Loyalty Day, 2010

March of dimes walk

Tea Party

What a great day it was

Hi everyone. Or well those few that come over  and check out this long lost page now and then. I have to tell you about my day yesterday. It was one of those days that wore me out, but really felt good.

It started in the morning when i met a few friends from the post for breakfast before we headed over to the park to do a March of dimes walk. I got there early, cus I am always early. I hate that, one day I'm gonna be late and see how it feels. I had chicken fried steak n eggs and the other ladies had I don't remember what. My food was good, and too much. I can never finish one of those.

From there, we got back into our cars and headed on over to Greceada park. My friend Linda works for the city of Modesto, and they had set up a team to walk for the march of dimes. She invited us to join in her team, and I am glad she did. I flaked this year in getting donations though, so I just gave her a hundred. Between all three of us, we raised 435.00. Pretty good I think. We got to the park, registered and turned in our money, and then waited for all the announcements and introductions and for the walk to begin. Just FYI, these walks all take place on the same day all over the us.

We finally started walking, and it was a huge wall of people. We were asked to stay on the sidewalk, but that was impossible. There were just too many people to stay on the sidewalk. There was a set path, with printed arrows attached to phone poles along the way to keep us going in the right direction. They also had four rest stops along the way, where we could use the restroom(portapotty), get a drink of water and maybe a bag or water bottle. the weather was sunny and warm, so the water was necessary. The really cool part about this walk was there was so many people and children. None of the kids cried or whined that I could hear. People brought their dogs to walk with them, and none of them fought. People were really great during the whole walk. it was a four mile walk, and I really enjoyed it. We did 20 minute miles according to our leader, Linda. I am really looking forward to next year.

Then, last night was Loyalty day at the Post. The post puts this on every year and it gives awards to students that win an essay contest about what our vets mean to them. sometimes, they read the essays  they write and that is very emotional. it really is pretty cool. the students receive a check from the post and also recognition from state and local politicians. that is really pretty cool. After the students, its the fireman, policeman, teacher of the year. These are all voted on by their peers. What an honor that would be. then its the People of the year from our post. These are people that have done exceptional jobs at the post or helped in the community above and beyond. These are voted by the members at the post.

The best part of the dinner, aside from seeing a great friend receive the Auxiliary woman of the year, was to see one of our members actually handing out awards from one of our senators. Yep, this lady worked her way through school, and also worked full time, did volunteer work, did so much, and now she had the pleasure and honor presenting awards to her peers at the post. We watched her grow, and regretfully she had to step away from the auxiliary, to be able to complete her other duties. I was talking to her last night at the end, and she said she is going to apply to the white house for an intern position. How cool is that. She will do it, I am sure. When she gets there, I will let you all know.

WE finally got home last night at 11:30. I was so tired, and so was John. That was one of those worth it kind of tireds.  I know this was kinda long. I even left out a bunch of stuff. If you read this far, thanks. So, until next time, see ya all later.

4-20-2010

Its raining again today. I dont mind. I will sleep good, once I shut this down, take my shower and crawl into bed. I look forward to crawling into bed. I get asked frequently how I can sleep in the daytime and why do i work third shift. Does it effect my homelife and when do i see my husband. Well, I have gotten used to third shift, I work hard all night, and when I get home, just like most of you that work in the daytime, I am tired. I have no problem falling asleep. All I have to do is close my eyes, and turn on the tv and i am out. I turn on the tv so I dont hear the outside noises. Also, if I hear that in the background, I am able to stop my brain from thinking about other stuff while I am trying to get to sleep. Then, John comes home for lunch and turns the tv off. I wake up when I wake up. It feels good. No alarm to scare me out of sleep. Just wake up when im ready. OK, so much for that thought.

I forgot what I initially wanted to write about. Could that be a sleepy symptom?

I will have to get back to this later on, when im not tired. I usd to come home and open my lappy and write here, or when I was watching tv in the evening. I will have to try and start that again. It felt good when i did it, but for some reason, something has changed with me latley. I dont know what it is, or why I changed, but something changed. I dont have the same desires to do things that are important to me I had jsut last year. The things are still important, I am just not supporting them the same way. I am talking about the relay for life. I usually will send out requests as early as I can and try to raise enough money to cure cancer. This year, I am writing my own check. What happened? Maybe I just need a year off.

There is something else going on, but I dont know if I can write it properly here. I cant say that one issue is the reason, it may have something to do with my changed attitude. it definatly isnt the whole reason. I am trying to correct that one issue, and see if it will cooect my attitude.

OK, that was my therapy for today. Im gonna go sleep with the rain now. see ya later.

my beginnings

Its been a really long time since was here last. I spend most of my time on facebook now, its faster to catch up on everyone there. Most of my family and frinds are over there also, so I tend to hang near them, It makes me feel better to be able to connect faster. even if its only for a second and online.

I started this page about five years ago when my mom was sick,. She had pulmoary fibrosis, and this was the first time she had ever been sick in all her life. Well, sick to the point that it effected her life. I started playing one day, and saw this link that invited people to join the 360 family and start a blog page. It was a big step for me, it scared the crap out me to put myself out there, but what the hell. Who was going to read it anyway. I figured i would use it as a journel, and then I could always go back and read how I progressed, if I kept up with it. And it was free.

So I signed up. I set up a page and wrote my first blog. I wrote on my page, after I learned how to get back to it. I forgot to bookmark it for the longest time, so I always had to get there going through all the pages. It was a pain, but i finally learned. Then one day, someone commented on what i wrote, and I was so surprised. How did this person know who I was and why did they want to read what I had to say. then i was invited to be friends with people, and this was a whole new thing for me. How do i know these people are nice, and why do they want to be friends with ME?

It took me a bit of a struggle to agree to be friends at first, then I realised it was ok, and I could just delete people I didnt like any more. As time went on, and I got to know the folks on my friends list, I got very comfortable logging on and dumping on this electronic page. I never put too much personal information here, so that allowed me to unload enough to let me better. sometimes, you just need to talk. There were days i needed to talk, be the only talker, cry and get it all out. My blog page allowed me to do all that. and to top it all off, I had a small group of friends on my list that would respond to me and send me the comfort I needed in return.

Since that first blog, my mom passed away, we all went through the 360 issues, moved to multiply and some of us joined facebook. I have met friends I will cherish for my entire lifetime. I have been fortunate enough to meet my two favorite friends, and hopefully one day I will get to travel to their part of the world. I have learned so much from everyone here. And I even got to show some of my talents to people. I taught a friend how to make a quilt, just going back and forth. It was a long process, but it was fun. That was something I truely enjoyed. Thanks Carol. I even wrote a few stories and puthtem up here. I started with childrens stories, then somehow it progressed to the more grownup  versions. Everything is a learning process.

I dont know where this particular blog is going, but i needed to write it. Its been in my head for a while, and it wouldnt go away until I put it in words. That is how the stories go also. they wont leave me alone until I write them. Maybe now I can sleep all night, and maybe now I will start writing here again. I dont know if I am in need of therepy again, but it is free and it makes me feel good to put things into words.

So, until next time, see ya later.