Hey there. I'm off to Phoenix, AZ for a credit conference later this week. I'll be in the Phoenix area most of Thursday and Friday, coming back home on Friday evening. I've never been to Phoenix so I'm excited about visiting a new city. One of the perks of my job (Sr. Credit Analyst/Credit Manager) is that I've been asked to attend credit conferences/meetings. I've been fortunate to be sent to New Orleans, New York City, and San Diego. San Diego shouldn't count, since that's just a car drive away, but still, it make me feel somewhat important to represent our company at these meetings.
I was hoping to catch some sight seeing, as I did in New York and New Orleans, but to be quite honest with you, I'm not exactly sure what I can see or do in Phoenix. My brother suggested seeing the "Shaqtus". lol I would if I could find it, but if I remember correctly, only Shaq knows where it is and I doubt I'll be running into Shaq on the streets of Phoenix. lol
I don't know any people in the area and I don't believe any one that I know have visited the area. I'll try to spend some time later to day to find a good restaurant or something to check out. If you guys are from the area, let me know what's good out in Phoenix. Local knowledge is a lot better than online information. Later!
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Hey there. I consider myself a nerd. I'm into computer stuff, I love math, the channel I watch most on TV is probably the History Channel (aside from ESPN), and I like me a good mental challenge/puzzle. With that being said, I was a nerd, not a "dweeb". lol When some asked me that we should practice safe surfing, I knew that they were talking in terms of anti-virus, firewalls, and what not. Never once, did the below every occur to me. lol Later!
A priest was preparing a dying man for his long journey into the night. Whispering into the man's ear, the priest said, "Denounce the devil! Let him know how little you think of his evil!"
The dying man said nothing, so the priest repeated his order. Without any acknowledgment, the dying man continued to lie there in silence. The priest asked, "Why do you refuse to denounce the devil and his evil?"
To which the dying man responded, "Until I know where I'm heading, I don't think I ought to aggravate anybody."
Two women were playing golf. One teed off and watched in horror as her ball headed directly toward a foursome of men playing the next hole. The ball hit one of the men. He immediately clasped his hands together at his groin, fell to the ground and proceeded to roll around in agony. The woman rushed down to the man, and immediately began to apologize.
"Please allow me to help. I'm a Physical Therapist and I know I could relieve your pain if you'd allow me," she told him.
Oh, no, I'll be all right. I'll be fine in a few minutes," the man replied.
He was in obvious agony, lying in the fetal position, still clasping his hands there at his groin. At her persistence, however, he finally allowed her to help. She gently took his hands away and laid them to the side, loosened his pants and put her hands inside. She administered a tender and artful massage for several long moments and asked, "How does that feel?"
"Feels great", he replied "but I still think my thumb's broken!"
Hey there. Our youngest is sick. Last night, he started showing some signs of fussyness and a slight fever. We chalked it up to him teething. He's been drooling like a lil monster and can't keep his hand out of his mouth. We expect some teeth to pop out soon. Anyways, last night got tough. He started getting a little flushed and started to feel warmer. We gave him some Tylenol with hopes that the fever would diminish. It did... but very slightly. We ended up staying up most of the night to keep an eye on our little one. We checked his temperature throughout the night and kept an eye on his breathing. Come close to 3 am or so, we finally got a few hours of sleep in.
At about 6:15 am, I got up and checked his temperature. 100.6... Not too bad, considering that at one point is sitting high at 102+. We got ready and headed off to work. My mother in law then called us to let us know that the baby seemed sick. We asked her to take him to a doc to check him out and before long, we receive a voicemail that the doc said the baby has pneumonia. Our hearts sank. In my eyes, it's nothing but a glorified cold, but I know that that the elderly and the very young, can have some pretty serious complications from contracting it.
Luckily, we were able to get away from work and check on our son. My mother in law lives minutes from where we work so we were able to get to our baby right away. When we got there, our baby was asleep, but flushed. He still had a temperature and after he got up and ate, he went back to sleep.
Poor little guy. I want my baby to be happy, not sluggish and sickly. It sucks because him being so young, there really isn't mcuh you can do in meds and because he can't speak, you can't really pinpoint where he's uncomfortable. Does he feel too hot? Does his head hurt? Does his chest hurt? Is he uncomfortable? I don't know. We do our best to make him as comfortable as possible but in the end, you're really just guessing that you took care of his needs.
Being a little one, I'm sure that the kids probably passed it on to him in some sort of way. They're not sick or anything, but when you have a house of 3 school kids and a baby, it's bound to happen where one of the four will get sick. My mother in law is beating herself up thinking that she may have not cared well for him. She's the one that looks after the kids while we work. We assured her that it's not her fault. She can't wipe every kid in the school with germ killing wipes. Germs are everywhere, it's just that the lil ones are more likely to get sick with older kids around.
Right now, the little guy is still sporting a fever, but we're sure it's because the doc gave him some antibiotics. He didn't see the need to send our boy to the hospital. We don't want to make a trip there, but we are eyeing our boy like a hawk to make sure he's not displaying any of those symptoms that would require emergency care.
Earlier in the day, my wife told me that he was looking better and managed some smiles and laughs. We have a check up with the doc tomorrow morning. I'm hoping that after a good night's sleep, he'll be feeling a whole lot better. Later.
