Eaten alive....by mosquitoes

I am in hell. Seriously. I told my boss today that I considered jumping off a bridge today to put myself out of my misery. People-mosquitoes love me. LOVE ME. I have about 50 bites on me and the itching is DRIVING ME CRAZY!!!! I'm not sure how much longer I can take it......

In other, less melodramatic news, had a great 4 day weekend! I felt like I was doing something wrong when I didn't go to work Sunday or Monday, but I quickly got over it. Friday and Saturday I hung out with J and the girls. Had "cleaning day" on Saturday-while I was vacuuming, I bent over to move the cord, stood up and smacked my head on the corner of a shelf. Yes, it hurt. I'm surprised I didn't knock myself out. That would have been fun. My head is still sore...

On Sunday, had the family picnic at Shaw Park. I was so happy to have J and the girls with me. It was hard to have fun though since it was like 150 degrees outside-geez!!!! Most everyone just kinda sat and chilled-it was way too hot to move. At least Chloe-monster had a good time! That dog was getting all kinds of attention! Once back in Illinois, we had some BBQ and did a bon fire outside. The fire was cool-just sat around and drank some beer (yes, J, it was Miller Lite!). The night would have been perfect if not for the Mosquito Incident. Enough about that.

Monday was a chill day. J and I took a three hour nap-that was awesome and much needed, apparently. We watched that 50 Cent movie again. I missed half of it the first time we watched it because I fell asleep. It was a pretty good movie except I can't handle watching 50 Cent talk-his teeth don't move. I know he got shot in the jaw, but come on man!

I have now become a Benadryl addict-it's the only thing that stops the itching (at least that's what I'll tell them in rehab). Probably because it knocks my ass out. Love it.

So, overall a good weekend. I always love quality time with J and the girls. This weekend, I am taking J to Salem. I can't wait to show him my hometown-I'm pretty sure showing him around town will take all of like 5 minutes. We will definitely have to head over to Wal-Mart and harrass Tim. Always fun. Can't wait for him to meet The Wonderdogs, Hank and Stubby, either. They are worth the trip to Salem right there. Those dogs need their own TV show. Seriously. Doing Relay for Life 5K on Saturday morning then heading back home Saturday afternoon. I'm off on Sunday again but have to go to a baby shower for my friend Shannon that afternoon.

Hope everyone has a good week. I'm back at work now and it sucks. Probably because of my Benadryl hangover.......I swear I can quit any time I want!

Four day weekend

Ah, it is so good knowing that after tonight, I don't have to be back at work until Tuesday (not that I don't love my job, because I do-just in case Chris is reading this...). It's Memorial Day weekend, and, for the first time in five years, I am NOT working the holiday. Yay me! Got a great weekend ahead. Gonna spend lots of time with J and his girls and see my family on Sunday. Couldn't get any better than that! J-can't wait for our bon fire tomorrow, although you+gasoline scares me a little...... :) And hopefully the girls don't force feed me marshmallows again.... :)

Hope everyone has a fantastic holiday. Don't eat too much BBQ!

I swear I don't watch it.....

Oh my God, the soap opera Passions has GOT to be the worst show on television. I swear to you I don't really watch it, but when you only have two stations that come in because you're too cheap to get cable, this is what you are stuck watching in the afternoons before work. I mean, there is a character named Siren who is actually a mermaid. Uh, yea...and a baby that is actually a witch and they have her talking by putting thought bubbles up on the screen. At one time the show also featured a talking monkey and a little midget named Timmy. Apparently, Luis and Miguel are the "hotties" on the show. I'm assuming this because, from what I can tell, they have slept with every female character on the show-at least once (I mean, what else are you going to do when you are shipwrecked on an island or locked in a castle?). The show is like a trainwreck, you can't look away. It's even crazier than when Days of our Lives had the "fake" Salem on the island...this is WAY worse. Tune in at 1:00pm CST for more!

And the salutatorian is....Grant Baumgartner!

Congratulations to my little cousin Grant who is the salutatorian of his 8th grade class! That is quite an achievement! Very cool. Can't believe he (along with Chelsea and Kelli) will be in high school next year! This whole salutatorian thing reminds me of my 8th grade year (you had to know a Kerri story was coming!). This is back in the day when I was actually smart. The race for the highest grades at Northwood R-IV Elementary was ON! I think it was a given that Dawn Brown would be valedictorian (I WAS the smartest person in the class until 3rd grade when Dawn moved to town. My glory days were over then. All I had was Spelling and Citizenship to keep me going...I'm still a little bitter about it.). Well, it came down to me and Delmer Plank for Historian of the 8th grade class (3rd highest). And wouldn't you know, Delmer beat me by like .06 of a point. I was crushed. No, I was pissed. Then again, he had to give a speech in front of everyone and I didn't, so maybe it was a blessing in disguise. If only I hadn't gotten a C in 4th grade math. Damn fractions.

Love and prayers to my grandpa

Grandpa is having knee surgery on Thursday. I just wanted to wish him luck and send him my love and prayers. I know everything will be ok and then he will have his precious Lumpy to take care of him this weekend! I love you Grandpa. Hope to see you sometime this weekend!

Happy Birthday Maryjane!

Today is Miss Maryjane's 7th birthday. She actually informed me on Saturday that technically she was already 7 then because, after all, it was only two days away and didn't really make sense to say she was 6. Maryjane is a smart little girl. She was smarter than most adults by age 1. Seriously.

Davidson family Yahtzee and other adventures

Despite living in the middle of the woods, miles from town, life at my parents house is never boring. Sure, the dogs provide much of the entertainment, but so does my family. And we're not even trying most of the time. Ok, I already reported about my dad calling his cow a bitch. How bout my brother bringing his new girlfriend Laura over for Davidson family Yahtzee? First of all, only the tough and the brave can handle Davidson family Yahtzee. Seriously. It's every man for himself. Usually the most animated is my dad. He acts like a wacko and my sister and I just sit there and laugh at him while mom quietly rolls a Yahtzee. Dad then accuses her of cheating, this time he was attributing it to the "luck of the Irish" as well as the "luck of the Jews" (hence why we call it the Lucky Jew Game. Not sure where the whole Irish thing came in....). Meanwhile, Tim's new girlfriend just looked at us in awe. Davidson family Yahtzee is a sure way to weed out any potential suitors to the Davidson children (we never did manage to scare Jon away-sucker!). Well Dad won Game 1 despite the fact that Mom was the only one to roll a Yahtzee-you can imagine the gloating. Mom won Game 2 however, which was fitting given it was Mother's Day weekend. Then the embarrassing Tim stories began. I mean, you gotta embarrass him in front of his new girlfriend, right? The best embarrassing story we told was when Tim was in kindergarten and he and another boy decided it would be fun to pee on each other. True story. Tim says it was self defense.....In other news, Hank is officially in love with Chloe (for those that don't know, they are dogs). He followed her around all weekend with love in his eyes. Hank is much like Forrest Gump. He may not be a smart man, but he knows what love is. Thank you and good night.

I can entertain myself anywhere

Yes, J, I am gonna post about this. Don't lie-you know I entertained you for that hour long phone call!

Ok, so I left Salem at noon today thinking I would totally make it to work by 2:00. On a normal day this would have happened. But not today. No, instead I got to sit in traffic on Hwy 44 for an hour and 45 minutes. It was soooooo not good times. There's only so much people watching you can do. At least I was able to torture J with it too as I kept him on the phone for an hour. I saw some cool stuff y'all. Like the two people making out in their car (hey, we were stopped, what the hell else were they gonna do?). And the dude driving w/a weed wacker in the front seat. He was cool. But my absolute favorite was the dude who was driving and drinking out of a wine bottle. That was classy. Actually I was kinda jealous and was wishing I had some......I was an hour and a half late for work. And now I'm here and I have a ton of work to do, so no more blogging for today. Have a good week y'all!

I'm alive

I felt I needed to post today because I have received a million emails asking me if I'm ok since I haven't been on here in awhile. The answer is, yes, I'm ok. Not great, not wonderful, but "ok". I will not go into detail about it. I'm tough though, so don't worry about me, k? The best part of dealing w/some major stress in your life? Weight loss. Yes-I love it. It may be sick and twisted to think that way, but dropping 4-5 lbs in the last week or so is pretty cool to me.

I'm spending some time in Salem and I think maybe the country air is doing me some good. Or maybe it's spending time with my parents stupid dogs, Stubby and Hank. They are an endless source of entertainment. They put a much needed smile on my face today. I'm spending some time with my parents too. I actually heard my dad call a cow a "bitch" today because she hasn't had her baby yet. That was good times. He thinks now that she's not really pregnant, just fat. My dad is a nut. Probably where I get it. Haven't seen much of Tim-he's spending most of his time with his new girlfriend. And I've had some good talks with my mom. Red and Jon will be here tomorrow so we can celebrate Mother's Day. I see a yahtzee tournament in our future. Sunday will bring me back to reality, however. Back to my life. I gotta figure some stuff out, I've learned that writing helps a lot as I wrote an 8 page "letter" today. No one will ever see it but me, but it was definitely therapeutic (says the counselor!). I know I'm gonna be ok. I have some very special people in my life (you should know who you are) and know no matter what, I've got people who have my back and care about me and would do anything for me. That is what will help me sleep tonight. I love you all, if I haven't told you lately. Take care everyone!

mental health joke...

those of us who work in the mental health field have very sick senses of humor sometimes. we have to or we would be clients ourselves. here is a funny one i found recently:

1. Once I had multiple personalities, but now we are feeling well.
2. I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute.
3. I used to be indecisive. Now I'm not sure.
4. The best thing about being schizophrenic is that I'm never alone.
5. Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean people aren't out to get you!
6. Hypochondria is the only illness that I don't have.

Funny ha ha, right? Have a nice day y'all!

random thought of the day

I love being in love. Don't you?

Got to see my girl today!

My girl Sharon was in town this weekend. My weekend was way busy, but I was able to see her for a little bit today before work. She used to work with me at BHR, we became friends right away. This girl knows me better than I know myself most of the time! Anyway, I hadn't seen her since she moved to North Carolina, so I was way excited today. Got to see her beautiful baby girl too. I can't believe Sophia is 15 months old now! I remember planning and organizing Sharon's baby shower! Time flies, that's for sure. Sophia is a wild one, thats for sure!Very smart though, and talking up a storm! Sharon and I both got teary-eyed when I had to leave for work. I hate it when your friends move far away!

good weekend

Well, another weekend is over. Time seems to be flying by anymore. I can't hardly believe today is May 1 already. This weekend was a good one. Friday J and I spent the evening with his daughter for her birthday. Went to her soccer practice, got some dinner, and let her open her presents. Then once he went to work, she kicked my butt in Yahtzee all night. It was fun, and I'm not at all ashamed that I lost to a 10 year old......Saturday had to rise and shine early to get to Jeff and Jessica's wedding. First person I saw was grandpa, which always makes me happy. I was so excited and happy that J was with me. I couldn't wait for him to meet my whole wacky family. They are some good peeps! :) The wedding itself was great. I forgot how long a Catholic wedding can be. Jon and I did get in trouble by Red once for talking about where the Virgin Mary statue was. I want it noted for the record that I was right. After the wedding, J and I went to my apartment for some much needed sleep. I think I only got an hour in, but he got to sleep which was good. At the reception, we got to sit by my parents, Aunt Jan/Uncle Craig and Aunt Paula/Uncle Jay. We laughed a lot at our table. And discovered just how immature my father is during the whole candy bar incident. Man, he has been picking on Aunt LaLa for 33 years now! :) I was very happy that night. I had everyone that I love with me in one place. I was sad that we had to leave early, but J had to work. I think it was a blessing in disguise because thank God I missed that whole clown thing. That would NOT have been cool! My sister was a bit tipsy on the wine (Red, I love you, don't forget that, ok?). Timbo was talking to his new girlfriend all night-I've never seen him like this. The boy is smitten! I think J had fun. I have a feeling he and my dad are gonna get along real well. Dad will now have a new audience to talk about the farm and his cows. When J and I go to Salem, maybe we'll pawn dad off on J and mom and I will go shopping! :) (just kiddin!). After we left, I went to work w/J and just chilled. I think at one point I accused him of trying to get me drunk as I looked down at my table and noted that I had 3 different drinks in front of me....of course, I drank them. That would just be rude not to! After he got off work, we went to Pop's w/his friend and girlfriend. I actually had fun there, but maybe that was b/c Jeff was buying us shots...who knows. It was a good time tho, and, of course, I always like getting to spend the entire evening w/my boy. Nothing better than that. Now today, I am hoping I am going to get to see my girl Sharon. She is in town from North Carolina. Been quite a while since I've seen her. Ok, must hit the showers. Later people. Have a good week y'all!