it's the only way it gets better
-- Joe Mac

Uh, last time I checked, I was not in Seattle, but I think I've spent the past 3 weeks there. Last time I checked, my name wasn't Noah, either. Anyway, the Lord promised to never destroy the earth with a flood again, so we must be ok. But I'm telling you the Cahaba river is out of control ridiculous.

I was going to post something yesterday about bugs, but didn't have time, so we'll roll it all together here.

First of all, where do bugs go when there is 4 inches of rain water rushing down the sidewalk??

Second of all, what is the purpose behind bugs?? What do they do? Really, I'm totally serious! I know spiders produce silk, but what are all the other ones for? Like red wasps. They only exist to chase you and sting you. Ants, they just crawl all over everything and bite you. Don't even make me start on roaches. Anyway, just don't get it. Y'all try to stay dry!!

Ames

isn't it now?
I gotta get myself through the week somehow
I had a ball Friday, Saturday, Sunday
But it's all over now and it sure is Monday
-- Mark Chesnutt

Hello all y'all!

Is anybody else as happy as me that it is Monday?? I mean, no more sleeping late, running around and having fun. No sir! Monday means 8 to 5, corporate bihniss (translation=business for all you white bread types).

"Ok, um, I'm going to need to you go ahead and um, come in on Saturday. M'kay? oh, and I'm going to need to you to go ahead and come in on Sunday, too. M'kay? That would be greeeaaat!"
-- Office Space (if you haven't seen this movie, seriously, stop what you're doing right now and go out and rent it)

Work sucks. If it wasn't for that little bling bling I get every two weeks, I don't suppose I'd work at all.

Amy

think I'm gonna break down soon
--Kelly Clarkson

First off, this has been a crappy week! So I do apologize for all of the negative posts -- I'll try to get some sunshine going on next week.

Our parking deck at work is made onto an office building. The deck is 9 floors and we rent out half of it to the VA. So, to come into our side, you come in on 2, roll around to half of 3 and 4. This is hard to explain. But basically, the elevators are in the middle on the side with the offices. So, anyway, this is confusing as all get out to remember for patients (and us, too) to remember where we parked. If you park on our side on 5 and walk straight over the the elevator, you're now on the VA side.

They had this worked out perfectly. The elevator banks on the different floors were color coded. So you could remember that you got on the elevator on pink, etc. 2 weeks ago they decided to paint all of the floors the same nasty beige/mustard color. What are you doing??? this makes no sense to me! Nevermind the fact that they started on this 2 weeks ago and they still have up the same wet paint signs. Driving me nuts, I'm telling you!

In other news, my grandmother and dad were watching tv a while back when the war was first starting. My grandmother is probably the fiestiest person I know and she's almost 89. Anyway, they showed Sadaam on the screen and she proceeded to say, "Well, if he showed up in my back yard, I get a rifle and shoot that son of a b----!!"

doesn't that make you smile?? hysterical!

Amy

biting off more than you can chew to anyone
I certainly do
I recommend sticking your foot in your mouth
at any time
-- Alanis

Today is one of those days where you want to roll up in a ball and hide under the blanket.

Make the world go away
-- Elvis

I can't change your mind
You can't change my color
Why, oh why, must it be this way?
Before you can read me
You've got to learn how to see me
Free your mind and the rest will follow
Be color blind, don't be so shallow
-- En Vogue

To start, let me preface this by saying that all of you that know me know that I'm not a racist. But here's the deal. My blood is boiling over the fact that Rev. Jesse Jackson is coming to my home state, to my home capitol to stand there and protest the hiring of a white coach over a black coach.

First off, who asked you? Really, is there no other racial strife going on anywhere in America that you could dig your claws into?

Second off, you, Reverend, quite possibly cost Mr. Slyvester Croom the head coaching job. The University of Alabama wasn't going to hire a man based on your opinion. In fact, I'd say they went with the best guy for the job (in their opinion -- I happen to think Croom could have been a good choice, too).

Third off, racism absolutely works both ways, buddy. Are you not discriminating against a white Shula because he is white?? You're trying to make us give a job to a man simply because of his color. That, my friends, is wrong. Again, all of this is in my opinion. And you all know that I'm a firm believer in freedom of speech.

Hear me speaking, Rev. Jackson -- you've made a lotta folks mad here in my state. And some of these rednecks are not above protesting your protest. Get on your jet and take your butt elsewhere. Hell, even Croom came out and said to leave him out of it!!

Peace.
Amy

and I can't find the air
don't know who I'm kidding
imagining you care
and I could stand here waiting
a fool for another day
I don't suppose it's worth the price
it's worth the price that I would pay
but I'm thinking it over anyway
--Duncan Sheik


Hello my lovely and faithful subjects! as it turns out -- one or two of you do, in fact, care! =) I'm back now. So what can we discuss? How about the weather?
Welcome to tornado season in Alabama. Oh, and how about last week, ladies and gents -- "I feel the earth move under my feet, I feel the sky tumbling down, tumbling down" (Carol King). Did the earthquake wake any of you guys up??
I sat straight up in the bed and mumbled not so nice words to my upstairs neighbor because I thought she was moving furniture or something crazy like that at 4 in the morning! I believe my favorite phrase to quoth whilst looking heavenward in my humble abode is, "one of these days, I'm coming up there and I'm going to put a cap in your ass".

yeah, yeah, I know, I'm not very nice -- but I'm working on it!

My temper and my mouth -- my two biggest problems! But at least I picked two things that go together well. My temper causes me to shoot off my mouth and shooting off my mouth usually results in my temper flaring up.

Now, "enough about me, let's talk about you for a minute". what's the good word with all of y'all??

Geez, I love the south -- where else can you for real say "all of y'all"?? Oh, I know I told some of you guys, but it's worth repeating. The shut up paddles at the Bruno's Golf Tourney here say, "Hush Y'all" instead of "Quiet Please". how can you not represent for the dirty south with all kinds of cool things like that and RUBEN?? btw -- you better vote tonight for the velvet teddy bear!

Ames