I'm Baaa-aack!

We have been internet-free for three days, not by choice. Our desktop has been out of commission since mid-July, and the laptop just decided it didn't want to get online anymore. At least I've been able to check email from school, but I can't get on the majority of the sites I like to surf. I don't have time anyway, and I share a computer with my aide, so I can't just sit there and read blogs all day.

A good friend of G's took everything off our laptop, and reinstalled it. It is running 100% better now, so at least we can get online again. I was starting to get the DTs!

G also said I was probably going to blog about this (which I wasn't, but now I have permission, so here goes): He called me at school, but I didn't have my cell phone with me. He called the school who called down to my room and said please call him back as soon as possible. My first thought was he was hurt or K was sick. I called him right away, and he said he needed me to leave school and bring him my keys.

It turns out, he had locked his keys in his car... with the car running!

I told him I wasn't even going to ask any questions... I don't want to know. I'm just glad K wasn't in the car!

Oh, and my daughter just licked our dog. Not the other way around. Ewww...

It's Back to School Time, It's Back to Cool Time

^I had a record (!) when I was a kid with that song on it. Whenever I think of back to school, that song pops in my head. "New friends, new (something), fall has it all."

We have been in in-service all week. It's actually been relatively useful, which is rare. The week has gone really fast, but I don't have that much to get ready, so I'm all set.

K is going to pre-school this year! I can't believe it! If it were just me, I wouldn't worry about it yet, since she's a young 2. My babysitter takes her little boy though, and it doesn't make sense for her to drop her own kid off and come back and watch K. There is usually a waiting list, but they fit us in so she can take both kiddos. It's such a great deal, because I don't have to worry about transportation or before/after care. She'll even pack her lunch! I am going to get really spoiled this year.

Me-iccane

The remnants of Hurricane Erin (thank you, thank you very much) are hitting my hometown. My mom only has one way in or out of her neighborhood right now, and they are expecting more rain tonight. Some of the outlying towns have had 10 inches of rain over the past day or two. Some neighborhoods have already been evacuated.

Please be thinking about these folks, and hope the water stays where it belongs, and not in any homes.

I Hate Viruses! (Viri?)

Our computer has been seized with some kind of ad-ware virus. It slows the whole thing down, because there are constantly ads coming through. They are mostly for things I would never think about purchasing.

No, I do not want to meet 22-year-old Amber in Frisco.

No, I do not want to try Pro-Activ.

No, I am not looking for a transsexual.

Nor do I want to subscribe to a webcam (which seems to be stuck on the 24-hour boob channel).

Where are the good ads?

Click here for a free glass of lemonade!

Sniff here and smell your favorite flower!

Subscribe here to enjoy a motivational story every morning, hand-delivered to you in bed by a hot Puerto Rican pool boy wearing a... [deleted]

Gotta go.

Kute Kid Pics

I'm Cheating on You

I have crossed over to the dark side. I just signed up for a Facebook account. I'm not exactly sure what it is... is it MySpace without the predators? Is it more verbal validation from people we don't normally talk to? Is it a popularity contest? Is it yet another way to waste time? So far it looks like it's a little of all of the above.

It does seem to have lots of cool features on it. Of course, I haven't figured all of them out yet. So far, I'm just reading other people's profiles, and trying to think of clever things to put on mine. We'll see how long this fad lasts. I give it 2 weeks.

I love the internets!

In a Heartbeat III

Update: My dad has switched cardiologists. He just felt he needed a second opinion, and after everything he's been through, he still wasn't feeling better. The new doctor took him off several meds, since the side effects are often worse than what they are treating. He also said he didn't even need a pacemaker, and deactivated it!

My dad and stepmom are thinking about contacting a lawyer. Their previous doctor has evidently done this (put pacemakers in for no apparent reason) to lots of patients.

Anyway, Dad is feeling better now than he has in a long time, so that's good. He just feels like he lost the last several years of his life, since he felt lousy and was scared to leave town. He even quit teaching. It's just a shame.