Today I handled my first official paying client!!! I was so ecstatic when I really thought about what happened! He's a barber that's moved to a new location, and he requested a flyer to notify his clientele in the old area about the move. I was supposed to do it Friday, but since I was feeling horrible I could not. So I took the original to him earlier today, he approved it, I went and made copies and came right back! I charged him $20 flyer preparation (it only took me 20 minutes) and the cost of the color copies. He even called me later to thank me again!
A great contrast to the day I had yesterday!! Yay me!!
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February 27, 2009
A Bad Day
Talk about unproductive! Boy today was that day! I woke up with a slight headache, and it just progressed as the morning progressed. By the time I dropped the last kid off, I was barely making it. I stopped at Hardee's and got strawberry biscuits, then came straight home. I barely mustered through one of them, when I decided to lie down on the loveseat. I was trying to work on a flyer for a client - the guy who cuts Bruzer's hair now, and a friend of Viv. I sent him a text to say I was moving slow due to not feeling well and would try to get it to him this afternoon. He was so sweet though! He called me back immediately and told me not to worry about it today if I wasn't feeling well, and to make sure to take of myself. I thought that was nice. Wayne called to check on me, after I sent him a text saying I wasn't feeling well today too. He called back later to see if I was any better and asked me to call the doctor (which he knew I wouldn't do) to see if that was normal.
Meanwhile, I send Dante a text to say I wish he was here so I could lay on him because I wasn't feeling so well. His reply? 'Sorry'
Yes, he did lose a brownie point for that one!
Problem is, I went to the doctor yesterday and was put on a different hypertension medication. The last one was starting to make me dizzy a little too much...when I bothered to take it, that is. So, I knew that the debilitating headache today was due to my body trying to adjust to the new medication. That didn't make didn't with the discomfort any easier though!!
So, needless to say I got nothing done today. I finally peeled myself off the loveseat at about 2p. That gave me enough time to try and eat something, then head off to start picking up kids again.
SO that means, as long as I am feeling good tomorrow morning, I get to go do a few things I didn't do today. I have to pay something on my power bill ASAP. Since I have no news from the banker yet about everything being clear, I will have to deposit in the old bank so that I can get a new host agency ASAP. If necessary, I will change everything over later, but I can't wait past Monday to have a new host agency in place. Business calls!!
Meanwhile, I send Dante a text to say I wish he was here so I could lay on him because I wasn't feeling so well. His reply? 'Sorry'
Yes, he did lose a brownie point for that one!
Problem is, I went to the doctor yesterday and was put on a different hypertension medication. The last one was starting to make me dizzy a little too much...when I bothered to take it, that is. So, I knew that the debilitating headache today was due to my body trying to adjust to the new medication. That didn't make didn't with the discomfort any easier though!!
So, needless to say I got nothing done today. I finally peeled myself off the loveseat at about 2p. That gave me enough time to try and eat something, then head off to start picking up kids again.
SO that means, as long as I am feeling good tomorrow morning, I get to go do a few things I didn't do today. I have to pay something on my power bill ASAP. Since I have no news from the banker yet about everything being clear, I will have to deposit in the old bank so that I can get a new host agency ASAP. If necessary, I will change everything over later, but I can't wait past Monday to have a new host agency in place. Business calls!!
February 26, 2009
My Beautiful (pre) Valentine's Weekend
Okay, I wanted to go back and do this for real, since the last posting was done from my Treo!
I got my mom to come to my house and watch the children for me that weekend. The Officer was off work that day since her youngest was still kinda sick from asthma, so I got to leave even earlier in the day! She has a big enough vehicle to pick up the kids when they get out of school, so that was great! I was on the highway at about 130p I believe. I stopped at a town on the route to go to a um...ahem...adult store to get a special outfit. Okay, maybe not really an "out"fit, but it worked for its purpose!! I can definitely say I will be going back there! Not a sleazy place as many might imagine...very clean and well lit, and the ladies were so courteous and friendly!
I got there that early evening and came in with none of my luggage yet. I had already told him he would have to leave when I got there so I could 'get ready'. I walked in to a dark apartment, with candlelight illuminating from the bathroom and bedroom only, and 'our song' playing on a continuous loop on his laptop! He was not in sight! On the bed, he had rose petals laid out in a design. Pink petals were in the shape of a heart, and red petals were inside the heart in the shape of the letter 'K' (1st initial of my name). I know! It was just as cute as it sounds!! I looked in the bathroom and there was a large card and a gift set of perfume. Burberry Brit to be exact! What a perfect scent on me it is! He did good!!! The next most important factor is that it really turns him on!
If you disagree, you're not doing it right! Plain and simple.
I took the card into the bedroom and knew there was only one place he could be: the walk-in closet! He was coming out just as I was opening my card. It was a singing card too, which he is famous for! I got a couple of good kisses and thanked him for my card and gifts, then told him to scram so I could get prepared. I made sure he had driven away before I got my luggage and stuff out the car. I got him 3 large mylar balloons that had cords from floor to ceiling. I got him a couple of cards, and I set up strawberries, whip cream and champagne with cute little red valentine flutes on the night stand! I took a shower with my new shower gel, then my lotion, then my perfume! Then I put on my "out"fit, complete with fishnets and 4 inch heels! I left the song on a continuous loop, rearranged the heart to the shape of an 'O' around the 'K', and awaited his arrival.
He was very pleased with the look!! I have that look captured in my mental photo album! And the weekend was on to a great start from there! We did a lot of stuff that we had been wanting to do for a while! We both left each other on Sunday with a chessire cat grin! He actually had to work off and on this weekend, but boy did we make up when he showed back up! I love those kind of weekends with him! It's like a little mini-vacation! And...now that I have purchased the airline tickets for us to go to Atlanta, that's gonna be a vacation for real!! I am so excited!
Have I mentioned that I have fallen completely in love with this man? Completely!
I was trying to keep it on the shelf because I didn't really know how he felt, plus he was still technically married. But, once I heard those words (and have heard them a few times since) and as the marriage was officially dissolved, I have really let go a lot more than I was able to before. That's not to say that things are just going to magically fall into place for us. There are still a lot of unknowns on the table at this point. I mean, there's the possibility that he could get promoted and do 2 more years in Memphis! Right, my point exactly, where does that leave us? In a long distance relationship for another 2 years?? Can either of us really handle that?? We're not spring chickens anymore, you know. There's also the issue of the children that he wants. How the hell - other than me having my reversal (which I still don't really know how he feels about that whole idea) and us trying to conceive - will we get across that bridge??? What if he comes home in October/November this year for good, and then between work and school and family obligations not have too much time to invest in this as a serious relationship? Is he ready to get into a serious relationship again? Does he need time to make sure he has "explored all his options" first? Will he be ready to commit to marriage again in a couple of years (since I don't see the point of seriously dating 3+ years without a date set and a ring being worn)?
I'm rattling so I will stop now, but I had to get that out. There's not really anyone I can talk to about the stuff in the previous paragraph and expect anything from. Plus, noone can answer those questions for me anyway, outside of Dante, time and God. I just really needed to get them out of my head for right now is all. It's gotten a little too cluttered in there lately!
I got my mom to come to my house and watch the children for me that weekend. The Officer was off work that day since her youngest was still kinda sick from asthma, so I got to leave even earlier in the day! She has a big enough vehicle to pick up the kids when they get out of school, so that was great! I was on the highway at about 130p I believe. I stopped at a town on the route to go to a um...ahem...adult store to get a special outfit. Okay, maybe not really an "out"fit, but it worked for its purpose!! I can definitely say I will be going back there! Not a sleazy place as many might imagine...very clean and well lit, and the ladies were so courteous and friendly!
I got there that early evening and came in with none of my luggage yet. I had already told him he would have to leave when I got there so I could 'get ready'. I walked in to a dark apartment, with candlelight illuminating from the bathroom and bedroom only, and 'our song' playing on a continuous loop on his laptop! He was not in sight! On the bed, he had rose petals laid out in a design. Pink petals were in the shape of a heart, and red petals were inside the heart in the shape of the letter 'K' (1st initial of my name). I know! It was just as cute as it sounds!! I looked in the bathroom and there was a large card and a gift set of perfume. Burberry Brit to be exact! What a perfect scent on me it is! He did good!!! The next most important factor is that it really turns him on!
If you disagree, you're not doing it right! Plain and simple.
I took the card into the bedroom and knew there was only one place he could be: the walk-in closet! He was coming out just as I was opening my card. It was a singing card too, which he is famous for! I got a couple of good kisses and thanked him for my card and gifts, then told him to scram so I could get prepared. I made sure he had driven away before I got my luggage and stuff out the car. I got him 3 large mylar balloons that had cords from floor to ceiling. I got him a couple of cards, and I set up strawberries, whip cream and champagne with cute little red valentine flutes on the night stand! I took a shower with my new shower gel, then my lotion, then my perfume! Then I put on my "out"fit, complete with fishnets and 4 inch heels! I left the song on a continuous loop, rearranged the heart to the shape of an 'O' around the 'K', and awaited his arrival.
He was very pleased with the look!! I have that look captured in my mental photo album! And the weekend was on to a great start from there! We did a lot of stuff that we had been wanting to do for a while! We both left each other on Sunday with a chessire cat grin! He actually had to work off and on this weekend, but boy did we make up when he showed back up! I love those kind of weekends with him! It's like a little mini-vacation! And...now that I have purchased the airline tickets for us to go to Atlanta, that's gonna be a vacation for real!! I am so excited!
Have I mentioned that I have fallen completely in love with this man? Completely!
I was trying to keep it on the shelf because I didn't really know how he felt, plus he was still technically married. But, once I heard those words (and have heard them a few times since) and as the marriage was officially dissolved, I have really let go a lot more than I was able to before. That's not to say that things are just going to magically fall into place for us. There are still a lot of unknowns on the table at this point. I mean, there's the possibility that he could get promoted and do 2 more years in Memphis! Right, my point exactly, where does that leave us? In a long distance relationship for another 2 years?? Can either of us really handle that?? We're not spring chickens anymore, you know. There's also the issue of the children that he wants. How the hell - other than me having my reversal (which I still don't really know how he feels about that whole idea) and us trying to conceive - will we get across that bridge??? What if he comes home in October/November this year for good, and then between work and school and family obligations not have too much time to invest in this as a serious relationship? Is he ready to get into a serious relationship again? Does he need time to make sure he has "explored all his options" first? Will he be ready to commit to marriage again in a couple of years (since I don't see the point of seriously dating 3+ years without a date set and a ring being worn)?
I'm rattling so I will stop now, but I had to get that out. There's not really anyone I can talk to about the stuff in the previous paragraph and expect anything from. Plus, noone can answer those questions for me anyway, outside of Dante, time and God. I just really needed to get them out of my head for right now is all. It's gotten a little too cluttered in there lately!
February 25, 2009
So Check Out This Mess!!
So, the guy that I was helping start his wrestling and fitness business late last year is still causing me problems!
Let me tell you what's been going on. My ex-husband and I did the lump sum child support thing again this year (though he still owes me a grand by DJ's b-day). So with that money, I have paid up rent, the phone bill, the cell bill, the water bill, part of the power bill...I've been busy. Another thing I planned to do with that money was open up a new business and personal checking account at another banking institution. The guy and I went there in November or December and opened up a business checking account for the gym. Since he had $25 he still owed to another bank, he couldn't be a signer on the checking account at that time. So, he very reluctantly agreed to allow me to be the signer until everything was straightened out. I never thought any more of it. I mean it's a checking account, not co-signing for a loan or anything!
Yeah well, if it can happen to anyone...it will happen to me! I went there the day after President's Day to open my bank accounts, all documents in hand. What a surprise when the personal banker tells me he can't open my account until the other account that went into default/overdraft hell is cleared up. That balance was $90.67! I went ahead and paid it, then I called the guy and told him he will pay me back! His claim was 'that was supposed to be taken care of'! Yeah well it wasn't. I am still waiting for a) everything to clear at the bank so I can open my new accounts, and b) him to give me the money back!!!
To make matters worse I went the next day to a local well-known credit union to open savings accounts for me and each of the kids. To my surprise again: Couldn't do it because my SSN had been reported to Chexsystems as of the 12th of February!!!! Son-of-a-b&*^h!!! It is the 25th, and I am still waiting for everything to clear so I can open my new bank accounts!
Worse still, the sense of urgency is there because I have to get a new host agency for my travel company ASAP, because the one I was affiliated with is in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy!! BUT, I can't get a new host agency without a business bank account and check card for billing!! Challenges are just opportunities in disguise!
If I tell myself that enough times, perhaps I'll believe it!! (No seriously, I already do! Lord knows I've had enough challenges!)
I tell myself this was my mild punishment for once again putting someone else's dream ahead of my own. Now I've got clients that want me to check on travel for them coming out of the woodwork (okay not that many), and I am struggling to service them because of this issue! Thankfully, God is a God of second (and third and fourth and...) chances! Hallelujah!
Let me tell you what's been going on. My ex-husband and I did the lump sum child support thing again this year (though he still owes me a grand by DJ's b-day). So with that money, I have paid up rent, the phone bill, the cell bill, the water bill, part of the power bill...I've been busy. Another thing I planned to do with that money was open up a new business and personal checking account at another banking institution. The guy and I went there in November or December and opened up a business checking account for the gym. Since he had $25 he still owed to another bank, he couldn't be a signer on the checking account at that time. So, he very reluctantly agreed to allow me to be the signer until everything was straightened out. I never thought any more of it. I mean it's a checking account, not co-signing for a loan or anything!
Yeah well, if it can happen to anyone...it will happen to me! I went there the day after President's Day to open my bank accounts, all documents in hand. What a surprise when the personal banker tells me he can't open my account until the other account that went into default/overdraft hell is cleared up. That balance was $90.67! I went ahead and paid it, then I called the guy and told him he will pay me back! His claim was 'that was supposed to be taken care of'! Yeah well it wasn't. I am still waiting for a) everything to clear at the bank so I can open my new accounts, and b) him to give me the money back!!!
To make matters worse I went the next day to a local well-known credit union to open savings accounts for me and each of the kids. To my surprise again: Couldn't do it because my SSN had been reported to Chexsystems as of the 12th of February!!!! Son-of-a-b&*^h!!! It is the 25th, and I am still waiting for everything to clear so I can open my new bank accounts!
Worse still, the sense of urgency is there because I have to get a new host agency for my travel company ASAP, because the one I was affiliated with is in Chapter 11 Bankruptcy!! BUT, I can't get a new host agency without a business bank account and check card for billing!! Challenges are just opportunities in disguise!
If I tell myself that enough times, perhaps I'll believe it!! (No seriously, I already do! Lord knows I've had enough challenges!)
I tell myself this was my mild punishment for once again putting someone else's dream ahead of my own. Now I've got clients that want me to check on travel for them coming out of the woodwork (okay not that many), and I am struggling to service them because of this issue! Thankfully, God is a God of second (and third and fourth and...) chances! Hallelujah!
Just sent a post...
I just emailed a post that was done on February 17th when my home internet was interrupted.
I Hope This Is Correct!
I believe this is how I email a blog post. My internet services were...ahem...suspended -- so I am determined to try something else to post. Man do I have a lot to say!
My Memphis trip was great! Dante and I had a blast with each other! I went hiking...and survived (barely)! It was a 3-mile hike through the National Forest...up hills, down hills, across creeks, etc. The city girl survived! Believe it or not...I can't wait to go back and do it again!
I even got to meet his friend June, who went hiking with us. Yes, I was a big girl. A female friend who I was uncomfortable with at first seeing a pic of them together on her MySpace page. But I am better now. I actually like her. No, he wouldn't be the first man to be that damn bold...but I really have no indication that they are anything other than friends. So, we're good.
We celebrated Valentine's Day that weekend (the 7th) and wow did we do it up good!!! We were both grinning by the end of the weekend...from ear-to-ear!!! But enough about those details. I just hope this works!
February 3, 2009
A Quick Vent
Ok, I know when I worked from 930a-6p that my sisters picked up my kids from daycares, sometimes making 2 trips, and didn't ask me for a cent to do it. I know that was for about a year straight. But I never did the things they do now! I know I didn't!
Yes, they pay me about $50 every 2 weeks to drop off and pick up their children from school. This saves them latchkey fees and, in the case of the 7th grade niece, mother's peace of mind that child is not home alone. My sisters are so much worse worriers than I could ever be, over protective to the point of overbearing in my opinion.
But geez Louise, why is it always something new with them? I just got called at 944P to ask if I can pick up my almost 17year old niece from yet another school tomorrow because Leigh will be at the doctor. She will be going to the doctor every Wednesday now, basically until delivery (ie, on or around March 20) in St. Louis. Again, the 17year old gets picked up everyday because her mother is terrified that something bad could happen if she caught the bus everyday - like hundreds of other students do everyday in the area. Let's not forget that I wait 30minutes in the car for her 7th grader to get out of school, then on Wednesdays I wait another 15 on top of that for The Officer's 5th grader to get out of band practice. So, when I pick up Champagne at 245P, I'm usually not home again with all kids until 4P!! That is a big ass chunk of my afternoon! And still I'm getting asked for more and more.
This is why it gets easier to ask them for things that I want when it comes to babysitting, because they have no problem asking me if it's something they need to do!
(breathing slowly)
...and....exhale
Yes, they pay me about $50 every 2 weeks to drop off and pick up their children from school. This saves them latchkey fees and, in the case of the 7th grade niece, mother's peace of mind that child is not home alone. My sisters are so much worse worriers than I could ever be, over protective to the point of overbearing in my opinion.
But geez Louise, why is it always something new with them? I just got called at 944P to ask if I can pick up my almost 17year old niece from yet another school tomorrow because Leigh will be at the doctor. She will be going to the doctor every Wednesday now, basically until delivery (ie, on or around March 20) in St. Louis. Again, the 17year old gets picked up everyday because her mother is terrified that something bad could happen if she caught the bus everyday - like hundreds of other students do everyday in the area. Let's not forget that I wait 30minutes in the car for her 7th grader to get out of school, then on Wednesdays I wait another 15 on top of that for The Officer's 5th grader to get out of band practice. So, when I pick up Champagne at 245P, I'm usually not home again with all kids until 4P!! That is a big ass chunk of my afternoon! And still I'm getting asked for more and more.
This is why it gets easier to ask them for things that I want when it comes to babysitting, because they have no problem asking me if it's something they need to do!
(breathing slowly)
...and....exhale
Life Keeps Moving
This past week has been a little bit emotionally taxing for me, to the point I have to fight from being depressed. Why? Trouble with Dante? Not at all. As a matter, things on that front are so blissfully great I have to catch myself from waiting for the sky to fall!
What's got me down is being Cody's counselor everyday while he goes through the beginning stages of accepting his HIV+ status.
I have been urging him over the last few days that, along with finding the right doctors, he needs to make finding a counselor or support group top priority. There is only so much that a person without this virus can advise someone that has it. You can imagine that person's feelings to an extent, but that's it! There is only one person close to me that can imagine how I felt when I found out about having HSV, and that's Wayne. And that's only be he has it too! The BFF nor Dante nor Kween, nor my siblings or mother can imagine what that felt like. I felt like I was ruined for life, that noone would want to be with in a relationship with me, that I was a bad person, that I was stupid for catching this in the first place, etc. So, in that respect, I can empathize with Cody.
BUT, mine won't possibly shorten my life span either. That's where the differences set in. I have only had 2 people in all my many years and many partners say they didn't want to be with me because of it (New Guy and the New Guy of the same name but different color). Cody will have to deal with a lot of rejection once he tells a potential partner of his positive status. So I can't help there. He needs to talk to the people that know better than me.
He is still at the stage of wondering if it's worth bothering living. That virus inside of him is in his every waking thought of every day. To top it all off he lost the woman he was in love with because of it!? He has a lot going on, but I have to be careful. I can only pray and try to guide him in the right direction, so that he can talk to the people that have walked in his shoes, and are now in a happier, more peaceful place of just living day-to-day like the rest of us...instead of feeling like they should be in a leper's colony! I even directed him to a website where he can possibly find someone that is positive like him, so that won't be an issue.
For me though, I have to keep my emotions and stress level under close watch. The virus I have lives in the nerves, so-to-speak. So , when I become an emotional wreck and am anxious or deeply stressed out over a period of time...there it is! I don't want to see it anymore than I have to, which means almost never. If I can control it without daily maintenance drugs, then that's what I'll do.
Just keep praying for my friend. I hope he doesn't do anything drastic, I would like to think he is stronger than that. But then again, I can't imagine what this must really feel like inside to deal with, so I don't really know what he is capable of.
No love tip today, sorry. (I may edit it later)
What's got me down is being Cody's counselor everyday while he goes through the beginning stages of accepting his HIV+ status.
I have been urging him over the last few days that, along with finding the right doctors, he needs to make finding a counselor or support group top priority. There is only so much that a person without this virus can advise someone that has it. You can imagine that person's feelings to an extent, but that's it! There is only one person close to me that can imagine how I felt when I found out about having HSV, and that's Wayne. And that's only be he has it too! The BFF nor Dante nor Kween, nor my siblings or mother can imagine what that felt like. I felt like I was ruined for life, that noone would want to be with in a relationship with me, that I was a bad person, that I was stupid for catching this in the first place, etc. So, in that respect, I can empathize with Cody.
BUT, mine won't possibly shorten my life span either. That's where the differences set in. I have only had 2 people in all my many years and many partners say they didn't want to be with me because of it (New Guy and the New Guy of the same name but different color). Cody will have to deal with a lot of rejection once he tells a potential partner of his positive status. So I can't help there. He needs to talk to the people that know better than me.
He is still at the stage of wondering if it's worth bothering living. That virus inside of him is in his every waking thought of every day. To top it all off he lost the woman he was in love with because of it!? He has a lot going on, but I have to be careful. I can only pray and try to guide him in the right direction, so that he can talk to the people that have walked in his shoes, and are now in a happier, more peaceful place of just living day-to-day like the rest of us...instead of feeling like they should be in a leper's colony! I even directed him to a website where he can possibly find someone that is positive like him, so that won't be an issue.
For me though, I have to keep my emotions and stress level under close watch. The virus I have lives in the nerves, so-to-speak. So , when I become an emotional wreck and am anxious or deeply stressed out over a period of time...there it is! I don't want to see it anymore than I have to, which means almost never. If I can control it without daily maintenance drugs, then that's what I'll do.
Just keep praying for my friend. I hope he doesn't do anything drastic, I would like to think he is stronger than that. But then again, I can't imagine what this must really feel like inside to deal with, so I don't really know what he is capable of.
No love tip today, sorry. (I may edit it later)
February 1, 2009
Super Bowl Sunday
It's Super Bowl Sunday, and I am home alone with the kids!!! Doing laundry, no less!!!
I would like to be somewhere, but I don't have that many friends to have a place to go!!
Isn't that pathetic??
I would like to be somewhere, but I don't have that many friends to have a place to go!!
Isn't that pathetic??
Life in Full View
Boy has it been a week! The BFF has been going through hell with this guy. She's not still with him or trying to be with him (thank God), but it's just the fallout after the bomb that's going on right now. So still most of our conversations have been focused on her, and occasionally I get a word in edgewise. I had to take a hard look though and realize this is probably what it was like for her when I was the one going through all the mess! So that helped me get back to a point of understanding and being the much-needed listening ear for her. I mean, thankfully, I have other people to talk to about the day-to-day stuff, even when it's kinda major!
Speaking of major... I learned last week that a very good friend of mine found out he was HIV positive. It's my friend Cody...who I talk to daily...and who I also was involved with right after I moved in 2007 (but a while before Dante came on the physical scene). So naturally when he shared this with me, I was in a state of panic, because I couldn't remember the last time I had a test done! I know that he had to get tested every 6 months to be able to participate in this minor league wrestling organization. I knew that for all of 2008 and all of 2007 he was negative. Deep down, I knew that I was probably safe. But still...you know?
I called Wayne and totally freaked out. I didn't want to call the BFF while she was at a client on-site. I didn't want to bother Dante with my neurotics while he was working either. The plan was to go get tested the next day, but I wasn't looking forward to the waiting process. Then I found out from Cody about this thing called OraQuick, that has test results in 20 minutes. I found a place in St. Louis that did it for free and planned to go the next day. But, there were the snow days that kept the kids home for 2 days straight, so I had to wait til Thursday. I am negative, which by testing day I was no longer worried that I was anything but negative. So, since then I have been trying to help him deal with it. He told his girlfriend of almost a year on Friday, she tested negative that day, but she also told him that she is cutting off all contact with him. They have been up and down, back and forth for quite a while now. So it's not a big surprise to either of us that it ended this way. That doesn't make it hurt less though.
Speaking of major... I learned last week that a very good friend of mine found out he was HIV positive. It's my friend Cody...who I talk to daily...and who I also was involved with right after I moved in 2007 (but a while before Dante came on the physical scene). So naturally when he shared this with me, I was in a state of panic, because I couldn't remember the last time I had a test done! I know that he had to get tested every 6 months to be able to participate in this minor league wrestling organization. I knew that for all of 2008 and all of 2007 he was negative. Deep down, I knew that I was probably safe. But still...you know?
I called Wayne and totally freaked out. I didn't want to call the BFF while she was at a client on-site. I didn't want to bother Dante with my neurotics while he was working either. The plan was to go get tested the next day, but I wasn't looking forward to the waiting process. Then I found out from Cody about this thing called OraQuick, that has test results in 20 minutes. I found a place in St. Louis that did it for free and planned to go the next day. But, there were the snow days that kept the kids home for 2 days straight, so I had to wait til Thursday. I am negative, which by testing day I was no longer worried that I was anything but negative. So, since then I have been trying to help him deal with it. He told his girlfriend of almost a year on Friday, she tested negative that day, but she also told him that she is cutting off all contact with him. They have been up and down, back and forth for quite a while now. So it's not a big surprise to either of us that it ended this way. That doesn't make it hurt less though.
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