Since Monday night the family has been on sick watch. It started with Boopie Monday night around 8:00 PM. Then Ktreva started getting sick sometime in the middle of the night. I started Tuesday morning.

I'm going to save you all the details, but I really could go with out the abdominal cramping and two way exiting of any substance I happen to eat or drink.

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Well, I did it. Last night I went and shaved off all of the facial hair. Now, I'll be honest I've had mixed reactions. First I have Clone, "Daddy, you look fancy." I don't know where that came from, but okay! I'm not arguing with a five year old.

Boopie just laughed at me and said I looked like a dork. Ktreva told me that I looked about 15 and that she liked me better with facial hair. That was between bouts of laughter.

At work this morning, for the short time I was there before having to get get Clone, I had mixed reactions. Everything from, "Did you lose a bet?" to "You look like younge." Some said they liked it, but I think they where just being nice. No, I agree. I think I look like a bigger dork.

See, I've had facial hair for pretty much all of my adult life. I started growing a mustache in High School and I kept it through college. I shaved it off for a short period of time when I did my internship, but grew it back. When I worked in Law Enforcement I couldn't have a beard , so as soon as I left that field I actually grew one. I had that for a while, but decided I didn't like it, so I shaved it down to the Goatee. For those of you that have met me, you'll recognize me in this picture:

It's not the best picture, but it gives you an idea. That is the facial hair I've sported for the last 10 years of my life. Usually shorter and better trimmed, but it was always some variation of that.

What I had for years took me less then 5 minutes to get rid off. I trimmed it down and then completely shaved. My upper lip not having seen a razor since 96.

If you want to see how dorky I look now... just go to the extended entry. more...

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1 You do look like your 15 bwahahahaha

Posted by: Quality Weenie at April 24, 2008 11:57 AM (uHRYR)

2 maybe I should shave my facial hair....?

Posted by: AWTM at April 24, 2008 12:22 PM (f726z)

3 Umm yeah you remember when I shaved a few months back? Reaaaaly not sure which of us is scarier

Posted by: Shadoglare at April 24, 2008 12:29 PM (Volhe)

4 I think it looks nice! Change is good!

Posted by: Richmond at April 24, 2008 12:56 PM (PN4cx)

5 I think I looked scarier with the facial hair. With out it, I look like a cherubic 15 year old. Richmond, thanks for saying so. But I know that you're lying to be nice.

Posted by: Contagion at April 24, 2008 03:08 PM (f5Co1)

6 Caaann'tttt.........gasp!!!........ .....Stop....................gasp!!!!....... ...........Laughing...........gasp!!!!!...... literally ROTFLMAO-TTCMB Aren't you just just a sweet little thing. Dork. O yea. Thats right. I called you a dork. What are you and your pinchable little cheeks going to do about it? *rolls away laughing*

Posted by: Petey at April 24, 2008 03:44 PM (tmnSV)

7 I say we take a vote on whether you should grow the facial hair back. My vote is grow it back. Sorry but I'm with Ktreva, you look better with facial hair. And yes I'm still laughing at the pic!!

Posted by: red at April 24, 2008 07:27 PM (Xw6pC)

8 Ummmmmm yeah not exactly the kinda scary I was talking about

Posted by: Shadoglare at April 24, 2008 08:02 PM (G/H+i)

9 "With out it, I look like a cherubic 15 year old. Yep. You do...... ;-) Start takin' your ID with you, you're SO gonna get carded!!

Posted by: Tammi at April 25, 2008 04:28 AM (pKwEP)

10 And thusly lies the reason I will not have my picture taken without my beard. You sorta look like a dude we arrested last week at a Krispy Kream though....

Posted by: BloodSpite at April 25, 2008 07:00 AM (dl14p)

11 Kaufhing toi hsrd to tupe....

Posted by: That 1 Guy at April 25, 2008 08:25 AM (ueSyz)

12 You like like a pre pube Hobbit!

Posted by: Bruce at April 25, 2008 05:31 PM (82bY/)

13 Holy crap!! Grow it back. Grow it BACK!!! You don't want Ktreva arrested for statutory, do you??

Posted by: Mrs. Who at April 25, 2008 07:46 PM (mkt/e)

14 .... wow.... what a complete difference!.....

Posted by: Eric at April 27, 2008 07:04 AM (g02Hg)

15 All you need is braces!!! The outdated, dusty tux, with a side of overly large fake flowers for your eighth grade dance would help too. LOL!!!

Posted by: dragon fly at April 27, 2008 11:15 AM (j4VM3)

16 No offense, dude, but you look like my lesbian cousin.

Posted by: og at April 27, 2008 03:14 PM (Sewtu)

17 LOL - so how long with this last? I'm guessing until someone pats you on the head and calls you "boy".

Posted by: Teresa at April 27, 2008 04:39 PM (EPWWA)

18 I think change is good. You look fine!

Posted by: oddybobo at April 28, 2008 07:25 AM (mZfwW)

19 who is the 15 year old nerd boy? DAMN dude. Wow. But I like it.

Posted by: caltechgirl at April 28, 2008 11:52 AM (IfXtw)

20 My good friend, Tell them that they can all kiss your rosey red...... Wait a minte thats your face. Sorry!!! Just kidding it looks fine, not that bad, good on you? Ok different. wil

Posted by: wi at April 29, 2008 10:26 AM (u+Qbj)

21 Just gave me something else to hassle ya.

Posted by: Jim at May 02, 2008 01:57 PM (snjAi)

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I'm home watching Clone. As I sat here on the computer playing a game I got a phone call from Apple Computers. They had a question about an order I had placed. Well I hadn't placed any orders with Apple, especially for an Iphone or case.

I called my credit card company and verified the charges where on there. They were great and took the charges off, canceled my account and are going to re-register a new one to me.

I'm not sure how they get the card number they did, we don't use it. I'm not sure why they gave Apple all of my information, I'm so confused right now that I'm not sure what is going on.

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We had an earthquake lastnight? Well apparently we did, that's what everyone is talking about today. I wouldn't know it happened at 4:37 AM. At that time in the morning I'm sleeping. Apparently it was noticeable, but with the way Ktreva tosses and turns, if I did wake up, I probably just throught it was her.

According to the Rockford Register Star:

An earthquake centered in southern Illinois rocked people awake across the Midwest early today, surprising residents unaccustomed to such seismic activity.

The quake just before 4:37 a.m. was centered six miles from West Salem, and 66 miles west of Evansville, Ind.

Initially pegged as a 5.4 earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey revised its estimate to give it a value of 5.2....

...The quake shook skyscrapers in ChicagoÂ’s Loop, 230 miles north of the epicenter, and in downtown Indianapolis, about 160 miles northeast of the epicenter.

I just want to know why is it that when we have an Earthquake around here, it always happens in the middle of the night?

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I finally got a call from the Doctor's office regarding my MRI results. There is some really good news, it doesn't look like I need surgery! YEAH!

According to the Doctor, the MRI didn't show any fractures or torn ligaments and tendons. They said I have a really bad sprain of the ankle and foot compounded by what appeared to be signs of a dislocated ankle that had corrected itself.

I'm supposed to stay off of it for the next couple of weeks, take it easy, don't do any heavy lifting. They said I can take ibuprofen for pain and ice it as necessary to reduce the swelling. Well, anyone that knows me knows that I'm going to follow the doctor's orders to a T.

Now if you'll excuse me I need to go unload the water softener salt from the back of the truck, go through the re-enacting gear and see if I can finish cutting up that tree in the back yard.

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Yesterday is a day that will forever go down in my book as one of the worst days ever. It started off nicely enough but things took a turn for the worse quickly.

It all started while I was in a morning meeting, just after the meeting started one of my employees came into the conference room and advised us of an emergency. An employee that doesn't report to me had collapsed at her desk. Her supervisor, another and the managers went to check on her. The rest of us stayed in the conference room to finish the meeting. We paused for a moment when the ambulance arrived and then continued on. A couple of minutes later when it left with in minutes of arrival lights and sirens we knew something bad had happened. Usually when we have an incident the ambulance arrives, they stay for about 15 minutes prior to leaving and they leave rather slowly.

Upon leaving the room we were hit with the information that the employee had passed out at her desk, was having trouble breathing and they had issues finding a pulse. They had put an AED (Automatic Emergency Defibrillator) in order to find a heart beat. About an hour later our office was hit with the news that the employee had died. Most of the day was spent trying to comfort and support an emotionally devastated staff.

Then last night around 9:45 my phone rings. There is breathing on the other end and I have to say hello twice before I get anything. It was my mother. She was calling to say that she wasnÂ’t feeling good, she was rather incoherent and wasnÂ’t completing sentences. Then we were disconnected. I jumped off of the couch, grabbed my keys to head to her house as fast as KtrevaÂ’s van could take me. While in route I called her back to see if I could get specifics and to see if I needed to call 911. I thought maybe Dad was out and she was alone having problems.

When I called her back she told me she was heading to the hospital, Dad was driving. She handed the phone to Dad and he told me she was having chest pains and was complaining of not feeling good. They told me not to head over as there wasnÂ’t anything I could do at this time. So I turned around and went home.

Through out the night and this morning I received news that she was being admitted and that they were running tests. This morning Dad tells me that no matter what happens, Mom is not going to be working for the rest of the week, which is to be expected. He also told me that mom was stable and that the doctor was in checking on here and preparing to run some more tests to make sure everything is okay.

Needless to say, not much sleep last night.

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I'm off to get the MRI on my foot. Here's to hoping for a really bad sprain.

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I went to the doctor today to follow up on my foot. He's pretty sure it's not broken, but he thinks I may have done something even worse. I may have ruptured a ligament. Tomorrow I get to schedule an MRI to see if this is the case. If I did rupture a ligament, that means surgery and rehab and could end up meaning I have to take a couple of months off of re-enacting. BAH! On the other hand he also said that if that's not the case I may have just sprained it really bad and that all I need to do then is stay off of it for a while. I'm hoping for option number two.

Oh and just in case you didn't notice, I created a special section in my side bar to give credit to those of you that have donated beers to my reviews. May the gods smile upon you!

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