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I just looked up my teachers over at MySpace.com - you can rate professors there now. My new Spanish and Algebra teacher are pretty highly rated, and the students say they are easy and helpful so that's a LOAD off my mind.

But then they totally trashed my Communications and new English teacher, say they give a LOT of work and grade hard, etc. So that makes me scared only because with 16 units I can't have too many really hard classes and Spanish and Algebra are already hard.

But then I looked up my old professors that I've already taken classes with, and my favorites - including my favoritest english teacher ever, who is giving me special classes so I can get my english degree on time - they got HORRIBLE ratings. It appears that the students who rated them believe they shouldn't be assigned any work, no research, and not have any english skills whatsoever.

So I'm going to try to not be scared of my Comm and new English teacher, and just be happy that Spanish and Algebra may not be too hard.

*biting fingernails*

still trying

I think part of my writer's block here and in the journal (mostly in the journal) has to do with having teenagers. I used to be able to tell so many funny, cute stories about the kids. But teenagers are neither funny, nor fun, nor cute. They are a lot of hard work and can be terrifying.

I mean, I still love them, and I wouldn't give them up, but there's not much fun to write about them. Usually.

So anyway. Every time the prospect of just giving up on this blog and the journal comes up, I renew my goal to at least write here. So here I am. I'm going to try harder to update here, even if it's boring - I'm going to go back to trying to write only for myself. Maybe I'll even cut out the comments section to make sure. We'll see.

trying to write

I updated the journal but it's nothing special - trust me.

I'm so scared to start school this semester with all the units that I HAVE to take if I want to graduate when I want to graduate. And yet I am so excited also. Very conflicted. But a new school year is always exciting anyway, eh?

I have to attend school one evening a week, Tuesday from 6pm to 9:15pm. I have not told the kids this yet. It's better to surprise them with that sort of information to avoid giving them time to make plans. However, once they find out...

I may have to pay Spike big money to make sure Buffy does not get into trouble. Then I have to pay someone to keep Spike out of trouble...

Somebody sign up to help me with my Algebra homework.

And help me with Spanish.

I watched Monster-in-Law last night. I was less than impressed. In fact, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone. And I was expecting to like it. Oh well.

Deadwood was very very good. THAT one I recommend. Calamity Jane is back in Season Two, right? Don't tell me she just dropped off after a few episodes.

On Buffy's webpage she lists the people she wants to meet as: Brooke McQueen, Harrison, Josh, Carmen, Lily, Nicole and Mary Cherry. 10 points if you know what she's talking about.

Google Google Bandoogle

Okay Guys, Thanks to Itsy I now have a GMail account and am signed up for Google Talk. Under the name Pischina, of course. Back to work I go!

Scott was in a lot of pain last night, but guess what?

The pain was in the leg that hasn't been operated on yet.

Guess what else?

He drove yesterday for the first time. I let him do a test drive to Starbucks, and since he has an automatic and his right leg wasn't operated on he was able to drive with no problem. So today he got to drive his car home from my house.

He's very happy. Still very dependant on the crutches though, but he can stand with his cane and walk for very short distances with it.

The bad news is we were both coming down with the flu yesterday and neither one of us feels well today.

If this isn't the cutest little story ever, well, I just don't know what is.

Oh yeah and Scott is doing great - well, he may disagree with "great" but I think he is. He walked with his walker to the end of his bed and back yesterday, but getting back into bed is a tough one. Yesterday afternoon he seemed to be getting stronger by the hour. He's going to try stairs in his therapy on Saturday! Isn't that amazing? Well, he had some ups and some downs yesterday, and listening to his blood-curling scream when the nurses flipped him over without bringing his hurt leg with him almost made me vomit. Oh. My. God. That part was horrible. But he is feeling better and will be coming home Saturday or Sunday. He's on special restrictions for 6 weeks because of the extent of the surgery (removing much more bone growth than expected) but he will hopefully be up and around by this weekend. He should just need help in and out of bed. AND he's doing great with his physical therapy, he does his little exercises over and over, he's very intent about it.

I think he's in better spirits mostly - well also because it's over - but also because it was obvious from the surgery that he really needed it done. I think he was never really sure that the hip replacement was the answer, and who wants to go through that surgery only to find out it was something entirely different that was wrong? But all the bone growth was proof that there was no other answer. Now as soon as this side heals (sometime after 6 weeks) he can have the other side done, and that's the side that has really been bothering him.

Okay, that's my update for now. I gotta finish work and get to the hospital.

The Military Funeral

There are pictures up at Flickr, in backwards order though. It really was beautiful. I think my dad would have loved it. Also, the girl who played Taps did the most beautiful job ever.

Even though things are going to be difficult for Scott for awhile, from talking to the surgeon it sounds as if Scott's recovery is going to make him 1000% better than he was. I know doctors have told him before that the extent of his hips was like nothing they had seen except "in cases in third world countries" - but men are stubborn, eh? Also, humans in general I believe. And the surgeon said the arthritis had just spread all over, and he had to remove chunks of bone like 2 inches thick from his hips. He said he didn't know how Scott had moved or stood at all. But even though Scott is very worried that he won't be able to touch his toes again and that his martial arts will be finished, I think in the long run his painfree daily life is going to make things so much better.

Update...

Okay, first surgery over and done, I summarized it in the diary. Now we are off to my dad's military funeral. Then it's back to the hospital for me. Hopefully Scott's physical therapy will be over before I get there, cuz I really don't want to be there when that's going on, heh. I'll update tonight, hopefully I won't be so exhausted.

This is it, the last day.
Tomorrow we'll be at the hospital at 6am.
By this time tomorrow it will hopefully be all over.

I'm a nervous wreck.

Scott's surgery is scheduled for Wednesday.

He had his "class" today, where he learned all about it, and he is now in a severe depression. He does not feel the future prognosis is good, and the recovery time they're telling him - even though this was a blanket recovery time for everyone in the class - is pretty traumatic for him. They're saying he'll be in a walker for 3 months.

I don't realy believe this is what will happen. But what do I know, I'm not a doctor. They also tell him he'll never be able to bend down and touch his toes. He thinks this is going to put an end to his life with martial arts.

I am sad for him. And there's nothing I can do to help him or make him feel better. And maybe that's what makes me saddest of all.

Guess I won't buy the car from Diana at Stevens Creek Toyota

From my email:

"Hi, we just need to know what color Scion you were looking for so we can check our stock."

"I would like a red one, thank you."

"I'm sorry, we don't carry red Scions. We only have Black Cherry. We do have Black Cherry Scions in stock."

Well , then I guess you just lost a sale, huh? Because if you can't just say "Oh we do have a red one but we call it Black Cherry," then I guess you just can't help me. WHO taught you your sales pitch???

No, really, what did you name your company?

So what did you name your new company?

"Phat Crack"

You're kidding?

Nope.

Scientists crack the DNA code of rice.

Yeah I know, I could hardly stay sitting down myself I was so excited.

I am in New Hire Orientation today, yes, even though I've been here for two months now, but anyway, you know what that HAS to mean if you're working at this company - Yes, Catered Lunch.

I am having a very good turkey and salami and swiss sandwich on wheat with honey mustard, and lots of pasta salad, and bottled water, and I am NOT having any of the luscious chocolate desserts they have out on the table.

I just wanted to tell ya'll that.

Well, we didn't go see Donny Osmond because I just really didn't want to use the gas to get there. But if he ever came a little closer I will.

I'm just swamped at work. So much so that I cannot quite imagine taking the 16 units I'm signed up for in the Fall semester. I'm hoping things will calm down, but for the moment my mind is working so hard at work that all I want to do when get home is plop myself on the couch and watch DVDs all evening.

I still have not cooked more than three dinners since starting this job. This is a combination of being so tired from work, and the heat from the summer - it really takes its toll in the kitchen.

Spike has been away at camp all week, and as soon as he comes back he is going on a Mexican cruise with Buffy and their dad. So I'm missing Spike a lot. Buffy and I have tolerated each other for the week, until this morning, but I will miss her next week too. It may be a lonely week, or it may just go by really quickly.

This month is not going to get any easier. I have doctor appointments with Scott, his surgery is the 17th, we inter my father's ashes on the 18th, we *think* Scott gets out of the hospital on the 19th, Spike's birthday is the 17th, the kids start school on the 22nd and 24th, I haven't really even gone grocery shopping since the end of May, there's school shopping, I will probably try to buy a new car before the month is out - and somehow I need to fit in a visit with Megs for her birthday, and I have this horrible feeling that I'm not going to possibly fit that in. This actually upsets me quite a bit, but I'm still trying to figure it out.

Today at 5pm I'll be on my way to Scott's, to prepare his house for post-surgery. The living quarters are on the 2nd floor, his kitchen and bath are on first floor, his bed is about four feet high, his dresser drawers are all low against the floor (under his bed) - so his place really is not suited for someone recovering from a hip replacement. We have a lot of hard work ahead of us, but after he's done healing things should be so much better.

Regardless, I'm looking forward to this weekend. I need to get away from work and all these projects for awhile.

Guess who will be at our Barnes and Noble tonight signing his new book?

Donnie Osmond.

And I want to go real bad just to take a picture of him, but I have no intention of buying his book and so I'm not sure what the point would be. It's not real close by so I probably won't go, but who knows. Maybe ya'll will see a photo of Buffy and Donny posted tomorrow.

Of course, the kids reaction to the news was "Who??".

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