omg.

my son is having some sort of relationship with the stripper, er...dancer. on and off? i dunno.

*sigh*

she brought him by last night to pick up some things. she didn't come in with him. i walked outside to do something and saw her in her car and i thought at first she was nakey on top.

no, she was wearing a "shirt". i don't think it was really a shirt, mind you. it was two pieces of fabic about 2 inches wide that covered her nipples. it was a halter kind of thingy. she said it was one of her "dancing" outfits and it was too hot and she was burning up and felt like just being naked. i said she might as well be. (i wasn't mean about it - i think she totally understands where i'm coming from). she laughed.

oy.

his foot isn't broken, just badly bruised. it continued to swell and hurt while we waited at the hospital yesterday. they x-ray'd it and had 3 different people look at the films because they couldn't believe there was no breakage. they sent him home with an ace banadge and a note for one day off work, which means he has to go in tonight.

really, i would've given the kid at least a couple or three days off. his foot looks bad. i guess at that hospital they're used to people coming in and trying to get away with all kinds of stuff, tho.

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hubby and i have checked out a few spots on cavemanscrib.com. it's cute, mildly amusing. i'm still waiting for their tv show, but i haven't seen anything about it lately.

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this is my third day in a row off this week. if you can call spending most of one day at the ER a day off. i was supposed to clean for my 80 yr old lady yesterday, but i'll double up on wednesday next week and get her house done.

i'm working everyday next week, matter of fact. i know most of you do that every week, but cleaning houses at 45 years old kicks my ass. i love it, mind you. i'm usually done by 1pm and have the rest of the day to do whatever. but when i do 4 houses without a day off i'm usually pretty sore and spent. next week will be rough physically, but will net a nice amount of money which i desperately need right now.

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the board president and i went thru some more paperwork last night. we found a few interesting pieces of info which we will discuss with our computer forensics guy tonight at 5:30.

i refuse to believe that the assholes who were heading up the board in the past are smarter than we are, and that we can't find something in the way of proof that they were crooks.

we're going to have a special election in october, a month earlier than normal. gah. i can't believe i'm involved in politics, even at such a small and local level. but right is right and wrong is wrong, and i can't stand by and bitch and not take action where i am able. so i have to come up with a platform on which to run for the board. yes, i'm vice president, but to actually have a vote on the board i have to be elected.

screwy, aint' it? but then again, politics usually is.

i'm thinking of taking a very different and honest approach, such as "yes, i WILL raise your maintenance fees" because it has to be done to get this place in good shape. the guys we're trying to dig up dirt on have raised maintenance fees only twice in the last ten years, and campaigned heavily on that forum. if they had done a small yearly cost of living raise (which is normal) we wouldn't be in such bad shape financially, wouldn't have so many dire maintenace issues (water leaks, dead trees on the property, gutters falling off, stuff like that) and we'd be in better shape all around. even the residents agree.

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i lay in bed last night (this morning) til around 3 or so thinking about all the things i have going on in my life. it seems i'm running around like the damn hamsters in my head are, spinning my wheels.

do you ever actually sit down and write out your life priorities? with all this board of directors stuff going on i think it would help me to see a list everyday of what i need to keep my focus on. i don't want any one thing to consume me. especially not crap like this, important as it is.

dave said to me last night that this is the second night in a row that i've been worked up, and that it will probably happen again tonight after our meeting. and he's right. i have to learn to detach from it somehow.

i had a good talk with the girl who was supposed to vote with us on tuesday but voted against us. i told her no hard feelings, that i was disappointed but i understand her reasons for doing so, and that i respect a person who speaks their mind, even if i don't agree with them, and especially if it puts them in the minority. i know it was hard for her to do so, but i gotta admire her for taking her stand and being true to herself.

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ah, so much philosphical stuff these days. i'm not sure i have enough brainpower left to encompass it all.

then again, they (who are "they" anyway???) say that if you learn new skills it will prevent your mind from deteriorating into dementia.

and i was so looking forward to peaceful ignorant bliss!!! xoxo