4 dollars and what?

yes, I paid $4.17 a gallon for gas.
Then I convinced my boss to let me work from home tomorrow... which is great.

It has been a long long long month. Full of anguish and frustrations.

And then there is the beautiful little cherub that says "I love you Momma" and it really makes all that other crap just meaningless...

Oh the media

There is a fire here in our community.

A pretty big one raging...

The kind the governator declares as a disaster zone.

The husband and I are watching some local news - which is always a little bit annoying.

But what is more annoying are the commercials FOR the news. Shots of them reporting on the fire. A lot of "aren't we great for covering this?" "aren't we cool for putting ourselves in the action" footage. Well, isn't it their JOB to cover the news... Isn't it?

Okay - the newscaster JUST said - "they tell us it's dark now" - well YEAH it 11:30PM!!! One would think it would be dark in the middle of the night.

This is why I read newspapers.

more needles

So, I went for my second treatment today. Hopefully I will feel the effects this time.

Two weeks ago, I had my first treatment, and then my father had a stroke the next day. He's doing great and just went home yesterday - will have to do vocal & physical therapy for a while - but it was really unexpected.

And then I tried to do something nice for my husband for his birthday and ended up inadvertently pissing a friend off.

Then there was a scary accident involving a student at the university - which really put a lot of things in perspective.

Oh - and then... well... in about a month I can talk about the other level of Dante's inferno I was in the last two weeks. You know the one when you have to grin and bare it at work although you want to scream at the top of your lungs... yeah... this one is a doozy...

On another note - the kid LOVES her new daycare. Although she has a bunch of scratches from falling down a lot while playing with the "big kids".

I got to hang out with my sisters for a couple days without our significant others or kids - and although it was around a hospital - I thank whatever powers that be that I have them... we laughed a lot..

The husband loved his b-day presents (which is good) and is currently enjoying his b-day present to himself (a little grand theft auto).

Ahh the joys of Saturday... oh wait - I had to work...

ARG

My latest addiction

I joined facebook.

I know.

I kinda really like it.

I feel 14.

needles

As the giant oak was being chopped up in my backyard, I went to an acupuncturist for the first time. Being a little needle-phobic, I wondered why in the hell was I sitting there waiting to be poked. But as western medicine seems to think the only way to handle the ever growing velocity of my PMS emotions is to give me cancer causing drugs - I figure a little foray into Chinese medicine can't hurt.
The acupuncturist took my history orally - none of the damn forms to fill out. This went on for almost two hours. Yep TWO HOURS. Then the needles came out. Didn't feel a damn thing. I know - even with one in my ear! Then I got to lay there and let them do their work for a half and hour (I think - I fell asleep, so who knows how long I was there).
I'm not sure I feel any different this afternoon... but we'll see.
I start the herbs tomorrow...

Oh and I never looked at the needles... oh no, not ready to see that.