Introspection….

Rainfall from 08.06.2008

This is pretty much how the entire summer has been…”Salsa Shark; We’re gonna need a bigger boat!!”

Salsa Shark!!

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I have really bad knees and I have to get them drained every 6 months plus a cortisone shot with that. I decided to take a picture of the Synovial Fluid that was drained from my knee…the photo didn’t come out clearly as I accidentally had the camera on video and just took a screenshot of it.

Sorry to gross folks out, but everyone always ask me what it looks like and how much they drained.  Now mind you, this was a really large plunger with a needle about the size of a 9-penny nail.  The Orthopedic Surgeon that I go to is really a good doctor and he had the decency to numb the area with a Freon like agent that took only seconds to work.  I didn’t feel the needle at all, but it did hurt later in the day and I still feel a bit of discomfort in the injection site.

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You just do not know how glad it is Friday!!! WOO HOO!! We seriously need to go out this weekend and do something fun.

I can’t wait for the 4th of July weekend! 5 days off and this will be the first 4th of July that my husband doesn’t have to work! We can go and watch some fireworks!! I can watch fireworks all night and never get bored.; fireworks rock!!

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So they had a major lay off at work today, and what did they call it? “Employee Reduction Initiative”. That is the biggest crock to me…bottom line; you are getting FIRED; pack up your stuff, get your exit interview and beat it.

I guess what kills me is the fact that everyone has to be so damn politically correct in everything these days. You can’t discipline your kids or you’ll end up in jail for child abuse; you can’t mark up the test scores in red because it hurts the child’s feelings; everyone is equal when it comes to sports…so in other words, if you suck at football, they have to put you on the team because everyone is “equal” and God forbid that someone gets left out or their parents will sue the school.

Back when I grew up, if I messed up, my parents would kick my ass; plain and simple. If I didn’t study for a test and the paper was just one big red mark-up, there was no one to blame but myself…and guess what? I never ended up in therapy!!! Imagine that?

Parents need to let their kids be “kids” and experience disappointment, learn to be accountable for one’s actions; if they can’t cut it for a football/baseball/basketball team, they are out!! DEAL WITH IT!!!

Same with work; it seems as though there is a new acronym every week; a new initiative of some sort of BS every month…who thinks of this stuff?

I always picture a bunch of pencil-pushers sitting in some Iron “Think Tank” thinking of all of this BS. What do they do? High-five each other and tell each other how wonderful and smart they are? I picture them with plastic pencil/pen holder in their shirt pocket and coke bottle glasses…who the heck knows…

I miss my Graphic Design business that I had for 10 years back in Cali. That was the very reason I formed my company; I got sick of this corporate BS.

…as for the kids of today; I feel sorry for when they have to go out into the “Real World” and see what living is really like…

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I was just looking through all of my photos, and came across this photo of the freeway that crumbled.  This was about 5 miles from my house….

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Aggie has to be the cutest puppy ever. My dog wanted to play with her, but we’re going to have to hold off on that for a few months. Loki tossed her in the air with his long snout, and as she came down, he tried to catch her…time for her to go back home.

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I was just informed a few days ago that a person that I’ve known since I was 14 years old passed away.  I can remember she and I hanging out like it was just yesterday.  That just goes to show you how fragile and how short life really is.

I try to remind myself of that lately since I’ve been in this funky mood as you have one life; you either take the path of least resistance and look at things in a positive light or you fight it all the way….either way, the path will end at the same place.

I wish I could have seen Tina one more time, but that is life and I know she is in a better place now.

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I’ve been seriously MIA from everywhere lately.  I know a lot of it stems from work and some things happened that angered me.  I think I was more disappointed in the person, which turned to anger in the latter stages.

Work has been a real chore lately and the only thing I can do is to say that I should be happy that I have a job to complain about.  I have to tell you though, I would live much longer if I didn’t have to put up with the corporate BS.

This is why I had my own business in CA.  I had it with corporate America and their total bullshit.  If I could brought my clients to the East Coast, that would have been wonderful.

Until then, I will plug away and hopefully I win the lotto one day….

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I am finally sittin’ here kickin’ it in shorts with all of the windows open. These past few days have been absolutely gorgeous and I hope it stays this way!!

As usual, the Lokimeister was chillin’ on the deck!!

This is what the day looked like…

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I have seriously been MIA for a while…between being sick over and over again with some sort of cold/flu and working my ass off, it’s left me very little time for anything else.

The past few weeks of work have been maddening as I’ve averaged about 60+ hour weeks and parts of my weekend.

I was so looking forward to the weekend and then I came down with a fever, but I was able to get some medicine and I feel better…yeah, just in time for work…yippy skip..lol

Anyway, enough bitching. I talked to a dear friend tonight and we made plans for her to fly out on Labor Day weekend. That is going to be so much fun and I can’t wait for her to visit! She has booked her plane reservations already, so it is set in stone. She lives in Florida so the flight will be a relatively short one.

One of the places we are going to is Cape Cod. Since I am relatively new to New England, there are a lot of places that I haven’t seen yet so that will be like a mini vacation as well.

There is nothing better to be with your good friends; life is good.

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