Tuesday, August 29, 2006

A quick update...

So...life goes on...and here I sit waiting for yet another storm update...Yepper...this one is T.S. Ernesto...shouldn't be anything to worry about, but the inconvenience of waiting...are schools open or closed?...will we lose power? I don't know...but at this time tomorrow...I should be in the middle of it all...they say it will be east of me...but if it keeps jogging to the west, well...who knows...Its always a wait and see, until its right on top of us...but I should be fine, cuz...as we all know, I'm in an undestrucible mobile home...lucky me...(Note the sarcasm???)
As for the 2996 Tribute for 9-11...as of 8-28-06 they had reached their goal!!! ALL 2996 victims will be paid tribute...so that is awesome!!!

And that's about it for my end...I have alot to do, and as usual, not enough time to do it in...I hope everyone stays safe...and has a great week...And hopefully, I will be back soon...if I don't lose power...LOL...take care everyone, and again...thanks to everyone for the thoughts and prayers...it means so much to me...
Kirsten

Sunday, August 27, 2006

Just wanted to say thanks....

Thanks....
Just a really quick post...Just wanted to say thanks guys....You really made things alot easier for me...it always helps to know that people care....It makes a difference...the hugs, prayers and thoughts will always mean alot to me...

I am doing okay...It is definately alot harder than I thought it was going to be...Losing a parent is hard...but this was the second time for me...I always have in the back of my head now, that I don't have any parents anymore....Its really just bizarre...Thankfully, I have my "other" mother...or inlaw...I hate to call her my mother in law..but technically, she is...but anyways...thankfully, I still have her....But...you know....

But...seriously..I have to clean this house...my hubby is only gonna let me play the "grieving card" for so long before he gets annoyed that the house is a wreck....LOL...I know...I'm bad...but if I didn't find the humor in all this, I think I would just go insane...and lord knows, my mother wouldve found humor in alot of it....so...Im gonna clean the house...and get on with living life....Its not soo bad...right?...anyways...I just wanted to let ya all know that Im doing well and I appreciate each and every one of you....

Thanks..
Kirsten

Wednesday, August 23, 2006

Saying goodbye...


Virgo -
Take a break from your daily routine and veer off the beaten path today, dear Virgo. The world will turn with you for a day, so feel free to tune out for a while. Remember that whatever path you decide to take is the right path. Regret is a useless emotion - don't even bother with it. Enjoy the present day and all the small joys that it has to offer. Communicate your dreams. Concentrate on balance.

I'm glad my horoscope has given me permission...Today...I need a day to tune out...My mom passed away this morning...Yes..I knew it was going to happen...Regrets?...No...but does it hurt?...I didn't think it would hurt as bad as it does...

So...there it goes....And the real kicker is, that life goes on...but today...it stops...at least for a little while..as I remember being a little girl..and we loved each other...so much...
Goodbye mom...I do love you...

Monday, August 21, 2006

Life is ongoing........

Well..it's been awhile since I updated...sorry about that...I just have been dealing with shit that I don't know how to deal with...
My mom is dying. We took her off life support of Friday. Well, I thought they did. Apparently, they just took her off of the vent. They continued her treatments, as in, blood thinners, antibiotics and the like...Which is definatley something she wouldn't want. Saturday, they did end up taking everything else off, when my sister brought in her DNR. But, she's still hanging in...They have her on a continuous morphine drip, to keep her out, and comfortable..Her diagnosis was cancer. Adrenal, and lung. The cancer is so bad, there is no treatment. And even if there was, my mother wouldn't take it.
I am sad. Of course. I have talked about this before...so I won't go over it again, but..It's true. Im sad..Im sad that she has to die this way...I am sad that my sister is having to do this by herself. Could I make it easier for her? Yes, I probably could. I could be there with her..supporting her...But, Im here..being me. Am I selfish?..probably...Am I scared? Hell yeah...I don't want to see my mother that way...I don't want my last memories of her to be in a hospital bed, dying...I refused to watch my dad, why would I choose to watch my mother? It probably makes me an awful person, but my decision is to NOT see her this way...And, I never regreted it with my dad, Im sure I won't with her, either...I made the mistake of talking to my dad on the phone before he died, because he was in and out...It was awful...my mother is not in and out, she is totally out...So, I don't have to worry about hearing her, and remembering that as my last memory...I have decided this is the way it has to be for me, and that's all I can say..
My sister, on the other hand...Well...she's holding it together, because she has to. She will move down here to be with me when it's all over...Which I am happy about, I guess...I have been without any of my family members around for so long, that it will be hard to adjust..but she's a big girl, and she will start a new life for herself...Which will be good for her...
And that about sums it up...I don't have any thing good to say...I haven't been commenting on your blogs, which, Im sorry...I will get back in the groove...once I get out of this funk....Cuz, I will..that's how I am...aren't I lucky?...and yes, that WAS sarcastic...
Anyways...I don't want to be a total downer, so I will sign off for now...I will be back again, when I am feeling a little better...Take care..
Kirsten

Friday, August 11, 2006

Okay people...THIS IS A CHALLENGE!!!



How can you resist??? Especially after what happened yesterday...Sept 11 could have happened ALL over again...This is a simple request...Just honor ONE victim...One person, who died minding their own business...going to work...This doesn't take away from the rest of people who died in 9-11...its just a blogging thing for the WTC victims this time...Is it really that hard??? I don't think it is...and even if you don't want to do it...which, I guess is your perogotive...Can't you at least just spread the word??? September 11 is one month away..the goal was to have 2996 bloggers honor a victim...they only have half that amount...PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help spread the word...This really does mean something...Do you know that people are forgetting?? There was a recent poll stating 30% of Americans don't even know what YEAR 9-11 happened??? WE SHOULD NEVER EVER forget that day...that year...the worst in our history...Please help spread the word...MGC did...Thats just ONE person from my blog roll...I know your all busy..Just copy my post... I don't care...just help me spread the word...I didn't really think it would be that hard....
And, don't get me wrong...I didn't mean this bitchy...If I came across that way, I didn't mean it to...Im just very passionate about this idea, that's all...anyways...
LOL...Yes, I know...Im a pain in the ass, right?...BUT..that's why ya all love me...lol...take care all
OH...and HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!

Monday, August 07, 2006

A CHALLENGE FOR ALLLLL BLOGGERS!!!!


There is a call that I am sending out to the blog community. I got this from a friends blog. I am asking bloggers to please answer the call to honor those of the 2996 victims of the World Trade Center attack. It is simple and painless. No money is involved at all. Just go to his website and agree to honor a victim of the 9-11 disaster. On your blog create a memorial or some way to honor them. It can be of your own design but must be for them. This is your chance to show your love for your fellow man. Honor those who died innocently.

http://www.dcroe.com/2996/

Go to the sign up now button on the right of the screen and put in your info. Join those on the list who have agreed to join the 2996 Tribute Project. Remember this was a real person that deserves to be honored.

Thank you.

(August 8- Just a thought, but if you do or don't want to do this, maybe whoever is reading this could maybe do a post about this, or even copy this post to your own blog to help spread the word...like I said, every little bit counts...thanks, soo much)

Saturday, August 05, 2006

Its been a long week...

So, first let me start out with thanking MSDEMMIE for being there for me when I dumped my problems on her out of the blue....You were sooo good to me, just being there was helpful when I needed someone...Again, thanks are never enough, but that's all I have, and I am soooo thankful...thank you again...
Now, let me just say that I had drama...and I hate drama...my sister, who lives in Indiana, with my mom called me last Sunday, saying our mom was in the hospital...something about the stent in her leg was blocked, and she had fluid around her heart, that needed to be removed...
Well, then sis calls me on Monday, crying saying that they found a large mass on mom's adrenal glands and that the fluid around her heart was blood, and that the chances of having cancer where high, and that at that point it looked really bad for her...but we would have to wait at least 48 hrs for all the tests to come back...
Well...here it is Saturday...sis calls last nite...moms home, and the tests all came back fine...WHATEVER!!!!
I don't know..I know I have never posted much about my "real" family...the reason behind that is simple...my "real" family sucks...I don't get along with my mother, at all...I mean, I can talk to her, and she writes now and then, but there are alot of issues with us...I don't even know where to begin when it comes to her...I was closest with my dad, and my sis was closest with our mom...when my dad died, things were really hard for me...my mother ended up coming to live w/ me, and my sister decided after thirteen years of marriage and two kids that she is a lesbian and left them all and moved to indian with her girlfriend...at the time, her kids were still pretty young, and their dad was a piece of shit...so, I had issues with that...not that she's a lesbian...I mean, to each his own..but to leave your kids with that father??? yeah...big problem...but I had three young kids of my own, and I had never been close to them, as they lived out of state...anyways..Im rambling...sorry...well, while my mom was with me, she was a BITCH!!! screaming at my kids when I wasn't around, belittleing my husband every chance she got...when I started daydreaming about lacing her coffee with a bottle of her prescription medication, I knew it was time for her to go...It was hell...And, I'm not joking either...I really planned it...her death...now, what kind of person does that make me??? I knew if she didn't get out of my house, she would either literally die, or my marriage would end...She made my husband and kids miserable..how could I let her do that to my family?? how could SHE do this to my family....anyways...that was ten years ago, and after burning pretty much all her bridges, as in alienating herself from all my family members, she landed with my sister in Indiana...and they have been together ever since...ten years now...We, me and my sister, have pretty much mended fences....and as for my mom...We talk..it's always gaurded...like we are strangers...she has written letters to me over the years....disowning me, telling me I was a useless kid...she wished she'd had an abortion...pretty much that kind of stuff...then letters would follow, saying she didn't mean it...she is just stressed out, she doesn't have a life, and that its all my dad's fault, for dying on her...yeah, she's a definate whack job...certifiable...and she is on medication, so, she's gotten better..its just I can't get past it....
Then this past week...all I could think about was, how inconvenient it was for her to get sick now...school is starting, and I haven't gone clothes shopping yet..if she dies, I won't go up there...so MSDemmie, that was what I was struggling with..that feeling of why me?? how selfish I was feeling, and angry at my sister for even bothering me with this...and then, feeling sad, cuz I don't want her to die...I don't want her with me, but I don't want her to die...I don't know if any of this even makes any sense...I probably sound like such an asshole, and a complete ogre of a daughter...I don't know how to deal with this stuff, and I don't know if I even WANT to deal with it...then when they said she was home, I thought...god, why??? I think I was disappointed that she DIDN'T die...god, I AM an awful daughter...
I probably shouldn't even be writing this stuff, anyone who reads this will probably think I am just this awful excuse for a human being...but if I don't get it out, I will just SCREAM!!! I don't know what to do with these feelings, and yeah, counseling is always good, but again, no insurance, so, I have to again do all this on my own....
Anyways, I think I have said enough...I hope I haven't lost any of my blogger buddies over what a terrible person I am...I can't help how I feel, right?? I will be fine...
Just me