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I never did see an ATT person show up to see what's going on but it worked yesterday after I rebooted the modem.  Not today.  One quick call and I was informed that we have a network outage.  I can certainly deal with that vs talking to a robot for 30 minutes.  

The surprises just keep on coming and I found out today that one of my besties at work is moving far away with his lovely bride to live by the sea.  They are at an age where they can still work but enjoy it in a place with more moderate weather and less bullshit.  We've been through a lot together including the loss of our mothers in the same year.  Being a mermaid at heart, I understand his decision.  

You better stock up on bottled water and beanie weanies because things look bleak what with Trump and his ego trip.  For once I would love to see the military branch of the government stand up to executive order.  Kiss my ass and alt it. Same for all federal venues including parks.  There are enough fund raisers in the world to save parks if you just let it happen.  

I've been living alone for nearly a year now and am selective about the noise because I like quiet where you can hear the cat grooming or the water dripping.  Mrs. Precious came by to see me while I was on break to tell me that he was hitting the road to have a kidney removed.  It took me forever and Facebook to figure out which Mark it was.  I even called the lawyer one and he laughed out loud.  Said thanks for checking on him!!

I'm easing into the idea of being a grandma and it's early. That's the bad thing about finding out at the crack of dawn that 40 weeks later it's on for the rest of your life.  It seems like forever.. I was big as a cow in August and it was NOT fun.  

I was in labor for two days with Lauren.  When I was finally induced it took 12 hours and a pair of forceps to get her here all purple and precious.  Her daddy cut the cord and I was just in lala land.  Must.Find.Picture.  

Ya'll do the next right thing and see what happens.  It can be beautiful~

 

breitbart blues

Well I finally got the taxes filed and had to pay seventy bucks for it but whatever.  I felt pretty good today for the first time in a loooooong time.  Whatever that epizootie stuff is that's recycling has kicked my old butt.  I wrote a few bills out when I got home and talked a bit about grandmahood with a few folks. I'ts still not real!   I found out on the day of the anniversary of mama's death.  How's that for God power?

Okay.  The Trump thing is whirling out of control with each passing day.  When a conservative hack from Breit has more power than our military, it's Hunger Games time. Bannon reminds me of the cop in Weeds that had Shane.  It breaks my heart to hear about folks trying to get to where they're going and being turned away by whatever the hell the agency is.  It's like right out of a horror novel.  

No unicorns today.  Or rainbows.  Only faith ~

road trip

Lorna and I hit the road to Jackson this morning early to hook up with BG for breakfast at Panera.  As usual, it was to die for. It was spitting snow on the way over and she received a picture of a tiny accumulation in Tiptonville.  I left Lauren with some sage to burn and a day off to enjoy doing nothing.  I also brought a book for her that mama had filled out when she was a baby called "Grandmother Remembers" and it was all about her childhood with her Memaw.  She never knew it existed.  

I tried again to file income tax as mentioned previously with no luck.  l guess I'll have to pay full price at TurboTax and have the shit imported to get my AIG.   Note to self:  Print the return, always.  And keep up with it!  That's my problem.  Disorganization rules around here no matter how hard I try.  

I will refrain from discussing the orange one because it's not good for the soul.  He will do himself in and is well on the way to that right now.  All we have to do is sit back and watch him topple.  There are enough angry conservatives added to the progressives who want change that anything is possible.

Other than that, I've got nothing.  Quiet is good.  

^j^

dumbass of the day

I figured today was a good one to try and file a report with the IRS on my income ( as if they don't already know.)  As it turns out I failed to print a copy of the 2015 return so I don't know my AIG which is required for e-filing.  *sigh*  I'm in no hurry.  There won't be a huge refund or anything.  Who knows, Trump may abolish the IRS prior to April 15th.  One can hope.

This morning I woke up with the sun and headed out to the gentral for supplies.  First I went to the feed store where the seriously cute guys work and got some worm pills for Sophie because she looks mighty skinny and hasn't been feeling well.  No pep in her step and she's just a pup.  They will be wrapped in turkey and gobbled.  Going into that store is like visiting a crack dealer to me.  Seeds. Dirt. Wind chimes!  And of course, pecans.  I noticed while I was there that The Mill Workspace is moving right along. I see that little corner of town being revitalized.  The resident cat came slithering up to my car to say goodbye.  She sleeps on the straw bales.  

Moving forward ~

click it or ticket

I was cruising on the way home oblivious to the world when lo and behold a trooper came out of nowhere on me right across the tracks on South Main.  I am faithful about wearing my seat belt when not doing the in and out of the car thing around town.  And that's what gets you busted by officers who are on a mission.  One of these days I'll learn.  I sat there forever watching traffic whiz by and staring into the Forked Deer river bottoms waiting for him to do the paperwork.  The cost has gone from 10 bucks to 25 so as to make more money for crime fighting like in my case.  He looked new....I know most of them.  

Halfway home I couldn't find my license and turned around to go find him and there he was in almost the same spot with some other poor sucker.  Bonus!  I walked up to his car and he assured me he had returned the license...look again m'aam.  On returning to the car I found it dropped into the drink holder from where he had put it inside the ticket and it fell out.  Trooper 2-Poopie 0.  

I was sure after all that I had missed the ATT service call to check out my internet outage.  When I came in I went to clear out the corner and noticed that the modem lights were all green?  Hmmm.   It must have been an outside thing.  Who am I to question serendipity.  So now I'm finally home and all the bitch cat can do is whine and knock shit off the table because the dogs ate her food. The trick is to not give her much so she won't leave it for them to inhale.  Oh, and she munches on dog food herself.  Just saying.

So, I'm home and settled for the day which feels pretty good at 3PM, homebody that I am.  I visited a classmate of Daddy's today and though she's 85 she still is more beautiful than I ever thought of being.  Even got a kiss!  She fell out while preparing to perform with her music group.  She's hoping the pacemaker will give her some pep back.  

Yesterday's problem carried over into today and it pretty much is what it is.  We have come to see medicine as the answer to everything like the healthcare profession will always have the answers, no matter what.  Sometimes the science just outpaces our ability to have a definitive truth.  There's lots of grey up in there.  

I hope everyone enjoys their weekend, especially me.  In fact, it's time to burn some sage and own it.

Adios ~

after hours

I'm sort of on call for a rare situation and spent the day covering my bases with all involved.  If there's one thing I've learned it's to CMA whenever possible.  Big Brother is always watching.  Another perk of handing off or sharing a situation is that everybody involved is on the same page.  It's been a long time since I spent a whole day on one problem.  

Winter has returned so I hauled out the fleece lined seriously cute coat this morning.  BG bought it last year and I claimed it when she cleaned out closets.  I was anxious to get some flip flops and bought some jakey ones at the gentral yesterday with waves in the sole.  Not. Comfy.  

I'm planning on brunch at Panera with my beautiful daughter on Sunday if the Camry plays nice.  I haven't seen her since Christmas Day when I dropped her off back at her place.  This blog comes to you courtesy of cellphone WiFI due to another random internet outage and/or modem fry.  Technician due tomorrow afternoon.  

Don't worry ~ be happy.  

growth

It's amazing how I've changed during the past year.  I've gone from being freaked the eff out that I'm not good enough to realizing my own worth as a healthcare provider all the while taking into consideration how fractured the system of care delivery is.  If you don't believe it, spend a few months in the hospital or rehab that your "insurance" covers.  Factor in several EMS transfers to and from rehab to hospital to doctor's office.  For two.  For five years.  It damn near killed me but I'm still kicking.  The sawmill is what it is and that's out of my control.

So Trump's still busy building walls and pissing people off which is kind of worrisome so early in a term.  WTF is the voter fraud thing about may I ask?  See: Florida and Jeb's brother.  Also Rick Scott, Bill Frist/HCA and Terri Schiavo.  There is no governmental right to life when someone is in a vegetative state as long as there is a qualified DPA, which her husband was.  Big Ernie will get you for that one.  

Hmmm..what else?  My friend Trisha is recovering from a minor illness that seems to be resolving itself as we speak.  I love this girl y'all.  I ran into my favorite nurse over at the other place today and discovered that her mama is none other than Judy!  Small world.  I talked to Bubba for the first time in a week or more.  That's when Mamye and Steve showed up.

It's cold again and that's normal.  Those peepers sure were nice though.  Always be faithful in life ~