Linda went to the pulmonologist today, a sort of intake consultation. They are going to call her within the next week or 10 days to come in for an overnight sleep study.
I remember when I had that done the summer of 2002, just before I moved to NJ. TB still has nightmares about that drive! He was totally unfamiliar with most of the roads on Long Island. He was going to drop me off at North Shore and then stay with my kids overnight. After he left, I had this feeling so I called him and sure enough, he wasn't sure where to go but I was able to figure out where he was and get him back on the LI Expressway.
Anyway, I was hooked up and wired all over to different machines. I wondered if I could fall asleep but I did with relative ease. I woke up when the techs came in to hook me up to a CPAP machine. It turns out I really did have sleep apnea -- I wouldn't have known if it hadn't been for TB. He recognized the symptoms because he has it too. It's not something you want to have and it can cause some dangerous side effects but sleeping with the machine hasn't been traumatic. If Linda does have apnea too then having a CPAP will alleviate her symptoms.
Kennan came over again tonight to visit Tomas. I'm really beginning to believe there is hope there. Tomas is just too adorable for words! He's making some progress in supporting himself and trying to stand. He still can't creep or crawl and so I'm thinking, maybe he'll just get up and walk and that's that.
The election is in two weeks and we will vote for either Bush or Kerry. Then, thank God, all the negative ads will be gone. Everyday there are new commercials on TV and on the radio, one candidate bashing the other. I am so sick of the ads and the bickering. I'll be so happy when all that is over. I am going to vote for who I'm going to vote for and pray that this time, none of the ballots get screwed up.
There’s a story on the internet now about a group of soldiers in Iraq that refused orders to deliver some fuel. They were supposed to use a dangerous route and they were concerned because their trucks weren’t armored. Some stories call it a “mutiny” and I suppose it was because they refused to carry out a direct order. But do soldiers really have to obey what might be a suicidal mission?
I thought our soldiers were supposed to be protected by armor! Supposedly, the short supply of equipment and lack of protection was nothing new. When he was in command in Iraq (until this past summer), General Sanchez warned the Pentagon that the troops was on a really low readiness level – that is scary. Sanchez said the lack of equipment would affect the ability of the soldiers to fight. The soldiers who mutineed said they told their commanding officers the fuel was contaminated and the equipment wasn’t safe and they were ignored. Why are we giving so much money to Iraq if our soldiers need something to protect them? It’s just all so totally screwed up!
If I had been one of the soldiers, I would have refused to go too. These soldiers have families to think of, people who depend on them. What happens to those families when their soldiers are killed? After the initial outpouring of sympathy, what happens to those widows and widowers and grieving kids and parents?
There is one commercial that still gets to me. A mom says her son was killed in Iraq. He didn't want to go to war but he believed in defending his country. He volunteered to go on a dangerous mission because his buddies were in danger. Well, the mother continues, now they find out that there were no weapons of mass destruction after all. It's hard not to think, my kid was killed for nothing.
It's a terrible tragedy, the war is just a travesty.
Do you believe in ghosts? Would you be willing to spend the night in a place that was allegedly haunted? Would it (your staying there) make a difference if that location was remote (like a house in the woods) or if the place was not remote (like a house in the middle of a large neighborhood)?
I believe that life goes on after death. I think that ghosts are those spirits that were murdered or committed suicide or died a sudden violent death and maybe they don’t realize they’ve passed. Would I stay in a house that was haunted? I wouldn’t knowingly do it. I believe that my grandma was in her house for at least a week after she passed. My mom and I stayed in her house and we had a lot of unexplained situations. The radio in the kitchen would switch from rock back to the easy music she listened to … and no one would be in the kitchen at the time. Or the back door kept getting locked. This was a deadbolt lock that would get turned when no one was around and the door had been left unlocked. Once my mom went out with a load of wash and got locked out. I feel that my loved ones are sometimes near me, looking out for me. Anyway, yes, it would make a difference if the location was remote and if the ghosts were strangers. I definitely would not stay in a house far from anyone else.
1. What was your favorite Halloween candy to receive as a child?
I loved candy bars like Hershey’s almond or Almond Joy
2. Of cities you've visited (that you don't live in), which is your favorite and why?
Right now, my favorite is Ocean City, Maryland and it’s because I have wonderful memories of fun times I spent there during my teens and young adulthood
3. What is the oldest appliance in your kitchen (and how old is it)?
It’s probably the coffee maker and I would say it’s at least 5 years old
4. How many broken bones have you suffered in your life time, and when was the most recent?
None broken, knock on wood!
5. Check your caller ID: who is the last person to have called you?
Elizabeth Somebody from the Drenk Center
6. READER'S CHOICE QUESTION #26 from Nettie: What would you say is your biggest "character flaw?"
Procrastination! I would get so much more done if I didn’t waste my time procrastinating! :P