Here's whats going on.

Yes... Yes I know. It has been a long time since I updated. I had a bit of a crazy couple of weeks, what with Mom's illness, as well as an unexpected illness in one of my coworkers families, that caused me to need to cover her shift. Not that I mind, but it took up more of my thought processes to keep stuff straight.

It has been several weeks on my low fat/low cholesterol Diet and I'm happy to say that I am down about 15 pounds. No Idea if my cholesterol is lower. I think I would be doing even better if I could figure out how to get some exercise in my schedule. Walking around Walmart with Glory on my back once a week just doesn't seem to cut it. Some bad news from the diet front.

Who knew, but french pressed coffee, while delicious, wonderful, and the best way to make the black brew, raises your bad cholesterol levels. I now own two french presses I can't use. Well, scratch that. I can use them... I just then have to run the coffee through a filter. You see, when you filter the coffee, it gets out the oils that raise your cholesterol. The coffee is still better than filtering alone, but it takes 15 minutes and I miss the grit.

Keep praying for mom.

AUURGGHH

Congratulations to Jared for hedging his bets with TWO definitions. :) And actually if you are driving and you are blindsided, well, that's just it. You were blindsided. So that is the word for that. No, ramsided is when you are hit, or rammed in the side, but you saw it coming. You just didn't have time to react.

In reference to the scream that is the title. I love computers. I really, really do, but the past 3 or so days make me want to be Amish (almost....OK, not really). First on Friday night, I'm thinking, "You know, maybe I ought to back up some of our data, its been awhile, oh well, maybe tomorrow". Saturday morning, the computer wont turn on. At all. So I figure it is the power source, go to micro center in Columbus, find an awesome deal on a power source for 5 bucks. I bring it home, plug it in... Nothing. Apparently the mother board didn't make it to mothers day. So today, after realizing that we just aren't complete without our electronic symbiont, Kris and I purchased a new computer. There are just a few problems. It has Vista, which although I don't like the look of it, hasn't been too horrible yet. I just have to do some searching to find things that I could find almost automatically in XP, and the PC, Mac commercials are somewhat true. ("MAC has issued a salutation, Allow or Deny?)
Secondly, I wanted to install the hard drive from my old computer so I could get the data off of it. After a long painful process, that I don't want to go through the pains of telling(I don't want to get tears on the new keyboard) I come to the conclusion, that I can't without an adapter of some sort, which Jeff told me was the case, but the sales guy at Best buy assured me that I would not need. I also wanted to reinstall our version of Microsoft Office 2003. I call Jeff to get the software key, since it was part of a package that our Church had purchased. I enter it, It tells me that it is not a valid Key. I call Jeff back, we confirm that I wrote down exactly what he said, he then gives me another key. No dice with that one either. Apparently I am going to have to call them tomorrow, and hopefully convince them with the old key, that I am not trying to steal the software, but really own a valid copy. *Beats head against WALL*

But really... I love computers.

Let's take a vote!

I made up a new word today.

ramsided



Lets see if you can guess what it means.

ick....

Busy weekend. I got up at 530am on Saturday to finish my sermon in time to do stuff with family, then on Sunday, I got up at 5 to put together a program for WEEC that I can usually do on Friday. If the company that produces it doesn't have it ready in time, then I have to do it Sunday morning, and I wanted to practice my sermon a few times. The Sermon went well, actually the entire Sunday service was very good. Sunday afternoon, Kris and I went to visit mom. I had been feeling queasy all morning, but just figured I would tough it out. I spent about 5 minutes with Mom when I decide, "Yep, I'm sick", and that I shouldn't be in the presence of someone sicker who certainly didn't need my bug on top of her troubles. I spent the rest of the visit in the bathroom and the waiting room. I didn't go to work today, still running a fever and having stomach issues, although by tonight I am feeling a little better. Going to try to go to work tomorrow. I think I slept 5 hours during the day today and am still feeling tremendously tired. Grrr.

Oh, I had my check up with the Doctor today to see how my liver and gall bladder ultrasound went. He asked if I had ever had mono. I replied that I don't remember having it, but the LAST time they checked my liver for this very problem(high liver enzymes) they told me that I had had mono at some point. He said, that explains it, you have some fatty deposits on your liver and you have had mono, that is why you have high liver enzymes. So... basically the same thing they figured out before. Doesn't seem to be a problem. He is also going to give me two months to bring down my cholesterol. 247 isn't high is it? :) I have already cut fat out of my diet as of two weeks ago. I think he doesn't want to proscribe cholesterol lowering drugs since they can damage your liver, and my liver already has problems. I don't want drugs either, since I don't want to have to bother taking them. Thanks for the prayers for Mom and keep them coming.