Jessica’s blog

Jesssssicaaaaaa should not have so much wine in one night.

Then end.

Thank you everyone for the good vibes and best wishes. I appreciate it. It's been a rough 24 hours but I can say it's amazing the support I have from friends when something happens. My dad is home and preliminary tests show he's fine. I have my issues with doctors anyways, this is not helping. They told him to start an asprin regimine and to drink two shots of whiskey or large glasses of wine per night. HELLO. My father is an alcoholic. Last thing he needs is reinforcement to drink. Oh well. He's in denial about the whole thing and I really wont know what's going on until more tests are done.

My boss called me after he heard the news and told me if I needed to fly directly out to California that was alright. He's amazing when it comes to personal issues. He let me leave to go home when my best friend's mom passed away. He honestly didn't have a choice but he was very easy and said I knew what I had to do and I could have as long as I needed. I really like working for him. It makes me work harder knowing he's there for me when I need him.

My co-workers were very nice as well. My vox neighbors are amazing. My classmates were concerned when I showed up ragged and red eyed. I have amazing people all around me, even from far away.

Tonight I'm taking Tylenol PM and hitting the sack early. I'm ready to crash and burn and hopefully be prepared for a good day of training tomorrow.

I'm not really in the mood to write too much right now. I need to keep focused on my training and education this week but, as always, things tend to happen when I'm away.

Last night I got back to the hotel room to find 4 voicemails. Weird, I didn't hear my phone ringing. I almost ignore them and get some sleep (the wine from dinner and sushi had definatly done their job) when I decide to just go ahead and listen to them.

First Message from Sister: "Dad is in the hospital. He's in coherent and talking jibberish. Call me ASAP."

First Message from Husband: "There are tornado's touching down and the sirens are going off. We'll be in my parent's basement."

Second Message from Sister: "Dad is out of the hospital. He had a stroke. Call me."

Fourth Message from Sprint: "Pay your phone bill or we will shut you off.

Can you say PANIC?

First I call Mike to make sure they're alright in the tornados. They are. They were just small funnel clouds and a crazy storm but it was enough to scare the town.

I get off the phone quickly and call home to see how Dad is doing. He's alright, I'm told he had a mild stroke and they're going to do more tests this and next week. He was home and safe and expecting company from those who were alarmed and wanted to see him. I thought he should be in bed sleeping, not entertaining guests. If he doesn't change his lifestyle he's going to go downhill really fast. I hope this shows him that heart surgery doesn't look so bad right about now, you know? He's never going to listen.

So. To say the least last night was not so good. It is realy hard to be far from home and hear things are not going so well. Mostly I'm worried about my dad and I'm sure it will be heavy on my mind all day. I just don't have good feelings about this.

Before

After

One should not decide to cut their son's hair with beard trimmers. Oh dear. Bad haircut number one. He said he still loves me...Daddy said he did too but was wondering what was I thinking? I don't know!

Woot! I closed my first lia sophia party today. It went very well! I had show sales of $578.00. That's pretty good! I'm already almost in the black regarding what I've put in the business vs. what I've made. Not too shabby.

Well, next one is May 13th but I have a whole week in NC before that one comes up. I'm going to take some jewelry and books with me and see if the ladies in my group would like to purchase something. I'm sure I'll get a few orders. Maybe they'll take some home and have a book party. That would be even cooler!

I could definatly use a nap right now. I've got Enya playing and I'm slowly getting the laundry ran through. Hopefully Nathan is sleeping and not playing with toys in his room :)

What personality trait has gotten you in the most trouble? 

gossip

I used to trust everyone and anyone. Now I know that some people are only looking to make themselves look better by exploiting your faults and lifestyle. I'm now a lot more choosy when it comes to my friends who I let close.

Yesterday and today is the annual 100 mile garage sale. 100 Miles of people selling their old to pay off the credit cards they still have that bought that stuff years ago! Just kidding, though I'm sure that is happening somewhat. Normally, this event is awesome. Even the wealthy get into it and people drive from hours away to check out what they're selling from their homes. This year...we had rain. Though it's nice out now garage sale hours are early and everyone was rained out. My friend and I went out with money to spend and all we ended up with was cars for our boys and she got a soccer goal for her son. I also got a juice pitcher with cute matching glasses for a buck fifty. In all we spent $5.00. What a sad day.

Nathan is now asleep, pooped out from all the running around we did. I'm cleaning the house. Later we'll meet back at my friend's house to play a little more and get out of the house. When Mike leaves we tend to mope and that's not good for me or Nathan.

My New Baby

Did I mention I love my new camera! Now I just need a memory card...I can only take 10 pictures at this point :)

What are you most looking forward to this weekend?

My new camera! My husband got me a new camera for Mother's Day and my birthday present! Woot! I get to play! More details later!