Saturday, January 13, 2001

What a day it's been! Todd's kids are here for the weekend. All three kids get so incredibly wound up to see each other when they haven't been together for a couple of weeks. I thought Christopher had made tremendous improvement in the jealousy area until tonight. Emily wanted to take a bath and he had a fit because that's HIS tub. Excuse me?? I pay the rent so I reckon that's MY tub. Once we got that attitude adjustment it went pretty well for the remainder of the evening.

Closing in on the last days of me being able to access the machines in Boston remotely for awhile. I'm frantically trying to wrap up any loose ends knowing I'll basically be without access for a couple of weeks. The DSL provider out there gave us three weeks notice that they were getting out of the business and would be disconnecting our DSL line. Problem is that it takes four to six weeks for another provider to get the new line installed. That means no remote access for me and the Boston crew will be on a dialup connection in the interim. I feel really bad about the dialup deal because once you've had DSL, dialup isn't really worth even turning on the machine for. They'll have a lot of adjusting to do. I suggested we just shut the doors and everyone take a vacation for a few weeks. Boss wouldn't go for that...something about clients needing us or something. Phooey!

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Thursday, January 11, 2001

Todd used to work the night shift but a few months ago they changed him over to day shifts. That was great because we saw each other more often. In December they changed the schedule again so that he had weekends off. That was even better - even more time together. Now his boss is on vacation so he's back to some night shifts. Tonight is the first one in a long time and I hate it. He always seems to prefer nights for the same reason I hate it. More crazy stuff goes on in the middle of the night. He's trained for the crazy stuff and, like most cops, thrives off the adrenaline rush. I'm glad he's not afraid because I have enough fear and anxiety for the both of us. There will be little sleeping in this house tonight. Christopher is almost as bad as I am. Todd stopped in for a minute earlier this evening and C. was worried about him not having any supper. Christopher was in the kitchen when Todd went out the front door on a call and he came rushing in the office "Mom! Did Todd leave??" I told him yes, he'd gotten a call out on the interstate and wouldn't be back again until after he was in bed. He got all upset because he'd been in the kitchen fixing him a bowl of pretzels to take in the patrol car. I ran them out the front door hoping to catch Todd before he pulled away from the curb but was too late. Christopher is just sure he'll starve to death before he gets off work.

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Wednesday, January 10, 2001

Whenever I read stuff like this happening in a town the size of Leon, I want Todd to quit his job. I always read the articles, look at him and say "Would you please find a different job?" He always looks at me with this look that says "Would you get real?" and carries on with whatever he was doing. Guess he'll probably be a cop for life and I'll always be scared too death whenever he's at work.

posted by Lisa 1/10/2001 11:02:00 PM | link it |

Kaycee isn't feeling well. I told her yesterday that when the chemo started kicking her butt she could send head and body aches to me and I'd share the load with her. Apparently that didn't work but I wish it would have. I saw the moon that she was trying so hard to see last night. It's the same beautiful moon that is lighting the sky again tonight so I ran out and took some pictures of it through the trees for her. I'm praying that someday soon she'll be able to run out and take pictures of her own.

While I was searching for song lyrics for the page I made for Kaycee, it reminded me that Al sent me song lyrics yesterday (he thinks I harbor anger or something). This morning, he called my voicemail and sang a chorus for me. I'm saving all of my voice mail serenades and might just compile them into a CD someday. To be included on any future CD's, call toll free 1-877-576-0180 and belt out a few notes. Ha!

posted by Lisa 1/10/2001 09:07:00 PM | link it |

Tuesday, January 09, 2001

Tonight I found the house I want. To get it I'd probably have to sacrifice my car and get something more economical but I think it would be worth it to have my money actually going towards something worthwhile. It's a lot to think about and a ton of money to part with. Part of me says to just stay right where I am and keep shoving money in savings. I'm just afraid someone else will get it if I don't. Really nice homes are hard to come by around here with most houses having been built 50+ years ago. It would be great if we could save enough to build a brand new one to our own specifications. I'm a realist though and realistically, a lot of people say that and never get it done. Saving money a little at a time takes a kind of determination that I just don't have. I'd get up around $5k and find something else I just had to have - like new furniture or something. If I could just get 20,000 people to give me a dollar....

Christopher was watching Cartoon Network tonight and Pepe LaPew was on. I had forgotten how funny that cartoon is. "You're a girl and I'm a boy. We have all that in common my love" Maybe I am just extra tired tonight.

posted by Lisa 1/09/2001 09:59:00 PM | link it |

Monday, January 08, 2001

I love it when someone I consider a friend gets mentioned in the press.

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