the rush is on and a way we go

So the "calm" at work has ended and now that the 08/09 financial aid year has begun to get started the mad rush is on. The papers are flying, the people are crashing in, the workers are cranky, my desk is no longer organized, meetings are being scheduled, the phone is ringing, the fax is singing, the drop box is filling up, the mail is multiplying, the stampers are stamping, the keyboards are clicking, the chairs are rolling, the doors are slamming, the students are panicking, the lines are longer, the odors are stronger, the numbers are adding up, need more coffee in my cup, the clock is ticking, pens are clicking, pencils tapping, mouths are flapping, books are flapping, and.......................................
I AM RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT!

Welcome Financial Aid Year 2008/2009 - and I hope I keep my sanity through it all.

here comes peter cotton tail...... on skis' ?

Easter is suppose to be a time for flowers, Easter parades, Easter bonnets, dresses, pretty shoes, pastels, and everything "spring"! Why then is it snowing like mad in the eastern part of the United States?????? It is Good Friday - the ground is covered all in white with snowflakes just pouring from the sky. This latest winter storm is not scheduled to end until sometime tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon. This is so wierd.

from land to sea

I am trying to help Nancy out from the "Aunt Nancy Project" and adopt another soldier - or two! she recently added the USS - Carney Navy Ship which is out to sea for 7 mths and needs people to interact with the Navy personnel on there. She said they check email most daily so this shouldn't be to hard. It means so much to the soldiers for someone to "just care" about them. To recognize that they are there and support them. Everyone has their own opinions on the war - but when you come right down to it - it don't matter what your feelings are about the situation - it doesn't change the fact that our men and women are out there. They are away from people who love them. Some of them if they are lucky enough to return home unharmed - end up returning home with a broken heart. Believe it or not - even a simple "hi - i am thinking about you today" message means the world to them. So I am embarking on another adventure and this time going from land to sea!:)
FYI http://auntnancyusa.blogspot.com

UNDER CONSTRUCTION

OK - SO THE BLOG IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AGAIN!
WELL - I WANTED TO GO TO THE BEACH AND THE PICS ARE GETTING A RE-DO!

no so bad

my appt with the pain doc went well. i was worried about what she would be like. i am always very critical when it comes to meeting doctors for the first time. i think because i have had so many of them frustrate me. she basically just examined me - asked a lot of questions - took down a lot of notes, decided to keep me on my same pain meds for now and will see me in month. so i will be getting my pain meds directly from her and not my family doc. the less times i have to call my family doc's office the better - the girl at the front desk is VERY rude.

i really need to figure out how i can get this surgery done/or if it will even help in the long run. my knees are the root of all my problems. some things just aren't that simple to fit into a persons life.

the bumpy road

why is it every time i think i am going to have a "smooth" day it always turns out bumpy?

mom wasn't going to come over today but i insisted because i thought we could have a nice dinner together. besides, i didn't know what she was going to make for dinner for herself and this way i was sure she would eat good. i was just in a mood to have her over. once again though the visit was full of complaining about stuff, long story's and made my day seem VERY long. i know i shouldn't let her little ways bother me. i know i should be greatful she is still here with me. but it is the same thing over and over like a broken record. i guess today i was hoping it would be different.

miss A brings drama to everyday of my life and today was no exception. so that was another thing that had to be dealt with. the pets seemed to be in a tissy today as well and even rosie was underfoot. i got absolutely no reading done today and very little done yesterday. i was hoping to get further in my book this weekend and that just did not happen. i have another day to squeeze some extra reading time in and that will be tomorrow since i won't be going to work because of my pain management appointment. we will see how all that goes.

oh - and to top it off - last night after getting all comfy cozy in bed and settled in to watch some tv i was reminded by the news that we needed to do the time change thing this weekend. i knew hubj had probably forgotten - he was already asleep - so i dragged myself out of bed and wrote a note (in big green letters!) so he would change ALL the clocks in the house when he got up in the morning. btw - he has a clock collection so we have like a million clocks in the house (well .. not a million .. but it sounds like it!). i will have to work on setting my own clock in my body myself and if my calculations are right - it should be adjusted just about the time we need to change the time back again!

everything has gone small

my computer did a windows update which is automatic and this time around everything kind of shrunk! even my blog seems condensed. i tried to fix it by going into the computers control panel but it only fixed "some" of the things and left others still shrunk. maybe the computer took one of "alices pills that made her small!" somebody please give it one of her pills that made her big! nothing like a highly medicated computer - HELP!

TGI...T!

getting an early start to the weekend. the college is on spring break this week (some spring break with all this snow!) and we get friday off. i will actually have a 4 day weekend because i have a doctors appt on monday and won't be going into work.

so yes the students have all flown off to warm & tropical places while the rest of us are stuck here in the middle of coldness and snow, with another snow storm on its way for tomorrow through saturday and into sunday. another storm that has a large amount of snow predicted. BLAHHHHH!
why are we having spring break while it is still winter anyway is what i would like to know.

plans for the long weekend.....
more reading, relaxing, some tv, emails, blogging. of course the most important - SLEEP IN!

at last - that snow day!

that snow day "finally" happened today with around 8 inches of snow on the ground. we slept in, got up and had coffee, i eventually got dressed, and spent the day doing the following:

• played spider solitaire (managed to win the intermediate level at last!)
• looked at wedding stuff online with ~B~ (wedding gowns, veils, shoes, mothers gowns + looked at different color themes).
• the ~lovebirds~ changed the plans up a bit - the date has been moved to April 27th 2010 (more time to plan and get settled).
• did some reading
• made dinner (chili burgers, fries, pickles).
• watched ~american idol~
• thinking there is only one more day of work this week (because we are off friday).

so the snow day has come and gone and now it is back to the usual routine tomorrow ~~~~~~

saturday stuff

went to the mall with "A" to do lunch and walk around grabbing applications for her to find a job. she turned in 2 today (because they had signs posted "now hiring") and she has 10 others to fill out at home and take back. lunch was good - we went to Elias Brothers and before we left stopped at "Cuppies" and I got a mocha latte and she got a frozen vanilla latte. YUMMY! :P

"B" is flying back into town tonight. she has a late flight - leaving at 8:10 and arriving at 10:08pm.
it will be hard for her to leave "C" but she will do fine. hubby and i will be leaving early to figure out parking, finding the right terminal, and all that stuff. by the time "sis" comes into town we should have this airport business pretty well figured out! :)

it is still a sea of white out there. warmer today though then it has been. should be even warmer tomorrow - i think in the 40's. that will be nice - hopefully melt the snow.

trying to bring spring into my life - sporting "violet sparkle" nails! :)

getting ready to start a book "seaview inn" by sherryl woods. the summary makes it sound like a good story. made a trip to borders books yesterday and found the book - hopefully it is a good find. got it at a bargain price. of course i didn't leave without a hazelnut latte!

hugs ~