Public restroom rules

Recently Dott blogged about an open soda can that someone had in the restroom at work. Well my recent experience might be worse since it involves more than one person.

I was recently in the restroom and was at the sink washing my hands. When the other occupant came out of the stall and bypassed the sinks and soap dispencers and went straight for the anti-bacterial hand wash that we have recently had installed.

I bet you are thinking, well at least this person used the anti-bacterial hand wash?? I would too until you know (as Paul Harvey would say) the rest of the story.

As this other person left the restroom I was drying my hands and on my way out I hit the anti-bacterial handwash. As I opened the door I see the person who has just left in front of me open the door to leave the section of the floor we are on, this person still has one hand held in a position that tells me she still has not used the anti-bacterial hand wash.

She has now spread any and all germs she may have and any she has picked up in the restroom to everyone else who has come in contact with that door.

I will share that this was a guest to the building and not an everyday staff member. Maybe instead of the "cutsie" signs at the sink there needs to be one at the door about the germs you spread when you touch something after being in the restroom and not washing your hands and then using the anti-bacterial hand wash.

If you got all the way through this post are you sorry you read it??? Or does it re-affirm the need for your own personal cleanliness?

Did someone say issues

Ok so dad can now swallow water small amounts at a time...I don't think he is ready to admit it yet but I saw it with my own eyes yesterday.

Today, Dad is not feeling as well as he has been. I stopped by and he was so asleep he didn't hear me come in the house and almost to the bedroom before I realized he was asleep and me just walking in in my loud shoes.

I let him sleep just backed right out and not a peep from Dad. So I sent Mom over after work and he was very sick. Good call on my part to tell mom to go by the house.

The husband and I have been trying to schedule a wedding reception. This has been hard if not imposible. Still no date. All depends on Dad's treatment schedule. How is he going to be feeling do we schedule it and risk my dad not being there? What to do???

Tonight one of the cars died. Tomorrow we will figure out if we can get it to the mechanic or if it will have to be towed. This is after I take dad to see the oncologist and to his chemo.

Along with ongoing problems at work that we are waiting to be fixed and in the mean time we are trying to find alternative solutions...

And on a side note the husband went to Agility training with Vivian and I this past weekend and he took a few pictures. I hope to have those up tomorrow.

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My dad. My dad has cancer. My dad begins radiation tomorrow. And round two of Chemo on Monday. This is my dad in the photo with me. If you knew him in the past I have found out you may not recognize him with his current look.

We are all looking forward to his recovery.

cheap tickets hell

When we were making plans for our trip to Gatlinburg we found out about a great hotel on the side of a mountain the pictures and info looked great so we booked that hotel for the night before our wedding with Cheaptickets.com.

So we drove through lunch time traffic through Seiverville, Pigeon Forge to Gatlinburg, we arrive at the hotel to find out they were overbooked. So everyone who booked online they were comping them/us a room at another hotel 15 miles and one hour away back in Seiverville. The Resort and Governors Crossing was a great hotel as I am sure the one that was more convient would have been.

The first hotel said that we would be refunded our money from cheaptickets.com but we would need to contact them and they would take care of it.

So I emailed and the response was that I needed to call. I finally called today and was in hell for an hour and a half. Then I was told we can't get anyone from the hotel on the phone which I know was complete BS and I would have to call back later. So what I did was called the hotel and explained my situation and the wonderful person I talked to said sure give them my name and tell them to ask for me and I will take care of it.

So here goes another call to cheaptickets.com, in which I explained what I wanted and here is who you need to call to get your info from the hotel that they will not be asking for that money you have already charged to us and you really can refund it.

One short 10 minute phone call later I was told I should have my refund in 3 to 5 days...

The lesson here is: Persistance pays.

Pictures are on flickr

Some of the picures from the wedding are on my flickr take a look.

We are home

We arrived home today. The wedding was great. The Honeymoon resort, I would recommend to anyone who wants a get-a-way weekend with their partner. It was great. I hope to get some pictures on flickr soon.

Dad will be home tomorrow. He got his staples out today and packed up the car and will drive home tomorrow. I will take some things over to the house for him until we get his things back in Kentucky.

It's official I have a new last name

I am now married. The day was great! All the bad things happened yesterday. The hotel cancelled our reservations and moved all of us to another hotel 20 miles away. But all that is behind us now.

The best news of all... my dad did not listen to his doctors and got in his car this morning and drove to Gatlinburg. So I got to have my dad walk me down the aisle.

See/talk to everyone soon...but don't call me until Monday!

Love to all!