Bed-time musings...

I am sitting here in my PJs trying to get everything organized for tomorrow. I have decided that I am no longer going to work every weekend. I will instead only be available to work every other weekend. This will give me that much needed family time. And the hubster will stop whining about me not being home when he is. I also think that this will make me happier. Don't get me wrong, I love my job, but I miss my family on the weekends!!! Family is very important to me. If it weren't for family, I would probably be 30 and still living with my parents (sorry to anyone that feels this is okay!) I will not sacrifice my family just to have a few extra dollars to spend (which I love having money to spend)!

I have NOT been sleeping well. I think this has to do with the dermatologist calling me, as it has only been since Wednesday that I've been having the problem.

I work 12 to 4 tomorrow, so not too bad...lol.

love, me.

So the phone rang...

And it was my dermatologist. She was call to tell me that she got the biopsy results back. Guess what? I have skin cancer. Of all of the skin cancers I could get, this is the one that I want, or at least that's what my doc said. Now, why would anyone in their right mind want skin cancer?? Please tell me. I am now awaiting a call from the dermatological surgeon, to schedule when he/she can take the rest of the affected skin off. I am guessing that they need to use a special scope for this? I have no clue. I thought she got it all with that office visit, but I guessed wrong. I also have to make another appointment to have my entire body checked out, since she only looked at my face. I guess now I have a reason to stay indoors...lol. Not, that I like going outside anyway, it's too darn hot!

Now everyone knows what my parents were doing on January 5, 1976!

I "borrowed" this from my sis, so you can thank her for the plethora of information today!


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Birthday Calculator

27 September 1976

Your date of conception was on or about 5 January 1976 which was a Monday.

You were born on a Monday
under the astrological sign Libra.
Your Life path number is 5.

Life Path Compatibility:
You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7.
You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 3 & 9.
You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 8.
You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 6, 11 & 22.

The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2443048.5.
The golden number for 1976 is 1.
The epact number for 1976 is -1.
The year 1976 was a leap year.

Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 1/31/1976 and ending 2/17/1977.
You were born in the Chinese year of the Dragon.

Your Native American Zodiac sign is Raven; your plant is Ivy.

You were born in the Egyptian month of Choiach, the fourth month of the season of Poret (Emergence - Fertile soil).

Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 3 Tishri 5737.
Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 4 Tishri 5737.

The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.3.4.4 which is
12 baktun 18 katun 3 tun 4 uinal 4 kin

The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Monday, 3 Shavval 1396 (1396-10-3).

The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 18 April 1976.
The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 25 April 1976.
The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 3 March 1976.
The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 6 June 1976.
The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 13 June 1976.
The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Saturday, 25 September 1976.
The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Thursday, 15 April 1976.
The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 2 March 1976.

As of 4/26/2007 10:03:30 AM EDT
You are 30 years old.
You are 367 months old.
You are 1,595 weeks old.
You are 11,168 days old.
You are 268,042 hours old.
You are 16,082,523 minutes old.
You are 964,951,410 seconds old.

Celebrities who share your birthday:

Avril Lavigne (1984)	Stephan Jenkins (1964)	Shaun Cassidy (1958)
Mike Schmidt (1949)	Meat Loaf (1947)	Wilford Brimley (1934)
Greg Morris (1934)	Jayne Meadows (1926)	Arthur Penn (1922)
William Conrad (1920)

Top songs of 1976

Tonight's the Night by Rod Stewart	Silly Love Songs by Wings
Don't Go Breaking My Heart by Elton John & Kiki Dee	Disco Lady by Johnnie Taylor
Play The Funky Music by Wild Cherry	December, 1963 (Oh What a Night) by Four Seasons
50 Ways to Leave Your Lover by Paul Simon	Kiss and Say Goodbye by Manhattans
If You Leave Me Now by Chicago	Love Hangover by Diana Ross

Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 4.37103718199609 years old. (You're still chasing cats!)

There are 154 days till your next birthday
on which your cake will have 31 candles.

Those 31 candles produce 31 BTUs,
or 7,812 calories of heat (that's only 7.8120 food Calories!) .
You can boil 3.54 US ounces of water with that many candles.

In 1976 there were approximately 3.1 million births in the US.
In 1976 the US population was approximately 203,302,031 people, 57.4 persons per square mile.
In 1976 in the US there were approximately 2,152,662 marriages (10.1%) and 1,036,000 divorces (4.9%)
In 1976 in the US there were approximately 1,921,000 deaths (9.5 per 1000)
In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds.
In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.

In 1976 the population of Australia was approximately 14,110,107.
In 1976 there were approximately 227,810 births in Australia.
In 1976 in Australia there were approximately 109,973 marriages and 63,230 divorces.
In 1976 in Australia there were approximately 112,662 deaths.


Your birthstone is Sapphire

The Mystical properties of Sapphire

Though not meant to replace traditional medical treatment, Sapphire is used for clear thinking.

Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)

Agate, Moonstone, Lapis Lazuli

Your birth tree is

Hazelnut Tree, the Extraordinary

Charming, undemanding, very understanding, knows how to make an impression, active fighter for social cause, popular, moody and capricious lover, honest and tolerant partner, precise sense of judgement.

There are 243 days till Christmas 2007!
There are 256 days till Orthodox Christmas!

The moon's phase on the day you were
born was waxing crescent.

Click on the picture for more information.

What Your Name Means

You entered: Jennifer Irene Fortson There are 20 letters in your name. Those 20 letters total to 113 There are 8 vowels and 12 consonants in your name. What your first name means: Welsh Female Fair one. Variant of Guinevere. In Arthurian Mythology Guinevere was Arthur's queen. English Female Fair one. Variant of Guinevere. In Arthurian Mythology Guinevere was Arthur's queen. Cornish Female Fair and yielding. Variant of Guinevere. Celtic Female White wave. Arthurian Legend Female Variant of Guinevere: Fair one. Guinevere was King Arthur's mythological queen. Your number is: 5 The characteristics of #5 are: Expansiveness, visionary, adventure, the constructive use of freedom. The expression or destiny for #5: The number 5 Expression endows with the wonderful characteristic of multi-talents and versatility. You can do so many things well. The tone of the number 5 is constructive freedom, and in your drive to attain this freedom, you will likely be the master of adaptability and change. You are good at presenting ideas and knowing how to approach people to get what you want. Naturally, this gives you an edge in any sort of selling game and spells easy success when it comes to working with people in most jobs. Your popularity may lead you toward some form of entertainment or amusement. Whatever you do, you are clever, analytical, and a very quick thinker. If there is too much of the 5 energy in your makeup, you may express some the negative attitudes of the number. Your restless and impatient attitude may keep you from staying with any project for too long. Sometimes you can be rather erratic and scatter yourself and your energies. You have a hard time keeping regular office hours and maintaining any sort of a routine. You tend to react strongly if you sense that your freedom of speech or action is being impaired or restricted in any way. As clever as you are, you may have a tendency to make the same mistakes over and over again because much of your response is glib reaction rather that thoughtful application. You are in a continuous state of flux brought by constantly changing interests. Your Soul Urge number is: 5 A Soul Urge number of 5 means: The 5 soul urge or motivation would like to follow a life of freedom, excitement, adventure and unexpected happening. The idea of travel and freedom to roam intrigues you. You are very much the adventurer at heart. Not particularly concerned about your future or about getting ahead, you can seem superficial and unmotivated. In a positive sense, the energies of the number 5 make you very adaptable and versatile. You have a natural resourcefulness and enthusiasm that may mark you as a progressive with a good mind and active imagination. You seem to have a natural inclination to be a pace-setter. You are attracted to the unusual and the fast paced. You may be overly restless and impatient at times. You may dislike the routine work that you are engaged in, and tend to jump from activity to activity, without ever finishing anything. You may have difficulty with responsibility. You don't want to be tied down to a relationship, and it may be hard to commit to one person. Your Inner Dream number is: 9 An Inner Dream number of 9 means: You dream of being creative, intellectual, and universal; the selfless humanitarian. You understand the needy and what to help them. You would love to be a person people count on for support and advice.

What do you get when...

you don't empty your pockets before you wash AND dry your clothes? Blue ink on everything!

Yep. That's right, folks! My husband washed a load of OUR clothes and didn't take the pen out of his shorts pocket. He washed not one, but two of my good shirts in that load. Needless to say, I now have blue INK all over both of those shirts! It is also all over the drum of my dryer!

Now how am I supposed to get that out of the clothes and the dryer? I have no clue, but my mom told me to use hairspray. Wish me luck, as if it doesn't come out, he's on indefinite punishment!

It makes me so mad when he does something stupid like this!

"Mommy, you broke my heart!"

That's what Ariane has been yelling out her bedroom door for the last few minutes. And the reason she's so upset is because she is grounded to her bedroom all weekend long. No TV, no books, no friends, no pillows or blankets during the day, nothing! She has to sit on her bed and think about why she's in there. I am tired of fighting her to take her medicine. She has wasted 4 pills just this week! I sent her to school without being medicated. I also sent a note to the teacher stating that if she had any problems with her, to call my cell phone right away and I would come deal with her. I am at my wits end with this child. I no longer know if I can handle her moodiness and petulance without cracking. Please someone tell me that it is going to get better! I need some reassurance that I'm not losing my mind!

Lit class...

I couldn't do it! I'm so mad at myself for not being able to complete this class. I sent a note to the professor this morning stating that I am taking full responsibility for not completing this course. I blame it on my inability to manage my time properly.

I guess I will be taking a different Lit class, one that is not as long.

Who wants my kids?

I am about done with them, so unless someone wants them, they are gonna go...I don't care where, but the have got to get away from me!

Okay, that was a joke, but hey...some days they can just grate the nerves!

Today, I am tired and just want to wrap up in the blanket and go to sleep...but noooooo, Joey wants to jump on me and pretend he's practicing 'arate. (Karate, for those of you that don't know.) No, he's not taking lessons anywhere, but he thinks he can 'arate whomever he pleases.

I know kids have peculiar vocabularies, but one of MY favorite words of Joey's is erections. Yep, my 4 year old son talks about following erections all the time. (This is how he says DIRECTIONS). Anyway, just thought I'd share one of his fave words!

Can you hear me?

That's what I'm listening to on my cd walkman that I got for Christmas! Today I burned 3 mixed cds! All for me! I'm learning just what this machine is capable of and I love it!

I have a rough topic for my paper, but haven't decided which direction I'm going to take it. I do know that it is going to be a criticism about the violence in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery." Other than that, I have nothing...wish me luck, as this is due in two days!

That's what they tell me...

Okay, so I went to the dermatologist today and she took a good look at the blemishes on my face. I have, no had, three blemishes on my face, I'm not talking pimples here. There was one that looked like a mole, another that looked like a white head, and a third spot that looked kinda slick and was kinda weird. She removed all three spots and told me that the third spot was most likely skin cancer, not the bad kind, the good kind. Like there really is a good kind?? What she meant was that it wasn't the kind that spread to other organs and stuff like that. I really liked her. She told me that the results would take about a week. If there was something, then she would call me. If there was nothing, then I would receive a letter. If I don't hear anything in 3 weeks, then I am to call her. Now, I wish I could take off the band-aids, as they are itchy, but I'm gonna leave them on until tomorrow and then I can see what is going on...

PS~Please keep my baby sister in your prayers as her husband is a really really really bad person...(I wanted to use a bad word, but opted not to!)

MRI results...

So after tracking down the results....I can now breathe a lot easier! Joey's MRI showed nothing. He's a perfectly normal little boy with serious allergies! God love him!

What is his problem????

So I am sitting here at the computer for only the second time today...which is a record for me....and he is slamming through the cabinets, and refrigerator, and freezers looking for his dinner...I didn't cook because his kids got themselves sandwiches at 4:30....well I asked him what his problem is and tell him that I will cook whatever it is he wants to eat...he tells me to find him something and cook it...well I told him that I wasn't going to look for something for him to eat because I don't read minds!

I think he and I are both suffering from PMS! It sucks, but I do believe that men have hormonal fluctuations, just like women do. Oh, well! I guess I'm going to go fix him a PB&J.....

Now, I'm starting to get mad...

So Joey's MRI was an entire week ago today! I have yet to get a call from anyone regarding his results! I'm like come on people, all I want to hear is that everything is fine and that I won't have to worry about it, except to keep him on the allergy medicine and give him motrin as needed. I have called that darn peds office twice, and have yet to get a call back. Guess, what. Tomorrow, I am going to the peds office and saying, look here, it has been an entire week and I want to know what is wrong with my baby! And if you won't tell me, then I'm going to call MUSC radiology and speak to whoever it is I need to speak to to get these results! This really, really sucks! I love my kids' doctors, but this is bull crap!

PS--I still haven't started writing my research paper!

Still nothing...

I am trying to be patient about the MRI results! It is not working. I want to know what's going on with my son, and I want to know like yesterday! I know, it takes time for all the bureaucratic BS between all of the different facilities, but hey...I'm the mom and have to deal with all of this!

On a different note...I should be doing research for a 7-8 page critical essay..............

MRI....

We don't have any results yet, but we do know that when Joey wakes up from anesthesia, he wakes up smiling, which is highly unusual.

Here's the run-down on yesterday.

I woke Joey up at 4:30 AM and took him to Waffle House to eat, since he couldn't eat past 5:20 AM. He did pretty well for it being so dosh-darned early in the morning. When we got back home, daddy was leaving for work and said goodbye to us. We went back to bed. When we got up again, he had some water and said his head hurt :(. I wanted to give him motrin, but couldn't. He went back to sleep and pretty much slept off and on until we got to the hospital. When they called him back for the anesthesia, he got to play with some bubbles and they gave him another "game" to play. He was told to try to blow the "balloon" up big enough to pop it. He tried, but was unsuccessful...lol. Off to nighty-night land. And then there was the wait. I could not sit still. I was very anxious about the whole procedure. But hey...my boy came through this like a trooper! God, love him!

Today is the day!

Today is the day that Joey has his MRI! I think that I'm more anxious about it than he is! I woke him up at 4:30 AM just to take him out to breakfast, since he isn't allowed to have anything after 5:20 AM. He is allowed water up until 11:20 AM. His appointment isn't until 2:20 PM, but we have to be there at 1:20 for anesthesia. They are going to put my baby to sleep so he doesn't move during this procedure. I will give my anxiety level a 9 out of 10...it's pretty much up there. Okay, off to shower...

What?!?!

So this morning, I called the radiologist to get location information. They informed me that there was no appointment...I was like what do you mean, no appointment? Turns out those people cannot spell! The spelled my son's (which also happens to be mine) last name WRONG! Good grief! I hope that they have it right now, because I spent lunch time at the peds office trying to get this figured out...lol.

On a different note, I want to say that people that do things that are petty are not people worth knowing! I feel that if you have a beef (i.e.; problem) with someone, you should confront that person and not let others get involved, especially if it is something of a sensitive nature!

My poor baby!!!

Well, I know I haven't told anyone, but Joey is getting an MRI of his brain done on Thursday. He's been complaining of headaches for the last couple of weeks and 3 (almost 4 at the time, now 4) year olds do NOT complain of headaches. His ped and I think it might be allergies, but because of family history, we aren't taking any chances. I just hope we're right. There is a long history of migraines on both sides of the family and on daddy's side, there is that cousin that had a tumor when she was a baby...need I say anymore?? I will update with more info when I get it, until then, please pray!