14 hours later

We have power but more storms predicted. How embarrassing for the state of Hawaii. Last time an earthquake knocked it out. This time lightening. We heard complaints for days last time.
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Power out again

Way to show our future president how screwed up our system is. A little thunderstorm knocked the power out island wide.
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Tornado Warning

The island of Kauai has a tornado warning. I've never seen that for the weather watch before. I know they've had water spouts around before which are tornadoes over water.

It took 6 hours for the power to come back on the other day and we've still had severe weather warnings and flood watches posted. My neighbor's downstairs got flooded out even though all of the problems with that were supposed to be resolved.

No power now

Cause it's windy and stormy the power went out. Sucks to be here in paradise on such a crappy day. Already figured it was an indoor day by the sound of things before I got up.
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Rain, rain, rain

It's raining something fierce here today and really windy too. Yesterday we did most of our Christmas shopping. I just gotta do some more for Jake. His list is real small this year and manageable. It's snowing at my sister's house and it's weird to think of so far down south.
Not too much to update on. We've been going to the dentist to get caught up on dental work.
My turn next week to get some broken teeth crowned. I can't stand the taste of the temporary crowns so I'll probably be feeling sick for a week.

is it broke

You ever have those days when you think maybe your e-mail is broke because you're not even getting spam. Sometimes it's the only way I keep up with the world.

On a different note my doctor changed my meds and I feel tired and loopy most of the time. If I take the right amount I'm exhausted. If I don't then I have to supplement with short-acting meds which still make me tired. It's hard to get anything done when your ass is dragging. If I try to read or focus on anything for any lenght of time I fall asleep. I'm trying not to go out too much in order to avoid spending money right now. So I'm not going out, not reading, not playing games, and really not doing too much of anything because I'm tired. I've tried cutting out some of my meds in order to stop the tiredness or cut the cost, and wind up feeling real screwed up.

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A funny cute pic

He has this look on his face like what do you mean I'm too young to drink? He was sitting at a bar rail looking out a window while I went outside and snapped the picture.

Birthdays, Halloween, etc

I celebrated an early birthday by finally going to a University of Hawaii home game. They played an awesome game and won in the last 2 minutes. I was raining like crazy and I had to drink my beer fast before it got watered down. Earlier that day Jake had a game and they had to call the game in the 3rd quarter because one of his team mates got injured. The poor kid broke his arm right in front of Jake. They were both going for the same tackle.

Halloween was busy here and Matthew was a monkey. It was the first time we trick or treated with him and he just kept staring at all the kids. He had a blast. Jake changed costumes 4 times and went up the street the same amount. He got lots of candy. I tried to redistribute some so we don't wind up with too much. We still have a lot though.

Jacob took his entrance test to Kamehameha Schools. It was a 3 1/2 hour test and he has an interview in 2 weeks. Plus I have to send in recommendations from coaches and teachers plus report cards and standarized testing scores. I still think his chances are slim. Over 2000 kids apply and they only accept a few.

Vacation memories

Well we went to Maui on the SuperFerry. Jake got real nauseous on the way there. I should've given him the adult strength sea-sickness medicine and realized it too late. Matthew ran around the whole boat and I did just fine. I don't get sea-sick. We drove plenty on Maui and I shopped some. I found the best deals at WalMart. They had super markdowns and I saved a lot. But I never did find anything special this trip. I got to try Patron for the first time and kept trying to talk them out of the bottle. The bottle's really cool and I've always wanted one. I had the best BBQ chicken salad at a place called Ruby's. We ate too much everyday and I'm feeling it now.

Syd wound up buying me a gigantic bottle for my birthday and it'll probably take me forever to drink it. Jacob's team won their first game yesterday. 16 to 0. Matthew is getting sick now and is miserable.

post that got froze up

I had this nice long post that got froze up and never posted. It was about football practices and the game. The very first game and they lost...darn...oh well it's just for fun anyway. About Syd playing golf and being gone so much because he went to the UH football game right after work on Saturday. About me scoring a bunch of puzzles from Saver's that Matthew loves. About going on the Super Ferry on Sunday....yay! Since we are taking our car and staying with Syd's nephew we don't need to pack suitcases just laundry baskets...lol. We need a wheelchair for his dad to get around easier. I think I'm finally over my cold. I need to get a haircut then I'll be fine. I managed to talk Jacob into getting one by telling him his head will sweat less under the helmet.

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Nothing much going on

Just counting down the days til we go to Maui. My father-in-law has to come because we can't leave him at home by himself so we got a ticket for him and hope it works out well. He isn't strong enough to walk very far. We are sitting in the premium lounge. Just look up Hawaii Super Ferry and you can see the layout and stuff. They have an arcade and even a toddler's area to play. I plan on enjoying the view and hoping my family doesn't get sea sick.

My cold has been kicking my butt and really messed up my sinuses. I got them to drain but it's such a funky feeling when it happens. It's like crying from your nose.

We watched our friends play tennis on Sunday then had chinese food. Syd got me some kind of soup from there because he knew I was sick. Yesterday dinner was an ice cream cone. Gotta go for the comfort foods when your ill.

Jake figured out the helmet but needs a haircut bad. Without all the hair he should have no problems.

I'm watching the premieres of all the tv shows and didn't watch the Emmy's because I knew Hugh Laurie didn't win. Too bad because he's a terrific actor. Gotta love the bad boys.

My turn to be sick

I'm the one that's sick now. It's messed up my sinuses and I look and horrible mess. 

 

Yesterday was Syd's birthday and we had a cookout last night.  I never got him anything because we just got our blackberries and we're going to Maui in 2 weeks.  We are taking the superferry over.  It'll take about 3 hours to get there and we'll stay for about a week.  We did it last year only we flew over.  It should be a lot of fun.  We have to take Pa because we can't leave him alone for all that time. 

 

Jacob started football yesterday.  They had their 1st scrimmage.  I had to drop him off at 7:30 am and picked him up at 10 o'clock.  He doesn't like his helmet because he can't get it on and off without it hurting real bad.  We'll have to ask the coach on Monday about it. 

 

Don't know how we are going to spend today.  I think I need the taking care of today.

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week in review

It was a strange week.  With computer and internet issues.  The cable company fixed the modem problems.  I guess the whole area was having problems.  The older laptop kept losing its internet connection so I updated the driver for the network card and it seems to be better.  Of Best Buy was supposed to download all drivers for it but I guess they missed that one.  I looked up my rewards account and I have $30 in certificates I can use there along with the $40 gift card. 

 

The doctor's appointment I had went the same as usual.  Still having panic attacks but don't want to change meds.  I was kinda tipsy when I went there because we had an early lunch at Hooters with a friend.  Kaipo used to live next door but decided to move out when it got to be too much of a hassle.  He doesn't come up the street as much and we don't get the chance to just hang out together. 

 

Jacob wants to sign up for football which would cost $250 to $300 just to sign up.  They would loan him the pads but he would have to buy cleats.  I'm not so sure because we haven't heard anything back yet about the scratched truck.  A neighborhood friend volunteered to be a mediator of sorts because he's closer with them. 

 

Got the first call from school this week.  Jacob thought he would be funny and sit in some other girl's seat.  Everyone told him to move but he wouldn't.  A boy got upset and grabbed Jake around the neck.  The teacher noticed and sent them both to the office.  Jake also went to the school nurse but he was ok.  They both get detention and the boy gets more because his offense was worse.  Now Jake knows not to play around at school and it's not the same as elementary school.  On a good note he turned in his collection sheet for the Text Book Run and had the most money collected in his class.  He gets a t-shirt, snack and drink, and a field trip to Dave and Buster's. 

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Modem problems

We had a cable outage last night right in the middle of watching Fringe. Then the internet is still down this morning. I called Oceanic Cable and did some resets and unplugging but to no avail. I can trade out my modem to see if that works. They made me an appointment for service one week from now. If switching the modem works then I don't have to worry. Please let that fix it.
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Benefits of blogging

I feel closer to my sister because I can read her blog and know what is happening every day.  She can read my posts about everyday stuff too.

 

Like tomorrow is my doctor's appointment which I dread.  I start having anxiety and panic attacks just thinking about it.  I'll just update him on how I've been feeling and how my meds are working out.  But I still worry and hate going.  I don't handle the unknown well and don't like to not feel in control.  The panic attacks are different now but still hard to explain.  I'm exhausted just thinking about it.  Then relief hits me the moment I walk out of the office.  Until 4 to 6 weeks later when I'll go back. 

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weird day

I'm getting my newest laptop ready to send in for repair since I fried it.  I know it has a disc in it still so I have to plug it in and turn it on to get the disc out.  Well the laptop totally boots up and everything.  So I guess I don't need to send it in now. Yeah!!

 

Yesterday we bought Jacob a brand new bike which we find out that he crashed into a truck and scratched the truck up pretty bad. I have a picture I'm going to try too upload.  It has to be claimed under our homeowner's if anything and we have a $500 deductible.  It may cause a change in our rates though and not be worth it to claim it depending on the cost.

 

Then I get my T-Mobile bill with $470 in extra charges.  It turns out they were going to charge us $200 a phone for numbers that a sales rep told us to get rid of.  Anyway she was able to waive them.  Yeah T-Mobile for good customer service.

 

Also I am waiting on a refill to the pharmacy to be called in and filled.  The pharmacy tech said it hadn't. The dr's office said it had.  The pharmacy tech again said he didn't have it.  The dr's office calls and talks to someone else who said yes it was filled.  Ugh!!  My head is spinning.

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