general update
we are back at 90 degrees, and normal humidity - perfect weather to me - even warm at night. picked up "halloween" cupcakes on sale at publix - excellent of course. the haunted looking ones are on sale, the yellow and orange "harvest for autumn" are not on sale. lol. have a feeling the meaning of this holiday (and practice of it?) is changing again, but its about time. seems that it changes every 60 years, so we are due. times (civilization) change and people get bored.
the greek church does its festival at this time of the year. don't know what festival it is, but i know it is a big thing by us. good alternative to the silliness.
community theatre, especially children's theatre is another alternative - or being one of the actors at horror nights at universal studios in orlando, and making money at dressing up is another way to do the costume thing ... lots of options if a person loves wearing costumes and theatre make up. also working as a professional clown, magician or working as a character actor (dressed as santa or mickey mouse) in hospitals or parks actually pays decent.
"a" dressed as minnie mouse with black ears and red clothing and then a black nose painted on. this is the first year that i comment and think its cute, but the truth is i'm bored. don't know if its the extra lopressor pill at night, the statin, which i KNOW makes me grumpy, but i need to take or i get brain surges (pressure on the brain) or the fact that i've been ordered by the doctor to go directly "home" after work and rest thing -- been doing that for FIVE MONTHS now. (which go directly home, to me means, go buy multiple pieces of real estate and start going to my own multiple houses that i own, each night - instead of going out or visiting people. however, i know if anything is amiss i am risking more blood pressure troubles and brain surges. grrrrr. i can't just GO directly home, it drives me batty.
i can see not seeing too many people, i know that can be stressful, because you may encounter a nutcase along the way, doesn't matter who it is. had to deal with lucindaw with that a few days ago and called it in to see what was really going on there. they said to me, she is the dialysis murderer, a nurse who was killing people "on purpose" who went in for dialysis, if the patient was rude or she didn't like them. her husband was a witness and turned her in. she actually admitted to doing all this and only walked because davidb from south florida, sent up some lawyer to defend her, to steal evidence actually so the case would fail and be dismissed or found not guilty.
she says she wondered why she got away with it and even thought the judge and jury AGREED with her, it never occurred to her that the lawyer was stealing evidence to screw up the case for the prosecution. like a vendetta against whoever was on that side. how about, its not a GAME db, GROW UP. the prosecution should APPEAL the verdict and go after her again. i can't believe i used to work in criminal court and this used to be everyday conversation for me, which is all it is to people like db who are still in the middle of it, its just a game.
my blood pressure goes up just READING this. grrrrr. i kept telling her off on the phone and i wouldn't let it drop. i KNOW i did this on purpose. and mikeh says to me, you know i have to deal with crazy people alllll day long and you KNOW she is going to come back with this and i KNOW you did this on purpose to have a reason to go after her. you are baiting her. you're almost as bad as the lawyers, (except they are corrupt and i'm just baiting it to get her to start threatening in public to re-open the case, just being honest).
or the nutcase, michelled (another michelle who is crazed - you could actually TELL with this one, you don't see people screaming like that in public anymore, not since the 80's really, which i guess is internet helping society? though everyone insists its drug induced medications - PILLS. everyone is on some kind of prescription drug and basically a zombie, with no reaction at all, so its like a science fiction movie out there. creepy. even the lopressor that i'm on keeps me even-keeled all the time, very unnatural. i can't get as much work done being on lopressor.)
the greek church does its festival at this time of the year. don't know what festival it is, but i know it is a big thing by us. good alternative to the silliness.
community theatre, especially children's theatre is another alternative - or being one of the actors at horror nights at universal studios in orlando, and making money at dressing up is another way to do the costume thing ... lots of options if a person loves wearing costumes and theatre make up. also working as a professional clown, magician or working as a character actor (dressed as santa or mickey mouse) in hospitals or parks actually pays decent.
"a" dressed as minnie mouse with black ears and red clothing and then a black nose painted on. this is the first year that i comment and think its cute, but the truth is i'm bored. don't know if its the extra lopressor pill at night, the statin, which i KNOW makes me grumpy, but i need to take or i get brain surges (pressure on the brain) or the fact that i've been ordered by the doctor to go directly "home" after work and rest thing -- been doing that for FIVE MONTHS now. (which go directly home, to me means, go buy multiple pieces of real estate and start going to my own multiple houses that i own, each night - instead of going out or visiting people. however, i know if anything is amiss i am risking more blood pressure troubles and brain surges. grrrrr. i can't just GO directly home, it drives me batty.
i can see not seeing too many people, i know that can be stressful, because you may encounter a nutcase along the way, doesn't matter who it is. had to deal with lucindaw with that a few days ago and called it in to see what was really going on there. they said to me, she is the dialysis murderer, a nurse who was killing people "on purpose" who went in for dialysis, if the patient was rude or she didn't like them. her husband was a witness and turned her in. she actually admitted to doing all this and only walked because davidb from south florida, sent up some lawyer to defend her, to steal evidence actually so the case would fail and be dismissed or found not guilty.
she says she wondered why she got away with it and even thought the judge and jury AGREED with her, it never occurred to her that the lawyer was stealing evidence to screw up the case for the prosecution. like a vendetta against whoever was on that side. how about, its not a GAME db, GROW UP. the prosecution should APPEAL the verdict and go after her again. i can't believe i used to work in criminal court and this used to be everyday conversation for me, which is all it is to people like db who are still in the middle of it, its just a game.
my blood pressure goes up just READING this. grrrrr. i kept telling her off on the phone and i wouldn't let it drop. i KNOW i did this on purpose. and mikeh says to me, you know i have to deal with crazy people alllll day long and you KNOW she is going to come back with this and i KNOW you did this on purpose to have a reason to go after her. you are baiting her. you're almost as bad as the lawyers, (except they are corrupt and i'm just baiting it to get her to start threatening in public to re-open the case, just being honest).
or the nutcase, michelled (another michelle who is crazed - you could actually TELL with this one, you don't see people screaming like that in public anymore, not since the 80's really, which i guess is internet helping society? though everyone insists its drug induced medications - PILLS. everyone is on some kind of prescription drug and basically a zombie, with no reaction at all, so its like a science fiction movie out there. creepy. even the lopressor that i'm on keeps me even-keeled all the time, very unnatural. i can't get as much work done being on lopressor.)
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I\'m on a ton of psych meds for my bipolar and schizophrenia. They work somewhat, but I do still get mood swings. at least I\'m not hallucinating.
You\'re right about the meds. Everybody is on something these days. And a lot more people are acting out, shooting people, blah blah...it just isn\'t safe anymore. We just have to live our lives with caution. Never thought I\'d have to live my life this way in this Country. Very sad. If they gave the right pills to the right people....it might be helpful. My daughter is bi-polar and her mood stabilizer meds have changed her life for the better. If the right people, take the right meds, then we could all be better off. This is my field, medicine, and I\'ve seen a lot of drug abuse.. It\'s totally out of control here in the US. Lord help us all.
Hope the Lopressor side effects diminish with time.
We had no trick or treaters this year. Same thing I was just talking about. Nobody trusts anybody anymore. I have to admit, I wouldn\'t want my child taking candy from a stranger! Not in this Country, or any other.
Glad you\'re enjoying your weather. Ninety degrees is to hot for me. I\'m heat intolerant. I\'m welcoming fall and football! WOOT! xoxo
we didn\'t have trick or treaters either. we haven\'t seen that here for about ten years. in small developments they still do. i know in the 90\'s we went to the mall and that was okay, they had church things. they also have trunk or treat nowadays, its a new thing put out by churches and publix food store and done in their parking lot. lets be honest, its s dumb holiday anyway. the real holiday is all saints day and all soul\'s day. if people want to wear costumes and have a costume day, then they should do that next.
i was reading that they used to dress as bums for thanksgiving and go house to house and bar to bar from 1900 through 1950\'s, even in the 60\'s, then it became the costume thing and candies house to house. i think the holiday is changing again. there is even a facebook GROUP called trunk or treat. you are right, too many weirdos out there, probably always was, but nowadays people are more AWARE of everything.