I have noticed a considerable jump in the number of visitors here in the last few weeks. I would love to know who is stopping by. Leave a comment and say howdy!! Let me know who you are and how you got here. I am really curious to know who has graced my space.

There is another commercial out now that's just irritating as all hell. Little girl standing in front of a roller coaster. :If I have to hug one more princess on my vacation, I'm gonna hurl." Hmmm. How do you think the poor woman in the stupid princess costume feels?? "If I have to hug one more smug, snot nosed, spoiled, self centered brat I am going to puke!" Seriously, that kid is lucky she even has the luxury of being on such a vacation. Her parents work and slave at their lousy jobs all year just so the little jerk can have a week of entertainment. I bet she never even said thank you. She probably thinks she somehow "deserves" it.  And when did this trend start? This trend of advertisers propagating poor behavior as normal and acceptable. It's appalling. No wonder kids today have such a twisted sense of entitlement. It has begun to spill into our society as this generation of lazy little f&*^&ker's have begun to join the work force. No experience, lousy job history or no job history at all. But they want a cushy office job that pays $10.00 an hour. Uuuuumm. NO!

 What are these parents teaching these kids?? What ever happened to "If you work hard and prove yourself, you can get all the things you want in life." Now it seems as though the mentality is "I want this and I don't want to have to work for it. Just give it to me." Well Bite Me! You get nothing. It seems so simple. Give nothing...get nothing. Jeez. Do the math.

Well, speaking of working, I guess I better do some.

Sometimes when one is so busy with work and shit, one forgets about the basics. Sometimes this job I have just stresses me out like nothing else. Monday was one of those days. I won't go into detail, just suffice it to say it was a sucky-ass day. But, that evening I went to Jeanette's daughters first dance recital. She is four. At one point during her routine, she saw me in the audience and got this incredible sweet and happy smile on her face. I felt a little rush of joy wash over me as I thought about how important I have become to this child's life. Suddenly the crapiola at work didn't seem so damned important anymore. 

But let me back track a little. The weekend leading up to the sucky-ass Monday was really a lot of fun. Friday, Jeanette and I went to play Bunco. She got me hooked on this monthly female gabfest a few months ago and I have been going with her ever since. I have never won anything, but it is allot of fun nevertheless.

The next morning we got up early and along with her mom, drove to Tulsa for a Glamour Shots session. This took around 5 hours of the day, but we had such a great time! Getting all dolled up and playing celeb for a day. It did make me think about how difficult it must be to have to do this day in and day out. No wonder so many models suffer from exhaustion and dehydration. But, the photos we all picked out are fabulous and I can't wait to get them. They should be coming in the mail in the next week or so. I will scan and post when I can.  I'm feeling better and better these days, and it was neat to sort of portray that feeling on film. I have had to change my diet a bit. Nothing as drastic as I had originally thought. Really more about portions than anything else. And I am eating allot of bananas. Well, at least one a day anyway. I usually eat one for breaky. Good thing I like them. But I swear one morning I am going to wake up with a pointy head and slick yellow skin!   Well, I suppose I need to get to work. I have been here for an hour and have accomplished nothing but this blog entry. Sometimes the boss frowns on behavior such as this. :-)

I have yet another follow up on my toes today. They are healing but very VERY slowely. I was thinking about them last night. I am so used to caring for them and being conscious of them, that i don't know if I will ever be normal agian. I mean, am I going to roll up my pants leg to get me feet in for the rest of my life? When walking about barefoot, will I always attempt to point my big toes skyward?  Will I always be acutely aware of how close someone is standing in proximity to my feet? I don't know, but it sure is getting old.

On another note, I am meeting with a Diabetic Educator this afternoon. I am looking forward to this as I have no idea what I am doing. As far as my diet is concerned, all I know to do is to cut out the obvious. Sugar, pasta, white bread etc... But other than that I am floundering. It's a good thing I like salad. Right now I am enjoying a breakfast bowl from Carl's JR that Lashell was good enough to get for me. It's like a breakfast sandwich without the bread. Don't get me wrong, it's good. But, it's no sammich. *sigh*. But, I digress, it could be much worse.  While Diabetes is a life long disease, it is also a controlable one and I will live a long happy life with a few modifications and some meds. I seriously need to get off my big, fat white ass and do some excercise. I really want to start walking, but I cannot get into my walking shoes with my damned toes like this. I know it sounds like an excuse, but my feet get really sore and tired if I try to walk in these sandals I have been wearing. Bleh...I need to stop complaining!! 

I have been tagged by The incurable Insomniac

1) What were you doing 10 Years Ago?
I was living in Colorado with my now ex-husband and being generally miserable.

2) 5 Years Ago?
Living in Kansas with my now husband Beau and working for ACME Brick as an office manager.

3) 1 Year Ago?
I was in the very very beginning stages of negotiations of the sale of my home.

4) Five snacks you enjoy:
Now that I know I am diabetic, the list has changed, so it now is as follows:

I think Steph tagged 'em all!