Shoulders Back?

So my "mouse shoulder" is acting up again. And I just can't get this new desk adjusted correctly so that I can sit without moving it too much. I wonder if something like: http://www.shouldersback.net/ would help or since I'm cheap, a strategically figure-8'ed ace bandage? I would go back to the acupuncturist but it's so darn expensive and insurance only covers acupuncture for treatment or nausea and vomiting associated with certain medical conditions or osteoarthritis of the knee or hip. How lame is that? Very, if you ask me. I wonder if flex spending money can be used for acupuncture. Something I probably should have looked into before I enrolled for next year's benefits.

Yeesh what a day!

So I make Jeff leave the farm immediately after church so I can get back for a little trail ride that some folks at the barn were planning. Jeff planned to bring the brown pickup back to the cities so he could bring the trailer back to the farm next weekend. The other boarders at the barn ran out of spots in their trailers so I convinced Jeff to let me take the truck and our trailer. It was a gorgeous day and a pretty good ride despite the sweating from Cody constantly trotting to keep up. But on the way home right before the intersection in Rosemont we blew the front passenger tire on the pickup. Jeff left work to come out and help and the barn owners came out with their pickup to get the horses and the trailer. Jeff limped the truck to a parking lot where we can hopefully get a new tire tomorrow. But ug, not the way to end a good trail ride that I had to fenagle to get to in the first place. On top of all that I left all my stuff, like my purse, in the truck that Jeff had to collect for me. He's back at work trying to finish up some stuff and I'll hopefully not burn down the house when I make supper.

Organization

Interesting ideas found on the interweb:

"I have a box, all these miscellaneous things I cannot find a place for go in that box, the rubix cube, presents from grandma, etc. I have another box along side of it, if I use something from the first box, it moves into box number two. About twice a year, anything that has not made it into box two is thrown out, and the cycle repeats. Just saw it as an interesting method for all the other organizers out there."

I wonder if this conflicts with a "one touch" method of keeping things in the house organized? Of course it all conflicts with my method of leaving everything just laying around wherever.

More than just a phone

Just to prove that my weekend didn't revolve around my phone here's a blog post. While we did get new phones on Friday and getting mine set up seems to be an ongoing activity we also went out to the farm. Saturday we went out to South Dakota for Matthew's birthday. We got him a small compound bow so we spend the afternoon shooting that followed by some ice cream. Sunday after church we had the buffet at PKs and then dropped some stuff off at the cabin and drove around Gary trying to find a horse trailer we saw an ad for. We didn't find the trailer and then found out it had sold anyway. We were going to stop on the way home and look at another trailer that was supposedly in St Paul only to find out it's in Somerset. So we're maybe going to see that one tonight instead.

My phone still hates me, I'm trying to figure everything out but every time I try and send a message it gets sent twice and photo messages don't always include the photo. I have no idea what the deal is with that but it's very frustrating.

Titles escape me

To recap: I almost got a horse trailer, then not. Jeff almost got a new pickup, then not. We almost got iPhones, then not.

We took down a grain bin last weekend. Looked at a horse trailer, made an offer, offer accepted, waited a day, someone else made a better offer, no trailer.

Jeff's birthday is today. I got him some SCUBA stuff. Probably going to the farm this weekend. Maybe going out to SoDak to celebrate Matthew's birthday. Supposedly getting new phones tomorrow. ATT has absolutely no service in Canby but we were going to switch and get iPhones anyway. When Jeff called to bitch to Verizon about his crappy phone and the crappy service and to find out when he could cancel without paying the crappy cancellation charge, they gave him two new phones for free. So Jeff got a Blackberry Storm and I get a Samsung Omnia (5MP camera w00t). I told him to call the bank and get some free money too.

We're doing some cabin-ing a week from now. Then a week from that is some Kayaking with cousin Cody and Amy and Brad.

Tonight is my last class for WCR for Summer Session. I get 4 glorious weeks off before Fall Session starts. Though I have to write rider progress notes in that time.

The mini was in the shop yesterday. Boy are they nice to me now. One of the rally lights had stopped working, turns out it was a loose wire. Of course it would be foolish of me to think I could get out of there with the car fixed and no issues. They took of the magnetic rock guards to wash the car and then lost them. So after much running around they finally just gave me new ones. Really? Does everyone that goes to Motorwerks have this much trouble and if not why am I the lucky one that gets the brunt of it?

Weekend Update

Since I slacked on twitter/status updates this weekend I'll recap in a nice little blog post. Ooo so lucky you are! My phone always seems to die when I get to the farm and my car won't charge if it's not running. Next phone I think I'll get an extra wall charger or two.

Friday the family met at the Glockenspiel for dinner. Sadly the Wienersnitzel was disappointing. I tried blood sausage which was ... different. Next time I'm getting the Jagersnitzel. After dinner we drove out to the farm.

Saturday was mowing day. I mowed the farm and then went down and mowed our property. Too much mowing. I like mowing as much as the next guy but when we end up moving out there, some of that mowing is going to the horses! Also kitties, baby kitties. The cat that the niece and nephew brought out to the farm was apparently not the boy kitty they thought it was because now there are 2 little 4 week old babies in the hay shed. They aren't too excited to be held and after I tortured them by petting they won't come out any more :( One is solid black and small and the other is a black tuxedo kitty. If they stick around for a while we'll get around to naming them. We put out food and milk and someone (probably mom kitty) gobbled it up. Saturday after some PKs pizza we went out to the softball fields for some beers and a band. They had some big tournament and were partying it up in to the wee hours. Unfortunately it was freezing out and we were tired so we didn't stay very late, maybe that was fortunate.

Sunday was church, dinner, some hanging out, and a trip out to the cabin to try and put the dock in. At least it wasn't as windy as last time but it wasn't quite warm enough to inspire me to swim. Jeff is thinking of having a few people out to the cabin in August sometime, hopefully it'll be warm by then!

Night Driving

So I've claimed for a long time that I cannot see when I drive at night. Unfortunately my eye test did not prove much as far as supporting that theory. Additionally I can usually sleep in the car with no issues but on Friday, with Jeff driving, I kept dozing off and then waking up startled thinking that I was driving. Perhaps it's from the last time I drove home from the farm, I did doze off for a second and was headed right toward a mail box. I woke up in time and didn't hit it but wasn't terribly thrilled with the situation to say the least. So last night we have to drive Jeff's parents truck to the cities along with my car. I was doing pretty good for a while and wasn't tired. But I just couldn't see where I was going and I'd have to slow down a lot and then Jeff was super far in front of me but not far enough away that I could use my brights to see where I was going. Then it just felt like every turn I took I was going to go in the ditch or ever oncoming car that passed I was going to hit. So that just led to me be super nervous and a nice white knuckle death grip on the wheel not to mention my back is still not 100% so being tense was not helping matters. I finally had to stop in Cologne and we left the pickup there and Jeff drove the rest of the way home. I'm feeling pretty stupid for not being able to drive just the hour that was left but thinking I'm going to drive in the ditch for the 2 hours prior was taking it's toll. We have to drop the pickup off in Mound tonight anyway so we'll go pick it up later. In the grand scheme of things we saved a bit of gas since Cologne is closer to Mound than Farmington (I think). But still, ug.