You're Getting Warmer....

The snow has finally disappeared, although I hesitate thinking it will be for good. Of course now the grass is resuming it's previous activity of growing so David broke out the mowers yesterday and started on the lower acres - we'll do around back over the weekend. He got a call from the real estate he's been speaking to, he'd been discussing our plans for next year with them earlier in the year and had mentioned that we'd signed with another real estate to sell the two wooded acres and nothing had happened. I've been telling David to call them and have them come get their signs - I was annoyed as we've been listed for over 6 months and they pretty much did nothing - the agent took no pictures and he brought not one person to look at it. So, the agent from Howard Hannah called to let David know a) his contract with agency #1 had expired and b) she has clients to look at the property already. This puts David in a quandry as he sort of changed his mind about selling and now he's really on the fence! Part of him would like to keep the property together but he's tired of taking care of it. David has said either you have a hundred acres or a half an acre - having 6 is tiring as you do have to mow them ALL. I think if he can get his asking price he'll sell - I told him since he's in charge of the yard it's up to him what he wants to do with it. In other news Ray is probably going to be visiting this weekend so I have to re-decat his room, we've been keeping the door closed but they keep getting in there anyhow. David and Pearl are still having thier Window War - Pearl likes to sit on the back of the couch in front of the picture window. She spends the entire day rubbing her nose all over it and David spends a significant amount of time cleaning it as it makes him crazy. He's considering curtains to discourage her but I think that will not work.

What Goes Down, Must Come Up

At least that's what we're hoping - the temps are very slowly rising, it was pretty cold yesterday but not as cold as it was Easter. We had a lot of fun, everyone sat around all morning hogging down candy and watching tv. We decided to check out the restaurants in town - a surprising amount of them were open and not too busy. Cheddars which you can NEVER get into looked promising so we went there first. We got a table right away and had a great meal. David and I split a dessert and then we went to Barnes and Noble for a little while. We called Ray - someone broke his window so he was upset. He found someone to repair it so hopefully it'll be done before Friday. He's planning on coming out and the weather is supposed to be getting much warmer. We've been hearing from Adam quite a bit, he's broken up with his girlfriend and it looks like for good this time - it's hard to end a relationship. But they've been off and on for quite awhile now so we're not surprised. Work has been very busy, I'm sailing in strange waters and organizing is not the easiest, we're doing tons of admissions but they're all over the map. The part time nurse has her PA license, the full time doesn't and we're overwhelmed with PA patients and the rest are off the beaten track - in the complete other direction. So I've been picking up some and we're shifting some here and there and that's on top of everything else going on.  It'll straighten itself out eventually. It's hard getting stuff done at home, being full time means no more afternoons to play catch up and I usually have to go straight home after work to get dinner started and the dog out. It's just a little rough going for now.

Happy Easter?

Not only is it staying in the 20's, it had the unmitigated gall to snow off and on all day yesterday. I had two jobs yesterday - one was in Bridgeport so I wasn't complaining too hard. I called David around 11 and told him to take Jackson out to lunch  - since I would be out most of the day so they might as well find something to do. After I finished the second job - with a huffy senior citizen who thought I should know all of this stuff how many times did he have to do this,etc.. - I of course hightailed it to Emily Drive, Home Of Everything That Is Fun. I didn't buy anything, there was some yarn on clearance but I have so much in my stash I have to be a bit pickier - besides the stuff I want is in Knit Picks, the Other Home Of Everything Fun -      http://www.knitpicks.com/    - I LOVE this catalog and they love me too since they send me one every five minutes. When I got home David and Jackson were still out which gave me ample opportunity to hog down as much Easter candy as I could hold before they got back. My plan for today is to continue eating candy with a brief break for an early dinner at the buffet. I can't go too far as I'm still on call but we're not officially celebrating until next week so it's no big. We usually don't do too much - it's not a religious holiday for me - it's just an excuse to see how many peeps and bunnies  I can eat without going into a sugar induced coma. Everyone have a good holiday!

Hamster On The Wheel

I've been upping my exercise a bit lately - I've started doing two minute sprints on the treadmill which if you know me is like walking on water. I'm fairly klutzy - the most uttered phrase in our house is "Are you alright?" followed by silence so they can figure out if I've actually done myself in this time or if I'm still drawing breath. Running on a treadmill to me feels like I'm running on top of a ball,( not to mention David bypassed the safety switch which adds a certain element of danger) so it's taken a while for me to be able to run without hanging onto the handles. But I can do it now after a few weeks and it makes it a bit more interesting. I think that's half the problem with exercise, is that no matter what you do it gets BORING after awhile. I've started lifting weights a little and I figure in a  couple of months we'll have the pool open so I can start swimming again. Between the rain and the cold I haven't been down to the park in ages, not to mention David has been driving Jackson to school in the morning. I have to work today, I have a readmission and an admission so not too bad. We aren't doing a whole lot for Easter - we'll probably go out to the buffet in Carmicheals, we're sort of holding off until Ray can get here next weekend. The temps are still down in the 20's, my forsythia tree has suffered a great deal, when I looked at it yesterday half of the blossoms were on the ground. The cats are getting annoyed and don't know what to do with themselves, they're constantly at the front door only to reappear 10 minutes later at the side door wanting to come back in. I wish it would warm up again!

OH! I forgot to mention this - I got the results of the OASIS test I took a few weeks ago - I got them at the office to boot which I hate. If revenge is a dish best served cold than the results of a test are best served alone so you be all humilated and upset by yourself. No one was peeking over my shoulder but concerned citizens were aware I had the envelope - and with a pass rate last year of only 76% I was none too eager to open it. So I opened the top carefully and peered in so I could see just the first line of the letter -but by then I was a bit more confident as I could feel an object on the bottom. Having been through this before I know that they do not include a prize if you didn't pass - so yes, I did indeed pass and am now a Certified Oasis Specialist and I even have a button to prove it.

I Am Boycotting The Snow

Well. I got up this morning to 20 degree tempetures and SNOW. I refuse to photograph any of it as it all stinks. That's right - stinks all across the boards. And this super sucks since we were nearing the high 70's not 48 hours ago. David actually had to stop working on his latest project as he said the snow was almost white out condition at times in Blacksville. I on the other hand was doing my last infusion of the day well off the beaten track, in an early 18th century farm house, complete with dogs and a fireplace. All of which would be very cozy if it was not APRIL. How will the bunny find me in all of this nastiness? I do not feel like eating peeps or Cadbury eggs, what a sad thing that is. We called Ray and told him he was on hold until next weekend - I just can't see him driving in a potential snowstorm. Even if it's just flurries the mountain roads around here can get bad quickly and if it ices up they'll be impassible. So even though we're pretty disappointed we'll be reasonable and wait until next weekend. I'm on call this weekend and it looks like I'll be a busy bee so maybe it's all for the better. Jackson's been having a quiet vacation, he's over Becky's today and they're going to a movie. Pearl is doing very well by the way, she's actually calmed down since Charger passed away and has not destroyed one thing so we're thinking maybe it's time we had an "only dog".

Moving Right Along

No, this is not a new picture - no time for picture taking these days! Monday at the moment is completely out of control at work - I had the new nurse with me orientating and the other nurse was doing her end of things. All of us just ran back and forth to the lab yesterday with no end in sight. And today there is just ONE patient to visit - I wish we could move some people off of Monday but it's just not possible. Jackson is on vacation and I think already bored with the laying around thing. I got home around 5:30 last night and David didn't get home until after 8 so there's no one to ferry him around during the day and after work - who feels like it? We did take him out to dinner on Sunday - he had a rather spectacular report card (aside from english). His math was a C - livable, English was a D but he's working on it BUT all of his other grades were A's. So we were thrilled of course. I'm going to try and take the rest of my leftover personal time today so we can do something. David will probably enlist him to help out at the job in Blacksville and I think in another day or two, he'll probably WANT to go!

La la.

The Crack Weather Team Prediction: Warm and sunny, in the low to mid 70's. The reality - 50 - 60's with torrential rains followed by  occasional periods of Damp, Dismal and Disgusting. I got my summer clothes all sorted and put away - a first for me as I'm usually forced to wear turtlenecks well into June or find myself digging through a wrinkled mess trying to find something to wear that doesn't look like it spent the last 8 months in tiny ball in the back of a clothes bin. I also sorted out a a full bag of winterclothes to donate, there are some things I will never wear again no matter how many times I hang and store it. Or if it was ugly last year it will be ugly again this year, same for the worn, the spotted or the shirt that looked great in the store but hangs like a burlap bag when you get home. We're heading out to Blacksville after we drop Jackson off at Becky's - David has informed that although these people are not ultra religious I do indeed need to keep my paganist trap shut and there will be no talk of karma, alternate gods or anything of that ilk. We're also going to Gabriel Brothers as David needs some short sleeved shirts - once you shop for clothes in WV it's ruined anywhere else. I no longer haunt Victoria's Secret as my $4 bras from Gabes match my $10 underwear from Victoria's. My Lee jeans are about $7 as opposed to $30 elsewhere, you have to lurk the racks a bit more and try it on - not all mediums are the same - but it's very high quality clothes for a VERY low price. I guess I'd better get moving, have a great day everyone!