Hey, everybody! I'm in Philadelphia, Pa tonight and will be here until Monday when we will return home to the little poopie puppies. We are going to see Bob Weir's band, Ratdog later tonight and maybe Saturday night too, if we can score tickets from someone with some extras. Saturday night's show is already sold out but I did happen to get us tickets for Fri. night. Hey that can be one of my Five Fri. Fun Facts!
We got here to the hotel around 5 am and we're gonna get some zzzzs and get up and go to the show. We got a bunch of friends that are supposed to meet us up here. It should be a lot of fun. I got a new cushion for my scooter, so my butt should be a lot happier. I just hope it isn't too damn cold out there.
I can't wait to get some Chinnese food, it's the best here in Philly! By the way the tooth problem is a whole lot better but I'm still going to the dentist next week!
Be good everybody, I'm going to lala land!!!

I spent my whole day today in pain. The whole side of my head hurt so bad. Monday, I am going to call the dentist. I can’t take this any more. I got too many pains in too many places and if somebody out there can help fix one of those pains then I’m gonna let them do that for me. Besides, I’d like to have my teeth all fixed before the wedding. Maybe I won’t feel so tired all the time too. That would be an added benefit, for sure. Less pain, more energy...I could handle that, yes.
Shawn and I are watching Invasion on my TiVo. That’s some wacked out shit there, aliens invading the people and the hurricane. Shawn used to be scared to watch anything about aliens. But that was when he was a little whipper snapper. Now he has theories about the aliens and what it’s all about. Damn that was the last show of the season. We have to wait until next month to see what happens next. That sucks. My name is Earl is on now. It’s a funny show, even if it does make fun of poor southern folks. Hey, after all, I am a poor southern folk.
Brian went out to a bar with our friend Rick tonight. Rick’s girlfriend is working. I just didn’t feel up to going out tonight, with my jaw and head aching the way it is. I just hope he will be safe. I think he said there was a band playing too. I hope so, he like to hear live music, I mean who doesn’t, right? It does make it more fun, that’s for sure.
I don’t know how long I will stay up tonight. I tried to sleep all day. With my head and tooth hurting like it was, sleeping wasn’t really what I was doing. So I’m already pretty exhausted. I think I will go to bed early. I need to get myself turned around anyhow. Not much time left before the wedding and so much to do. I’ll need to be getting up earlier so I can make phone calls and get things all lined up.
I’ve been sitting here for the last half an hour, trying to think about something to write about but my damn jaw and head hurt so bad, I can hardly think at all much less write about it. I think I will give it up for tonight and just sit back and rest and watch a little TV until bedtime. Sorry I’m being so boring but then again maybe I tend to be rather boring when I am in a lot of pain. Take care everybody and try to enjoy your weekend. It’s not easy being green.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day everybody! May the luck of the Irish be with all of you here on the stream.
Mmmmmmm, Shawn just got through making a cheesy nacho dip with sausage and salsa that was so good. Brian came into the living room and I told him to try some. He says he doesn’t want to eat too much and takes a chip and digs in. And then he takes another one and another and another. I think he really liked it. I know I did and so did Cesar. I dropped a little on myself and Cesar licked up real quick. There wasn’t a trace of it left on me when he was finished and yet he was looking for more.
Brian went to the eye doctor today. The doctor said he doesn’t think that the spot on his eye is an ulcer because it would hurt all the time. He said he thinks it is a scratch and it should be alright very soon. He gave Brian some eye drops and he has to go back to the doctor next week. I hate having a problem with my eyes. When they hurt, all you want to do is rub them and that’s like the worse thing you can do.
I woke up and the next thing I know the whole side of my face is in terrible pain. Shawn brought me some water and my pain killers. I went back to sleep for a couple of hours. When I got up, I felt just fine but then after being up for about half an hour, my jaw and the side of my face started hurting again. I took more pain killers and now I feel better again. I don’t know whether my ear is infected or it’s a bad tooth but it’s really painful. I hate pain.
Here’s my fun Friday facts:
1. I have one tattoo on my arm. It’s a big safety pin with a purple banner across it that says In Memory. It’s in memory of my son, Aaron. His nickname was Safety Pinns or Pinns.
2. My favorite color is purple.
3. I love waterfalls and lakes and large bodies of water, seas.
4. I read tarot cards, my favorite deck is the Osho Zen cards.
5. I live in VA but I was born in upstate NY.

I went for a visit with my Mom before we took off on our little two day adventure. It was good to see her. Her new puppy has chewed up her living room carpet so bad. She told me her friend, Ethel has some furniture and some carpet that my Mom can have if she can get a truck and come get it all. So I am getting a friend with a truck lined up to do that for her. Ethel never wears out any kind of furniture or carpet before she buys new, so I know it will be in good shape and it will make Mom feel so much better.
I guess Shawn has gone out with some friends fishing somewhere. That kid loves to fish and he likes to cook his fish too. He cooked us fried rainbow trout last night for dinner. It was so good. He fixed himself the brown trout that he had caught his own self. He says he can’t wait to go out camping and fishing and be able to build a fire and cook his catch of the day for himself. I think he really loves the fresh fish the best and I can’t say as I blame him, it is the best.
I’m watching Ophra. She’s doing make overs on some ladies and I have to say so far I have seen two women done and they look hot! Wow, they look so good. Come on, Ophra, can’t you do that for me? I want to look hot and sexy and I want to strut my stuff too! Shit, I wish. Oh well, I’m sexy and hot to my Brian and that’s all that matters anyway. I don’t need to be good looking for anyone else. But damn, Ophra got some fine looking black ladies on today, there ain’t no denying that. Naomi Campbell and Iman are so beautiful, like royal African Queens, they are just amazing women. Shit, Iman is the same age as I am. She’s 50 years old! OMG! There is no hope for me, waaaaa, I’m crying like a spoiled little kid now. I am a spoiled little kid. I may not be as beautiful as those ladies are but I’ll bet I’m almost as spoiled as they are.
I’ve been trying to think of my most embarrassing moment but to be honest I’m not really embarrassed by much. But I did think of one time when my oldest son was like a year old. I was babysitting for Aaron’s cousin, Gynn who was about 4 years old at the time. Willie was at work at Hardee’s, a fast food restaurant. My Mom came by and wanted to take me out to look at an apartment cause we needed to move soon but I didn’t have the key to the apartment we were living in. I had to go to the restaurant and get the key from Willie. Well, here I go with Aaron in my arm and Gynn in my other hand and Gynn decides to throw a shit fit right in the middle of the store! Now I can ignore the temper tantrum but it was what she was screaming about that was really fucked up. She started screaming to anyone who would listen that her momma beats her! Omg, no one there knew that she wasn’t my child, so you can just imagine the evil looks I got that day! Geeze, if looks could kill, I’d be hurting for sure! Now she is all grown up and I love to tease her about it. She is so smart, she knew what she was doing to me, I know she did and it didn’t help that she and Aaron looked so much alike they could have been brother and sister! I think my Mom was more embarrassed than I was, she kept telling people that I was just babysitting for the little girl and that she was just upset. Now that I think about it, it was kinda funny. I tried to ignore her, but she only got louder! Silly little girl. Now she has a little boy of her own. I wonder what kind of embarrassing things he has done to her so far. Oh well, what goes around comes around, dear Gynn. I still love her even though she tried to embarrass me like that. She really is a good kid and a great momma too!
We had some really high winds yesterday. The news is talking about it and all the damage it did in the area. We got pretty lucky here. Didn’t have any real damage here. They are showing a lot of trees down and some power is out for some people. Thankfully, the wind has now dyed down and people can clean up. There is a fire ban in a lot of the area too. Here you can’t burn until after 4 pm. It’s so dry out, we really need some rain soon. OK, everybody, get started on those rain dances!
Brian's rash is still bothering him. His eye is all swollen and the red sploches are still in various places. They seem to kinda move around to different places from one day to the next. Very strange. I don't think I have ever seen anything like it before. Poor thing is so suffering with it. He looks all mad and shit and it's just because his eye is so puffed up. He almost looks like someone punched him out about an hour ago or something.
Shawn didn't catch anything today when he went fishing. He called later and told me he didn't have a ride home and he needed a phone number of one of his friends. I gave him Jeff's number and he called him. A little later on, they came home with my boy.
Well, Cesar has gone to bed, so I'd better go too. Got somethings I need to get done tomorrow. Phone calls and appointments that need to be made and perscriptions to be picked up too.
I called Schree and Baby last night. We had a good time talking shit. Them girls are so off the hook, they always leave me with a smile. They sent me a video to freak Brian out with. It was so funny to see his reaction to it. It was some freaky porn shit, real funny stuff, and real strange. He was like oh oh, what the?
Anyway, good night everybody. I'll try to be catching up on everyone's blogs later!

Well, we are back home, safe and sound. We had a pretty good time and we are both pretty tired. We got a late checkout for 2 pm today and so did Charlie and Lois. After we all checked out today, we went over to IHOP for brunch. I got a crab and shrimp omelette and some cheesy hashbrowns. I highly recommend the omelette to anyone who likes eggs and seafood. Mine was really good. I wish I had another one right now, it was so good.
Charlie and Lois gave us a tiny tie-dyed baby tee-shirt for little Cesar. He looks so cute in it. I need to take up the neck on it in the front because he’s not shaped quite the same way as a little human baby is shaped. I tried to pin it with a small safety pin, but it didn’t really work very well. But he still looked so cute in it.
When I got home, Shawn went over to my Mom’s and got her puppy, Angel and brought her over for a little visit. She’s a pretty little pup. She’s part lab and part chow. She’s all black. I think she is about 2 ½ to 3 months old, so she is still small. You can tell she is going to be a pretty good size dog by the time she is fully grown. She’s already twice Cesar’s size. If we can just get her house broken, she will make a very good pet for my Mom. I think Angel is going to look a lot like Otis too.
I forgot to say that the real reason for our little trip up to northern VA was for Cesar. It was a little family reunion. You see, Charlie and Lois are the proud owners of Cesar’s Mom and Pop, Lisa and Tyson. Lisa is a little Chihuahua and is white and light tan in color. She is such a little sweetheart. I just love her and she always comes and sits in my lap and greets me. Tyson is a miniature Doberman pinscher, or a minpin. He is so cute and so feisty. Cesar coloring is like his poppa and his shape is like his momma. He is probably more like his momma in his temperament but he can get pretty feisty from time to time. The dogs had a very good time together. I can tell that Jerry and Cesar were a lot happier to be with me and Brian than they would have been had we left them at home. They are a hand full to be sure, but I think it is worth it to have them along. They were good dogs, although Cesar did drop a few tootsie rolls in front of the door this morning.
So now I am home and so tired and so sore but it was good and it was worth it all. We went out to eat at three different nice restaurants and we went to a movie too, so I think we all had a pretty good time all in all. It’s good to get out and get some fresh air and try some new things and new foods. And the weather was pretty nice too. Both days were warm and sunny. Last night the temperature dropped a bit and the wind got up a lot. I could hear the wind howling all night long last night. I was too tired to get up and turn my oxygen machine on last night and I could really hear the wind. Brian got up to use the bathroom once and I had him turn it on for me. I knew that the noise of my machine would drown out the noise of the wind outside and I would be able to sleep better.
Poor Brian, he has some sort of rash or something all over his body. He’s not sure if it’s poison ivy or a spider bite gone wild on him. I don’t know but it’s pretty bad. I feel so bad for him, it makes me itch just to look at him. His hands are swollen, his eyes are swollen and there are welts all over his back and stomach, and his arms and his legs. I gave him one Benedril before bedtime last night and the night before last. He is so sensitive to the Benedril, he can’t take much of it. He sees colors and patterns everywhere and then he just goes to sleep. Of course he sleeps very well on it but he just take too much of it. His older brother is allergic to Benedril. How about that for weird? He’s the only person I know that is allergic to the very thing most people take for their allergies. I’m glad Brian isn’t that way with the stuff, that would be pretty fucked up.
I think I’m gonna eat an ice cream cookie sandwich from Schwans now. Blessed Be.