Today is another trip to Winchester for more surgery for bahboo. I'm sure he will appreciate the prayers and candles.

let me say first that today, about an hour after i got off the phone with the good rev aynne, a migraine to end all migraines hit. like, a BAD one, knees shaking, being bothered by smells (dog), lights (any), sounds (any)....nausea, diahreahhea (sp) etc..i laid down for a couple of hours (couldn't sleep, which is what it takes to make these things go away), but it helped. knees still shaking, which brings me to the 'unnatural food'.

k, i like to make EVERYTHING, almost obsessively (even laundry detergent, sigh). I do keep a certain amount of potpies, pre-cooked pancakes (dirt cheap at wallyworld), etc for the kiddo's 3 am hunger attacks (MUCH quicker than cooking). so tonite,with knees still shaking but both of us needing to eat (and me not being able to gag down potpies), i did into the freezer. Thereinresides what I now know to be a supremely unnatural food.

Two weeks ago, at walmart, I spot a 20 pack of frozen scrambled eggs and a 20 pack of frozen (cooked) sausage patties and since we love breakfast sandwhiches, this seemed ideal for those 'mornings on the go'. You know the ones: she won't get up and go but by the time i pry her out of the house she is starved 1/2 mile down the road and I am shelling out $$$ for a mickey d's. So, instead, i by a bag of eggs, bag of sausage, and english muffins, and put them aside for emergencies (which tonite clearly is). 

I open them up. open muffins on microwave suitable plate.....put a sausage on 1/2 of each sandwich...open the eggs.....oh MY. This is not the quality 'square, real scrambled and folded back' imitation eggs we get at mickey d's or burger king, no sirree. These are perfectly ROUND scrabmled egg patties with fake grill marks.

ew.

so, the taste is passable, a tiny bit sweet....hidden between the sausage and cheese i can live with it, IN AN EMERGENCY. 

but overall, this "unnatural food" gets a two thumbs down........the sausage was spectacular.

Taken from the ULL mid-term senior chemistry exam:

Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic
(absorbs heat)?

Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle'sLaw (gas cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.


Boudreaux, however, wrote the following:


"First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets to Hell, it will not leave.  Therefore, no souls are leaving. As for how many souls are entering Hell, let's look at the different Religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions  state that if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell.

Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.

With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls in Hell to increase exponentially.  Now, we look at the rate of change of the volume in Hell because Boyle's Law states that in order for the temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has to
expand proportionately as souls are added.
 
This gives two possibilities:
 
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all Hell breaks loose.

2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.

So which is it?
 
If we accept the postulate given to me by Clothile during my Freshman year that, 'it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you, cher', and take into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2  must be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already
frozen over.

The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over,it follows that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct...leaving only Heaven thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains why, last night, Clothile kept shouting 'Oh my God.'"


Boudreaux received the only "A" awarded in senior chemistry that term.

Spinach and Shrimp Recipe #rz.50912

So, gotta question guys. I understand Mercury Retrograde and the awful effects we've been feeling, cause basically the world has gone to hell for everyone I know.....the question is, for those of you who understand these things:

what phase is next, and does the prognosis look ANY better?

all went well......and the 'case of the missing tooth' is solved.............they acccidentally knocked it out during the intubation process....

she's drifing in and out of sleep today.

WVU Hospital just called. Her oral surgery will be tomorrow morning at 6AM. I will wait till the last POSSIBLE moment tonite to tell her. You guys will be able to hear her crying from here. All offerings to the Gods greatfully accepted and appreciated, as well as hugs, well wishes and prayers.

A bit of history......she had adnoid/ear surgery several years ago and came through the surgery with flying colors, only to have a complication a few days later and end up admitted with kidneys that were shutting down. Couple this with the asthma, and I am one scared woman. Of course.....she does not know this.

Do you bake? Like, really really bake (I'm STILL thinking of the blueberry buckle) .....????

Today Angel and I found this WONDERFUL, incredibly WONDERFUL little Amish/Mennonite grocery that has bulk flours, spices, sugars, dried fruits and veggies, mixes......you name it. I got vital gluten (which I've been looking for everywhere), and could EASILY have spent $500 on 'stuff'. Oils, flavorings, candy makings, cookie baking goodies, etc.....you name it. WONDERFUL. 

If you bake, cook from scratch.......oh, this is the place for you,   

COME VISIT ME AND WE WILL GO SHOPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 dresses, 1 gorgeous denim skirt, 5 casual pants, 1 pair white dress jeans.....2 dress pants


GONE.....

Angel and I had a hysterical laugh over the fact that some of the pants and one of the dresses now actually DRAGGED THE FLOOR from the difference!!!! FOUR INCHES gone from the middle!

avaghdu and I are gonna have a helluva bonfire one nite!!

Okay tecchies. I am thinking ahead to "vacation", when I will still need to be able to do the occaisional paper....or more. IF... and it is a BIG "if".......IF I were to invest in a laptop, what is the minimum size speed need WHATEVER I would have to be able to do massive reserach downloads (but no music or games)? I'm thinking cheap cheap or even cheaper?

HELP.

Yesterday my friend came over, with her STBX husband and her son. Oddest relationship I've ever seen...but they seem happy, or at least tolerant of each other. The son is autistic spectrum, same as Angel, and we worked out a deal.....they are desperate for a sitter and so am I, so we're going to switch off. They will take her nights when I'm oncall, I'll take their son for 3 hours a day M-F to bridge the time between when dad leaves for work and mom gets home. working outside the home is one of those thigns that is somewhere in the spectrum of difficult-to-impossible for autism spectrum single parents, so this will benefit both of us, however long it lasts.

Tonite, I have an interview at the local volunteer fire department. I need to take EMT classes -- Angel's docs recommended them -- and this is the easiest way by far. I can give up a night or two a week for her....classes will start the middle or end of august. Sigh, it's been so long since I wore the firecoat and stomped fires....the weight I've lost will help, and the exercise I get on the glider. I can see a huge difference in stamina in just a few weeks.

About the other school thing, they're still waiting for one of the transcripts to come in and after that I'll get the eval back. From the transcripts I got copies of, it looks to me like I'll be able to get two or three specialities, probably law, crime and social control and maybe statistics (yuk). The biggest problem will probably be the freshmen stuff that I never did, lol.

Well, this may be the slow season BUT I have 2 papers waiting and am going to be out most of the day so one way or another I have to get motivated.

Motivated. THERE's a word. Too closely related to "motion" to suit me.

Today one of my few local acquaintances came over, with son Cody. He reminds me SO MUCH of Angel at his age, terribly so. We worked out a sorta-deal, they will watch Angel on nites I'm on-call, I will watch him every afternoon once his dad goes to work. I figure it will help Angel keep her mind off her problems and heaven knows it is hard enough for parents of a serious Asbie to stay employed....my friend and her husband are separated, due in part to the stress of their separation. HE watches the litte guy in the mornings....but he goes to work at one. Not sure yet how things will work out once school starts, but i am not adverse to picking him up off the bus. We'll see...

It was good talking and actually being able to LAUGH about some of the things asbies do......and having someone UNDERSTAND about the repeat it four times thing...lol
OHYEAH.....and the single hair in the sink being a reason not to us a bathroom......and maybe going down the drain when the tub drains.... and, and, and.

SIGH.

Been sitting here for the last hour, working.....scratching.....working......scratching mroe....working..... DAMN THESE SPOTS ARE GETTING BIG....scratching....scratching..........

And then it hits me: i've inherited the kids' peanut butter allergy. About an hour and a half ago I ate a rice cake with peanut butter.......NOW the lower half the face is covered with welts and I am itching to death.

DARN.

I LIKE my twice yearly peanut butter..........sigh.

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

✓ I miss somebody right now.	× I don't watch much TV these days.	✓ I own lots of books.
✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.	× I love to play video games.	✓ I've tried marijuana.
✓ I've watched porn movies.	× I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship.	✓ I believe honesty is usually the best policy.
✓ I curse sometimes.	✓ I have changed a lot mentally over the last year.	✓ I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me.

( it goes on... )

For all you test-takers......here's a serious, must take test. At the end, you'll get a score. The score is explained at the BEGINNING of the test.....  I'll admit it, I made a 41. Aynne would tell you the only surprise is that the score isn't higher.

This was a very enlightening experience.........I recommend it to you all.

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/9.12/aqtest.html

Most of you will have seen the first half of this. take the time to read the whole thing, i about choked on my own spit i laughed so hard at the 2nd half.

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Viewpoint : COWS
DEMOCRATIC
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
You feel guilty for being successful.
Barbara Streisand sings for you.

REPUBLICANISM
You have two cows.
Your neighbor has none.
So?

SOCIALIST
You have two cows.
The government takes one and gives it to your neighbor.
You form a cooperative to tell him how to manage his cow.

COMMUNIST
You have two cows.
The government seizes both and provides you with milk.
You wait in line for hours to get it.
It is expensive and sour.

CAPITALISM, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
You sell one, buy a bull, and build a herd of cows.

BUREAUCRACY, AMERICAN STYLE
You have two cows.
Under the new farm program the government pays you to shoot one, milk the other, and then pours the milk down the drain.

AMERICAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You sell one, lease it back to yourself and do an IPO on the 2nd one.
You force the two cows to produce the milk of four cows. You are surprised when one cow drops dead. You spin an announcement to the analysts stating you have downsized and are reducing expenses.
Your stock goes up.

FRENCH CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You go on strike because you want three cows.
You go to lunch and drink wine.
Life is good.

JAPANESE CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You redesign them so they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk.
They learn to travel on unbelievably crowded trains.
Most are at the top of their class at cow school.

GERMAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You engineer them so they are all blond, drink lots of beer, give excellent quality milk, and run a hundred miles an hour.
Unfortunately they also demand 13 weeks of vacation per year.

ITALIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows but you don't know where they are.
While ambling around, you see a beautiful woman.
You break for lunch.
Life is good.

RUSSIAN CORPORATION
You have two cows.
You have some vodka.
You count them and learn you have five cows.
You have some more vodka.
You count them again and learn you have 42 cows.
The Mafia shows up and takes over however many cows you really have.

TALIBAN CORPORATION
You have all the cows in Afghanistan, which are two.
You don't milk them because you cannot touch any creature's private parts.You get a $40 million grant from the US government to find alternatives to milk production but use the money to buy weapons.

IRAQI CORPORATION
You have two cows.
They go into hiding.
They send radio tapes of their mooing.

POLISH CORPORATION
You have two bulls.
Employees are regularly maimed and killed attempting to milk them.

BELGIAN CORPORATION
You have one cow.
The cow is schizophrenic.
Sometimes the cow thinks he's French, other times he's Flemish.
The Flemish cow won't share with the French cow.
The French cow wants control of the Flemish cow's milk.
The cow asks permission to be cut in half.
The cow dies happy.

FLORIDA CORPORATION
You have a black cow and a brown cow.
Everyone votes for the best looking one.
Some of the people who actually like the brown one best accidentally vote for the black one.
Some people vote for both.
Some people vote for neither.
Some people can't figure out how to vote at all.
Finally, a bunch of guys from out-of-state tell you which one you think is the best-looking cow.

CALIFORNIA CORPORATION
You have millions of cows.
They make real California cheese.Only five speak English..
Most are illegals.
Arnold likes the ones with the big udders.