What a beautiful day!!

today is a beautiful day!! too bad i am spending it across the street in my neighbors house with my animals :( the crazy upstairs neighbor ( I have two up there. One is cool one is crazy with a capitol K!) she seems to think she is infested with bedbugs! The one guy who lives next door used to work as an exterminator and went up and checked her apartment. Result? NO BUGS! Here is something to know about bedbugs: they will not survive if you are clean and keep your house clean. they are opportunistic and yes you can get them if you are clean but they are much easier to get rid of. Over the counter pesticide and a vacuum. Well she is still convinced that there are bugs there. So our lovely landlord called for the exterminator. no big deal hes coming out at 6 so Mike can leave work early that day and I will have somewhere to go and help with our animals (pair of love birds, his snake, and our 2 dogs) right? WRONG!! the crazy lady made a big stink that her daughter will be at work and she will have no where to go. Well uhm hmmmm not our problem work it out. So the landlord changed it to today in the morning. not usually a big deal but one of the guys Mike works with had cataract surgery about 3 weeks ago and woke up Saturday morning and couldn't see out of one if his eyes. So now it is just Mike, ken and the owner who's name is also Mike. please say a prayer that Jose regains his vision and can go back to doing what he loves. He is 73 years old and you would never believe it! Anyway back to the crazy lady an her nonexistent bugs! So he changed it and with Jose being out f work they are short staffed and there is no way Mike can be here to throw the animals in the car and we can at least sit in the car or drive somewhere while they are doing their thing. NOOOOO of course not. Thankfully my awesome neighbor said bring them all over here and hangout. She is not even home she has dialysis three times a week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and here she is opening her home to me and my menagerie! what a good heart she has! There is something to be said about a woman who is almost completely blind who has never met my dogs and cant stand snakes who says bring them. She has had a bird before and knew what that would be lol. Some one like Denise gives me faith that there is still good left in the world and that it hasn't been all used up or put out! I do believe that god works in mysterious ways and I feel like he put this woman in my life for a reason. Her son has some behavioral problems yet is in love Macie and will do just abut anything for her even if it means behaving for his mom. Speaking of Macie I am so excited for her! She is going to her first High School dance this coming Friday night! Her boyfriend, Shane, is so excited to take her and introduce her to his friends. She is kind of nervous because he lives down here by me and she does not know a lot of the kids that go to that school. I told her that is good because they don't know you they have absolutely nothing to judge you on except what you give them to on Friday night! What a perfect opportunity to impress people with who you are instead of what others believe you to be! Ii do feel bad she is going to this dance on crutches because of the broken toe. She was complaining about the pain this morning when she was getting out of bed :( poor kid. She told me the other day she misses bowling and riding her skateboard and being able to walk to the park that is a few blocks away from us. I feel bad but she just cant take the chance of walking on it or bowling or riding her skateboard or anything that puts any pressure or full weight on her toe :(  She is supposed to have an appointment on Friday and I called to confirm it today and well they don't have it in the system. So now I don't know what is going on. Either way shes not going to school Friday because she has a late appointment on Thursday night that will not put her even close to home until about 10 pm. There is no way she will be able to be up and ready to get on the bus at 7:20 in the morning after getting home that late. I hope they still have the appointment even though it is not in the system. She has been waiting on this one since October. It is the one that makes it possible for her to get her meds in a timely manner. i am really annoyed right now that they are pulling this again with her but what can you do? Back to today. At 1pm I can return home and after I get the animals settled I think I am going t try to take the boys for a nice long walk. Well as long as they will behave that is. If not who knows when we will have 70 in March again?!?! Hope you all have a great day even with all this going on I am determined to have a great day! I even got to put on a big roast with fresh carrots, peppers, onions, and potatoes in the crock pot before I had to get out of the house. It's gonna be a good day and night ;)

Not many options

Contribution by Michale Greer

There are a few options for Dish in my neighborhood and I’m thinking about getting it. I’ve never really been that into TV before but I honestly need something to help me relax after a hard day at work. I think it’s really great that some people are able to leave the office and totally turn it ‘off’ in their brains but I’m just not one of those people and I really need to find a way to unwind. I think it’s amazing there are so many different avenues to go down when it comes to work but for me it’s always been all about the corporate ladder. I love being part of a team and being rewarded with raises and promotions and I’ve been striving for that corner office ever since I graduated college. I think it’s great to have dreams and creativity but in my opinion if it’s not being recognized what’s the point? Who would think that after a few years I would be able to really make a mark.