Another Weekend Almost Over

Well, it's another weekend, almost gone. Also another month gone. March is certainly coming in like a lion. We drove home in an ice storm, and are expecting about 6 inches of snow tonight, eek! I am sure most of NC will be shut down tomorrow, hehe.
On Friday night, since we had my car stuck at the garage for another couple days. Mike and I decided to head up to my parents for the weekend. That way Mike could also help put up the drywall in Beepa's bathroom.

(Beepa's bathroom Before, **Shim-Shiminy-Shim-Shiminy-Shim-Shim-Sharoo!**)

(And... Beepa's bathroom After *Cough Cough* Still a little dusty, but slap some paint on there and it's done! Everyone in!! Beepa's guests can now shower without tripping over the toilet, yeah!!)

(While Mike worked on the bathroom...Abby and Macy tried to help everyone decide just where to go on vacation, Abby kept pointing at the coast; but Macy thought more inland would be better)

(In the end, they compromised)

After we arrived home Sunday afternoon:

What are those? you may ask...those would be Lily's new 'play pants'. She inherited them because some other kitties wouldn't play with them. She can crawl in and out of them, and they *crinkle*

(and yes, she is standing on her hind-legs, she does that alot...she's like a little meerkat)

Right now her favorite thing to do is pounce on them and hear them *crinkle*

(Mom would appreciate that she is enjoying them, and the kitty cube.)

Can't forget Miss Katie. She was very happy we were finally home.

Old Age

This was just too silly not to tell. I was helping Mike this past weekend strip some floors where he works. Like I mentioned before, Mike is the manager at a rehabilitation and nursing center. Part of his job is to strip some of the floors (of their wax) once a month. There was no one to help him, so he asked me. By the way, he was quite impressed with my stripping skills, hehe. No one has ever seen a woman run a buffer as well as I. He was proud of his good stripper wife, hehehe. My mother would really appreciate that. Okay, getting my mind out of the gutter...

As we worked periodically a resident would come up to us to say hello and watch. (what else do they have for entertainment from 7pm-5am). This one lil ol woman caught my attention, she was wondering the halls, scooting herself along in her wheelchair. She came up to us and asked if we had a cigarette and a pepsi, an odd request. Mike said no, he didn't have either one. So she proceeded to ask me if I had a cigarette, I told her sorry, but I don't smoke. So she went along down the hall saying "I want a cigarette and a pepsi!" to anyone that would listen. Mike told me later that she asked people for that all the time. And one of the first things that popped into my head was my dad. As I told Mike, I can see it now, when my dad is old, and gray... he will be wondering around, asking everyone for a cigarette and a pepsi, hehehe. Everyone that knows my dad knows how right I am. I love my dad more then I can express, but he will be a crotchety ol' man when he's older, spitting out his teeth for laughs, and harassing others for a "cigarette and a pepsi". :-)

Long Night In The ER

Well, we had a bit of a health scare this week. Mike has been having some chest pain off and on the last couple weeks, and being the man that he is, ignored it and went about his business. He, like most men, hates going to the doctor, and goes on a very rare occasion. But Tuesday he had all the typical signs of a heart attack (minus the cold sweats). He still refused to go to a doctor, until a nurse where he works checked his vitals and she detected an irregular heartbeat. So that set us off to the emergency room yesterday. We arrived at about 3:30, and it was a longgg night from there.

First they ditched me in the waiting room (since they are in the middle of constructing a new cancer ward, the ER is cramped). After more then two hours with no communication to me, I of course asked someone what the hell was going on! They immediately brought me back to a cramped little room where they were holding him, and several other people. While a doctor and several nurses sat around looking at one computer screen, oye! Then two hours after that, they call us, we thought, good..maybe we can see a doctor now, nope. They went to do a second EKG, until, they read the paperwork and discovered he already had one done, erg! I also pointed out to her that they already did an x-ray (as Mike had informed me earlier) so they didn't try and do that again also. Discovering that, they sent both of us back out to the main waiting room, again. Were we sat for 2 1/2 more hours. Being 3rd on the list, didn't mean much.

Finally at about 10 pm they bring us back to a bed, out in the hallway. Then after 3 more hours of seeing the doctor, then the nurse, then the doctor, and then again the nurse (I don't know how the two of them kept missing each other, but they did, and obviously were not communicating). Since the doctor said the EKG was good, and the x-ray was good. It didn't point to a heart attack (thank goodness, BIG relief! even though the triage nurse also detected an irregular heartbeat when we arrived), so they wouldn't need to take blood. Then a minute later the nurse has him hooked up to a heart monitor, and sticks him with an IV and takes 6 vials of blood. What the hell?

The important thing is, that Mike is ok. They aren't really sure what happened, but glad we are sure that he is alright. The chest pain is slowly getting better. We didn't get home until 1 am, and the poor dog was elated to see us! I realized last night, I wish family was closer, I hated being in the hospital alone, and I am sure Toby would of appreciated someone stopping by to take him potty and maybe give him some dinner.

I did meet alot of interesting people last night though, hehe. Very thankful Mike is ok, that scared me half to death.

Not a fun weekend.

Mike's first weekend off, in quite awhile, was a bust. I have been sick all weekend, sore throat and the works. Michael spent most of the weekend exhausted. He worked all night on Friday, didn't get home until 4 am on Saturday (a 21 hour day, holy cow!) Although, we did get the lawn mowed and the trash to the dump, and I put another 2 coats of paint out on the balcony. I don't feel like we got much done. We spent the rest of our time lounging around the house. Which was probably warranted, but still. Alright, I will stop griping! Hopefully next weekend will be better.

Sexual Harassment In The Workplace.

This was just too amusing not to share. Mike works as an Account Manager, overseeing the employees that clean a nursing and rehabilitation center, and he has been continuously sexually harassed at work. All by little old ladies!!! hehehe....First time was a lil ol woman who commented on his "nice butt!", Mike didn't know what else to do but say thank you, and asked her to try and not comment on it again. Then another one went and asked the receptionist about his "status". Got a good laugh outta that one. Last but not least, another lil ol' lady just went right up to him and grabbed his rear end!! Which he politely asked her not to do ever again.
My goodness, I didn't know I would have to be fending off lil ol' women!!! hehehehe

Who's the boss?

Mike's now the boss, at his new facility that is! Yesterday was his first day on the job, he already fired someone and has two interviews for new employees today. Mike now has his own office!! Which needs some desperate TLC, and organization...which I was there last night to assist with. After clearing out the junk, painting, and getting some nice pics up, it will be much more cozy. :-)

Movin' on up!

Mike will be going on to his last week of training next week. Training to be Account Manager for Healthcare Services was suppose to be 3 months long, but my hubby is so super at it and smart as a whip they will be giving him his own facility on August 11th! He was only in training for a little over a month. So proud of him, and he is so happy, and we are so happy for him!!!

Old Job, New Job

Mike after his last day of work at his old job, goodbye construction...
...and Mike after his first day at his new job!!

Cleans up nice, huh?! :-)