My Travel Day

After work I'll be finishing a few things up and then leaving for Virginia. I've got my clothes and CD's ready to go. I think I'll be grabbing a quick bite at the house before leaving. Nonstop trip is planned, we'll see how it goes. I'm returning tomorrow evening after visiting the SPY MUSEUM. I can't wait for that and seeing friends I haven't seen in years (more the friends than the museum). I haven't seen there youngest since the age of ..... Three I think? The darling had only said a few words at that point, one of which being my eldest's name.

Around noon I received a phone call that my oldest child pushed my youngest child into a marble wall, trying to get to a museum exhibit and busted his lip open. I'm not even there and I have to deal with medical issues. I think it's funny how my wife will knock me out of the way to get to one of the children when they're hurt even though I'm a nurse. The motherly instinct is a very strong thing.

It's four o'clock and I'm done with work. On to the house and then the road.

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Travel woes

My wife is taking the kids to visit our friend (her high school friend) today. She's very nervous as she doesn't like to drive in the first place and she has to go on the D.C. beltway. She couldn't sleep and is very anxious. She'll be fine as long as she remains calm. I am worried about my eldest though. If she loses her calm, which is only hanging by a thread to begin with, the poor child will get the wrath of pure evil. It's not a long trip and she'll be fine, she just worries too much. I'll be getting a phone call when they leave and again when they arrive. I'll be leaving Wednesday after work to meet up with them. Good times!

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REUNION OCCURS

I finally found an address for my high school buddy and sent him a letter on Tuesday. Last night he called. We talked for about an hour and a half. We were both glad to here from each other. I was actually surprised at how happy he was to hear from me. It's been, what, sixteen years or so since we last talked/saw each other. He seems to be doing well and to be very happy. What more can anyone ask for? Now, to see if we can do a face to face sometime in the future to reconnect with each other.

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Another Day, Another Eight Cents

With gas prices and inflation I figure I bring home about eight cents a day. Or at least it feels that way at times. I would like to take home what I make once in a while instead of "sharing" it with my Uncle Sam. He does very little but takes all sorts of money from our pay checks. It is good that (at least in PA) the minimum wage is going up, like forty-five percent (?). That way the people making minimum wage can make as much as someone who has worked their way up in pay for the past five years.

In other news: We're now harboring a fugitive in the facility. A family was arrested and we have one of the people they were looking for in our Nursing Home unit. The police came this morning to arrest him but he's not healthy enough. Then it was announced on T.V. where he was and what the warrant was for. It's amazing how much information the media will willingly give out.

I upset a few of my co-workers today. Someone from another unit was asking me question and I answered them honestly. They over heard and started carrying on and was answering for me and changing my answers. I told her to get the info from them because they have obviously seen/done everything that I did. I told her I wasn't allowed to give an honest answer so she can get the lies from them. They were none too happy to say the least. Before that, one of them tried to jump into a conversation I was having telling me I was wrong (yet again). I guess that's what started the incident as I told her not to get into something she knew nothing about. I ticked off two people at once in less than five minutes - my work here is done. The funny thing is, last night my wife made the comment that she thought I did things to make her mad at times. I told her, that's what I have co-workers for - proof in point.

I mentioned in a previous post that I might be having feelings of inferiority when it comes to reuniting with our friends. Ironical, she felt that way before she wrote/sold her book. It's funny how we never think we're good enough for our true friends. I told her, as she told me, that no matter where we are in life we will always be there. With as close as her and my wife are nothing could come between them (and I wouldn't allow it to). I've only had one other friend that I would drop anything for but lost contact with shortly after high school. I'm in the process of trying to get in touch with him. I'm sure to ramble about it later.

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This post was truly MANIC!! I was all over the spectrum. Must focus.

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A Day In The Life

Another day at the VA with very little change. Life is very simple at the moment. We'll be hearing a lot about motorcycles and helmets now that Ben Roethlisberger was in an accident. It's definitely a personal choice IMHO. I don't believe he'll be riding for a while as he won't be able to sit for some time. He was in surgery for seven hours. I told my wife that most of that time was spent trying to remove Bill Cower's foot from Ben's a$$ (hence the inability to sit). I'm wondering if the 62 Y.O. woman will have to pay lost wages. I wouldn't want to think about how much that could possibly be. And then you have the fact that they posted her name on T.V. That woman with be ridiculed everywhere she goes in Pittsburgh. I'm thinking her summer home in Maine (which they also announced) will become her permanent home. I guess we'll see, or not.

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It's sad that a motorcycle accident, without a fatality, beat the headlines over a shooting.

Book review

We recieved a pre-release copy of our friends book Finding The Summer Queen. Get more info on the book/author here: www.melissa-marr.com. It's a Young Adult book. A little on the dark side, dealing with many issues teens face in our society today but not in an unpleasant, in your face to shock you type of book that prevails any more. It's a fantasy tale of a teen girl with fairy site. It's written in a very descriptive style. Being 35 I found it very interesting and difficult to put down. I've read it twice and plan on reading it again. As it's a YA book it's an easy read. My eldest child is reading it now, I'll let you know what the census is. Of course my wife loved it, her best friend wrote it. I don't know of anything she could do wrong in my wife's eyes. Not that is a bad thing, it's just that she might not be best judge. I might not be either as I have a friendship vested in it as well, but I find I'm a little more open with critisism.

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Caught of guard

I was debating on telling our friends about my blog. My wife has never read it. I don't know whether she's worried about reading something she doesn't like or what. But that has already been resolved. Our friend found it on her own. I don't know how because when I first started this blog I searched for it and had trouble finding it, and I knew where it was. I never said anything bad about anyone (except for some of the people I work with) so I wasn't worried there. It's just a little odd thinking that someone/s that know you so well could be knowing you better. But then again, I couldn't say or do anything that would surprise them because they've seen me like no one else. I have nothing but respect for the family and thrive on our talks. We'll be seeing her soon(!) and I can't wait. I'm scouting some areas out for us to go already. Then, I won't be able to wait until we go to visit them. We're sure to see some museums when we visit, and I LOVE museums.

Til later,
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