ryssee's world

My Red Sox at the White House. Doesn't matter how you feel about the prez...this is cool. Don't they clean up good??? Look at the very dapper David Ortiz, with the 2007 World Series Trophy! Jerry Remy, just inducted as President of Red Sox Nation. I heard baseball on my way home from work today. Yay! And daylight savings time is 10 days away. Spring is coming!!! (Photos courtesy of boston.com and the Surviving Grady blog.)

Today on my drive to work I saw a man walking a ferret. On a leash. Safety first.

Well, yesterday it snowed. I got in my car to go to work and wound up driving to my own driveway. I drove to the main street, took my turn, didn't like what I saw, and drove around the block and back to the house. Worked from home and got more done than everyone else who drove there and left early. Made a light dinner, sneezed, coughed, had a great conversation with my sister-in-law Tracy who I absolutely adore and love like she's my own blood. Crawled into bed and slept for 9 uninterrupted hours and looking forward to 9 more tonight. Got some exercise in there today too. Shoveling 9" of snow and cleaning off two cars will do that. Now there are snots on the shovel and my sleeves and probably the snow now. Am breathing a little easier, though. I DO wish my ears would stop being all blocked up and ringing. I never did shower today. Will do so just before I hop in between the sheets though. What else happened? Back to the really good talk with my sister-in-law...

Been fighting it for weeks. Everyone I know has been hacking and coughing, and now I am too. Scratchy throat and can't laugh without punctuation. Who should I blame? My beau? My best friend? The brand president at my place of employment, or our production planning manager? Or a random stranger who made change for me at the convenience store? Snots run rampant in my nose and lungs. I hate snots. I flipped over from sleeping on my right side to try to sleep on my left last night and did the gorgle-snort. I hate gorgle-snorts too. Then I couldn't go back to sleep. And gorgle-snorted a few more times. This, on the one night this week when our dieting cats didn't even attempt to moosh me for food. Will it really last a month like it has for everyone else? Darned orange juice and handwashing. Didn't work. >sniff

My friend Carolyn is home from her time in Iraq. Heard from her husband earlier this week that she was back at Ft Benning, GA, safe and sound. We all went to dinner tonight in Boston; she was fresh off the plane. It was great to see her, and interesting to hear the stories. She's medical staff, so the tours of duty are relatively short (90 days). But I'm happy to have her home safe and sound, and I'm proud of her for her experiences and her service. I can't imagine what it's like for the ones that serve for a year at a time and keep going back, and for their families and friends. I've always been against the war in Iraq, especially how it came about and it's management since, but there is no doubt in my mind that the people that serve deserve appreciation for their bravery and sacrifice.

OK OK I lost my bet. I was gonna lose anyway even if the Pats won 'cause I gave away 7 points and they were only gonna win by 3 if they could get their heads outta their butts. So, the bet was a meme. I think of meme as a questionnaire, that gets passed around to other people, so that's the format. What is the worst thing you ever did as a child? Not appreciate the things my parents did for us when we were little. I didn't NOT appreciate them. I always liked everything they did or got for us or allowed us to do, but never saw the sacrifice that went into them. Now as an adult, and even without kids, I REALLY appreciate them now that I'm older. Things like our annual family vacations, being able to see most of our country, being together, my mom making clothes for me and cool stuff like a full ski suit or a dress from curtains for Easter, my parents signing us up for baseball and skiing lessons, bringing us to games at Fenway Park and once at Yankee Stadium. Makin...

...our South American vacation will take us to Peru and Ecuador. I can't wait! This is Randy's pick-he's been wanting to go to South America for years. Now that I'm looking into it, it looks amazing. We're planning to Macchu Picchu and the Sacred Valley in Peru, spend a few nights at a jungle lodge in the Amazon rainforest, then we'll head to Quito, Equador, tour the old town and the museums, get our pics taken at the Equator, check out volcanos, take a train called the Devil's Nose where you can ride on the roof if you want to, and see a bunch of Spanish colonial stuff, and a lot more! Did you know that Panama Hats are made in Ecuador? I didn't.

New England Patriots lost the Superbowl. Good game. I'm over it. All I lost was 10 bucks and a bloggie bet. Randy was happy 'cause he hates the Patriots. Pitchers and catchers report to Spring Trai ning next week. Now THAT'S news! ;-)