The Family

Well … finally found a new chiropractor.

It was a mixed experience. He did x-rays, always fun to look at those, but he also does the ‘relaxing’ electrical stimulation that feels like I’m being gnawed at by thousands of tiny ants.

I’m leaving for a whirlwind of work travel in just a few days, and so the chiropractor tells me he wants to see me every day this week. Is that just because I’m leaving town or something else?

Most of our first visit was spent on the pitch, that chiropractic is a safe and effective medical treatment. The pitch about spinal adjustments. The pitch about spinal alignment and pinched nerves. The pitch about nerves supporting muscle and organ function. The pitch about … about everything. I watched a 10 minute video pitch. He sent me home with another CD containing another pitch.

But on the other hand … my previous chiropractor could not adjust one side of my neck. At all. It just kept getting stiffer and stiffer, and .. and nothing. I liked him, he did great back work, but my neck was too stubborn for him. This guy? WHAM. I think the man adjusted my skull. It’s an hour later, and I still feel kind of sick. Which is a good thing. (which I know from experience, not because of the pitch)

So … do I assume that the annoying intro is past? Am I through all the pitches? Do I simply agree that, yes, after 6 months of no treatment and facing a month of travel, I need to have daily visits for the next 3 days? Does the fact that he gave a really great first adjustment trump the fact that he hooks me up to relax-you’re-being-eaten-by-ants electrodes?

The original post is so long ago I thought a reply to it would go unnoticed. But this is really a reply to that post, and not a post in its own right.

I logged into ebay, and there was new information there about their feedback policies. I don’t know how ‘new’ it is, but it is new to me (I don’t e-bay often, though I’m bidding on something now 🙂 ).

Don’t know if it’s real or not. But it seems that we’re not alone in thinking their feedback and contact us services have been inadequate .. and they might be trying to fix it.

The new house is great and we’re loving it.  We have painted a few walls, moved in almost all our stuff, and now we are thinking about the next steps.

On the “would be nice” list:

• large fishtank (~100 gallon, plus supporting equipment)
• bookcases/shelves in our room to hold our growing library
• bed frame/headboard/footboard and matching drawers.  We have seen two that we really like, but we are holding off because we don’t want the bed so high up that Aleah would hurt herself trying to get off the bed.
•  shelves in the garage
• paint the walls in the garage

On the “will do someday”

• replace linoulium floors with tile
• replace carpet with wood

What I’m really interested in talking about is the last two items here.

Personally, I’m thinking these projects are a few years out.  Partially because the existing flooring is doing a decent job, partially so we can save up money for these projects.  Christina and I would prefer to do the tile before the wood, as the carpet will go with tile better than wood would go with the linoulium.  The tile is a cheaper project too.

But, I have a few questions ya’ll might be able to answer/ponder with me.

Would it be worth it to buy a nice vaccum now, knowing we want to get rid of the carpet in 3-5 years?  It would keep the carpet in better shape, we’ll always have cat trees we can vaccum, and I’d love to get one that doesn’t need bags.

Would it be better to build shelves into the walls or would stand alone bookshelves be better?

Would you do tile’n’wood or would you just rip everything out, then paint and wax the cement?

Everybody, sing!

“Happy Birthday to Chris, Happy Birthday to Chris, Happy Birthday Dear Christopher, Happy Birthday to Chris”

We have been saying the job is in Midland, but it is actually in Odessa. Midland is the larger town, so maybe he was told the job was in the Midland area. When were growing up, we called the 2 towns Midland/Odessa, much the same as we say Richmond/Rosenberg or Dallas/ Ft Worth. It happens when towns are close together.

Anyway, Luke is flying out Thursday and interviewing Friday. He found out about this job from a friend who recently went to work there. He called this friend recently and learned that his application had been moved thru the system much faster than usual. Seems they have been looking for someone with his qualifications and experience and haven’t found anyone. Luke looks good to them.

So, at this time, it is looking pretty probable.

They sent him a package yesterday with pertinent information about retirement, insurance and such. If we move, we learned, they will pay for the move; actually they pay moving expenses very well, i think. They will move 2 vehicles, pay for a trailer to pull behind your car if you have things you do not want to trust to a moving company, pay special expenses for pets… (Of course, here is where i have to say that it seems vastly unfair that the people who make enough to pay their own moving expenses are the ones the company pays to move while the minimum wage worker isn’t helped with anything.)

So… at this time i am… not sending out negative thoughts… not all excited and hoping he gets the job, but trying not to jinx it either.

I may be schizophrenic, but at least I have each other.