This is just horrible...I can't see how anyone could do this to a baby:

Carson GI jailed in baby's shaking injuries

Colorado Springs - A Fort Carson soldier told a Colorado Springs police officer that he shook his 7-week-old daughter and knew he had hurt her when she became non-responsive.

Johnathan Christopher Klinker, 21, a soldier with the 43rd Area Support Group, is being held in El Paso County jail on suspicion of felony child abuse. His daughter, Nicolette Klinker, born Aug. 23, is in critical and stable condition at Children's Hospital in Denver.

Klinker told a nurse at Children's Hospital that he was home alone with the baby on Friday. He fell asleep with her on the couch in the living room after he had taken two Percocet painkillers that were prescribed after recent shoulder surgery, according to an arrest warrant.

Klinker told police the baby was "fussy" when she woke about 9 a.m. Later that day, Klinker and the baby's mother, Amanda Redatsky, drove with the child to Trinidad. The baby vomited when her mother tried breast feeding, and the child was taken to a hospital in Trinidad, then transported to Denver.

At the hospital, Klinker told Colorado Springs police Detective Rebecca Arndt "he held Nicolette Klinker with both his hands and then shook her four to five times. When he did that she became non-responsive and he tried to wake her up because he knew something was wrong," according to the arrest affidavit.

Klinker told the detective he held the girl in his arms and "spun in circles in the living room" and then, with her head in his hand and her back against his arm, he "moved her up and down a couple of times in an upside-down position."

He said he laid Nicolette on the floor, held her hands and pulled her to a sitting position and let her fall to the ground four to five times, striking her head and back, the affidavit says.

He then said he knew he had messed up "and he had hurt Nicki," the affidavit says.

The baby suffered visible bruising to her face, brain hemorrhaging, retinal hemorrhaging and seizures, the affidavit says.

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I am just shocked that one, this happened so close to me...two, a person serving our country could do this to his own child...and three, the amount of abuse that baby suffered. It's just absolutely horrible!

I usually don't illwish on anyone, but I seriously hope this guy gets what's coming to him...if his daughter doesn't die, she's going to have some serious brain damage and I'm sure the worst punishment might be knowing that he messed his daughter up for her whole life...DISGUSTING.

Okay...I'm done now...I hate hearing news stories about cruelty to animals and kids. As much as I like watching the news, it's so depressing sometimes...

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Boss's Day today...we got our bosses some nice, pretty flowers (one got a bouquet of pink roses...one got a bouquet of yellow roses). It smelled so nice over by my supervisor's desk...lol

I wish someone would give me a bouquet of roses...hell, the last time I got one of those was over 2 years ago...I suppose that being the perk of a new relationship. Where did all the romance go?

Looking forward to my trip this weekend :) I'm so excited I get to see all my friends and family again! I'm looking forward to it...quite unbearable!

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Hey, it's back to work day!

Yes, I think I'm a bit too excited about that...well, the more work I get done in the next 4 days, the less I'll have to do when I get back from my vacation.

We're supposed to be 70 degrees today, then tomorrow it's supposed to rain all day...and then Wednesday is when we get our cold front and the snow (with highs of 39 degrees)...you know, it couldn't wait until after my plane takes off and dumps all weekend or something...no, it's going to want to snow the day before I leave. I mean, it would help if the website would tell me how much snow they're predicting, but eh...I guess I'll be watching the news for that. Unlike New York, Denver is well prepared for the snow...and I doubt it will be anything major. They have something like 5 to 10 snow plows for just the airport alone...and they're always good about keeping the roads clear as soon as possible. I'm not worrying.

I feel like a zombie this morning. I fell asleep in my chair last night and about 10pm, my friend called from Renton...so I talked to her for a while. Then I thought I was home free after that...then my mom calls. She was worried about me because I called and told her I was short of breath last night, so she called me on her break at work. Moms...gotta love em! By then, I was just fine...I think it was just a combination of me eating too much food and then trying to get up and walk around...I was incredibly full (almost like I was gonna explode)...and well, the baby in there isn't giving me much room to spare for filling my stomach. Anyway, after those phone calls...I got my second wind or something because I was up until 11:30 doing absolutely nothing! I was watching crap shows on TV...and then I went to read in bed for a while...I mean, I didn't have to be doing those things...but I was.

Believe me, I suffered this morning...the alarm went off at 6:30 and I really did not want to get up. SNOOZE BUTTON!! Slept for a measly 9 more minutes (for some reason, the snooze button is 9 minutes...go figure) and then I eventually got up. I screwed around for another 20 minutes brushing my teeth and my hair (most of it consisted on sitting at the computer) and then I ended up leaving the house late...got to work 1 minute late...and the vicious cycle is now beginning. What else will I be late on today?

WELL...gonna go get my hot cocoa, eat some more candy (I have to eat this "breakfast" food)...and then it's busy I shall be...ugh...lol

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My belly button is starting to pop out and it's the nastiest feeling! It's not that it feels like anything, I just don't like it...My belly button is an innie, not an outie and I'd like to keep it that way! This one I can fully blame on the baby...if he'd quit getting bigger, this wouldn't be happening...lol

I tried cleaning my house, but I'm so out of breath. I get winded walking across the apartment to my damn kitchen...let alone trying to get the laundry in and out of the washer and dryer, trying to clean up the living room...ugh, I'm just going to take it easy. Hopefully Brian can help me out when he comes over tomorrow. I just have no energy AT ALL to do this.

20 minutes or so until the Bronco game...counting down the minutes! It just needs to start so I can lounge in my recliner...lol

Ugh...and I should probably pack for my trip. Since I'm leaving Thursday, I'm still not packed. I swear, my picture should be next to procrastination in the dictionary. I think I'm going to pack light though because one, all those stupid restrictions on the damn plane...and two, I don't think I can carry all that stuff. I'm gonna bring a small bag or something so I can put a book in it, maybe my iPod. When I get off the train and down in the concourse, I will then be able to buy a damn bottle of water...so that's it. I think I'm going to see if Brian will be nice and let me borrow his laptop...and then I can watch a movie on the plane ride :)

But yup...nothing else. Tomorrow work...ugh...not looking forward to it, but who ever looks forward to work???

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Sunday has been okay, thus far.

Went to work for about 4 hours this morning...dropped by Brian's work and had lunch with him...now it's how to do the laundry and pick up my shit hole before the Denver Broncos play the Oakland Raiders.

Me being curious...looked up price of a ticket to go see the game today...and I was shocked (well, not really)...they want $367.50 for 1 ticket, on the third level...then they want to tack on $9.25 for some handling fee. NO THANK YOU...I'll stay at home and watch it on my TV :) Oh, that search was for the best seat still available...could you imagine how much the tickets are down in the lower levels?

This should be a great game tonight though...the Denver Broncos and the Oakland Raiders are bitter rivals...and you better believe that this game is going to kick ass.

Anyway...my hands hurt from pulling files and sorting through paper for 4 hours this morning.

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I'm up late...

I didn't do everything on my list yesterday (does this really seem like a surprise for me?)...but I did do the most important things! I changed the headlights fixed in my car...and I got the haircut.

There were no good movies out, so we didn't see one...we ended up walking around Flatirons (it's a mall...it called Flatirons because it's right on the Flatiron mountains...sort of) instead. Then, I drove out to Hobby Town where Brian looked at some game thingies...then we drove to the Westy Mall for nothing since the store we were going to wasn't even there anymore. THEN, we went to the pumpkin patch and I got a pumpkin. We're gonna carve it probably next weekend or something after Melissa gets her pumpkin. After that, we went to the Olive Garden where we had Dr. Peppers and pasta (yes...no wine tonight folks)...then on the way back to Brian's house, I had to go to Borders (because I'm a bibliophile)...then it was back to my house where I was exhausted.

Ugh...equally long day with different things.

I'll be working today (Sunday) for a little while...overtime is peachy keen, I say...so, if I plan on getting up early and doing that, I best be getting off to slumber land, don't ya think?

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It is now Saturday...and I am eating a bowl of cereal...yummers. My generic brand cereal is the best (and not to mention CHEAP...which is a plus)...so to be more specific, I'm eating the rip-off honey nut cheerios for half the price.



But, moving right along...this would be me my agenda for today:

1) Going to Brian's house at around 1 or 2
2) Going to get a haircut
3) Going to buy a bulb for my headlight (yesterday was a nightmare...)
4) Going to a movie at the Westminster Promenade
5) Brian's sick...so I'm going to drop him off and then go home

Sound like an entertaining day, eh...hehe...NOT...I shall elaborate.

My haircut should go smoothly. I wish I had time to get highlights in it, but I suppose I can do without. I don't want to keep Brian there all day...and I'll go some other time (since it's mostly a girly thing anyway). I think I'm just going to get it trimmmed and all that fun stuff so I don't look like trash when I go home next weekend because I'm sure everyone's going to want to take TONS of pictures. Probably the last time they're going to see me without a baby. I wish my family didn't live so far away from me!

Well, the bulb situation for my car sucked major. One, at lunch yesterday, I had some lady come out and help me with my car as I knew it would be a major bitch...damn Volkswagen. We pop my hood and it looks like the bulb should just pop out...haha, that was so far from the case. We sat there for 5 minutes trying to figure out how the hell it came out. We couldn't do it...so, I was like "thanks anyway...I'll just go buy it and get someone to help me later." I go down to Checker and I'm in the aisle with all the bulbs and there's 3 fucking kinds that I had to choose from...like I know which one goes in my car?! I had a choice between 4-way High Beams, 4-Way Low Beams, and then 2-Way High/Low Beams...the manual might as well have been in another language because it doesn't explain what the hell any of that means. Every single person that worked there was occupied, so I was like...screw this...and I drove off vowing to do it another day (and that would be today...because with my luck, I'll get pulled over right away for having a headlight out).

The movie...I think Brian wanted to go see the Grudge 2 only because he probably thought it was funny when we went and saw the first Grudge in the theater. I would prefer a different movie, but I'm not going to complain. Any movie I don't have to pay for, I'll just watch, ya know. It's really sad when the Jackass Movie is getting better ratings than a somewhat legitimate movie. Oh well...Jackass is funny.

But yeah...now I'm done with my cereal and I am going to go jump in the shower. Best to not have nasty hair when you go get it cut...hehe

EDIT:

At some point in this day, I'm going to go to the Denver Public Library and get my library card...hehe...why is this so exciting for me? I don't think I'll ever know.

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Yeah...Friday is finally over...granted, I had to spend an extra hour and a half at work tonight, but it's finally done! I'll be back there on Sunday (my normal day off)...but oh well. It happens sometimes.

Yes...enough about work though because it sucks...

Is anyone familiar with the Devil's Dictionary? I love this site...it gives me great enjoyment (as I am as sarcastic as they come)...and this dictionary is just chalk full of these sarcastic definitions. Here is one that I particularly enjoy:

rapper
1. an overproduced ghetto poet.
2. a salesman of hypnotic, inane self-absorption and rationalizations of depravity; one who believes strongly in oneself, one’s temporary clique of party-time friends, and, sometimes, God; a glamorized asshole.

I especially love this one (and it rings close to home if you've ever used this program)...

AOL
1. an ISP which is chiefly useful for losing tremendous amounts of data and denying even the most basic connections while charging the most premium of rates; proof that gross incompetence and popularity are not mutually exclusive.
2. a missed keystroke, a typo of SOL.

Makes me wonder if they've improved since we attempted to quit using them and them telling my mom on the phone that she didn't want to cancel service and then hanging up on her.

Well...I feel like posting another picture of Colorado (once again, I did not take this picture...if I got that close to a bear, I'd be NUTS):



I love how there's never a bad picture of Colorado...if only I could take pictures like this...lol...then I'd be a photographer

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