My good friend, Megan, posted this article on Facebook earlier: Tragic letter from the Hobby Lobby CEO: Results of Personal Freedoms Slipping Away.

My favorite paragraph of that letter: But now, our government threatens to change all of that. A new government health care mandate says that our family business MUST provide what I believe are abortion- ( Read more... )

So I'm FINALLY done with the stomach death blarg. Worst way to lose 10 lbs ever. Two whole weeks of fever, and nothing staying in my body, if you catch my drift. Thank the Good Lord for Tamiflu. Seriously, that stuff is magic. Even though I stopped with the actual sickness on, like, Thursday, it was only yesterday that I finally had enough energy ( Read more... )

So my birthday is tomorrow. I'm turning 32. That's really weird to me. Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I'm celebrating another birthday. There was a time when it was possible that I might not make it to my 30s because of my mental state. But it's hard because I'm no where near where I thought I'd be at 32 when I was younger.

Here's the rub: I don't ( Read more... )

So that flu I thought I caught? Well, it's not the flu types they are testing for this year, but it is SOMETHING nasty. I got so sick I spent Wednesday night in the ER with Mom and Sis. I got so dizzy and nauseated that I couldn't get back up the stairs to my room, and ended up a crying, sweating, shivering mess lying on the floor by the front door ( Read more... )

I'm not going to talk about the whole series of mass shootings (and attempted ones) here. I've got too many things to say and too many raw emotions still going, so it's best if I skip this part.

I did get to see Skyfall with Mom on Saturday. We went to a surprisingly packed matinee showing at our close movie theater. I'd been asking to go with her ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I lost my Baby Cat, Cole Porter. He got sick and skinny very suddenly and we took him to the vet Friday for tests. Yesterday morning the vet called and told us that the tests showed he was in diabetic crisis (his blood sugar was incredibly high and needed treatment with insulin and fluids immediately). She recommended we take him to a 24 ( Read more... )

Big Tex burned down today! NOOOOOOOOO! He was 60 this year. All that's left of him is the wire armature and his hands!


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My computer class is trying to melt my brain. There are two main parts to the course: learning the boring-ass basics of computers--the parts of a computer, the details of those parts, peripheral devices, internet connections, etc. YAWN. Then there's the practical side, where you do exercises to learn how to use Microsoft Office. I dislike this part ( Read more... )

I just realized I haven't posted since the 4th. Bad Em. Bad, bad Em.

So, um... let's see. What's happened since then??

( Ankles kaput happenings )

I just noticed I haven't posted anything since August 3. Wow.

Okay. So there were a ton of issues with the last three weeks of my medical terminology class. There were problems with when the testing center was open, when the test was actually available, etc. However, I was able to get it all done and finished the class with a 96. HELL YES. You read ( Read more... )