Well it appears as if I'd made it through the 4 day illness that took down our apartment. It seems that Chad is pretty much over it and he was first to get it. I'm not 100% but close enough to do all the things I'm booked to do over the next four days. Jenn should be pretty close behind hopefully!

I was up to 102.6 yesterday and between that and no sleep I was so dizzy yesterday that I was afraid to drive. I called my boss to see if my sickness was something that should keep me away from the food I'd be handling. She said that it was best that I stay home and let her know if I'd make it in today. I was passed out most of the day but felt mostly better when Jenn got home but my head still hurt peculiarly. But I felt that I'd let her down because she went to work despite how she felt and I didn't go in. But I didn't want to drive to work to have her send me home, especially since I felt very uncomfortable driving and anyone who knows me knows that I rarely ever feel that way...I even love driving in lots of snow!

So hopefully this is the end of this illness around here. And I can go back to working my 6 days per week. The one day they're giving me off is Saturday and that's because we have band practice which takes up about 5+ hours with drive time to and from the studio, set up, practice and break down time.

There are a handful of shows that I really want to see in the next couple months that will be in the area but am 90% certain won't make it to any of them due to working 6 days per week now and not having money. What follows is a list of some of the bands: Finger Eleven, Chevelle, Evanescence (all 3 at the same show!), A Perfect Circle, Sister Hazel (wanted to see them forever and Jenn bought us tickets to see them together as her first Christmas present to me) and others.

But now onto some good news! Well it doesn't quite start that way but by the end of this paragraph you'll see what I mean! I didn't hear from the garage before I had to go to work. I called work to tell them that I'd have to take the bus and that the next one I could possibly get would get me there a half hour late...due to having to take two busses each way. She said that she appreciated the headsup. The garage is on the way to the train station where I'd have to catch the bus so I walk past their back alley which is where they put cars when they are finished working on them. I figured that I could stop in if my car was back there and drive to work. No such luck. So I continued walking to the bus. Caught the first bus. Got off at the next bus station and boarded the second bus. Got pissed off at Rob because he kept telling me in a raised angry voice that my boss is a racist because she doesn't like him. I told him that she is always very nice to me and everyone else it seems and the rest of us are white like Rob is. He said that she kisses our asses so that it looks like she isn't racist and it's just him. Well it is just him. A customer got very angry with what he was saying and asked me when a manager would be available. I more-than-gladly told him. I am hoping that any of this gets him fired. I feel so uncomfortable with the way he talks in front of customers because it looks like I am in on the conversation. Luckily that customer realized that I was simply the unwilling sounding board of his frustrations. As it turns out, Rob is probably the most racist person I've come into contact with. And if he's not really...then in the heat of the moment he is capable of saying the most racist things possible. But I eventually managed to calm him down like I usually do. And the last few hours were better again. This happens every night we work together. My illness seemed to get a little worse as my shift went on. I had to leave 20 minutes early to catch the last bus that would get me home. On the second bus home I really started feeling like death warmed over. But on the way home I was able to check my voicemail and I had one that my car was ready! I stopped at the garage (thank god they're open til midnight!) and paid for my car. They actually performed the emissions test so i didn't have to take it somewhere else again like I thought I would! And they got it to pass! They gave it a low emissions tuneup, a new airfilter and two vacuum hoses as the ones I had had some holes. He said that my car is a well-running car and that it should run a little better now. I've yet to experience the stalling problem it had always had. It will be tested today/tonight on my way to and from work. But it does seem to run more smoothly. The parts, labor and testing came to only $163!! So all together the whole ordeal cost us about $235 or so which is the least I've ever had to pay for Inspection/emissions. Although this just reminded me that I have to renew my registration...like...right after i finish this post because my registration technically expired this morning but I'll have proof that it's good again for a year starting today if I do it online.

Okay this is long enough...about matches my average post length hah And I need food and then shower before work. Have a pleasant day!

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This is the first part in a series entitled To Better Know me. You will see all parts available in a special module to the left by the same title. The purpose of this series is to help explain who I am and perhaps why. Might just help you understand other individual posts by me. Perhaps why I see things the way I do or how I react to things the way that I do.

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Part one is a list of things that may be important (and some may turn out to be unimportant) to know about me.

1) The week before my 16th Birthday I was diagnosed with Lyme Disease and treated for it. However, the general rule is that being infected without treatment for 5 or more years will cause your symptoms to become chronic. BINGO! I have so many problems due to this. Some of those problems appear in this list.

2) I have Tremors (there is a more full name that I forget) which affect my hands and on occasions my vocal cords. The Tremors tend to make me seem nervous when I am, in fact, very much not. This makes it fun (sarcastically speaking) to type on the keyboard (generally leads to lots of typos which i've come to backspace before anyone watching would even notice the error) and playing guitar. That's why I play my guitar so often...to try to work out the tremors when it comes to guitar playing.

3) I had my top teeth removed in 2002(?. My memory sucks. Discussed next). Due to a condition whose name I forget the enamel of my teeth simply weakens and makes me teeth extra vulnerable to..well..everything. Plus sports damage over the years didn't help either. This is pretty embarrassing. But it's another part of me.

4) Short Term Memory Loss. I used to have a mind like a steel trap. I could remember anything. Times, dates, places, numbers..whatever. But my memory is quite bad now. I have constantly remind myself of important things at regular intervals or it's gone. I've written stuff on notes to be remembered and then have forgotten where the notes were. It's not always that bad. But it can be. And it's infuriating. Also leads to problems musically...being a lead guitarist when you can't memorize half of the notes that you play. So I generally have to go by feel.

5) I have bad luck with cars. My first one was the best one as far as problems with it goes. But a 70 year old man t-boned me and my poor car with his oversized SUV. That was, however, the only accident I've been in while driving since I got my license. Good to get it out of the way in your first few months driving(?). The rest of the cars I've bought have basically been lemons and end up costing me much more than they should in the long run. And I've bought from reputable places and have had them checked out beforehand. The key is that the problems show up later.

6) One Summer (I think it was 2001) I had, at the same time; a kidney infection, bladder infection, and Urinary Tract Infection. Between those and the incredibly high summer heat I had experienced some of the worst pains I can remember except for one to be mentioned next. This has caused a few long lasting problems that still bother me to today and beyond.

7) I dislocated my kneecap playing roller hockey. Which then ended my baseball career because it was right before the season and once I was out of it for a year and never really got back to the skill level I was beforehand. I can be a jack-of-most-trades but never a master of any and only through a ton of practice can I maintain a level of skill at anything. Well this time off ended my baseball playing. I had played for 15 years. Now don't get me wrong...I never, ever would have played in the Majors. But I could still be playing in some league somewhere.

8) Lastly for this segment... there is a kidney condition that runs in the males of my family on my mom's side. It killed her biological father and his brother atleast. My Uncle Larry nearly died from it about 5 or 6 years ago. And it has forever altered his present times. My Uncle John doesn't have to worry about because he is from my Grandmother's second marriage and it was her first husband's side that it had come down. It causes sudden double kidney failure. A flu-ish feeling leading to excrusiating pain in the back near the kidneys. Perhaps because i was born of a female offspring of his it will escape me completely. But I still try to keep myself in the best shape and health as I can so that if it does happen I will stand a better chance of surviving it. My Uncle barely did. They'd given him a zero percent chance of pulling through. But luckily they were wrong enough. He'd had to undergo dialysis for years until my Grandmother went through all of the tests and was approved as a kidney donor. I keep hoping for the best.

Well that's it for this installment. You've learned mostly bad stuff here but forthcoming parts should be cheerier than this.

Thank you for spending some time with me.

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