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HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY... a cute story....

i read this story in the TV Weekly shopper in milwaukee wisconsin and i had to reprint it...its truly a testament to the tenacity of our soldiers and mankind in general! wish a soldier a happy memorial day today!

two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. one man was allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the fluid from his lungs. his bed was next to the rooms only window. the other man had to spend all his time flat on his back. the men talked for hours on end. they spoke of their wives, and families, their jobs, their homes, where they had gone on vacations and their involvement in the military.

Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he seen outside the window. the man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his world would be braoadened by all the activity and color of the outside world. the window overlooked a park with a pond. ducks and swans played on the water while the children sailed their model boats. young lovers walked arm in arm amidst flowers of every color of the rainbow. grand old trees graced the landscape and a fine view of the city skyline could be seen in the distance.

one warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. although the other man couldnt hear yhr band, in his minds eye he could see it as the other man described it with such vivid, descrptive words. days and weeks passed. one day while the nurse was bringing water for their baths, she discovered the man by the window has died peacefully in his sleep.

as soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked to be moved to the bed by the window. the nurse was happy to accomadate him. slowly the man propped himself up to look out the window, eager to have a look at the world outside.

he strained to look out the window, it faced a blank wall...he asked the nurse what could have compelled his roommate to describe such detailed wonderful things when he was always looking at a wall...the nurse responded that the man was blind and couldnt even see the wall...she said perhaps he wanted to encourage you to get well...

HIGH HONORS AT SCHOOL AND CLEAN FISH TANK

BARNACLES...

i am TIRED !!! and its only 2pm! oy...had to trudge to the laundromat with mackenzie and like a TON of laundry !!!  insane ...spent 40 bucks and 6 loads!!! INSANE !!! ok well going to go shower and take a nap! nighters world...ill blog laters

I CANT TAKE ANYMORE

i guess you think i would have learned by now to not trust anyone to actually follow through with plans that might help me out...sure enough had plans today to go somewhere and get some important things done, and that person and i agreed that she would pick me up at 10am. so at 945am i woke up and noticed that there were 6 missed calls from said person. so i immediately called her instead of wasting time to check voicemails, and she stated she was already at the destination and wouldnt be coming to get me. of course this made me angry cause we agreed on 10am !!! and so whatever...after a lott of finger pointing at someone else, its finally been determined that she just didnt feel like making the trip to my house to get me and my person and take us. cause we all know my business is just not as important as anyone elses business. so now here i sit and i have no way to get to the destination in time to be back to get to class on time. i have another test tonight and no printer so really no ability to study my notes except keep reading them on the computer screen. i might venture out to the library yet today, but i just dont relish the thought of dragging a 2 1/2 year old to the library for a whole ten seconds to print some papers. so i probably will just try and study off the computer screen. of course the problem with that is that im off on facebook, and reading blogs and whatever else...lol...oh well what can ya do?! im ready to quit. just quit the mommy thing, quit the daugher thing, and quit the wifee thing. i just want to focus on school and nothing else. and i think that would include taking a trip to somewhere that noone can call me or bother me. i just am at the end of my rope!! i have an appointment next week to meet with a new therapist and im not sure how that all will go, but i hope for her sake that she has some zanax or something for herself, cause shes going to need it when im done talking to her! lol...ok back to studying!!!

~Tina

SOOO

i havent posted in a bit, ive been suffering from migraines...they are NO joke!! insane a** gift that i got for my 30th birthday! thanks! lol...so i had another test tonight. got a 92% so thats better then i thought i would...the rest of the class didnt study one bit and their results reflected it !!! idk i dont understand how you can pay that much money and not get that darn A !!! whatever ....only worry about me...thats my mantra cause ya all know how much i love to get into everyones business...speaking of everyones business...(like that segue?) hehe...i emailed someone on their blog this weekend and they were so inspired by what i said, they posted a blog about it...it seriously made me cry and it was happy tears....cause my story with emily kinda helped change someone elses perspective on some things and thats kinda cool....cause ya all know not too many people listen to me anymore! especially when it comes to emily !!! lol...ok going to get off here and study - another test tomorrow night !!! more math next week and its a short week cause of memorial day !!! ugh sooo not fair !!!  ;) goodnite peoples

~Tina