Non-Barn Goers Swap + Life

Apr 30, 2006 15 Replies

Okay, with the talk of the Barn coming up I am getting excited!!! I am doing a swap with Jessica. Thanks for this Deb!! I have everything put together except for my 6 x 6 pages.......I think I have put together a pretty good box for Jessica. It's been fun assembling everything needed for this. I had hoped to be done by now......but life gets hectic around here sometimes, as it does for everyone else!



When one thing goes wrong everything goes wrong! I failed the physical test we have at work. You have to pass it to be promoted (and pass it to keep your job!). It's a new test and I didn't set my pace fast enough, now I know better. I will be retaking it tomorrow. You can bet that I'll pass it this time! Promotions are Friday, I'd hate to blow this opportunity. DS #1 was rejected by the Army due to a medical problem that must be corrected. It will turn in to cancer if it's not taken care of so obviously we will take care of it! He sees a specialist on the 11th of this month. DS#2 got hit in the eye with a wiffle ball, stunned the optic nerve and couldn't see out of his eye for 3 days, the vision is finally coming back. (that was scary as he's had so many eye surgeries) My mother is terribly sick. I think she has phenomena. She wouldn't listen to me and go to the doctor. My dad is in off the road, finally, and he told her she would go to the doctor tomorrow. Seems she may also have given herself a hernia from coughing so much/hard. And to top it all off I've got a tooth that has to have a root canal! Oh, and DS#1 hit a car in the school parking lot Thursday, he was trying to catch the temporary crown from his front tooth that fell off! Whew! I hope that's all the excitement we have around here for a loooooong time! LOL



Where oh where did I put that hard liquor?? LOL



Jessica, I will let you know when your box goes postal. It should be Tuesday morning! I hope you enjoy it half as much as I enjoyed putting it together!


Sounds like you have your hands full. I finished my 12th set of 6x6 LOs for the Bran this morning. I now have to do all that packing for the Barn, including the vendoring stuff, plus I have to pack the whole craft room as when I come back form the Barn which I expet will be late Monday night a week from tomorrow, I'll only have 4-5 days before I take off to Florida for good! That is not a lot of time to pack the rest of the stuff.

I got back from Tampa late afternoon Friday, totally exhausted from the drive. With all the rain yesterday I actually slept until 10 AM it was so dark outside.

I hope that your mom gets better soon and that everything else settles down some. At this point, I am also hoping that I have the time to see you and say goodbye before I leave for Tampa. It is hard to believe that I've only seen you what 3 times in 2006 and we live just 15 minutes from each other.

At any rate, I am sure that you will pass that phsical and I look forward to your promotion. Goodness knows that you are dedicated to yourjob and have a real knack for it.

I'll be waiting anxiously to hear that everything is OK with your DS#1 and that he will fulfil his goal to go into the military.

Big hugs to you and yours,

Good luck on your test Kenda! You can do it! Let us know your results when you retake it! Will your son be able to try the Army again once he gets it taken care of? I'm sure he was disappointed, as well as you all must have been. Sounds like you have a lot on your plate with everything thats been going on. I hope your mom and DS get better. Dental issues suck..Period....good luck with all of that!!

***oh BTW..hard liqour might be in the cabinet*** LOL Linda

Good luck and I hope you pass your test. I know its a very hard test. I know you will do a great job.

Kenda -

Trust me, I understand!!! :)

I have your package ready to go pretty much, gonna try and send it out today. I hope you like it! I had a limited budget, so I tried to be very creative. :)

Thanks for participating in the swap with me! It was fun to put together.

Jessica

Kenda - I sent you an email regarding an alternate address. No worries if you send it to the other one.

THANKS!

Your package has gone postal!!!

I set it up to send you email alerts.

Jessica

I did pass Linda! I cut 33 seconds off my time, which was enough to pass the physical test. Sad to say that all promotions are on hold until further notice. The Mayor has been threatening to lay people off and now it looks like instead of laying off he will be holding all promotions, and not hiring. (He's millions of dollars over budget on 3 major projects that he claimed wouldn't happen) So now I, along with 17 others, will be working positions without the pay. That really sucks, but worse than that is that we will be working short handed, like really short. (1 man on the ladder truck, 2 men on engine companies. This type of thing gets people hurt and killed. ) I was lectured by my Captain today before I left my firefighter position about what I need to do when I am acting captain (I'll be working in the lieutenant position while waiting for the "official" promotion) in 2 weeks to accommodate for manpower shortages. He didn't want me to get hurt or let anyone else get hurt. I was glad he gave me a run down.

Mom is better, she was released from the hospital yesterday. She has 2 hernia's from coughing so hard. She's also ruptured her abdominal wall in 2 areas. She goes back to the doctor after she's cleared up to have them assess her "injuries" and then they'll operate to repair. I am holding my breath on DS #1. He's appointment isn't until the 11th.

We did have good news DS #2 will be receiving some academic awards on the night of the 11th! I'm not 100% sure for what but will be trying to get the day off as I have to work. (Also want to be able to go with DS#1 to the Dr.)

I did find the hard liquor! You were right, it was in the cabinet! LOL

congratulations Kenda!!! ***applause** Way to go! :-) Hang in there for that promotion, when it does come, and be careful when working shorthanded. I do worry about you and the dangers you must face in your job. I'm glad things are progressing for your mom.!

Linda

Congrats on passing Kenda!!!

Prayers being said for your mom and son.

Congrats to DS #2 for an award!

Thanks Tabitha!

The prayers are a wonderful thing, Mom is better and DS#1 will be having surgery the first part of June. Until it's over I am holding my breath.....

You're very welcome!

Very much! Oh I can understand that.

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