Things that Amuse Me

Yesterday I was having a productive day and had just sat down for lunch when it suddenly hit me. My computer screen became a wavy flash of lights and the room was filled with brilliant lights that grew in intensity. I knew it was going to be a bad one.

I have a rare form of migraine called hemiplegic migraines. I rarely have pain with my migraines...and I would take the pain anyday over what I go through.

The flashing lights are the beginning and that is followed by complete loss of vision in my right eye. Then the right side of my face droops and goes numb. My tongue and throat are numb and this numbness travels down my right side. I loose the use of my right arm and hand.

Once this starts to subside, I am exhausted and my words are slurred for a while.

It is scary because this type of migraine makes me more subseptable to having a stroke. And who would know because I already look like I have had one?

The only thing I can do is to rest and sleep it off. Yesterday, I sat at work and waited for my vision to get good enough to drive and I went home and slept for hours.

Why am I telling you this? To let you know that everyone has their "thing" that they deal with...this is mine. I am learning to cope with this and they are getting further apart than they were last summer.

The vast majority of the town that I live in falls under this category. They are indeed stupid...not just dumb or even uneducated...just stupid.

What is the difference? Well, dumb or uneducated people do not have a choice in most cases. Circumstances may have a lot to do with a person being this way.

Stupid people make the choice to be ignorant of facts to serve their selfish existence.


My definition of what makes a person stupid is that they make no move to learn the facts but instead they follow the views that are most popular at the moment. Once the popularity shifts, so does this person's opinions and beliefs. Their ideas are not based on any fact and typically they only work to feed a negative firestorm.

This is the new look for my blog. I am actually very happy with it although there have been problems with how it looks on some monitors. (Please let me know if you see a problem)

One of the reasons that I am so excited about it is because this is my first template! That is right...I am learning coding and I hard coded this template! And I am proud of myself and I don't think it is too bad for my first one.

So, let me know what you think...how I can improve it or if there are any problems.

I am a weather geek...but not just any form of weather excites me. I have this morbid fascination with Tropical Systems. When the tropics heat up, I get this excitement that is just sick!

It is not that I want a direct hit to obliterate a town. It it the excitement of watching it grow and build and get closer. I can't explain it.

I have gone through about 15 hurricanes of varying strengths and they honestly scare me. But the events leading up to it...gets me real excited! All of the preparation, tracking the storm, waiting for the next update and watching the updates on TWC...

Maybe it is because it is a break from the normal routine...not sure. But it is Hurricane season and it is starting to heat up!!!

I had my girls this weekend and we went to see Beauty and The Beast at the local youth theater. I enjoyed the show but enjoyed watching them just as much. This was their first live show and they both just loved it.

We went out to eat before hand and then went to the show.

It was a great "girls night out"!

So, last night I actually went to sleep with no problem at all but I had a nightmare all night long. You know, one of those dreams that feels so real that when you wake up you are shaking.


I would wake up, go back to sleep and it would start from where it left off.

You are all probably going to think I am crazy but here goes...

I fought vampires all night...a whole room of them. One of them actually bit my neck. I was in a dark place and there were very dim lights surrounding the walls. It looked a little like a cave as the walls were rough and slightly damp because they would glisten in the dim lights. The leader wasn't dressed in a way that you would think was typical of a vampire because he wore white. He had dark hair and very pasty white powdery skin. There were other girls there that were chained to the walls that were very near me and they looked dead to me as they did not move. I fought them as best I could but the leader was much too strong. He managed to pin me to the floor and took a bite of my neck.

At this point, I apparently yelled outloud because my SO grabbed me and I woke up. The dream would just started over. The other times that I woke up, the dream just kept going. I am physically sore and exhausted this morning.

So, what do you think that this dream could possible mean?

Despite the craziness of my week, I am finally allowing myself to enjoy the great thing that happened to me this week. I got the job that I really wanted. Now the job that I do is something that I have a great passion for. And now that I am almost finished getting organized, I can dig in and enjoy it.

I apologize for whining all week about my job. This change has been very stressful and this blog is my release. The company structure is still changing but I think that the parts that directly impact me are over....I hope.

I am eager for the weekend and I plan on relaxing.

To say that the week has been difficult is putting it very mildly. The changes are work are still happening at a couple of our other offices and I am trying to get more organized so I can do my new duties along with all of the ones that I already had.

I feel like I am starting to make progress though. Today has been much better! My days are very busy and the time seems to fly by.

So, 2 things happened yesterday...one good and one not good.

My friend was laid off...not good and I feel horrible. I was given the Marketing Coordinator position...very good and a goal of mine. It is hard to feel really happy about this accomplishment because of what happened to make that position a possibility.

I am trying really hard to enjoy the accomplishment because I have worked hard for it. The way that it happened is not my fault and I had nothing to do with it at all.

So, today will be a tough day as everyone finds out that she is gone. I have to go through all of her files and get organized. So, I am off to my busy day.

I have been slack at posting the past few days. Not going in until 10 am is taking some getting used to. It works pretty well since I am working the door at the club and not getting home until early morning. Atleast I am not dead on my feet tired all day.

I really don't have anything to really talk about though. Life is pretty boring right now. I so want to go away for a weekend and get away from it all. I guess I just need to figure out how to spice things up a bit.

Oh well, that is a thought for another day.