me with some much needed rest and time to recuperate.

I've also got a LOT of posts to catch up on in my reader... over 400 unread posts, actually - not to mention Camera-Critters. Oh boy - I've got my work cut out for me. I better get busy.

By the way, Tammy also pointed out to me that I have been blessed with a page rank now. WOW - I wonder how long it will last this time. Regardless, with the situation Hubs and I are in right now, I'm going to take advantage of this opportunity. So, yes, I'll be making quite a few posts. I hope you don't hold it against me or my blog, but it's something I need to do for a little while. I promise to do my very best to keep it interesting. Besides, I've got lots of things to catch y'all up on... and, in true Misty-fashion, many, many stories to tell ;-)

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Wednesday, April 16, 2008

Thoughts, Prayers, Wishes... Please

Yesterday was my best-friend-since-4th-grade's birthday. Yes, she was born on tax day. So, I told her that she wouldn't be receiving a birthday gift from me, because all my money went to the government ;-)

Anyway, we got to talking about the 'things-happening-in-threes' theory that she and I always believed in and watched out for while we were growing up. Last week, she had three horrible things happen to people she knew, and she commented that she certainly hoped the rule of three-things was true, because that would mean the bad things were done. I hope so too, because the stories she told me were horrible and heartbreaking.

Now, I've got my own incident of threes here, and, of course, I am coming to my friends in the blogosphere for your help. I'm asking for your thoughts, prayers, good vibes, healing wishes, chants... whatever it is you do to hope and ask for someone to recover. I know you all will want to do this for me, because some of these people are fellow bloggers and loved dearly within the blogosphere.

Sanni - One of my most favorite people - I love this girlie so much! Sanni and little Hamster 2.0 have been ordered to hang out in bed and take is very easy. Seems that Hamster is a little too anxious to check out her brand new furniture in her room and all those adorable outfits waiting for her. She decided to start giving her mommy some pains, which caused concern and landed both of them in bed, which is causing Sanni to have cabin fever, as you can imagine. So, please keep Sanni and Hamster in you thoughts for health, strength, and calmness (so Hamster doesn't get any ideas about hurrying to get out and see her pretties again).

Barb/Skittles - Y'all know by now that Barb has become one of my dearest and best friends. Well, she has had A LOT on her plate lately. It isn't my place to go into detail, but she has been dealing with a lot, and I'm very proud of how strong she has been through it all, because I most certainly would not be able to be as strong as she has been. Well, now to top it all off - she is physically ill. While trying to sort things through and remain strong, she needed some time away from blogging. So, I assumed that was why she wasn't online yesterday. I was wrong. She is very sick, and, again, it isn't my place to tell her story... she will inform you when she gets back to blogging. However, it may not be my place to give you details, but it most certainly is my place as a friend to ask for thoughts, prayers, healing wishes, etc. You can never have too much of that, and it can never start too soon. So, I hope she doesn't get upset with me for putting this on here, and I hope she understands why I did it.

My Hubs (this is why I have not been blog hopping as much as normal) - Remember back in February when he had what we thought was pneumonia? Well, he's sick again. He has been very sick for over a week. He has the symptoms he had then, but, also has more symptoms. And, the symptoms are more disturbing and changing each day! At first, when we figured it was just the flu, I was not worried, and was just taking care of him and trying to help him get well. However, he's still not well, and I'm beginning to think we are dealing with something other than the flu here. I would think that, if it were the flu, I would have certainly contracted it by now. I mean, I'm just in too close of contact here in this tiny box house to have not got the germs. Besides, some of the symptoms are not normal flu symptoms, and, if you knew my husband, you would know that he never gets 'normal' illnesses. (Right LMQ & LMK?) Hubs tells me not to worry. He has told people that the reason Misty hasn't caught what he has is because "Misty is too mean to get sick." Ya know, you'd think someone who is being waited on hand and foot by you and being taken care of by you would be a little more appreciative! hehehe. However, I've discovered that Hubs is a little more concerned about his symptoms than he has let on, and that makes his worry-obsessed wife even more worried.

I'm going to blow the rule of threes and add another person to this list...

Colin from Life - I do not know Colin very well, but he is a very special friend to one of my very best friends, Tammy. Colin has been MIA for over a week now. He has not blogged, is not answering e-mails, and as far as we can tell, has not been online at all. Considering that Colin has a chronic condition, Tammy is very worried about her friend. Since she and I are both obsessive worriers, I can certainly understand what she is going through worrying about someone she cares about, and not being able to find anything out at all. So, please add Colin to your thoughts, and also add Tammy to your thoughts to give her peace of mind. If anyone out there happens to have personal contact with Colin and knows what is going on - PLEASE contact Tammy and let her know.

I truly believe in the power of positive energy, good thoughts, prayers, and love. So, please, keep these people in your thoughts. I'd really appreciate it.

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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Everyone is Sick

Thank you to everyone who sent me wishes to feel better. Also, thank you to those who have sent me e-mails, comments, and messages asking how I am feeling. The headache is still there, but since I have suffered from headaches and migraines for the majority of my life, I'm used to having a headache. My chest is not bothering me anymore. I'm assuming that the burning in my chest and coughing was a result of breathing in cold air while wrestling with a Cattle Dog.

It's a good thing I'm feeling somewhat better, because I just found out that I need to drive to town tomorrow morning to return the breathing machine we borrowed. My husband is still recovering; my niece is sick; and my sister-in-law's in-laws are both very sick. So, the breathing machine needs to make its rounds. Everyone is trying to avoid the cost of seeking medical care. Can anybody say medicare advantage? I tell ya, this has been a bad few months for illnesses. First, everyone I spoke to had a bout (or two) with the stomach flu, and, now, this respiratory thing is going around. I hope you enjoy my company, because, after I get back from town tomorrow, I'm locking my doors and not going anywhere other than the blogosphere! OK, maybe I'll go play pool, if Hubs is feeling up to it ;-)

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Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Feeling the Rhythm

I have been really busy today trying to figure out which song it is that the pounding and pulsing in my head is keeping rhythm to, in addition to realizing that every part of my body hurts, right down to my toenails. Of course, I also had to drive to town to pick up those items at the store that I didn't pick up yesterday due to yet another stupid Winter storm. Have I mentioned that I am totally sick of Winter? So, I just popped some frozen pizzas in the oven (great nutritious dinner) and sat down only to realize that I almost forgot I am supposed to talk to you about home theater chairs. I don't know how I could forget such a thing. So, when you go to purchase the furniture to lovingly arrange around your home theater, tell them Misty Dawn sent you ;-)

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I Fought a Good Battle Anyway

Since my husband calls the couch his bed, our alarm clock is also in our living room. I wonder what visitors think when they see that? Oh yeah, only 4-legged creatures show up at our doorstep. I'm not complaining - most of the time, I prefer 4-legged creatures over humans - that's just how I am (present company excluded of course - I LOVE all of you - you know that... right?). So anyway (yeah, there really was a point to this post), I take my cell phone into the bedroom with me at night and use it's alarm clock feature. No, I don't have to be awake at any particular time, but I don't like how I feel if I sleep too late. I feel yucky physically, and I feel... guilty (go figure - Misty feeling guilty).

This morning, my cell phone's alarm clock went off... I hit its little snooze feature. I continued to hit that little snooze feature every five minutes (what the heck ever happened to ten minutes when you hit snooze?). I must have hit that feature so many times that the phone just said "Oh heck, just stay in bed woman!", because when I finally got up... it was almost two hours after what I had set the alarm for! Now, I knew that I had been feeling especially worn out lately, but I just figured it was from worrying about and taking care of Hubs and not getting decent sleep.

Then... I got out of bed. An instant headache caused my face to feel like someone was stabbing me with an ice pick. (It's not very nice to stab someone with an ice pick - My grandma told me so. What? I wasn't really gonna do it! Oh yeah... back to the post...). I went to the kitchen (passing Hubs who was at the desktop computer) to make coffee and fill the humidifier. He asked me what was wrong with me, and I said I just felt like I had no energy and I had a headache.

Hubs decided to call his mom. So, I got the trash together to set out for the trash guys (cuz good wives take the trash out - right Barb?). I filled the cups full of dog food and left them in the addition, so I could just put the trash out, let the dogs out, grab the food and feed them, and come back inside. Did I mention that we had LOTS of snow during the storm last night? Well, now ya know - in case I didn't mention it.

So, I take the garbage out... and Grissom Rex the stray dog comes running out to jump all over me because he's freaking starving because he's been running around with no home for too long help. Now, being the dog person that I am, I realize that this dog is in desperate need of food and attention... trust me - desperate need. However, when you are carrying a heavy garbage bag through snow that is almost up to your knees and rapidly soaking through your sexy sweatpants, having a dog jumping on you every step of the way can be a little too much. But, I made it, and GR and I turned back for the house. When I opened the door, I forgot to be quick and nimble, and GR burst through the door, dumped all the cups full of dog food, and proceeded to eat like he hasn't eaten for weeks (maybe he hadn't before, but I personally know that he's been eating quite well the past two days). So, I pick this Cattle Dog up (did you see the pictures of him? have you seen the pictures of me? just sayin') and toss him outside... about four times (cuz I was getting wore out and I just wasn't quick enough and he'd just turn around and run back in). Finally, I get him outside, get some food, put him in the building, close the building, and go get Tag, Molly, and Maggie. I get them fed, and I start trudging back to the house... only to look over and notice that while I was getting food for RG, he had taken it upon himself to rip the garbage open (this is the thanks I get?). So, I got a new garbage bag, picked up the loose garbage, climbed in the ditch to retrieve the bag that he knocked in there, and took care of that.

By the time I got back inside, my chest was tight and burning, I was sweating, and my head was pounding. Now, I sit here with my pounding head, and... you guessed it, I'm coughing like crazy cuz my chest is full-0-crap.

The moral of this long post?
You take in a hungry stray, you'll have to pick up garbage.
You take care of your sick husband, your chest will hurt and your head will pound. (and you'll still have to pick up garbage)

If you want to see my Wordless Wednesday, it's down there a few posts down... I'd show you, but my head is going to explode all over my pretty new laptop.

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Saturday, February 2, 2008

Poor Hubs

Yes, he's still sick. I'm still running the humidifier, vaporizer, and administering breathing treatments. At one point, he will say he thinks he is feeling a little better, and then his fever will start again and make him feel lousy.

He keeps commenting that he's surprised I haven't got sick. Watch it Buddy, don't be jinxing me like that! Seriously, I think I'm immune to my husband (that's quite the trick)! He was sick during our trip over the holidays, and I didn't get it. Now he's sick, and I'm not. Then again, we aren't really within germ spreading distance of each other much. He's on the desktop computer, I'm in another room on the laptop. I sleep in the bed, and he sleeps on the couch. NO, I don't ORDER him to sleep on the couch (What kind of wife do you think I am?). He chooses to sleep on the couch, because he says his shoulders start hurting if he sleeps in the bed. I don't know if a foam mattress would help or not. We have wanted one for a long time, but can't afford it right now. It's kind of nice being able to hog the whole bed and all the covers without a struggle though ;-)

Thank you for keeping Hubs in your thoughts and prayers. He still feels lousy, and I feel lousy that I am powerless to do anything to help him feel better. If any of you aren't feeling well, just pop on over to my place - you can lose yourself in the aroma of Vicks vapors the minute you walk in the door. Oh, and if you aren't going to stop by for a visit - at least sign my guest book in the post below this one. Thanks!!!

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Friday, February 1, 2008

Random Thoughts and the Dinosaur

Well, I certainly hope today goes better than yesterday! This is just going to be one of those posts full of random things just so I can get them out of my head.

I haven't heard back from the local magazine I told you about in the last post. I'm really not holding my breath expecting to hear from them. I just figured it was worth a shot. Friends and family have told me I should send photography submissions to other magazines, along with greeting card and calendar companies, but I honestly have no idea how to do the whole query and submission process. Besides, my camera is not a digital SLR, so I am unable to shoot in RAW and, therefore, my photos do not meet most resolution requirements.

I'm keeping myself up at night worrying about money and my lack of earning enough. Heck, who doesn't worry about money? It's a necessary evil. I'm realizing I'm going to have to figure something out... and soon.

The issues in my post entitled "Give Her a Real Life" (It's just two posts below this one, and I sincerely request that you read it) continue to go through my mind and make my heart ache. As I said, I can feel this child's emotions, and I can hear the thoughts that go through her head. How? Because I've been there, and as a grown woman now with a completely different life, I still suppress the memories. It's strange how even now, so many years later, unexpectedly a memory will creep into the forefront of my mind, and I will find myself standing in the shower and so absolutely grateful that I am now able to bathe anytime I feel like it or grateful that I do not have to hide food under my bed. What Jamie is going through is not something she will forget. However, we can help give her the opportunity to be able to look back and only have those events as memories which make her grateful for a better life. I really want us to do that.

Hubs is still quite ill. He does say that he thinks the breathing treatments are helping though. He still stands strong with forbidding me to take his photo with the sexy purple dinosaur mask though! He says it's bad enough that I already blogged about it. So, let's go one step further - introducing the Barney Breathing Mask...

When in use, the medicine-vapor smoke comes out the sides of the mask and it looks like the dinosaur is breathing fire. Now, why would my husband not want his picture taken wearing this?

Now ladies, I realize you all want one of these for your husbands too - don't the purple eyelashes just make it totally HOT? My favorite color too!

Don't worry, if Hubs doesn't like that I posted this, it doesn't matter. He's sick - I can run faster than him! I'm not afraid! Sometimes you have to take risks for the sake of your blog ;-)

I am totally procrastinating on getting the things on my to-do list done. Ummm Taxes - Yeah, I better get on that! Preparing portfolios to receive experiential credit for some of my college courses - yeah, those were supposed to be done a LONG time ago. Yeah, I'll get to it... sometime.

I'd like to be off on a fabulous vacation right now. I wonder what the rates are for a hotel in Vegas. Yeah, who am I kidding? Nah, I'll just grab the camera and go for a walk.

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Enough Already

My husband is sick... we are trying to avoid pneumonia, if it hasn't already developed into that. So, I've been running around the house filling the humidifier and vaporizer, picking up cough drop wrappers and tissues, and fixing breathing treatments in a breathing machine we borrowed from my sister-in-law. He really feels lousy, and, because of that, I feel lousy because I wish I could do more to make him feel better.

THEN - I went into the bathroom a little bit ago and heard water... lots of water... NO, more like a waterfall... like an explosion of water. What the heck? I come back through the house, open the door to the addition and see water... TONS of water all over the floor and spraying all over the place. I throw open the door and shout "We've got a PROBBBBBB LEM!" Hubs runs and turns off the main water. So, we go to the basement (which is now partially flooded) to work on the pipes. Hubs really should NOT be standing in the damp, partially flooded, and freezing cold basement - but, last time I checked, I don't have a lot of plumbing experience under my belt. We get the pipe cut, dried, fluxed, capped, and soldered. Hubs goes back outside and turns the water back on... I race up the basement steps (nearly tripping and falling on my face) to the door, throw it open and scream "Turn it OFF! Turn it OFF!" Why? Because now there is water violently spraying out of the other pipe! So, repeat the previous steps on this pipe. UGH! It's fixed now - I'm rewashing about three loads of laundry which got soaked from the water pouring down through the floor. I tried using a broom to push the water into the basement drain, but the drain is plugged - Hubs says that drain being plugged means that eventually our shower and toilet are going to stop working too (What did I do to deserve this??? Oh yeah, I agreed to move to this house) It could have been worse, I guess... but it certainly had bad timing.

On a more humorous note -
The breathing machine we borrowed uses a mask which you strap around your head. The only mask my sister-in-law had was for my nieces, and it is this really cute purple dinosaur mask. Hehehehe. After fixing up the first treatment and handing my husband the mask, he promptly looked at me and ordered "Don't even get any ideas about taking a picture of this so you can blog about it!" Me??? Would I think such a thing? I mean, he acts like all I do I think about how I can blog about stuff! Ya know, nothing is sexier than a 44 year old man wearing a child-sized purple dinosaur (or Barney, as Tammy called it) mask with medicine-vapored smoke coming out the nostrils of the mask... I'm telling ya - so HOT!

NOW, if you have not done so already I ask you... demand... and beg you to please read the post below this one. It is VERY, VERY important to me that you read that post. If you never read my blog again - just read THAT post - PLEASE. (and thank you)

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Wednesday, November 28, 2007

My Whooshy Swirly Day

Here I sit... in silence... well, other than the swish, swish... whirl, whirl... whoosh, whoosh, I keep hearing in my ears and head. I feel like I'm on some kind of hallucinogen. You should see me when the phone rings... swish, whoosh, brrrring, whooooooooosh... What the heck was that? Oh yeah, the... whooosh, swishhhhhh, brrrrrring.... phone! Try to set laptop down... head is swirling... don't fall over Misty... whatever you do, Misty, do NOT drop this laptop... swishh.... whooosh. Then again, if you drop the laptop - the one that has left permanent burn marks on your legs... then, you may be able to convince others that you need a new one... swish... brrrrrring.... whoosh. WHAT the HECK? Oh yeah, the phone. Don't fall over Misty... steady now.

But, the best part of the day... oh yes, the best part was when the darling Hubs came in and informed me that he needed my help. Needed Misty-who-can't-hear-a-darn-thing-and-can-hardly-stand-up-let-alone-walk-straight's help. What did he need help with, you ask? Oh well, he needed my help putting the final pieces of steel on the roof of the house. YES - this involved standing out in the cold... with the wind whooshing and swirling around me... WHAT??? Oh, help you carry the steel. WHAT??? Oh, hold it down so the wind doesn't catch it and blow me away with it... that would be nice right about now. HUH??? Climb the ladder? UP to the ROOF??? Clear up there? You can't be serious! Oh you weren't... you didn't want me to just climb that long... whoosh... ladder up to the very top (thank goodness)... oh - you want me to have your drill in my hand while I climb that ladder, which happens to be missing a rung halfway up. Sure Honey, anything for you and our home :-)

I'm going to lie down now and listen to the ocean in my ears.
The college report, you ask? Oh yeah... that... Well, I'm almost starting it finished with it. I keep trying to figure out why I just don't seem to care anymore - I'm seriously considering not finishing my degree. I know it's stupid, but it's just how I feel right now.

Oh well, I'm just going to leave myself alone with my procrastination and the ocean. I'll talk to you tomorrow. Forgive me for not visiting all of you today. I'm afraid that I couldn't even hear myself think.

* In defense of my husband - he wasn't intentionally coming to ask for my help when he knew I felt lousy. He had no other choice, because we have no one else available to help right now. Besides, if someone else came to help, we would have to pay that person. That's the convenience of marriage - free labor ;-)

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Sunday, September 30, 2007

Thanks & Food Poisoning Update

Thank you to everyone for the get-well wishes! They must have worked, because my stomach is doing much better today (as long as I don't eat much)! And, yes, I definitely think that it was the result of some bad seafood.

Lousy thing is that I woke up this morning with what I think is the beginning of a sinus infection. What's up with that? Was this just supposed to be a 'be-sick-and-feel-lousy' weekend??? Oh well, in general, my health is usually pretty good, despite the Fibro and associated conditions that go along with FMS. So, I can't complain.

I'm just having one of those days where when you stand up from a sitting position, or sit down, or bend over, everything starts swishing around in your head and that little creature that is living in there gets out its hammer and starts first on your temples, then on your forehead, and then it crawls around and starts pounding behind your eyes, along side your nose, in your ears, in your cheekbones and even in your teeth and jaws. Wish I could find that stupid little creature that is causing such a problem!

I've realized a few things from the responses to the So Tell Me... post: 1. My little game didn't go over too well, and 2. Y'all ('cept maybe for Bubba's Sis) don't even come close to being as addicted as I! Gosh, I don't know whether to be proud or concerned. I'll probably post a few more "So Tell Me..." posts, simply because I find myself walking or working and wondering about how you would answer certain questions. So, I'll post a few more, but if I don't see much interest, then I'll quit.

I've also realized that even though I decided to venture into the 'get paid for blogging' world, you guys are still visiting my blog. I truly appreciate that! I was a little worried that I would lose readers (I don't have many readers to spare!) when I started really working at earning some money from my blog. Thank you so much for being understanding and for still coming around to see what I have to say!

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