We went from a dry hot summer to a cooler wetter one almost as soon as we turned into August. Other parts of the US are still popcorn-dry, but here we are fast recovering from the drought. I have been trying to stay busy but I've fallen into phases of doing a lot and then doing almost nothing. Oh well, things are getting done, right? ....um
In other news, today is me and new hubby's first wedding anniversary. Yay! But we are still apart. Immigration is stalled. But I'm not crying like I did last Christmas and New Years and Valentines Day and Easter and the 4th of July, because I'm flying back to see him this fall. We are so happy about that. I wish I could have gone sooner but too many things are going on here this month. In light of that, then I guess I'd better get busy.
Friday, August 17, 2012
Sunday, August 12, 2012
Time out for antibiotics
Well about a month ago I got nailed by mosquitoes and the bites itched like crazy. I tried really really hard NOT to scratch them. I tried everything I had to make the itching stop. But I scratched them. And then two wouldn't heal. No matter what I did....so I finally went to my doc.
Doc: "You can take penicillin, right?"
Me: "No! I'm allergic!" (I know my chart says that)
Doc: "Then I will write (I heard the word sulfa-something)"
Me: "No, please, sulfa drugs make me sick!"
Doc: "I can write cyprofloxacin."
Me: "No, please, no, that's like getting kicked in the stomach for two weeks!!!"
Doc: "Z-pack?"
Me: "Yes! I can take Z-pack!"
Thankfully Z-pack is short, because it makes me tired and dopey. Last pill, Monday night, so I will start feeling normal about noon Tuesday.
Yeah, the bites are better.
I've been moving slowly on the house cleaning. I am frustrated. I have been piling stuff in the living room and kitchen that I no longer need. Now I am faced with getting rid of them. Most of them need to be sold, but to do eBay I need to find boxes for everything. And I have no way to hold a yard sale, nothing to put things on, and no helper to carry them out. And I really don't want people coming inside the house....still thinking this over.
Coming up...daughter's wedding in California and a trip to see my mmmmmmmmmm honey in Kosovo. I love the jet-set life! But I wish immigration would hurry up and send my hubby to me. We are looking at next year now. I think they do that on purpose, just to see if you will give up and withdraw the petition. Someone on an immigration forum mentioned that the Statue of Liberty should say, "Show us your money." No, that's not in the context of a bribe, it refers to people from wealthy nations getting approved faster.
Doc: "You can take penicillin, right?"
Me: "No! I'm allergic!" (I know my chart says that)
Doc: "Then I will write (I heard the word sulfa-something)"
Me: "No, please, sulfa drugs make me sick!"
Doc: "I can write cyprofloxacin."
Me: "No, please, no, that's like getting kicked in the stomach for two weeks!!!"
Doc: "Z-pack?"
Me: "Yes! I can take Z-pack!"
Thankfully Z-pack is short, because it makes me tired and dopey. Last pill, Monday night, so I will start feeling normal about noon Tuesday.
Yeah, the bites are better.
I've been moving slowly on the house cleaning. I am frustrated. I have been piling stuff in the living room and kitchen that I no longer need. Now I am faced with getting rid of them. Most of them need to be sold, but to do eBay I need to find boxes for everything. And I have no way to hold a yard sale, nothing to put things on, and no helper to carry them out. And I really don't want people coming inside the house....still thinking this over.
Coming up...daughter's wedding in California and a trip to see my mmmmmmmmmm honey in Kosovo. I love the jet-set life! But I wish immigration would hurry up and send my hubby to me. We are looking at next year now. I think they do that on purpose, just to see if you will give up and withdraw the petition. Someone on an immigration forum mentioned that the Statue of Liberty should say, "Show us your money." No, that's not in the context of a bribe, it refers to people from wealthy nations getting approved faster.
Monday, August 6, 2012
I guess I don't spend much time here anymore
I was looking back at some of my posts in 2008. I used to write a lot more, before I got on facebook, which is where I spend all my time now. Heck, most people spend all their time there. I know a couple people who don't ever check email anymore. It'a all chats and facebook. The land of lost digital content. I say lost because after a few days you can't even find your post anymore, so it's gone, fleeting. I've taken to saving things I really want to remember to my own computer.
The other day we had a fast and furious storm come through. I always shut down my computer, modem and router and disconnect the cable from the wall. After the storm passed I hooked up again, but couldn't get on the internet. I checked the cables, still had problems. So I called India. I mean I called ATT tech support. What a freakin joke.
"Thank you for calling ATT. My name is (whatever). How can I misunderstand you and piss you off today?"
Someone actually posted that on facebook, so obviously someone else needed to call them.
I suppose I could write pages about my sexy husband but no, only to my best friend or two. Although I have been wondering if even I should keep a blog, since just about everyone I know is already on facebook.
Otherwise I'm doing fine other than being annoyed by a mosquito that I never see that keeps biting me. Ok, falling asleep now, nite everyone!
The other day we had a fast and furious storm come through. I always shut down my computer, modem and router and disconnect the cable from the wall. After the storm passed I hooked up again, but couldn't get on the internet. I checked the cables, still had problems. So I called India. I mean I called ATT tech support. What a freakin joke.
"Thank you for calling ATT. My name is (whatever). How can I misunderstand you and piss you off today?"
Someone actually posted that on facebook, so obviously someone else needed to call them.
I suppose I could write pages about my sexy husband but no, only to my best friend or two. Although I have been wondering if even I should keep a blog, since just about everyone I know is already on facebook.
Otherwise I'm doing fine other than being annoyed by a mosquito that I never see that keeps biting me. Ok, falling asleep now, nite everyone!
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Spread the Love
I'm a Type 1. Learning that was my ah-ha moment. I am so happy I am free to be myself now instead of trying to fit in a box that I thought I was supposed to be in.
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Some nice weather
It's still too dry, but at least it's not hot, until next week. I try to catch up outside in this nice weather. Hubby and I are really missing each other. If this immigration red tape keeps dragging I will probably fly back to Europe sometime soon.
Friday, July 6, 2012
Its hot and the air stinks
I hope this heat isn't going to be a regular thing but we did have these triple digit temps 3 day in a row twice before, long ago. I don't remember the exact dates but I think it was something like 1911 and 1947. If I didn't have air conditioning I would be melting in a chair in front of a fan and taking 10 showers a day. Just like my hubby in Kosovo, because they don't have A/C there.
Would you believe dad and I didn't have A/C when we were first married? If any of you are confused by that statement, I'm referring to my first hubby. My first couple summers here were amazingly cool. In fact, I think most of the 1970's were fairly cool. I wrote to my parents (still out in California at the time) that summers here were in the 70's with a few 80's and a 90 was rare, and it rained every 3 days. I was more bothered by the HUMIDITY. Geez, we did NOT have humidity in southern California. We did have smog. And even though a northeast wind brought the toxic mill smoke, I still thought the air here was fresher that L.A. Except at night, when it seems like they were always burning a dump somewhere, and all the industries decided to vent whatever because it was night and nobody could see. So I would tumble out of bed choking and wheezing and close all the windows...and swelter....because dad didn't want to buy an air conditioner. Why? I asked. His answer...he didn't want to get used to the air conditioning because he had to work outside. I always figured that was flawed reasoning because he worked outside in -5 temperatures in winter and we still had heat.
Well, eventually, in the 1980's summers got warmer, so we finally got window A/Cs. There were also other changes. In the 1970's the snow always turned black from soot within 3 days and the Little Calumet river never froze from all the pollutants in the water. These days I do have to say the snow stays white longer and the river freezes. Also, no more dumps on fire, or tire burning, and mostly no more toxic releases at night. I do keep my house closed more than in the past. And if it's hot, I turn on the A/C. In the past dad always wanted to sleep with a fan in the window blowing right on him (us). I was always sick. The night air around here is just not healthy. It's HUMID and full of MOLD and MILDEW. Geez I hate humidity. It makes me sick. I can't breath. I get congested, and my asthma worsens. Finally I convinced him it was making me sick and he went along with having the fan to the side of the window, not right in it, and eventually the A/C won, and he was ok, because he saw I was healthier.
Now I sleep just fine with the A/C. I only have two window units, but they do a good job, and I can run one or the other or both. My electric bill is low. Now if it would just cool off....and rain!
Would you believe dad and I didn't have A/C when we were first married? If any of you are confused by that statement, I'm referring to my first hubby. My first couple summers here were amazingly cool. In fact, I think most of the 1970's were fairly cool. I wrote to my parents (still out in California at the time) that summers here were in the 70's with a few 80's and a 90 was rare, and it rained every 3 days. I was more bothered by the HUMIDITY. Geez, we did NOT have humidity in southern California. We did have smog. And even though a northeast wind brought the toxic mill smoke, I still thought the air here was fresher that L.A. Except at night, when it seems like they were always burning a dump somewhere, and all the industries decided to vent whatever because it was night and nobody could see. So I would tumble out of bed choking and wheezing and close all the windows...and swelter....because dad didn't want to buy an air conditioner. Why? I asked. His answer...he didn't want to get used to the air conditioning because he had to work outside. I always figured that was flawed reasoning because he worked outside in -5 temperatures in winter and we still had heat.
Well, eventually, in the 1980's summers got warmer, so we finally got window A/Cs. There were also other changes. In the 1970's the snow always turned black from soot within 3 days and the Little Calumet river never froze from all the pollutants in the water. These days I do have to say the snow stays white longer and the river freezes. Also, no more dumps on fire, or tire burning, and mostly no more toxic releases at night. I do keep my house closed more than in the past. And if it's hot, I turn on the A/C. In the past dad always wanted to sleep with a fan in the window blowing right on him (us). I was always sick. The night air around here is just not healthy. It's HUMID and full of MOLD and MILDEW. Geez I hate humidity. It makes me sick. I can't breath. I get congested, and my asthma worsens. Finally I convinced him it was making me sick and he went along with having the fan to the side of the window, not right in it, and eventually the A/C won, and he was ok, because he saw I was healthier.
Now I sleep just fine with the A/C. I only have two window units, but they do a good job, and I can run one or the other or both. My electric bill is low. Now if it would just cool off....and rain!
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