Weekends over...Monday again...4 day work week....

Sigh...Here it is...another Monday. I swear, I don't know where the time goes. It just seems like I was leaving this office on Friday, I blinked and here I am again. There is some consolation though...it's only a 4 day work week.

Our weekend was good....busy, but good. Friday, one of our dear friends came over and we had a cook out. Had a couple of cocktails. After he left, I was pretty beat, so ended up going to bed around midnight. Saturday, I spent the morning drinking coffee and trying to catch up on my reading. By late afternoon, the hubby and I decided to take the kids swimming. We spent a couple hours at the pool. It was very nice and relaxing. At least for the first hour. Now, I am the type of chick that hates getting her hair wet when she goes to the pool. Yes, I am "one of those"....I prefer to get my body wet from the chest down, get out and lay on a chaise and dry off from the sun, and read....while the kids play. And I don't like to get splashed. So, I was sitting on a lounge chair, drying off, relaxing..reading my magazine and some kid a girl, about 10 or 11 years old, had one of these little squirt tube type things, kind of like a water gun, but in a long tube, and she kept squirting me with it. The first couple of times she squirted me with it, I ignored her...the third time, I asked her to please not squirt me again....the fourth time she not only soaked me, but got my magazine wet as well....I stood up and said I have asked you nicely to please stop squirting me, now don't do it again! After that incident, hubby was back and sat down next to me...we were chatting, and the little bugger did it again! This time, drenching my legs and my magazine...hubby jumped up and told her to not do it again! He was rather loud and angry sounding when he said it, so the girl ran over to her mom, who of course jumped up and yelled at us, What do you expect, you are sitting by the kiddie pool, which sorry, the kiddie pool was to our right about 200 yards away, and the little girl was no where near the kiddie pool. The woman needed to make her kid mind, instead of yelling at us. What the hell is wrong with people? If it had been one of my kids and someone yelled at them for squirting them, I would have apologized and took the squirter away from my child....anyway, at that point, the pool was preparing to close, so the woman grabbed up her stuff, her kids and waddled away in a huff...we left the pool as well, and took the kids to Pizza King for dinner. We had a lot of fun, but the little kids were over tired at that point and they were being loud and obnoxious, so I was so grateful to finally get home. After showers, the two youngest went to bed, and we, hubby and I sat out on the porch and sipped some wine, and relaxed. Lovely way to end the evening. At least it was until the mosquitoes came out. Hate those buggers!
Sunday, spent the morning being lazy again....and finally around noon, showered and Justin (15 year old) and I went to the gym....it felt great to get in a good workout. I ran 4 miles, then spent another hour on weights for my legs and then worked on my abs....
Hubby ended up taking Justin home later and I was able to relax, read and get my mind geared up for returning to work.

On other news..Hubby has gotten laid off from his job. So, I am having some sleepless nights figuring out what we are going to do, how we are going to make ends meet. He says he has a plan, well...for all of our sakes, I hope it works.

Almost Friday.....

Thank goodness it is almost Friday....I feel like crap today. I have been stuck in this office all week with Mr. Burns and I swear if he is in here with me again, all day today, I very well just might lose my freaking mind! Great...just radioed me and said he would be here in 2 minutes. Pray I make it through the day.....

On another note, it's been almost a week, with a second trip to the doctor on Tuesday, and my little problem has not gotten better. It is just about to push me over the edge. I am calling the doctor back today. Test were run on Tuesday, found nothing...if I don't get some relief soon, I may just want to become a man. LOL....

Have a great Thursday....pray I don't end up on the news for going postal on my boss, the annoying Mr. Burns.

Why does the weekend go so quickly?

Hey, ya'll....can't believe it's Monday already. It is rainy and gloomy today here in the mid west and the only place I want to be is curled up in my bed, sleeping....not stuck here in this fertilizer office. I am sure Mr. Burns will be in here again...all day...long....yes, he is still here. Has not been fired yet...but a little birdie tells me, unless he picks up his game, he will be phased out. My company hired another salesman to work in our department with him...they are counting on this guy outselling Mr. Burns, then they have reason to let him go. I know the man has a daughter to support...and I feel bad in that respect, but if it does happen, maybe it will give him the boost he needs to do what he is truly good at and that is play the saxophone. Not sit in the office day in and day out, constantly missing his projections and numbers.

Moving on....the weekend was not so good for me. Started out with the best of intentions, but I got sick...in a feminine way....women, it is one of the worst aggravating conditions you can get as a woman...I tried to take care of it with over the counter medicine, that in fact made my problem worse..so, I was in misery all weekend. By Saturday afternoon, hubby knew our weekend of going out with friends, dancing, our normal no kid weekend activities were not going to happen, so we drove down to the lake to visit his parents for the evening. We took KFC and the movie Grand Torrino down there for his dad to see. It is a great movie...a little too much racism in it...but, it was still good for a Clint Eastwood movie. We didn't get home until Midnight and by that point, I was in total misery. I drank half a bottle of wine and went to bed. Sunday Morning I knew I was going to have to go to the doctor..so, hubby took me to Urgent Care, my problem was diagnosed and I was told by the doctor to stay out of hot tubs, which is where I think I may have picked up my little problem. Last week hubby went to the gym with me and after working out, we went and got into the hot tub, two days later..I have my little problem. So, anyway, ladies, if you are susceptible to infections of the female variety, please stay out of public hot tubs....I was given one little pill to take and today, I am glad to say I am 100% better. Which I am so relieved. I missed an entire weekend of working out and I didn't eat very healthy this weekend..I>e...the Kfc....McDonalds...crap, crap, crap...so this morning, I am up 2 lbs and I plan on hitting the gym hard tonight. I hate missing my work outs..It makes me feel like total crap.

In other news, all the kids are doing fine. They are enjoying their summer. The oldest is working every day, planning for college this fall and enjoying his last summer as teenager. He will be 19 July 3rd...damn, I'm gettin old. The second one, is spending his summer getting up at 6 a.m. every day for football, weight training, etc...I admire his dedication, but the poor kid can't enjoy his summer because of it. The third son, Aaron is alternating weeks with his loser, non job holding, non support paying father. Max also goes the same week he is gone to Keith's parents and spends time with the them at the lake. He loves it down there. Grandma keeps him busy and it is so much better for him then spending his day cooped up in our house while his dad is trying to sleep and I am at work. I miss them though.
Hubby is going to be laid off the entire month of July. That has us in a tizzy, worrying over money and how we are going to make ends meet. He will file for un employment right away, but that takes several weeks to get the first check. Unfortunately, like most families, we live paycheck to paycheck, no savings and it is going to be a struggle. Hubby has a plan, he always does...I am sure we will survive this. I am trying to find ways to pinch pennies and save money in every way I can....What are any of you doing to cut costs and survive the economy downturn? Have any of you gone through lay offs or lost your jobs? I would like to know how you are handling things...

Well, I better get to work. Mr. Burns will be in at any moment....Have a great week everyone!
Dixie

Still alive and kicking!

Hey, ya'll..Ole' Dixie is still here. Just busy, not often do I have enough time to get on here from home and blog, since the idiots still have me blocked from work. Once in a blue moon, I can get on here from work, just for a brief period of time, so I wanted to quickly give an update and let all of ya'll that still read me, both of you, lol..know that I am ok. Just busy, kids are out of school, work is still driving me crazy and I have no free time. Still going to the gym, working out 3-4 times a week. I am now up to running 4 miles a day. Whoo Hoo! I am loving life and all is good. Now, if I could just come into some money, quit my job, stay at home and be a full time mom and wife, I would be in 7th Heaven.
Take care ya'll. I am never far away!
Xoxo
Dixie

Bittersweet.....

Well, Sunday night, I attended the graduation of my oldest son. Sitting there in those bleachers, watching him walk in with the "pomp and circumstance", cap and gown on....hugging each and every teacher lined up for the graduates, as he passed...make his way to his seat...I couldn't help but think of every single momentus moment I have had with him. The day he was born, the day he started school..how he stood up for me at 7 years old, with his dad, when we were going through our divorce...all the fun things, the sad things...including the day at 13 he came to me and said he wanted to live with his Dad...that day just about broke my heart....and Sunday night, seeing what a handsome, fine young man he has turned out to me, I couldnt suppress the tears from stinging my eyes...I looked at his Dad and said, "We did good"....and yes we did do good. As he walked across that stage, accepting his diploma, the tears rolled down my cheeks. I am so proud of him. I know, without a doubt, he is going to do great and wonderful things. He has ambition,drive,good work ethic...and people, no matter who he meets, just love him.
Here is my graduate....who graduated with honors. This Mama couldn't be more proud!