The FAT word

I'm so sick and tired of the kids around here telling Lena she is fat. She had friends over today and one of them told her she is the fattest person in our family, on another day another neighbor kid told Lena she looked fat in dresses. What is up with these people. They and their children are supposed to be so religious, yet their kids are the meanest I've ever come across. So I told Lena she is not fat and the next time someone says that to her she should remind them that God and Jesus don't like it when people are mean. And if they continue to say mean things to her then she should tell them they are being mean and she doesn't want to play with them anymore. I just don't get it. I know kids can be cruel, but come on, it seems that every kid in this supposed religious neighborhood has the meanest streak I have ever seen. She has other friends at school that she has played with a lot and they NEVER say those things to her.

Done venting.

Rainy Day Blues

This weather here is soooo strange. Yesterday it was 80 something and today it is 62 and rainy. I just don't get it. I went and got my hair cut yesterday to see if maybe that will help with the fall-out. This morning not as much hair fell out, so that's good. I now have no bangs and that is weird for me, I have always had bangs, cuz I have such a high forehead, so now I feel like I look really old. I have to do the infamous comb over and tease my hair to make it look like I have more than I do. Randy likes the new do, but I guess it will just take time for me to get used to it. I don't know if he is just saying that to make me feel better or if it actually looks ok. Lena likes it too, so it must be ok, because she has no problems telling me if I look bad. Isn't it wonderful to have a kid that says, Mom, that looks ugly on you. I got that when we were out trying to find something for me to wear to my Aunts memorial service. I tried on about 6 different tops and pants and it seems that every one I put on and showed her she said was ugly. So she went and pick out an outfit for me and I actually liked it more that the things I picked out. Weird, a 6 year old is dressing me now. Anyhoo, she pick out a black and white scooped neck top with those 60's style ankle dress pants. Then she proceeded to tell me, when we got home, that I should wear my black pumps with it, then I'd be fashion. I don't know where she gets this love of shopping from, because I hate to shop.

Well, Randy's calling got to go.

It Is What It Is

I went to the dermatologist on Wednesday and she told me there is nothing I can do about my hair falling out. She said some people lose all their hair and other don't, it just depends. So just in case I ordered a wig on line. I don't want to pay upwards of $300 for a wig when my hair will grow back, eventually. So my husband will be coming home to a light brunette in hopefully a week or so. Every blonde wig was the really light blonde, and I'm not that. I hope I only have to wear the wig for a couple of months, until my own hair grows back, but we'll see. I will post a picture of me with my new do when it arrives.

My Hair is Falling Out!

From my understanding from the web and my doctors that when I got sick in February, I also got Toxic Shock Syndrom. One of the many fall outs from this is your hair falling out and you fingernail and toe nails coming off, yeah for me! These symptoms don't present until about 2 to 4 months after. I have noticed for the last month, while taking a shower (I know, you didn't need this mental picture) that my hair has been coming out in handfulls. So, needless to say, I will probably be bald in the next month or so. The hair will grow back, but come on, I don't want to be bald. On the up-side Randy said I should go but a blonde, brunette and red-head wig so that it will be like a new woman each day. He's just trying to make me feel better, but how can you feel better about your hair falling out. I guess I should start investing in really funky scarves. So when I get back to Oregon I probably won't have hair, yeah for all of you. Maybe I should have a buy Laura scarves party? What do you think?

MOther's Day

I had a wonderful Mother's day this year. Lena spent Saturday night at a friends so Sunday morning Randy went and picked her up early because we were both missing her. It was too quite in the house and it really weirded me out. When she got home we took off to Wal-Mart and bought her another pool, I figured I'd go ahead since we will probably be here all summer and she swam in her old one every day last year. Then they took me out to lunch, we came home watched one of her new movies and hung out. Randy then made dinner for me, I had to do nothing all day and my daughter said to me, "I will do whatever you ask me today without whinning, because it's Mother's Day". Boy I wish it were Mother's day every day. Lena got me some really pretty flowers and randy got me flowers too. Lena's class also made these cute mugs, they are plastic with paper between the outer and inner layers. Lena colored hers with hearts and wrote I Love You on it. I think this is the best present I have ever gotten. I will remember that mug and when she gave it to me for the rest of my life. My Mother's days just keep getting better each year.

I hope you all had great Mother's Days

Move to Oregon

Randy just found out today that the Oregon job has been put on hold for about 6 months or so, he doesn't know why he was just told that by his boss. The boss' are now in a meeting trying to figure out where to send Randy. Randy thinks he will be going to New Mexico for a job that just started there and then when that job is done he will go to Oregon. Hopefully our house will be sold by then, or sooner, so Lena and I can get back to Oregon. This is just so frusterating for me, not knowing what our fates are. I guess Lena and I will be here by ourselves until this house sells or until Randy gets to Oregon.

This all on top of finding out this morning that Randy's grandmother was taken to the hospital. She came home from working out a curves and was light headed, couldn't breath and her chest was tight. Randy's mom called 911 and the ambulance took her to the emergency room. We all thought it was a heart attack, but after many tests the doctors determined she has a blood clot in her lung, so they admitted her. That is all I know for now. Mind you this woman is turning 91 in September and she has no business doing a high impact workout like curves. She goes twice a week, and I don't think she should be doing this kind of work-out. I told her that she would be better off with Yoga or Pilates to start out then maybe work up to the Curves deal. She didn't want to hear it. She thinks she can do anything a 40 year old can do. There is no telling her anything. Well hopefully she will be ok.

I Hate Insurance Companies

Today I received a claims report for my 2 1/2 day stay at the hospital. The total charge for everything was, I will round it up, $16,000.00. My lovely insurance company only paid $4400.00 because the hospital Randy took my to is not contracted with them. What the HE**! It's not like he was thinking about this at the time, and why did they not tell him that when he brought me there? They could have stabilized me then transported me to a participating hospital. So now I have an $11,000.00 bill that we need to pay. How are we going to do that? We have no extra money each month, well I guess we could if we ate hotdogs for the next 20 years. I'm not going to do that, they should have told Randy and then trasfered me. I don't know what we are going to do, Randy is going to hit the roof when he hears this.

I called the insurance company and they said because the hospital isn't contracted with them they don't take deductions off the bill. What? Shouldn't every ER be covered?