This is a blog about me, my life and my family!

One must always use lip balm with a SPF in it if your going to be in the sun even for a short period of time. The importance of that lil' bit of information is something that will carry one a long distance. After my experience this past week of getting a second degree burn on my lips from being in the sun from 8am to 5pm on a Sunny Saturday during the airshow. My lips blistered, the entire bottom lip swelled to the size of New Jersey. So I finally went to the doctor to get some much needed medicine. Which by the way is a miracle within itself. What people don't understand is, that your lips are extremely sensitive and should be protected. And if you get your lips burned it turns into a cold sore type burn. And if your prone to getting cold sores in the first place. Then by all means...PROTECT THEM. The times are going so fast, and I am not sure what is going to happen. Money is extremely tight right now and I thank goodness that my Son's Father finally went back to work. SO that means child support again and that will help with the upcoming bills. My boyfriend and I are working so hard to stay caught up with our bills. My Boyfriend has been the best lately too. I don't mean to brag but it is nice to have someone to help out. Not too many people have this blessing. My friend Angela is fortunate to have someone like that. Her Boyfriend helps out, and she just had surgery so he's been a angel helping her. I am happy for her as well. Well My Son only has a couple of weeks left of Summer School so I am looking forward to the day of NOT having to wake up early. He has to be there at 8am til' 12noon. Its kinda rough with the gas prices right now. I am also looking forward to when I am done with work. It will save on gas tremendously. I just know I need to get my bills caught up in the next couple of checks til' at least Sept. In Sept. I am taking my Son school clothes shopping. I will probably go and buy his school supplies ahead of time that way I am not stressing in August.

Today was a rough day for me. For one, the end is coming at my job. I am extremely sad right now. But knew it wouldn't last forever. The lady that is over me comes in on Mondays so I knew in advance that it was going to be a busy day at work. She wanted the greenhouse emptied by July 4th. Which I totally understand and did just that. I basically got every single Hanging basket out. Even though most of the baskets left are shade annuals and I can pretty much tell you that it is all going to burn up being where we put them. But we made it work today. I started cleaning, well power washing the floor in the greenhouse because that green algae stuff was building up in spots which causes slipperiness.  And actually had two people slip and one actually fell right in front of me.  So I am actually glad that we got the floors half done.    But what I should not of done was lift over 32 cinder blocks.  I felt it.  Tried not to think about it.  But then it hit me.  My Sciatica nerve just started throbbing, burning, numbness, and basically could not do a darn thing.  It has taken over 3 hours for the pain to slowly go away.  I came home, took a hot shower and downed 1600mgs. of Ibuprohen.  Call me crazy, but it is what is suggested when your sciatica nerve starts bothering you.  It is working, just takes a little bit and you have to relax.  If you don't relax...the pain will just stay with you longer. I am grateful that my boyfriend got up and made supper.  And he also got all the dishes done earlier with the help of my Son who is actually starting to help out even more around here.  And I don't have to beg him to help.  I know my baby is growing up, and growing up so fast.  Like right now, he's asking me about how hot or high the temperature has actually gotten around here. Which by the way was 117 in 1954 in East St.Louis,IL.  I looked it up to be sure...lol.  He's asking more questions, and the other day shocked the crap out of me.  We were talking about the Planets, and he goes  Mom..I know all the planets.  He said them really fast, and I bout shiz my pants.  I said "WHAT? You know all the planets and I DON'T????"  What's up with that?   I know he is smart, I know he can go far but he chooses to NOT push himself.    Well....I really need to go get in bed.  And totally relax my body.  I have a busy, busy week.  I really wanted to get all my hours in and make some good money.  I have lots of bills to pay with my last paycheck. 

For what to pick out for my Son and Halloween this year. He's getting to that age of where he wants to go but then again..he's "Too Old" to go trick or treating. I remember last year as it was right before we moved. I seen a Parent of one of my Son's schoolmates all dressed up in one of those French maid costumes. Kind of freaked me out. Because that couple is kind of weird if you know what I mean? I remember the first time I met them is when I thought about that. Its like they have a "Certain" night for fun. And you can tell, they are all googly and smiley towards each other. The other nights, its pretty much..a married couple that's boring...lol. I could never wear an outfit like that even in private let alone public. Anyways, my boyfriend made some brownies last night and they are calling my name...lol. I need chocolate like really, really bad right now.

Because I honestly do not like living around here at all. And since I am a huge, HUGE Nascar fan I would love to move to North Carolina. My Son's Aunt also lives down there as well. It would be great for my Son to be around his cousins. I would love to move there and be apart of the Nascar Life...lol. I would also have to find out about NC health insurance because of my recent health issues. Who knows what's gonna happen with my health. I've been feeling alot of pain in my right hip side lately and its getting to the point where I don't want to sit down at all. Because after I have sat down for a long period of time, it gets stiff and I am done. So I now I limit myself to resting times and walk as much as possible. Well speaking of Nascar, there was just a caution for Allmendinger and his car exploding. Thank goodness he's safe from the fire. That's the part that scares me.

I am sitting in the dark here and I know its really bad for your eyes. But there is no lighting fixtures besides in the kitchen and dining room...oh and the bathroom. So I have a floor lamp and a table lamp but it doesn't give much lighting. I have yet to turn one on, my eyes have been bothering me though lately. I went to the doc this morning and I have a irritation in my left eye which she thinks is connected to the sunburn I go last Saturday. I know my lip is connected. Because this happened once before when I was overexposed and my lip swelled severely and blistered. So now I have medicine for my lip and my eyes. Which if my eyes don't get better then I will be referred to a eye doc. That right there...scares me.

Last night, and it was so nice to hear from her. Well it was yesterday cause I was eating a bowl of cereal and some toast. Of course they both got soggy cause I much rather of talked to her. Well it was my friend Courtney, she lived here in the QC a couple of years ago and moved back home to get her life straightened out. And she did. She did a complete turn around in her life and is in a great relationship. I am so proud of her. She is a manager at a video store, almost divorced and extremely happy. She was telling me that next month I think she is going to Las Vegas to celebrate her friend's 21st Birthday. She never mentioned anything about booking any vegas hotels but I am sure she has. I know where she lives is only a couple of hours away from Vegas. Three hours to be exact. Oh lucky her. I wish I could go to Vegas to spend some time with her but I know that will never happen.

Seriously people, where has my life gone? I sleep, eat, work, sleep, eat, etc...it repeats itself every single day. My Son misses me so much its not funny. We have been trying to spend as much time together as possible. He got Legos Indiana Jones for his Birthday and we have been working together to conquer all the parcel boxes and treasure boxes. He is almost done. I guess I need to take a lesson from myself and start listening to my inner self. I messed up this last Saturday when I didn't put enough sunscreen on myself and now I am paying for it. My lip is sunburned to a second degree. It has medicine on it right now and my left eye....is irritated beyond anything imaginable. It hurts. It burns. So now I am about to go put some medicine into my eye and relax. Doc says I need to relax and rest my eye for it to heal. If its not better within a week then I will be referred to a opthamologist. She is concerned for the eye itself.

Its been one hectic weekend, and yesterday back to work as usual. My body is wore out. Today I can barely see out my one eye. Not sure if its safe for me to drive today. My nose is also runny? Makes no sense. Is it allergies? Well, I have to take my Son to summer school then over to the grocery store. We need kitty liter. The kind we have, I think it stinks to no end. For some reason its been fine for the past couple of months then all of a sudden it becomes a foul smelling cat liter. We empty it out and put new in every two weeks.

There is going to be a Air Show tomorrow and Sunday here in the Quad Cities. I am extremely excited right now as its my favorite, favorite thing that comes once a year here. So here are a few pics I have taken yesterday.

I had to take my Son to his Dads earlier tonight. But on the way we stopped at the Airport got some pics of the Blue Angels then down to his Grandma's house. Ran him to his Dad's and went to the Pizza Ranch to feed the kids then back home. While getting a first hand look of the major flooding down river from us. They keep talkign about Burlington, Iowa, then Quincy, IL. But what they are overlooking are the towns its already affected. The entire town of Keithsburg had a levee break. The City of Muscatine is flooded. Davenport, IOWA is flooded downtown. In Moline here its flooded. In East Moline, IL. several people were flooded out of their homes. Practically everything from the Quad Cities down the Mississippi River is going to be affected. Its the worst I have ever seen. Even the flood of 93' wasn't this bad. What scares me the most is the air quality. It smells. You can't drive thru Rock Island, IL without dying from the stench smell. Well, I am going to bed. I am butt tired.