Coping
Patient and Caregiver Diaries
Patient Diary -- The Life and Times of Alex
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off work today
I'm off work today as is dh so I think we will be going to watch a movie in the neighboring city ( 30 miles away ). I'm hoping to get some lunch while we are there, but i'm sure it won't be near as fancy or nice as Cheryl's lunches. We'll probably do Mc Donald's or something like that.
People at work are saying I'm being bossy, and that got to me. really hurt. Because I'm trying NOT to be bossy!
Christmas has come to work already and I had to put out all the Santas and angels and nuts and coffee's we are selling this year. Home and gifts is my department after all. I've threatened to quit more than once when I saw how many boxes of freight were mine. We have the ugliest, IMHO, country christmas section. we have a metal tree made of jalapenos and a santa with a cow boy hat on and spurs. ughhhh. But the traditional Christmas section is beautiful. Santas in gold and red, angels who play music. very beautiful. I guess the big surprise for me was how much stuff we got in! This is my first Christmas working home and gifts so I really didn't have a clue.
I also have the jewlry department as well as accessories and perfumes. We are already getting gift sets of perfums that are meant as Christmas presents. Armani, calvin klein etc. Beautiful sets, but boy do they take up tons of room.
And along with the new stuff we are getting, we are also getting hit hard by shoplifters.... They usually get the perfume sets. I wish there was a way to put them under lock and key instead of out on the counters.
Oh well. Merry Christmas.... oh wait. there's a few months left before that.
Happy Fall!
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how much?
Each day I'm dealt a blow. Each day I die a little inside. Each day something has to go wrong
how much more of this am i supposed to take?
Susan
i've been thinking alot about susan. her birthday is in 4 days. she would be have 41. I miss her so much. the first person i want to call when i need a shoulder to cry on is Susan. it's hard not having her around. not just for me, but for her kindness towards everyone. mom and i were looking at pics and i'd cry alittle whenever i'd see her. there were pics when we were so young. so very very young. i must have been 6. susan would have been 10. it seems like a life time ago.
i miss her.
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I'm in aqua... Susan is in red. those are my brothers
brrr
feels nice outside... in the lower 50's this morning. i hope it stays that way... but i know it will get into the mid 90's by this afternoon. not fun!!!
have a nice day!
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Fires in California
my sister and her family and inlaws live in this area. they were going to evacuate them due to 80 ft wall of fire , which was later contained.
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my home
Southern California, my home, is burning. I have such great sadness to see all the fires. yea, there's usually fires in Cali at this time of year, but nothing, NOTHING like this. I have so much family and so many friends in Southern Cali, I'm so afraid for them. Thank God my sister and her family and inlaws are safe... the fire went down the canyon and they are aren't in any immediate danger. Thanks be to God.
there's a great sense of sadness in me right now. and i'm taking in every piece of info i can find on the fires. in the internet, on tv, on the radio. i'm glued to it, like I was the Gulf War when Dan was out there.
I'm worried also about Callesm... and Sean... and all the PH'ers in Southern Cali. Please Lord, keep them safe!!!
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Trick or Treat
gone private
Like Sue and a few others, i too have gone to private diary. i like it this way. i can write and write and write whatever i want....
anyways,
i'll write back here now and again.... and of course, i'll be reading the diaries as always.
with love
alex ^i^
Happy December 1st!!!!!
24 shopping days left till Christmas!!! Happy December 1st! I'm getting the Christmas fever already!! ^i^
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It has been so hot this Christmas season. I can't believe it. We've had just a few days of cold getting down to about 50.... but lately it's been in the low 80's here. it sucks! i want to have cold that stays around... maybe that's why i'm not in the Christmas spirit. It doesn't feel like winter but the middle of spring.
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