After speaking with a friend of mine, Coleman, about when he was a truck driver, he had to take CDL training before he was able to drive a tractor trailer. He drove a truck that pulled mobile homes. He had to drive on interstates and rural roads from Tennessee to Florida. He spent time away from his family so that he could make money to support them.
My Godson had a birthday party today. He lives about 2 hours from me. With the gas prices and my old van needing repairs, I didn’t think I would be able to go see him. My ex-husband was kind enough to loan me his old truck. We both are in need of new vehicles. His truck is 21 years old and my van is 19 years old. My 6 year old godson laughed at the old truck that looks like someone took and shot it with a machine gun full of holes on the quarter panels. The northern winter road salt has ate through the quarter panels and also on my van too.
Anyway, it was so nice to greeted by Chayton with warm kisses and hugs. We got to sit and color in the new coloring books I brought him. He shares his coloring pencils and crayons so nicely. We had a chance to talk about him and his mom living back at grandmother’s house and how he liked school. We just got one picture finished when the guest started arriving for his party. I told him I had all afternoon after the party to color more with him and talk. He was so delighted to hear that I was staying longer. We ate hot dogs, chips, potato salad and baked beans. After our meal, we sang Happy Birthday to Chayton and he blew out his candles. He opened his presents and cards, then went outside to play with the other children at the party.
When the time came for the children to leave, he hugged each one of them and told them thank you for his cards and presents. I was so proud that he used good manners. He came running up to me asking if we could color again. Then his mom and grandmother told him that he had to go see his great grandmother. He wanted me to come with them, but I was not invited to go. Chayton was very upset and started crying. I asked his mom and grandmother if it would be okay if one weekend I came and got Chayton and brought him to my house and then bring him back. They agreed. I told Chayton that hopefully in 3 weeks I would be back and bring him to my house for a weekend. It seemed to calm him down. He told me how much he loved me and missed me. I know I have got to keep my promise and go pick him up.
He has been through a lot lately with his mom and dad separating. His dad is now living with another woman who has another child and does not spend any time with Chayton. My heart hurts for Chayton to be so sad. I want to plan a special weekend with him. He definitely needs one. I love Chayton so much, he is such a wonderful child even though his mom and grandmother yell at him and say some very negative things to him. I believe that is the reason Chayton is so overweight for a 6 year old. He has no confidence and takes out his frustrations on food. I remember when his dad use to yell and call him very hateful names and I would get furious. I know all children can be trying on the nerves, but from my observation the majority of the times his parents yelled at him was because they did not want to talk to him or pay any attention to him. He could simply walk into a room and start to ask a question and the next thing I observed was someone was yelling at him and telling him to go to his room. Now his mom and grandmother are doing it. This is sending mixed messages to him about whether he is loved and wanted. So sad. I can not wait for him to come visit me and have some fun and feel the love. I wished I was able to stay longer as I had told Chayton I was going to do. When I went to leave, Chayton hugged me and we cried a few tears. I promised I would be back.
When I got home, I checked my blood sugar. I knew it would be high from eating the birthday party meal that consisted of a lot of carbohydrates. This is another reason for Chayton weight problems, too many carbohydrates.
I seem to be running on low energy lately with doing so many things and errands. I know that keeping this weight on my body does not help. I need a health supplement like orovo, which is a high quality product. I am extremely picky about any multivitamin that I take. A lot of brands are chemical coated and cause me problems with my intestines. I sure need a boost of energy.
I have been seeking help from fellow bloggers as to the mystery as to why I am unable to upgrade my WordPress versions. I really appreciate several people offering their help. Connie of Brain Foggles and Tina of MummifiedTimesFive have both tried to help solve the mystery. I would also like to mention that Tina and her sister Penny have a new blog, Two Shrinking Sisters. Please stop by and leave them a comments. Again, I really appreciate all of Connie’s and Tina’s efforts.
Can’t figure out why I am incurring problems with my blog. Sure wish we all could solve this mystery as to why when I install the new versions, which is now up to 2.6.2 and I am unable to log in to my blog. I have to reinstall my previous older version 2.5.1 so I can continue to write my post.
It is hard to believe how many funerals I have gone to in the past several months. My dear friend, Betty, her grandson, Jeff Harter, passed away. He was only 41 years old. He was in CCU (Critical Care Unit) on a ventilator. He would have needed a lung, heart and liver transplant to live. Finding a compatiable donor for all 3 of these organs and finding them in time would have been a miracle. He didn’t want to live anymore like he was being hooked to a machine. His loving mother, Judy, stayed by his side 24/7 the whole time he was in the hospitals. She told me it is a terrible shame to have to bury one of your own children.
I think about how lucky my mom is to have all 4 of her children live as long as we have. We all have health problems of different kinds but some are the same. Three of us have diabetes.
At Jeff’s funeral, there were 2 other Jeffs that participated in the funeral services. One sang and the other was a Highlander Bagpiper, Jeff Linn. Jeff Linn played Amazing Grace. I was in awe. At the end of the service he played and lead the people to follow him out of the funeral home so the family could spend a few minutes with their beloved Jeff Harter with another amazing song playing tribute to him.
My first night on my new mattress I didn’t sleep well. I know it will take some getting use to after sleeping on a waterbed for many years. When I went to my mom’s in August, I had a hard time sleeping on an extra firm mattress on her bed. Anyway, I rolled back and forth all night long and awoke to severe pain in my lower back and joints. I had to take a strong painkiller. Throughout the day, I had to take more of the painkillers to keep the pain tolerable. I have a very high pain tolerance but these pains were a doozy. The painkillers made me dizzy and sleepy all day.
The second night was a lot better on the new mattress as my back was getting use to it plus the pain medication. I felt like doing some household chores today with the help of my aunt. I needed someone to help me lift some boxes from my closet and move them in the spare room. I need to go through them and clean out unwanted stuff in them another day since after moving the boxes my back started to hurt bad again. Having back pain is no fun. I have Lumbar Spinal Stenosis (LSS) which affects as many as 400,000 Americans. I have been trying to avoid surgery. My surgeon 3 years ago told me to be extra careful with my lower back because when I do have to have surgery, the recovery time is about a year. I do not look forward to having that surgery eventually. In the meantime, I try to be careful and use painkillers only when the pain is intolerable. It is nice to be pain free when the medication does take affect. I do not want to get addicted to the medication.
I have owned a waterbed for many years. The first one I purchased was when I was in my early 20s. Now that I am in my 50s and have arthritis in my back and joints, it has been getting harder to get in and out of bed. Don’t get me wrong about waterbeds, I absolutely love them. Problem is when your waterbed mattress springs more than one leak and the patches are not holding, it is time to get a new mattress. After careful consideration, I decided to buy a regular pillow top mattress. After having to deal with several other leaks this year and having to drain the waterbed mattress and no store nearby that sells waterbed mattresses like what I have, it made the decision easier.
Went to several mattress stores yesterday and my mouth fell open at the prices. Finally found one that had a sale going on. I inquired if they carried any California King mattresses. They had one in stock that was from last year’s stock, so they offered me a really great deal on the price that I could not pass up. It is a Southerland mattress. I did not need a box springs as I had the waterbed frame. I did lay on the sample twin bed in the showroom that was from this year’s stock. I was very pleased with the feel of a pillow top mattress. Due to the time of day it was, they offered to delivery it today. Then my next problem was finding sheet sets to fit the new mattress. I finally found a bunch for sale on eBay after calling on the phone to local stores and finding none. I ended up purchasing 2 sets from the same seller. I am keeping my fingers crossed that they are a great quality after paying the price I did for both. It will take 2 to 3 days to get to me through USPS Priority Mail. In the mean time, I will use some flat sheets and make the best of it. I really don’t like sheets bunching up under me.
Tonight will be the first time sleeping on the new mattress. I can not wait to see how well I sleep after sleeping on a waterbed for so many years.
I sure hope I am able to finally get my blog updated with the newest and latest version. I have written in the Word Press forum about the problem of getting logged in on my blog when I go to write after an installation with the last 2 updates being unsuccessful. I have received a few replies, some are helpful but haven’t succeeded with the updates. I feel like I am falling behind with all the updates. Sure hope and pray this time I will succeed. Keep me in your prayers.
My oldest daughter is still waiting to hear back from the job interviews she has gone on. I suggested she get some retail resumes ready in case the secretarial or county department interviews did not accept her. She has been in retail for over 10 years. I know with her qualifications that she will get a wonderful position she will like soon in the city she is planning to move back to.
I have been experiencing sinus headache lately. I know I need to dust more around the house. I haven’t caught up on my dusting since my return from my trip. I have too many what knots to keep dusted. Taking the time to individually dust and wash them off is time consuming. I wish I owned Ladybug steam cleaners to eliminate all the excess work and make it easier on me and my allergies, because it is chemical free.
Getting relief from my allergy problems would be a blessing.
