envelope28's Blog

this morning I was sitting in my car, waiting to get into my store, when I heard a loud bang. Didn't think anything of it, as trucks come and go all the time. 

When one of the guys I work with said " um it think you better get out of your car," I look behind me and there is a 2-3 foot section of concrete from the upper deck of the parking gargage swinging in the breeze.. I was like oh no....

so we (all 4 us) proceed to get out as fast as possible, and I call my hubby... he says call 911. as mall security proceeds to hop in their suv and run up to the upper deck.

not one but 2 big holes from the lovely street sweeper who decided to go fast, and jump the speed bumps and cause the damage....

Salem fire did a great job in getting our cars out of there before they cordoned off the ENTIRE parking garage through out the mall...  only parking in the open areas of the mall....

thank god no one was hurt, and the garage will be closed untill further notice.... 

in another way to pork the municipal employess of stoneham, the town is trying to force them to go with the GIC for health insurance.

the only thing I understood is that we are going to pay more for crappy health insurance

does anyone out there have experience with the GIC?

its been a crazy few months here.. hubby's father has stage 4 esophogeal cancer that spread to the liver, and his sister has been battling stage 4 colon cancer for a couple of years.

She has been in the hospital for a few weeks now, trying to get some issues resolved. Things aren't looking tha great for her. Her insurance company is kicking her off her plan as of August 1st, and told her yesterday she has to get to a rehab facility and take chemo immediately they don't care if she isn't well enough to handle it. she has to do it.

she can go home, but if she does then the insurance company gives her a waiver to sign that she is going home to die, and they will no longer treat the cancer, no pain meds no nothing....

so basically if she leaves to go home  she's done for... only a few weeks left to live. 

my issue with this...      all the money we pay for insurances over the course of our lives and she is getting hosed.   she can't go home and be an outpatient.. 2 crappy choices if you ask me.

where is all the money going we pay for insurances? whose pocket????  cause when we really need them to help us out, they are kicking her to the curb.

It seems I have many choices to vote for a presidential canidate, but I need to know what each canidate stands for.. I'm confused.

It's my constitutional right to vote, so I'm going to vote, but for who???? I don't want to be the one who goes enny minny miney mo when I get into the polling place.

does anyone know of a site that breaksdown what each canidate stands for??

my concerns are the war,  social security,the rising cost of healthcare, and (of course) public service. I have yet to hear if any canidate is able to give me the answer I need.

well it was a weird christmas...

I was one of the lucky ones to score Hannah Montana tickets. I have had them since the end of September. My daughter thinks Im offically the coolest mom in the world. The concert was fun and not as loud as I thought...

Then there was xmas eve day when I left the local methuen bakery and landed on my back after falling on a patch of black ice. I have managed to bruise my knees, ribs and hurt my neck and head.

I lay there looking at the sun, "this is gonna hurt tomorrow" and "is my pastry ok?"  spoken like a true italian (although if I was a devoted italian I would've made the pastry instead of cheating lol) 

In the true spirit of kindness, a family (total strangers) literallu picked me up off of the street brushed me off , and helped me to my car and told me that everything is going to be ok.   They wanted to call me an ambulance.. ahhh no I have people coming over in about 4 hours.

couldn't move on christmas eve and on christmas day and try to work... forget it... I feel like I have an elephant on my chest... (keep breathing im told you don't want pneumonia.)

don't mind me grasping my chest,(I say to one customer who is looking at me strangely) Im not having a heart attack, just trying to breathe. Forget about making me laugh....

so it was a weird christmas weekend, but one i will never forget....

happy holidays!!!!