J_E_G.....From the land of OZ

Tuesday, September 30, 2003

 

It's a cold and rainy day today, a far cry from the 100 plus degree days we were having just a couple of weeks ago. The kind of day where you just want to stay in where it's warm and dry.

So anyhow I was watching C-Span ( now you know it was a dull morning ) this morning when this congressman comes on talking about social security and his plan to fix it. The reason it needs to be fixed is because the fund is running out of money. Why.... because if I understand this right, our great elected leaders thought it ok to borrow from it over the years to pay for other programs, but never really had a good plan to replace the money in the social security fund. A rather strange form of accounting wouldn't you say. Sounds a lot like another strange accounting case that happened just recently, nawww couldn't be the same.....could it. The question I have then is this. If the fund is running out of money and there may not be any left for those of us who are still working now to get when we retire, why then are we still having to pay into it?
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 3:59 PM   

Monday, September 29, 2003

 

Are we right-side up or upside down? Is the sun really rising or is it setting?

Or........

Have we been sucked into the gravitational field of that renegade star, in which case

              ALL BETS ARE OFF!!

Posted by J_E_G 2:00 PM   

Sunday, September 28, 2003

 

I would like to say the reason I have not posted for a while is because I was glued to the TV engrossed in all the football games that were on. I'd like to....but I can't. Remember that let's replace the front porch project that I said we started working on last weekend, well that's where I was this weekend as well. It was my brother, brother-in-law, and myself working on it. It was a fun weekend, no wait, I should say interesting. You see my brother is ok, but still there is one thing that should never happen. And that is putting my brother and myself together working on the same project. He's the type that just knows how to keep prodding and pushing all the right buttons till you're not sure whether to launch the hammer at him or just slam it through the wall. Neither of which would result in a very good outcome.

So anyhow we were working on it till well after dark last night and tonight and we are still not done. We did manage to get the new frame built for the porch. Really I shouldn't say we, because my brother-in-law in the only one who knows what he's doing when it comes to carpentry. Which probably explains why we are still working on it. So yeah guess what we have in store for us next weekend. Who knows maybe we'll get it done this time.

Going to stop for now, I want to get some catching up done before it gets to late.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 9:47 PM   

Friday, September 26, 2003

 

After getting a lot of things accomplished yesterday, today's been sort of a take it easy day. It's not that there isn't anything that I could be doing, I just haven't felt like doing much today. You might even say I felt a little lethargic today. And I am attributing this to this high blood pressure I seem to have gotten. In fact it's gone beyond just getting my attention to sparking concern within me. So much so that I actually picked up the phone today and called my doctors office to see if he could see me. Evidently having a blood pressure that is threatening to launch itself into outer space isn't nearly as serious a problem as I thought, seeing as to they said they would be happy to fit me in by next Wednesday. Gee thanks. Ok enough boring you with the talk of my medical problem.

Let's see what else could I talk about. Oh yeah it's been another gorgeous day out again, sorry Ryan. Although we've been warned today that this run of nice weather is coming to an end. Starting tomorrow we will be back to more seasonable weather. Speaking of my man Ryan, if want to read some good writing then head over to his sight Muscle68 and check it out. You won't be sorry. And I also want to offer up my congrats to the crews over at Ultrablognetic and Madpony for becoming the newest blogs of note over on Blogger.com. Way to go.

I'd like to keep writing but I have run out of things to say now. Besides anymore and I'll probably bore you into such a deep sleep it would take smelling salts to bring you around. So I'm off to decide what to get for supper. Right now I'm leaning toward some Chinese take-out since I haven't had any in a while.
That's it for now. Later

Posted by J_E_G 4:10 PM   

Thursday, September 25, 2003

 

Today's been kinda what I'll call catch up day, ahh for chores around the house that is. My room is clean, ok so it's cleaner then it was when I rolled out of bed this morning. The dishes are done, the laundry's in, the floor's have been mopped and now the vacuum is running itself down the hall. Oh shit wait.......damn to late!! Oh well I was going to replace that lamp anyhow.

Anyway what I'm saying is it's done, yay, at least until the next time it needs doing.

If anyone needs anything done, if you move fast enough you might be lucky enough to catch me still in the domestic way.

But if you don't hurry I'm headed out to enjoy another picture perfect day outside. In fact it's so perfect it's almost scary. Blue sky, sun shine 72 degrees and hardly any wind at all. It's the type of day you wish you could take a picture of, enlarge, and step into forever. So why the hell am I still sitting here typing. I'm out of here for now.

Here's a pic of the project my brother and I started last weekend. Oh, and it's not finished yet, so if you come to visit, watch out for that first step from the stairs to the door.
Later

Posted by J_E_G 2:57 PM   

Wednesday, September 24, 2003

 

Today has been another one of those nice early fall days. The kind where the sun is shining and the temperature is just perfect. The kind of day where you feel you should get a lot done, but the temptation to sit and enjoy it is sometimes to hard to resist. I'm afraid I got hooked by the latter, although I did manage to finally get down and get a haircut.

I may have a small dilemma building. It kinda stems from the fact that I don't like to go to the doctor. Well ok, that coupled with the fact I no longer have any health insurance. It seems within the last couple of days I've developed a sharp pain that shoots down from my neck through my right shoulder blade into the shoulder area itself. Now this isn't really what has me concerned, hell it's just a little bit of pain, I can put up with that. What concerns me is while I was out I came across one of those blood pressure checking machines, and just for the hell of it sat down and checked mine. Well the reading I got was 169 over 87. That struck me as being a little high, even though I will be the first to admit I'm no genius when it comes to this medical stuff. I do know this much ignoring an ache is one thing, but your blood pressure can lead to some serious shit. Hence the dilemma. I guess for now I'll keep an eye on it. I'm just not to enthused about running to the hospital and putting myself into debt up to my eyeballs or becoming their next charity case. But on the other hand I don't want to keel over either.

Sorry about all this down sounding medical talk. I hoped I haven't bored you such that you're running for the hills. Actually I think it may be good for me to write about it here, this way it forces me to look at it and face it. I am very good at ignoring and trying to will things away. Especially when it comes to something being wrong with me.

To lift things a little allow me to share a thought with you I had yesterday. It happened while I was sitting here doing some work with the TV on in the background. Anyhow I don't remember what was on, just that all of a sudden it just started sounding like stupid gibberish, so I grabbed the remote and muted it. That got me to thinking wouldn't it be nice to have a remote for real life instances. You know someone starts talking stupid stuff or trash to us we can just hit the mute button. Or we don't like what is happening around us we just change the channel till it suits us. Or if it's really bad just turn it off altogether. I know that's a dream world meant for some other time down the road and not now. But still wouldn't it be nice.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 4:23 PM   

Tuesday, September 23, 2003

 

I don't know really what to write about today.

I guess I'll just write about how we said goodbye to Summer and welcomed in Autumn without even the blink of an eye today. Only because the look and feel of today's first day was no different then that of yesterday's last day. At least not yet.

And even though I would love to see it stay just like this through the end of winter, I also know it won't happen. So I'm going to enjoy this warmth while it lasts and hope for an extended Indian Summer. All the while preparing myself for the impending blast of winter I know is coming.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 9:17 PM   

Monday, September 22, 2003

 

It's been one of those lazy hazy days of summer......yeah the last one.

Where did this summer go? It seems like one of those times when I blinked and an entire season has raced past me. And now tomorrow ushers in the start Autumn.

Goodbye to the long sun filled days, trips out to the lake and the walks around town looking for interesting things to take pictures of.

Hello to the shorter cooler, soon to be cold days. The changing of the leaves on the trees, which depending on where you live can be a very tranquil and beautiful sight. But then these wonderful multi-colored objects of delight will soon give up their rightful places in the trees to fall to the ground covering the lawns as though a plaid blanket had been laid upon them.

I don't mind Autumn, or at least the early part of the season. But summer is still my favorite season by far. Which still leaves me with the question of where did this summer get off to??

Posted by J_E_G 5:30 PM   

Sunday, September 21, 2003

 

It was about 9:45 on a beautiful sunny morning saturday when Scott and his dad picked me up and we were off to Manhattan for the football game. We got there and found a place to park a short walk from the stadium.

The parking lots were mostly full already with the tailgate parties in full swing.

Shortly after arriving it was time for us, along with the many others to make our way to our seats.

There were about 40,000 fans there just waiting to see our heavily favored Wildcats win another one.

However it's amazing how fast a day can go from a storybook start to a nightmare ending. And that's just how it ended, as my then number six ranked Wildcats got their asses handed to them by Marshall. It was quite the sight to behold, seeing and hearing this crowd go from one moment of making enough noise that you couldn't hear a jet taking off to so quiet you could hear the ghosts of an undefeated season flutter past us into the nether land of things not meant to be......again. Many times I heard it, the how in the hell could this happen being mumbled in total disbelief. The answer was simple, if you don't show up ready to play, no matter how high you are ranked, no matter how good you are, you can and usually will get beat.

One other thing I heard just simply amazed me. And that was just as the game ended people were saying well there goes the season down the tubes. I wanted so much to go, ahh hello people this is just one game. I mean, after all we are still 4-1 on the season, with seven more games to go. Granted there goes the undefeated season, and the chances for a national championship just became very slim, it's still no reason to completely write off the season. How quickly we forget. Like I said we already have four wins, hell it wasn't all that long ago we couldn't get four wins total in a fifteen year span. So yeah, they didn't play up to their capabilities and got beat, but hey, let's let the season play out before we condemn it. meh
Later.

Posted by J_E_G 8:10 PM   

Saturday, September 20, 2003

 

Sitting here wishing I could find the valve so as to ebb this flow from my nose and free up the breathing passages so I might get some sleep. It's true I've caught a cold thanks to the sudden and unexpected change in the weather. At least I think it's a cold. Let's see....ummm stuffed up head, river nose, pain in my upper back and sometimes in the chest, yeah sounds like a cold to me. It better only be a cold, since i am no longer carrying around one of those cards with the cross and shield.

Anyway as if sitting here tonight with a cold wasn't miserable enough I had to add to misery by watching my Royals blow another game in the stretch run. I was also thinking while I was sitting here how luc....ahhh wait a minute.

sprinkle, sprinkle.....pound, pound.....whack....knock, knock, knock.

There

Now that I have thrown salt over my shoulder, put up the horseshoe, got the rabbits foot and knocked on everything wood I could find I can dare to say what I was about to say. And that is how fortunate I've been to not have had any major medical problems. Although I am rapidly approaching that time in one's life where those things tend to creep up on you. I'm happy to say I have never been admitted to a hospital, had an operation or anything like that. But hey, I'm no one special, just been lucky.

I did get some good news earlier this evening for a change. An old coworker of mine called and said he had an extra ticket to watch my K-State Wildcats take on the Thundering Herd from Marshall , and did I want to go. Well yeah, of course I want to go. Ain't no cold going to keep me from a chance to go to see my team play. Not many things better then going to a college football game in person. Well ok, there are things better but I won't go into those now.

With that said I think I'm gonna head off to bed to see if I can get some sleep.

Later

FIRE DRILL

No wait.....this is not a drill, this is not a drill!!!!

Posted by J_E_G 1:08 AM   

Friday, September 19, 2003

 

Ever had a time when you started not to feel good and all around you starts to fall apart.

The normal everyday things you do without a second thought suddenly seem to have become insurmountable chores.

Noises that normally would be all but inaudible have increased in volume by 1000 decibels.

No matter how laid back you want to be, everyone you encounter seems to be stretching every nerve in your body to well beyond the breaking point.

And though it's goes against your very nature you wind up snapping at people just as you would get reaching to pet a large snapping turtle.

There you have my day so far in a nutshell. Oh and please, don't crack that nutshell so loud.

Posted by J_E_G 1:54 PM   

Thursday, September 18, 2003

 

You know mother nature can sure be a bitch at times. I know she sure slapped us in the face this morning. I realize that living in the center of the country there is no getting away from the change in the seasons, but damn does it have to happen all at once. I know it's going to be cold soon, in fact before to long it will be effing freezing. What I want to know is what happen to easing from one season into the next. Anymore it seems like we've gone from four seasons down to two....summer and winter.

To illustrate my point brings me back to that slap in the face from mother nature I was talking about. Yesterday the high temperature was ninety degrees and it was still seventy-five degrees when I went to bed at one in the morning. However when I got up this morning it was fifty-six degrees and dropping. In fact I don't think we made to sixty today, with the weatherman saying the low tonight will be forty-two. Far from cold i admit, except when your used to it being in the seventies.

So needless to say with it being as cool out as it was I just stayed in today. I spent most of the day posting some resumes on-line. Hell I even decided to bake a chocolate cake this afternoon. I know rather lame sounding, but it sure as hell tastes good right now. That was about the extent of the excitement for me today. I'm off for now, the first show of the new Survivor season is about to start.
Later.

Posted by J_E_G 6:42 PM   

Wednesday, September 17, 2003

 

With the medical crisis over I spent today trying to get back on track again. A little less exciting today but hey I can do without the excitement of the last few days.

One of the things I did was to watch a little bit of the news and try and catch up on what's been going on. I noticed that though i missed a couple of days of news not much has changed.

I did notice that the president's approval ratings are slipping fast. Could it be the people of our great country are realizing more and more that George W maybe kinda stretched the truth (at best) when giving his reasons for charging head long into this war. I won't go into this right now, but I will say that I doubted the reasons he offered up without proof right from the get go. Don't get me wrong, I'm not against the war on terror and terrorism. But is this action in Iraq really a part of the war on terror?

Another story in the news that caught my eye was the forced resignation of Richard Grasso the chairman of the New york Stock Exchange. I am still unclear on all the details but as I understand it, it had something to do with the fact he was being paid 149 million dollars. Seems to me that if it was so wrong for him to be making that much, should they not also be looking at those who paid him that amount. Really and truly the point i wanted to make here is, I wonder just how upset he really is after having been forced to resign. I mean come on, if you just paid me 149 million dollars and then you wanted me to resign, hell yeah I'd resign and be smiling all the way to the bank. What a funny world we live in at times.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 6:49 PM   

Tuesday, September 16, 2003

 

Good news on the medical front. When I got to the hospital this morning I found out that my mom had had a good night. The medications they were giving her had brought her blood pressure back to normal, so her doctor added a new pill and changed the dosage on some of her other daily medications and then released her. The only thing that kind of bothers me is that no real answer has been found as to what caused this episode. All the tests they ran came back normal, so her doctor figured it had to be the medicines she was on. Thus the increasing of some dosages and the decreasing of others. But i can't help but wonder, is that really the answer. It appears to me that more and more these days that instead of looking for the underlining cause to something the doctor's are quicker to just give out a pill and send people on their way. I've always felt that if there's something wrong, then something had to cause it to happen. And though you may be able to control it will pills, if you don't get to the root of the problem then you stand a very good chance of it recurring again.

Oh well those are just my thoughts. And since I'm starting to ramble I think I'll slip this post a sleeping pill and let it doze a while. But before I go I want to once again thank everyone for the kindness and support you showed.

I'm off to relax for a while before reclaiming my spot in the great mundanedom of life in the heartland here. Later

Posted by J_E_G 2:11 PM   

Monday, September 15, 2003

 

Again my day was spent at the hospital. I can say that the medicine they are giving my mom has stabilized her blood pressure and it has come down some. Although the question as to what caused this still remains a mystery. Hopefully the tests they ran today will yield some answers to that question.

As i said, I don't like having to spend time at the hospital, in fact it's hard. And I would dare to say I am not alone in feeling this way. I would imagine it would be hard for anyone to have to see a normally strong person lying there in an illness induced weakened state. And that is what I was seeing today. I was looking at a normally strong woman lying there in a weakened state, even though she was showing some improvement. I mean hell she had to be a strong person to raise eight kids, and a lot of the time by herself as my dad spent a lot of time overseas in the military.

I do know this, it has been very draining, both emotionally and physically. Though I don't dare let it show while I'm there with her. And like it or not I will be there as long as i need to be. But with a little help from above and continued good treatment hopefully she will be well enough to be checked out of that hospital soon.

One more thing, I want to send a very heartfelt thanks to all who offered up prayers, good wishes and support. It is truly appreciated and helps out immensely.
That's it for now. Later

Posted by J_E_G 10:38 PM   

Sunday, September 14, 2003

 

Today should have been about revelling in the fact that my K-State wildcats won again to up their record to 4-0 on this young season. It should have been about sitting back and taking it easy, getting ready to watch the Kansas City Chiefs trod their way to their first 2-0 start since 1996. It should have been about enjoying this beautiful blue skied sunshiny day.

Instead it was about emergency rooms and intensive care units, two hours sleep, lots of phone calls and just as many unanswered questions.

It all started about eleven o'clock last night when my moms blood pressure sky-rocketed, and it was off to the ER of the local hospital. After running some tests the doctor's said it didn't appear to be a heart attack. But at the same time could not figure out why her blood pressure was so elevated. So today was about filling her full of medications trying to lower her blood pressure, while running more tests trying to figure out the cause of it all.

So yeah what started out to be a somewhat typical happy go lucky weekend turned into one that I just as soon not have gone through. One that I wish I could just hit the rewind button of life and live all over again only this time with a much better result. But we can't do that I know, so I go on. Go on waiting, wondering, worrying, all the while having to put all my faith and trust into the doctor's hands and the marvels of modern medicine, in hopes that they will find the answer to the mystery that lies before us. I have never liked going to a hospital, either for myself or to visit someone there and I like it even less now.

I'm not even sure why I'm writing about all of this right now. I don't know, I guess I figure if I get it out, that I may be able to vent some of this pent up bewilderment and worry that's starting to rattle around inside of me. And maybe just maybe I'll be able to get some rest tonight.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 10:23 PM   

Saturday, September 13, 2003

 

Friday night has come and gone and I spent it in my usual fashion surfing the net and watching tv. Not very exciting I know but I'm not one who wants to go out a lot, that coupled with the fact that there just isn't much to do around this small town.

Yesterday afternoon was spent taking my mom shopping. Usually you wouldn't think of going shopping as something exciting, however with my mom being seventy-one she doesn't get around very well and has to use one of those power carts you see in these stores nowadays. And that in itself tends to lead to a little excitement every now and then. Click here to see speedy, err I mean my mom doing hot laps around the grocery store. Well about two hours later and a couple of minor collisions we were done and headed back to the house.

Right now I'm listening to my K-State Wildcats playing UMass. A game that we should have been breezing through from the start. But that's not how it started out. For a while there it was hard to figure out which team was the number seven ranked team in div1A (my team) and who was the div1AA team (UMass). However my Cats appear to be finally getting their shit together and it's 24-7 nearing halftime. Ok, so that's it for now. I'm going to turn my attention back to the game. Later

Posted by J_E_G 3:05 PM   

Friday, September 12, 2003

 

  

What a start to the day, actually woke up and it was cold in the house and the air conditioner wasn't even running. Ok so getting down to 55 degrees isn't really cold, well except for the fact that we had gotten used to the low temperature at night being 75 degrees. Then I turned on the radio to listen to the news and was kind of shocked to hear more bad news coming form the entertainment world. That news being the deaths of Johnny Cash and John Ritter. Is it me or does it seem as though this has been a bad year so far for losing some of the stars we come to know over the years. Hummm something just dawned on me concerning this latest news and that is there is something in common here. They were both named John. I hope that's not some sort of omen for those named John. And by the way the J in JG stands for John. NAWWW I don't really believe in that kind of stuff. I don't think.

Ok, it's time for me to get busy and get some things done. But before I go I want to know, does it mean you are in for a rough time babysitting when it starts out like THIS.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 12:20 PM   

Thursday, September 11, 2003

 

Unlike today, it was a beautiful sunny day with but a cloud or two floating in the sky above. I was standing out on the control deck of the rock crusher keeping an eye on all the moving parts and conveyor belts to make sure the rock continued to flow through the machinery. It was just after eight thirty that morning when the boss climbed up and asked me if I had my radio on. I told him yes but that since I was standing outside I hadn't really been listening to it. It was then that he told me I should go in and check it out that there was some strange shit going down. I went in and listened, it was then I first heard of the attacks on the world trade center and the pentagon. So yeah I guess its true when they say there are some things that happen that you will remember exactly where you were and what you were doing when it happened.

I won't try to write about or even guess what it might have been like to live through that disaster. That is a privilege reserved strictly for those who lived through the horrors of that fateful day. I only want to say that I join in with the rest of the country in remembering that day. And my thoughts not only go out to the innocent people who lost their lives and their families, but also to all the citizens of New York City and the Pentagon workers who were forced to go from just another day to a walk through hell in just a matter of seconds.

Posted by J_E_G 11:39 AM   

Wednesday, September 10, 2003

 

Again I was on the job hunt road today. I read about this food warehouse job in the paper last night and was off to submit my application. However while I was there filling out the application it became apparent to me that I wasn't the only one to read the paper last night. DAMN! So now I'll play the waiting game to see if they call. I did have a little bit of good luck today though. While I was doing a little (and at this point when I say a little I mean a little) grocery shopping I ran into an old co-worker from my days at the rock quarry. He was actually smart enough to make his escape from the quarry before I did, by about a year. Anyway when he did so he started his own tree trimming business. The good part of this meeting is that he said he had a few jobs coming up and would be needing someone to help during those jobs. So even though it will only be temporary, at least it will be a little something.

Not much else to say right now. Besides it's time to cook up some supper, going to try and throw together a pasta and tomato sauce dish. Anybody want to come over for supper.
That's it for now. Later

Posted by J_E_G 5:04 PM   

Tuesday, September 09, 2003

 

It's amazing what just a little bit of rain will do. Not more then two weeks ago all the yards were in danger of dying off and turning into arid desert regions. Now with the life giving rain things are turning green and popping back to life. It's almost like the beginning of spring again. Now that would be nice to be able to skip past the impending cold winter and go right into spring and summer all over again. I wouldn't argue with that, seeing as spring and summer are my two favorite seasons of the year.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 1:50 PM   

Monday, September 08, 2003

 

Another weekend has come and gone and with it another weekend full of football. Yep, that's about all I did again this weekend was watch and listen to football. I wasn't near as lucky as kool keith who it seems spent the weekend camping. However it turns out it was not a very good weekend for my K-State Wildcats, who went on to win their game against McNeese State 55-14. How can such a lopsided win be bad you might ask. Well if you take a close look at the picture above you will see why. Yes, that is our Heisman hopeful quarterback holding his left wrist. Which it was later disclosed that he underwent surgery Saturday night to put a pin in to repair a break in the wrist. The only good thing is that it is in his non-throwing hand. And with a little luck he could be back playing in two weeks. On Sunday my other team the Kansas City Chiefs had a convincing 27-14 season opening victory over the San Diego Chargers. So all in all it wasn't a bad weekend, football wise.

That was about the extent of my excitement for the weekend. Unless of course you count the time spent watching the president's speech. Which I might say was kind of interesting, I don't know how believable but interesting. Damn I sure wish I could snap my fingers and have someone (us) s**t out 87 billion dollars like that. Ok I am starting to ramble on and I'm sure I've bored you enough with the football talk so I guess it's time to say.....
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 8:15 PM   

Sunday, September 07, 2003

 

I am sitting here cup of coffee in my hand and the Sunday morning talk shows on the TV in the background. Listening to all the facts and counter-fact, promises and counter promises being volleyed back and forth like a tennis ball on center court at the US Open championship. I sit here watching, my head going back and forth, first to one side then to the other till finally the shaking speeds up to resemble that of shaking my head in disbelief. Who to believe, what to believe, each side has facts that the other side calls out right lies. Each side claims proof for these facts, yet we see none. What do we believe??

Everything that I read, everything that I hear, some say we're headed down hill straight into hell. Then there's those who say we are already there, while still other's sit around saying they really don't care. Where do we go??

Awww hell this is getting to deep, so here's what I think. Just for today let's forget about the politicians both left and right. Just for today let's forget about the strife. Just for today let's find a way to just go and play, have fun and enjoy. What will it hurt....just for today.

Posted by J_E_G 10:13 AM   

Friday, September 05, 2003

 

Right from the get go this morning when my eyes popped open and it was already nine o'clock, my timing was off on most of what I needed to do. It seemed as though I was a little early or a bit late, depending on how you want to look at it. The fact that I got out of bed about an hour and a half later then I normally do should have been an indication of what was to come.

Here's how most of my day went. I found out that I needed to go to the doctor's office here in town and pick up a new prescription for my mom, and then go to the pharmacy out at the hospital on the army base just outside of town. Simple, that shouldn't take to long, at least that's what I thought. Well here is where the fun started. I headed for the doctor's office and got there about 12:45, only to find all the lights off and the door locked. Turns out they are closed for lunch between noon and one o'clock, huh go figure. So I figured what the hell, what's fifteen minutes, so I settled in to wait. Little did I know these people either have no sense of time or just plain can't tell time, because it was one twenty before someone showed to open the office back up. So I headed out to the pharmacy located in the Fort Riley hospital. The reason for going there is you can't beat the price for medicine.....free. When I get there it appears that everyone on Fort Riley must have come down with one kind of illness or another and was there ahead of me picking up medicine. After about an hour of waiting, I had the medicine in my possession and was headed back. By this time it was already after three and basically the whole afternoon was blown doing something that should have only taken me an hour or so. And probably would have if my timing would have been better.

Before I left Fort Riley i stopped and wandered around to take a few pictures. Although doing this gives me kind of an eerie feeling. I mean with the heightened security on the military bases, what are they going to think seeing someone roaming around taking pictures. Fortunately I was just wandering around a park taking pictures.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 9:22 PM   

 

This is one of the entrances to our hospital. I want some of whatever they gave her!!!!

Posted by J_E_G 1:22 AM   

Thursday, September 04, 2003

 

Today's been about filling out more forms and getting a foot in the door before it can be slammed on me. All in hopes of getting an interview in search of that new job. I'm not picky, i mean hell I've gone to grocery stores and even applied at the local Wally world. I am finding out one of the disadvantages of living in a quaint little town in middle America, and that is you rapidly run out of places to apply.

It's beginning to appear that I may have under estimated how hard the employment door would slam shut behind me after I decided to try my little stint at self-employment. However I still hold firm to the belief that that perfect job is out there just waiting to snag me, just as the Venus Flytrap awaits that unsuspecting fly to land within it's hungry jaws. Ok maybe it won't be the perfect job, and I will be the one to do the snagging. But the job's out there I know it is.

I have recently found out that there is a chance I can get on with this asphalt company where my brother works. Keeping my fingers, toes and anything else I can find crossed.
That's it for now time to cook supper. Later

Posted by J_E_G 5:14 PM   

Wednesday, September 03, 2003

 

Not much happening or going on today. Ok so that's not exactly true, there's the yard that needs mowed thanks to the rain we got last weekend. And as soon as the motivation is built up that's where I'll be. Not much more to say so I'll end this post before I bore everyone to death.
That's it for now. Later.

Posted by J_E_G 2:41 PM   

Tuesday, September 02, 2003

 

As most know the winding down of the Labor Day holiday weekend brings on that time honored tradition of the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethon. Now this post isn't going to be about how Jerry Lewis has helped raise millions of dollars to help find a cure for Muscular Dystrophy, nor is it to speak on what his critics have had to say about him. No instead the point of this post is the sad way time has of treating people at times.

I don't watch the telethon as regularly as I once did. But I had it on in the background this morning while I was going through my e-mail. So all I was getting was the audio and it sounded like the same ol Jerry Lewis. Now I have seen his movies and thats the image I had of him while listening to him. So you can imagine my amazement if not shock when I turned around to look at the TV and saw THIS. I know he is getting up in age, but I just wasn't ready to have the old image I had of him shattered when I saw him this morning. I don't know if it is just age that has Jerry Lewis looking this way or if it is due to a medical condition. I just know it's sad the way time has a way of taking it's toll on people.
That's it for now. Later

Posted by J_E_G 12:59 AM   

Monday, September 01, 2003

 

Here it is summer, well the end of it anyway. So why am I stuck in the house with a case of cabin fever, bouncing off the walls bored to death. Hummm oh yeah, I guess that's easy to figure out. All you have to do is live in small town America during a holiday weekend and then throw in three solid days of rain. That and the fact I really can't afford to travel anywhere right now, and I certainly can't afford to travel the distance I'd need to travel to find any decent weather. Ok, enough of that, I don't want this to sound like a whining post. The good news is that even though it's still cloudy and cool out the rain has stopped, so I may try and get out and about for a little while later on.






When the weather people and other authorities tell you not to drive through water running across the road, please listen to them!! Some didn't and it turned into a deadly tragic holiday weekend for them. (I tried to link to this news article but the link didn't work, so here it is in a nutshell.) The van pictured above was carrying a mother and four little children when it was swept off the road by a flash flood. The four children were killed and the mother as well as the driver of another vehicle remain missing. Its just a shame tragedies such as these have to happen.

I hope everybody enjoys what is left of this holiday weekend. That is if it's a holiday where you are at, if it isn't, still have a good day. I'm off to try and find something to do....preferably something that gets me out of this house.
That's it for now. Later

Posted by J_E_G 10:51 AM