Warped Gratitude Blog

Today I am thankful that local lawmakers have inspired my Halloween Costume.  I'm a witch 365 days of the year, that costume is my last choice for Halloween. This year my costume was a toss up. Given the recent cuts to my face, I thought I could go as a zombie.  It would require very little make-up. I allegedly have inherited an object from a Satanic house that houses demons.  Maybe I'm possessed? If so, this costume would be fitting. I have the cuts on my face.  Sadly, I have her hair!   Aside from this, I was stumped for ideas. ***** As I drove around town, I started to think about how Democrats in Denver want to create a safe-haven for people using illegal drugs. They want taxpayers to buy the drugs. They want taxpayers to fund nurses to oversee the drug use. They don't want to supply offices with Narcan. They don't want to increase treatment options. They want to promote illegal drug use. Now.......I don't think vict

Today I am thankful for the way my body is reacting to stress.  Yesterday, after I took my vitamins I started to throw up. I swallowed it so I wasn't late to work. It happened today on my way to work. I couldn't swallow it. I went to work anyway. I cleaned myself up. I logged in to the computer and took my first call. I NEED a new job (or two). I took one call before I threw up again. This caller was a field agent who wanted me to lie to a little old lady. He wanted me to tell her that Medicare covered dentures. No...it doesn't. A Medicare Advantage plan may cover dentures.   If it is listed in the Evidence of Covered as being excluded - it will NOT be covered. All Medicare Advantage plans will cover what Original Medicare covers.  Original Medicare only covers dental in very rare cases such as pulling teeth to help treat oral cancers. If a plan doesn't cover dentures; original Medicare won't. He was very cross with me. I guess

Today I am a mixture of frustrated and elated. I am thankful for people who share their knowledge with me. First, there was a young man at MAC Cosmetics who taught me how to hide the scars on my face.  I have to say, I felt normal after he put my face together. I felt so normal that I started to wear my normal clothing (dresses and high heels).  Then I cried. When I cried in joy, I ruined my make-up. Right now, I am thankful for a young man named Michael and MAC.  I'll find a way to sing his praises. ***** My boss gave me a day off to get my car fixed.  That was nice. I'm not a sales closer.  I am good at closing when it comes to social service type of stuff (e.g. motivating people to do stuff or admit to stuff). I'm horrible at pushing people into buying stuff in one conversation.  I'm more of a rapport builder.  I used to get my sales by following up with people. In my job, if I can't sell them in ten minutes, I collect the lead for someone els

Today I am thankful that I learned what is causing my weight gain. It is Benadryl.  I take two doses every night. I take Allegra every morning. I started to do this when I learned I was allergic to the grass and trees in my front yard. I discovered this when I found myself fainting during wind storms.  It turns out I'm allergic to most of the trees indigenous to Colorado. I was vegetarian at the time.  I learned I was allergic to most of the food I ate. I loved soy, bananas, wheat, and peanuts.  I used to feel turned on by the way they made my mouth tingle.... Well....that's apparently NOT supposed to happen.  Later I would learn that I was deathly allergic to shrimp. So I take allergy meds. I started taking them in 2010. I've gained 25 pounds since then.  I was told it was due to the allergy medications. I stopped taking them. I've lost two pounds..... but I'm sneezing all of the time, my eyes are red and I look like I&

Today I am thankful for email notifications. I'm getting notifications that someone is trying to change the password on my Twitter account. I should be happy that they haven't succeeded. This happens a lot. The last time this happened, my account was suspended for a few days while Twitter helped straighten it out. That's the problem with stalking.... you never know if these things are connected to the stalking craziness or if these are random hackers trying to spam my Twitter followers.  I don't know. In times like these, I used to find comfort in psychological research.  I'm not finding much comfort in the research pertaining to stalking.  They say that the longer stalking goes on, the harder it is to extinguish.  They also say that if the ex-partner is angry or wants to hurt the victim, it can continue . I'm going to have to get creative.  Maybe I should change my legal name? The stalking has pretty much destroyed my business and my

Today I am thankful for the bizarre thoughts I have while driving. Everybody undergoes a trance-like state while driving.  When driving, we in a state of focused attention.....a hypnotic trance.   We may feel like we are zoned out but, in reality, if a person dares cut us off in traffic, we would be on our brakes at before we ever knew what happened. This is the phenomenon known as highway hypnosis. None of these people are running in my area.  This is an advertisement for one of my favorite places to buy yard signs . I stopped at a red light and noticed many campaign yard signs for my local government candidates in the corner.  Most of the signs were for Democrats.  Democrats, in this area, have a penchant for stealing yard signs of competitors and replacing them with their own (we've taken lots of videos of this over the past ten years or so). I laughed when I realized that some of these people are going to be my future nemeses. Then I realized that I nee

Today I am thankful that I'll only work nine hours tomorrow. Word has gotten out that I'm looking for a permanent job.  In response, my boss is scheduling me for ten hour days Monday through Friday.  He's also pushing to get me to come in on Saturday and Sunday. YIKES. I dislike this job.  I love my customers.  I love helping older people find options for their health care coverage. In the past I helped them connect with Medicaid, Medicare and Extra Help.  I would often help them find Special Needs Plans. In this job..... it's high pressure sales. You just can't do that with this particular population.  Senior citizens have seen it all. They've heard it all. If they, by chance, have forgotten any of it - they need protected. Seriously....we have to look out for their best interests. So...I get in trouble. An elderly woman saw a commercial for the line I am authorized to sell and was confused.  She thought she would lose her Medicare if

It's hard to imagine that we'll get no new Tom Petty music.  May he rest in peace.  Today I am thankful for the people in my city. I had to go out to get a bookshelf.  I still have too many books and it was time for me to organize them.  They usually sit in little piles on the floor.  I had a disturbing dream.  One I may or may not share.  It involved a party in my home and a man from my past. I've had several of these dreams in the past few months. If people are going to come into my home, I may as well give them a space to walk. ***** I guess I'll share the dream. In the latest dream, I'm inviting people to my home for a mini-estate sale.  Everything is free.  People are paying for stuff, so I designate one of my neighbors who needs money to play the role of cashier. I truly have far too many clothes and shoes.  Many of them I've only worn once or twice. In my dream, I see my red thigh high leather boots and my black thigh high

Today I am thankful for Caller ID and Google. Long story short.... My ex's cousins have been calling me. They don't leave messages. They just hang up.  I Google the numbers of the hang up calls I get. They belong to his cousins.  I don't want to answer.  They are calling a number that I don't share with many people.  Only a handful of people know it. One of my former boyfriends has it in case he or his lovely lady need a kidney.  With all the pain meds I'm poppin', that kidney may have to stay where it is.  I need to stop taking NSAIDS like candy, lest I need to go on dialysis in the future.  My sister, aunts and an uncle have the number. I don't advertise it.  I keep it to myself.  I advertise VOIP numbers that I have forwarded to this number so I can keep location secure. In the past, my ex's relatives would call my land line and hang up.  The cops explained to me that they did this to gauge if I were home.  If I answered, not