Wednesday, March 26, 2008

 Sometimes I wonder....

Am I overly sensitive or do people just suck?

Recently, I had a conversation with someone regarding something that she was doing that was hurting my feelings. At the time I did not think it was intentional, so I thought if I just shared my feelings she would understand. I thought that I explained my point of view, but I guess not.

Not only has she continued to do stuff that I already told her hurts, she's done something even more significant, completely blowing off my feelings. I also just found out that she's discussed the previous conversation with a mutual friend, who told her that she should be talking to me, and yet, nada.

I have really lost trust in her. I've somewhat lost trust in myself too- can I just not express myself adequately? Or should the lost trust be in people in general that they just don't give a shit about other people?

Or maybe I just care too much about stuff. If I didn't give a shit, I wouldn't ever have this stress.

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Monday, March 17, 2008

 A wee bit o' luck! And a Happy Birthday Wish!


Someday I may write about the worst St. Patrick's day of my life. Actually, I may have already, but I have a headache now and don't feel like checking, so I'll get back to you on that.


Today was not the best St. Patrick's day, but it was a good one! I got woken up with a happy phone call. Remember that conference I went to with the truffles on my pillow and the limo and all that? Well they called to tell me I never cashed my reimbursement check- for $236! I thought I had, but they assured me I had not and they will be reissuing me one promptly. YAY!


So I thought that this was a wee bit o' luck, a mini pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. I was hoping that I'd get even lucker as the day went on, but nope, it was just wee. But that's ok :)


Today is my Little Boy's birthday! So I went to get him a special birthday treat. Now I would guess that most cat owners who buy birthday treats for their kitties get either cat treats, or maybe some tuna or chicken. Perhaps a catnip mouse or a new scratching post? Well none of those things really do it for Seamus. (Well, other than Greenies aka Kitty Crack, but he got some of those already so I needed something extra special) What did I get Seamus for his birthday? A Subway sub. Yes, my kitties love subs. Go figure. If I just buy them lunch meat, they have no interest in it, it has to come from MY sub. So I went and picked one up for myself for dinner, and ordered double meat because I knew I'd be giving more than half of it away. We ate it on the porch in the sunshine and life was swell :)


12 years ago the cuttest black kitty cat was born, and I am so blessed to have him in my life. I'd post a baby picture of him, but I'm too tired to get the scanner out, so I'll post one I took the other day. My life has been so enriched thanks to him, and I thank God for bringing him into the world.
Happy Birthday Seamus Patrick O'Kitty!

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Friday, March 14, 2008

 Ass Effects

Often while I'm online I have the tv just on for background...not really paying attention.

For the last few weeks I keep hearing a commercial for Ass Effects, a new drug for acid reflux. I don't know why they chose this name! Ok, so today I finally looked up and found that it's spelled Aciphex. Not nearly as much fun. I wish I had never looked up :)

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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

 Hannibal Lechter Kitty and the Biggest Loser Kitty....

So we had our annual vet visit this week. I know I've mentioned before that Ringo is not exactly the best behaved vet-going kitty cat. He has a big fat orange sticker on his chart "CAUTION- WILL BITE!". So this time they came ready and armed. The tech had on those big ass dog handling gloves, and they put a scary mask that the Vet called "what all the well dressed S&M kitties are wearing this year". Is it wrong that I laughed my ass off and took pictures?

Then with my poor little boy they were proud that he's down from 24 to 18lbs, but want him down even more. The office is doing a "Biggest Loser" contest and suggested he be entered. They took his picture from the front and then from above. So sad :( I took this picture on our porch that I think would have been even better! Poor fluffy kitty cat :( I hope he can win though :)

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Sunday, March 09, 2008

 Happy Sleep Awareness Week!!

And happy belated Narcolepsy Awareness Day. That was yesterday, AKA "Suddenly Sleepy Saturday". I would have wished you a happy day yesterday, but I confess, I slept through it ;) Seriously though, I kinda did. I draaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaggged my ass out of bed at 1130ish because I had a lunch date with Deena. We were trying Chili's new Smokehouse Burgers, for which we both got free coupons. I do have to say, it was the BEST burger I ever had. Ok, it was free, so that might have helped, but seriously, the thing RAWKED! My only complaint about it was that it was too big! Go figure. Anyway, after lunch I came home and crawled back into bed. Because I had to give up my health insurance due to financial reasons, I have been off my narcolepsy meds. This means my sleep is screwed. I want to sleep all day, cannot keep myself awake, and then at night I have problems sleeping. My HH's have increased, ditto for the sleep paralysis. I forgot just how bad it was before I had been diagnosed 8 years ago. It's amazing how tough it is to live with this disease untreated. I will forever be thankful to Drs. Allen and Early at Johns Hopkins Bayview Neurology Dept for diagnosing me and working so hard to find the appropriate treatment for me. For those of you who don't know, Narcolepsy is caused by a defective hypothalamus in the brain and the failure to secrete hypocretin. They are unsure what causes this screwiness, but the most common belief is that it is autoimmune or genetic. At this point there is no cure for Narcolepsy, they just treat the symptoms. And for me, this has worked well for the last 7 or so years. I am actually hoping that taking this holiday from my meds makes me do better when I go back on. I have had issues with building up a tolerance to them and having to have them increased in dosage, so maybe I'll be able to go back down. But until I am medicated again I will just continue on sleeping my days away. It would really suck if I had to function, but for now I don't have to. And once I have to again, I'll be medicated so life will be swell. In the meantime, take care of yourselves and your sleep. It's our most precious commodity.

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Tuesday, March 04, 2008

 My own LOLcat

Satanic Cat sez "Get off puter and FEED ME NOM NOW!!"

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Monday, March 03, 2008

 Happy Birthday Sis!



This has always been our favorite pic of us together.

2 Things that show how old this pic is:

Orange Shag Rug

My sister turned 41 today


My wish for her birthday is that this is the best year of her life yet to come, but not as good as the ones yet to be.

Love ya sis!

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Sunday, March 02, 2008

 If I knew then what I know now...

List for today-

2 TV shows I got hooked on AFTER they were off the air

  • Homicide, Life on the Street
  • Judging Amy

Today I finally caught Homicide: The Movie. I just have to say, this was one of the best shows ever on television. And this movie was, well, moving. I cried like a baby at the end of it. Such phenomenal acting! Smart dialog, and excellent editing.

It kinda sucked the last season when, from what I gather, the network had their hands in it more to try and spice it up. They totally should have left it alone. Proof is in the movie that came out a few years after the show ended. I watched it this morning and it is still sitting with me. Wowo.

And I would just like to note that there is one actor who was in both of my shows mentioned today- Reed Diamond. This guy is amazing, and when checking out his IMDB profile I see that he's actually a Tarheel! How cool is that?


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Saturday, March 01, 2008

 Things I never thought I'd do...

I'm trying to decide if I want to do the new version of NaBloPoMo where it's supposed to be each month now too. They suggested that we do lists daily in March... Dunno how I feel about this, but I'll give it a try, at least for a day or so...

2 Things I never thought I'd do

  • Care very much about college basketball
  • Sit home and cheer loudly for the Tarheels

I was going to make this a big long post about all sorts of different things, but I watched the best game this afternoon, and that's all that's really on my mind right now :)

And since I can't not mention how cute my cats are...

At the beginning of this game they were losing- badly. I told Ringo who was hanging out with me that we needed to cheer and help them win. So I started singing Ca RO LI na! and he would say MOW! and we'd go back and forth. It cracked me up :) But it worked! Second half they kicked ass and ended up on top by 10.

I'd get Ringo a set of pom poms but his brother would eat the strings and we'd be back at the vet so I guess not...

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