Lessons in Life

Lesson to self : never work someplace where you are forced to do unethical things, that go against your standards. When you are put into a position that makes you uncomfortable...run...run..fast and get out.
So, I have been helping a friend out working for her while she is away visiting her family for the last month and half. The last time I filled in was not as bad as this time. First of all let me explain that I have been working as a receptionist @ a Chiropractic office for my friends step-father.
Well the last month has been hell. Seriously hell for me. I am not happy...the moment I step into this building I just want to choke this idiot for whatever reason it may be. First of all he thinks he is the greatest think to have ever walked this planet & he is the best Dr. in the Universe. Dude you are a fucking chiropractor...get over yourself. I honestly do not like how he works on me it's so uncomfortable that I wanted to punch him everytime he has touched me. When someone tells you to lighten the pressure you are supposed too. Not go deeper. At least that is what we learned in Massage School. The Client/Patient is in control of the session, not the practioner.
That is not all that is only part of it. Now I am forced with the decision to blow this guy in for insurance fraud as well. He wants me to sign people in who have even stepped foot into this office and then bill their insurance for a treatment that they did not receive. This is so unethical and beyond my practice - that I lied to get out of working here any longer than I need to. I would much rather be unemployeed then forced to work in this situation. What he is doing is fraud and is a felony. Something that I do not want to be a part of.
So now I feel responsible for having to blow this idiot in. But hestitate because I am friends with his step-daughter and granddaughter. And fear what may happen to them. But at this point I feel like I need to take a stand and do the right thing. It's not fair to those who can not afford insurance, but yet have someone cheating and stealing from the system making healthcare insurance prices to rise.
I have read many articles where chiropractors are the number 1 cause of fraud. And now I have experienced. I find it very dishonerable and like I said unethical. I fear this idiot will continue to do these unethical practices if I don't take a stand and do the right thing.
At first I wasn't going to do it, but after much debate with my conciouses I need to do this. And stop these unfair and unethical practices. He said to me he doesn't get paid enough and so forth - well- Change your lifestyle - you don't have to have to live like a millionaire which you are not
Also don't have to talk about people (ie myself) about how we live and our lifestyles and how much lower of standard we are on society. Shit like that pisses me off...this guy is not better than me or anyone else. Actually I think he is worse for how he runs his practice. He's a bottom feeder and douchebag if you personally ask me.

The Bachelorette

After last nights viewing of the bachelorette, I want to know honestly where did they find some of these phsyco loonies? Kasey really??? "I want to guard and protect your heart" yeah enough already asshole, we get it. We know, you were picked to "guard & protect" Ali's heart. But to get a tattoo??? How dumb is this idiot? Does he realize that he is going to never live that down? And that poem...WTF was that? Subtitles had to be used because you could not understand a word mush mouth was saying...maybe the way talks is due to getting punched in the face too many times in high school! Maybe he was trying to "guard & protect" his girlfriends in high school and eventually they got sick of him saying how he is meant to "guard & protect their hearts" and they decked him time after time!!

Then there is Justin...oh Justin...I did not like this dude from the moment he had stepped out of the limo...it was one of those moments that you literally wish you could go into tvland & strangle him. Seriously "Rated R" is going to be soon known as "Rated X" when he gets axed for triple timing Ali. Yes I said triple timing, do you honestly think this guy has more than one girlfriend? I wonder how many baby mama's he really has. Well at least he's not screwing one of camera people or anyone on the crew for that matter.

I want to know honestly what the producers are thinking, especially after Wes pulled the same shit with Jillian. Ok, so yeah maybe it was good for ratings, but people's hearts are on the line here and to bring in trash like that disgusts me. I don't think it's right to toy with someone's feelings, especially in this type of situation and atmosphere.

Then there is Chris L. who I just adore. I think this guy is a super catch and if Ali doesn't end up with him, well then he should be the next Bachelor. There is just something about this guy that puts my ovaries into an uproar!! lol

Frank - oh Frank - I don't know about Frank - he seems really sweet and all...but I think he has jealousy issues - not good for any relationship. I think that Frank is going to go insane pretty quickly he doesn't get some good quality time with Ali. Like in the previews Ali says "Our relationship scares me"... get your sneakers out Ali and run...run away as fast as you can. I think Frank will be leaving very soon. I am thinking there is something very suspicious about Frank...I am thinking that he as a girlfriend back home too...but we shall see.

Craig - All I can picture right now is Craig riding a minature horse and his feet almost dragging on the ground. Craig is a nice guy...but I don't think that spark is there...but who knows...

Roberto - He's just to suave for me...I don't like the guy...he kind of creeps me out...I don't know why...everyone thinks he's got the whole kit-'n-kiddle going for him...but I don't think so...so he can Salsa...so can a lot of other men :)

Kirk - I think Ali and him got in on in NY...yep...wine me, dine me, 69 me...you can see it in their eyes...dreaming of doing the humpty hump again!!! Well at least it wasn't a one night fling cuz he's still there! But it's just a phase that is going to pass!!

Then there is my cowboy Ty- yummy!! I just love him and his southern charm. I think him and Chris L are the 2 sweetest guys there. I would snatch Ty up in a heartbeat. But for some reason I don't think that he is going to be there much longer.

I honestly do not know how Chris N stayed on the show as long as he did. I forgot he was there half the time because he never spoke but 5 words. It was like the cat had his tongue the whole entire time. Then Ali got alone time with him - maybe she should have brought some duct tape with her for when he finally did speak - I started to fall back to sleep and she polietly moved further away. Seriously after that - you had to know that he wasn't getting a rose. I am sure he enjoyed his quite limo ride to the airport!

Well we shall see what the coming weeks has to bring us. I think it's going to be very eventful!!

Note to the Producers (as if they will read this!! haha) - Do better background checks on these guys. Try to leave the physcos at home or in the looney bin where they belong. Look what this show has done to Kasey - he went out and got a fucking tattoo for Christs sake because lets not forget he was brought on the show to "Guard & Protect" Ali's heart. I think he is going to need a therapist after getting the boot last night.

The Power of Positive Thinking

I am one of those people who believe in positive thinking. If you think positive, you will bring positive energy into your life and surroundings.

Leave your negativity at the door. I get a lot of people telling me I am quacked and that positive thinking is a joke & will get you nothing or nowhere. Well I beg to differ. The power of energy is everywhere, it surrounds us. The good, the bad the evil.

Being a massage therapist you learn about energy and how it is released from the body. That is why it is so important to protect your self when working with or on others. Get in the habit of waking up and telling yourself that it is going to be a good day. Protect yourself, wether it be that you put yourself into your imaginery bubble that surrounds you, a cross, necklace, special piece of jewelry that you are wearing as your protectant.

One particular day I forgot to protect myself before I worked on a client. Well, that was the biggest mistake that I only made once, because for the next 2 days I felt every symptom that my client experienced. I picked up their energy and carried it inside of me. Live and learn! From that day forward I always make sure to protect myself and my surroundings.

I had a co-worker who when he would come to work would always complain about not being able to get any sales or just bitch about everything. Saying "they are not coming back", "they are just wasting my time", " I don't know why I have to be stuck out here?" etc. Well, the one day I told him think positive and you will get that sale. Well, he jumped down my throat about me and my positive thinking, and telling me that is bullshit and so forth. I told him watch the difference between how I deliver the information and how he delivered information to possible customers.
Well I had 3 sales in a matter of minutes and he had none. He told me I was lucky. I was like ok whatever.

So I used one of my favorite examples; It's Friday night, you and a group of friends are all going out to the club. You have felt GREAT all day, you are stoked to go out and have a great time. You get the club with your friends and the minute you walk in - bomb it hits you like bomb and that feel good feeling turns to shit and you just can't seem to have a good time. You go from being the happy smiling person you were 10 minutes ago to the grump. What happened???
It's all the bad energy from people that you let in. That's what happened. If you don't believe me try this experiment. Protect yourself before you go out one evening and then don't do it another time and see the difference and feel the difference for yourself.

So open your hearts, protect yourself and believe in the higher power of being positive. It does the body good!

The thrill of an NHRA Top Fuel Dragster or Funny Car going down the track at 300+mph in less then 4 seconds is quite amazing if you ask me.

I grew up around a race track, my dad raced, uncles raced, so we were always at the track. The only difference was that they went around in circles! Growing up I could walk to Lancaster Speedway from my house. It was 5 minutes by car to the track!

Friday nights was drags and Saturdays was roundy round! Fridays I could sit in my back yard and just listen to the drags it was pretty cool. I will never forget my senior graduation from high school me and one of my friends who shared our love for going fast, just kept turning around and looking at each other as we could hear the drag races going on from the football field of the school! We were like we should be there not here. But, I think our families would have disagreed with us this issue!

Lancaster would have special events, I got to meet Shirley Muldowney and few other great names of Drag Racing which to a 12 year old is amazing! Of course what little girl did not want to be like her? To have that experience of racing with the big boys!

But then I somehow got focused on the roundy rounds and modifieds. Modifieds became my life, I wanted to race one, but my mother who put her foot down once again and crushed my dreams of racing once again. I guess that's not what girls do, but I was not your average girl, other than being a gymnast that was about the only girly thing I did! I wanted to buy an old beat-up piece of junk and enter it into the demo-derby at the fair...once again my mother was like no way. I begged my dad...but he actually stood by mom on that one, which even burned me more. So, I was a spectator and then on a pit crew.

Then I met my husband, who was racing roundy rounds. He has raced everything from Mud Boggers to snowmobiles. Well, I really got that racing bug again when he and a few of his other buddies decided to drag race their snowmobiles on apshalt. And I started to love drag racing a little more. When we moved to Arizona, Jim became good friends with one of his co-workers who was HUGE into drag racing. Jim was so excited and I was excited for him because I knew how much he loved to be at the track. So Jim and Kim and the crew would head down to SIR in Tucson, AZ almost every weekend. I was so excited as well - because this meant that I might able to finally race. But then work & school would always get in the way...either I had to work late and wouldn't be able to make tech - which so sucked. So I would get there late and have to be a spectator once again.

Then we moved from Az to Las Vegas. Never have experiencing NHRA Drag Racing at it's best, Jim decided that we were going to to the The Strip @ LVMS. He took me to my very first finals - and I was just in awe. It was so different from watching it on tv to being there and watching all the action going on right in your face! From the smell of Nitro burning in the air, to them rebuilding engines and everyone running around like crazy was insane and so much fun.
From Vendor trailers selling drivers merchandise to the all the events the NHRA had set up to do and enjoy for the fans. I wonder why I ever enjoyed NASCAR??? They never put on a show like this for there fans, if you want to meet the drivers you have to pay extra for a meet & greet, if you want to go into the pits you have either know someone who can get you in for free or you have to pay to get in. Not with NHRA - your ticket is your ticket to fun, pit pass and you get to be up close and personal with your favorite drivers and pit crews. It doesn't get much better than that. And at least it is affordable to be able to take your family to the drag races and not get nickeled and dimed for everything.

I still want to own my own ProStock Motorcycle racing team - it's a dream of mine. I would love to to try racing a Top Fuel Car...but as far as the Funny Cars go...well I love them, but don't think that I could handle sitting inside the coffin. I am very chlostrophobic and have a panic attack in elevators, tanning beds, or any confined space for that matter - and if you have looked inside of a funny car...well it is literally like sitting in a coffin with a little hatch on the top!! But the sure a rush to watch!!

I suggest if you have never experienced Full Throttle Racing at it's Best...then you don't know what you are missing! Go and check it out you might just get hooked!

The Story of our boys, Otis & Pugsley!

I have always been a dog person, growing up we had several dogs. All of which touched my heart in one way or another. My husband finally gave in one day ( I personally think he got sick of listening to me beg for a dog!) Especially when I would puppy sit to fill the void of not having our own.
Well before we packed up and moved to Arizona, we purchased a German Short Hair Pointer, which at the time seemed like a good idea. But we didn't take into consideration that we were going to be living in a 5th wheel trailer. Pepper Von Schnapps was a cute little munckin who you couldn't help but love. He traveled like a charm. But, I don't think that was the best thing for him because he became so attached to us, that he had severe seperation anxiety. So much to the point that he destroyed our trailer (which was our home) on several different occassions.
Jim had had enough. We took him to the pound. They were a no kill sheleter in the town of Benson, AZ. Otherwise I would have not left him there. It broke my heart. I cried for days and wouldn't talk to Jim. I was seriously pissed.
Well after a few months passed, one day Jim says to me you have to come down here and see this adorable puppy at the pound! The golf course we worked at was right across the street for the maintence building. So we could stop frequently to see the rescues. So after I recieved the phone call from Jim I was down their in a heartbeat. There was this cute mutt, from a far I couldn't really tell what he was. But he was the only one who was not barking and making a huge scence! We had to wait until the next day when the pound reopened. So the next morning we headed down to the pound to see this cute little guy. Well, he sat in my lap and just kissed the ever loving crap out of me and Jim. So we decided that we would bring him home with us. His name was Nikia. Well Nikia was supposed to have been Chow and Sheppard mix, which turned out to be more like Chow and Rottweiler. What a fun dog he turned out to be, except when he had a chew chew then the chow came out in him. But we still loved him! Even though he kept growing and growing! Our floor in the 5th wheel was starting to get spongy from him bouncing his way around! He loved to be outside though, black dog laying in the hot AZ summer sun! He had his own baby pool to cool off in, which he loved to lay in as well!
About 4 - 5 months passed and on my daily excursion past the pound I seen this cute little tan and white pup...who had that face...a face that you just can't help but love. So I stopped and asked Paul if I could play with him and he was like sure no problem! So there me and this cute little guy went to play. Well Jim had seen me and was like oh great, she's back at the pound. Well after about 1/2 I put him back and went & told Jim that he had to see this little guy! Jim was like the zoo is full! But after I dragged him across the street to see this little guy, he was like whatever you want honey. So a few days later Otis got to come home to us and Nikia!
What a mix with these 2 boys, who instanly loved eached other and couldn't get enough play time! But yet each was so different in their own ways. When they had enough of each other they would just go there seperate ways.
Otis I spoiled and would hold him in the chair and rock him to sleep as I rubbed his belly! Jim tells me it's my fault he loves belly rubs so much! Ha ha - OOOPPPS Guilty as charged! So Jim and I decided that we wanted to go to Vegas to check it out and see if we would like it. We wanted to try something new. So, we worked out with friends who were going to watch the boys for us. I didn't want to seperate the boys, but I also didn't want to burden someone with both boys. A couple of friends that we worked with agreed to watch each of the boys for us. Nikia went with our friend Daryll and his family. Otis was supposed to go to my friend Steph's but her daughters little dog did not like "O' and all she did was carry on and bark. So I didn't want Steph to have to go thru that so "O" just came with us. I was going to kennel him at Petsmart in Vegas, but the Vet back in Benson lied to me and told me he had his bortella shot when he didn't. Man was I pissed. Here were in Vegas and I have no where for my baby. But Petsmart was fantastic and found a place for us where he could stay!!
Well when we got back home, I had told Jim to call me when Daryll's wife got there with Nik and I would come pick him up. Instead I get a phone call saying that Daryll wants me to come down there for lunch cuz he needed to talk to us. First thing that went thru my head was what happened to my dog. I couldn't wait for lunch time, but finally it arrived. Daryll started to explain how much fun they had with him and how he loves chewys and not to go near him while he is chewing on them. His uncle's dog came 4 miles down the wash and scaled the fence to play with Nikia. His wife and kids just fell in love with the dog. And Jim and I did talk about finding him a home where he could run free and have lots of play space because it was not fair to him to be cooped up in a 5th wheel trailer and tied to chain outside. So I had to go home and digest this for a few hours. After I cried and held Otis for hours, I knew it was the best thing for him and I knew that he was going to have a wonderful life with this family. I could tell how much they loved him. So I gave in and sacraficed - it wasn't as hurtful as giving up Pepper, because I knew I could still see him if I wanted to. So Otis became an only dog. Who became a truly spoiled dog! And defiently a mama's boy!!
After we moved to Vegas and bought a house we thought about getting another dog. Well Jim and I had gone back to Benson to visit 2 years ago for Memorial Day. We stopped and visited Daryll at work, when I asked him if I could come and see Nikia - this sad look came over his face, I asked him what happened to my boy. When he told me that he had been biten by a baby rattlesnake my heart sank. Daryll's youngest boy was outside playing in the yard and the snake was going towards the baby. Well Nikia did what he thought was best and to stop the snake from harming the child and put his own life in jeopardy. The Vet had told them because it was a baby rattler, they can not control their venom, and so much venom was pumped into Nik that their was no saving him. I just cried. Cried tears of pain for Nikia but tears of joy for his heorricness.
Shortly after we got home I went to the pound here in Las Vegas. I was looking for a Boston Terrier, they did not have any, so then I asked about a Beagle, nope, then I asked about a Pug, nope, but then the guy stopped and turned around and said we do have a Puggle though and pointed me in the right direction to go see this cute little guy! There were lots of people in his section but no one was really paying any attention to this cute little guy. After I walked around to see what else they had, I couldn't help but go back to this little cutie named Pugsley. I asked if I could get him out and play with him, walk him around. After I had to fill out all this paper work they let me have him. After 45 minutes of us walking around and playing, snuggeling and loving I had to put him back. NO, I DID NOT WANT TOO. I texted Jim right away and told him we had to go to the pound first thing the next morning. His response back was Ok! I was waiting for like no the Zoo is full response, but I didn't get it! I told Jim all about my experience that day at the pound.
So the next morning we headed down to the pound. I couldn't help but power walk into the place to see if Pugsley's happy little face was still there waiting to be adopted. Much to my surprise there he was. And there was this older lady who was doing the oh so cutsey puppy talk to him as well. The older gentleman just smiled at me when I said to Jim so happily "this is him! What do you think?" Do you want to play with him?" Well as soon as the lady heard that she walked out and was approaching one of the men who worked there. I darted out of their with my paperwork in hand from the previous day asking for Pugsley to be released so my hubby could see him!! I asked him if I could still use my paperwork from yesterday & he told me "you are just in time!" He remembered me from the previous day.
So out came Pugsley we walked around with him and Jim was playing with him. When I had asked the guy "Does he get along with other dogs?" He asked me if we had another dog at home and I advised him that we did. He advised Jim to stay with Pugsley while I went and got Otis.
Thank God we are only 5 minutes away from the pound! Well I asked Otis to be on his best behavior because we were looking a bringing home a brother for him! As I walked past the Elderly Lady I just smiled & she just grumbled at me. We got the boys into a fenced in area and set them free, they sniffed each other and then played and went their own way when they were done! Was just like having Nik and Otis back together again, excpet Otis was playing the part of Nik as big brother!!
Well it didn't take us long to decide and say we are taking him home. Which made the Elderly Lady very unhappy for some reason, her husband just smiled and kept a motoring in his wheel chair. We were lucky enough to bring him home that day as he was already fixed and microchipped.
And that is how our to awesome boys came to us. And I wouldn't trade them for the world! They are both so different and unique in their own way, but love us both equally & unconditionally!!