Last baseball game of the season....sniff

Very early in the year, I buy tickets to various baseball games. I get about 6 games at various parks for a couple of, what I would consider, fun competitions. I'm on a couple of early bird lists for some clubs so I bought the tickets for last night on January 3. Way before they were avail to the general public. Going to games in Baltimore is usually more frequent than say Yankee Stadium due only to the closer proximity of the park. Though Yanks are my team. Hence the game last night. Red Sox at Orioles. I like the O's kinda and will root for pretty much anyone over Boston. Those fans are rabid and fun as heck to taunt. Of course, VERY innocently, I had conversations like 'Excuse me, didn't the Red Sox lose last night?' 'Yes' 'And the Yankess won, right?' '....Yes.' 'Oh. So Boston isn't going to the playoffs this year?' Being the dumb girl that I am, what do I know?? I'm just ASKIN'!

I saw something neat last night. Well, I thought it was neat. I think you can only get such an extreme effect like I had if you are in a place like a well lit stadium. It was drizzling just a bit, very lightly. I looked up into the sky and you could see each raindrop. The sky was very dark and the drops looked kind of white due to the lights. I've done that with snow but never rain. I could see a couple of birds flying pretty high up too. But the raindrops, it was like they were in slow motion and they were small enough that if they hit you in the face, it wasn't much but they were big enough to see each one falling to you. I used to joke and tell my kids to run between the raindrops. Last night, I could see between them:)

Pastor Chris that sat next to us was in excruciating pain all evening. He's the lucky lucky guy out of his group that got stuck on the end.... by us. Actually, he was hilarious and really nice. Aside from my girlfriend dropping the f bomb 9 or 10 times before she went to the bathroom and I asked what he does for a living. I told him oh wow, you must think we're obnoxious. He just laughed and said no, we are entertaining. GREAT. I tried to tell her before she swore like a sailor again and finally got the picture across right after another bombing. I'm glad I don't naturally swear the biggies, whew!

OMG! One more thing and then I'll let you stop reading. Okay, so I was walking back to my seat after talking with The Hottie for a few minutes. I had my backpack thing instead of a purse cause of the camera et al. (I've been using it lately) So I go to open the door (from the club box level, the indoor area) and I feel something like.... buzzing. I think it's my phone again and pull it out. Nope. So, I stand there a second and think to myself something is weird but I don't know what but I think I feel something coming through the floor. A vibration of some sorts that is peaking through the pack into my hands cause I can't feel it with my feet but I'm drinking so I don't know, maybe? Nah. I don't know what it is. So I decide to just forget about it and go to my seat (front row) and I get down there and all of a sudden IT HITS ME! OMG! I'm here sitting by Pastor Chris and my freaking vibrator is in the bag and has somehow turned on! OH NOOO! I started giggling so hard I was crying. Could I get it turned off without pulling it out or anyone knowing? Uhm, not sure. I reached inside and tried but couldn't get hold of it in the little silk baggie it's in so laughing like crazy, sooo embarrassed!, I ran up to the bathroom and took care of things. Meaning, turned it off! I was still laughing when I got back but mostly because I was so embarrassed. My friend asked what the heck was wrong with me. I started to giggle again and couldn't tell her right then. When we were walking to the car, alone, I told her and she all but fell over from lack of oxygen. All she kept saying was her f bombs were nothing compared to my vibrator. What would Pastor Chris say??

What? Hey, women everywhere have vibes with them when they travel. It happens, okay?

Okay, so last night. The Red Sox won but it was late in the game that they pulled up to a tie then broke ahead to win by 1 run. Boo hoo. It was exciting and fun. Great crowd, good mix, didn't end up in a pit of BloSox fans to deal with all alone. It was great. To top it off, the Yankees won as well. WHOO HOOOO!

Who's going to the playoffs??

Grandma Zutell

Thank you thank you to all of you and your well wishes. I appreciate your support and friendship so much!

Grandma is doing FINE!! She had what the doctors are calling a 'miraculous recovery'! She had a stroke but it wasn't a major one. She had some trouble with her left side and we could barely understand her when she tried to talk although the really worrisome stuff was that she was babbling all kinds of things about a cat and didn't recognize anyone, didn't know who she was, called EVERYONE Karen, including my uncles. Then something clicked and she was fine. Really, everything worked, her speech was clear as a bell and she made perfect sense. How AWESOME is THAT???!

More tomorrow....

Thank you again to all of you that sent wishes and prayers. It means a lot to me.

Here ya go Kimmyk

1. Favorite Beatles song: eh, not a huge fan. blackbird
2. Favorite Rolling Stones song: they're okay so Undercover of the night
3. Favorite Doors song: again, not much of a fan.
4. Favorite Bob Dylan song: Hurricane or the one inxs kind of did homage to
5. Favorite Led Zeppelin song: Black dog, the ocean
6. Favorite TV Theme Song: ballad of serenity - firefly theme song or the smiths/love spit love, How Soon Is Now - charmed theme
7. Favorite Prince Song: darling nikki
8. Favorite Madonna Song: all early stuff, Borderline or The Pretender. I liked Crazy for You
9. Favorite Michael Jackson Song: Beat It
10. Favorite Queen Song: Tie Your Mother Down
11. Favorite Motorhead Song: Ace of Spades (if lenny and god got into a fight, who would win?)
12. Favorite Ozzy Song: Dee or No Bone Movies
13. Favorite Public Enemy Song: Can't remember anything by them= except Flava Flav was in them.
14. Favorite Song from a cartoon: Eep Opp Ork Ah Ah from The Jetsons (I got it on my player!)
15. Favorite Bruce Springsteen song: Cadillac Ranch...... kinda. Not a fan.
16. Favorite Depeche Mode song: Personal Jesus (their only hit, right?)
17. Favorite Cure song: Just Like Heaven, Friday I'm In Love, Love Song
18. Favorite song that most of your friends haven't heard: Banditos by The Refreshments
19. Favorite Smiths song: How Soon Is Now
20. Favorite Beastie Boys song: Sabotage or being a yankees fan No Sleep Till Brooklyn
21. Favorite Clash song: Hot Get Along get Along dammit can't remember the real name.
22. Favorite Police song: If I have to pick one- Spirits in a material world
23. Favorite Eurythmics song: Would I Lie To You
24. Favorite Beach Boys song: 409
25. Favorite Cyndi Lauper song: True Colors, She Bop or Goonies
26. Favorite song from a movie: Send Me On My Way - Rusted Root- Matilda (weird Movie) and Other movies too or Teacher Teacher by 38 Special
27. Favorite Duran Duran song: Hungry Like the Wolf or Save A Prayer
28. Favorite Peter Tosh song: Who? Don't know him either.
29. Favorite Johnny Cash song: Bridge Over Troubled Water w Fiona Apple
30. Favorite song from an 80's one hit wonder: Don Johnsons Heartbeat. I'm SO Kidding! Really I think Till Tuesday, Voices Carry or Martin Briley, You Ain't Worth The Salt In My Tears
31. Favorite song from a video game: most of grand theft auto is cool
32. Favorite Kinks song: Don't know. The one that they talk about looking down and dancing
33. Favorite Genesis song: Abacab (sp?)
34. Favorite Thin Lizzy song: Cowboy Song
35. Favorite INXS song: Devil Inside
36. Favorite Weird Al song: The Night Santa Went Crazy (he actually wrote this one:)
37. Favorite Peter Gabriel song: In Your Eyes-Say Anything Soundtrack
38. Favorite John Lennon song: Imagine or Woman
39. Favorite Pink Floyd song: Time
40. Favorite cover song: Love Spit Love cover of How Soon Is Now or My Lips Are Sealed by Poe very cool
41. Favorite White Stripes: 7 Nation Army
42. Favorite dance song: Days Go By
43. Favorite U2 song: Anything before he got outspoken. When Love Comes Around (w BB King)
44. Favorite song from an actor turned musician: Rick Springfield pretty much everything
45. Favorite disco song: Lippz Inc.- Funky Town
46. Favorite Power Ballad: Mr Big- To Be With You, Def Leppard- Hysteria, Kix- Don't Close Your Eyes, Skid Row- I Remember You, Tesla- Love Song
47. Favorite Guns N' Roses song: November Rain (wouldn't that be a great sex song?)
48. Favorite The Who song: The Real Me
49. Favorite Elton John song: Benny and the Jets
50. Favorite song, period: Can't possibly pick one. Like a Rembrant by Badlees?
51. Favorite Sting song: Set Them Free
52. Favorite boy-band song: Boyz II Men Can't remember the song though. I Miss You?
53. Favorite Metallica: Seek and Destroy
54. Favorite Cars song: Moving In Stereo
55. Favorite Tom Petty song: You Got Lucky
56. Favorite Bon Jovi song: Wanted Dead or Alive, Runaway
57. Favorite Jazz song: Abbey Lincoln everything she does
58. Favorite Janet Jackson song: Nasty Girl
59. Favorite song from the year you were born: California Dreamin' by The Mamas and the Papas

Thanks for playing. Your turn?

Stop the clock.

It has been one heck of a week+.

I have a bunch of things to talk about like SC and my birthday last week and the hottie and I'll probably get back to all of that. But right now. I want to talk about what happened last night.

So, Friday evening it was. The house phone rang. Well, that phone is never for me so I didn't bother to even look in the direction of the machine. Next thing I hear is my mom saying it's an emergency to pick up. I looked and no phone so on the speaker phone I jump. She asked me if I knew my daughters Welcome Back party wasn't really a welcome back party. I'm thinking HUH?? I'm usually pretty quick to follow along but WHAT is she talking about and how is this an emergency? I have no idea what you're talking about, Mom, what do you mean? So, the welcome back party she has been planning for weeks isn't for her. It's for me. It's a surprise 40th birthday party. WOW! Like really WOW! My mom throwing something like that for me? WOW!!! And it's cool because the cousins from all over the US (CO, MD, FL, NYC, philly), my aunts and uncles from everywhere including my faves from NJ, found out about 30 of my friends, holy wow, everyone is coming. Okay so why are you telling me? It's tomorrow. And you're telling me about my 'surprise' birthday party. Then time started slowing down. Ever have that? Every single word was completely pronounced. I could hear the air forming around her words. My grandma. 84 years old, healthy lady with no meds no complications living by herself. Grandma Zutell. She had a stroke. The party is canceled. Like I care about that party. Please, is Grandma okay???

At that point, we didn't know anything. She had just been taken by ambulance to a hospital. We didn't even know which one. The upside because there IS an upside: My Aunt Janet was there when it happened. The ones from NJ. My grandma lives alone and sure, we all call and drop in but there is no schedule. Some days she gets 10 calls and then goes for 2 or 3 days with nothing. It's always been fine because she is a busy little lady. She gardens (the city brings people by to see her flowers, the college brings students, it's that gorgeous) and she gambles. She is an Atlantic City Queen with gratis rooms and food every time she goes, which is like 2-3 times a month. She's feisty and wonderful and the kind of grandma you adore. She is everything a grandma is supposed to be. Strong and smart while being sweet and approachable. She's so loving and family is first. Family is always first. My grandpa was the love of her life. When he was in the hospital and all of us were there for days, it was her that held us all together. She was losing her partner and she was still the one that held us all in her arms and comforted us in our loss. She'd touch his face while he laid unconcious, dying from the bleeding that wouldn't stop in his brain and tell him what a wonderful husband and father he is. She'd call him Darling and Lover and talk about how he never let her down. He was always the only one she loved and she was happy to be his wife and mother to his children. That was when my kids dad and I were splitting and I knew that he and I were not right for each other. I want something like this, like what my grandparents have. Had. Have.

So, the cat scan didn't show much but they said that's normal. That it's usually a few days till things show good on them. This morning she is going for an MRI. That will give more conclusive information. There is a nurse at the hospital who says her brain has all kinds of lesions and cavities. God, she's 84. I think she's supposed to have some wear and tear showing, isn't she? She said she can't see how my grandma will recover and we should all get ready. She said my grandma is racked with dimentia and it won't be long. Well, Grandma is talking all kinds of crazy stuff but hey, she's talking. She's even moving all her parts a little bit. This nurse isn't who I want near my family. The last time we were at this hospital, I can not begin to tell you how wonderful those women were. They let us all be with my grandpa and were supportive and kind. They even brought us food and snacks. They went so far above and beyond. This woman doesn't belong there, not with them, not with us.

My little brother, the pilot, is on the phone finally. We couldn't get ahold of him. I need to talk with him. I'll be back soon. Thanks for listening. Really.