Laziness and Tech Anxiety

Due to sheer laziness, I'm expressing myself through the work of others today. Posting news stories and adding a few more MS blogs to my links.

I also have tech anxiety . Hope this $20.00 I'm spending for website advise is worth it.

Exercise

Was this guy for real thinking LSD would help schizophrenics ? (no disrespect to the dead intended)

Growing a finger !

Eating dirt.
I'll never complain about the cost of food again !

On a lighter note:
Eurovision contest. My post card friends got me hooked on this

What worth more: Food , Gas, or Time ?

High Food and Gas prices might be good for your health

I'm a wreck tonight. Decided to pack it in at work and start my leave now ! So I'm off till the end of July. I really wanted to hang in a little longer and make it at least to the end of the week. Can't, can't do it.

When I was leaving this afternoon I found out a bit of news ( can't go into details) that made me think "what goes around, comes around" . Not that I'm vindictive, but some people really do get carried away with a little bit of power and often it blows up in their face.

I'm having gut problems again. Oh joy, another strange tale for the doctor. This is something I've never experienced before and it's awful. What I hate most is it's waking me up during the night.

I've decided to chuck the once a week sleeping pill. I don't think it works anymore and I have a hangover feeling the next day . Well it was fun while it lasted.

Tomorrow I've booked a one hour consultation with the geeks to shape up my website. Hope I'm brain fit for that .

My typing really is getting bad No matter how hard I concentrate I make so many mistakes.
It's like my fingers won't go where I want them to.
So enough for now.

The last week

Today I was space cadet woman instead of zombie woman. The difference being that I can't remember anything for more than 30 seconds. I'm sure I asked my son about his schedule at least 10 times.

Back to work tomorrow to finish my last week before my 3 month leave. Have mixed feelings about it .
Not going to same much about my business venture except: Why don't geeks get it that I have no interest in html code?

Today I turned down a trip to Quebec. This summer it's the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City, with lots of big celebrations planned. I'm not really in the mood for crowds and I get nervous now being out in the heat too long. I'm not really sure I can handle a week with my relatives either. They're not exactly understanding about my MS and I'm tired of being asked the same questions over and over about it. If It was just me and my son that would be great , but not the rest of the gang.

This MS business is a real pain.

Yay! Martial Arts movie night.

Really should check call display more often

Tonight I made the mistake of telling someone that I was tired. Why, oh why, did I answer the phone when I was zombie woman. I ended up getting lots of free advice like" why don't you take more vitamins" and " have you tried acupuncture ? "
Then I had to hear about Terri Garr, and how she's not in a wheel chair anymore and it's because she has such a positive attitude( translation: I have a lousy attitude) .

I really felt like telling this person to shove off and I'd like to say the same to Terri . Cant' do that.
If I start doing that, I'll end up telling most of the world where to go.

So I'll say it here ( think I have before, repeating myself )

Please all you well meaning folks and celebrities. Please, Please, go away !!
I don't ask you for anything , especially advice.

I'm watching a movie " Don't Knock the Twist" a silly movie, but not that bad. Not any sillier than the people I surround myself with.

And interesting article about disability

Web Success !!

I think my brain was working on the web problems last. When I got up this morning I was determined to figure out how to get that website going. I sat down at the computer, opened up the page, and was able to figure it out. I now at least have a basic website with a few content pages.
Still lots to learn but now I feel encouraged. I know I can do it !

I don't want this blog to become my new business blog since it's really supposed to be my MS diary. What I will do is set up another blog and post a link to it.

So it will be the usual whining about my MS misery around here.

Web Woes

Blogging to the sound of my son wailing on his new blues harmonica. He sounds pretty good( no I'm not just saying that because you're my son).

It was overcast and windy, with a sprinkling of rain today. Perfect day to work on the website.
Only the website is in a shambles. My fault really, as usual ,I jumped in over enthusiastic , didn't read the directions, and made a mess. Now I have to go back and follow the directions step by step to fix it. I was so annoyed with myself, I nearly ruined dinner . Too busy thinking about what I was going to do, that I left three pans on the stove on high heat. I caught it in time and only slightly burned a bit of the rice.

My friend had to fill in at the last moment for a student orientation at the university, so he still isn't aware of the web woes. Hope to have it fixed before he clues in , not that he knows much about websites .

I've always had a fantasy that my neighbour would be a handyman (not person, man!) Preferable a good looking one . Now I've changed that to wanting a geek next door and not really caring what he would look like. I don't know a single computer nerd or handyman . All the men in my life have always been bohemian artsy types and not at all handy . So I putt along trying to figure it all out myself. My girlfriends are nice, but only good for chatting and shopping.

Now I feel like a wilted leaf of lettuce. Time for another movie !

It Might Just Work Out

Day after day I keep reading in the news about how the economy is headed down the tubes; food and energy costs are set to go through the roof . So what do I do ? I have started a business with a friend.

It's not like I'm wanting to make a ton of money . My plan is that it will be enough to supplement my meager pension, should I decide to take early retirement.

The idea for the business has been kicking around for awhile . Having a regular paycheck makes it easy to procrastinate about these things. Now though, both of us are unhappy with work and uncertain about our futures ( more so me) . Then last night my friend came up with the perfect name for the business and that was it, I decided to go ahead and register a domain name . The start up costs are minimal , so if it doesn't work out it's no great loss. We both of us have the summer off to work on it and see how it goes.

It's great for me because I'll be able to work from home, since most of it will be internet based. Then it won't matter what time I work or don't work . I won't have to worry about how I look or how I feel and if my face starts twitching again, I won't have to worry about anybody seeing it.
Besides that, I really need some kind of project to keep me going.

I know that having a business with a friend could be a disaster. I've seen it happen time after time through dealings with clients in my real job. People have high expectations , big dreams, don't look at the negatives , and it all ends up in tears.

Well I'm willing to take a chance. I don't see things getting better for me at my real job and truthfully, I'm not up to a long drawn out battle with management.
It sure beats my alternative plan , which is to take early retirement and get a job as a greeter at Wal Mart. Yes, I really was considering that.

While I was organizing this thing I decided to see if there was a good movie on Drive In Classics .
What do you know ! "First Men in the Moon" 1964, was on. Haven't seen it since I was a girl.
It was one of my favourite sci fi films, with cool aliens and decent special effects . Seeing it again I found it just as good as when I was 10.