I am one week in to busy season and I already feel like the flu is setting in.....sigh.....and I forgot my Airbourne at home....too bad Walgreens is across the street, huh?
Thankfully, if I can survive this week on the road....I get to be home and in my own bed the next two weeks with my children and Josh....
Monday, October 27, 2008
Friday, October 17, 2008
YEAH TOAST!!!!!!
Ok...this makes me giggle everytime I hear it on the radio....thought I'd share...
YEAH TOAST!!!!!
YEAH TOAST!!!!!
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Because I can't do things simply....
A little over two years ago, I was diagnosed with Crohn's Disease...just another indicator that I am anything but normal. Since then, I have been taking 12 pills a day...plus my bcp and vitamin. And that isn't counting the times when my intestines decided to show their irritation by flaring mad angry pain...when I would add more drugs to my daily regimen.
After a consulting appointment with my GI doctor this afternoon, we are once again going to treat the current flare that is going on...as well as change drugs, that will hopefully get this silly disease under better control.
So...yes, I have done research on this new drug...yes, I am aware of the fact that my GI and I had serious discussions about the possible side effects of this drug...and yes, I did the pre-treatment counseling with a pharmasist as recommended by my GI doc. But that still doesn't prepare you for when you actually go to start the drug and you read the Warnings that are attached to the perscription sheet I receive from the pharmacy.
This is the very first line:
WARNING: This drug has been know to cause certain types of cancer (e.g. skin cancer, lymphoma, Hogskin's lymphoma, etc).
Super...I'm super psyched that I will be taking this drug for an extended period of time. Granted, I am taking a low dose...and granted, side effects are rare for the dose that I am on...but in this day and age...and the fact that I am only 30...it doesn't make it any easier to swallow....(yes, pun is intended here...).
After a consulting appointment with my GI doctor this afternoon, we are once again going to treat the current flare that is going on...as well as change drugs, that will hopefully get this silly disease under better control.
So...yes, I have done research on this new drug...yes, I am aware of the fact that my GI and I had serious discussions about the possible side effects of this drug...and yes, I did the pre-treatment counseling with a pharmasist as recommended by my GI doc. But that still doesn't prepare you for when you actually go to start the drug and you read the Warnings that are attached to the perscription sheet I receive from the pharmacy.
This is the very first line:
WARNING: This drug has been know to cause certain types of cancer (e.g. skin cancer, lymphoma, Hogskin's lymphoma, etc).
Super...I'm super psyched that I will be taking this drug for an extended period of time. Granted, I am taking a low dose...and granted, side effects are rare for the dose that I am on...but in this day and age...and the fact that I am only 30...it doesn't make it any easier to swallow....(yes, pun is intended here...).
So I feel the need to brag....
Gas is ONLY $2.59 here!!!!!!!!
$2.59
$2.59
$2.59
(Hey Cathie...did you hear that?! $2.59!!!!!!!!!)
$2.59
$2.59
$2.59
(Hey Cathie...did you hear that?! $2.59!!!!!!!!!)
Monday, October 13, 2008
Here's your sign....
If you know Bill Engval's comedy routine...that you understand my title here...
I get a phone call from the doctor's office to confirm my appointment tomorrow afternoon. I am going to the downtown office this time instead of the office out west, as I customarily do. So when I tell the gal that yes, I will be there...I proceed to ask for directions to the office.
She gives me the street name, and I confirm that I know where that is...and then ask, "Is the office building on the North or South side of the street?" Her response....."Well, which was are you coming from?" HUH?!?!?!?! Isn't North always North? No matter which way you are headed?
So I go ahead and tell her that I will be coming in on 2nd Avenue (This is a one way street that only goes North!), so she says...."which street is that? the one on the right or left side of Mercy?" ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!
This time I say...I'm coming in from down town...I will turn left on to Laurel...which side of the street is the clinic on? North or South? And her response was "I don't understand which way you are coming in." At this point I wanted to say...Look out your windows....See the BIG buildings?! That's down town!
Anyways...she puts me on hold saying that she needs to ask someone else. Finally someone intelligent answers my question....but Good Grief! Do they not teach directions anymore in school?
So yeah...to the confirmation caller...Here's your sign......
I get a phone call from the doctor's office to confirm my appointment tomorrow afternoon. I am going to the downtown office this time instead of the office out west, as I customarily do. So when I tell the gal that yes, I will be there...I proceed to ask for directions to the office.
She gives me the street name, and I confirm that I know where that is...and then ask, "Is the office building on the North or South side of the street?" Her response....."Well, which was are you coming from?" HUH?!?!?!?! Isn't North always North? No matter which way you are headed?
So I go ahead and tell her that I will be coming in on 2nd Avenue (This is a one way street that only goes North!), so she says...."which street is that? the one on the right or left side of Mercy?" ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!?!?!
This time I say...I'm coming in from down town...I will turn left on to Laurel...which side of the street is the clinic on? North or South? And her response was "I don't understand which way you are coming in." At this point I wanted to say...Look out your windows....See the BIG buildings?! That's down town!
Anyways...she puts me on hold saying that she needs to ask someone else. Finally someone intelligent answers my question....but Good Grief! Do they not teach directions anymore in school?
So yeah...to the confirmation caller...Here's your sign......
Sunday, October 12, 2008
Because Cathie Made Me...
Eight favorite TV shows
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. CSI
3. Brother's and Sisters
4. Survivor
5. Dirty Sexy Money
6. Deadliest Catch
7. How I Met Your Mother
8. The Amazing Race
Eight favorite Restaurants
1. Cosi Cucina
2. Leaning Tower Pizza
3. Baratta's
4. Buffalo Wild Wings
5. Taki
6. PF Chang's
7. Basil's Prosperi
8. Racoon River Brewery
Eight things I did yesterday
1. Took the boys to get flu shots
2. Family pictures
3. Took a short nap with my babes
4. Went to the park
5. Had Chicken and Noodles for supper
6. Watched Sex and the City: The Movie
7. Ate Raisinettes
8. Crashed at bedtime
Eight things I love about fall
1. Pumpkin Patch
2. Football!!!!!!
3. Colors
4. Chili
5. Apple Orchard
6. Perfect temperature days & cool evenings
7. Football!!!!!!
8. Oh...and we can't forget FOOTBALL!!!!!
Eight things I look forward to
1. Halloween
2. Thanksgiving
3. Birthday's for ALL my boys
4. Christmas
5. New Years
6. The election results
7. Watching Football every weekend
8. Doing anything with Josh and the boys
Eight things on my wish list
1. New camera
2. Stabilized gut
3. GREEN BEES!!!!
4. Healthy kids this winter
5. New furniture
6. A vacation with just Josh
7. Josh to do well at the marathon next weekend
8. 6 winning numbers :^)
I'm not tagging anyone as everyone I know on here has already been tagged!
1. Grey's Anatomy
2. CSI
3. Brother's and Sisters
4. Survivor
5. Dirty Sexy Money
6. Deadliest Catch
7. How I Met Your Mother
8. The Amazing Race
Eight favorite Restaurants
1. Cosi Cucina
2. Leaning Tower Pizza
3. Baratta's
4. Buffalo Wild Wings
5. Taki
6. PF Chang's
7. Basil's Prosperi
8. Racoon River Brewery
Eight things I did yesterday
1. Took the boys to get flu shots
2. Family pictures
3. Took a short nap with my babes
4. Went to the park
5. Had Chicken and Noodles for supper
6. Watched Sex and the City: The Movie
7. Ate Raisinettes
8. Crashed at bedtime
Eight things I love about fall
1. Pumpkin Patch
2. Football!!!!!!
3. Colors
4. Chili
5. Apple Orchard
6. Perfect temperature days & cool evenings
7. Football!!!!!!
8. Oh...and we can't forget FOOTBALL!!!!!
Eight things I look forward to
1. Halloween
2. Thanksgiving
3. Birthday's for ALL my boys
4. Christmas
5. New Years
6. The election results
7. Watching Football every weekend
8. Doing anything with Josh and the boys
Eight things on my wish list
1. New camera
2. Stabilized gut
3. GREEN BEES!!!!
4. Healthy kids this winter
5. New furniture
6. A vacation with just Josh
7. Josh to do well at the marathon next weekend
8. 6 winning numbers :^)
I'm not tagging anyone as everyone I know on here has already been tagged!
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Gym Stalker / "Boyfriend" / Stalker - GG!
As soon as I started going to the gym that Josh was a member to, I noticed this guy whom I felt was always staring at me. Somewhat flattering...but also somewhat creepy! Not long afterwards, I mentioned something to Josh about it and he verified that the guy is constantly watching me.
I make nice when we pass or are needing to share equipment and such, but I have never really spoken to him. When I work out with my trainer he always stops by to chat with my trainer while I'm warming up or doing a long set. And now I think he has figured out my workout schedule and ALWAYS seems to be there when I'm there. ALWAYS! Josh and I joke about this a lot.
So apparently, Josh go roped in to a conversation with him and this (nice looking) cop dude that Josh has befriended at the gym. The cop leaves and leaves Josh and "Brady" talking...when Brady says to Josh, "That girl that you are always talking to hasn't been here at all this week." (This was last week when I was traveling all over the Midwest.) Josh's reply?!?!?!? "Yeah, I think she's traveling this week. She should be back next week." Should be?!?!?! I was like...WTH did you not say that I was your WIFE?!?! Josh just starts laughing! He thinks this is funny!
So I go to the gym today...See Brady there...I can't help but laugh to myself. But he makes me even more conscience of the fact that he's watching me...and that's just flat out creepy!
I make nice when we pass or are needing to share equipment and such, but I have never really spoken to him. When I work out with my trainer he always stops by to chat with my trainer while I'm warming up or doing a long set. And now I think he has figured out my workout schedule and ALWAYS seems to be there when I'm there. ALWAYS! Josh and I joke about this a lot.
So apparently, Josh go roped in to a conversation with him and this (nice looking) cop dude that Josh has befriended at the gym. The cop leaves and leaves Josh and "Brady" talking...when Brady says to Josh, "That girl that you are always talking to hasn't been here at all this week." (This was last week when I was traveling all over the Midwest.) Josh's reply?!?!?!? "Yeah, I think she's traveling this week. She should be back next week." Should be?!?!?! I was like...WTH did you not say that I was your WIFE?!?! Josh just starts laughing! He thinks this is funny!
So I go to the gym today...See Brady there...I can't help but laugh to myself. But he makes me even more conscience of the fact that he's watching me...and that's just flat out creepy!
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
Busy Season....
Gearing up for busy season...the travel schedule has now been issued. Now I need to make sure my suitcases are is good working order, my suits are all dry cleaned, hotel reservations made...and good long looks at my children's faces are done.
Oh the life of an auditor....
I will be involved with our four largest insurance clients this year...Managing two of them. This will definitely be a test of my stress management as well as work load management.
Prayers and positive thoughts will most likely be very necessary and I work on prioritizing work life and home life....
now....let the chaos begin!
Oh the life of an auditor....
I will be involved with our four largest insurance clients this year...Managing two of them. This will definitely be a test of my stress management as well as work load management.
Prayers and positive thoughts will most likely be very necessary and I work on prioritizing work life and home life....
now....let the chaos begin!
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
HTML makes me mad!
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Stupid frickin' irritating ERGH!!!!!!! I'm about to go on a Blog Beautification strike!
Does that make sense to you?! if so...please translate!
Stupid frickin' irritating ERGH!!!!!!! I'm about to go on a Blog Beautification strike!
Monday, October 6, 2008
Pumpkin Patch!
Fall is here...and Halloween is just around the corner, which means it's time for some pumpkins!
Saturday, we took our kids to a near by pumpkin patch and apple orchard for a day of fun! We always go to the Central Grove Orchard for this. They have an area where the kids can feed billy goats and pigs and ducks, the have the houses of the three little pigs, rubber duckie races, the bouncie pad, pumpkin patch, corn and hay maze, apples to pick, faces to paint...it just goes on and on and on...
Now it's time to make sure all the costumes are worked out so that we are ready for trick or treating at the end of the month!
Setting me straight...
So...if ya couldn't tell, I was a little on the grouchy side Friday night while anxiously waiting to get home. Time didn't move fast enough and planes didn't fly fast enough...
When checking in to my flight, I selected a seat near the back of the plane, which is unusual for me, because it was the only set of two seats where I could sit by myself. After being up for over 40 hours, I was not in the mood to share an elbow rest with ANYONE! When I got to my gate in Chicago, I went to the ticket counter to verify that I was still in the double seat by myself. Selfish, I know...but the airline employee gave the "alls good", so I was a tad happier.
Happier until I am sitting in my seat, plane slowly filling up...and what do ya know...I catch the eye of a guy who is eyeing the seat next to me. ERGH! Since I am already seated and a line was quickly forming behind him, in the nicest voice I could muster, I asked if he wanted the window seat or if he wanted me to just slide over. In a very pleasant manner he said he didn't care either way, so I just moved my stuff over, planning to sulk on the 60 min flight home.
Right away the dude started jabbering at me! I grit my teeth and turn to face him with a smile to show I was listening...secretly hoping he would quiet down soon. But he was going on and on about how excited he was to be going to Des Moines! Ok...Des Moines?! Excited?!?! Now I am intrigued! I had to ask! So he told me that he had never been to Des Moines before and then was heading on to Boone. Ok...not only is this guy nuts about going to Des Moines...but now Boone?! He's lost it! So once again I had to ask.
He was going to Boone to speak the next day to a camp of kids who had been diagnosed with cancer, and their families. My jaw dropped. At this point is when we finally did introductions. His name was Jonny Imerman, the founder of www.imermanangels.org . This organization is a company that pairs people diagnosed with cancer to a survivor of the same cancer who is relatively the same age. (Shannon = Speechless now). He went on to share his story about when he was 26yo and was diagnosed with cancer. He said even though his family and friends were always there for him to provide support and care, all he wanted was to have someone who had actually been there at his age to tell him what was next, what to do, and that things really will be alright.
I'm not sure where that hour went...but I was immersed in his stories of pairing people up with his organization, and the group they put together to run the Chicago Marathon next weekend. It was just one of those moments where it made me put my attitude back in check. For the first time in a very long time, I have met someone who not only loved what he did, but was so enthusiatic in making a difference to someone's life. I'm not sure he realized the impact he had on me and my day and how much I truly appreciated it.
Granted I crashed in bed as soon as I got home...but I left the Des Moines airport with a spring in my step...my heart going out to this lively, charasmatic, loving and caring man...Someone determined to make a difference.
When checking in to my flight, I selected a seat near the back of the plane, which is unusual for me, because it was the only set of two seats where I could sit by myself. After being up for over 40 hours, I was not in the mood to share an elbow rest with ANYONE! When I got to my gate in Chicago, I went to the ticket counter to verify that I was still in the double seat by myself. Selfish, I know...but the airline employee gave the "alls good", so I was a tad happier.
Happier until I am sitting in my seat, plane slowly filling up...and what do ya know...I catch the eye of a guy who is eyeing the seat next to me. ERGH! Since I am already seated and a line was quickly forming behind him, in the nicest voice I could muster, I asked if he wanted the window seat or if he wanted me to just slide over. In a very pleasant manner he said he didn't care either way, so I just moved my stuff over, planning to sulk on the 60 min flight home.
Right away the dude started jabbering at me! I grit my teeth and turn to face him with a smile to show I was listening...secretly hoping he would quiet down soon. But he was going on and on about how excited he was to be going to Des Moines! Ok...Des Moines?! Excited?!?! Now I am intrigued! I had to ask! So he told me that he had never been to Des Moines before and then was heading on to Boone. Ok...not only is this guy nuts about going to Des Moines...but now Boone?! He's lost it! So once again I had to ask.
He was going to Boone to speak the next day to a camp of kids who had been diagnosed with cancer, and their families. My jaw dropped. At this point is when we finally did introductions. His name was Jonny Imerman, the founder of www.imermanangels.org . This organization is a company that pairs people diagnosed with cancer to a survivor of the same cancer who is relatively the same age. (Shannon = Speechless now). He went on to share his story about when he was 26yo and was diagnosed with cancer. He said even though his family and friends were always there for him to provide support and care, all he wanted was to have someone who had actually been there at his age to tell him what was next, what to do, and that things really will be alright.
I'm not sure where that hour went...but I was immersed in his stories of pairing people up with his organization, and the group they put together to run the Chicago Marathon next weekend. It was just one of those moments where it made me put my attitude back in check. For the first time in a very long time, I have met someone who not only loved what he did, but was so enthusiatic in making a difference to someone's life. I'm not sure he realized the impact he had on me and my day and how much I truly appreciated it.
Granted I crashed in bed as soon as I got home...but I left the Des Moines airport with a spring in my step...my heart going out to this lively, charasmatic, loving and caring man...Someone determined to make a difference.
Friday, October 3, 2008
I think I can...I think I can...I think I can...
...finally make it home to stay for more than 24 hours!
This week has been work horror at it's finest. Last Thursday, I was given the assignment to observe a cash count for one of our casino clients in Muskogee, OK. I make all my arrangements and dutifully head down there Tuesday morning. My job was to start at 3am on Wednesday morning when the casino does their cash drops from the slot machine and gaming tables. But at 7pm on Wednesday, I got the call that the arrangement letter was not signed by the client, so the job was cancelled.
I make arrangements to leave first thing Wednesday morning...and joyously arrive home around 12noon.
I go to the office the next day as usual, only to arrive to an e-mail that said they finally received the arrangement letter from the client and I was to be ready to do my observation at 1:45am Friday morning. Grrrrrrrreat!
Luckily, I hadn't unpacked my suit case yet and the suit inside was still clean. So I rush home and barely make the last flight out of Des Moines to Tulsa for Thursday. I arrive in Tulsa at 8...it's a 80 minute drive to Muskogee from the airport, so if I get there by 9:30...I can sleep from 10-1 and at least be a little rested...right?
Wrong! The Director incharge of the job e-mailed me and said the job was moved up to start at 11:45pm...and again...Grrrrrreat!
So that is where I am at...I have been up since 6am Thursday morning...it is now 8:20pm Friday night and I am not scheduled to arrive in Des Moines until 11pm...add 30 min to get my suitcase and 30 min to drive home so Midnight is my ETA...
Can ya hear me yawning?! I'm now off ot wander O'Hare as I have another 90 min before my flight leaves, in hunt for the closest Starbucks and the biggest cup of coffee they have!
This week has been work horror at it's finest. Last Thursday, I was given the assignment to observe a cash count for one of our casino clients in Muskogee, OK. I make all my arrangements and dutifully head down there Tuesday morning. My job was to start at 3am on Wednesday morning when the casino does their cash drops from the slot machine and gaming tables. But at 7pm on Wednesday, I got the call that the arrangement letter was not signed by the client, so the job was cancelled.
I make arrangements to leave first thing Wednesday morning...and joyously arrive home around 12noon.
I go to the office the next day as usual, only to arrive to an e-mail that said they finally received the arrangement letter from the client and I was to be ready to do my observation at 1:45am Friday morning. Grrrrrrrreat!
Luckily, I hadn't unpacked my suit case yet and the suit inside was still clean. So I rush home and barely make the last flight out of Des Moines to Tulsa for Thursday. I arrive in Tulsa at 8...it's a 80 minute drive to Muskogee from the airport, so if I get there by 9:30...I can sleep from 10-1 and at least be a little rested...right?
Wrong! The Director incharge of the job e-mailed me and said the job was moved up to start at 11:45pm...and again...Grrrrrreat!
So that is where I am at...I have been up since 6am Thursday morning...it is now 8:20pm Friday night and I am not scheduled to arrive in Des Moines until 11pm...add 30 min to get my suitcase and 30 min to drive home so Midnight is my ETA...
Can ya hear me yawning?! I'm now off ot wander O'Hare as I have another 90 min before my flight leaves, in hunt for the closest Starbucks and the biggest cup of coffee they have!
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