Another Holiday...

I have some stuff to do today.  Mainly eat candy & the like.  SO, I'll be back tomorrow.  Hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Cya...

PS.   Here's a link to some Craft Easter Projects like printable egg coloring sheets.

Dirty Dentist...

This article is about yet another dentist that opted not to follow basic safety & hygiene protocols.  As a result, up to 7,000 people may have been exposed to HIV, Hepatitis & who knows what else. We just went through this a little while ago with another dentist.

To make matters worse this dentist is my own back yard so to speak.  He's in Tulsa, OK.  I used to live there & did have dental work done while I was living there.  I checked to make sure this wasn't the dentist I'd used.  

These dentists & any other health care provider who refuse to follow safety protocols should be jailed.  If they infected any one with HIV or Hepatitis, they should be shot.  There is no justification for this type of negligence or indifference.    I seriously hope this man gets fried.

Cya...

Taking A Day...

My roomie & I've decided to take a day & just go out.  There's been a lot of weird stress in the house lately.    Not to mention a lot of loud, outdoor brush clearing by the neighbors.  Between the anxiousness & noise, we've opted to remove ourselves for at least a little while.  Sometimes you just have to step back & let yourself out of the crap your dealing with in your life.  

Cya...

Renewal...

That sounds like such a nice word.  However, in this case that ain't necessarily so.  I had to apply for renewal with social services today for continuation of my benefits.  I hate this process.  There's so much that can screw-up, get misconstrued or otherwise go boom. 

I find it annoying this is an annual event.  They know how much $ I make.  They could simply require me to send in an annual bank statement.  No, I have to go through the whole process again.  My time is occupied, the social worker's time is taken & I'm left fractious until the whole thing is over.  

I applied online, but the damn site kept kicking me out, so it took forever.  I took down all the verification they said they needed.  Now, all I can do is wait for them to call.  They say they'll need a phone interview as well.  Why not just do this all at once?

Until this over, I'm bound to be a little nervous.

Cya...

Acknowledgements...

I've talked about acknowledging things before.  Mostly I've referred to recognizing things in your own life  that need acknowledging.  Today I'd like to talk a little about acknowledging others.

Most everyday when I get on Facebook there's a notification of someone's birthday.  It'd be easy just to overlook it & go on with my own stuff.  But, I don't.  I always post something to acknowledge the person's birthday.   It's utterly irrelevant if I know them personally or not.

I won't go through my day thinking, "You know, that person might not receive a single Happy Birthday today."  You might not think that's possible, but it is.  I don't know that many people personally any more.  So few people, basically only my roomie, personally acknowledges my B-Day.  

However, the 1st birthday I had once I got on Facebook I received several messages & such concerning my birthday.   Sure, I don't really know these people & it may have been a knee-jerk response for them.  But you know what?  I don't care.  It was nice to be acknowledged.  I know if I found it nice that others will too.

Try acknowledging people's birthdays on Facebook.  Hold a door for someone & actually make eye contact.  Smile a little more & say hello.  If I had a little more ready $  I'd go back to sending random, greeting cards like I did in college.  People seemed to like them,.  To bad I really don't know anyone to send them to anymore.

It doesn't take a lot to acknowledge someone, but the impact could be huge.

Cya...

Stress, Blogging & Life...

Lately, I've been having a lot of issues beyond my control, a good example are the issues I keep having with my pharmacy.  This type of arbitrary thing drives me a little batty. I do all I can do to make this process go as smoothly as possible, to no avail.  The entire thing can be screwed up by someone at my doctor's office or the pharmacy.  Still, even if it was their mistake, I'm the person who gets screwed by the mistake.

Being + & on disability puts me at odds with a lot of things.  I'm often left feeling like a bit a flotsam scuttling along on the current with absolutely no control over what's happening.   Yet, I'm supposed to stay calm & carry on as if everything is fine.  I don't handle that last part very well.  I don't just carry on, it freaks me out a little & sometimes a lot.

As a person of less than great health, I know how important it is to control my stress levels.  The doctors tell you this all the time.  You need to reduce your stress.  Funny thing, no one ever says how.  I do my best to keep stressors out of my life but some I just can't get rid of that easily.  I mean these are my meds were talking about here.  The same meds that, oh I don't know, keep me alive.  Yet the people at my doctors office & my pharmacy are messing with things.  So, at this point, I'm not sure how not to get stressed out over this matter.

When these things come up, they become the focus of my day until I can get something resolved.  This certainly doesn't put me in a place to handle other things well, like writing a blog entry.  I have a social services review to fill out on Thursday & then I have to wait for them to decide whatever else they need & then wait to see if everything went alright.  I'm not looking forward to this.

I've been frazzled lately & I haven't been the most attentive to my blog.  Hopefully, these things will pass soon & I can get back to a more normal sate of being.  I really hate outside people screwing with my life.

Cya...

Day Trip..

I'm not writing that much today.  I'm back in the bad place with my pharmacy.  I was waiting around for UPS to deliver my meds & then noticed a message on my phone.  Somehow, they had screwed up & had to postpone my order.   At least they admitted it was on their end this time.  My meds are supposed to arrive on Wednesday, which is when I tried to get them delivered in the 1st place.

I'm more than a little peeved at this so I'm getting out of the house for a bit.  I need to focus on something else.  I've got enough in my life making me nervous, I seriously don't need more.

Oh well, I've got some errands that need to be ran, so I'll go do those today.  I'll write more tomorrow.

Cya...