Gailadora

So I had to pry this from Luke and it's a bit late but here it is.


Gift cards
Magic Cards
Gears of War2
Donations to a charity
Evangelion series
Your love and friendship (okay I added the last one but I know it would be on his list anyways... okay maybe friendship ^_~

Gail

So I was called rude today by the queen of rude.  Yep.  We had this order that was put in two weeks ago and it had not come in last week like it was suppose to.  So instead of the person that should call for it, (that being her because she took the day off,  and so did I but because she didn't want to call, I called about on it on Friday after the holidays on my day off.  Had to be done.  So, turns out that the company had no record of the order.  So I sent the following email message:


XXX,

I called ATCC on Friday.  They had no record of the FBS order, nor did
the number that was on the Purchase Order.  They had record of the MTT
order from earlier this month and for the cell line next week.  But no
FBS.

Gail (only my real name)

As soon as I manage to get into work because of all the snow on the ground and streets, she says that she wants to talk to me in the hall.  I walk out to the hall and there was more peeps in the hall, so she pulls me into a room, to chew me out about how rude my email was. 

I just *blink blinked* at her, in my head screaming are you serious, and said, "Look that is what the company told me.  I called them, gave them the number, they had no record of it and when they checked our account, had no record of the order, period.  I don't know what is going on but that is what they told me."  That took the wind out of her sails.  And she went on to say how rude etc it came off and how she was going to call them and find out what was going on.

What really frosts my donut is that she was calling me rude, when she's practically yelled at me on numerous occasions.  The woman has no concept of professionalism.
 

Current Location: work
Current Mood: pissed off

So Christmas was good.  I'll post a nice little observation going home, i.e. my parents later.  However, it was really nice to see my parents and some of bob's parents.  Bob's been having interesting family changes this year, so this meant the whole time we got to stay with my parents the whole visit.  It was fun, got to do the whole family thing.  Got some very thoughtful presents and got to finally give my father his framed picture of my wedding with him and I in it.  Very nice picture and I think he liked it although I think my step mother was a bit more touched than he, but my father is a bit of a tough nut.  At any rate, before we left for the trip, I started to get a cold.  It was a cold.  It was not too bad, but annoying.  I started to get over it just as Christmas hit.  However, my step mother picked it up and so did bob, it was my first Christmas present to him.  *grins evilly*  At any rate, starting with the cold  and then all the treats and goodies that accompany Christmas, my blood sugar has gone all over the place.  Folks, control has left the building.  I finally got my body pretty much to were I wanted it blood sugar wise and now it one giant f*** up.  This normally wouldn't be a big deal.  In fact, it's better control than when I wasn't on the pump and hey, I'm checking my blood sugar regularly from a year ago, but I was so nice to have the tight control that now I'm in hell.  But oh it gets worse.  All the those goodies and treats have migrated with us, bob's cold has turned into some that is really awful, much worse than I had, so I'm worried that I might be picking it back up for the sequel and I think it's going to be an awful sequel if it does.  That and I got a blister from skiing which I'm now worried may be infected, (this raises blood sugar as well) and worried that I might lose my foot.  Okay, melodramatic much, but foot sores on diabetic still = bad and although it would be the worst outcome, it could still happen.  All this and my blood sugar, minus any eating  badly this morning is awful.  It just wants to hang out in the 200 lands and refuses to come back down.  *sigh*  Also, I know I'm really out of wack because I think my internal dipstick is screaming and it's been doing that for a couple days now.  I thought I was suppose to get a real new pancreas for Christmas, what happened!!!!

*sigh*  WTB: Looking for a dark handsome man preferably or ingenuitive woman that can do me a favor and blow the diabetic fairy to smithereens?  Kill Diabetic Fairy, now that's a movie I would go and see.

Current Location: work
Current Mood: crappy

So bobthebarbarian and I got a new tv for X mas / 2nd anniversary this year.  We both wanted a bigger TV and evidently all TV's have gone smooshie, so we went with a big smooshed one.  It's really nice going from iddy biddy screen to a some what large one.  So in hearing that Xbox and Netflix were teaming up to stream videos to your TV, bob and I decided to try out netflix.  We had friends that were flixer's, but we ourselves had never tried it. 

We started the account on Thanksgiving but really hadn't drivin it around yet til last week when I asked bob for the log in info.  What bob didn't realize was that he had created a monster.  >< 
I've completely taken over the que.  So far I've been quing the Rome Series and loving it.  But then today I have discovered not only can I watch Rome, Pride and Prejudice, Mystery Science Theater 3000, new movies I've been wanting to see, but now I can rent shows from the History Channel!!!
Want to watch a show about the Civil War til you are blue in the face?  Done!  Want to get all the wonderful details about Teddy Roosevelt?  Done! 

I'm like a kid in a candy shop.  I think my que is about to get ridiculously long....

Current Location: work
Current Mood: giddy

What is going on in our society where you can almost kill someone and instead of being like hi, I'm so sorry.  You're response is basically my 5 seconds is more important then your life. 

I'm walking out of walmart, after picking up some fun stuff to make a good-bye gift for a co-worker.  I'm talking to ifritah on the phone.  You all know how walmart is set up the main drag runs along the store and then side rows to park.  I cross the main drag and am crossing the row to get across to get to my car.  When what happens, this white minivan turns past me down the row almost hitting me.  I stare down the row in shock as I  almost go clipped by this van.  I tell ifritah</lj> that I almost got run over, just as the van parks and this woman gets out.  I debate and then decide I'm going to say something as she walks toward me.  Maybe she was oblivoious and didn't relaize that she almost hurt me badly or might have killed me.  She walks up and I put ifritah</lj> on hold and say, "Excuse me, it's not a huge deal now but you almost hit me with your car."  She stops looks at me and says, "Well then you shouldn't have been walking down the middle of the road now should you have."  I just stared at her. I said "Whatever," and walked away.  I couldn't believe the lack of responsibilty or care this person had for another person.  If I had almost hit someone, I would have been apologizing out my ass and felt awful.  This woman wouldn't have cared if my bloody body had been under her tire as she parked her car.  In fact, I probably would have annoyed her that my corpse was jammed under her tire.  I almost wish she had hit me in some respects, because then I could thrown her ass in jail or at the very least sued her ass off.

All I have to say is karma and ask where the hell did people humanity go?  Did they exchange it somewhere to get somewhere 5 minutes faster?

So I thought I would post two extremely exciting things that happened to me today.

1) Our manuscript is officially accepted.  This is the 3rd publication for me.  *dances*

2) I stood up for myself today.  I have a very bad habit of letting people walk all over me in the effort to not start anything or as a nicety.  Today, I put my foot down to getting steam rolled and said hey, this is how it is, deal.  Only more professionally.

*cheers*

*shadow boxes around the room*

Current Location: work
Current Mood: proud

*Begins her mantra*

I will not smash her head into the freezer door. 

I will not smash her head into the freezer door. 

I will not smash her head into the freezer door.

I will not smash her head into the freezer door.

*cries* 

Have I mentioned I hate the biology secretary?

She's cost me hundreds of dollars in botched cell lines that she let die when she let the liquid nitrogen go dry.

Now she's after my -80 freezer.

Why?  Why  gods, why?  Why has she not been fired?

*Goes back to her continued trial in unmovable patience.....*

Not going to work...

*Goes back to her mantra*

*cries*

Current Location: work
Current Mood: worried

  Going to the doctor today.  Which doctor you might ask?  The retarded, awful one I would answer.  *cries*  Just need to make it through and then it's sunshine, pumps, endocrinologists I've heard good things about, cherries and puppies.  Okay maybe not, but that's what I'm telling myself.  What's really sad is I grabbed an old box of the lantus disposal method I want, so I can have a visual representation of the med I want.  Maybe that will help her with figuring out to write prescription for me.  Maybe she's a visual learner.  I know I am!  *sigh*  

I can hear her already too.  

Her:  Hmmm.....
Me:  I'm doing better, see, wrote down all my sugars and what I've been eating.  Oh whoops missed a time or two but over all, see all written down.  Been trying to test more, eat a little better and exercise more too.  Adjust my insulin with his ratio and using an insulin to carb ratio here.  See....
Her:  Still not where I want you to be.  You're not trying hard enough. 


*Cries* 

 

Current Location: work
Current Mood: anxious
Current Music: "Got To Get Through This" - sung by gailadora's brain

 So this weekend and today have been the weekend and one day of books.  On Saturday wondervixen and I found a garage sale of old books.  I picked up 3 books all from around the turn of the century.  

:P  No not our most recent one.  :P
One quote book, one from an author I have heard of but have never read and one that is completely new to me.  I've never heard of the title or author.  

Then again today, the books days continued.  The College of Idaho is having a book sale from their library.  I think I picked up 8 to 10 more books.  Some classics like Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (one of my favorite stories ever), The Red Badge of Courage (also a fav) and Jane Austin's Complete Works.  I also picked up a couple of books I had never heard of but sounded interesting.  A fiction book about 3 woman and different perspectives of a marriage happening in their family.  A biography about explores who seem to had great adventures in egypt.  A fictional story about a man who is retired, sick and goes on an adventure of self discovery.  So this summer will be the summer of dusty books and good literature.  Also if any Boise types are interested, the book sale goes til Thursday.

^_^

 

Current Location: work
Current Mood: cheerful

 http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/berry%20beating%20diabetes_1048407

What the hell!?!  

It's not like one day I can wake up and say, hmmmm, no insulin for me today.  I'll just watch what I eat and go running.  That's not how it works.  Instead of saying, hey, I was miss diagnosed as a Type 1, she's like yep I'm Type 2 now cause I rock.   Talk about sending out a false message!

*grumbles at the dumb diabetic in the public eye*

Halle Berry, you're off the Christmas List!!!

Current Location: work
Current Mood: livid

*runs around in a circle*

We got our R-15 grant!!!!!!

Low funding rate, NIH R-15 and we were a baby m & m's away last year.  This year.  Slam dunk!

Three years of funding and in addition to our current funding.

*spins around some more*

 

Current Location: work
Current Mood: ecstatic

I have a doc appointment today.  Yep that's right, I'm spending more money on this awful doctor to try and get away from them.   Wheeeeeeeeeee......   Good news, I'm taking bobthebarbarian with me to the doc's office.  I figure, either she will behave and just give me the dam reference, or she will be her usual self and bobthebarbarian can say wait, wait, wait a min.  Either way, hopefully it will be a positive in my corner.  I must admit though, I'm really dreading going today.  This is the response I get from myself when I go to the doctor now.  It's like having to take that nasty, nasty cough medicine or like a puppy that realizes that they are going to the vet instead of the park.  I just hope I don't leave her office.... crying.... again...... for what seems like the bijillionth time.  Okay,  not that many but still, too many for comfort.  If I step out of her office with a reference, I will deem the whole experience a somewhat success.

*crosses fingers*

Current Location: work

If I have to hear:  "Oh my god.... you are so.... drunk.... in this pic..."

"I'm so disturbed by this picture... oh my god... you are soooo cute... oh my god... oh my god... oh my god....."

"Oh my god you are a retard".... Okay I added that last one.

A student is sitting in here talking to a student tech and it will be a miracle if I don't pick her up by her "oh my god's" and don't toss her out of my lab right this second.  

Now it isn't her fault that A) she uber annoying or B) that I'm in a horrible, horrible mood.

She can thank my horrible doctor for that.

Yep.  I've decided to go to an endocrinologist after my last wonderful visit where again I left her office in tears.  

So I call them up because I need a refferal to go see the endo.

This is how the convo went.

Me: Hi, I need a referral to go see doctor x, I would like to go see an endo about my diabetes.

The receptionist:  Ummmm, have you talked to the doctor about this.

Me:  A long time ago, but no not recently.

The receptionist:  Ummmmm, k.  Well you are going to have to come in for an appointment to talk to her about it and we need to get some tests done to send to them.

Me: I think I got those done last time I was there.  My A1c and cholesterol, yep have those done, so can I just get a referral?

The receptionist:  Yep, you got those done, but you haven't come in to discuss the results of those tests, so you'll need to come in to talk about them.  

Me: So I have to set up an appointment to go over my results and then talk about a referral.

The receptionist:  Yep.

So I have to go back in that awful place, where she is going to be unrealistic and push me into something I don't need.  Meanwhile, I'm spending around 100 dollars to waste my time, tell me things I already know, and then if she determines it's the best course to give me a referral.  I'm just so sick of this.

I want to scream!

Current Location: work
Current Mood: angry

"I am the owner of my actions, heir to my actions, born of my actions, related through my actions, and have my actions as my arbitrator. Whatever I do, for good or for evil, to that I will fall heir."

Current Mood: pensive

So far, not good.  This day has been awful.  

You know those days that you have to just write off as a lost cause.  Those days where it doesn't matter how much you try, nothing will go right. You know, it takes 150% more effort to just put on your socks in the morning than on a normal morning.  Yep that's today.

Wheeee for nothing going right.  Today just sucks.

Can I be done now?

Current Location: work
Current Mood: defeated

We aren't going to talk about what tomorrow is.   However, today is the last day.  I'm a little sad.  I really do hate this time of year.  I can't wait til the month is over.  

Anyways, in celebration of tomorrow, my friend's and I went out Friday.  I had a great time, ate way too much, had yummy left overs all weekend long.  wondervixen made the most delicious cake ever.  MMMM rainbow chip frosting.  Also my friends and husband spent WAY TOO MUCH money on me this year.   It was really cool what they got me, an x box, guitar hero and rock band.  I spent much of this weekend playing both of those games and running around trying to return my wireless guitar that didn't work and also finding another one to have two.  I must say, it was the only thing I asked for, but boy is it awesome and a ton of fun.  Plus, this weekend I can tell I'm getting a little better.  I'm already to medium on most songs.  Although sometimes it's a breeze and sometimes, it kicks my butt.  Anyways, even though my friends and husband spoiled me way too much, they were all really sweet and I wanted to let all of them know that they rocked and that I love them.  Thank you all.

Anyways, less than 24 hours.  Did I mention I can't wait for this month to be over. 

Current Mood: tired

They can die in a thousand fires for all I care currently.  Metaphorically of course, but argggggg.....

Current Location: work
Current Mood: cranky

So as some of you know, today is my first day of class.  Yep.  I'm teaching a lab today and I'm trying not to freak. 

I'll be teach one lab of cell this semester and some of all the labs like this week and following weeks.  For those of you that don't know, that's what C turned out to be.  A prof at C of I was dismissed Friday, so his cell course and lab went to my boss to teach, who happens to be on sabbatical, and since she has prior commitments, she asked me to teach the labs she will not be around for and wanted to know if I wanted to teach one of the labs this semester in full.  Of course I said yes.  ^_~  But now, I'm nervous.  I hope I don't forget something.  I keep looking over my notes.  I'll look them over again and then leave them for at least 10 min.  *grins*

Current Location: work
Current Mood: anxious

So "Hit Me With Your Best Shot"  by Pat Benatar came on the radio.

Now I want to play Guitar Hero.

*cries*

Current Location: work
Current Music: Hit Me With Your Best Shot - Pat Benatar

So I got low at work.  Hadn't happened in a while and I discovered that my glucose tabs were no longer in my bag.  Now that I reflect upon it, I think they are in my purse.  Anyways, I'm not sure how low I was cause all I did was go into diabetic zombie mode.  Diabetic zombie mode is like a regular zombie, except instead of moaning "brains", you are moaning "food".  However, besides that difference, the similarities are quite shocking.  So I got to the store, I don't remember much of traveling, since it's zombie mode, just a vague memory.  I do remember as soon as I walked into the store, the first thing I actually saw, I bought.  Good thing the first thing I saw wasn't roses and daisies, or else I might be munching on a floral arrangement as we speak.  Nope it was a box of granola bars.  In hand it went.  Then I wandered a bit around the store and headed out.  When I got back, I looked in my bag, tore into my granola bars.  After a minute, as my brain came back online and I quit getting the "I'm sorry you are currently disconnected to the server" error message, I looked down into my bag and found a GIANT bag of candy.  I remember picking it up and buying it.  It just wasn't until that very moment that my brain said, "huh, that might not be the best idea".  I did end up checking my blood after a couple min of granola bar and pieces of candy kicked in, 64 and obviously my brain was the first to shut down.  Thankfully my motor skills and survival skills (zombie mode) didn't shut down.  I don't want to even think about how much I spent at Alby's.  ^^;

Current Mood: crappy