I did an upgrade of WordPress and because of the new version I also had to create a new database (5sql) and everything went to hell.
And then I had to manually move my posts from my old database to the new one. Which…took…f..o..r..e..v..e..r.
And I missing so many pictures!
Things are still not the way I want them.
I'm having an awful time getting WP to accept my theme software. I don't know what the deal is with 3.0, but it hates other themes besides WP themes. Or maybe it just hates my favorite theme software.
And I want my two sidebars back! Boo, hoo, hoo.
I think all my posts and comments are visible now. It also looks like commenting is enabled again.
Did I tell you I was pulling my hair out over here?
How’s about Devil May Care?
Devil May Care is the horse of my friend GG and this horse will Run for the Roses on Saturday.
She is pretty excited and I’m excited for her.
Now I said before that just because I live in Lexington, Kentucky doesn’t mean I have a horse or go to horse races.
I’ve lived in Kentucky for more than thirty years and only met GG in 2004. So we don’t all know each other when it comes to living in The Horse Capital of the World.
I think this may mean if you know me (or are one of my blogmates) that you are only one degree away from a Kentucky Derby contender.
Oh, hey! Does this mean since I was in that movie with Gil Bellows who was in that movie with Tim Robbins and he was in that movie with Kevin Bacon that I am only three degrees away from Kevin Bacon? Or that I’m only two degrees away from Morgan Freeman, Tim Robbins, and Stephen King? Or that I’m only… Oh, hell. This could go on forever!
So I will be tuning in at about 5pm to watch the race and root for GG, her darling hubby, and their horse, Devil May Care.
Okay, maybe the whole weekend?
Friday I didn’t feel good — or was that Thursday?
I can’t even remember now.
Yesterday I took an early nap. Like three hours after I got up I went back to sleep for another hour and a half.
Today I took a nap for a little over an hour. And about an hour after that? I took another over two hours nap.
And I’m still tired. It’s like all the napping has exhausted me.
In-activity = more in-activity. Crap.
Could be worse. COULD’A BEEN A MIGRAINE!
Unless napping is the new migraine…
Nah!
But the weirdest part of all?
Lily has been in the house almost all day. Yeah, she took those naps with me!
Really?
REALLY?
Because I saw pictures of them taken while they were in Hawaii for Christmas and I didn’t see any fat kids in those pictures…
And then I scoured the web for older pictures of the girls. Still not seeing any fat kids.
WTF?
… from this blog for like a week now. Not that I haven’t been thinking of posts to post. Just not posting.
Busy. And then too tired to care to post.
Biggest issue just now? Unemployment hasn’t begun yet. It’s been three months now and not a single check.
Oh, I’m still looking for a job. And I’ve kept in contact with the unemployment office.
My claim is "under investigation." Wanna know why?
Because they ask a question regarding disability — and if you reply "yes" your claim has to be sent for investigation.
Oh, it doesn’t matter that you were laid off from a job you had for like five and a half years. It only matters that you could be on disabilty instead of receiving unemployment WHILE YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A JOB?
Yes, I could re-apply for disabilty, but is it okay if I at least try and find another job first? I mean there are employers out there who are willing to accommodate someone’s disabilities (even if just for a while) and I feel like I should give them all a fair chance to HIRE ME before I just give up.
Right?
Did I already say the savings are gone? Did I already say I cashed out my retirement to pay off every little bill I could so we could manage to live with his income and my unemployment until I found a job? Did I already say how the mortgage company is breathing down our necks?
Yup. I didn’t pay off the mortgage. Like I had that kinda money available. I did make sure we’d be able to make those payments on his income and my unemployment because WHO WOULD KNOW unemployment would give me any problems since I WAS LAID OFF?
Even my previous employer stated in their letter of notice that I would be eligible for unemployment…
Pholks? Believe it or not? This is my dream home! That one, with the gingerbread trim, you can barely see to the right of me. The one we haven’t even finished yet.
See the one next to it with the rusting tin roof?
Yup. Gonna put a tin roof on mine some day. Gonna put a swing on that porch. Gonna put a wood frame screen door there, too — the kind that smacks you on the ass on your way in the house — with a nice loud bang! Gonna put a picket fence around that front yard. Gonna paint that house a pale and creamy yellow with periwinkle blue trim. Gonna a put a huge rock (aka small boulder or two) in that front yard, too.
Inside that little house are a small number of very nice sized rooms in which all my second hand and very eclectic furnishings look quite awesome when the place is all cleaned up for company. Some day the back deck will be a screened in porch for the me and future grand kids to play in on those damned rainy summer days. Beyond that is a tiny little yard which the Lily puppy loves to bark around in all the day long.
The neighbors are mostly pretty awesome. Best neighbors I’ve had in years. And eclectic, too!
And someday there will be lace curtains in the kitchen and maybe even doilies on the back of the living room chairs. Idunno. I only know it is going to be the little house I’ve always dreamed of.
Yes, I know it’s a very romantic sort of dream, but it’s what I’ve always wanted and I am just THIS close to being there.
Come on, you know you wanna move in with me!
…yesterday.
I WENT TO THE GYM! I did 20 minutes on level fives (interval and random hill modes) on the treadmill and the bike, and then I did another 20 minutes in strength training.
I have missed the gym so much. My knees were really hurting and my energy levels have been in the toilet. I approached the Y about a reduced rate while I’m un-employed and they totally helped me out. Thanks, High Street YMCA!
Oh, I’m pretty sore after those workouts, but it’s productive sore, so I don’t even care.
After the gym I went to the grocery to purchase the stuff I needed for some baking this week and then I made chili!
At 3:30 I had a massage. My first one EVER.
I was hoping it would help me keep some soreness and charlie horses* at bay. While the massage was awesome ("Thank you, may I have another?") that part of my plan didn’t work —- unless I would be even more sore and would have had scream (LOUDER) inducing charlie horses — if I’d forgone the massage.
*Every description I find regarding charlie horses only refers to those in the calf or thigh. I get charlie horses everywhere all the time — feet, toes, SHINS, ankles, neck, back, arms, fingers — including the calves and thighs. They increase in severity when ever I (re)begin a fitness regimen and then level back down to normal after I get used to exercising again. I’ve had them all my life.
Yeah, sometimes it really sucks to be me.
I thought the ones in my shins were the worst until last night. UPPER INNER THIGH CHARLIE HORSE! I paced from the front and back of the house until it calmed down and I could go to bed (oh, yeah and I also took two muscle relaxers). And I took the first one before I went to bed. My doctor prescribed a muscle relaxer for me to take every night at bed time. It doesn’t stop them, but it does lessen the severity and occurrence.
After supper E came over to share a new tea she found and to have some of my chili. Her Bing Cherry, Almond, and Honey tea was yummy and she left me a few bags to enjoy on my own.
And today? Today I’m staying home to bake and do some more stuff about the house. Yeah, like I can even keep up with all of these:
So yesterday this happened…
Greetings,
For several weeks now I have been utilizing the services of the UK Family Center. This center is located in Scovell Hall across from the UK Clinic parking lot on Huguelet. I was told I could park here and the center does validate my parking card using the stamp just like the UK Clinic does when they validate my parking when actually using their "in house" services.
The employees of the parking garage’s exit pay booths have been "warning" me about parking there. I’ve been told that "you’re being watched," that you can’t leave the clinic and cross the street and then leave their parking lot — and that it doesn’t matter that my card has been validated. Once I was even told that my car could be towed because I was parking there.
I’ve explained to at least three of these parking garage’s exit pay booths operators that I am a patient at a the UK Family Center across the street and that I am allowed to park in the clinic lot; but instead of checking out my "story" these folks have found it best to monitor my parking habits.
Today upon checking out I was told that my validation card wasn’t properly filled out — I told the clerk (I had never seen before) that this is the way the card has been validated every time. She asked me where I had been and even what floor the clinic was located on in Scovell Hall saying that she had never heard of it. Another operator was standing next to her in the booth — one that I had explained to weeks ago that I was permitted to park in the KY Clinic lot as a patient of the UK Family Center — and he asked me if I had a reserved permit. I had to ask him what a reserved permit was, but instead of telling me he just dismissed my question.
It wasn’t until I got to my workplace that I discovered I had received a ticket from UK Parking — for disregarding sign “pt pkg only.”
Now I know that these employees had to have contacted parking services to come and ticket my car. That UK Parking officers would not have ticketed my car for leaving that lot with an obvious legitimate validated parking card.
I want to know why these booth operators went to so much trouble of monitoring my parking place and calling in UK Parking to issue me a $25.00 ticket, but have never bothered to check out what I have explained 4 times (as of today)?!?
Why are these booth operators so anxious to watch, threaten, harass, and have me ticketed, instead of finding out that my parking in the UK Clinic lot is legitimate?!?
I’ve called the xxx-xxxx (number withheld by me) and told my story twice to different ladies that answered the phone. The first lady I spoke to even put me on hold for some time and then came back to tell me that yes I am allowed to park there. Both ladies assured me I would be called back.
It is now 12:20 and no one from parking has called me. (I called at 10:15 am and 11:12 am.)
And then very shortly after I emailed this I get a call from a parking supervisor. He’s apologetic about not getting back with me earlier and he’s asking for more details than I spelled out in my email. He was especially annoyed with the clerk today (the one I’d never seen before) and tells me that she knows better than to ask any parking patron with a validated ticket as to where they’ve been — and that no parking validation has to include where a patron has been! Of course he was all worried about "HIPPAA" violations, etc., but I assured him that was not my issue with this incident. He apologizes for the booth operators getting all "gung ho" instead of verifying that I was permitted to park there. Duh. He says they all know never to treat any patron in the manner that I was treated, etc. And he tells me that there will be an in-service training meeting and this matter will be corrected and my ticket will be voided and on and on, yada yada yada. Then I got the following back up email from him:
"Once again my apologies for the misunderstanding and per our phone conversation the citation will be voided once it is in the system tomorrow. If you encounter further problems or have questions please contact me or my assistant supervisor Glenna Baker directly by email or the phone number below.
Sincerely"
Name withheld by me, etc.
UKMC Parking Manager
UK Parking & Transportation
Which also means this issue is resolved and I should not have any more events like these past again. Let’s hope so, because the whole thing was very distressing and really pissed me off. I don’t even know if I could describe how angry I was about all this crap.
Partly because these were fellow employees who seemed to have nothing better to do than rally together and mess with me. I know there are issues with students and employees trying to park where they’re not supposed to be parking because parking on campus SUCKS — but my reason should have been investigated immediately and the issue over and done with instead of it blowing up into these proportions.
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