Second of the day but who cares

I sincerely doubt that this bloggity will have anything of much importance written in it, but I felt the urge to write, and since I’m being denied the ability to do much else with my time lately, write I shall do.  Here are the few things that are on my mind…

1) I cannot wait for the day when I can open a window in the place where I live to get some fresh air circulating through the room.  Having been told repeatedly to “Shut the window! The air’s on!” is a bit disgruntling when you’ve been trapped in the same room for almost a week, and had the likes of beef lo mein delivered to said room a couple of times in that time period.  I would really love nothing else than to lay in my bed with a breeze from outdoors sweeping over my toes.

2) Speaking of nature, there is a moth that I have named Sparky that has deemed my room his home, too, for the last three days.  Sparky and I tolerate each other the best we can.  He doesn’t land on my nose or macbook, and I don’t chase him with a flip-flop.  My only hope is that Sparky is not a Sparkette, and if he is, that he does not decide to have mini-Sparks all over my room.

3) As amazing as the family that I work for is, I really have to say that I’m feeling a bit useless around them.  The kids have all been raised to be self-sufficient, almost to a fault.  Yes, I realize that I’m not exactly a beacon for mobility at the moment, but they are doing a mighty fine job of making sure that they are well fed, chores are done, and that they are on time for appointments and such…. all without me.  I must say, that at the end of the day, I would really love a job that I can not only make a great difference to people doing, but also feel needed.  Right now, I’m not feeling much of either.

4) I am aching to go outside for a walk.  But I have come to realize, that despite this aching, should I give into my stubbornness and actually go outside for a walk, that I would be doing a lot more than just aching by the time I got back.  Dang it.

5) My mom is going to be here in less than a week, and if I don’t get paid for this week, I will be going into my vacation completely broke.  Not a good feeling for a girl who really just wants to show her mom the amazing life she’s built for herself over a two-year period in a place that no one back home thought I’d have a chance at succeeding at. **EDIT** Spoke with my boss this morning, and not only am I getting paid for this week (he’s calling it “sick pay”, but I’m also being paid for next week.  I get the check tomorrow morning.  Life remains good.  God remains amazing! 😉

6) The cave crickets that invaded my room a month or so ago are GONE!  Yay!!!  I can finally rid my room of my silly cricket glue traps that are everywhere.  I think one of them kind of freaked out a buddy of mine who came in to use my bathroom the other day.  Oh well… try having one of those creatures land on your head in the middle of the night, then see who the one freaking out is.

7) I refuse to do bed rest a single day longer.  Tomorrow I am accompanying the kids to their pool club, and basking in the sun for a couple of hours…. (With my 85 SPF on.  Make fun of me, if you will.  This girl’s playing sun-safe!)  Really, though, how much good can resting on your back really be for a person?  Isn’t that how Gilbert Grape’s mom got into the condition she tragically ended up in?  I feel the need… the need to MOVE!  My body just can’t take this sedentary lifestyle any longer.

Wow.  Guess I had more on my mind than I really thought.  Until next time, Sparky and I are signing off….

Peace, ya’ll!

An impatient patient

Well, folks…. it is now Thursday, and I have been on bed rest since Sunday.  I do believe I’m going a little mad here.  I can now tell you exactly how many nail holes are in each of my bedroom walls, how many stripes are on each of the patches on the quilt on my bed, and the entire menu at Madison Wok (who has delivered 3 meals in 4 days to me! Aah!) off the top of my head.  But, much to your collected sighs of relief, I’ll spare you those details.  I know that most sane people would be living it up, relaxing while they could… however, if you’ve failed to notice as of yet, I am not sane.  Not to say that I’m insane…. I’m just not normal. I would love to be able to relax.  Really.  It’s just that I know that I’m missing stuff, and it’s driving me to the brink.  I actually attempted to get out of bed yesterday morning to fold some laundry (just trying to make myself useful…), and my boss caught me.  He told me to go back to bed, and said that he knows I’ve got that “stubborn Midwestern streak” in me, but that I need my rest.  If I wasn’t in so much constant pain, I would argue and go about doing my thing, but in this case, my back is winning the fight.  Dang it.

So, what have I done to pass the time?  Besides the pain pill cocktails that make me feel all funny inside ::smile::, I have re-read “Tramp For the Lord” and “Through Painted Deserts.”  I have watched the entire first season of “Flight of the Conchords,” “The Smurfs,” “Fraggle Rock,” and all three episodes of “Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along-Blog.”    I have spent more time on Facebook than it was ever intended for.  Kids, I’m running out of things that can be done while flat on one’s back.

My employers are leaving for LBI on Saturday morning, so tomorrow my boss is taking me to Enterprise to rent a car (he’s footing the bill) while they are gone.  So, that’s something to look forward to.  The Audi body work should be done sometime next week.  Hopefully it’s done before my mom arrives.  I have so many plans for when she gets here… I’m just praying that I can move by then.  If not, I may not get her into the city, which I know she really wants to do.

Man, I just realized I don’t even know if I’m going to be getting my paycheck this week.  Sure, I get paid vacation (which is technically what next week is…), but I’ve been out of work now for 4 days.  There are so many questions on my heart that I don’t know how to answer, and laying here focusing on them is totally not helping.

Ok, so I’m getting really light-headed… the pain meds are starting to kick in for this morning.  It has come to the point for this bloggity to end before I start talking about really weird stuff… plus the room is spinning too much right now for me to focus on the monitor anymore.  Peace ya’ll.