Liquid Sunshine Monday

Well, the weekend came, the weekend went, and I feel like I need a vacation! Good thing I just booked my flight. I'm going to SUNNY California to visit my Dad's side of the family. Wowza, but this is a good bit of traveling! This weekend both tracks rained out, but we made a durn good effort at it Saturday. I kept watching the radar on my phone (which is just too cool, I love it!) and it just kept getting worse and worse. Then, it started to sprinkle. And then sprinkle some more. Then, lots of rain. I love rain. Yesterday evening I sat out on my front porch, on my swing, looking at the amazing view of the hot pink azalea crowned by white dogwood, while my dog rested in the yard. That was so peaceful, and so relaxing. Then, this morning when I got up it was pouring down rain. I love my metal roof when it rains! I also was able to get some flea treatment out in the yard. There will be NO cooties in my house!

This week promises to be slower, and I certainly hope so! We're going to run at the dirt track on Friday and Saturday, so fun fun! Hopefully I can get some rest . . . it's overdue!

TGI FRIDAY!

Man, am I glad to see the weekend here! Not that it's going to be relaxing - I think I'm busy about every minute, but I'm ok with that. 50/50 on rain tomorrow, so that would allow for some down time, but it's hard to pay bills when we're not racing!

Yesterday wasn't the best day I've had. I had a not so nice run in right before I headed home for the day, and by the time I got home, I had a raging migraine. I made Won-Ton Salad for Mike and Andi, and then went to EMT team practice. Came back home, to make ANOTHER salad to take to work and to K. I'm tired, my head hurts, I'm in an overall bad mood. My kitchen is trashed because I was being lazy and not washing as I went (sorry Mom!), and I'm frying Won Ton skins. Frying them isn't bad, but it's time consuming and if you wait even a little to long, they burn. I'm going along, and somehow manage to drop the tongs down in the hot oil and splatter oil all over the front of my shirt, burn my stomach, and my toes (wearing flip flops!) Youza! I did realize something about Britney - she has sensitive ears! She hates for the exhaust fan to be on, and will hide in the bathroom where it is quieter. Funny! Anyway, so I finally get to bed about midnight, and of course, I'm on call. 3:05, Rescue 3, respond, MVC. Yay. And stuff. Ugh. It's a Murphy's Law thing, the more tired I am/earlier I have to be up/# of calls ran on the previous 4 nights dictates the liklihood of having a call.

After my experiance yesterday I've been thinking about how I react to situations. It's human nature to get snappy and obnoxious when we're tired, hungry, or not getting our way, but isn't it something we can overcome? Mistakes happen. As long as we bring it to someone's attention, and they make every effort possible to resolve it, should you still turn into a raging monster and yell/threaten/intimidate them? I've long been a believer in that you catch more flies with honey . . . what do you think?

Stacey

Ah, Stacey. The love of the workplace. Want to know why? Because she does things like this: And, I'm sorry, but I'm new to the YouTube thing, so if someone wants to fill me in on how to rotate a video, let me know!

Test Post

This was on my cell this morning when I picked up service again. Talk about an AWESOME birthday surprise! This is L., K's daughter . . .

Birthday's and Schtuff

Good morning, beautiful people! (and, hi, Stacey!) Yes, yesterday was my birthday, and THANK YOU to everyone who posted comments. I really do appreciate it! As you can see, I got flowers yesterday. The first bunch, I have no idea who they came from! The card just said, "Happy Birthday Sunshine!" The second bunch came with "No Signature Requested", but then my co-workers 'fessed up that they were from them. I love wildflowers and spring time, so both bouquets were dead on! Although, C. said that if someone is referring to me as "Sunshine" they don't know me that well! Anyway, yesterday afternoon was pretty calm and uneventful. Mom and Dad sent me "Cars", said that anyone that worked at a race track should see it, so I started watching that as well. My friends kept asking what I wanted to do, but I explained that as little as I get to see them, I just wanted us to all go to dinner together as a big group - K. and family, Msh and H., D., A. and S. and lots of others - and just have a really great time, so once we can get schedules worked out, that'll be the celebration time. I'm working open to close today, tomorrow, and Friday, but even then, it's bankers hours so no complaining, right? And, if you've gotten this far in this post, make sure you check out my survey and let me know what you think! Make it a spectacular day . . .

Vehicles

So, everyone seems to get a big kick out of my car. Let me set the record straight: I love my car. It's an 88 Honda Accord, and I got a great deal on it (thanks, Fire Chief!). I've talked about the VW before, but did I tell you I also paid $.17 a mile, everywhere I drove, as long as I had all A's and B's. If I got less than that, I paid $.27 a mile! Let me tell you, I didn't often drive anywhere I didn't have to go, and I knew the shortest route! This was in addition to insurance and gas! The first vehicle I bought was a 74 Malibu. I had no idea what a treasure I had! Bought the thing for $1000, and sold it for $400. My next "owned" car was an 87 Honda CRX, which I adored, but realized it didn't fit Britney well in the back. So, when Mom and Dad went to Argentina, they gave me the Toyota Corolla. That died, hence, now I have my Honda. I also have a Buick Park Avenue that Mom and Dad are enjoying . . . in Houston . . . with no A/C. Whew, at least the window's go down! But, my current Honda gets me around, and does what it needs to do. Insurance? Cheap. Taxes? HA! Paid in change. Something to be said for not having the latest and the greatest. What's been your favorite car? You're craziest memory in one?

ETA: Today, Apr. 23, Stacey asked, "Does your Honda have A/C?" I said, "Yup. All four windows go down!!!"

More weekend schtuff

Ah, so I forgot to tell about my laundry lesson! Now, I'm 32 (tomorrow!), and have been doing laundry a LONG time. One of my first household chores was helping to sort, so I know, white's with white's, dark's with dark's, etc. Wellllll, I learned an important lesson on Saturday. It was a gorgeous morning, brisk breeze, sunshine, so I figured I would make use of my clothesline. I've been really excited about silly things in this new house, such as a clothes line and a mail box. Hung my sheets out, and it took about 10 minutes for them to dry. Since I'm looking at a $700+ electric bill from this past winter, I'm a huge fan of sunshine! But, did you know that prior to hanging clothes out, you better make sure that the line is CLEAN? I took my whites out, hung them out (last load!), but when I brought them back in, there were nice BLACK lines along everywhere I had the pins! Very frustrating. Needless to say, they got washed again and then tossed in the dryer. So, on the to-do list this week includes cleaning the line.