Oh the things they say

I was asked at least 3 times at six flags if I had called my parents and asked if I could come home later than planned. Which if I am correct I was the 2nd oldest person there, not by much but yeah I was still older.
I was asked which high school I went too.
and my personal favorite was What year I was in college. I told her I graduated 5 years ago. Her response: "You don't look that OLD!" I just said thank you but I really want to say sheesh graduating 5 years ago means I am still not yet 30 (which I am sure by her standards would make me ancient).

Ok that is all for now. I gotta find a way to be awake.

Things I forgot about the trip

We got back to the Church around 2:30am Saturday morning. I was scheduled to be back at the church at 8am. Thankfully I had the sense at 10:30pm to call Keith who does sound but he was also performing but he had the number of the other sound guy. Double thankfully I had asked Joe (the other sound guy) to please show up on time Sunday in case Heaven forbid something happened to me. It is a good thing I did too because even though Keith called Joe, Joe's phone wasnt working and didnt start working until he was on his way into the church.

Now for the Aftermath:
By the time I got home and fed the puppies and called hubbs it was 3am. I set the alarm for 8:00 but didnt hear it until almost 9. My meds make me a zombie when I dont get enough sleep so I stumbled through the get up routine, my eyes were bloodshot my body ached. I felt like shit basically all the signs of a serious hangover from having the perfect amount of fun the night before without the joy or calories of actually drinking. I made it to church, stopped by a friends house to wake them up. Walked in saw one of the guys in his boxers and a similar stupor. He said "yes its her" I said "just making sure you are awake" and stumbled out the door and up to the church where I gave Joe a great big hug cos I have never been so happy to see his truck.


After church I was invited to a friends for dinner. I told them I would try and sleep but if I couldnt I would be there. Well I couldnt so off I went. Then back to the church to have some fun with the youth. Then some poker.

The ultimate sign you shouldnt have gotten out of bed in the morning: it takes until 7pm to realize your panties are inside out and it takes until almost midnight to realize your bra is too. Yeah I am no longer able to function on too little sleep. I think that officially makes me old.

The poor dogs must feel totally neglected by me. They are clinging to me like glue today but I still couldnt sleep in. Dang phone kept on ringin.

The trip from hades

Oh my goodness I went on my first adventure with the youth group from my church and boy was it an ADVENTURE. We went to Six Flags over Georgia and it was crazy fun. I even managed not to swear, which in and of itself is hella impressive considering I put my sailor husband to shame some days. Just as we were all getting off a coaster there was lightning in the sky and they shutdown the park. It wasn't a big deal as the park was closing in an hour. And that is where the fun began. 3 of the groups were together but the 4th had lost his cellphone. So we were keeping an eye out for him. While looking for him the rain started coming down and the thunder was getting worse. We found him and all went in to eat. While we were eating the sky just opened up and buckets of water started falling. The 2 drivers went out to get the vehicles closer so we wouldnt get too soaked. I guess while opening the Van lightning struck the pole next to it and our fearless leader felt a little more electricity than you want while opening a car door. When he got in it the Van didnt even try to start, no click no nothin. While all of this is going on, those of us in the park are trying to keep track of bored teenagers, hustle to the bathroom, eat, cleanup, get kicked out of the restraunt because the park closed, hide in a gift shop. They tried kicking us out of the gift shop but we told the guards what was happening and managed to get a reprieve on our expulsion from the park. There were lots of phone calls and our drivers having to come and go between us and the car getting more and more wet. We kept getting told different stories, your typical everyday lack of communication as can be witnessed at any place of employment. At one point we did get kicked out but thankfully they had a place we could huddle and be dry. At that point I was just waiting for them to turn us out. It was a total lawsuit waiting to happen not to mention very dangerous. At one point, when we were still in the park, I went to the bathroom with 3 others. There must have been a strike not far from us. The light and the noise actually scared me enough to scream/swear (if you consider DAMN! a swear word) and the girl who was with us screamed like I had forgotten girls can scream. At that point I was doing what I could to not only stay inside but keep the kids back in too. So yeah it was an adventure. Thankfully we all handled it really well and no one throttled a kid. I did snap at one but that was when she asked "Are we all gonna die" I went into total adult mode and snapeed my head to her and growled "we dont say things like that" I was so pissed and annoyed that I guess I missed the security guard who had been helping us say "nobody dies at six flags." Then they finally got the lazy, inept, lying, confused, or uninformed mechanic to get the jump and we were on our way. This fun started at 9pm and we left around 12:30am which is absolutley ridiculous. All of that to get a jump, not to mention the "rumors" I heard passed among the kids about what was going on, trying to keep them calm, getting them to understand that we had no control and we would let them know whaen we do and the frustration the adults were dealing with.

All in all it was actually a good trip just the 3 hours it took to get out of the park and the 2 hours to get a jump sucked serious ass.

It is Good Friday. I went to services tonight and heard two of my friends sing a great song. Since I am not a great singer (I doubt I am even decent) I just love when I hear other people sing and do it well.

Tomorrow I will get up early to go help with the church Egg hunt and band practice. I look forward to band practices, I really like the guys in the band and it is just nice to hand out with people my age who my husband doesnt work with.

Last week my dad and his wife were here with my cousin. It went well. We toured around the CSRA and went to Savannah. I loved Savannah. My girlfriend Kym will be in next week and I want to take her to Charleston and Savannah. I asked the guys I know about cool places to go and they couldnt tell me anything local.

In 2 weeks we are going on a trip. Hubbs does not know where we are going and I wont post it just yet. I am dying to tell him but I dont know how long I can keep it secret. It is hella cool though and he will love it.

The heat is kickin in here, the humidity is not here yet but when it is I think hell will feel like a quick dip in the pool. But that is ok I just need an excuse to say "hotter than the hinges of hell"

One hell of a week

And it ain't over yet sister

Well Monday I realize the local JC hasn't told me when I can register yet but they haven't contacted me about registering. So after trying to call multiple times I get the Dean of Admissions and he says come down to work it out but we will work it out. I knew it would be a madhouse and I have a ton of stuff to buy for UMCOR So I go and oh 2-3 hours later all is supposedly good and I am setup to take a friggin English comp exam cos I guess my bachelors degree just isn't good enough for them. Prior to that I had been to the church, to the bank and basically sat on my hands while the bank took 20 minutes to find out they could not get me a Visa check card which is the EXACT opposite of what they told the church. Then I had a client whose computer I was bummed to find out was so hosed that there wasn't much I could do besides make it a bit more stable so they could reload it. The I went to the college. Then I started my shopping spree. I started at a Walmart across town and started buying the items for what I hoped would be 400 healthkits for UMCOR. The kit consists of:
" 1 hand towel (15" x 25" up to 17" x 27", No kitchen towels)
" 1 washcloth
" 1 comb (large and sturdy, not pocket-sized)
" 1 nail file or fingernail clippers (no emery boards or toenail clippers)
" 1 bath-size bar of soap (3 oz. and up)
" 1 toothbrush (single brushes only in original wrapper, No child-size brushes)
" 1 large tube of toothpaste (expiration date must be 6 months or longer
" 6 adhesive plastic strip sterile bandages

and we need all BUT the toothbrushes. Between Monday and Thursday I went to 4 walmarts in 2 states and 3 counties at least twice each and at least 2 of them 3 times. I went countless dollar stores, Kmarts, drugstores and grocery stores trying to fill the list. The clippers and combs were the hardest part.

Tuesday I went to the college, took the test and started shopping again until I got a call from a good client. So I spent a total of 4 hours with him before some more shopping and finally getting home. Yes I skipped the FSG meeting It was just too much.

Wed back to the college the freakin registrar says I cant register AFTER I WAITED IN LINE OVER AN HOUR!!!!! If I had known I would have seen the Dean of Admissions in the first 10 min I was there. He straightens it out and I HAD TO WAIT AGAIN!! for the registrar I guess the Dean couldn't register me. So she registered me and I got all that done then MORE SHOPPING!!!!!!! At this point I had about 200 of everything except the combs, handtowels and clippers. I am sick of shopping so people in my Wed night Bible Study decided to go shop. One found clippers in I swear the only store in town I had not been too (and it was cash only). 2 more went to Sam's Club to get the hand towels, I knew they were cheaper there but I don't have Discover and couldn't afford the cash. I stayed at church with 3 others and sorted the combs since the packs I bought came with 2 unusable combs in each pack. While shopping Wed I get a call from an irate customer who thinks I did not fix his PC, well I did but in saving the OS it did lose some functionality since his wife did not want it formatted. I calmed him down let him know I would take care of it, scheduled time to pick it up Wed. After church I pretty much finished the shopping EXCEPT those pesky combs. Oh yeah and I ran the choir rehearsal in there too.

Thursday was an easy day compared to Wed. I got up and went to WW on the way I stopped at Walmart and they had refilled the combs I had previously pillaged so I pillaged again. Went to WW weighed in I am just 2 weeks from lifetime. WOOHOO!!!! Go out to clients house in BFE and wife is not home, so I wait, still not home. I called him, he had her call me and she said she will be back in about an hour and a half. I turn around and go to the church drop off the rest of the goods give everything one last once over. I could not think of ANYTHING else to do to prepare SO I go out to lunch. I ate very slowly then drove BACK out to BFE she is still not there. I had some Bible study to catch up on so I sat and read. 45 min later STILL not there. I really didn't want to make a 3rd trip out. So I call her she says she is 10 min away so I wait. She finally showed up I grabbed the PC and left. Got home and thankfully it was a beauty to reload it all went perfect! Great!!

Fri I SLEPT IN!!!!!!!!! I got to sleep till 9 and a lil after 10 I called the client, took my time dropped off the PC, went to WALMART (I swear they should know me by now) bought me jeans that fit. WOOHOO!!!!! Drove to base did my shoppin at the Com-misery and came home. I was home by 2 and I did jack the rest of the day, some Bible study some posting but just relaxed.

Tomorrow I have to getup at 6 and be at church at 7:45 to make the kits. Then I have to finish my Bible Study before class Sun evenin. It is still all a lil crazy but it could be worse :)

I am looking for the quote but Michael Brown Director of FEMA gave a run down of why he is qualified by listing the disasters that have occured since he entered the office.

Woohoo this yahoo got some great on the job training. One thing he listed was the California Wildfires. I assume he meant the wildfires of October 2003. Lives were lost and acres burned while FEMA sat with its collective head up its ass and made the US Marines at Camp Pendleton and USMCAS Mirramar PROVE they were capable of helping in the aerial firefight. I mean their experience putting out fires on their bases means nothing. They also took their sweet ass time getting resources into the area from all over the state and country. Not to mention the fact that they would not let anyone fly after dusk even though there were still 2 hours of light in the sky AND some of the aircraft was designed to fly at night. Yeah that lil bit on his resume makes me fucking ecstatic and feeling so safe that he is the head of FEMA. oh yeah I forgot to add that people died during that fire because they called for help and they were told to sit tight no reason to evac or help is on the way when the help never came or it was too late, sound familiar? What a fucking joke

yeah I am a news whore I watch it constantly and this situation hasnt changed that. Why does this hurricane seem to have such a slow relief effort? Last year it seemed like it was practically instantaneous but these people now aren't getting much. why are the churches the first to respond? What is going on? Where is our government? I mean I know it is bad but is it sooooo bad that there is nothing our government can do? I mean we were able to drop food on bombed out cities in WWII why cant we drop MREs on people on rooftops? Why arent these centers getting help? Where is their relief?

I wonder what the long lasting affects of this will be on our nation and government. Will Bush lose what lil support he has left as he takes the blame for yet another fuck up? He will try to push it off but I see it as a chain of command and he is at the top. Will the Republican party suffer? Are we going t go back to a Democrat majority. In the past we have done well with that in the past.

Good news I heard they are doing chopper drops of fod and water in New Orleans. About freakin time. Also good to hear most of the looting is people who are getting what they need to survive. Bad news is thousands who were turned away from the superdome are at the convention center. There is no relief or support there and officials wont go there because they are outnumbered. At least they got food and water drops but that is bullshit, they are outnumbered. Get the people on buses make sure you have enough and then give them stuff once they are onboard.