Ahhh, the weekend

I have six hours left until my weekend begins.  I am so excited!  We're going camping this weekend at one of our favorite state parks.  It's a recreation area and there is so much to do there.  I'm hoping the weather will be great and not incredibly hot like it has been for the past few days.  Even so, it will still be nice to get away for a few days.  Normally we go up to Mr. Jeep's family cottage for Memorial weekend, but due to some family "issues" that occurred during hunting season in the fall, we will not be going up there.  It's a very long story, so I will not bore you with the details.  Memorial Day weekend at the cottage is never fun for me anyway.  It's not just immediate family that goes, it's also extended family (aunts, uncles, cousins, etc.).  It's way too chaotic for me and I usually end up being in a bad mood.  So the "issues" that happened at hunting season are fine with me, and Mr. Jeep.

We finally broke down yesterday and turned our air-conditioning on.  It was so humid and hot that we couldn't stand it any longer.  I really don't like turning the air on because I feel so cut off from the rest of the world.  We spend from about October - beginning of May with the windows and doors closed, why would we do that in the summer months, too?  I have to admit that it made for some nice sleeping temperatures, though. 

LC came down with Strep throat last weekend.  I took her to the doctor on Monday and found out that's what she has.  Luckily she's not running the super high fever she was running.  I just feel so bad because her cough is horrible.  The doctor's appointment wasn't so great.  She was fine until the doctor wanted to look in her mouth.  I finally had to hold her down while he looked in there and he immediately said, "Well, that's why she didn't want me to look!"  It took two of us to hold her down while the third did the throat culture.  It was very traumatic for both LC and me.  So now she's on Amoxicillin and hopefully on the road to recovery. 

Have a great holiday weekend!

Random Thoughts and Ramblings

I know, I know…I said I was going to be more diligent in my posting and it looks like it’s been almost a month since I’ve posted anything.  What can I say?  Life…that’s what I say.  Anywho, my post today is going to be random thoughts that I’ve been thinking about and general ramblings of things that I find annoying interesting.

1.     There is a woman that works in my building that drives an early 2000 Dodge Stratus and everyday she puts “The Club” on her steering wheel.  Let me paint a picture of said vehicle:  faded gold in color, rusted and appears to have been in several accidents.  I seriously want to stop this woman one morning and let her know that I don’t think anyone is going to try and steal her ride.  This is especially true since there are brand new Mercedes, Cadillacs, Range Rovers and various other high-end vehicles that park in the lot.  Maybe I’ll take a picture one of these days of her vehicle and post it on here.

2.     Speaking of work (which I try very hard not to do), I work in a very small office.  We moved at the end of November and in this office you can hear everything that goes on and everything that is said.  Having said that, I really don’t care to hear about someone’s pap smear while she is talking on the phone.  Seriously…take your cell phone and go in the hallway or into a conference room and shut the door.  Or better yet, save that conversation for when you’re not at work.  So annoying!

3.     Last Thursday evening I almost called the cops on some creepy guy that was standing across the street from our house.  Mr. Jeep had left to go to the store for something and I had been in the basement working on something, LC was in bed.  I went into the living room to start watching my Thursday night shows and noticed that there was a guy pacing back and forth at the bottom of my neighbors’ driveway across the street.  There weren’t any lights on in our living room so he couldn’t see me, so I sat down in the chair and started watching him.  He kept walking up and down the sidewalk and would stop directly in front of our house and just stand there staring.  Needless-to-say, I got a little creeped out.  I called Mr. Jeep on his cell phone and told him what was going on and he said that he had seen the neighbor talking to two guys before he left.  I still was on high alert that something suspicious was going on so I got out my camera and proceeded to snap a couple shots of the “creepy” guy.  Just as Mr. Jeep pulled into our driveway, the neighbor returned with another guy and the “creepy” guy joined them.  Mystery solved, but I was ready to take action.

4.     I swear I should start building an ark.  I think we’ve had three sunny/dry days in the past ten days.  I thought April showers were supposed to bring May flowers.  April around here was pretty dry in comparison to how May has been.  Plus, it’s been so damn windy.  I’m starting to feel like Dorothy.