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Friday, August 1st, 2008
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10:59 pm - Dallas sucks
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We're up in Dallas to look at more houses.
Will's driving makes me nuts. Especially city driving.
Waiting almost an hour at Mattito's in Uptown in 85degF heat INSIDE the fucking resturant makes me angry. The food being so-so just made it worse.
All Anglos here are blond.
Dress shirts with shorts and sandals are wrong.
Men wear a lot of hair product here. It's very spikey.
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| Tuesday, July 15th, 2008
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12:15 pm - Update-y goodness.
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Bullets since there is just too much:
- Canada trip was pretty darn cool. I did more fishing than I have ever done in my life. Schedule on average was: breakfast at the lodge at 9am and pick up bag lunch, fishing from about 10am-6pm, dinner at the lodge at 6:30-ish, fishing from 8pm to 10pm. Bed at 11pm. I caught 5 small fish over the week. Will was the big winner, caught a 12 pound pike, 35 inches from nose to tail.
- Will got a message once we arrived in Montreal that AT&T is moving it's corporate headquarters to Dallas. So, we're moving to Dallas. Will has to be up there by September 1st, and I'll join him in December after I finish my semester. Last week was a blur of planning, starting to work on the house to get it ready to sell. Weekend was up to Dallas to look at neighborhoods and houses. We didn't find anything, but we have narrowed the search area a bit more. We're thinking about around White Rock Lake, but we'll see. There are some lovely homes that are more centrally located between Central and I-35E, but they may be too inconvient for Will's daily commute downtown.
- No GALA. Haven't been singing with the chorale since I started school. I'll miss going, but then again, the choral isn't going this year, so I would have been on my own.
- No Pennsic. See moving comment above. Plus, a 10 day drip to Canada, followed closely by Pennsic just wasn't realistic. Next year perhaps. And perhaps next year I make Will go.
That's about it in a nutshell. There are tons of details, but I have to get back to painting, and hiding the house's flaws. We have appraisers coming next Monday, so the house has to be ready.
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| Thursday, June 26th, 2008
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4:05 pm - Cleaning like mad
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Kitchen cleaned. Living room picked up. Toilet fixed. Tub scrubbed. Shower scrubbed.
Need to finish the vanities in the bathroom, and then vacuum the house and I think I'm done cleaning. Will will be the judge of that, however, since cleaning isn't really one of my talents. We pack tonight, then get picked up at 7:30am by a friend. Breakfast at Magnolia Pancake Haus, flight to Montreal at 10am. In Montreal at 5pm. I'm going to try to talk Will into a trip to Le Stud tonight, but it probably won't happen. We probably won't be able to get away from family, and they will want to head out to the fishing camp early on Saturday morning.
Did I mention that we're going on a week long fishing trip to rural Quebec with his family? It will be fine. No, really. Should be fine. Did I mention that it was rural Canada? Like, really, really rural?
It will be fine. :)
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| Sunday, April 27th, 2008
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7:51 am - Literally laughed out loud with this one.
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| Thursday, February 28th, 2008
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2:08 pm - omg, the boring...
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So, I'm in nursing school, right? But, as our instructors continually harp on, this is a bacculaureate program RN program, not just an associate's degree or diploma program. Which basically means that I have to sit though a class called "The Role of the Nurse as Leader." It's horrifically boring. Today, we are learning about budgets. There are maybe 20 people here, out of the 100 in my class.
Thank god for wireless interweb.
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| Monday, February 18th, 2008
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3:54 pm - I am officially getting old(er)
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Got my new glasses today. Yes, with bifocals. I am old. On the other hand, I am thrilled to be able to see clearly. :)
I got lots of bells and whistles on these glasses, so they were kinda expensive, what with no vision insurance. But I went ahead and splurged, since these will probably last me two to three years. I have the bifocals as progressives, which are cool, and pretty easy to get used to so far. I also have the Transition lenses, for some sun protection. Anti-glare, which is a racket, but I went for it anyway because I am a sucker for sales pitches. Lovely plastic frames, with a "stone" grey tint and little behind the ear thingys so they don't fall off my face. I'm loving them so far.
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| Thursday, January 31st, 2008
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4:47 pm - Snow Day!
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Okay, not really a Snow Day, but rather a "Microburst of wind blew the roof off the school" Day!
I was at the nursing school, looking at some pictures on my friend April's computer when we hear a loud rattling. We look out of the window into the atrium and see some debris falling. And what is the natural reaction to any sort of catastrophe? We immediately go investigate (kinda like our own "Cloverfield"). A burst of wind (in an otherwise sunny, beautiful day), peeled back the atrium roof. About 20 feet of roof and plexiglass panels were folded up and over the rest of the roof. AWESOME!
There was some running about, some debris on the atrium stairs going up to the second floor, but no one was hurt. Folks called the campus police, we blocked off the walkways that went through the atrium, and tried to divert traffic around the area. Once campus secruity, facilities management, and so on got there, it became like our own disaster area. Police tape, a guy with a baton who tried to clear the area, the university President on site. Very cool. We were shooed away from the immediate area back into the student lounge, then they closed off more hallways, then decided to evacuate the entire first floor. We were told to wait in the other nursing building until they made a decision on whether to cancel afternoon classes. Which they did. They cancelled all classes for today and evacuated both buildings.
No word yet on if we have class tomorrow. I would like to think that we will, however, with one of our buildings closed, that doesn't leave many large classrooms available for tomorrow. And I suspect that they may have trouble borrowing rooms from the medical and dental schools on such short notice.
And how was your day?
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| Tuesday, January 29th, 2008
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8:07 pm - Pilates is the suck.
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| Thursday, November 29th, 2007
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8:40 pm - Best cat toy evar!!!
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I loves me some AirZooka! The cat hates it, and I bet the dog will hate it as well. That makes me happy. *sigh*
I let the cat in after I got the AirZooka put together, and almost immediately she jumped on a chair and started clawing. It was a beautiful moment. She looked up at the sound, and then a moment later got the blast directly in the face. She levitated and ran outside. She hasn't been the same since. She also hasn't clawed anything since either. *sigh*
http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/warfare/60b6/
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| Saturday, August 18th, 2007
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10:19 am - Post-Pennsic blahs.
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Okay, so I went to Pennsic this year. (it's an SCA war for those not in the know, Wikipedia it.) It was my fourth Pennsic in ten years, the last being in 2000, pretty much right before quitting my job up in Tulsa and moving back to San Antonio. I had a lovely time, despite the weather, which was pretty awful. It alternated between wet, wet and steamy, and hot and steamy. Except for the last two days, which were just fantastic.
The driving though, was hellish. I went through Oklahoma so that I could stay with family one of the nights and save a bit of money, and visit a bit. It took three days of driving to get there. On the way out it was San Antonio--Miami, OK--Dayton, OH--Pennsic. On the way back it was Pennsic--St. Louis, MO--OKC, OK--San Antonio. OMG, I was so tired and sore when I got home. I'm getting old. *sigh*
I've decided that I want a yurt, which, btw, is more properly called a ger or gher. They are incredibly roomy and much cooler than modern tents. I think it would be much more enjoyable than oher styles of period tents. It doesn't fit my personna at all, but I just don't care. I'm looking into what it would cost to make it myself versus buying.
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| Friday, August 17th, 2007
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7:14 pm - ...with new improved scent!
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| Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
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5:22 pm - Modern Dentistry
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Had my dentist appointment today. The left side of my mouth was worked on, with the upper and lower quadrant getting a root scaling and #14 (which is a top left molar) got a filling.
Over all not a terribly unpleasant experience. Not fun, but not as bad as I feared. I didn't have quite enough novacaine (or whatever they use now) on the upper half of my mouth, so the descaling was sometimes a bit rough, but I got a booster before the filling, so it was no problem.
I got one of the resin fillings, which was absolutely cool. I wish I could have watched what they were doing. It was nifty. It involved packing and sculpting eposy resin, and then firming it up with the UV gun, and then more shaping and layers. then testing my bite with a dye bite strip and then more shaping. Very nifty and cool.
I'll have the other side done in about six weeks, and it's in worse shape. More extreme periodontal disease and three cavities, but they are supposed to be small. Today's was not small, nor shallow. It was pretty much the whole surface of the tooth, and fairly deep, but not to the nerve. Yay for coming in when I did!
I got done about an hour ago, and my face is still coming back to life. The teeth are back, the tongue is back, but the cheeck and chin are still out. Bottom lip is 3/4 back.
And I didn't get no toy. :(
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9:54 am - weights and gyms and things
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Soo...I'm thinking of taking advantage of the free gym at the school and starting some weight training, along with cardio stuff. My goal is to increase muscle mass to help with my diabetes, but honestly, I don't know where to start. I'm pretty intimidated by the machines and weights, and the total ignorance I have about the topic in general. So, I'm looking for some advice to educate myself, and maybe get some sample workout routines, so I don't go in like a complete noob. So, I'm looking at you, ![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) slothel, dizzi_d, and backrubbear. You guys post about going to the gym, so pony up some knowledge. :)
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| Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
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4:18 pm - Rubbins
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Just got back from my first massage. I'm feeling all warm and tingly in the shoulder area and it's a good thing.
I just finished a summer class on Complementary and Alternative Therapies in Nursing, and one of the therapies we went over was massage. The girl who presented on the topic was one of my classmates who took massage classes in the evenings during her first year of nursing school. I can't imagine doing that. If I had been single, then it would have been fairly easy to fit in, since I have horrible study habits anyway and never really do much work outside of class. But, I can't imagine how she had time to be with her husband and do both programs. Obviously she managed it, she's due to give birth in about two weeks. Some people are just so organized.
So, as part of her presentation she talked about the school she went to, which also operates a day spa as well as massage. One hour massages are $25. Can't beat that with a stick, so I thought I would try it out. I've never had a massage before, so I was a bit nervous. But then I also thought, how can I recommend massage to patients if I've never tried it? I had a relaxation massage, which was quite nice, but didn't really go into the "therapy" mode that I think I would need to address my pain issues with my back. I need to investigate trigger point massage to see if that might be better.
So, the massage was done in the spa area, which had low lights, candles, scents and crap. It was actually so dark that I had a bit of trouble adjusting to the low lighting for a few minutes. I had a nice private massage room, which I enjoyed because I had heard that some massage schools use a larger room that is just subdivided by screens. So, I am definately a fan of warm massage oil (although it was a tad disturbing when some would splatter on me instead of in her hand), and OMG, warmed moist towel massage on the feet! I have to do that at home. And, what a classy and relaxing way to clean off nasty ass feet before massaging them.
I didn't fall asleep, I was thinking way too much for that. I was tryign to concentrate on breathing, but then I would forget. Not to forget to breathe, but forget to deep breathe. There was a brief moment when I flipped over that I thought would be awkward, but it resloved and was no big deal. In a way, I think I would have almost preferred a more clinical setting.
Overall, excellent experience, and one that I wouldn't hesitate to recommend to friends and patients. I'm thinking that people might be seeing gift certificates for Christmas this year.
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| Wednesday, June 27th, 2007
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9:21 am - Now we are 37
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So...it's my birthday. :)
Birthday season started last Friday night when out to dinner with the guys. Since Will and my birthdays are so close (23rd and 27th), we tend to just celebrate them together. So this year we wanted to go tubing on the Guadelupe. It's something we've talked about doign with the guys for a while, but just never got around to it. A good time was had, despite some mishaps. It would have been better if Jay (jaybear) had been there, but he set out for Boston on Friday morning. :( I'm excited for his great job opportunity, but bummed that we are losing one of our gang here in San Antonio.
So, Friday night Alex and Matt gave us this really cool crab painting by Ryan. I need to go out to Hobby Lobby today to find some framing for it. I'm thinking it's going in the TV room or the study. I'm goign to have to put it several places until I find the right spot. I would put it in the bedroom, but the walls in there are peach, and it doesn't go well with the red in the painting. :/ But the rest of the house is a yellow, so it works fine.
Saturday we got up early and the guys came over about 8:30. Scott and Ryan gave us season one and season two of "Arrested Development", which I started watching when it first started, but never kept up with. I kept reading that it was a great show, but for one reason or another I was watching other stuff.
We headed up to New Braunfels about 9am, got to Rudy's and had breakfast tacos. Then started for the tubing place, but didn't have the map that I had printed out at home. So, after a false start, and a call to the company, we found the place. Got on the bus and after a short ride were dropped by the river. We got our tubes, secured our coolers, and got in. And about 100 feet down was the first drop. I went down, lost my sunglasses, and lost my tube. I fared better than Alex, he lost his driver's lisence, debit card, and cigarettes. :( I swam around for a while trying to find another tube to use, and finally found one, but it didn't have a bottom. (They attach plastic bottoms with cable ties around the tubes to protect your bottom from rocks.) I get back from my treck and the group has split up a bit. Alex was asking around for his stuff, and Will had gone in search of my tube. He swam back about ten minutes later with a tube with a bottom, and with beer. A cooler had tipped and beer went floating downstream. Will had found about four cans. So, we drank some beer until we were ready for the next part.
Gently float for a while, until we come ot the next set of rapids. Several sheriff's deputys were standing in the river checking coolers. The law says no glass, no styrofoam, and no coolers larger than 16 qts. He just askes us to life the lid as we float past. We move the bungy cords holding the lids down so he can see and then go past. Go past immediatly into the fast water. Will and I try to re-secure the lid on the large cooler, but the bungies slip and we can't get it tight. Meanwhile, we are right on the next drop. I frantically paddle to the left and make it okay, most of the group goes right. Alex takes a dip, and the beer tube capsizes. And our beer goes floating downriver. We were able to catch some of it, and we got a couple of beers from a random group that we passed that took pity on us. Taking in the free beer from earlier, I think the net loss was about three beers. Not too bad really. I think this set is where I got the intensely painful leg cramp. Which, cramped so hard, my calf still hurts a bit.
Gently float, then the next drop. There is debate about going around this set, but we decide to float through. Most everyone survives. Ryan gets stuck on a rock for a while, but eventually frees himself. I go down, spin, and slam into a rock. Right in the small of my back. Intense pain. There may have been screaming. I hit so hard that it dented the plastic bottom. So, I float the rest of the way in pain.
Last set was pretty uneventful, thank god. It was right at the stopping point, so we were free after that. The entire trip took right at about four hours.
It was fun, but painful. I'm glad we went though.
Oh, and Will gave me an i-Pod today. Yay! Now I have to figure out how to put music on it, and then transfer my music from the laptop to the desktop. Yay!
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| Saturday, June 16th, 2007
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12:51 am - Good-bye Kitty
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| Monday, June 4th, 2007
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6:50 pm - proof I was on a horse
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It's a crappy little picture cropped from a larger one with the girls. But it is indeed proof that I was on a horse when I was in Chinle, AZ, at Canyon de Chelly. His name was Dynamite, and he was a mustang or mustang/quarterhorse mix that they ride out there. He was tiny, but sturdy. He nary complained for the whole three and a half hour ride. Two hours of enjoyment and an hour and a half of "get me off this f-cking horse".
Journal entries to follow, I promise.
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| Saturday, June 2nd, 2007
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8:39 pm - B-Day and Arizona
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Semagic says it's Chris' (gullinbursti) birthday. Woohoo! Happy Birthday!
Also, I'm not sure if I mentioned it publicly, but I just got back from a trip to Arizona, where I spent 10 days up on the Navajo reservation for a class. It was awesome, and journal entries will be posted later.
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| Thursday, May 10th, 2007
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5:57 pm - Grades
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Two grades in so far. An "A" in Research and a "B" in Chronic. I was expecting the B, but was plesantly suprised by the A. One more to report in: psych. If I calculated it correctly, it should be an A. :)
And Semagic says that it's Paul's (knepbear) birthday. Happy birthday!!
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| Monday, March 19th, 2007
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4:50 pm - Kitty update.
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Eh, she's alive. She's eating almost a can of food a day, and seems to be feeling okay. She spent the day outside yesterday or maybe Saturday, but I brought her in for the night. But the important thing is that she is eating. So, it's still wait and see.
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