Semi-charmed kind of life

Interesting to see WHY the good Lord saw fit to gift me with a hideous, tormenting rash, these past few days -

a) given the atmosphere at work, I've been off because of it and couldn't get into THEIR dermatologist until yesterday; and yes, they paid for it (skin scraping/appt),

b) it all but damned magically dissipated once I was off work - leading me to suspect stress, as a factor,

c) I do NOT have what I thought I had - yes, the dreaded 'S' word,

d) am getting paid for the time off, as I have vacation days...and,

e) gave gayalithiel a good laugh, as the cause turned out to be overshowering - and she's always thought I was a bit OCD in that area (Who? ME? Three showers a day is a LOT?) - which scored me some samples of some really mild soap, that I really like.

The days off actually led up to my weekend off, AND really finding out FIRST HAND that some of the bigwigs at work really actually SUPPORT me, and were concerned. Go figure. :)

A good lesson. Don't be so quick to bitch, because there's ALWAYS a plan.

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Just finished up some trimming/weedwhacking that needed to be done, and planted three pots of beautiful yellow and sienna mums (from me Mum) in the front, around the lamp post. I have dirt under my fingernails, and that ALWAYS straightens me out a bit. :)

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DJ is doing fantastic in the alternative school - remove the social ills (one of the HUGE factors was that pretty much the entire school, including teachers, were OH, SO PRO-BUSH, and he was constantly getting into political arguments. Yes. Really. That's mah boy.)? His stress plummeted and his concentration has soared. He is really INTO it, and has found a love of learning (AKA, 'showing off how smart he is') again. My only regret is that I was too bullheaded to do it sooner.

The whole reschedule/driving business is not THAT bad, and I've been getting a lot done during those two odd hours. As a treat for him, we stopped yesterday and I let him pick out a pie at the Amish stand. He chose pecan and is one happy guy. ♥

He and my (also brilliant and dedicated) daughter fill my heart with joy - I love calling her on the phone and just letting her go on and on and on about her job. :)

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Joe Biden is awesome. Sarah Palin is an insult.

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The annual Rain of Nuts has officially begun.

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A weird, weird thing, yesterday. The Scary Redneck Neighbor's teenaged SON came and knocked on our door to see me. Naturally, his father was not home. He wanted my opinion on what colour to paint his bedroom ("So, you're an artist, right? You paint?" WTF. How does he know this?), and asked me to come over and have a look.

Naturally, I made DJ come along, as I wanted to be polite, yet didn't want to be murdered.

I do not trust him, but he's always been very polite and careful, and has knocked on our door on various occasions to tell me that I had a flat tire and that my lights were on, once. I feel sorry for him, but am NOT opening any avenues, here.

No way, no how.

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Katt Williams is HILARIOUS, OMG.