Having a quiet weekend - trying to get as much rest as humanly possible.
Yesterday my big activity was going to get my blood drawn for the latest round of thyroid labs - today it was going to the library, followed by light housework.
I'm very tired from the last few weeks of work - the rest is both welcome and needed!
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Monday, June 15, 2009
sick kid and grocery stores
How come whenever I go to the grocery store to get a huge cart full of groceries they have a bunch of express lanes (15 items of less) open and very few regular lanes open? And now today, when making an emergency trip to buy crackers, jello, and Popsicles for a puking kid, they only had regular lanes (really backed up with people with huge cart fulls of groceries) open and no express lanes?
Sometimes the universe laughs at me...
Sometimes the universe laughs at me...
I missed so many parties this weekend!
On Friday I missed the get together for a beloved friend (John) who was briefly in town from Vegas. Everyone got together for lunch down in Dundee, but I got to go to the dentist instead.
Today there was a high school graduation open house for a good kid from a really nice family. Dan and the kids went, but I had to go to work.
Yes, between the Red Wings loss on Friday and missing the parties I am feeling sorry for myself!
Today there was a high school graduation open house for a good kid from a really nice family. Dan and the kids went, but I had to go to work.
Yes, between the Red Wings loss on Friday and missing the parties I am feeling sorry for myself!
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Things are going better today
All of the extra sleep from my collapse yesterday afternoon seems to be paying off. I feel better today (though still very tired). Of course, no dentist appointment and no championship to be lost by a team I have been following for some thirty years also makes things better!
I caught a ride with Bill into town and went to the library while he was working. Dan and Steven are up in the Hell/Hamburg/Pinkney area for a soccer game. I skipped the game because it is cold and drizzly outside today, and I do not want to risk getting sick.
I am about to do some laundry. Not my favorite activity, but one that is badly needed! I am also nearly got caught up with typing up some entires with my book blog over at livejournal, and am nearly done reading a book Amazon sent me to review.
I am glad we are having a relatively quiet day today!
I caught a ride with Bill into town and went to the library while he was working. Dan and Steven are up in the Hell/Hamburg/Pinkney area for a soccer game. I skipped the game because it is cold and drizzly outside today, and I do not want to risk getting sick.
I am about to do some laundry. Not my favorite activity, but one that is badly needed! I am also nearly got caught up with typing up some entires with my book blog over at livejournal, and am nearly done reading a book Amazon sent me to review.
I am glad we are having a relatively quiet day today!
Friday, June 12, 2009
what a depressing day
The kids and I started out the day by going to the dentist, not on any of our lists of favorite activities.
This afternoon I fell into an exhausted sleep for a few hours - I literally could get nothing done around the house beyond a single load of laundry. I couldn't even read a book or watch television.
Tonight my Wings lost game seven - and the Stanley Cup - on home ice. At least the Penguins legitimately won the game - it was not decided by poor officiating, as I had been dreading might happen. The Wings looked disorganized, old, and tired. The numerous injuries caught up with them, I think. Perhaps if they had been healthier, they might have had a chance, but such was not to be.
I did have to turn off the television before seeing Crosby being handed the Cup at the Joe. Nothing against him as a player or a human being, but I despise the constant hype over him. If it had been any other captain I would have watched the Cup ceremony.
This afternoon I fell into an exhausted sleep for a few hours - I literally could get nothing done around the house beyond a single load of laundry. I couldn't even read a book or watch television.
Tonight my Wings lost game seven - and the Stanley Cup - on home ice. At least the Penguins legitimately won the game - it was not decided by poor officiating, as I had been dreading might happen. The Wings looked disorganized, old, and tired. The numerous injuries caught up with them, I think. Perhaps if they had been healthier, they might have had a chance, but such was not to be.
I did have to turn off the television before seeing Crosby being handed the Cup at the Joe. Nothing against him as a player or a human being, but I despise the constant hype over him. If it had been any other captain I would have watched the Cup ceremony.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
done with the school year
Today was a half day for Steven, and the end of the school year for him. To celebrate we went out in the cold heavy rain and ate lunch at Applebees. He is happy, even though he has a lot of homework to complete over the summer for two of his AP classes.
I was going to catch the start of today's Tigers game before going in to Hell Mouth (work). But they are having a rain delay in Chicago. I have not looked at the radar, but it must be a pretty big storm system over the Great Lakes today for it to be raining hard in both Detroit and Chicago this afternoon.
I have to say that the Tigers are having a pretty decent start to their season - primarily due to some very solid starting pitching. It is great to see Justin Verlander doing so well, and starting to live up to his monumental potential - and even Dontrelle Willis seems to be turning things around - and if he does, that is a completely unexpected bonus. He has been so classy about his troubles and trips to the minors - it would be great if he can become a decent starting pitcher again! Edwin Jackson has been simply superb, and Rick Porcello shows a lot of promise. Armando Galarraga started out the season as our best pitcher, but had a poor May - but he seems to be turning the corner and improving greatly. Our new pitching coach is really doing a fine job with the staff!
And it is great to see them taking a series from their number one nemesis - the Chicago White Sox. I know the Sox are having a rough year, but it is still good to see the Tigers taking a series from them in Chicago. The Sox have owned the Tigers for years now - this series win might help the Tigers get over that mentally.
The last two weeks at work have been hellishly busy. I am glad I only have to go in tonight, then will have two nights off. I have been exhausted, and do not know if that is due to the thyroid thing, work being so busy, or some combination of the two. I have been having trouble reading, working on the computer, or doing much of anything other than sitting around in a tired daze.
I was going to catch the start of today's Tigers game before going in to Hell Mouth (work). But they are having a rain delay in Chicago. I have not looked at the radar, but it must be a pretty big storm system over the Great Lakes today for it to be raining hard in both Detroit and Chicago this afternoon.
I have to say that the Tigers are having a pretty decent start to their season - primarily due to some very solid starting pitching. It is great to see Justin Verlander doing so well, and starting to live up to his monumental potential - and even Dontrelle Willis seems to be turning things around - and if he does, that is a completely unexpected bonus. He has been so classy about his troubles and trips to the minors - it would be great if he can become a decent starting pitcher again! Edwin Jackson has been simply superb, and Rick Porcello shows a lot of promise. Armando Galarraga started out the season as our best pitcher, but had a poor May - but he seems to be turning the corner and improving greatly. Our new pitching coach is really doing a fine job with the staff!
And it is great to see them taking a series from their number one nemesis - the Chicago White Sox. I know the Sox are having a rough year, but it is still good to see the Tigers taking a series from them in Chicago. The Sox have owned the Tigers for years now - this series win might help the Tigers get over that mentally.
The last two weeks at work have been hellishly busy. I am glad I only have to go in tonight, then will have two nights off. I have been exhausted, and do not know if that is due to the thyroid thing, work being so busy, or some combination of the two. I have been having trouble reading, working on the computer, or doing much of anything other than sitting around in a tired daze.
NO, not a game seven~!
Ugh. The Penguins beat my beloved Wings the other night in game six, forcing a game seven in the Stanley Cup finals.
I hate game sevens.
I hate how a team's season can end because of a couple of bad bounces of the puck or a couple of bad calls (or non-calls) by the refs!
Ah well, win or lose, I love my Red Wings.
This year's playoffs have just been...bizarre. While I am sure it has happened in the past, I cannot remember any team ever facing so much adversity in the course of one playoffs - from the flu outbreak in their dressing room last week to all of the injuries (at this point it would probably be easier to name the few players who have not been injured rather than the all of the ones who have been) and illnesses. Nicky Lidstrom got hurt in the Chicago series and has not been playing as well as usual in the finals - and I ran into a rumor tonight on the Internet that he was speared in the groin in game three against Chicago and has a ruptured testicle. OUCH!!! Yeah, that would certainly slow most men down. A lot. I do not even have a testicle, and it makes me wince.
Crazy and awful stuff.
So win or lose, they have done a great job overcoming adversity and getting this far! In fact, if they do win, I think this might be the most meaningful Cup in my lifetime with the exception of the first Cup in the Yzerman era (and first in my lifetime won by the Wings) simply because the team has been through so much.
They have one big strike against them - I will be able to watch the game. Every Cup they have won in my lifetime has been while I have been at work and have been unable to watch the game. This time game seven will be on my night off from work! And that gives me a very ominous feeling. Nothing against the Penguins (a very good team) or Sidney Crosby (a very good but pukingly over hyped player), but I think I will have to turn off the television before seeing Sid the Kid hoisting up the Cup at the Joe should the Pens win.
I hate game sevens.
I hate how a team's season can end because of a couple of bad bounces of the puck or a couple of bad calls (or non-calls) by the refs!
Ah well, win or lose, I love my Red Wings.
This year's playoffs have just been...bizarre. While I am sure it has happened in the past, I cannot remember any team ever facing so much adversity in the course of one playoffs - from the flu outbreak in their dressing room last week to all of the injuries (at this point it would probably be easier to name the few players who have not been injured rather than the all of the ones who have been) and illnesses. Nicky Lidstrom got hurt in the Chicago series and has not been playing as well as usual in the finals - and I ran into a rumor tonight on the Internet that he was speared in the groin in game three against Chicago and has a ruptured testicle. OUCH!!! Yeah, that would certainly slow most men down. A lot. I do not even have a testicle, and it makes me wince.
Crazy and awful stuff.
So win or lose, they have done a great job overcoming adversity and getting this far! In fact, if they do win, I think this might be the most meaningful Cup in my lifetime with the exception of the first Cup in the Yzerman era (and first in my lifetime won by the Wings) simply because the team has been through so much.
They have one big strike against them - I will be able to watch the game. Every Cup they have won in my lifetime has been while I have been at work and have been unable to watch the game. This time game seven will be on my night off from work! And that gives me a very ominous feeling. Nothing against the Penguins (a very good team) or Sidney Crosby (a very good but pukingly over hyped player), but I think I will have to turn off the television before seeing Sid the Kid hoisting up the Cup at the Joe should the Pens win.
domestic terrorists
I (like many many people) was completely horrified by the shooting at one of the big museums in Washington DC today by an elderly white supremacist. A guard was killed, and it sounds like he (the guard) gave his life to protect the lives of thousands of people (including many children) who were visiting the museum.
As a long term federal government employee in a small Midwestern city, I feel much more threatened by violent hate filled freaks like today's gun man or the two guys who blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City than I am by Muslim terrorists from overseas. (This might be different if I lived in a major city on the coasts...)
Seems like there has quite the outbreak of extreme murderous domestic terrorist acts lately. Very disturbing.
Very disturbing, indeed.
I have no idea how people can become so twisted with prejudice and hatred and anger that they feel the need to murder perfectly innocent people going about their daily lives and/or performing their jobs.
Very troubling.
As a long term federal government employee in a small Midwestern city, I feel much more threatened by violent hate filled freaks like today's gun man or the two guys who blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City than I am by Muslim terrorists from overseas. (This might be different if I lived in a major city on the coasts...)
Seems like there has quite the outbreak of extreme murderous domestic terrorist acts lately. Very disturbing.
Very disturbing, indeed.
I have no idea how people can become so twisted with prejudice and hatred and anger that they feel the need to murder perfectly innocent people going about their daily lives and/or performing their jobs.
Very troubling.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
WINGS WIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
RED WINGS WIN GAME FIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
One win to go to earn the Stanley Cup!
With the return of Pavel Datsyuk as an inspiration, the Wings blew out the Penguins tonight at the Joe 5-0. The Pens fell apart and took a bunch of really dumb frustration penalties which let the Wings keep on the power play for good chunks of the second and third periods.
This is the first time in this entire finals series when my team actually played like the Red Wings!
One win to go to earn the Stanley Cup!
With the return of Pavel Datsyuk as an inspiration, the Wings blew out the Penguins tonight at the Joe 5-0. The Pens fell apart and took a bunch of really dumb frustration penalties which let the Wings keep on the power play for good chunks of the second and third periods.
This is the first time in this entire finals series when my team actually played like the Red Wings!
Saturday, June 6, 2009
worried for my beloved Red Wings
The schedule and injuries are killing my team. Not to take anything away from the Penguins, who are a damned good team - but the injuries and schedule are killing the Red Wings. I could not watch game four because I was at work, but from what I understand they were reeling from exhaustion and making all sorts of dumb mistakes as a result.
The decisions on the part of the NHL to move the finals up by a week and have back to back starts for game one and two has probably destroyed most chances for the Wings to win the Cup this year.
I think if the Penguins win game five tonight, they will win the Cup in game six. If the Wings somehow manage to win game five, I think it will go seven games - and anything can happen in a seven game series.
The decisions on the part of the NHL to move the finals up by a week and have back to back starts for game one and two has probably destroyed most chances for the Wings to win the Cup this year.
I think if the Penguins win game five tonight, they will win the Cup in game six. If the Wings somehow manage to win game five, I think it will go seven games - and anything can happen in a seven game series.
Friday, June 5, 2009
fireworks
This weekend is the Milan fair, and tonight they had the fireworks.
I love fireworks!
Last year I really wanted to go, but couldn't because I felt so poorly. That was back before the doctors had diagnosed the Grave's Disease, and I felt like my life was slipping away bit by bit.
This year I was tired - I was sound asleep on the couch when Dan got home from work - but I went - and we had a truly grand time!
I love fireworks!
Last year I really wanted to go, but couldn't because I felt so poorly. That was back before the doctors had diagnosed the Grave's Disease, and I felt like my life was slipping away bit by bit.
This year I was tired - I was sound asleep on the couch when Dan got home from work - but I went - and we had a truly grand time!
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
tired
Wow, I am really tired. Work has been kicking my butt this week. My Wings lost game three tonight (though in truth I was not expecting a team with so many injuries as the Red Wings to sweep a team as good as the Penguins! I have nothing but the highest respect for the Pens!)
I am about to take great joy in a hot shower and then heading to bed.
This new slightly higher synthroid dose does not seem to be helping much...
I am about to take great joy in a hot shower and then heading to bed.
This new slightly higher synthroid dose does not seem to be helping much...
Monday, June 1, 2009
another bad day for my poor Michigan
GM has now joined Chrysler in bankruptcy. Thousands more jobs lost, one of them my brother-in-law's who works at the Orion plant. Thousands more mortgages in jeopardy, even as property values will probably plunge some more.
And the thing is - it is not just the line jobs that are lost. It will also be truckers, office people, support staff. The husband of one of my friends lost his job early in the year - and he worked for a company that did human resources for small auto parts supply companies.
So you are probably looking at thousands more jobs lost that serviced GM on top of the thousands of GM jobs lost.
Will this devastating economic downturn ever end? Or even ever hit bottom?
And the thing is - it is not just the line jobs that are lost. It will also be truckers, office people, support staff. The husband of one of my friends lost his job early in the year - and he worked for a company that did human resources for small auto parts supply companies.
So you are probably looking at thousands more jobs lost that serviced GM on top of the thousands of GM jobs lost.
Will this devastating economic downturn ever end? Or even ever hit bottom?
game two
I couldn't watch or listen to any of it, since I was at work (and worked sucked hugely tonight, which is a whole 'nother story) but my beloved Red Wings (led once again by the defensive work of Hank Zeterberg, the magical goal tending of Chris Osgood, and the Grand Rapids minor league kids)won game two of the Cup finals, again by a 3-1 score.
Two more wins to earn the Cup!
Two more wins to earn the Cup!
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