Day late and a dollar short!

Okay Okay.....So it's Wednesday and not Teusday.....shoot me as lately I'd forget my head if it wasn't attached to me!!!!

I miss Kairi so much guys....Just got off the phone with Manisa...Kairi had her shots yesterday and I wanted to see how she was handling it...She's cranky but that's about it...Tiny fever as well...

As far as the trip went...It was nice but I don't think I would do it all in a day again....It was long!!!!! And to boot the day before I left I felt tired and sure enough come the morning I was to leave it was a full blown head and chest cold....UGH! Try driving with that! Walmart Daytime cold in hand, lots of soda's and cough drops and we were on our way....We actually made good time considering all the stops we made to let Kairi have time out of the car seat...Mapquest put the trip at 13 1/2 hours and we made it in 14...Pulled into Patrick's about 7pm with leaving at 5am that morning...Made a trip to Super Walmart (It's only 5 minutes from his apartment) to get stuff...He's a guy and had not going shopping....had all guy stuff in the bathroom and for Manisa and I ....that so would not do! Didn't make that a long trip as I knew that both Manisa and I would be heading there in the am to do major shopping...This was just for shampoo and stuff...plus Nyquil so I could knock myself out as I felt like total crap! The cold preceded to hang on for the entire time I was there which was a bummer as it made me really not want to go anywhere...

So needless to say in the AM the next day...it had really settled into my chest...UGH again! But we trudged forward and Manisa and I headed back up to Wally World to go food shopping...and also ended up buying hanger's galore and towels....Patrick evidently thought having only 2 towels to his name would suffice...Not so!!!! hahahaha....I bought him 6 more bath towels and washclothes...After that I pretty much stayed home and stayed on the cough nursing Orange Juice and cooking all Patrick's favorite dinners...Made sure I made plenty so they would have lots left over....I had a really great time all in all....Patrick told me I could stay (With a smile on his face!) and keep right on cooking! hahaha...They are starter cooks but I am sure they will make thier way just fine...If any of you guys have quick and easy meals....Feel free to email them to me....Directions do need to be very precise (Starter cooks remember???)
Patrick tries to eat manly chicken and fish but will have pork and red meat on occasion (he can actually make hamburget helper)

At any rate....Like I said I had a wonderful time...I hated leaving Kairi, Manisa and Patrick monday...I really did....Made Patrick drop me off at the terminal so he didn't see me ball my eyes out...while they are still debating about Manisa comeing back in September...I am really hoping she does...She going to try to do her best to send photos and video but I know Kairi keeps her hopping...

The flight home was uneventful as well but I hated the layover in D.C....but thankfully I had brought Patrick's portable DVD player so it wasn't a total loss...I got into DC about 12 noon and my next flight didn't leave until 3pm...so I sat my butt down with "The Exorcist-The beginning" for a horror show it was actually pretty okay...Ending was not the best...could have been better...but it kept me busy for the 2 1/2 hours I needed to keep busy...

But let me tell you guys I came home to a mess! OMG....MEN! You could tell he was a confirmed bachelor for the time I was gone! (Especially over the weekend when the kids were gone!) Laundry was overflowing, house work piled up...since I was still not feeling good this didn't sit well with me...the other thing was Asha...Mike and I have racked our brains to think of what she could have possibly gotten into but Mike let me know that Sunday she had diarrhea in a major way...sounded like she exploded everwhere....She was absolutly pitiful when I saw her...She knew something was wrong...and she still had it in a bad way...Put her on the brat diet and it seemed to somewhat get better (kinda like 1/4 better) but it never quite went away...Took her to the Vet's on Monday...The Doc said they had been seeing this alot lately...even with indoor dogs and gave her some medicine...Happy to say she's perking up and has that happy ol grin back....My poor Miss "Center of the Universe" (yes Steph she still is!) Asha is my baby...no doubt about that...Lisa, Steph and Stacy all know how I feel about that little dust mop I have...She was well aware that she wasn't supposed to be messing in the house but she also knew that she couldn't help herself...She always had this little pitiful look on her....But she's back to being bright and happy again! All is right in her world...Just gotta keep giving her the medicine for the rest of the week....


So that's basically it in my world...We had part of the migration of my department at the beginning of the month so now it's just me and another co-worker and my desk is a mess....And on that note!!!! BACK TO WORK WITH ME! hahahaha


Take care all!

SORRY SORRY SORRY!!!!!!

OMG! Life has been way too hectic....

Will post more tonight or tomorrow I promise! But the long and short of it is...The trip went well...but the cold I caught wasn't good...I miss Kairi like crazy! (Pat and Manisa too!) Came home to a sick dog and my desk explode when I was out...Dog going to vet and I am trying to find time to breathe....Will make it a point of posting about everything later! But all for the most part is wonderful!


Take care !!!!!!!

Tomorrow is Trip Day!!!!

Yup....Tomorrow at 5am in the morning...Manisa, Kairi and I will be leaving for North Carolina...I am excited and sad...I will miss the both of them tremendously...Mike spent the better part of last night loading up the 4 Runner...And let me tell you...that man knows how to pack...Okay the high chair is in peices and packed in various parts of the truck but it's all in there! I am looking forward to the trip...Checked the weather and it promises to be sunny in all parts...that's good...I am glad for that...I hate driving in rain...Not sure if I can manage to get on here while I am up there...but I shall try...if not I will certainly tell you guys all about it on my return...Til then...

On a sadder note...My darling daughter Hayley lost her dear Grandpa...Doug (Hayley's dad) had recieved the call Saturday afternoon that he was fading fast...So Doug left with Hayley in tow for Massachusetts...They managed to make it in time to say goodbye...Hayley's Grandpa left this world at 12:40am Monday morning...

Jim....You will be missed by all.....


Take care all....Till next week....have a good one......

Rest In Peace Terri...you left an impression on us all...

This case...without a doubt...has indeed left an impression on us all...Most of us that read the daily news bulletins to see what was the latest took sides for the husband or the family...

I am glad at least for the most part that there will be an autopsy...but one has to wonder that if it shows that she really did not have any hope or chance of recovery...will her parents accept it? Or will they demand to have thier own doctors look over the data...saying that they don't agree with what the medical examiner said in his report...The reason I say this is that thru out this whole drama her parents insisted that she wouldn't have wanted to die but yet not only her husband but 2 other people (It's in the court records) had heard her state her wishes...so from that...I can only wonder if they would accept the report showing she had no chance of recovery since they ignored everything else...Well we will know in a few weeks I guess...I hope that it at least puts this particular issue to rest....

But it does raise other issues...and valid ones...The Right To Die with Dignity...I personally think they need to really look at this issue and make some changes...While I sided with the husband and felt that the evidence supported that this is what she wanted...I really didn't like the method...Starvation...When our animals are old, haggard, health failing, etc...we never hesitate to make that choice and to put them down...We hold them as that needle goes in knowing that it will bring them to a better place...If it is good enough for them...why can't we do the same for us??? I mean think about it people...Is it really that bad? You have the patient that has terminal cancer...he is suffering tremendously and cannot wait for the end to come so he doesn't suffer anymore...What is so wrong with ending it before that happens??? I try and I try but I cannot see any logical reasoning for prolonging that life...To what end would it serve???

I am reminded of a Star Trek Next Generations episode...Counselor Troi's mother had fallen in love with a man from a planet where a age 65 you take your own life in a wonderous ceremony with your family and freinds around you to celebrate your life and help you in death...The idea is so as not to become a burden to your children and to go with dignity...You know what...There's odd logic there....While I don't think we as a world should try this but the idea is not all that far fetched...

Here's what I am suggesting...For those that choose to do so and this is what they want...let's let them end it with Dignity and grace...Yes I realize that there's s lot of questions that come into play...Who get's to choose if that person cannot speak for themselves and have no living will...Well if they are married...it the spouse who decides...Yes...the spouse...this is what they took vows to do...that right does not belong in the parents hands...(Or the courts for that matter) I am sure that there are other things to consider but you get the gist...For me...I can tell you that should I ever be diagnosed with a terminal illness...I will go while I can hold my head up high...think of that what you will...but the idea of Mike or my kids changing my bed or me...isn't how I want them to remember me...Let me gather them around...hold them and love them...say all the things I want to say....and say good bye......and smile as I go to the next world....