Society for the Preservation of My Sanity

there's been a lot going on around here, but then again? not so much. *shrugs* what's a gal gonna do?

just live the best she can, i figger.

lessee....been drivin' that bronco. you'd be very surprised how nice that thing drives!! i hope it brings a good price at the auction. if it doesn't, we're not selling it! hmph!

got the explorer (it's shed the "exploder" title once again! lol!) fixed. turned out that six of the plugs and wires were basically burnt up!! gah! now it's amazing how great IT runs, too! *sheesh!* if only people would LISTEN to me when i say "this thing sounds funny... i think something's wrong with it..."

speaking of LISTENING... tommy got his hearing aids!!! YEHAWWWW!!! so far, it's been a real rollercoaster ride for him... and for the rest of us, too. he kinda goes from being amazed at what he can hear that he couldn't before and hasn't in a looong time to being frustrated at some of the annoyances that naturally come with these things.

but.... he is having some real trouble, too. he has some tmj issues. he got his jaw knocked out of place when he played football several decades ago... and ever since, (because, i assume/know he didn't get proper medical treatment) it pops when he opens his mouth a certain way... like to yawn, or sometimes when laughing or when he goes to bite into a giant burger or something. (although now, it does it almost anytime he chews) *lol* you get the idea. anyhow... you can feel how much movement there is down in his ear canal. thankfully, it's mostly on the right side, which is the side with the least problems.

so far they've shaved down that ear piece, but he's worn it so much assuming it would just "break in" that now it's too sore, so he has to go 24 hours without it. and he is having a lot of problems with the tubes getting moisture in them (happens a lot with people who work outside or are in any area where there's a lot of moisture in the air (like when steam cleaning equipment)... but he drove down today to get some special stuff to help with that.

*sigh* he's scheduled to come back for a recheck (and to also 'rework' the settings on his *ears*) in a couple of weeks. hopefully by then he'll have gotten a lot more used to them and will be ready for the new settings (for distant sounds, etc)

what else? well, i just got back a bit ago from another birthday club dinner. this time it was karen. 44!!! man... i think i'll have to be out of town this year when mine rolls around. after all the hard time i've given them over being soooo oooold well, they might try to make it hard on me this year. and i probably won't be in the mood for none of their nonsense! how immature! *pththt*

karen just got a new job in an office! no more driving a big ol' van picking up elderly and mentally/medicated people from group homes for transport to various places... from the grocery to hospitals to mental facilities to their homes out in the boonies in the dark! gah!

now... *whew* she has this cushy officey job. she's in and out a lot, but still she has this giant new desk and phone with its own extension and rolly chair and such. so diane and i got her a bunch of fancy desk stuff. she was wowed. ;)

i'm worn out!

before that i'd been to the chiro as my head had started hurting again. he had to "set" me four times before i got out of there!! first time, he didn't have me positioned right on the hard thingie where you lay your head. *gah* i usually tell him if it's right cuz i know when it hurts like the dickens, then it's right. but i figured maybe now it was supposed to be in a new place and i shouldn't boss him around so much.

so when i sat up and he felt for that nerve. *OUCH!* there it was. it didn't take. i told him then about how i'd kept my mouth shut about the position being wrong, etc. he told me to speak up! if we were gonna do this, we'd might as well do it right and since i knew where the 'sweet spot' was, then i needed to help him position me on it so the alignment would count!

me: well, i didn't wanna boss you too much
him: i'm used to it. i'm married! --- *then a sound of 'oops, did i say that out loud'*
me: fine then. i got it covered. that ain't right.

that man is such a hoot!

so this time, while he had me down there, finally in that horribly uncomfortable position, he clicks me with the magical machine. then, he says, let me put that back on there a bit snugger, just in case. i am notorious for popping outta alignment in mere minutes/hours after being 'set'.

then, shame on me, i forget my cervical collar to brace my neck.. but he puts me on the therapy table where you lay on your stomach with your face in a hole while electricity is pumped through specific points on your body for a certain number of minutes while smokin' hot heater thingies are laid over top the electric zappers.

while in there getting hooked up, i talk to my friend, jo, who's the receptionist, secretary, bookkeeper, physician assistant, therapy lady, x-ray developer and sometimes babysitter of doc's kids.. lol.... we hardly ever get to talk, so today while it was slow, we talked in the therapy room... me with my head not in the hole, but turned sideways.

i never thought about that being a bad thing til she left and i put my face in the hole and heard the big pop in my neck. oops. out again.

so, after the electro-burningfire timer went off, i told jo my neck was out again. doc came and checked me.

him: yep, it's out
me: see, i told you it was!
him: i HAVE to check. otherwise, why wear the white coat?

gah! fruit loop. so, he set me again. this time i barely moved my head at all! i drove STRAIGHT home, found my collar and strapped it on for about 2 hours before time to go pick up karen and go for dinner.

did i mention that i'm tired?

i am.

gonna go snuggle down with some blankets, a few pillows and watch monk and psych! ;)

have a great weekend, ya'll!

*smooch*