Too Much Drama

My mom called at 7am yesterday, shit was happening, I needed to be there. Turns out I didn't really need to be, I made Mom cry.
Today was dinner, she assploded her favorite pyrex dish all over the house, nothing I could do about that either.
Annie has been telling us about moving The Princess, glad I wasn't there, I might have killed someone.
PMS is killing me, I can't stand myself right now and Spawn has pretty much finished me off. I'll get around to the stories involved, right now I need to sleep because there hasn't been much of that.

A Very Destructive 2 Hours

I went to work. I told Annie I'd close the books for her so she didn't have to come back to town. Heh.
I went through 4 ribbons before finally killing the printer. I gave up then. Fuck that. Her shit will print whenever I guess.
I did get my office mopped, that was the only constructive thing I did. The cart with the bucket on it has a tether, so I opened the garage door closest to me to dump the water. That didn't go real well either, my right shoe got some. Of course I tried to close the door and the chain got away from me so......Door 1 Me 0.
Door got the worst of it at the end. Chain is off the track so it will need to be looked at early Monday. I don't work Monday's at the moment.
Needless to say I came home in a very pissy mood. Poor Lucy had to put up with me.
I made her watch more Dead Like Me.
She's gone to the store, I'm going to bed.
Night kids.

Mom's xmess present

She's been all about thinking she's getting a necklace like mine, even going so far as to ask me while she was in the hospital when she was getting one. She expects it for X-mess. (Lucy gave me a gold heart with a pic of me and Spawn on it, Mom is jealous).
She's getting shoebox with this in it

I made the chain myself.

Happy Thanksgiving

and Bah Humbug just so we have that out of the way.
I had brunch with Dad and the kids today, it was nice. I came home late afternoon a bit bummed still, because I'm a drama queen like that, went to The Dive and someone I haven't talked to in awhile came in so.....it worked.
We caught up. We run into each other occasionally, sometimes throw some darts, usually just say hi and go on. We actually talked tonight for the first time in a long time, I think it was good for both of us.
I'm now safely tucked away at home, waiting for Lucy to show up.
Hope everyone had a good day.

What a bummer

I wanted to say I was funny when I started this blog. I wasn't. I checked.
I've always written what was in my life or my heart when I wasn't being stupid and throwing something out there just because.
I didn't realize I've lost 3, (three, count them) women who I loved and influenced my life until I re-read part of this drivel.
September 06 My Grandmother.
July 07 Other Mom (aka friend)
August 08 Stepmom

I'm sorry I'm a bit down and occasionally angry because this shit ain't right.
Mamaw was 91, ok, her time was done.
Other Mom was 56, fuck that shit.
Stepmom was 66.
I learned things from all of them that I'll carry until I die, but dammit, it sucks.

To quote myself "I wanted to say I was funny when I started this blog."
I am funny, my sense of humor is firmly intact. I just hate that it's taken a vacation from blogland, it was rampant at the hospital with Mom yesterday. She showed hers too (along with her ass).
I'm leaving to see Dad early in the morning because I was supposed to be there tonight but couldn't. I'd rather cry at home.
Later kids.

Good News

Mom's heart is fine, they got her in early this morning so she got to go home today, double plus. Thanks for the kind words and prayers, she told me to be sure to pray for her before she went back for the procedure this morning, I'm glad someone was doing it for me.
I'm sure there will be more tests to figure out what the hell happened, but that's a big load off everyone's mind so.......forward we go.
I'm beat, finally ate since my cheese toast from this morning wore off long ago, gonna read the last chapter of my book and take my ass to bed.
Night kids.

I have no title

I got to work, my server was crashed and a key pc had issues that kept our software people from looking at the server to see what was up and that was just the first 20 minutes. Annie had to deal with all that because....
That was when Babysis called to tell me Mom was at the Emergency Room in Armpit. She's been sick for a couple of weeks with flu, crud, something, but was getting better. She headed to work this morning and suddenly developed all the symptoms of a heart attack. She was ok, Babysis was on her way there, said she'd call to let me know what was up instead of me running off willy nilly to get there.
Long story short, they transferred her to a hospital here in my town and she's having an arteriogram tomorrow because all the tests today came back ok but they want to make sure.
All well and good except no one can tell us what time for sure.
I'm going to sleep for a few hours and take my ass back to the hospital just in case they drag her off early in the morning.
Hope everyone else had a better day.
Later kids.

Cheap Entertainment

Annie has an employee who is a licensed beautician. She got hair color to fix Annie up but they couldn't work out their schedules so she sent the stuff home with her.
Lucy did Annie's hair today.
Neither of them had a clue what they were doing so it was hilarious for me. Things didn't look right from the get-go, then it turned purple, after it got on Annie's head it was Bozo orange, this went on for what seemed like forever. (Annie's frantic calls to the employee asking if this shit was normal were unanswered.)
Finally, it's done. Lucy rinsed her out and when Annie took the towel off her head I looked at her and screamed, she nearly shit herself running for a mirror.
It looks great, I just couldn't help fucking with her. I now have 2 redheads to deal with, damn.
I told Lucy she'll just have to love me gray, I'm not putting any chemicals on my head, I only have 1 functioning brain cell as it is.

Lucy Groped Me

I was making her watch a marathon of Dead Like Me and she suddenly hugged me with improper intent. Then she kept cupping my breast while I was sitting on the floor next to the couch, I swatted her off.......Now she knows how the boys she spurned during her teens felt. Pervert.

I'm going to bed to sleep. I'll tell you about her alien brain later.

I was looking for something to blog about

Lucy took care of me as usual. She's sitting across the table from me, our laptops between us, but I noticed suspicious activity on her side. I had to stick the phone over the monitors to see what was up...

I think I'll be heading to bed soon, I'm a tired puppy.
Night kids.

Betty and I will be having a chat about her anger issues

She ate the duck's ass. Bad girl.
You always go for the head first dumbass.

Got caught looking

I was at The Dive with Annie, waiting for The Princess as usual when....
There was a couple at the closest table, professionals, nice looking, lady had on some heels and wearing a long pink coat, I got over that part, she was cute.
She took off the coat and was sitting there talking to the guy when I glanced over and saw her granny panties. I was going to take a picture but while I was figuring out how to get the cel phone set up for it, she realized the little white blouse and lowriders were exposing her not so pretty side and put the coat back on. Dammit.

I'm cold

Apparently I'm colder than most people, of course some of these people are menopausal and having flashes so of course I'm colder than they are. One of those people (Annie) just gave me a silk undershirt to help keep me warm. Thoughtful, but self-serving, she's worried about the heating bill, not me. I'm sorry, I didn't mean for that to sound cold........

I've been sidetracked

Lots of shit has gone on so I'm a bit slow with the second part of our weekend. Dad was talking to SoandSo (and I really need to find her a new name) when he suddenly handed the phone to me.........She acted like we talked yesterday instead of 30something years ago so it was cool. She gave me shit about not going out on the boat because it was cold, her daughter was coming over and we'd have to get together soon and.....I finished up and gave the phone back to Dad.
I think it's great he's found someone to talk to and hang out with, and I'm really glad it's someone from the past that he cared about..........I still have that little twinge of "it's too soon." THAT is what he expected me to fuss at him about.
If it wasn't her, I may have, I dunno. I hope I would be ok with anyone because he seemed happier than he's been in months, but I still twinge.
I'll get over it.
Lucy and I went on to see Babysis and Spawn, always good therapy.
Spawn was busy with Babysis's BFF's daughter, they were playing so he couldn't be botherd, so the adults hung out and chatted. I informed Babysis and her BFF that they weren't as much fun as kids as these 2 were. Of course it could be because I was 10 and in charge of the little shits all the time so I was a bit grouchy about it.
I'm taking my ass to bed so maybe I won't be grouchy at work.

Our Lists

Lucy and I made our TO DO lists while watching Calendar Girls the other night. I think I need to start looking younger because hell, everyone I want to do either looks like a grandmother (thanks Brooklyn) or is dead. Lucy has a better handle than I do......
Lucy's list
Queen Latifah (Ok, we'd fight over that one.)
Whoopie (She can have that one, love her, but hell no.)
Diane Keaton (Ok, she's getting in my age range.)
Katherine Hepburn (Dead and on both lists)
Barbara Stanwyk (see Hepburn)
Mine
Judi Dench (Shutup Brooklyn)
Helen Mirren
Susan Sarandon
Goldie Hawn
Bette Midler

Text from earlier tonight
Me: Wanda Sykes just came out.
Lucy: She's on my list.
Me: Bitch.
Lucy: Gotta be quick.
Quick or dead, I still lose.
I guess I'm lucky to have my very own redhead who loves me.

An Interesting Weekend

Lucy and I seriously lounged around yesterday before heading out to Dad's house to spend the night. Lucy had e-mailed him about us making some vegetable soup when we got there, he had it on the stove when we showed up, yes he spoils us. I spied a tin marked "S'mores" when I walked in, he was shopping somewhere and saw it, thought of her, and picked it up. Did I tell you my dad is a great guy? He didn't expect the candy to be worth a shit, but it was, bonus.
I noticed Dad seemed a little nervous, a little different, I wasn't sure if it was because we hadn't been there in a few weeks or what, but went on about my business. He got a couple of phone calls, no biggie, I go out to smoke to give him privacy or he goes to another room. 'Mars Attacks' was on so that was background noise while soup was finishing up and we were all hanging out catching up. (Lucy gives me shit about that movie, I love it.) Dad got all serious and told me "Ok, I'm gonna go ahead and tell you so you can fuss at me and get it over with."
Oh shit. Ok.
Dad: "Do you remember SoandSO? Kids Such and Such?"
Me: "Names are familiar...(I'm thinking I do.)"
Dad described her, yes I remembered. They dated way back in the day before he met Stepmom. I thought she was gonna be my stepmom at one point.
Dad: "She heard about your Stepmom Monday and called me."
Me: "Ok."
Dad: "Her birthday was Tuesday so I offered to take her out to dinner" and (long involved explanation, he saw her again Friday night.)
Me: "Ok, and I'm supposed to fuss at you why?"
Dad: "Timing I guess...."
I told him it was cool, I liked her back then, I'm ok with it.
Phone calls off and on, blah blah blah, we talked off and on about things, I reassured him that I felt better if he had someone else in his life because I was worried about him being lonely and such.
The rest of the night was like living with a 16 yr old, I lost track of the number of phone calls, but they were pretty much on the phone all night. He went to bed at 10 something, Lucy was watching tv and I was reading, at midnight I went to the bathroom and heard him talking to someone.........geeeze.
Today he cooked breakfast for us, we went out to look at colors (too cold to get on the boat, but pretty view from the point, he's sending me pics since I forgot my fucking camera again).
I'd told him last night he might want to talk to The Grandson soon because if someone saw Dad out with SoandSo, well small town shit. He agreed, called, they showed up after Lucy and I left this afternoon and that's all good too. I talked to The Grandson on the way home all is well at the moment.
Long enough post for tonight, I'll finish up tomorrow.

Lucy says "Hi"

She and I are going to watch Calendar Girls because we need a laugh and I need her near me at the moment.
She's warm and it's gonna get cold here tonight dammit.
At least babysis and I share that trait, we were both freezing our asses off in Hotlanta last weekend.
I waited for her to finish dinner and.....
Ok, she's cutting coupons and ruining the "watch a movie mood," so maybe not.
My bad, she thought we would watch movie from here, I was thinking couch.
Ok, off to couch, night kids.

Dumbasses, or how I was about to get my ass kicked

I met Annie and The Princess at The Dive after work.
Ok, I'd been there reading and drinking for a bit before they showed up.
There was a table full of youngsters right close to us.
Apparently said youngsters were raised by wolverines because they had the manners of pond scum.
Napoleon was about to be my bitch when The Princess dragged me to the bar and I left to come home because I was too pissed off to be out in public.

I feel like the old lady shaking her cane and yelling "Get off my lawn!"
I like my comfort zone. Damn kids.

Old news that's new to you

My Drinking School funds have been seriously put in jeopardy thanks to the shitty economy and the Idiot who now runs our company.
I have Mondays off until further notice which is a blessing and a curse since I hate Mondays anyway, but, it cuts into the dollars I can spend on important shit like beer and cigarettes.
I shouldn't bitch, I still have a job, it's just not gonna be there for long so.......
I'm gonna have to drop out of Drinking School and actually do something that will make me more employable. Damn.
Motivation is good, change is good, I'm just not a fan of either, but at least this will get me off my increasingly large ass and make me do something other than bitch and moan. I'm sure everyone will appreciate that.

This isn't anywhere near where I meant to go when I sat down here, but oh well. Follow the path you're given I guess. I'm going to call Lucy and take my ass to bed.
Night kids.

Hi, my name is Rain and I have a problem

I seem to have a blog addiction.
I know I read everybody Friday, I threw a post out Saturday.......Sunday and Monday were busy.
Today, it felt like I've been away forever. I was trying to catch up on everything and everyone, and it took awhile. I hate that.
Lucy is here tonight since she has an early Dr. Appt. tomorrow, I just finished the last book in the vampire series.......I should sleep. I'm still beat from all the driving. Have a good night kids and I'll be around to make inappropriate comments tomorrow, my brain was dead today.

Tina recap

We stayed at a decent place on Peachtree thanks to Lucy. We ate dinner here. Excellent all the way around. Went back to the hotel where so sorry, shuttle is not available since we were cutting close on time. No Problem. They called us a cab. He had to drop us off a couple of blocks away, no problem. Holy Shit that place was crowded. My knee was much better after much ice so I could walk and shit, Lucy's I was worried about......she was ok.
Our seats, OMG. I nearly had a panic attack from the slant down, but it still worked.
Tina came on and........her break hasn't hurt her at all, the woman was awesome. Babysis, Lucy, Lucy's Sis, had never seen her in concert before so I loved hearing their thoughts. Besides all that, she sounded as good as 20 yrs ago when I first saw her, the show and dancing were possibly better than when I saw her before her "retirement". If you can, go see her.
Afterwards (duh duh duhhhhhh). We decided to walk a couple of blocks to get a cab because really, it was a mess down there.
Lucy kept walking....sheep followed.....we ended up at Peachtree again. I thought the plan was to call cab to pick us up at such and such, but apparently Lucy was on her own wavelength.
Lucy's sis, Babysis and I all agreed we should walk this way if we were gonna walk home. Fine. Lucy dragged us back because baaaa.
We moved up and down the sidewalk a couple of times while Lucy's Sis and I patrolled the perimeter while Annie watched and listened to the prostitutes in the park across from us. Geeeze.
Yes, we walked back, in the fucking cold because Lucy decided we should. It really wasn't that bad, but hello, 5 women hanging on a street corner, a few times while Lucy chatted on the phone?
We got home, probably faster and definitely cheaper than we would have in a cab but damn......... always gotta have some drama.
A vote was taken this morning deciding I would drive home because apparently the 60 miles Annie drove yesterday shook everyone up so I'm tired.
Everyone is now where they're supposed to be, Spawn thought his Mommy was working instead of out drinking a beer and having a good time so he was a good boy. He was happy to see her today. I'm gonna crash cuz I'm a tired bitch.
Night kids.

Beer cooler is ready

House is clean, my knee is fucked, sisters will be here in the morning. Lucy keeps trying to do the Proud Mary dance. I'm scairt.
Off to Atlanta in the morning to see Tina Turner. Yee fucking ha.
Later kids.

Edited to add: My sister used the word "hesitant". I'm so proud.
She is hesitant about going because Spawn is asking for her when she's away.
She hasn't really been away since he's been born. I think they'll both be ok.
I'm not at all hesitant about telling her she's taking her ass with us because I wouldn't have bought these tickets if it wasn't for her so.... it's a good word to add to her vocabulary.

Back to normal

Ok, regular blogging can continue, I'm over my drama queen moment for at least 3 weeks. Then my hormones will control the universe again.

The guy I mentioned is someone I met at The Dive a few months ago, and we hung out and talked then, just not as long. He grew up not far from where I did but is nothing like the guys I usually meet from around there. No, I'm not jummping the fence, it was nice to have a discussion with someone about a little bit of everything and feeling a bit of camraderie from an unexpected source. We talked about marriage, gay and straight, rights everyone should have, but don't. Deep shit for me because the extent of my conversation is usually "Hey, how ya doing?".

The woman who pissed me off, well, I'll get over it. She did apologize today (I wouldn't talk to her yesterday because I was too pissed off.) I'll get over the hurt but I've lost the respect I had for her. Oh well.

The Princess finally brought me the book I was waiting for so I'm off to read some more since everyone interrupted my bar time tonight.
Later kids.

Yes, I'm drunk

Sometimes I piss me off ya know? Yes, I'm drunk, but I can still write.
I deleted the post from last night about the woman who pissed me off. I shouldn't have, but anyway. Bloggiefever left a comment saying her response was immature, yep, immaturity runs rampant.
BF, I wanted to tell you, whoever you vote for is fine with me, at least you voted.
I respect everyone's opinion and exercising your right is exatly that YOUR right. I don't give a damn.
I was upset my right was called into question because she and I didn't see the same.
I also have a shitload of PMS on my side at the moment so...
I'm a 43 yr old woman right now, my moods are at their peak, don't fuck with me.
I see I'm on my way to incoherency ( I hope that's a word)
I just talked to a very intelligent guy for a couple of hours, I'm shocked that those guys are out there. Sometimes I forget I have a brain and so do they.
I'm off to sleep.
Night kids.

Squirrel patrol

Lucy and I were lounging in bed this morning after a barrage of text messages from The Princess at 7 am. I heard Annie moving around, no biggie, suddenly there was a "POP" from the backyard. Lucy asked me "What was that?" I said "Dumbass shooting at squirrels." Of course we had to get up and go check it out. In our finest garb (plaid sleep pants for Lucy, Big Dog boxers for me) we ventured out to see what the fuck was up.
Annie (also dressed for the occasion in satin candycane boxers) was firing bottle rockets into the pecan tree and cursing at squirrels who ran away long ago.
And I think I'm the crazy one?

Edit: I just went out to smoke with The Handsome Devil. We came back in and I noticed Betty's new roommate, deadsquirrel. Dammit. I made sure Annie retrieved it while I called her and Betty murderers. I'm smoking in the house, fuck them.

Lucy and my demons

Lucy asked me if I felt better after sending the E-mail to Dad. I had to admit I did, it got rid of that elephant. She said I was getting rid of some of my demons by doing that. She may be right, I dunno. I guess I need to name the rest of them so they will go away. I'd like to sleep without dreams.

Fitting?

I came home too early last night, The Princess got goodies. I liberated this one from him, I'll get him a tiara.