If you stand for nothing, you will fall for anything.

Well this past weekend my father had the bright idea to throw my mother a surprise birthday party. 1) rule number one, my mother does not like anything she cannot control I repeat! My mother does not like anything she cannot CONTROL. This rule is nothing new, and should never be broken. She has a tendency to be emotional, crazy and bewildered at times. This time was no different. And by the way no one is saved from the wrath, just an fyi. All last week a flock of women in my mothers life spent the better part of the week wondering who was on first? Who organized this shin-dig? Who was going to make sure it all came together? Because honestly, my mother does all of that - duh. And with each phone call, we put a few bits n' pieces together but in our heads we were collectively thinking 'holy hell this is gonna suck big eggs.' My fathers instructions were brief and in his mind clear. However in the mind of a women - no enough detail. Actually now that i think of it,

I have been absent lately, and several reasons have contributed to it...one just too much muck in my head. Second, still swamped at work, which has me totally run down, which ultimately got me SICK. Last week i was dragging ass, a total walking zombie. It took all I had to get up everyday and dragg my butt to work. I felt like crap and looked like crap. I thought I was treating an over the counter cold, well the cold turned into an infection which suddenly began to whip my ass. By Friday I drug my butt into the local doc-n-the-box only to find out that I had an ear infection, sore throat and sinus infection - no wonder I felt like HELL. They gave me some souped up antibiotics and sent me on my way. Well aside from some darn good medicine I need some really good rest. I need to sleep and sleep some more. I had to work again Sat morning, so not rest that morning. After the meeting Saturday I drove to the country to see my mother and my kids - which came down to the country on Frid