A note

Dear 5am;

I'm breaking up with you. You suck and occur entirely too early for my liking. Whenever you come around, I'm dizzy and uber cranky. So, consider this as the end. Please stop happening.

Sincerely,
Me
- The Disgruntled, Discombobulated Social Worker

Might catch some grief for this post...

I realize that people who read this or happen to accidentally stumble across this blog might be offended by this post, but it's still MY blog. Now,,,off to posting.

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa091023_wz_noenglishfolo.24568a6e8.html

Recently here in Dallas, a story is all a twitter in the local news agencies. A grandmother who is Spanish speaking only, was stopped by a Dallas cop and given tickets. One for committing an illegal U-turn, one for driving w/o a license and one for being a non English speaking driver. Granted, I believe the news reports that she is trying to learn English and did have a license which was left at home, but I still feel conflicted about the non English speaking ticket.

The police chief did point out that the officer was confused about the law, which actually applies to a federal law about commercial vehicle drivers and is now profusely apologizing all over himself and the department. I realize as a social worker, I'm supposed to be all cuddly and open arms about people and respect diversity....but this irks me. If she cannot speak English or read English, arguably is she able to read and understand the traffic laws? If she cannot, does that make her an unsafe driver? What's the big difference between a commercial driver and a non commercial driver? Why should a non commercial driver be exempt?

Now all the local diversity groups are in arms, LULAC, Hispanic Council etc are calling for "change" and more training for the officers. It's nonsense as far as I'm concerned. My stance is this, if as an English speaking citizen I decided to make my residence in a new country- for example Italy or France or Guatemala, it would be expected that I should learn the countries language in order to function as a citizen. Why is the exception continued to be for the states?

So, rant finished. If you were one of the ones offended, well, you had the choice to not read this post didn't you?

That should do it for this Monday posting. Pictures of Floyd hopefully soon to follow.....

So, what's new & exciting?

Not a whole lot to update on. Sheesh...I've been boring eh guys? Well, I'm still working at my job....been here 3 years and 5 months. Doing a bit of job sharing lately- not enjoying it, but at least I've learned new skill sets.

Update on home stuff: moved to Arrrlington, literally right across the street from the cowboys stadium. Traffic hasn't been too bad, but I do get cranky when I can't get to my apartment in an efficient manner on some game days. Mr. Floyd loves the complex, it's got landscaped creek beds that run throughout. He basically considers those his domain and wades through them whenever possible. Yeah, this is the same dog that I have to drag into the bathtub to bathe, but dirty-ish fake creek beds...well, he's all over those.

Update on Family: everyone is doing well for the most part. My mom's husband had two surgeries in a row about a week ago, emergency appendectomy and then spinal surgery to repair herniated discs, bone spurs etc. I think his at home recovery may actually be harder on my mom. Grandparents are well, we had a scare about a month ago that they would lose the house, but everything worked out. Marissa still enjoys calling us to taunt and tease with the cooler Denver temps- but that will stop soon as the snowy season approaches!!

What about me you ask? Well, I'm rockin & rollin. Doing remicade infusions every 6 weeks, it seems to be the bees-knees! So much so, that I've rejoined LA Fitness and make every attempt to get to the gym 4 times a week. However, I must admit that the Saturday 60 MINUTE spin class kicked my ass a couple dozen times. I do believe that spin class will be a once a week thing instead of multiple times. Looking forward to Halloween, I'm going to be Rosie the Riveter- don't worry I'll take plenty of pics! Especially looking forward to Halloween at the Crouch-Clark pad- they always have a rockin' good h-ween party.

That about does it. Maybe next time I'll bring my camera and update with some floyd pics. Cheers!

Haha * wipes away tears*

http://www.wfaa.com/sharedcontent/dws/wfaa/latestnews/stories/wfaa090804_lj_apmarriedman.a9e6d7c1.html


Bwaahaahaa....ohh..hooo...hooo..that's too funny! Serves him right for fooling around with 3 other women.

Where's my brain?

I think I may need some sort of screening, perhaps a MOCA? Anyone? Anyone??

I'm getting uber forgetful lately, I'll just go ahead and attribute it to stress. Prime examples of my forgetfulness of late include: forgetting to turn off my oven, I've done this multiple times. I find myself wandering through my apartment, getting near the kitchen and wondering why it's soo freaking hot in that area-yeah, it's because I FREAKING LEFT MY OVEN ON FOR THE PAST 2 HOURS! Ugh.

Also, I've been forgetting to put on deodorant prior to leaving the house, thankfully, I keep a spare deodorant at work. I'm sure my co-workers appreciate the spare that I keep, I know I feel better not running around all stinky.

Perhaps it's time for a mental health day.

Transformers.....

Ohhh..did you see it yet?? I did!! It was delicious!! Chock full of special effects and good ol' fashioned summer action. Will it ever be an Oscar contender? Hell no...but what's the point of summer if we can't have some movies that are just fun? GO SEE IT! I'm going to see it a second time-mostly because I missed some one-liners and other parts of the movie due to laughing and a potty break. Note to self---next time...do not order a drink during a LONG movie.

Irish Men/Red Heads.....

Hmm...I've no idea where I developed my fixation on red heads or Irish men..must have happened sometime in high school...
I know, I'm a total dork...but I just can't help it...scoff if you must, But I'd totally poke all three of these men, flip 'em over and poke 'em again. And, yes, I do realize that Damian Lewis is not Irish....point in fact, I do believe he's British...but I'd still poke him!



Don't you roll your eyes at this post!! This is my blog dangit, and I'll post what I want to!
** Side note: blog writer may not be getting enough sleep, thus resulting in unexplained bouts of giddiness and/or crankiness.