Good morning!

I'm feeling much better today...the first day was a bitch. The post-op instructions said that I could return to work when the pain subsided, but considering how physical my job is, I think I'll take a few days off to be sure that I don't pop a vessel or something worse.

I moved to Georgia in 1994 and I've had some sort of surgery every other year since then. First, I had my gall bladder out, then I had brain surgery, then, cancer in the female area, a non-malignant tumor had to be removed from my right boob and finally the cancer that almost did me in, the parathyroid cancer. That was worse than the rest of them combined and Rick's little affair with the trailer trash bimbo was just what I needed right then. The surgery from that cancer was in 2004 and I was worried all last year that I might have some painful thing happen that required surgery. I did need it...but since I screwed up the dates, I broke the curse and didn't have that surgery until 2007. So, I'm not sure if I broke the curse or if I just changed my surgeries from the even years to the odd ones. I can't wait to see what happens next.

My daughter got the money I sent her...that was cool because I have never done a wire transfer before and I was afraid that the cash would be lost in the matrix forever. I hope that makes her life a bit easier for a while anyway.

She promised to send me a California care package...I'll be looking forward to that! Then, as soon as I can I'll fly out to visit with her for a while soon...I hope. I haven't seen her since last spring and I miss her something awful. But, I"m porud of her and her job. It doesn't pay very well but it will look great on a resume and after a year there, she will be able to get a job anywhere in the world.

I was speaking to a friend of mine last night and she told me that her boyfriend was becoming a total jealous freak...with no reason whatsoever. I think that would be a nightmare relationship. The guy spys on her and starts an argument everytime she wants to do something that doesn't include him. She had a friend who had a wedding shower and her "boyfriend" freaked that he couldn't go to that! He was sure that the shower was going to have male strippers and although it didn't...it wasn't any of his business. I will never understand people who are so insanely jealous for no reason at all. Like most freaky people, he didn't show that side of himself for a good while. He ingraciated himself into her life and slowly learned enough about her to be able to learn things about her that she doesn't want anyone else to know. Now, she's afraid that if she broke up with him, he would do whatever he could to get her in trouble with her job. He has even said that if she beaks up with him, he would "rock her world."

Why would anyone even want a person who is only with them out of fear that they will ruin her life? She doesn't love him, she doesn't even like the fool at this point. But, she is stuck in a relationship that she can't get out of. They were happy for the first few months and she enjoyed his company, thought he was so very kind and loving. Then, out of nowhere, he started acting like a jack ass and now she's worried that he will ruin her life if she did anything that didn't include him...much less break it off. So, basically, she is in a relationship prison and she hates him more and more every single day.

If anyone out there has any advice regarding how to get out of a relationship like that, I'd love to hear it. She is starting to set up an escape route...she's already told her boss that this guy is threatening to "tell lies to anyone who will listen" if she dumps him. She's waiting for the boss to say, "Don't worry...we wouldn't believe anything that the idiot said."

These types are so dangerous...they can actually trash a person's life if they wanted to do it. So, remember to date a person for a good while before letting them in on any aspects of your life that you wouldn't want broadcast to everyone that you know. It's a shame that we can't keep files on the creepy people so that others would be aware of them and their dirty tactics...but we can't. We just assume that most people are normal...especially if we find them attractive. There isn't much else that could make someone despise a person more than one who would hold them hostage in such a hideous manner.

Oh well...I certainly have learned a bit about people in general listening to my friend! Oh, she has even tried to do things that would get him to dump her but he doesn't seem to care about anything that she does as long as she doesn't leave him. How pathetic.

Well, I've been sitting up long enough...it's time to take a couple of pain pills and put the ice pack back on. I got a movie for Christmas called Snatch and I think now is a good time to watch it. So...I will!

You guys have a great day and I'll be back after a while.

See ya,

Meg