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in my apartment in miami
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Sep 3, 2007 2:02 am
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hi all, i have safely arrived at my apartment. i got here at about midnight, then had to wait 45 minutes for some guy to come move his car from my parking area. then i had to unload the van. sucky. parking on third level, apartment on 16th floor. thank God for elevators, and my little suitcase carrier too. i hauled it all up on that. i lost count of the trips i made, and actually, i still have one more to do, but i idn tfeel it was anecessary to bring uup the cooler tonight.
i know, tonight is actuallly this morning, and yes, it is 5 am eastern. i am tired. but i wanted to let y'all know i was here safe.
i think i might go to bed for a couple hours now.
huggggggggsssssssss
me
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tucked in at st cloud florida
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Sep 1, 2007 9:11 pm
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checking in. i made it down to st cloud florida for the night. long drive. less than 250 on down to miami sometime tomorrow.
i am staying with my long lost cousin. the last time i saw him i was maybe 4 years old. i am sure he has some wild stories to tell me about when i visited them on the farm
he is the only living relative i have on my mothers side of the family. well, i have a half brother too, but his location, or even if he is alive is not known. that is how al found me. i was posting on those family geneaolgy sites that i was looking for my brother billy. al came across it and left a post for me with his email. i contacted him, and we have been back in touch off and on for the last 5 years.
now this trip gives me the opportunity to meet him. i kept them up late enough already, so i let them go on to bed. i should go also. i am tired.
the fleas kept me up last night, yuck.
the hotel where i stayed, the room had many fleas in it. i complained to the office at two am, and they told me they had no other rooms. it would have been later than three if i asked for a refund and went to another hotel, so i shook the fleas off my legs and jumped into bed.
this morning i complained to manage ment and got a discount. i am still going to write to the company.
kk, off to bed irun
huggggggssssssss
tommie
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in covington GA
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Aug 31, 2007 10:13 pm
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i told yas i would be alright once i got away. and i am. but someone needs to go slap my oldes silly for laying the guilt trip on me.
"i miss you mom, i need you" you know the puppy dog eyes?? well, she has the puppy dog voice. so sad and heart wrenching.
mykal did army for 11 or 12 years. it was hard for me to let her go, but i did and i survived it. now she is home, and i tell her it is my turn to be let go. she agrees, but still whines at me.
i finally left home about 11 am central time. a bit of feet dragging. the carpenter had some things he wanted to show me. the ex invited me to breakfast. now who would turn down a free meal?? i was gonna do mcdonalds and drive, but a full breakfast got me farther down the road. and then, after i started, i remembered my insurance card for the van was outdated, so i turned around and went to the company and got a replacement card.
pretty much an uneventful drive. it rained pretty bad when i hit georgia, but it passed. i am settled in at a motel 8. they left the light on for me.
going to meet an armymom friend in the morning, so i better be off to bed.
hugggggggssssss to all
see, i am ok..
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i am beginning to think
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Aug 30, 2007 10:12 pm
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that this travel stuff is not for me. it just tears me up to leave wherever i am at. when i left home the first time, i was really anxious to get on the road. excited.
when i took vacation, i was excited.
then, when it was time for me to leave my assignment and come home, i didnt want to do it. i wanted to stay in lafayette.
now i am getting ready to leave home, and my heart just hurts, i dont want to leave here. the excitement just is not there.
miami
shouldnt i be excited? doesnt just about everyone want to go to miami?
i didnt get the opportunity to see much of the grandkids even though everyone was quite aware of my limited time home. school was part of the interference with visitations. but it was mostly the same ol' same ol' as before. family was too busy for me. the oldest daughter tried to spend alot of time with me, but it was not really possible as she had to work and sleep too.
so the reason for me to go is the same. i would still be alone if i stayed home.
i think that what makes it hard right now is my neighbor. i have lived here for 15 years, and he is the closest thing i have to a father. when i first became a nurse, i took care of his mother in law. that was twenty four years ago. then i became his neighbor. he is like a greatgrand dad to my babies.
two days ago, his wife informed me the doctors gave him 3 months to live with out chemo, and up to a year with chemo.
this 70plus, year old man, who never required doctors visits, has developed diabetes and has had two heart surgeries in the past 18 months. less than a month ago, they found cancer all through his lungs with a mass to the left lower lobe.
he continued to run his own business, driving as many as 75 miles one way every day. and was home every night.
he took care of his wife all through her cancer. taking her to chemo. staying by her side when she had surgery. keeping her on the diets the doctors put her on. she is alive because of him.
and now, he is living day by day. his sons tending to his chemo and other needs. he can still get around. a stranger would not know anything was wrong with him, but the first thing i noticed when i saw him was his weight loss.
he is afraid to eat more as instructed, due to his diabetes. and the medications he takes makes his blood sugars rise.
he is a tiny, frail man now.
i noted what little hair he had before (bald on top ya know) is about gone. the little wisps that were on top of his head are now gone, leaving a slight sheen.
when i hugged him, there was not much there, i was afraid to crush his bones.
i was not able to get things done that i wanted to while home
i now worry about the lack of finances i will have until next payday
i won't be here when they finish my kitchen
it may be 9 months before i can come home
it is a two and a half day drive for me
the manager will not tell me where to pick up my key, the agency has to get that information
all my fortunes in my cookies said really uplifting things, that i know will come true, but my heart still hurts.,
i think it is all due to bob. my neighbor
i will be ok tomorrow, 10 minutes down the road. but right now, i am not
huggggggssssssssss
tommie
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i was going to
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Aug 30, 2007 12:16 am
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post a blog, but now i am not. i spent too much time reading every one elses and now i have to go to bed.
love yas (and bet yas love me for not posting one of my famously boring blogs!!)
hahahahah
hugggggggssssssssss
tommie
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it feels odd
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Aug 25, 2007 11:27 pm
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being home does. is it because the house is in total mess because they did not finish the kitchen? or because i have not been working? or because i have not had the opportunity to spend much time with the grandbabies due to school has already started?
i have been pretty busy since i got back here in illinois, and most of it has been for my trip down to miami. going out of town for the drug screen. working on the computer doing applications for government stuff, and doing studies. seems i am not smart enough, i have to study more, lolol.
i live in my bedroom, and have use of the one bathroom. i am glad it is a good sized room, or i would go nuts. i have no refrigerator, so my drinks are in a cooler that i re-ice each night. nothing is put away, because i am just going to repack it all.
today was the most real day i have had. i spent it with my grandchildren. willow's birthday just recently passed, and daltons birthday is coming up. so, with bradyn, we all went to buy birthday presents.
even though grandpa ruined it for me by buying the bikes i had told the kids we were going to get today, it turned out ok because dalton wanted this remote control hummer and willow got an electric 4 wheeler she can ride. (you have to know grandpa to understand why he did it).
we got our pictures taken together. it was a first for me. me and the grandkids. i wish my fourth grandchild was here to be included, but he lives in washington state. i think we got a halfway decent shot, considering 2 of the posers were 4 year olds. lol.
we all wore ilini tee shirts. hope the pictures turn out good. can never really tell on the computer. my six dollar special card cost me 112, dollars. lol.
now my grandbabies are all three laid out on the hidabed in the living room. just like old times. makes my heart break to know that i will be leaving them again. i so wish i could take them with me. they have no dicipline here. i have had to punish dalton big time and even spank willow. i frequently find myself scolding bradyn. am i not the grandma??? is the grandma not the one who is supposed to allow them to run wild and free with no fear of discipline??? and i come home to enforce "the laws". so unfair for me.
well, i should be off to bed because i know three children and a dog will be arising soon..
huggggggsssssssss
tommie
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no time, no time
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Aug 25, 2007 8:42 am
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ff is aggravating at times, especially when a person has no time and tries to squeeze in a post. a few days ago, did that. i posted so all would know i arrived at illinois safe and sound, and ff has not shown it. so i reposted it, and the same.
so, for all that want to know, i have been in illinois for just under a week now. busy as i can be and still be sane??????? haha.
now i gotta run again. to miami in less than a week. miss y'all
hugggggsssssss
tommie
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are my posts showing?
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Aug 23, 2007 9:00 pm
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i see that some people have visited my blog, but the last post shows 0 views. is it visible? i cannot find it in the list. ff, don't mess with me, i am mess enough!!! lol last post was about home safe and sound. i had reposted it once.
ok,no time to post . i have more work to do online.
whose idea was it for this anyways?
hugggssss
tommie
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home safe and sound
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Aug 23, 2007 8:44 am
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ol. i don't know about that sound thing. sometimes i really wonder about myself.
the trip that took me 15 hours last time, took me 20 hours this time. of course, it could nto have been because i traveled with 2 cats, one dog and 2 geckos????? half hour potty stops???
i had to stop and sleep three hours short of being home. i just could not make it any farther. then, after just about an hour of rest, dang puppy breath in my face. the cats were in his box, so he was free to jump on me.
everyone is happy as they got an animal. i am happy i no longer have any animals!!!
my friend in lafayette was wonderful to me my last day there. he helped me the entire day to pack up the van. the inside was full to the top, and we piled stuff on top as well.
i have the verizon internet piece thingy. i had no signal at my daughters home, and this signal at my home seems a bit touchy.
the kitchen is not completed. i had him hook up the hot water heater though so that i could stay in my own home and shower. i am so funny about staying with other people, even if it is my own daughter.
mark, i have popped up in illinois. i will be here until at least the 30th. then i will drive on down to miami. it will be longer, but smoother. no potty stops for puppies.
i am going to work the sci unit in miami that is spinal cord injuries. i will also take care of multiple sclerosis patients. some surgicals and wound patients. i am somewhat excited about this. but i miss my new friends in louisiana.
i kept the per diem at my previous job. so i have two scheduled evening shifts to work while i am home. bummer, but i do need the money. i did not find me a sugar daddy down south. maybe i will be luckier in miami? hahahahaha.
i got my drug test out of the way today. tomorrow sometime i need to get my fingerprints done and fed exed off to miami
i need to get online and do a application packet for the gov.
so much to do, no time to do it.
ok, i need ot go to bed. it is two am, and i have a much needed chiropractor appt in th emorning.
hugggggggsssssssssss
tommie
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will problably be gone
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Aug 18, 2007 12:05 am
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for a bit. i do not know exactly. i got the verizon thing for internet service, i just plug it into any of my computers usb port. i can use the laptop or the pc. this computer will be packed away and remain so. but i have an oldie at home, i don't kow how well it will work on the net, but you know me, i most likely will give it a try.
if i had not gotten the verizon, i would have been computerless for about a month.
no can do.
lol
ok, i am off to bed. too busy today,a nd too much to do tomorrow. packing my sweet puter in a box is one of the things i must do.
wahhhhhhhhhhhhh
huggggggsssssss
tommie
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