Current mood:
frustrated
I had a nice long chat with the president of my school this evening about my neck predicament. He's about the fifth person that urged me to get a lawyer. He told me that both of his daughters have been rear-ended and have had lengthy whiplash recoveries. I was smart not to take the insurance company's offer of $1000. He told me that each of his daughter's cases racked up several thousand dollars and recovery times were from 1 - 2 years. Oy. As it has become increasingly clear that this will not heal on its own, I need serious medical attention. He said I didn't need to drop the class, he'd help me however he can to make sure I finish the class after I take care of myself first. He is the kindest man I think I've ever met.
I hate my neighbors. They have become the bane of my existance. These are the same neighbors with the
screaming trampoline kids. They recently got a dog. I don't know why. The kids played with him for less than a week before they lost interest in him. Now they keep him on a 3 foot chain right outside my bedroom window. He's always out of water and I think he only gets fed once a day. Last week when it rained really bad, they left him out in it with no shelter. The poor thing cries and barks for attention late at night and early in the morning, which they ignore. I can't since he's right outside my window. I complained to the park management about the dog and how he's being treated, but apparently they don't care, either. Of course it's in my lease that a dog may not disturb the "peaceful" enjoyment of others or some such crap. This situation is definitely not peaceful. Their dog was getting into our yard through the gap in the gate/fence between our properties. This gate was tightly shut until they decided to dig it free so they could cut through our yard. I put cinder blocks up to keep the dog out of our yard and today I find that they'd been through the gate and our cinder blocks are in their yard. Marcus was pissed. He's written a rather irate letter that will be delivered to them tomorrow stating that he expects our property to be returned and for them to quit cutting through our lot. We'll see how that turns out. I hate them.
I went to Mom's grave today. I don't know why. I just started driving after I left work and ended up there (she's buried over at Fort Logan). I haven't been there in ages. I must've sat in the grass for about 45 minutes just thinking and staring at her headstone. It still amazes me that, on days like today, it still really hurts. You'd think that after 7-1/2 years, I'd have gotten used to her being gone and be over the hurt/anger of her dying. I guess I'm not. How does one get over that? Will I ever really? *sigh*
OK, I need to try and get some rest. Gotta call a lawyer from Tom Martino's referral list later today.
Posted by LaDonna at 08:33 PM on 08/26/04 • Permalink •
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Current mood:
relieved
I think I've
finally come up with a name for my blog —
Domestic Geek. What do you think? Gets the craftiness, the cooking/baking, the gardening and the computer stuff. See, I can come up with stuff when I've got time to just
think.
That's about all I've done this week (except read Harry Potter books, I'm addicted!). My neck is getting worse, so I guess I'll have to go to a doctor tomorrow and get it looked at, even if the other guy's insurance doesn't pay for it. :( I'm probably going to have to drop my web class for now. Monday, in class, I was in such pain that I just sat there staring at the screen, but I couldn't focus my mind away from the pain to get anything done. I didn't even go yesterday. I was thinking of taking a leave of absence, but maybe I can handle the one day a week that is my public speaking class. I'll have to see what I can work out with the school. I might not even finish the web class. I've been doing a lot of thinking about what I want to do and I don't think being a web designer is it. I do think that I can utilize the skills I learned there to have a business of my own, though. For now it's secret so I don't jinx it.
OK, I hurt. I'll try to write more later.
Posted by LaDonna at 10:09 AM on 08/26/04 • Permalink •
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Current mood:
defeatist
I'm really feeling down again. My neck constantly hurts. It's a continuous ache that ibuprofin can't subdue anymore. I can't go to a doctor (I have to figure out how to pay the $650 worth of bills outstanding for my thumb before they end up on my credit report). The insurance agent for the dude that hit us is on vacation until the 27th. I have a tooth that's acting up really bad. I can't spend more than a few minutes in front of a computer. I can't concentrate because all I can think about is how I'm holding my neck and why is it not getting any better. I'm depressed. All I want to do is sleep.
My weekend trip to Colorado Springs kind of sucked. I wanted to swim in the hotel pool, but it was raining when we checked in and the pool opened the next morning after check out time. The scrapbooking store I really wanted to visit, Creative Impressions, is
gone. So is one that I frequented on Academy Blvd. Nina and I were going to have lunch at Beau Jo's Pizza, but they're gone as well. The farmer's market I liked to go to didn't really have any interesting vendors. The peaches I bought are still hard. I didn't get to enjoy any time up on top of Pikes Peak like I wanted. Nina didn't clear taking the baby with her doctor like I asked her to and babies under 3 months aren't allowed up the highway because their lungs aren't developed enough yet. We had to drop her off at a Starbucks in Woodland Park while I drove up to pick up the boys alone. They had reached the top just as I paid the toll. I got to drive the last few miles in a blinding hail storm. They were evacuting the mountain and at the last mile marker, a patrol man asked me to turn around. He let me continue when I told him I was picking up hikers. I had to put the car in 4-wheel drive to get started again. The storm cloud I was in was so thick that I could barely see the road. My nerves were shot so bad I asked Mike if he could drive down. Of course, it started clearing as we made the way back down. What a wasted trip. I should've just stayed home or maybe hit the scrapbook expo that was up in Fort Collins. Oh, well. I didn't need to spend the money, anyway, right? I'm not doing this again next year. Marcus said he and Mike can ride the
cog railroad down.
I'm not doing well in school, either. I just have no motivation. I am so burned out right now that it's not even funny. I know I'm not doing my best and it is starting to concern me that I don't really care that I'm not trying. If my classes had more than just me and Chrissy, I would probably take a leave of absence. When I took the leave that last time, it helped immensely.
Oh, and my dumbass owner forgot to pay me. The deposit wasn't put into my account on Friday and when I went in this morning, there was no pay stub in the drawer. I went home and checked and still no deposit. When I called the manager, I found out I'm not the only one who didn't get paid. There's supposed to be a check there for me tomorrow. Must be nice to be such an airhead and still get through life. Ass.
Posted by LaDonna at 07:26 PM on 08/22/04 • Permalink •
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I can't believe nobody has done personalized
photo stamps before. These are awesome! I may have to do some of these for Christmas cards or something.
Posted by LaDonna at 03:36 PM on 08/17/04 • Permalink •
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