Update to last post

Hey Y'all!
I'm awake now and things are going slow on the board at work. I am well rested and feeling good. I have took my insulin like I should and took all my medications on time. C and I are getting along well. She's in there watching T.V. right now.

Last time I called dispatch I was number 2 on the board. I hope I will be getting a call soon. I talked it over with C and she had a good suggestion. I am going to take this next trip and then I am going code 4 for 8 hours or more, then put myself back on the board. Hopefully I will get enough time off to see dad, maby go to the bank on Monday.

One of the railroad employees turned me onto this stuff that is sold in the convenience stores called 5 hour energy. It really works but when I come down off it I really crash. It's like liquid cocaine that doesn't make you jump out of your skin. C doesn't like me taking that stuff. Drinking coffee is O.K. But sometimes coffee just isn't enough.

We were at Harvey's grocery store the other day and while we were there picked up a bag of navel oranges. C and I just shared one and oh boy was that thing good. I like this time of year around the holidays because we get good food like that. The only thing I miss is eating nuts. I can't eat them because of my diverticuli. I know if I eat them I will get sick and possibly end up in the hospital again so I stay away from them. I love mixed nuts and they are plentiful around Christmas. I guess as I get older and my body gets in worse shape I have to give up foods I love. I still eat a lot of crap like greasy cheese burgers and stuff. We tried to go to our local restaurant last night where I love their vegetables. We pulled up and no cars were there. C got out and there was a sign on the door that said closed due to illness. We ended up going to dairy queen.

Hope everyone is doing well!!
Cornbread

Sunday am sleepy post from the swamp

Good morning Y'all,

I woke up a little while ago to go to the bathroom and say good night to C. Right now I am number three on the board to be called for a trip.



I slept in the van for a few hours last night. I was in between trips. There was no need for me to come home and waste a total of a hour and twenty minutes there and back when I could spend that time sleeping in the truck. I had been up for a long time and was really tired.

I was called up for a run with a need time of 0545. I made that run and came home because I was number 10 on the board. When I got home I was a asshole to C. She was asleep when I got home and it pissed me off. From there everything was pissing me off. I couldn't find any clean underwear to put on after I got a shower. They were on the couch but I was so tired I missed them. When she did wake up she knew I was pissed off about something. Like wife's do she started prying into why I was pissed. I let go on her. Why isn't the house clean, what have you been doing all day? why are my clothes wet laying on top off the washer. Things like that. I got a shower and had to apologize to her. I had no business getting on her ass like that. I guess I am human too and F up. I hope this job doesn't bring out the asshole in me when it comes to my family like it did today.

I know this is putting my business in the streets but I want this blog to be real. Me and my family are real people.

C has been depressed because she is having to stay home and half the time doesn't have a car because K has been gone with it. She can't spend money on little things she wants because things are tight right now. Christmas is coming and that is her big holiday. She wanted to buy one of those blow up yard things for the house. It was a Santa on a motorcycle. She has been wanting one for a couple of years and they were on sale for 30 bucks. She called me last night and wanted to know what I thought. I told her we needed to save money for bills.

Keep us in your prayers. Hopefully we will get one of those letters from the Ga. dept of labor saying we got the extension on her unemployment benefits so we can have some money coming in. Without her paycheck and living on mine, times are tough. I am working my ass off as much as I can to bring money in. C is busting a hump looking for a permanent job. I spend a lot of money when I am away from the house for a day or so eating and on sodas and stuff. It's counter productive. I have to figure something out.

I want to take this next trip coming up and then I need to take a day off to see dad. I may not take a day off this week to get as many trips in as possible before the week ends. Our weeks run Wednesday thru Tuesday.

Well Y'all I am going to get off here.
Take Care!!
Cornbread

Black friday post from the swamp

Hey Y'all!
I have been working my butt off and catching sleep when I can. The other night I got a flat tire on one of my trips. I got the crew to where they were going down in Florida about 0130. They couldn't get a wrecker to me at the rail yard until 8 the next morning. I slept in the van. I didn't make it back to the office till 2:30 that afternoon.

I had a run on thanksgiving morning and didn't make it home till after 2 in the afternoon again. We ate thanksgiving dinner around 10 o'clock at night. K went up to her grandparents for thanksgiving in north Georgia. She made it home a little while ago. C has been going shack whacky with no car to drive since K had it at grammy and poppys.

C didn't get to do any shopping this morning since I went to work and K was gone with the car. She is going out later on tonight to get some of sales that are still going on. She's looking for good buys for Christmas presents.

Well I am going to sign off here and take a nap.
Y'all take care!
Cornbread

Good monday morning from the swamp

Hey Y'all,
I just got up a little while ago with a coughing fit. Then I smoked a cigarette. Real smart on my part.

C is still asleep. She was up late last night checking the job boards. Don't know if she sent any resumes out or not last night. I went to sleep before she did.

I got a lot of running to do today. Go by the bank for me and go by dads bank for him. Run to the post office. Things like that. I am going to put myself back on board with the job this evening. I went code 4 yesterday afternoon. Code 4 is when they can't disturb or call me for 8 hours or more until I put myself on board.

Well Y'all C just got up and woke me up from dozing at the computer. I think we are going to start our day.

Take care!
Cornbread

Sunday post from swamp south

Hey Y'all!
I just got back from a run to Macon with my new job. I get calls all the time, day and night. I took this afternoon and tomorrow off. Sunday and Monday are my days off.

I am liking the job so far. It's fun. Some of the crews I pick up are talkative, some just want to sleep. Today's crew wanted to sleep. I drank coffee to stay awake. I can see I will and am becoming a coffee drinker again. The diet sodas just don't keep me awake. I hate nodding while I am driving. It's embarrassing and dangerous.

My manager has been helping me a lot. I blow his phone up day and night with questions. I think I am doing good so far thou. I'm still learning a lot.

Pray for us. C found out she can't get anymore unemployment. The bills come in and still have to be paid. We have to eat and put gas in the vehicles. All of us smoke. I know it's not a necessity, but life without cigarettes would suck.

The cats are doing well. They are of course oblivious to the fact we are strapped right now. They eat and play and make messes and scratch things. They crawl up in my lap at night when I go to sleep. I am sleeping in my chair right now because of work. I get better rest in my chair. Tonight I think I am going to sleep in the bed. I miss sleeping in the same bed as my wife.

Well Y'all, Take care. Don't do anything I wouldn't do. If you do, do it right!
Later,
Cornbread

Tuesday night post from the swamp

Hey Y'all,
It's going to be cold tonight. The low is supposed to be 26. I'll be dripping my pipes before I go to bed.

I am going to get in bed at a decent hour tonight. I got to sleep about 0230 this morning and was woke up with a trip at 0515. I got to nap on the way up, but I had to drive on the way back. It was a 372 mile round trip. I am not getting paid mileage right now. They are paying me by the hour in lieu of mileage since I am training. I did get 8 hours of pay for today thou.

I came home this afternoon and passed out and C woke me up about 7 for supper. We had spaghetti. My blood sugar is now 517 and I feel like total shit. I have already took my insulin. I hope it starts going down. It is supposed to be between 80 and 120. I rarely get it down below 200 right now. The doctor is going to start me on a new insulin regimen. He has to mail me a different type of insulin for this new regimen. I will be taking insulin 3 times a day when it comes in.

Work is what my life revolves around right now. That's all I am doing. C's days are spent looking for a job and doing things around the house. K has school and work and friends.

Hope Y'alls week is going good!
Cornbread

Monday at the swamp

Hey Y'all,
I have spent my day waiting to go out on a trip for my job. I was at the office till about 1330. I came home and am still waiting. My boss has a certain city that he wants me to go to and is waiting for a trip there to send me to for training.

C is still looking for a job. She has found that a lot of the jobs posted on craigslist and other places are scams to get your personal information. It's a new trend that evil people are doing to steal your identity. They want you to go to a specific website and give them all your personal information for a "credit check."

It's getting colder down here. Nights are in the 30's and days are in the 50's-60's. I actually like it. Fat people like me, like cold weather.

This cold I am getting over is still tearing me up especially in the chest. I suck on cough drops to help keep the coughing down. Smoking can be rough on me. I still wheeze a lot. I think I have bronchitis.

Well Y'all, stay warm and I'll catch ya on the flip side!
Cornbread

Saturday swamp post

Hey Y'all!
I am still getting over a cold that has been kicking my ass for the last week or so. I am coughing junk up out of my lungs finally. Last night I slept in my chair because the wheezing was so bad laying down. My nose is running. You know a classic cold. I am a heavy smoker and it's killing me. One good thing about my new job is we can't smoke in the vans. I have to wait till I stop to have a smoke.

I didn't go out on any runs today but tomorrow night I am supposed to go out. I am still in training. I like it. Staying awake and learning the paperwork is the hardest thing right now. I hope this will become a rewarding job for me.

C hasn't found anything promising yet. She's looking thou. I hope she finds something soon. It's good for her to be working. Being here at the house alone can be boring I am shure.

Well Y'all I just wanted to check in and say howdy!

Take care!!
Cornbread

New Job for C.B.

Hey Y'all!!
I got a new job this afternoon. It's a job I had turned down back in the summer. It's driving railroad employees from the train to their destinations after their shift has ended.

I had to change jobs because my body just can't take what I have been doing in the construction field. My right knee is still swollen and tonight it's sore from where I worked today at my now old job.

C is still hunting a job. She is not having much luck right now. She is plugging away at it steadfastly. Hopefully something will come up soon. The job market is tough right now.

Well y'all I better get off here. Need to get some rest.
Take care!!
Cornbread

Sunday swamp post

Hey Y'all!

The other night when I didn't post much and just said I had a lot on my mind, I had to wait a little bit to tell you about it. C got fired from her job. We are down to my income and I may be losing my job soon. The job I am doing is too physically demanding for me because I am obese. My knees and legs can't handle it.

Friday night K drove me to the V.A. so they could look at my knees especially my right one that has been swollen real bad. The tendons are damaged. The doctor told me that unless I change occupations and stop doing what I am doing to my knees they will only get worse. I have been in touch with my supervisor at work and they will let me work, but the way he was talking leads me to believe the end is near. I have Monday and Tuesday off and I am going to spend those days hunting down another job. I have some ideas that I am going to try. I'm sorry I am old and fat and can't do things like I use to.

C and I went to church this morning before getting lunch and seeing dad. We enjoyed this church the best out of the ones we have been to so far. There is young couples to old couples and everything in between. We put this on our "come back and try again list". We are still going to shop around some more.

Dad is doing well. His girlfriend was there today when C and I came by. C gave dad a haircut and he looks nice. Hair cut short, military style. I took a nap in the chair while she was cutting it. I think I may be coming down with a cold. I didn't really realize it till after we left the nursing home. It is hitting me hard now. I stopped by Walgreen's while we were in my dads town and picked up some vitamin C 1000 mg tablets. I am going to start taking them to hopefully get over this mess.

K got her drivers license on Friday. Now she can drive solo. Any excuse she can find to drive off, she does. We are starting to miss seeing her around here.

Well Y'all I hope everyone is doing well.

Take care!

Cornbread

Wednesday is trash day at the swamp

Hey Y'all,
Yep today was trash day. I usually put it out on Tuesday night. Putting it out means dragging the can to the side of the road. With all that happened yesterday I forgot until C mentioned it this morning. At least the trash truck didn't rip the lid off the can like they have in the past. But then again that only happens when we have a big load in it.

C spent the day cleaning house. Our place had gotten a little messy since the wedding. We both have been so busy we really didn't take time to do anything with keeping the house up like we should. When we did have time to do something with it, we were both so tired that nothing got done. It's not laziness, it's fatigue. I am falling asleep in the chair right now.

We had a family night at the local restaurant. I had country fried steak, stewed squash, stewed tomatoes, and mac n cheese. C had french toast and K had chicken fingers.

I have mixed emotions about the election. between my southern christian upbringing and the hope that comes with any new president. I guess time will tell.

Well Y'all, I am dozing off at the computer. I need to get some sleep.

Y'all take care!
Cornbread

Tuesday Blues

Hey Y'all,
C is in watching T.V. The elections and such. I had a O.K. day at work. We had take out Chinese for supper.

I've got a lot of things on my mind, but I can't share them here. Not right now. It's hard to type so I won't be on here long.

Hope everyone is doing fine.

Y'all take care,
Cornbread

Sunday nites post from the swamp

Hey Y'all,
C and I slept most of the day away. We have been going so much here lately that today was the day we finally crashed and burned. C asked me last night before going to bed if I wanted to go to church today. I said yes but I would also like to get some rest. We decided that we would sleep and if we woke up in time we would go. If not we would just sleep. I woke up about 10 or a little after to go pee. I sat at the kitchen table in my underwear and was smoking cigarettes and falling asleep, dropping them on the floor and picking them up. This went on for a little more than a hour when C came out and said "why don't you come back in here to bed". We chatted for a minute or two and I laid back down.

About 2:30 she hit me and said hey you need to get up and go see your dad. I sat around till about 3:30 and left. C stayed in the bed till 4 or 5.

Went and saw dad. My brother S had been out to see him and took him his mail and papers. I got to visit for awhile but had some stuff to bring back to his house. Dad was feeling a little crappy. His muscle spasms have been bothering him real bad in his legs. They were keeping him awake last night. He was in good spirits, just not feeling well.

I took the stuff over to dads house and stopped by the grocery store on the way home and picked up some steaks and other stuff we needed. We need to make a trip to the grocery store and pick up a lot of stuff, but we just haven't had the time.

I grilled steaks and C made green beans and also some pasta to go with the steaks. It was a good meal. Her rib eye was a little pink for her and mine was rare like I like it. I had a shot of rum while I was cooking maby that had something to do with it.

I was waiting to go pick K up from work but she sent us a text and has a ride home. I am going to go in there in a little bit and get a shower and go to bed. K spent the night at a friends house last night but made it to church this morning. I haven't seen much of her this weekend and I kind of miss her. When I called her today she sounded stuffed up and said she has a cold. She asked me to pick her up some benedryl. I took it around to the drive thru where she works and gave it to her. She was busy as a bee so I didn't really have time to talk to her. I probably won't get to see her tonight because I might be in bed.

Well Y'all take care!!
Cornbread

Wee hours of the morning in the swamp

Hey Y'all,
Got in a little while ago. Had a five hour much needed nap today. Could have slept more. Now I am wide awake, but I will be going to bed soon.

We sponsored a bike night at a bar that our chapter goes to frequently. The chapter put in a lot of hard work and it was a success. We patched out a probate tonight.

Friday night we got together over at one of the brothers house and had bubba burgers and discussed bike night. It was his ol' ladies birthday, yes Halloween and she had a harley cake.

I have been wore out lately and the weekends can't get here fast enough and are over too damn quickly.

Don't know if C and I are going to make it to church tomorrow or rather today or not. We decided we were going to sleep in and if we wake up in time we would go. I f not then we just would not. We are going to see dad too. That's are main priority for the day.

K has gone to spend the night with a friend. The last we heard she was at the beach. She doesn't have to work till till Sunday night so she is enjoying some time with friends.

I put some draino down the shower before I came in here to type this. It should be about ready. I am going to jump in the shower and call it a night.

Y'all take care!!
Cornbread