Just mentioning.

Yesterday I received a letter from the Department of Labor & Economic Growth in regard to me filing for unemployment. (Let me flash back a few months..... I received a letter from DLEG saying I may qualify for for an extension of Unemployment benefits due to being underemployed. My current job at the hospital is contingent, meaning I get what I get. No set amount of hours until a part-time position opens for me. I filled out the form and sent it back. I had been approved for 24 weeks of benefits. It stated that even though I was working I might still qualify for partial benefits. If I made less than 1 1/2 times my approved weekly amount. I read that I should call MARVN even if I did not wish to claim a specific week. I would not loose that week but my weeks would roll over sort of speak. I called MARVN on my scheduled day and as I had already figured that I made to much for the weeks I was calling in for. I followed the prompts and when asked if I wanted to claim the weeks I called about I declined to claim them as I was instructed in the benefits booklet because I had made to much and I did not want to waste the weeks. I forget his exact response but he said I did not qualify and that I would have to reapply, good-bye. One thing MARVN makes clear is that if he don't say good-bye your call was not registered. Meaning no cliam is open so I will get bupkis, so I says to myself, well I don't really see myself qualifying for any benefits so I won't bother to apply because even though I don't make much I will make to much to get anything.
Back to the present. The newest letter says I falsified information by stating that I was laid off from a particular job and not that I had quit. Well I completely forgot about that one job and never put any info down because I was there for like a month and it just didn't register in my head. I need to reply to the letter and explain what I did, but how do I explain what I didn't do that they said I did do, and I never got anything in the first place? And my possible penalty: Discontinuation of benefits and/or paying back 2 times the amount of payment.
I do not receive any benefits and I'm not sending them a payment of $0.00 since that what 2 times 0 is.

Dub yuh

Thanks for the memories Dub yuh...

Prak Tis

Let's see how this works? The Pistons needed an aggressive scorer. Chauncey's time was up here he hit his peak and we needed more, they did resign Rip. Looks like the Pistons are going to have a lot of money to work with.

Ripped from an ESPN article - Those who have been observing the Cleveland Cavaliers, Miami Heat, New Jersey Nets and New York Knicks, among others, maneuver to create salary-cap space already have heard about "the Summer of LeBron." That's 2010, the year that LeBron James can opt out of his contract with the Cavs.
But the off season of 2010 is not just the Summer of LeBron: It's also the Summer of Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Amare Stoudemire, Ray Allen, Tyson Chandler, Manu Ginobili, Richard Jefferson, Joe Johnson, Tracy McGrady, Yao Ming, Steve Nash, Dirk Nowitzki and Michael Redd, each of whom can become an unrestricted free agent in 2010.
And in 2009, the list is illustrious, too: Kobe Bryant, Carlos Boozer, Allen Iverson, Ron Artest, Richard Hamilton, Jason Kidd, Shawn Marion, Andre Miller, Lamar Odom and Rasheed Wallace can become unrestricted free agents next year.

Screw the Yankees

I've never rooted for the Yankees, they've had/have a few players I liked. Ricky Henderson, Reggie, Catfish, Pudge. But the thing I really do like is that they made a mistake and let Torre go. He only led them to the playoffs 12yrs in a row, 10 of those first place finishes, 2 wild cards, 6 World Series, 4 of those championships. Who wouldn't want a manager like him. Now it looks like he's going to take the Dodgers to the playoffs his first year and the Yanks sit at home. Awesome.

Ofur

Lions lose to the QB who was their 3rd string QB last season and to last seasons offensive coordinator. SanFran has two wins,Lions zero. Last seasons 1 and 15 Dolphins have a win this season before the Lions. Ughhh. They can't lose next week because they have a bye. Finally a member of the Ford family speaks up and criticises Millen. Canning him now won't change this season but it would at least show that the Fords might want to win a game, maybe?

Looking for a new squad...

The Lions blow. Get Jimmy Jones for a GM or Bill Cowher. I am considering having a new favorite team. I would have chosen the Bengals but that team will never come to fruition because of players who've made bad decisions off the field. I'm considering Green Bay, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia?

P.S. All college teams get your licks in now....UofM payback is coming in a few seasons.

Whack, Bam, Boom, Doink

CERN fires up new atom smasher to near Big Bang

CERN

Run stoppers

The Detroit Lions D stopped the run with little effort. Their own run that is. By instantly giving up 21 first quarter points they had to give up on the run and go to the passing game to try and catch up. I think I am going to have to be a Vikings fan or something. I hope they can salvage the season, listen to me it's only been one game, hopfully Rudi can add a needed element.

can't keep a good dog down.

A few weeks ago I had to take Moose to the vet because he had some mysterious blistery out break. The vet said Moose had hives. He probably was bitten by something and he had a reaction. She gave him a steroid shot and a benadryl shot and recommended that he take benadryl for three days. A few hours after the shots he was looking much better.
Then a few weeks later he was stung by a few bee's. He didn't cry or yelp when he was stung. I think it startled him more than anything. I was sitting outside at someones house and Moose came walking over all weird. I looked at him and saw he had something on his back. I got up to look and saw it was a bee. I went to brush the bee off and he turned his head real fast and banged it on a lawn chair, that hurt him because that's when he yelped. Well I knocked the bee off and had to crush it, because that's what you do with bee's that sting. I think he may have been stung three times his neck, back and leg. It knocked him for a loop and I didn't have any benadryl to give him. All his umph was gone, it jacked him up. He had trouble walking, so I laid him down on a blanket and he just sat for awhile and then laid down. We finally came home but then I had nothing to feed him that I could hide the benadryl in, plus I don't think he was really in the mood to eat, so he ruffed it til morning and then I gave him some peanut butter with the benadryl stashed in it. He was a little out of sorts until evening then he was back to normal. Poor Moose dog, for such a little guy he takes a beating.

Bob Saget

I had a dream the other night. I was looking for Bob Saget and I was going to kick his ass. I have no idea what he did but that's what I was going to do.

White Trash

White trash - is a pejorative term targeted at lower social class white people with poor prospects and/or low levels of education. To call someone white trash is to accuse a white person of being economically, educationally and/or culturally bankrupt. White trash should be differentiated from the more socially acceptable term Redneck, as each has an unique historical etymology and context in modern usage. While white trash is most commonly used as a pejorative, low- to middle-income rural whites often self-identify as rednecks.

I live next to the "Squidbillies" that's what I like to refer to them as. I got the name from an Adult Swim cartoon. They like to put swim trunks on their son and let him play in the puddles in the parking lot after it rains. Anytime that kid is outside I constantly hear them calling their son... "Griffin, Griffin, Griffin, Griffin, Griffin, Griffin, Griffin, Griffin, Griffin, because Griffin doesn't listen to them. I say whip his ass for not listening or take him back inside. Thankfully he only shows up every other weekend or so. Squidbillies like to stand in front of my door and smoke cigs, so I have to close my door to keep all the smoke from coming inside my apartment. It's doesn't click in their head as to why I close the door. Squidbillies like to turn up the music at 11 PM. Squidbillie dad likes to knock on his own door when he comes home to make his dog bark. Dumb ass. Squidbillies like to talk on the phone outside my door. I hate that, get away from my door or go back inside you den. Squidbillie daughter comes and visits daddybillie every so often, she's a teen, and a bunch of her friends come over and hang out on the sidewalk or constantly go up and down the stairs, in and out of the den until midnight, sometimes they huddle on the stairs and don't get the F@&$ out of the way when I use the stairs. Squidbillies talk loud when their outside no matter what time of day or night it is. The Squidbillies that live on the other side of me and behind me like to put their grills on the sidewalk when they grill so all the smoke and lighter fluid smell fills my apartment. Squidbillies store their crap under the apartment stairs so fellow billies can tell this is a billie friendly environment. Sqiudbillies like to crank up Kid Rock and sit on chairs in front of their apartment and play along on their guitar and say "well I'm getin better", no your not go back inside and smoke some meth. Sqidbillies gather for annual meetings in front of the laundry room and drink beer, smoke cigs and dope, talk very loud and laugh at stupid shit.

I need to get to someplace somewhat "normal" without Squidbillies. If you like Kid Rock you have some innner trash trying to come to the surface. Ok, so I'm prejudice against some people. I'll have to do a blog on Arab people some time.

Deport Todd Jones

The Tigers have a 500 record now. 40 wins and 40 loses with 82 games remaining and only 5 games out of first. Half the season is left so anything is possible.

Todd Jones tried to screw this up, he gave up 4 runs in the top of the ninth to give Colorado the lead and then was booed by the crowd of 42K plus. He deserved it though. The Tigs put two runners on base in the bottom of the ninth and Cabrera doubled and drove in the two runs for the win.

Sometimes there are players on Detroit teams that I just can't stand; when Federov was with the Wings, or the fist time Lindsey Hunter was with the Pistons I liked him when he came back because he knew his role, Harrington with the dreadful Lions and now I absolutely loath Todd Jones. No lead is secure with him pitching. I want him deported. I think he's American though but still we could send him to America Jr. or something.

Livid

A week ago someone got into my car and stole Moose's bubbles.

Poop

This morning I took Moose outside to go potty, yes I said "potty", and my car had a flat tire. I had to change a tire at 6 A.M. I missed an hour of work, that sucked more than anything.
I'm out of toilet paper too.
Poop.

Don't mess with the Zohan...

Jun 20, 2008 7:34
NY Times: Israel conducts drill simulating IAF strike on Iran
By JPOST.COM STAFF


Israel has conducted a drill simulating an attack on facilities in Iran, The New York Times reported Friday.

Senior American officials, who preferred to remain unnamed, told the paper that the exercise included 100 F-15 and F-16 warplanes which have undertaken maneuvers in the eastern Mediterranean and near the coasts of Greece.

Helicopters also joined in the maneuvers, simulating forays into enemy territory to rescue downed pilots.

The aircraft used in the drill flew a distance of about 1,500 kilometers - similar to the distance between Israel and uranium enrichment facilities at Natanz, the officials said.

IDF officials reportedly refused to comment on the exercise and its purpose.

Finals

The Finals blew. Screw Boston and the Lakers folded what a disappointment.

Good Bye and Good Riddance

Good luck on the job search Flip. Sheed thanks for the help on that one championship, but it's time for you to move on. The only thing I can really say about how the Pistons went down is "that was some hoe ass shit"

Notes

With his 11th point, Hamilton broke Isiah Thomas' career playoff scoring record of 2,261 points and he did it in 110 games -- one fewer than Thomas needed to set the mark. "That's a great honor because Isiah is Detroit basketball," Hamilton said. "To pass one of his records is crazy because I haven't been here that long." ... Hamilton is four games away from breaking Bill Laimbeer's franchise record of 113 playoff appearances. ... Stuckey, drafted by Detroit with a pick acquired from Orlando for Darko Milicic, was named to the All-Rookie second team. ... Saunders said McDyess was told as he was arriving at the arena that his grandmother, who helped raise him, had died.

Six Straight.

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. -- The Detroit Pistons made just enough shots and stops to advance to the Eastern Conference finals for a sixth straight year.

Richard Hamilton scored 19 of his 31 points in the first half, made victory-sealing free throws late in the game and Tayshaun Prince had a key block, helping Detroit hold off the Orlando Magic for a 91-86 win Tuesday night in Game 5 of the second-round series.

"Playing in six straight is awesome, but now we expect to do this," Hamilton said. "We're supposed to be here."

The Pistons will have a break before facing the Boston Celtics or Cleveland Cavaliers in the conference finals.

Detroit made just 36 percent of its shots and allowed the Magic to make nearly half of their attempts, but made up for the disparity at the line and by taking care of the ball.

The Pistons were 28-of-32 at the line and had just three turnovers -- setting an NBA playoff record for the fewest giveaways in a game -- while Orlando was 16-of-28 and had a playoff-high 21 turnovers, which turned into 34 points for Detroit.

"The fact that the game is close at the end when you look at the free throw shooting and turnover disparity is remarkable," Orlando coach Stan Van Gundy said.

To the Magic's credit, they didn't go away easily against a playoff-tested team that improved to 15-3 when it has a chance to advance since 2003.

Detroit led by 10 late, but was ahead 85-84 with just under a minute left after Hedo Turkoglu made back-to-back shots.

The Pistons won when Hamilton made two key free throws, Prince blocked Turkoglu's dunk attempt, and Hamilton made two more at the line in the last 20 seconds of the game.

Playing without All-Star point guard Chauncey Billups for the second straight game because of a strained hamstring, rookie Rodney Stuckey filled the void with 15 points, six assists and no turnovers.

"I'm never scared," Stuckey said.

Antonio McDyess had 17 points and 10 rebounds, Rasheed Wallace had 14 points and Prince added 10.

Turkoglu had 18 points and nine rebounds, and Dwight Howard, Rashard Lewis and Jameer Nelson had 14 points apiece for the Magic. Nelson had guaranteed his team would extend the series with a win.

"We played them tough," Nelson said. "If there's anyone in their locker room who didn't think this was tough, they don't know what tough is."

Howard also had 17 rebounds and three blocks, but his night was marred by going 6-of-15 at the line.

Orlando was in the second round of the playoffs for the first time since 1996.

The Magic scored the last seven points of the first quarter to make it 20-all in what had to be a frustrating score for them.

They allowed Detroit to score all but two of its points off turnovers and offensive rebounds.

Lewis had as many missed shots (four) as turnovers in a scoreless first, but each of the other starters scored at least four points to make up for the awful start from the team's leading scorer.

When Lewis finally scored midway through the second quarter, his hook capped a 10-2 run that put Orlando ahead 33-27.

Detroit then went on a 16-3 run, and took a 47-41 lead into halftime.

The Pistons enjoyed quite an advantage at the line.

Hamilton made all 10 of his free throws before intermission and Detroit missed only one of 14 attempts while Howard was 6-of-13 to sink Orlando's total to 7-of-16 in the first half.

The Magic carried a 68-65 lead into the final period but struggled at the start of the fourth. After Lewis made two free throws in the opening seconds, Orlando went scoreless for nearly 7 minutes as the Pistons went ahead on Stuckey's steal and layup during a McDyess-led 13-0 run that put them ahead 78-70.

The Magic still wouldn't go away until fading in the final seconds.

"It's good to get this over with," Detroit coach Flip Saunders said. "Now we get a chance to rest, especially Chauncey, and we get a chance to prepare."

I remember.......

Brett Favre, Dan Marino, Joe Montana, Randall Cunningham, Steve Young, John Elway, Warren Moon, Jim Kelly, Boomer Esiason, Stevie Yzerman, Mario Lemieux, Michael Jordan, Reggie Miller, Joe Dumars, Isiah Thomas, players I remember watching.... they're all retired now and that makes me feel old.

There's only one Return...

Could this be true?

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
- Evelyn Waugh

Sicko de Mayo

I feel horrible. I don't know if I have the flu or what? Cause my sinus' are all jacked up to. I'm running a fever. For some reason I keep spelling fever f e a v e r.
My throat is raw, I keep hacking up crap. Moose doesn't get it that I feel like crap and I need him to just sleep like a good little puppy. Even though I felt like crap on Sunday I took him to the bark park. I had to work today and it was a struggle. I should have called in today? I will lay around as much as possible Tuesday so if ANY one reads this on Tuesday call me because I will be bored. On a positive note I will now be quiting cigs. Oh and I keep sneezing. One more thing, I haven't missed work since I started at the hospital. Yes that is a big deal!

Cinco de Mayo

The 5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day, but it should be! And Cinco de Mayo is not an American holiday, but it should be. Mexico declared its independence from mother Spain on midnight, the 15th of September, 1810. And it took 11 years before the first Spanish soldiers were told and forced to leave Mexico.

So, why Cinco de Mayo? And why should Americans savor this day as well? Because 4,000 Mexican soldiers smashed the French and traitor Mexican army of 8,000 at Puebla, Mexico, 100 miles east of Mexico City on the morning of May 5, 1862.

The French had landed in Mexico (along with Spanish and English troops) five months earlier on the pretext of collecting Mexican debts from the newly elected government of democratic President (and Indian) Benito Juarez. The English and Spanish quickly made deals and left. The French, however, had different ideas.

Under Emperor Napoleon III, who detested the United States, the French came to stay. They brought a Hapsburg prince with them to rule the new Mexican empire. His name was Maximilian; his wife, Carolota. Napoleon's French Army had not been defeated in 50 years, and it invaded Mexico with the finest modern equipment and with a newly reconstituted Foreign Legion. The French were not afraid of anyone, especially since the United States was embroiled in its own Civil War.

The French Army left the port of Vera Cruz to attack Mexico City to the west, as the French assumed that the Mexicans would give up should their capital fall to the enemy -- as European countries traditionally did.

Under the command of Texas-born General Zaragosa, (and the cavalry under the command of Colonel Porfirio Diaz, later to be Mexico's president and dictator), the Mexicans awaited. Brightly dressed French Dragoons led the enemy columns. The Mexican Army was less stylish.

General Zaragosa ordered Colonel Diaz to take his cavalry, the best in the world, out to the French flanks. In response, the French did a most stupid thing; they sent their cavalry off to chase Diaz and his men, who proceeded to butcher them. The remaining French infantrymen charged the Mexican defenders through sloppy mud from a thunderstorm and through hundreds of head of stampeding cattle stirred up by Indians armed only with machetes.

When the battle was over, many French were killed or wounded and their cavalry was being chased by Diaz' superb horsemen miles away. The Mexicans had won a great victory that kept Napoleon III from supplying the confederate rebels for another year, allowing the United States to build the greatest army the world had ever seen. This grand army smashed the Confederates at Gettysburg just 14 months after the battle of Puebla, essentially ending the Civil War.

Union forces were then rushed to the Texas/Mexican border under General Phil Sheridan, who made sure that the Mexicans got all the weapons and ammunition they needed to expel the French. American soldiers were discharged with their uniforms and rifles if they promised to join the Mexican Army to fight the French. The American Legion of Honor marched in the Victory Parade in Mexico, City.

It might be a historical stretch to credit the survival of the United States to those brave 4,000 Mexicans who faced an army twice as large in 1862. But who knows?

In gratitude, thousands of Mexicans crossed the border after Pearl Harbor to join the U.S. Armed Forces. As recently as the Persian Gulf War, Mexicans flooded American consulates with phone calls, trying to join up and fight another war for America.

Mexicans, you see, never forget who their friends are, and neither do Americans. That's why Cinco de Mayo is such a party -- A party that celebrates freedom and liberty. There are two ideals which Mexicans and Americans have fought shoulder to shoulder to protect, ever since the 5th of May, 1862. VIVA! el CINCO DE MAYO!!

Augusten

I am hooked on the author Augusten Burroughs. He has written several memoirs, each very entertaining. He has some of the most bizarre and interesting happenings in his life, this stuff couldn't be made up because it's so out there. It is pretty light reading and easy to get through, I usually don't like books that come across as spoon feeding you, but his experiences are so interesting.

Practical Vampire Slayer

I came across this blog one night while I was searching for something, but I don't recall what? I thought I bookmarked it because it looked like it could be interesting. Well I didn't and I've spent a few hours every night for three days to find it. It probably won't be worth the time I spent looking for it? I hate how sometimes I will let simple non important things obsess me.
One time I took my dog to be groomed in October and since Halloween was that month they had some little rubber thingy to hook to your dogs collar and you would get one free with the grooming. Well I didn't get one when I picked up my dog and just left. For three days I thought about how I didn't get my free little rubber thingy. I actually lost sleep over it. I finally went back and asked the groomer a question, then before I left I asked if they had anymore of the little rubber thingy's because I hadn't gotten one when I had brought my dog in. The groomer gave me one and then I was happy with my little rubber thingy, which is sitting in a drawer. But once I got that little rubber thingy I was at peace and all was well in my little world.

If I were a dog

I took a quiz to see what kind of dog I would be.

Labrador Retriever
The Caretaker

Your family is what makes you tick, and you never "flea" from an opportunity to hang out with the whole gang. A family picnic complete with hot dogs, deviled eggs and a refreshing swim in the lake is hard for you to stray from. Your sparky temperament and dogged intelligence mean you are not only a blast to hang out with, but great to work with as well. Your close pals appreciate your patience and forgiveness, knowing you'd rather let sleeping dogs lie than dwell on the mishaps of the past. Your dashing good looks may one day lead to a modelling career, if only you can tame the unfortunate clumsiness that sometimes causes you to go flailing from the catwalk.


I really do like deviled eggs and koegle hot dogs. I don't mean I can't eat one with out the other, their both good independently.




LIKELY PROFESSIONS: Doctor, Sales Executive, Teacher

What kind of dog are you?

Karma Korn

I don't know who I have done wrong but today was all about me getting my ass chewed out by nurse's, patients and a manager. I'm going to burn my uniform and release the negative energy with held in them. Then I'm going to bury my work shoes and get a hair cut. I shall be free of bad mojo.

Tyler Durden

I want to invent my own Tyler Durden.

If you've never seen the movie you won't understand.

Boo

I don't mean the scary "boo", I mean the disapproval type of boo. It's the same old Lions draft bungle. Sure Calvin Johnson will be a stud but he won't give us anymore wins than we've had the last several years. The pick should have been traded and worked into filling other holes in this team. This year we take an OT, but there were a few better prospects and we have so many holes still. In the second round we take an undersized OLB, we don't need undersized anything. This team sucks and will for a long time. Oh ya, they will win their first four games and fool everyone, but then the bottom will drop out and it will be the same ol same. Pathetic. I wish the Ford's would sell the team and the new owner would move them to another state then a whole new person could bring a new franchise to the state. Wait, I think Michigan could support two football teams, say one in west Michigan? Oh well, wishful thinking.

Screw You.

I hate: American Idol, hot dogs other than Koegel's, nurse's that act like bitches, people who say quotes they learned in some leadership book, owners who don't pick up their dogs poop, cigarette butts on the ground, high gas prices, Walmart furniture, living pay check to pay check, litter bugs, waking up for work at 5 AM, leaving my dog alone, shopping at Meijer, feeling depressed, sleeping all day when it's sunny out, living so far away from my friends, waiting for football season, feeling alone, stores putting Christmas crap out before Halloween, that Matt Millen has not been fired yet, being a procrastinator, paying for Internet/cable service, SUV's, women who say the can't find the right guy, Bush's lies, people who profit off of war, Congressional hearings on steroids, people who hurt children, telemarketers, that MTV created this horrid reality craze, morning radio, inconsiderate people, not having anything interesting to say, being boring, that I don't punch people in the face who piss me off, my brother's dad, not having a radio in my car, that my TV is on the floor, not having health insurance, being forced to wear a seat belt, not having a fenced in yard that my dog can play in, bands/singers who do cover songs, tailgaters, when the Pistons don't play like they should, being to tired to finish this list...

My dirty weiner.

I took my Daschund to the Bark Park, great place to meet women however on Saturday it must have been couples day. Oh well, Moose had a good time. We were there for a few hours. Moose had a tongue hanging out good time. He ended up rolling in the mud and was completely covered. There were several other dogs playing in the mud, all the owners were laughing at the dogs, and dreading having to put them back in our cars in that condition. My clothes and car were a little messy, he was dry but the mud was still caked on, but it was a good day regardless.

Wasted day.

I went out on Saturday night. It's been a very long time since I've had two days in a row off. Of course I spent more than I wanted but hey it's been a long time. My cousin Dario came to hang out before he moves back to D.C. I was just so tired the next day. I ate a ton of food took many naps and watched basketball. Stupid Pistons.

First Hookah

I had my first Hookah the other night or should I say smoked one for the first time.
Not to bad I must say. I'd do it again. The tobacco was very smooth, apple flavor, nothing like smoking a cigarette.

Southern Style NIghtmare

Not to long ago I tried the Southern Style Sandwich at McD's. I liked it. I had eaten it around 10PM. Well around 11 I went to bed. I ended up having the most bizarre dreams so I kept waking up. This is the one that stuck in my head because it scared me. I dreamt that I moved back to Grayling (AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!) My Dad, my uncle Dave, and three cousin, Dario, Dave and Jimmy were living up there too. I saw them at the restaurant but I don't know it the worked there or just happened to be in the kitchen. But apparently I was working there, and it was my first day. The whole place had been remodeled, looking very modern. It was time to close up and there was food out the needed to be put away. Everyone told me to leave it and the night guy would put it away. I looked around and thought, it needs to be put away right now. Everyone kept telling me just leave it, it will be OK. Then I woke up.

Trust me this would be a nightmare. If this were to happen to me I ask that if you love me that you will put a bullet in the back of my head. Just make sure my dog has a good home too.

Freeze scumbag

I was returning home one night when I noticed someone following me very closely, either a drunkard or a cop. It was around 11PM so I figured it was a cop. He stayed right up on my bumper. I was doing the speed limit but I had no seat belt on. I pulled into my drive way and parked the car, however I could see that the officer pulled into the other entrance and pretty much sped over and parked behind me and hit the lights. I was starting to get out of my car when he rolled up but when the lights came on he told me to get back into the car. He came over, looked inside the car and saw that I had a bunch of cookware and such in the back seat. He asked me if I was moving, which I wasn't but I said yes anyway. It was quicker than explaining the story. He asked for my ID, and asked why I didn't have my seat belt on? "Duh, because I'm home now" the actual quote was "oh I just didn't remember to put it on" that's what came out, he told me to stay in the car and in a minute he called me over and gave back the license and told me to wear a seat belt and off he went into the night to get some Tim Horton's coffee and doughnuts.

Huron Valley-Sinai

I have started my new job at the hospital in the food service dept. I have been through two days of orientation and two days of actual work schedule. It's pretty easy work and decent pay. Everyone is pretty cool there. I'm sure I will like it, not just because it's easy, but because it will be fun there or so it seems. So far I have only been in the food runner position. Next week I will be assembling the meals. I was told it I think running was easy wait until I do the assembling line. I think this job will really work out in helping me return to school, the scheduling looks very flexible. I just need to bring in enough cash to cover living expenses, just like everybody else, right! I am definitely thinking of some type of medical field, not just because I work at a hospital now, because through my employment search there are tons of openings for people in the medical field. Truck drivers are also needed everywhere. I sure hope this works out for me. Next big thing I'm looking forward to is summer.

Mama Mia!

I am working a part-time cash job at Mama Mia's. I wash dishes there until I start my job at the hopital. On word describes the owners, their daughter and cook. INSANE! I thought I was on some kind of hidden camera deal. The cook was telling the female owner to F off and get out of her head. The female owner was yelling at the husband who was taking care of a banquet down stairs. The husband was yelling at the bus boy. The mother and daughter were arguing. Any question I asked the female owner her answer was always, "I don't know." Well she should know because she is the owner. She should have at least told me who would know the answer.
It wasn't just the yelling, but what the were yelling about and the language. They are all crazy there. I can't wait to tell them Im done.
I start my orientation on Monday and it runs through Tuesday. I will never forget the insanity of Mama Mia's.

Needling.

I will be starting a new job in a week or so at Huron Valley-Sinai. Before I can start I had to have a physical, drug screen, TB test and fill out paper work.
When it was time for the nurse to take blood, I hate needles by the way, she tried both arms and then had to draw it from my hand. I was given a TB,and tetanus shot as well. I had to deal with five needles, I hated that. The job is only contingent but I hope to work it into something full-time permanent. I have to go to DMC in Detroit on Monday for orientation and then another orientation/training session on Tuesday back at HVS, then I find out when I actually start in Food Services. Yeah.

My dog is broken

My dog Moose became sick a week ago. He would wake up in the morning and vomit. He did this 4 days in a row. On the fourth day I took him to the vet. I told the vet that Moose was going a little stir crazy because of the weather, he is not outside much because his paws get cold so fast and he cant walk, I end up having to pick him up and carry him inside. Because of this he had destroyed most of his toys and I believe he had ingested some of the pieces because I've seen him drop some toy stuffing out his backside when he does his business. So we thought it was the toy parts causing problems for him. The vet also ran a bunch of tests and took some x-rays. Vets also cost as much as people doctors. Ouch. We saw some stuff in his intestines and all his tests came out good so the vet put him on a bland diet. The food is some special blend by Purina or something like that. He was on the diest for a full week, then on Monday I fed him his normal food. Not a good idea, he woke up again Tuesday morning and vomited again. I called the vet once again and told them it was starting over again. The vet called me back and suggested I continue the bland diet for Moose. I went back to the vet and bought the special dog food for him this time I bought him only three cans of soft and a bag of dry. I don't like him eatting wet(can) food because it creates tarter on his teeth and dry food is so much easier to store and transport. The food he was previously eatting he had been eating it for more than six months. I hope it is just the food causing the problem and not someting serious.

The Can Opener

I finally bought a new can opener and I love it. The previous one was junk. It was a fight just to open a can and then it would not completely open the can lid. I would need a pair of pliers to rip it the rest of the way open, but the new one cuts like a knife through warm butter. Ahh the simple things is life a wonderful.

HNY

Moose says Happy New Year. I say BFD.