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Hello! Longtime No Me!

Oct28

Yep, it has been a while. I’ve been so busy dealing with everyday life. Plus my fish, RCIA, and work.  No, the annulments have not yet gone through, Well I take that back. One has.  My husband’s last sociopathic ex-wife. The one who has been remarried over, and over, and over since their divorce. Oh yes, and she ended up in prison for being a prostitute in Kenai & Nikiski posing as a masseuse lol. That annulment went through lickety split.

The other ex-wife of his, as it turns out,  was never Catholic. Anyhow, he and I are still waiting on our annulments. I may end up still attending RCIA through next year if they don’t happen soon. Mind you, I enjoy learning, and Catholicism is fascinating; however, I want to go deeper than what RCIA is teaching. I haven’t a lot of time as it is to delve deeper on my own. I am attending a Bible class once a week too. We are studying the book of Acts, and it is exciting. Those Apostles are amazing. All but John end up dying, and they died for their beliefs. Paul got stoned twice so far. How he survived that is beyond me!

I got a new fish. A wee little neon goby. Bless its heart. It had ich. It was so sick. It’s still in quarantine for two more weeks.  It has perked way up, and so far no ich since I did the container switch method. Hopefully, it doesn’t break out again. It’s a cutie. I’ve been feeding it live brine shrimp. Tonight she surprised me. I dropped in some flakes for the two tiny hermit crabs I have in her tank  to keep her company.  She was on those flakes scarfing away. First time ever!  She is swimming every where too, and she is no longer in hiding. Yay!

I have my second 20 gallon set up. I have the tank to turn into a sump for it too, but just haven’t had the energy nor the time.  The protein skimmer is in to add to it.  I just have to do it. Maybe this weekend. We will see.I’m exhausted. I have to go to the grocery store tomorrow. Dave won’t go by himself now, that is if he can help it.He gets confused so easily. I looked at him hard the other day. He has lost so much weight. He looks so frail. It made me realize that I won’t have that awesome man in my life forever. I love him so much. In fact, more and more every day. I can’t imagine my life without him. So I’m trying to fatten him up. He needs to gain some weight. That last knee surgery really wore him down.

Someone stole my crayons today.~Grrr~ A young woman had a disabled person with her and asked if she could borrow them to keep her entertained, while she was  there to be advised or something. (I work for a university) So stupid me, I said yes, and she promised to return them. Ha! I kept  crayons to entertain the wee ones while the parents come for academic advising. The big plastic animals for toddlers to play with that I had there walked off too. ~sigh~ I know who took those. That woman thinks everything belongs to her, and there is no reasoning with her. Tomorrow I’ll go to Value Village and see if I can’t get some things  for the children and a bag to put them in.I’ll definitely put my name on everything this time.

I did have fun decorating a vase today in hopes that when the  little sign is read on it, people will make donations to the Goodie Fund. They love eating the goodies, so hopefully a few more will see the fancy donation jar and pitch in.Mind you I love making students happy, but being an admin  for a university, I’m not paid a lot.  I do what I can though.  I like seeing the students smiling, and staff & faculty too.

It’s 7:18 pm, and I’m off to bed. It’s been a hard week.

Sweet dreams. kj

 

 

 

My Sweet Sally

Mar9

I hope I can get back into my writing again.  My life had been crazy  for a couple of years, and I was doing classes too.

Now I’m in RCIA and love it. I can’t get enough. There is so much to learn and I will never be able to learn everything before I die. 😦  I love our little church.  It’s a sweet place and 90% of the people are good and kind. Yes, there are a few snobs, but that is their problem.

I got to feed my Sally Lightfoot this evening by hand or rather chop stick haha.  She is a doll.  Actually she is a marine crab.  It has taken me a couple of months to get her to this point. She is a timid thing and cute as can be. I love all animals. I find marine life fascinating.

 

My Sweet Sally

His Dementia

Oct24

I didn’t realize how bad his dementia was getting until yesterday.  He now writes himself notes and sticks them to the wall so he doesn’t forget.  I’m referring to my husband.  He told me last night he wanted to spend Saturday with me.  He then wrote a note and stuck it to the wall to remind himself.  We all make lists, so we don’t forget, but he’s never done this before.  He forgets conversations from the day before.  I’ve begged him to see the doctor.  He informed me he did.  The doc told him not to worry, it is just old age.  This is not just old age.  My hubby knows this.  He’s scared and refuses to deal with it, and I’m not to bother him about.  So I cry on the inside as I see his mind diminishing slowly.  I love him.  I don’t want to lose him.  He’s been through so much in his lifetime, unlike the average person.  As a child he was burned on over 85% of his body.  He nearly died.  He still remembers the torturous treatments he went through in the hospital.  He was there for over a year.  Then later in life, he’s broken bones all over his body due to his job in construction, and two crushed legs from being pinned between two cars.  He’s meant to be here for sure.  He’s loved my children like they are his own.  He’s spoiled them rotten, and still is even as adults.  He’s loved me unlike any person in this world ever has.  I love my husband.  Seeing his mind slowly going is killing me.

Today’s Prompt: Reader’s Block

Oct13

What’s the longest you’ve ever gone without reading a book (since learning how to read, of course)? Which book was it that helped break the dry spell?    https://wordpress.com/read/post/id/489937/91046/ or    http://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_prompt/readers-block/

The longest I’ve gone without reading was about 5 years.  I love to read, but I was going through some major life transitions at the time; moving to a new state and trying to land a decent paying job, getting married, moving again.  None of it was easy.  I was also trying to discover who I was, but instead lost myself for a long time.  I was trying to survive and not doing that very well either. Before that, I had always been an avid reader. For some unexplainable reason, I literally couldn’t focus. I can’t really say which book re-ignited my passion for reading.  I’m grateful that whatever happened straightened out.

Then it happened again!  Another BIG transition occurred; Divorce.  I quit reading for about two years.  I couldn’t focus.  Thankfully, I met an awesome man who turned me on to  Megan Lindholm AKA Robin Hobb’s book series.  I couldn’t put them down!

Hopefully, nothing will interfere with my passion for reading again.