2007/05/17 – Thursday – Cut

Lunch was with a group of 5 to a Greek food place near Dales.

When I got home, I told Eric we needed to go someplace. I got the keys for ‘Blue’ and he jumped in. But it took a few extra turn of the key to get her started. Once she was started, we headed on over to get our haircut.

Cheryl came home early because she is still not feeling good.

Once both of us got your hair cut, I did not have enough money to pay the bill, so a quick trip to the ATM and back to pay him.

Cheryl took Amanda to the youth group, while Eric and I relaxed.

My back is still hurting. I have been taken Alive and Bear back meds, but I am still hurting. Now I am wondering if it’s my weight. But that’s another story….

2007/05/11 – Friday – Radio

O man, I sure did not sleep to good last night. My back hurts as well as my arms – o well, off to work I went.

Lunch was with 4 other co-workers and Tokyo Hibachi.

We went shopping for my XM radio. I am a proud owner of a radio, two additional car units and a home base unit.

After buying the radio and some other stuff, we headed for dinner at Hofts Hut.

Now I listening to the radio and enjoying a relaxing evening (what is left of it)

2007/05/10 – Thursday – Volunteer

Today was not a normal workday. It was AARP Day Of Service day. The whole office goes to a volunteer location and work there for the day.

Well our location was at the LA Food Bank. We make bags with stuff in them that will be given out later.

I had the duty of getting canned juice out of the box and onto the table, which will be, then into a bag.

But lunch was a box lunch…

We also had a DJ so we had music to keep us going at a good rate.

When I got home, I took at nap, but my back is still really hurting…

So I tried to relax before heading to bed.

2007/04/28 – Saturday – Laptops and Dinner

Tried to sleep in but nop, back hurting, time to get up.

The new laptops arrived. Guess what I did ALL DAY. Well you are right – I worked on the two laptops ALL DAY. I have been installing and getting this put on them.

I did take a break for dinner. The family went to dinner to celebrate one of the nieces birthday at the Outback Steak House. Mom Delp and boyfriend, the Yvonne Delp family and our family enjoyed a nice dinner.

Amanda asked if she could go to a movie with her cousins, so why not, they went and saw Wild Hogs. Amanda did like the movie.

O I wish my back would get better. A friend called and after she was reading this blog, she suggested that I get a back pain med that she took, so now I need to go look for that. I am usually not the type to take meds, but my back has been hurting for a long time, and now I am curious if its stress related.

I stayed up way to late working on the laptops, but they are sure nice.

2007/04/27 – Friday – New Laptops?

I was checking on the status of the new laptops that I ordered. Well, Amanda was not up – she was still sleeping at 10:53 when they tried to deliver the package. I even told her about getting up. But she is in her own little world. So no new laptops for me play with yet!

Lunch was with a friend over to the Thai Corner.

I called the delivery company and ask if they were delivering in the next day, and yes they are – good!

We did walk for dinner. We went to McDonalds – I know, what type of dinner is that, but hay its dinner and we did go for a walk.

I talked with a friend on the phone for about one and half hours.

Back still is not doing well.

2007/04/26 – Thursday – Amanda – Church night

Today for lunch, I was asked out buy another group of people. My buddy and I and three other ladies went to Polly Pies; we had a good time.

Once at home, I found out that Amanda started working on cleaning her room. Its still a mess, but her floor is somewhat clean – I guess.

Cheryl and Amanda went to Amanda age group church night.

I tried to relax, but this cold that I have and my back is still driving my nuts.

Well, I am up to late again, o well; hopefully I can sleep in on Saturday…

2007/04/25 – Wednesday – Normalcy?

I woke up with a sore throat and my back is still not good– Great what a day this will be.

Lunch was with a buddy to the crazy chicken and a quick walkthrough of Radio Shack.

At home; again, I took a nap on the couch, before Cheryl got home.

Amanda and Eric cooked dinner. After dinner Cheryl and Amanda worked on a segment of Amanda schoolwork.

I worked on my desk and hopefully get to bed early.

2007/04/22 – Sunday – Dancing

The girls and Cheryl went to Church, while I was trying to sleep in and hope my back would stop hurting.

I finally got up when they returned home. And my back was not hurting as bad as the day before.

Well, I was planning on leaving the house at 12:30, but didn’t leave until 12:50, but we did arrive at Cowtown in plenty of time. The kids had a good time. (See the video on the other blog)

I started on the laundry tonight – It will take tomorrow for me to finish it.

2007/04/21 – Saturday – Relaxing

Well, today I worked on computers most of the day.

I had to do a little work for work. I also stayed on the computer working on all the computers in the house.

We did have to go pick up Amanda and her friend but that was later in the evening. With the help of the girls, I did put the door back on for Amanda’s room. But I did get my to bits in about her not doing what I wanted her to do!

My back was hurting all day, for some reason I am dreading going to the chiropractor.

2007/04/19 – Thursday – Up in Smoke!

For lunch today, my buddy wanted to get his ipod (I did not bring it into work because I took the scooter today). So we hopped into his Jeep and headed on over to the house to pick up his ipod.

I got out of the Jeep and went into the house to get the ipod, but I could not find Amanda. I searched the house and still could not find her, so I went and check the back yard.

She was under the avocado tree, with her hands behind her. I asked ‘What are you doing?”

Amanda, “Just enjoying the scenery”

Me, “Don’t lie to me, so what are you doing?”

Amanda “Really just enjoying the scenery” – still with her hands behind her back.

Me, “Show me your hands”

Like in slow motion, I see something drop and I can hear it hit the ground. I walked over to the object, picked it up and snuffed it out. I then proceeded to head out the gate to the front of the house without saying anything to Amanda. The object was one of those slim and light (the cross between a cigarette and a cigar, but small like a cigarette) Needless to say I was pissed. What else is she doing was the first thing that ran though my mind.

My body took me to the bar for lunch and he treated because I found his ipod. O did I want a drink, but better minds pervaded and I just had a hamburger and a regular ice tea.

I returned to work, after talking with Cheryl, I returned home and tried to talk to Amanda, but she would not say ONE word to me. She then defied what I wanted done, so I took her door home her room, then she proceeded to lock herself in the bathroom, which then I took the handle off the door so I could gain access.

Once Cheryl came home early to try and salvage the ordeal, I return to work so I could get some stuff done.

After work, it was a quite evening.

On another note, while I was talking to Amanda, I checked her minutes on the cell phone and she is WAY over you allotment that we gave her – She had 630 minutes and her allotment is only 300 minutes. And at .70 min, she needs to pay a lot of money.

Cheryl and Amanda came up with an agreement of what the punishment will be for the lying to me and how much money she would be paying for her over usage of the phone.

Amanda wanted her door back on, but I have not got what I wanted – respect!

The door would not have come off if she just did what I wanted – Not to shut her door!

What a day!

Another Note: My back has been really hurting for the last couple of days. I am not sure what is causing it!

Final of the Four Long Drives – Home

Well, I did get up in time, but I was having troubles moving. I left about 7 minutes late but close enough to 7:00 local time (Moab).

I only did two gas stops. The first stop was at the Flying J’s in Richfield. And the second place was in North Los Vegas at another Flying J’s.

The trip went by fast. Of course on any LONG trips lately I get muscle strange in my neck and a slight headache.

I arrived at home at 5:00. So the total time was 11 hours – wow – yes I was flying low :).

Long Drive – Third of four – Problems

The day started out really early. We got up at 5:00 Wichita time and left the hotel at 6:00. And it only took 20 min to get to the airport. I was on the road heading for Moab, UT.

About three hours later I was getting tired so I stopped and took a quick cat nap at a rest area.

About another hour later – I hit a RV hubcap! It made a lot of noise. I pulled over to see what type of damage it did to the car. But first, I needed to get the hubcap out from under the car. While getting the hubcap out, I put a very deep cut near the base of my thumb. The damage to the car is a muffler (or catalytic converter) has a whole in it. And the muffler pipe is bent and hanging down. I got no error messages or codes on the dash, so if that is all the damage, that’s not too bad. But it does mean the car goes into the shop as soon as I get home, we will see then how bad the damage is as well as the normal maintenance that needs to be done.

I pulled into Moab about 6:00 Moab time – so that means I drove for 13 hours. With two unplanned stops and three gas stops.

I found where the group was camping. Found out that some of the group had problems from broken parts to breaking parts and doing some body damage.

The group did go out for dinner at the Mexican restaurant that is on the north end of town.

Thanks to J&N for letting me sleep in there RV for the few days that I am here!

Another Appointment Day

I woke up with a soar throat – great, now how long am I going to have to deal with this.

Well Amanda had another appointment today for an upper GI to be done. She got up and we went. She did not like it to much, but all went ok. We won’t know the results for about 4 to 6 days.

After the appointment I went back to work and Amanda stayed home to deal with the after affects of the test.

Lunch was at a oriental place near Ralphs with two friends.

I came home and took a nap. After the nap, I worked on trying to get my photos organized so I can back them up onto a DVD and store them off site.

Cheryl took Eric to a church group of middle school kids – seems like Eric had fun.

Monday – Watch Kid Day

Well here we go again. Amanda not feeling good (at least she talked and not just be there like a bump on a long). I stayed home from work and watch Amanda.

Well, actually I worked from home. I did take Amanda to here appointment (for her wrist) and went to her school to sign a paper. I did not stop for any food anywhere for lunch.

I did work on my desk a little bit, but since I was at the desk the whole day working, it was a little hard to work on the pile once I was done with work stuff.

The chair I use at my desk is not comfortable to work at for all day. My back was sure in pain by the evening.

Blast Class Day

Well this was the blast class day. We started a new class today (I know you thought we have already did that, but we did not have enough people last time.) We had two squares dancing. Not a really good class for size, but ok.

My wrist has started to hurt me. It started sometime during this week. If I use the blackberry it hurts, so I have to hold the blackberry differently. The pain working the mouse is very minor but I still can feel it.

After the class we went to Olive Garden for dinner with a group from class and had a good time.

Relaxing Tuesday

For lunch, I came home and took a quick nap, because I need to be back early.

I got home later then normal, and Cheryl had already picked up Amanda and went grocery shopping.

We finally got Amanda report card. She got a 3.57 so not bad at all.

I think my laptop is dead; it keeps rebooting about 2 min after starting up. I am not even sure if I can get the remaining data off the laptop.

O I survived the RV and the bed. My back did not hurt from the weekend on the RV bed – I am glad I am not in pain…

Friday – 2007 State Square Dance Convention Meeting

Amanda stayed home again because of her chest pains.

I came home for lunch and tried to take a quick nap, but I didn’t get the ‘power nap’, but I was refreshed.

Cheryl made an appointment for Amanda and took her. Amanda has basically what’s called “Growing Pains” (costochondritis)

Since Cheryl was already home when I got home, I was able to take the car to Riverside with Shirley and Tom. The drive out there took 2 ½ hours to go 62 miles.

At the California State Square Dance Convention 2007 meeting the Youth report was the last report to be given and there was no time left because another meeting supposed to start already. But we did get all the info out and was able to answer questions. After the meeting I was able to ask a few more questions and get more information.

Dance & Meeting

This morning my back is hurting again. O well got to keep going on.

First thing to do was go to the Croakers monthly square dance. We had two squares dancing before we left to go to our next commitment. We had three people visit the club to find out more about square dancing – they found out about the club through a MySpace.com account that had some info. They are doing research for the entertainment industry. We even had them learn to square dance and they seem to have fun – The video on my other blog shows them dancing (jemcam.blogspot.com). It will be very interesting if they contact us and continue the learning and hopefully portray square dancing in a GOOD light

After leaving the dance early it was time to head for our next commitment – Wrap up for Panamint Valley Days (PVD) and kick off meeting for Hi Desert Roundup (HDR). Trying to find the location was not easy. I was following the car GPS and it took us about a mile past the location. After a few phone calls and guidance we finally found the location. The meeting was good and things are going ok for the first meeting.

Friday – Waiting For Weekend

Like normal – go to work. For lunch I went home, eat lunch, and took a 30-minute nap.

When I got home after work, we had 4 netflix movies waiting for us. We watched two of them – The last two CD in the series of Invasion.

For the last couple of days I thinking my back problems where starting to go away, I turn the bed up to 40 about two nights ago.

Dancing then Work?

Well the day was a relaxing day.

When it was time to go to Round Dance Class, Amanda all of sudden told us that her ankle is hurting and didn’t want to go to class. So just Cheryl and I went.

After Class I had to go into work and help in the validation of the new Mainframe that was implemented today. Also was ok. I got home about 11:30.

And my back is still hurting. (One of these days my back should get better.)