Day 159 – The Day I Almost Passed Out

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Actual Blog: Today I was supposed to be in Waycross, Georgia with my coworkers, but had to call in sick.  I thought I would be doing good enough to go, but I got a bit dizzy yesterday after being on my feet for a while.  Then this morning I am standing by my bed blowing my nose and I got super dizzy and thought I was going to fall over.  Crazy!  I think it is because there is a lot of fluid in my ears and yesterday was the first day I was able to get one of them to pop and one popped while I was blowing my nose this morning – threw off my inner ear junk.

I need to run a few errands today or tomorrow – I don’t know.  Mom is having a procedure done tomorrow and Carlos is coming out to take her maybe I should get him to run me around, but dad wants a hair cut – boy does he need it :)

Alright, waiting on mom and I think we are going to run these couple errands today.  Let’s get it done!

Finally back.  We had to run to the mall to drop of my mom’s necklace to get repaired and we parked by Books-a-Million.  Since we did that, I ordered the new Harry Potter book – very nice 😉  I also got a new notepad – like I really need another one of those!!

Went by the frame shop to get my picture, it looks so good.  I can not wait to give it to my friend.  I think he is going to like it a lot.

I am a bit better but I tell you still very dizzy and still very stuffy.

I have been outside playing with the dogs since they have been neglected for a little while but that has made me very stuffy now.  I am gonna take some medicine and lay back down.  What a ding bat – I have nasal spray and I forgot all about it :)  That is the answer to my problem right there.  I think now I may have some ice cream :)

I forgot that I wanted to mention this.  While at the book store I saw one of the books I read, Empty Mansions, on the shelf and I was surprised at how thick it was.  You lose that reading on the Kindle.  Sometimes I feel like I am reading forever and then I realize it like an 600+ pages.  That is a big book in print :)

OK, I am going to get ready for bed since it is late and take all these pills :)

Nickel and Penny playing - a bit hard, but playing.
Nickel and Penny playing – a bit hard, but playing.

Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune

Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune Book Cover Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune
Bill Dedman (Author) and Paul Clark Jr. Newell
Ballantine Books
September 10, 2013
Kindle
496

This was a great book.  There are so many people from the gilded age, or families I should say, that acquired an enormous amounts of money who you have never heard of. Huguette Clark is who this book is about and her whirlwind life. She had, she has passed, a house that she purchased for protection, isolation if you will, and never actually moved in. If I remember correctly it was furnished but at the very least she had done a lot of work there. What drew me to this was that she lived most of her life in 740 Park which was another book I had read.

It was a great book, the history was very detailed and I found it all super interesting. It ended up, like a lot of people in her situation, lots of money and alone, that she was a recluse. She had several properties, there is one in California called Bellosguardo where the inside had not been updated since the 1950s. I can't remember when the last time she had visited the site, but it was basically always ready for living. It also sheds light on the years of fighting that goes along with these huge family fortunes. How what people want done with their things when they pass away really doesn't matter. It was a sad ending because you wonder when she was knowing what was happening and when she lost that - or if she ever lost that. She was just short of 105 when she passed I believe.

Day 158 – The Day of so Many Meds

I am on so many pills right now it is crazy!  No wonder I am not feeling great.  I have taken, already today (lunchtime) 7 pills along with some syrup!  Amazing.  But my ears finally popped a little bit today.  It actually is not great because I can’t blow my nose as hard as I had been because it is KILLING my ear.  Still just one ear is clearing though.  I think I am going to be good enough to go out of town tomorrow.  I am not driving except to meet them and then I can just nap in the car because there will be 3 of us.  Now that means I have to have clothes to wear :)

I did play a little bit of tennis with the puppies and now it is raining pretty hard.  We are supposed to get the worst of it this evening – hopefully all cleared by the time I need to leave.

Alright, I threw in the towel and am not going tomorrow.  I am getting really dizzy the more I am standing up and walking around and stuff.

I didn’t get a picture today because I was basically laying in bed most of the time.  Oh goodness I haven’t been this sick in a while, I am so glad though I have not got a stomach virus.  Thank goodness!!!

Will be better tomorrow – I promise :)

 

Day 157 – The Day of the Doctor

No, not a Doctor Who reference, but LOVE him :)  I went to the doctor today and got 3 count them 3 prescriptions.  I went to pick them up and she only gave me two so that made me have to stay dressed and go back out for it.  I did however also get a light bulb for my fan, which has been out for about 3 months :)  I can’t really reach it with the new bed so it seems a little less important, but now that I have it back – LET THERE BE LIGHT :)

I am not able to play with the puppies today, I am just too warn out.  I also let my coworker know that I may not be making this next trip.  We are driving so that is better, but if we were flying it would be a for sure NO.  I will have to let her know tomorrow how I feel.

Mom made soup and grilled cheese for her and I for dinner.  It was good.  I can’t taste anything right now, so it is just food.  No need to eat my good icecream if I can’t taste it…

Alright, sorry for being short again, but I need to get to sleep.

Nickel helping make the bed.
Nickel helping make the bed.
Yep, big help :)
Yep, big help :)
Sleeping Penny - she was wagging her tail
Sleeping Penny – she was wagging her tail
Dime with her ball...
Dime with her ball…

She has sat like this for an hour at least.
She has sat like this for an hour at least.

Day 156 – The Day I Got Dressed

So this morning my mom and I were going to the doctor to see about getting me some medicine so I actually got up and got dressed.  We went, but the wait was long so we made an appointment for tomorrow.  Then we went to WalMart for some stuff – ice cream :) and came home.

Paul and Carlos are out, they did a bunch of stuff already.  We had pizza for lunch and then I went back to sleep.  I think I am coughing a little less, but that really takes the energy out of you.

Carlos brought some stuff over for me to copy which is nice.  I haven’t really been messing with the server lately, but I need to get some content back :)

I ordered a hotspot from T-Mobile that is $10.00 a month with unlimited data.  I hope that it works well, I will try it and see.  Won’t take long to figure it out :)

Well, I am going to cut this blog short too because I am so very tired and hot so I guess I am gonna take my temp too and see if I have a fever now :(

Better stuff tomorrow I hope :)

Dime in the corner, after she just tore Nickel up.
Dime in the corner, after she just tore Nickel up.

Day 155 – The Day Spent in Bed

I am so happy that I drove home last night because today I am in bad shape.  I am so sick.  My mom had a nurse come over to help her and apparently she was like get her to a doctor today.  Well, I don’t feel like getting up yet so I am not going today.  I think I will go tomorrow.

I wake up, eat, and then go back to sleep.  YUCK!!

My Friday Night :)
My Friday Night :)

Day 154 – The Day Spent In the Trailer

No, not a trailer like a trailer park :) the cutin trailer.  Today was nothing but paperwork and Chimichangas – and Reeses mini cups :) ha ha ha ha

We worked so hard yesterday and today getting these locations ready to be put into service on Monday, it makes me very happy.  I think it will go so smooth :)

I was out like a light yesterday, read I think a page of the book.  I woke up in a panic at midnight though thinking it was morning 😉  Guess you know it was good sleep.  I am very snotty today and am very happy I am not flying home.  That would be miserable, but I am not certain a 5 hour drive will be much better.

I think we are going to wrap up here pretty soon and then I am going to crash again and see if I can feel a bit better for tomorrow.

Instead, I am driving home tonight -BYE!!!!!

The Doghouse - can you guess why?
The Doghouse – can you guess why?

Just some rail and stuff :)
Just some rail and stuff :)

Day 153 – The Day I Worked Like a Railroader!

Oh my goodness today was a long day working on the railroad.  We were supposed to spend a day in the cutover trailer doing paperwork and ended up needing to visit 6 locations to gather information before we could do the paperwork.  Now we are sitting in the trailer and we just finished building that!!!!!!

I am pooped – it is hot outside, I got rained on, and walking on the ballast (the rocks) is HARD with little feet!!

I am back at the hotel now.  I went and got some food, nothing special, but more importantly I went to CVS and got some cough medicine.  I am about to clean up and take lots of drugs that will make me sleepy (I hope).

Got a couple good pics today so here they are and have a great night!!

Train :)
Train :)
The inside of a relay.
The inside of a relay.
New and old signals.
New and old signals.

View of the track.
View of the track.

Day 152 – The Day I Drove FOREVER!!

Today I have 2 meetings, one at 08:00 and the other at 14:00 and then I leave to drive to Fairburn, Georgia – basically Atlanta.  I am not really looking forward to it…

The first meeting went well and now I need to pack and put the rest of my laundry away.  I think that Nickel knows I am going somewhere because my suitcase is out.  He is hanging a little close by this morning :)

Alright, second meeting also went well, thought no one was going to join for a little bit but then like 40 people joined so that is good turnout.  I am about to walk out the door, gotta say goodbye to the folks and the puppies :(

And 5 hours later I am in the hotel.  Goodness!!  Ran into just a little bit of rain but no real traffic so really it was smooth sailing, driving rather :)  The lady gave me a room like with no other room around, which turns out to be pretty good because I am coughing like crazy.  I hope I am not getting what mom had, but this stinks.  I ate lunch really late on the drive so I am just gonna take these meds and get to bed!

I did not take a single picture today – what a bummer :(

Night all :)

Day 151 – Memorial Day

I never remember this much clarification needed around Memorial Day, Veteran’s Day, and Armed Forces Day.  I was talking with my dad about it and it is interesting how times change where in WWII it seemed like men could not wait to join up for the service, so many lied about their ages to get in and get over to the fighting before it was over.  Then we have other wars where soldiers were not warmly welcomed home and treated very poorly.  Now we seem to be back on the side of supporting troops and being a fairly proud military country (maybe).  I live in a military town so my view is probably most definitely skewed.  Anyway, not to be too political or whatever, but I do appreciate what people have done for this country and continue to do.  I have been reading a lot about war and it is hard no matter how you look at it.  It isn’t good, that’s a no brainer.

Just got back not that long ago from the store.  Mom went with me, the first time she has really been out in a week.  She did pretty good, but I think she got tuckered out.  I got a couple pounds of shrimp and peeled them.  Not sure how much is left, they were very good :)  I ruined it by eating a piece of chocolate :(

I also got a couple backs of beer brats so that is what we are going to eat when Paul and Carlos get here.  I am going to take a break from this now though so I can get the house swept and hopefully mopped.  All swept and now waiting for the mop, but the boys just got here so maybe Carlos will mop :)

I am supposed to head out tomorrow afternoon for my next trip.  It is about 5 hours away and I am not supposed to leave until after 15:00.  I am sure that everything will be fine, just long – but it was such short notice I didn’t want to pay a huge price for a ticket.

I just got done with dinner, it turned out really great.  Beer Bratwurst with onions, mac and cheese, and baked beans :)  Yummy!!!

I am gonna go ahead and wrap it up.  Gotta play with those puppies and do some work stuff.

This is what work looks like :)
This is what work looks like :)
Carlos and Dime - so sweet!
Carlos and Dime – so sweet!
Carlos and Dime - give me a break :)
Carlos and Dime – give me a break :)