Well, I’m really not all that excited.  I got yelled at at work today in front of the whole floor.  That made me sad and angry, which you know if you Plurk.  But I’m home now, talking to my guy, installing programs, and contemplating dinner.  (Tom’s having Chinese.  Sarah’s having mac’n cheese and hot dogs.  I want!) I got some good pictures today of the dog, but I don’t think I’m going to upload them tonight.  Maybe later.  Bad news: Tom’s truck looks like it has a broken head (since when did trucks have heads?) and its going to take about a week to repair.  That means no miles, which means no paycheck.  :(  That is very bad.  But, there is some good news - the company put Tom up at a hotel (motel?  What’s the difference?) which means not only can he take showers every day, he can even take baths! (Trust me, this is cause for excitement.  Tom loves his showers.)  I have Tom all signed up with Plurk, now to get him on Facebook.  And maybe LJ.  I definitely want him to see my sites.  Which reminds me, I need to track down the login page for my website.  I don’t have it bookmarked on this computer.  And I must check on Techievampire.  Darn, no update.  I’m worried about them.  Maybe I’ll call them later.  Yeah, when I get off the phone with Tom!  But I’m talking to Tom!  And that makes me happy!  Yay!

Big Cloud, originally uploaded by daisysmiles4you.

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Big Cloud

Tom, originally uploaded by daisysmiles4you.

Good evening everyone! I’m sure by now all you loyal readers are just dying for a pic of my guy. Well, I now have one. This was taken in his truck on August 4, 2008. It was the last time I saw him that weekend and the last time I’ll see him until, oh, the end of September. Its really hard being apart, but I know he’s doing what he needs to do and I know that he loves God and me. He’s a wonderful guy and has done a whole bunch to help me become a better person. What else can I say? We’re still in that wonderful in-love phase (don’t know what I’m talking about? Check out Gary Chapman’s The Five Love Languages. We both highly recommend it) so there’s a bit of the rose colored glasses. But I know he gets grumpy when he can’t get to a shower and I know he has a tendency to fall asleep on me in the mornings when I call. He doesn’t always say the right thing at the right time, but then again,he doesn’t have to. We’ve both been hurt badly so we’re taking it kinda slow. Still, I’m very excited about this relationship. Can you tell?

Now, let me start off by saying that I have nothing against Texas.  I’ve been there and I’ve liked it.  I had fun there.  There’s just one problem - its so far away!  That’s where Tom is right now.  He’s taking a load to Pharr, which is at the far end of the tip of Texas.  We don’t know what load they might give him to get back up here - the dispatchers haven’t said anything about it.  *sigh*  I know, I know - I knew what I was getting into when I started dating him and helped to find him this job, but it’s still hard.

Well, we all know by now that Tom is my boyfriend and that Tom is driving for a trucking company as an independent contractor.  Well, in order to be successful he needs loads.  They were supposed to get him home the eighteenth and the nineteenth, which they did not do.  He’s now sitting out in a parking lot God only knows where waiting for them to give him a load.  He can’t drive, because that would put him on duty and that would mean that he couldn’t drive after ten hours.  He’s trying to sleep, but its really hot and he doesn’t want to have to run the truck to keep cool.  He’s got to pay for fuel and the truck payment and he figures he needs 1200 miles a week to do that.  Well, so far he’s not getting it.  As much as I would love to see him, I’ll go without seeing him for however long God wants me to if He’ll just give Tom loads.  I’m so worried and I don’t know what to do about it other than pray.  And pray I have been.  He’s supposed to be getting around 2500 miles a week.  I just want him to get as much as he can legally get.  He’s got bills to pay.  Do me a favor - keep him in your prayers this week as well.  Thanks.

Monday, July 21

• Rest, relax, heal.  No work for me today!
• I might take a shower, but that just might wait for tomorrow.  Not sure about that.
• Talking to Tom.  I wasn’t able to reach him a few minutes ago, but I’m going to try again.

Tuesday, July 22

• 1:45 Dr Maratta’s office - my check up for my release to work.  Ugh, I’m still in pain in my belly button region.
• Hopefully, I’ll get to talk to Tom.  This is my last full day off from work.

Wednesday, July 23

• Back to work.  Blech.  Must remember to take back to work notice and fax to Prudential so I’ll get my short term disability money.
• I’m sure I’ll be exhausted by the time I get home, so maybe a Coke Icee.
• I’ll be talking to Tom.

Thursday, July 24

• Have to remember to give Mom money.  I can give her a little more this month and next for taxes.  Blech.
• Plurking.  Well, I’ll be plurking every day, but I’ll make sure I’ll do it today.

• Trash night!  Cleaning the kitty litter is so much fun!

Friday, July 25

• Finally Friday!  Last day of the week.
• Talking to Tom.

Saturday, July 26

• Nothing major for today. Probably will sleep a lot.
• Talking to Tom.

Sunday, July 27

• To church or not to church, that is the question.
• Laundry day.  Oh. What. Fun.

Thirteen Things that scare Daisy 1. I work downtown in the city and take the bus to and from work everyday. The driver’s union is talking about striking. I don’t know what that will mean for me getting to work. 2. I just had my gall bladder out. I’m afraid the scars will be there and be ugly forever. 3. My boyfriend just got his trucking job. I’m afraid I’ll end up being left behind. 4. Wasps. I had one go down the back of my dress a few years ago - tons of bites. No fun. 5. My sister’s wedding. I’m not sure how I’m going to handle it. 6. My work place finding out about my illnesses. 7. Forgetting to do a Thursday Thirteen (which I will). 8. Not being able to eat anything again. That bagel I had yesterday didn’t go over so well. 9. Finding out that people don’t care about me. 10. Losing the pets. All three of them. Well, four - I don’t want to lose Maggie either, even if I never see her. 11. Forgetting all of my passwords. I know I should write them down. But then they say you should never write them down. Its such a dilema. 12. Being fired. 13. Being dumped.

Yay! I made it through the first one! Its hard ti find thirteen things. I’ll do better next week.

Thanks Sarah!

Can you relate to any of these??

1. I can read a hundred page book in about an hour, depending on how familiar I am with the book.
2. I have tons of LJ icons saved from different communities (_no credit, to name one) but I never make anything from the bases and I never use the icons.
3. Following in the footsteps of my mother and my maternal grandfather, I no longer have a gall bladder.
4. I used to collect things.  Lots of things - pins, pencils, Calico Kittens, smiley faces.
5. My dream is to become a published author or psychologist, but I don’t think I’m good enough
6. I like to plurk.

Sarah tagged me

Here are the rules:
1. link the person(s) who tagged you
2. Mention the rules on your blog
3. Tell about 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
4. Tag 6 following bloggers by linking them
5. Leave a comment on each of the tagged blogger’s blogs letting them know they’ve been tagged.

Tagging: Knittingmama; howetoknit; hologramgirl; tyskvinna; velvetcherri; and techie

Well, here’s what’s been going on.  I had my gall bladder out on Monday.  I don’t have to go back to work till next Wednesday.  I was approved for Short Term Disability.

I’m pretty sure Tom’s gotten his dream back.  I don’t want to say anything more because I don’t want to jinx it.  But it is amazing how God moves in people’s lives.

Mom had a tooth crack and it was removed.  That was giving her a lot of pain.  This is her first day bak at work since Thursday. She had to stay home with me Monday and yesterday which gave her two more days to recover.

Dad and Kathy came to the hospital with me.  I wasn’t sure I wanted them there, but got scared and called them Monday morning and they still came.  I wish Tom would have been able to have been there, but I know what he was doing was important.  I can’t wait to talk to him later.

Tom has Verizon on one of his phones. I have Verizon.  This means we can talk to each other on these phones at any hour of the day and not have to worry about going over minutes.  This is a good thing.  I know we used over a thousand peak minutes last month.  But I did have to get a texting plan.  So if you want to text me, you can!

Yes, I’ll probably be spammy this week as I get feeling better.  Its been a long time since I’ve had time to sit at the computer for any length of time.  Tom and I usually stay out too late!

I think tis time for me to go lie down and think about my sin of eating something too complicated too soon.  Don’t worry.  I’ll be back.

Stolen from nancypaynter who stole it from someone else. I don’t know who that someone else is, but here are my answers.

You know how sometimes people on your friends list post about stuff going on in their lives, and all of a sudden you think, “Wait a minute? Since when are they working THERE? Since when are they dating HIM/HER? since when???” And then you wonder how you could have missed all that seemingly pretty standard information, but somehow you feel too ashamed to ask for clarification because it seems like info you should already know? It happens to all of us sometimes.

Please copy mine below, erase my answers, putting yours in their places, and then post the result in your journal. Please elaborate on the questions which would benefit from elaboration! One-word-answers seldom help anyone out.

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