Sit Down Already

Well, my VORTEX is not saved ...

So all day yesterday -- outside of an hour long conference call for NB -- I spent on the phone with Verizon (four different operators ... my trying to get new info so I could make up my mind) and then trying on phones at one of their retail stores.

Let the fight begin!!!

I ended up going with the LG Spectrum.  Since they had approved my early upgrade -- because of all the problems I have been having with the VORTEX -- I had to do all my business online. 

I still was unsettled (even after another hour phone call to get things set up).  So, I chatted online with "Hector" at Verizon (pretty helpful but not correct in all his assessments) and THEN called 800-922-0204 again (see?  I now know the number by heart!!).  This time I got THE MOST HELPFUL advice in the form of an email from some wonderful woman at V. 

She sent me info on both the LG Spectrum and the Droid RAZR. 

LG Spectrum Simulator

DROID RAZR Simulator

NOW I was able to play with all the features the phone have and with MotoCast (stream data straight from home and work computers to my Droid RAZR) I am going with the Droid RAZR.  I could not find a like app for the LG Spectrum. 

Which means I need to reject the LG Spectrum package when it arrives on Monday and figure out WHEN I will be able to get the Droid RAZR.

It's gonna be hard not to open that box!!

I Know You Are Waiting On The Edge Of Your Seat

My LG Vortex has been saved!!!!

Spoke to Verizon and after they offered me a free upgrade to the LG Enlighten or the LG Spectrum (both of which I covet), I was told I could add a memory card to my Vortex.  8 MGs here I come!!

I love Verizon.  I even got free next day shipping ($12.99) out of the deal.

Back In Time

Going back ..... back back to red ....

Going back ... back back to 34.
 

It's a nice trip.

Time to simmer ...

What is Chronic Fatigue?

You know how it feels when you are JUST coming down with the flu: muscle aches, fever, mental confusion, exhaustion, headache, stomach ache?  That is what I have all the time.

I need easy jobs at which I do not have too long of a TO DO list.  I volunteer for my neighborhood community relations group and have decided to help with the newsletter advertising, however, in the beginning I was only supposed to go and pick up checks for ads from local businesses.

It soon turned into me being the AD MANAGER!!  Now I need to:
prospect new clients;
stay in touch with current advertisers to see if they want to advertise again;
send out emails about advertising;
keep a spreadsheet of current advertisers, past advertisers and payments;
take phone calls and emails from interested businesses;
collect all ad material (usually the companies business card) via email or in person;
send out newletters with:
*thank you letters
*invoices.

It is the spreadsheet that is killing me.  My brain just does not operate that way anymore.  It is frustrating to say the least.

I am confused and flu-esque all the time.  And I haven't even begun to tell you about how Fibro affects me.

Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue

Maybe this is what my blog should have been about all along.

I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome -- which sounds like so much bullshit (Chronic Fatigue!!  If the medical community took it seriously they never would have called it such a wimpy, accusing name).

I was first dianosed with Chronic Fatigue in 1989 -- when it was called Epstein Barr Virus (wish it still was).  However, they discovered that people can have high EPV titers but not have the disease so they changed it to the insulting "Chronic Fatigue."

I was so scared.  I have this flu that never went away.  I would rest all week long and then go back to work and the last time I literally crawled out -- on my hands and knees <<embarrassing>> -- to the elevator. 

I was working at Paramount Pictures in International Marketing for Features at the time.

I had a great boss, the VP, and an abusive senior publicist.  John R was awful -- and awful to me.  He just hated me ...

Not sure why.  I think he was just miserable himself ...

John R was NOT good enough to be a cat.

I was in an abusive romantic relationship with K, was abusing alcohol and was abused by John at work.  I had no respite.

So my body took over and collapsed.  It was all too much.

This is just a brief intro to CFS.  I will write more when I can AND include Fibromyalgia.

The Devil I Know

I have been researching phones as well as calling friends who have different phones than I and they are having really bad problems (in the middle of calls all of a sudden the person on the other end of the line cannot hear the caller, though the caller can hear them; keyboards freezing, etc).

So, what do I do?

Well, nothing today.  I had horrible nightmares last night where I was super fighting with my Mom because she said she was going to start letting lil miss coco chanel and Max Factor outside!!  (No idea where Armani was ...)

I went to work during the day so had no way of stopping her.

This is a bit of a recurring nightmare where my cats have been getting outside; in one Lolita was captured by an animal abuser and we need go no further than that.

Well, I hope Hope reads you today.  If so, "HI HOPERS!!"

I chatted with Verizon about phones last night online and am still as confused as I was before.

IF ONLY I could find out how to stop this LOW ON MEMORY/TEXT REJECTED problem once and for all ... I would be so happy to keep my Vortex.  It mostly rocks.

Phone Phun

No More:

Soon to be:

Covered with:

SELL OUT!!

My friend Kris Kahle (www.kriskahle.com) added "Ad Sense" to her blog.  I decided, "Why not?"

Now that it is there I feel like I have sold out.  How do I get rid of it??  I was only trying to be helpful as well as dress up my blog.

Lunch Bunch

At my fav bagel place, Kettleman's, waiting for my fav bagel sandwich.  Ham, pepperoni, black olives, red onions, provolone cheese - all on a toasted onion bagel.

Oops .. ate it before I could take a picture.  Pointless post, really.

End of LG VORTEX

Well, this is the tenth time - on four different phones - my stupid Vortex has become low on memory.  There is nothing left to delete so I will be trading in for another phone.

Makes me sad.  Like breaking up with an abusive boyfriend.

From my LG VORTEX.

Wow.  This is fun.  I can now blog from anywhere.  Now, if only I had something to say.

If Wishes Were Fishes

I wish someone would leave a comment.  If only a little "hi."

Over The Limit

Got up this morning with excitement in my bones -- today is the day of the monthly Women's Lunch.  We went to the Davis Street Tavern.

I had ginger peach iced tea, a lamb burger and salad and FRESHLY baked warm cookies (once you order you have to wait 15 minutes for their warmy goodness to be delivered to your table).  And I had one of the best double cappuccinos I have ever had!

Afterward, Maria and Alania and I walked through downtown up to Everett and 11th to check out a pizza joint (upscale) which may house our next luncheon.

Yesterday, I fell into the grips of the Marketeers.  I bought.  $70 of shirts (three) that I do not need.  However, they are very cute and .. I guess they are mine now.

 OK .. those are disappointingly tiny.  As well as out of focus.  I guess I will go watch SVU now while I wait for them to be delivered.

Cat Fight

I wish my cats got along.  No, they don't fight all the time and it really is not bloody -- just "fun" for Maxi who pretends he is not trying to really bug his sister, lil miss coco chanel.

lil miss coco chanel, Armani and Max Factor.  Those are the names of my cats.  I am quite pleased with myself.

Dreamy little coco chanel.

Armani, the writer's helper.

Max Factor, the clown.

The End.

Done and Done! II

I CAN BREATHE!!

All those boxes are out of my apartment and down into storage!

Bonus cat .. per usual.

I also have a shot of the boxes gone that were acting as an end table/phone holder, but that shot still looks junky because of the wires from my TV all over the floor.

Well, why not ...

I have an actual table there now.

The room feels so big!  Of course, I now need to deal with the 5 huge boxes NB sent me!


<<pix to come>>

No Can Do

Nope ... no deal can I make on behalf of NB.  I am going to have to man up and tell independent pet store owners that I can no longer perform a demo when someone else is -- esp someone who can offer more than I can.  Ridiculous!

On the upside, got all my CRAP crammed into boxes for storage.  I have about 10-12 and do not know if they will fit or not but have a handyman, Brad, coming over to assist.  I love guys' spacial abilities.  The only woman I have ever met with such a talent is dear friend Charlotte.

I miss living with Charlotte.  I miss us going out to Starbucks during the day or Norm's late at night.  We had a blast -- hitting the sherman oaks galleria and going to see films.  Well, it was my decision to move far away.  Sigh.

And I am making some good friends here.  I go to the Portland Women's Lunch through Meet Up on Friday.  Looking forward to it.  My new pal Maria will be there.

Missed One

Yesterday ... don't even want to talk about it.

This horrible woman from Canidae pet food did a demo at the same time I did!  Have no idea what the store owner was thinking.  Obviously she didn't care.

A customer would have MY BRAND of pet food in THEIR ARMS and she would go up to them and talk them out of it with her, "Just for today you can buy a 5 lb bag and get one free!"  I can't sell against that!!

She converted at least 2 customers over ... I know there were more.  Esp in the cat section where our brands are right next to each other.

I thought I was going to cry -- all the emotion was stuck in my throat and behind my eyes.

I need NB to let me offer deals like that.

I am going to complain -- LOUDLY -- to NB and see if I can offer some sort of "Here I am," "For today ONLY" deal.

I hate pushy people.  I sell by giving out information on our product and NOT putting other brands down.  I sell by the smile on my face.

Canidae stole that from me yesterday.

Hi Mr Winer!!

See?  I told you this was nothing!!

Thanks for visiting, though.

Your friendship means a lot to me.

Intimidation

Wow ... been looking at some of the other blogs on this site and people sure take it seriously.  Wonderfully decorated pages, prose, etc.

There is really no reason for anyone to read mine.  But I am just doing this for myself ... I think.

Done and Done!

Figured out how to bookmark my SILLY KITTY blog.  Now I can actually come back to it whenever I want.  I know this may sound idiotic to some of you but I guess I am not as technically inclined as I thought I was.

Just don't tell my mother.

Third entry ever -- on this site

I am still not sure how to locate my blog in the browser bar. Not sure what my url is.

I guess there is a learning curve even with blogs ...

Second blog ever -- on this site

Had a BLAST today with new friend Maria White.  We went to downtown PDX, walked around in the rain, shopped, cappucino'ed and just chatted away.

Tomorrow: getting stitches out from 3-5's removal of basal cell carsenoma from my back AND getting three more instances of basal cell scraped out (yeow!).

Then it is off to Claire's to get my left lobe re-pierced.  Need to get there before 5pm.

Calls:
Car insurance quotes
Reader's Digest -- write or call.  Figure out tomorrow.

Let's hope I can do that. 

First blog ever -- on this site.

Wow ... not sure what to write.  I realize that saying I want to help to inspire others is a phrase hanging heavy on my head.  Well, I guess I can't worry about it.

Here is my blog.  My friend Hope suggested I start one.  She doesn't even blog but she is a very smart girl as well as a very smart friend. 

I want to figure out what to do with my (3) poems.  Thought of checking with Reader's Digest and seeing if they publish new material.  I am so paranoid about losing them that I want to get them published the easiest way possible.

Then I can move on.  Then I can work on other projects.

I keep waiting to make an entry as I want to get the url I want and have it from the start so people will always know how to access me.  Unfortunately I bought my name from You Start (up in August) and I do not know how to buy it back from them.  Guess I should call them ....