New month

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Well a new month is upon us and it really doesn't matter to me as nothing changes in my life, it is a "same shit different day" type of life. I mean the day there is something new I will flip and perhaps start dancing or something, I'm stoic as a rock here.

Take care

September blogging

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This afternoon I received the first shipment of my three-month supplies for medical purposes. I had forgotten that it was coming today and therefore Olivia and I decided to take a nap. The guy was new because he didn't know he had to come in through the patio door, so he basically knocked on my door. We were both startle and Olivia went upstairs while I opened the door. Once the persons identified himself I let him, and guess what? Olivia comes down waging her tail and before you can say Bob's your uncle, the little shit goes out the door! I told the guy that he had that my dog out the door, he was nice enough to excuse himself and went after Olivia. Thank God he caught her right away... I'll have to be careful for next Monday when my second shipment comes around.


Remember how I said it was a beautiful day today? Well, it has gone to the dogs it is actually crappy outside. Oh well I'll guess I'll just enjoy the moment.


Take care people!

Blind

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Ciao folks!


Last day of September and sarcastically enough we have very beautiful weather out there.


So my youngest went back to school today, she wanted me to believe she still was sick this morning but after I told her to take some medicine she said she felt better and she was ready to school. But this whole sick incident got me thinking that it is perhaps time for me to look into reading glasses or at least a magnifying glass. I was trying to read the bottle of medicine this morning and to be honest I read perhaps 2% of what was written. So either the lettering has become really small or that lie about going blind when you masturbate is catching up with me now! I know that last time they checked me out they prescribed glasses with a very minute magnification, even people were laughing at me because they said that I had been taken for a ride. But this time I know I need something to magnify the stupid letters on the packages of things, I wonder if they still sell those cheap glasses in pharmacies instead of going to an eye doctor...

I was doing homework with my oldest one yesterday and she really is catching up to her dad. He's very bright and sarcastic and unlike me, and her mother, she really presents her homework in a very clean way. Kudos mimon! Keep it up and soon you'll become a doctor... or a good hamburger flipper!


Take care folks


PS I'm late because I fell asleep for a while, I had a bad night...

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Breaking up is hard to do

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I did it folks, I did it!


Remember a couple of posts ago I mentioned that I was going to jump ship? Well I did! At least for two of my services with Bell. As of October 14 my Internet and my telephone number will be taking care of by videotron and boy are they cheaper than Bell! For the two services I will be seeing a price reduction of about $70 dollars. I already canceled my Internet service but according to Bell's rules and regulations, and I'm pretty sure with most of the companies these days, I have to give a 30 day notice... what does this mean? It means that Bell is going to charge me until October 29th for the Internet service. But get this, here's the kicker, when I spoke with the canceling department they were so sad to let me go that they offered me Internet service, the same one I have, for the unheard of amount of $20 dollars a month!! Now why didn't they do this before? I wouldn't have looked anywhere else, instead they bug me and hassle me for a modem that I don't have. Well, I told the lady that I was happy with the Internet but not with the customer-service I had gotten from them and that it was too late anyway because I already had signed with the other company.

Now the only service I have left with Bell is the TV, I would have changed it to but last time I did a swap between Star Choice and Bell, people at my household got up in arms because the channel lineup had changed and they had to learn the numbers again. So I learned from past mistakes not to tangle with the essential services... don't worry my phone number won't change as for the Internet, my e-mail won't change either... that's why I bought a domain name so that I can be reached @guzman.ca any time, from anywhere. So babye Bell, it was nice knowing you and I'm sorry that things didn't worked out between you and me. Now I will start to work on my family so that we can switch the TV services from Bell to anybody else...


Take care folks!

half ass shaven and all

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-"So how was your bath Chuck?"

Ggggrrrr... don't talk to me about my bath voice! This is the last thing I expected when I signed up to have MS. Here's the thing people, before I even go into my bath guy's love life I will tell you my new Robocop adventure I had today. Remember that the nurse came yesterday to check up my ass and its red spot? Yeah well, today my bath guy gave me my bath and at the end of it he pulled up what appears to be a plaster, next thing you know the guy is telling me to turn to the side because he has to place this over the red spot... I'm not fucking Jupiter! The red spot's going to go away people, I'm sure! But the guy tells me that this is a protective shield so that the red spot doesn't grow. Okay I'll buy that, but then he pulls up a razor and next thing you know he's shaving half my ass!! So now I got a big patch on half my ass. Nobody told me I was going to get this when I got MS, the freaking robotic leg, the freaking thing attached to my bladder, the wheelchair and now a patch on my ass!? What else am I going to get? So as you can see voice I am not a happy camper right now...


On with the love life of my bath guy...

The girl he's going out on the 8 of October sent him a picture. Apparently she's good looking, well studied, has a daughter and is really interested in him. Really?! So I guess it must be mental her thing. Kidding, the guy is doing everything to attract female companionship, he's taking up Argentine tango, volleyball and he's really ready to Internet date somebody. But I can see a thing happening with her daughter and his boys, if the daughter is in the age range of, I don't know, anywhere between 10 and 20 those little sick bastards are going to be trying their moves on the girl! Trust me, I've been there/I've done that! For crying out loud I was playing daddy and bad daughter when I was five years old and the girl was seven! Then there was this girl named... no, no names... there was this girl (woman actually) who was the daughter of my mother's boyfriend and I was hitting on that too! I was freaking 15 and she was 22, it didn't matter she let herself! But back to my bath guy, so kudos to him and his efforts in finding Ms. right, but he should be aware that boys will be boys and like my bath lady of Tuesday and Wednesday says: men are pigs!


Take care people!

Crazy glue spaghettis

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Duenos Nachos people!


It's Thursday... almost there, almost.


So the news got to me that little J. is hooked on Ratatouille the film. I'm so happy that he's making the life of his mother a living hell, I've been through that! I remember my days of Barney and friends, Blues clues, Max and Ruby and of course the Teletubbies. Now I actually miss those shows, heck I remember when I used to watch Debbie does Barney... that dinosaur had a huge one... I'm talking about the tail, you people make me sick!

So today my Thursday guy comes and gives me a bath, I wonder if he has anything new to add to his love saga. Maybe he got in touch with his potential date of October 8th, perhaps his ex-came back to town, or he just gave up and decided to become a monk... Hey, if my personal doctor used to be a monk, why wouldn't he? I'll keep you posted on what he tells me today...


So my kid is "sick", yesterday she looked like she was going to die but today after her mother told her that she wasn't going to school, everything changed! She's up there playing with the dog, playing with toys, making a shit load of noise. Obviously tomorrow she's going back to school and knowing her she will tell her teacher on how sick she was and how there's still a piece of spaghetti lodged in her throat... because she believes this, she believes that yesterday at lunchtime she ate spaghettis and since then she felt a piece of it got stuck on her throat. I made her drink water, I made her eat food and that silly thing still there... in her head, because she can breathe properly and God knows she can eat properly, but those crazy glue spaghettis that her mother makes are stucked in her throat... kids!


Take care people!

R&R for my youngest

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Tomorrow I think my youngest one is not going to school, she's coming down with some crap and I'd rather keep her home. It hurts when I see one of my kids in the dumps, I like it when they bug the daylights out of me.

I hope my oldest doesn't catch whatever her sister is coming down with, this is an important week for her. Apparently they are doing an official head count at her school and if she misses we have to work with the school Comission to get her counted....I don't know what exactly is about, in my days we didn't have shit like that...

Take care!

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The wheels are turning...

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Good old bath lady! It was 12:48 in the afternoon when somebody open the door and it was my bath lady. I asked her why she wasn't at lunch, she told me that she knew I like to have my bath early and on her roaster I was the last person today, so after me her day was finished. Lucky girl!... Yeah, on the love front, well she was dressed sharply and she put on extra perfume, so I thought things were going great with the guy. Boy was I wrong! The first thing she tells me is that Mr. X. was not the person for her. Apparently she had caught him, on a red light, with another woman inside his car. Yikes! Men are pigs she said, she had never met a man who was satisfied with his girlfriend or wife. I told her that this sentence did not apply to me, perhaps because my wife is rather young compared to me... but ever since I've been married I stucked with my wife through thick and thin. Then she told me that time was running out for her and that she didn't want to end up old, alone and hating men. I told her to be patient, that sooner or later someone would come and fill that void she feels now... Boy I'm good!

Well that's the last of my visits people. My occupational therapist just left and we talked about the modifications to my place as well as the changing of my bed position. Yeah, it's a pain in the neck, literally, when watching TV. I also asked her about different things I could do for vacation with my family, more specifically I told her about my plans that I had for next summer: going to Vegas! She gave me some ideas and she told me a couple of things that might be useful. It was a very short visit but I think I got a lot out of it. In a nutshell, next week they're coming to move my bed so that I can watch TV comfortably.


Take care people!

The CLSC visits

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Guten Tag people!


Well hump day is upon us and the nurse that supposed to come hasn't shown up yet, so I took the liberty to start my post right now and I will finish it when she leaves.

The nurse is coming to change my gauzes but she's also going to check my fanny, apparently I have like a red spot that the people who give me the bath would like to have it checked by someone medical thus the nurse's visit. I also have to bring up my dissatisfaction with the person that takes care of ordering my medical products. The three month period has ended and I'm running out of supplies, the people at the store are not gonna send me anything until they get a call from the CLSC, so my nurse told me that if I didn't get a call back from this person today, to let her know and she was gonna pick up the fight.

I spoke with my mother yesterday and she told me that her nurse had said that she was doing better, the water in the lungs seem to be diminishing, even her voice sounded like the old mom I used to know.

9:49 AM... Talk about the devil, the nurse is here, I'll see you later...


11:54 AM... well that's a downer! I waited all this time because I thought my bath lady was going to come at 11, she didn't. So I'm half naked and I should receive my occupational therapist's visit at around one o'clock half naked. Not my fault, the lady that was going to give me my bath... the one with the man problem... did not show up yet. I hope everything is well with her and that she didn't have some sort of problem related to her love life.


I'll keep you posted people!

PS the person that supposed to give me my stuff, medical material, called me so I don't need to go any higher than my nurse.

The bed and I

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Already in bed, resting up for tomorrow's long day. My nurse is coming over to change the gauzes on my catheter, yeah now a nurse has to come twice a week and check the hole and change the gauzes.

Also my bath lady is suppose to come at around 11AM, maybe she'll bring me some intel from her relationship...it's going to be a busy morning.....

Take care!

That will be $150 dollars

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Good something people... Hang in there we're almost in October!


So, I'm not late you are early. Remember, Monday through Wednesday I have baths, the one of Monday is a nonchalant affair but the ones of Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I play a love doctor and today was no exception.

First of all, happy birthday to me... Sorry just practicing so I'll be ready when it comes.

Okay, my bath was out of the blue today, I didn't have to ask how was things, the person told me right away. The first thing the person said was if I minded talking about her relationship, or lack thereof. I told her I didn't mind, always thinking of my blog, that I was a good listener. She interrupted me and told me that she needed advice. Gulp! Sure I said, but I told her to keep in mind that last time I was in the circuit iPods hadn't been invented yet... Maybe they were, I don't know.

So I didn't get paid for this and you shouldn't expect remuneration for it either. So her question was very simple, "do you think I am wasting my time?". Good one girl, good one! After I heard her sobbing story, I told her what I thought. Apparently the guy just came off a relationship where the girl screwed him up royally and he constantly talks about her. Oh yeah, he doesn't want anything serious yet! Sound familiar, we guys are all pigs!.. I told her to be honest, to tell him that if he needed an ear she would be that, but that she was looking for something serious, somebody to build a life with... and her biological clock!-Serious!-The girl wants to wang bang thank you ma’am, nine months after she's pregnant! So I guess her biological clock is ticking, I don't know, I'm a man and we have clocks that tick tock forever!

Maybe I do have to get a degree of something sooner or later, I don't want to get sued by anybody out there... And that ladies and gentlemen was my bath today!

Take care folks!

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Boring Monday afternoon

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Well, I took a nap there for a while... Boredom can be such a boring thing, it puts you to sleep.


I know we're Monday, but I'm already making plans for the weekend with my girls. I think I'll take them to a Chinese buffet, they love the food and since winter is in the horizon, I will probably buy them winter boots this coming weekend, we'll see.

I worked on my French blog today, it was my last note for that blog. It is rather complicated for me to write the blog at night on my itouch, then edit the freaking thing on my computer and finally post it on my blog. Besides a lot of the stuff I wrote there was poetry... I remember I used to write long texts about philosophical crap, now the only thing that comes out of my brain in French is poetry. And between you and me, I am not a very poetic person... I just write poems when the mood hits me. So for those who read the blog in French, thank you and sorry about that!


I feel another nap coming on, maybe I'm in love and I'm denying it... Could be gas also


Take care people!

Help me or I'll sue

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Good something to you folks!


Yes, I am late! Once again it had to do with my bath and my laziness to turn on the computer, okay I'm sorry the computer is always on... I was just lazy.

I thought I wasn't going to write anything today but a tidbit on the news made me realize that here in Canada although we're a modern society, we still live with antiquated rules and regulations. Apparently there was this mother suing her children because she lived under the poverty line and her kids don't help her out all. She already won the case once, but she wanted to increase what her kids give her a month. Right now the lady is getting $10 dollars a month from each of her kids (!!!). The kids don't want to give her anything because apparently the lady abandoned them when they were children. I'm not taking any sides here, I'm just stating the facts. I know that in my case we have a similar situation but my older brother has stepped up to the plate and taking care of my mother financially as well as physically, my youngest brother helps physically. I cannot help them because I'm sick myself, but this is something that to a Latin American family comes naturally. Your folks get old, you help. I mean this is the woman that took care of me when I was a child, so why shouldn't I help her? Apparently Canada has a law that allows elderly moms and dads to sue if they don't get any help from their offsprings. Obviously there's certain people that are up in arms against it but there's other ones that defend the ruling. I don't know people, I think to me it would come naturally to help my mother financially if it wouldn't put burden on my family... Or my credit card debt too, see if MasterCard would agree that I don't pay for a whole year while I take care of my mother, that would be awesome!


Take care people!


PS there are other people that help my mother physically, my older brother pays all of this stuff. But then again is a record producer and makes gazillion dollars a month... Kidding, he has it tough like everybody else but he still manages.

Sunny Sunday popping pills

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What a delicious day outhere!

I know, "WTF Chuck!? Aren't you sick?!" yes, yes I am but I'm popping pills like they were candy and this has kept the fever down... I think it's helping my mood too!

I went to buy some stuff at the pharmacy and I been watching my little one play Guitar Heroes, she sucks!

Now the sun is going down and they will put me inside so I could have super and watch The Amazing Race....

Take care!

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Sick bastard me

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People of the Internet....good day!

Sorry I didn't blog yesterday and today might be another damper! You I've been feeling under the weather, like sick for real. Yesterday I had fevers all day plus I was nauseated for a good part of the day.

Now here's what I have to figure out with the CLSC, is this a bug or is it related to my surgery on Monday. The problems seem to start after I had the operation but then again the nausea part comes into play...so verdict still out, needless to say that Monday will be a busy one on the phone trying to figure out if I'm dying too...

All this while I wait for somebody to come down and find the pills I dropped before Olivia gets them....

Yeah, my life is complicated!

Weekend warrior, not!

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Well saw several of my recorded shows tonight and I would say that out of all of them my favorite is "The Big bang theory". I laughed my freaking head off so hard is not even funny!

Tomorrow's breakfast has already been decided, we got no choice there is no milk or bread, so McDs it is! I'm loving it already....

Later!

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I guess this is goodbye

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My little brother had a day off today so he came and cleanned up the mess that Olivia made with the frame... Stupid dog!

Now the main subject of this post is that I will be transferring our services, TV, Internet, phone, from Bell Canada to videotron -the cable company-. I am really disappointed with the customer-service Bell has given me throughout the year, today was just the drop that made the glass overflow.

I called Bell to ask a random questions regarding my Internet and they reminded me that I hadn't sent back the fib 25 modem. WTF?! I thought I went over this! I told the lady that I had fib 16 and the modem had been returned by the technician that came and tried to install that service. Then it got nasty, okay not really nasty but it wasn't pretty, I told her that I was going to cancel all my services and go with videotron. I guess she must have been new at her job because instead of being apologetic or at least tried to diffuse the situation, she stuck to her guns! So I went to videotron's website to get information on what they have a service, I was impressed. The Internet seems to be faster than Bell's, the channels on the TV would be the same and the phone, well I would keep the same number. So why am I hesitating? Well, if I was single and had no kids I would jump ship in a second. But now I have to discuss things over and see what "they" think...


Boy and I wish Rogers Communication's services could get here soon!


Have a great weekend people!

Broken soul

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Boy oh boy oh boy!

Only I get into problems like this, really!? Being half able, I shouldn't try stunts like this, but I guess I can call it MacGyver memory. Well, she's bound to find out anyways so here it goes...

I thought I could access my medicine cabinet which is being blocked by my sofa, so Mr. smarty-pants here decides to move the sofa, love chair, and he is successful! Once I moved the freaking love sofa I hear a cling... oh shit! I had forgotten about those frames at the back of the sofa, and one of them I had it framed professionally, so what do you think happened?  That's right! The glass in the frame broke and it's lying in shatters on the floor as I write!! Good old Chuck, when you mess up you mess up good buddy!

So I tried to put back everything to normal and I gave a call to my sister-in-law so she can come and clean up my mess. This was a classic drawing of me snowboarding and I paid $90 dollars to have the freaking thing framed and now it's destroyed... well the glass is. Now there's a lesson in there somewhere but I don't know if I have discovered it, suffice to say that one day, maybe, I will try something else again...


This sucks people, I wonder what else I'm going to do today?!

PS and through it all I was listening to Good life by One Republic "... this is going to be a good life... good life..." good life? My ass!

The cup that changed my life

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Happy Friday people!


Well I thought I didn't have anything to write about this morning, sadly enough I do!

This morning was going to be another one of those mornings when nothing really special happens, turn on TV to listen to the news-surprised! there are no news-, have a grilled cheese sandwich for breakfast and a cup of coffee... Here's where it begins! For the longest time now I have been able to use a normal cup, with a bit of concentration but still, and today was no exception. As I'm lifting my cup towards my mouth the freaking thing falls on my chest! A piping hot cup of coffee on my chest, well it wasn't piping hot but it was still hot.

In general, normal person would have file this under "I'm clumsy... Stupid kid made me drop it... dumb dog... it's my wife's fault... do I sue somebody?" take a pick, you would have 1000 excuses but it would end there. For me it was different, I started analyzing my body to make sure that everything was okay with me. By this I mean I wanted to make sure that my health wasn't deteriorating into an almost vegetables state again. Even as I write this post, I'm still probing every pore of my body to make sure I'm all right. My skin did turn red but now it's better, it's an incident that had repercussions on my "well-being". Hopefully I stay as I am right now and don't go back to relying on people to make my life easier...


See you after the break!

My last ideas before falling asleep

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Well time to hit the Zzzzz! Today was a day where the highlight of my day was hearing the stories of my bath guy. pathetic isn't it? I really hope the modification to my house get done soon so I can step outside and get inspired. I could then get that Pulitzer I always dreamt about.....

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The impromptu visit

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I gotta tell you about my nurse's visit this morning. Yeah, out of the blue! I was wondering if it had something to do with me calling 811 yesterday, after all the nurse on the phone yesterday said that whatever she put on the computer the CLSC nurse would see it the next day.

So this morning my phone rings, I hear my wife speaking with somebody and then she said to her that I was available. WTF, who can it be? Well my question was answered right away... It was the nurse from the CLSC telling me that she was going to come and visit me at around nine o'clock. I asked her what it was about and she told me that it was to a follow-up on the operation she had, to make sure everything was okay with me. Like always, I had no issue with the visit. At nine o'clock on the dot somebody knocks on my patio door, it's the nurse. Okay, so she puts me in bed, strips me naked and starts playing around. I'm pretty sure that a lot of you guys out there think that I'm a very lucky guy, MS aside I guess I am! So she check my new hole and transfers the catheter from left to right, it works much better for me when I have to transfer on my own to bed. After giving her seal of approval she asks me all these random questions, takes my blood pressure, takes my pulse and evaluates my health in general. "You're okay!"... I know I said, I'm just a bit fucked up but in general I feel good I tell her.

After the medical part, she puts me back my chair and takes off... I feel cheap, people! I feel that she got me naked, did her thing and then left without even buying me a cup of coffee or something. I feel like a whore, no offense to them, this is how I feel every time somebody comes and checks me out. I must confess, I kinda like it...

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And that was my impromptu visit from the nurse...

Stories of my Thursday with my bath guy

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Just finished having a bath and then I took my lunch! Good something to you people...


I will touch briefly on the call that I made yesterday to 811, a nurse information thing we have here in Québec, mind you it wasn't me that wanted to call but the specialists at the Montréal neurological hospital suggested I contacted them so they can help me out. You usually call this number to get medical advice, to filter out the 911 calls. I called because I was feeling weak and the lady that answered the phone went into panic mode when I told her I was weak, I had a second nurse called me to make sure I was all right. I told them that maybe it was because I had a fever that I was feeling weak but I wasn't dying so they shouldn't make a fuss about it. But believe me, it will be a cold day in hell before I decide to call them again.

So my bath guy of Thursday and his stories came today, he was more in an upbeat mood. Apparently he has now joined different activities where he can meet people, with the idea that he will meet somebody special that will make him sexually happy and, he always adds that "and", financially stable. Also, he finally got somebody that answered back on that e-dating company, but there's a catch: the woman knows what he looks like but she hasn't put a photo of her yet, so it could be a guy... Lo and behold my bath guy switches team and becomes a Homo sapiens... Hey it could happen!?... Apparently they have a date on October the 8th, this is the closest date they could get because she's a very busy woman, here's hoping that he finds his Shangri-La...


Take care homies?

PS I've got a visit from the nurse this morning out of the blues, I wonder if it has to do something with that 811 call... blog you later!

My afternoon

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Yes I stopped my blog half way trough today but I had a reason, I was weak, physically I couldn't move! I blame the whole thing on a fever and the lack of sleep last night. As a solution I told my daughter to put me in bed and to give me some medicine...well I fell asleep for a while when I woke up I was feeling better....but today I ran havoc on the 811 number...I will post about this in the morning...

Take care

Death and the chair

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Why is it that I feel that everyone out there, including the universe, is waiting with anticipation on when I'm
going to kick the bucket!?

After I finish posting my last notes, I got a call from the Urgel Bourgie, these are the persons who take care of
burying your body or cremating it, asking me if I had made a decision yet on what I want to do when I pass to the other side! I told him that I had gone through several things that had made me postpone a decision. This is not true people! Humans hate to think about death and I am no exception. I haven't decided yet whether I want to be cremated or buried underground. So I told him this that I was going to make a decision within a couple of weeks. My mother-in-law was telling me horror stories of what people in Meico go through, she told me stories of how when people sign a paper, I guess is a consentment  form, they all appear to die! Fuck me, I signed one of those yesterday and today I'm having problems with my catheter... Actually the nurse called and said that this was something normal and it should go away within a couple of days, if it doesn't to call her back and they were going to prescribe something or other for my bladder... With possible side effects... I hate side effects! the point of the story is that my mother-in-law was almost begging me not to sign anything until I was doing better... Good old mother-in-law!

But this is not the only case, I have approached my wife and told her the pros and cons of my death. I told her there was an insurance money, that the car would be paid off after I croak and that she had to deal with about $8000dollars of credit card debt. Oh, I also told her to take the girls and herself for a nice long trip to Disney World. As for my body, I don't really care much about it so she could dispose of it as she please.. however if the girls would like to have some of my ashes she should give them some. Funny, I basically told my will to the entire world.

So take care folks, it was a pleasure writing for you guys!

PS my chair is falling apart on its own. I was relaxing and suddenly I heard a small noise, I asked my daughter what it was and she showed me a part of the wheelchair had fallen off... Oh great, just what I needed!

Problems on the horizon?

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Good something to you people!


First day after my operation and I think I have a couple of issues with my catheter as well as the anesthesia having possible side effects with MS. Here's the story folks...


I thought the catheter they inserted in me was going to do the same thing as my old catheter, draining the urine and leaving me dry. Not so, the new catheter drains the urine but some still comes out of my wee wee. I don't think it should be like that and just to be on the safe side I called the nurse at the urologist department, she wasn't there so I left her a message.

Now regarding the possible side effects of the anesthesia and MS. I am feeling stiff!!! Could be the weather, could be my  broken heart, could be the grilled cheese I had this morning, I don't know! So at this point it's just a waiting game and see what happens tomorrow.

Now the operation yesterday... When they say "One-day operation", they mean it! My story is that I was one of the last ones to be discharged from the recovery room and it wasn't because I was doing much better. It's true, with my inability to move my legs there wasn't anything they could do. When I was brought down to the recovery room, the doctor told the nurses that when I would be able to move my legs I could go. Well that phrase change into: "you can't move your legs so you'll stay here for an hour and a half..." And yes, that's how it played! An hour and a half after they asked me if I could move my legs, I told them no but they knew I had MS so my situation was different. They prepared me to go home, gave me all the necessary advice and sent me on my way home. I am not complaining, the Jewish general has a very good staff, I was impressed compared to other hospitals I've been in. So kudos to the JGH for having a wonderful system, just be prepared that if you go for a day surgery... It's that! One day... No more!

Take care folks!

Olivia night strol

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Guess what? Well it seems Olivia wanted to the loo and was taken out by my wife. It's cool, just that taking her out means that chances were that I was going to be awoken. Well I was!! And now I am up and running until I don't know when!

Sucks to be me!

Seeing the light

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Yes....I am back after a hospital stay that went from 11;00AM to 5:30PM!! with no food since midnight last night, and waking up early to take a disinfectant bath! It is an experience I wouldn't recommend, stay healthy people! At the end they prescribe some painkillers to take in case Tylenol doesn't work, I think it's called Supeudol or some narcotic crap like that....but I ain't touching it...wanna buy some??......

Ok I will tell you more tomorrow

Into the unknown

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Well I'm about to get my second disinfecting bath and my stomach is growling of hunger!! I wonder when i'll be able back to eat?! I'm going to be pissed if the doctor tells me that for local anesthesia I didn't have to avoid foods...somebody is going to pay!!

I'll see you after they chop me people!

Take care!

Pre operation

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So the lady from admission called me tonight to informed me where/when/how/what prior to my operation. In a nutshell I have to be there for 11AM, on the third floor and I needed to have a bath tonight and tomorrow morning with the special soap they gave me.....well that's soap is to disinfect and it has alcohol so certain parts of my body are still burning a bit...I can tolerate that, but what I do not tolerate is the "no food after midnight" rule! WTF man!? I am going to be starving until about 3 in the afternoon!! Gad I hate surgeries....

That's the way it is....

Alcatraz no more

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Well I'll be a son of a gun!


Remember how I told you that 35 years ago on this day I came to Canada? Well today September 19, 35 years later, something big happens again in my life. I got a call from my landlord telling me that she gave me the green light so I can make modifications to this place. Great! What basically this means is that I am stuck here for 5, 10, I have no clue how long, my life has passed me by! Well I'm grateful that she agreed to the changes and I have left messages to the proper people that will be looking into this.


This morning after I did my blog I fell asleep and woke up until about half an hour ago, I guess I was missing sleep... But all is good now, I am ready for tomorrow. My personal nurse would like me to ask the urologist to send her all the information require regarding the catheter that they will be installing tomorrow, apparently they still have to come once every month to change something or other... And I thought I was finished with this!


Well take care folks, I will probably post from my bed tonight before I go surgery tomorrow morning...

19 September 1976

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Good something to you people...


I know I'm a bit late but my bath guy just finished doing his thing...

Wow! what a gorgeous day outside, makes me wonder what I will be like when I get my place adapted. Hey, I already said happy birthday to the people whose birthday fall today, but I'd like to reiterate this wish to anybody out there who's birthday is today. Why is today important? Granted, it's your birthday, but something happened 35 years ago that changed your faith and mine. Yes, 35 years ago my family and I came to this beautiful country, Canada, and we've been living here in peace and harmony ever since. I came to Canada the 19 of September 1976 and became a full-fledged Canadian in 1981. So happy birthday to my family and I! Imagine that, if I hadn't arrived in this country I would have never gone tol school here, never played football, never traveled to Mexico, never gotten my girls, never gotten MS and never ever would have met you! You guys would have never known of my existence, you guys would be probably missing something... It's amazing how one small thing could change everything! Well I'm here now, so tough it up cupcake!

I guess giving bath pays well! My bath guy came today with his new wheels, it was a Kia Soul. A very beautiful car from outside and my bath guy reassures me that it's also a very beautiful car inside. He's quite happy with it and like a new owner he's taking care of this baby really well.


Take care yourself and happy birthday to all those whose birthday happened to fall on the date I came to Canada.

Sunday watching movies

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Good day folks!

Well it's T-1 and counting prior to my surgery.

Yes, you guys didn't hear my words this Sunday, the reason for it was that I was vegetating with my girls watching movies and in the afternoon I went out to enjoy the sun and recharge my "D" batteries prior to the big day.

I have arranged my daily function for Tuesday, my bath, meals on wheels, Olivia...all is set! I have even reserved The bus to take me there, I will have to call back for my return....

See you later!

Animal news

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Here's an article that I found interesting regarding animals


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Saturday laziness

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I'm alive people!


The 911 incident last night, or early this morning if you prefer, made me wake up rather late. I had breakfast at around 11 o'clock, come to think of it that's the only meal I have had so far. After that I've been watching movies with my girls and working on my genealogy tree which I had an alert that somebody had updated their family tree with information of my wife's grandfather.

It's getting to be cold out there but I'm still using the A/C, I think that sooner or later I will have to remove it since the landlord is replacing all the windows in the building, she also gave me back the plans for the adaptation of my place but she hasn't given me the green light yet, so come Monday I will give her a shout.


Hey this week there's been a "lot" of traffic coming from France! Thank you very much France every time I see a hit from your country I remember...sigh


Take care folks!

Saturday 911

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Well I haven't had a mini crisis in a very long time! I thought the catheter was blocked so I called for some help from my wife to perform an irrigation. You know, when she insert water into my bladder to see if it's blocked? Well, she noticed righ away that the problem was the bag that was blocked so she changed it and performed an irrigation, now everything is back to normal!

Talk to you soon!

The JWs

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Well Chuck did it again people! I was able to fool to Jehovah's Witness folks into thinking that I don't speak Spanish. I am fluently trilingual, I will try anything once! Joking aside, I speak and write Spanish, French and English but when it comes to people knocking on my door or calling me at odd times, I play it by the language. The JWs have been trying speak with us since we've moved here. The problem is that my name in the entrance, besides the buzzer button, is written in Spanish and therefore they send JWs that only speak Spanish. Today was no exception, but today they went even further than they have ever gone before. First they rang the doorbell, I couldn't answer, but I went to the patio door and saw that it was "them"! It's okay, I can't buzz them in. Next thing you know there's a knock on my door. WTF? So I go to the door and yell that I cannot open the door, this is BS people because ever since I got stronger I can manage to open that freaking door, they tell me something in English and I tell them to stay put and I'm going to try to open the door. So I opened the door, I'm leaning against it with the chair and ask, in English, what can I do for them. A soft man's voice, almost feminine, asks me if I can speak Spanish. WTF?? Sorry I said to them, I don't speak Spanish. They tell me that my name in the main lobby it is in Spanish, I explained to them that my wife is Spanish but that she's not here right now and tell them that if they would like to come back at a later date they would be more than welcome.


I'm going to hell am I?


Have a great weekend people!

Lightning's side effects

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You know people, I'm a firm believer in destiny and today it was proven to me that it really does exist.

In one of my mood swings I turned on the TV to one of my favorite channels, National Geographic, and lo and behold they are talking about MS! Yeah, they're talking of this case where a woman strapped to a wheelchair for 20 years was one day able to feel, move her arms, to walk!! This was reported to her doctor who told her that it was probably her body remembering what it used to be when she was able to do this. Well, she proved her doctor wrong, after four years she fell on the wheelchair again, but not for a very long time. The same thing happen again, she started to walk, to feel, to be a normal human person again! Scientists didn't believe this, a long-term disability MS patient is not supposed to do that, yet this person proved them wrong.

Amazing, isn't it? Well I failed to tell you folks that what this lady had gone through to be able to walk again was nothing short of a miracle. The show I was seeing its called "Urban legends", basically they show you three legends that happened and you have to decide which one is the real one. In this case the real story was the woman with MS. She had been diagnosed 20 years ago and she fell into a wheelchair for the same amount of time, then suddenly she gets hit by lightning and she starts walking and being normal again. Four years later she falls into the wheelchair again with all of her MS symptoms but while doing F_all outside, she gets hit by another lightning!!! And this time she was cured indefinitely! So fuck MS, she survived two lightning strikes and her MS got cured as a side effect. I don't know if I want to start playing around with electricity to cure my disease but apparently if I jolt myself with a lot of wattage I too could probably be cured from MS!


Food for thought people, food for thought!


PS the lady had a special room built so that when there's a thunderstorm she can go in to this place and avoid lightning strike... But she still walking! hey!?! Maybe electromagnetic guru man can help me on this one...

My Friday's thoughts

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Good morning to you or afternoon!


Well it's Friday, apparently this weekend the weather is going to be merciful and chances are then that I will be going out to breathe in some air. Hopefully I'll get to see the landlord sooner or later because I want to get the ball rolling on the adaptations of my place asap.

Regarding my surgery, I'm getting the heebie-jeebies as I don't find it natural to have a hole in your body that was man-made. Apparently I will need to have it cleaned twice a week and there will be some buildup of stuff around the tube that needs to be clean with some special Q-tips of nitratesomething. Oh yeah, the wound must always be covered and quite frankly I'm feeling awkward about this! It's kinda like when the doctors decide to leave a bullet in your brain because if they take it out, it could be disastrous. Oops gotta run, my sister-in-law is coming to help me because I forgot to have somebody empty the pee bag in the morning and I don't want it  to overflow... 2000 Ml is not enough...


That's my morning gone and what I'm currently thinking...


Take care folks!

PS I told you this was MS at its full nakedness...

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Before they cut me

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I had my bath and as a result I feel a bit better!


It seems my guy that comes on Thursday has come to the conclusion that being alone sucks and that married people are very lucky to have somebody that bugs the living heck out of them... Speech recognition again sorry... I told him, discreetly, that I knew of someone that was in the similar situation as him but that she was much younger than he was. I think I sparked something here, he asked me to find out more about this person: what she likes, what she wants out of life, does she mind kids, is she willing to dish out half the expenses if they move together... Good old bath guy, always thinking with his wallet! Well since I decided to play Cupid, I will ask these questions next time I see her and here's hoping she doesn't laugh at me.

Well it's settle, next Tuesday at 1 PM I will be operated! They are going to destroy the bladder stones and they will be connecting a catheter directly to my bladder. A one-day operation they say, but then again they don't know how much of a chicken shit I am, I already bug them like 10 times today asking all sorts of questions, will the bus ride back home detach the catheter from my bladder? Do I have to shave or do you guys shave my pubic area? Is this like a penis enlargement operation? You know, the questions that matter. After contacting them I called the CLSC to cancel my bath lady of Tuesday, the one I have to ask all the questions for my Thursday bath guy, and I ask if my Monday bath could be pushed so that I can get a bath with a special soap that they gave me at the hospital. That last request is still on standby as my Monday bath guy has to call me back.


And this is the type of afternoon I been having so far, now it's time to kick some ass in Risk!


Take care people!

A fleeting glimpse at my life

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Good morning to you or good afternoon!


I don't know if this is today that I feel like this or if this was created by yesterday's events.

Puberty's bitch

I feel on the downside today, I know it's all in my head and that there's really nothing I can do, so I have to adjust to living with this. The usual suspect come to mind, MS, my girls, my inability to do stuff on my own, the feeling of being alone. I will not go into details of what happened yesterday that drives me this morning, I know it's silly, I know everybody has their own thing to cope with but hey, I got a blog! If you have something to bitch about get a blog and start bitching. As I said at the beginning of my blog, or in the middle part or somewhere in between, this blog is the solution I discovered to spit out my poison. Everyday I write something on it, I feel better afterwards. This is a good therapy and it doesn't cost me a penny, heck I'm in Canada I don't pay for psychologists -or I don't know if you have to pay-. But back to my moodiness this morning, I think a lot has to do with my inability to perform acts on my own, pick up something that I dropped, don't drop stuff, eat properly on my own, go to the bathroom when I want to, for crying out loud have a normal life where I get up early in the morning like I used to do and go to work! No, everything that I do now has to be calculated with the outmost precision so that the results can be positive, like having breakfast for example; this morning was one of my favorite dish but to eat it I had to pay extra attention or I could have had all the food fall down. I know, I should count my blessings because I can still do some stuff on my own, how about I counted the blessings if I didn't have this stupid illness that forbids me from interacting in life?

Note that this post is being written prior to my bath so I'm in a crappy mood still, who knows what the bath will do to my morale. I hear water is good for the soul...


Take care yourself folks!

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Working with the kids

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Well I'm currently doing homework with the girls, my youngest starts her tutoring next week only. The oldest one just started and she already has problems with math, she too will be getting a tutor for math.

Tomorrow I will be having my patient...er...my bat by my regular guy, remains to see how his life is going...I guess I'll have something to post tomorrow...

Take care!

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My seeping buddy

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I know we all have our special things we do before going to sleep, some of you might wash your teeth -I hope all do-, others will take a glass of milk and cookies, I on the other hand have several things that must be done before I start on my journey into Lala land. Please note some of you might find this offensive and I suggest you stay clear of this post!

So when it's time to go beddy bye-bye, I usually have certain things accommodated so that I might be able to fall asleep soundly. First thing they do is that they put me to bed, then I must have a glass of water with two painkillers, after that they must tuck in the blanket properly under my feet -my bed is right beside the A/C-, oh yeah... They must empty the pee bag otherwise the whole thing would explode at night! Once all of this is done and they are ready to go up the stairs, I must have the TV control, my RT 64 so that I can control my environment and my iPod Touch fully charged so that I can play Tiny Towers. Okay I am set! Oops, hold on a sec there, the most important part comes to mind... I must switch the TV channel to something extremely interesting but boring at the same time and when I find that, I must lower the volume to a degree that no human can hear, I'm not saying mute here, I'm talking very low volume. In general the channel I select is "The Military Channel", these last couple weeks I've been going to sleep while Hitler watches over me! Yeah, the guy is freaking boring, I go to sleep while he's doing his stuff on the TV, because I don't even watch the TV, I'm playing Tiny Towers and hoping that my eyes will get tired enough so that I can put away my iPod, fall asleep and Hitler will be doing his mumbo-jumbo until the TV goes off by itself! So I can say that Hitler has been my roommate for the last couple weeks because I deleted all the universe crap, it will probably never end in my lifetime so why worry?

So Hitler and I have become very good buddies... He puts me to sleep with his "Deutschland über alles" crap while I build floor after floor in Tiny Towers, a match made in heaven...

Take care folks!

PS in no way do I glorify Hitler nor do I approve of his stupid ideas that brought humans to war.

The Dr. Will see you now

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Happy hump day!


I know, at tad late but I will blame this on my bath lady coming late and on Olivia's liking to take naps on my belly while I tilt the chair at a comfortable level for her, but I'm back!

So my bath today... Why do I always get the tearing persons? Do I have psychologist written all over my face? I'm not complaining here but I would like to have somebody that is happy, cheery, a fruitcake like me. No, I get the ones that are not happy because their other half left them or, in this case, people that haven't found somebody to love yet. Yeah, today was one of those days where a young lady "wasted" her life away and now would like to have the same thing that everybody else has, love, kids, dog... Wait she has that... You know the stuff that makes a human being miserable... I blame that on speech recognition... Back to her story, so she's looking for somebody that will make her life complete. Well you know me, rub it your face Chuck, I told her that I had one of those stories that eventually will tell my grandchildrens about, you know the type of where I was about to make a mistake by marrying somebody else and then came this girl that I fell head over heels for, but then she went away... Kidding, she's still with me now, she's the mother of my kids, my better half, the rumble from the jungle! So this girl was telling me about how everybody else has what she should have had since the beginning, but she used her time to party, honestly? To be what is now known as F.W.B, you know they even made a movie about it, "friends with benefits", a fuck friend. I'm not making this up, she really told me that she was one of those girls who you could spend some time with and then move on... Only one thing came to mind: "where the fuck was I?"

No no no Chuck! The first thing that came to mind was, I got to introduced this girl to the other guy who's weeping because his girlfriend left him! Heinnn, slight problem. She's 36, the other guys is 55, that's almost 20 years difference, that's a no-no. But to keep her hopes up I told her about the age difference that existed between my wife and me, I told her be patient and that eventually love would find her, I told her all that shit that you tell people who are depress!....
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Man! I have to start charging for these fucking sessions... Shit! I have to start charging for my blog!

Take care folks!


PS oh yeah Olivia was fine yesterday, she was just being a teenage girl depress up there in her room!

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Parachute style

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Live from my place, it's my sexy voice and I, sorry my soothing voice...


I just finished having my bath and the lady that came has done me before and she told me that what she recalled from me was my soothing voice. Wow, I didn't know I had a soothing voice but apparently I do. It's like when I talk I put people at ease, cool!

Today I learned something, you see to put me in my chair I have a... Like a strap or something, that basically grabs my body and this thing is attached to the machine that lifts me. Now the bad thing about it is that the strap goes in between my legs and when the machine lifts me my family jewels take a licking, for lack of a better word, they hurt. But today this lady while adjusting the strap asked me if I wanted the normal way or the parachute way. The parachute wait? What's that? She tried to explain to me but I really didn't get it, so we tried it. OMG! I'm in love! Not only does this position avoids the family jewels but I feel safer and the strap doesn't make any funny noises like if I'm about to fall or something. I like it, I like it a lot! This is going to be the new way I will be strapped to the machine and the family jewels will be okay...


Take care people!


PS my dog has been up there all this time and I don't know if she's okay... I'm worried!

My afternoon waiting

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Well here I am half naked still waiting for my bath lady to come. You see the CLSC has changed the schedule once again and now the bath lady that came last week will no longer be doing my bath, instead there's another lady coming over but her schedule is going to be from 2 to 2:30 PM. So I prefer to be half naked while waiting for her to come on over, perform her duties, get me dressed and put me back on my chair. I think I will call their team supervisor as I would like my bath in the mornings like that I have the rest of the day for any medical or nonmedical rendezvous that I might need to attend.


My food came today and surprise surprise, it wasn't cut! I didn't mind that it wasn't cut, what I did mind was that it was an entire chicken leg! How in hell am I gonna eat this if I cannot use my hands?! Well thank God they put two good sized side orders of mashed potatoes and snow beans, I was also able to manage some chicken pieces, but the rest I have put back in the microwave oven for later.


Take care folks!

Miss universe wars

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Howdy doody people?


Well it was a night of wars yesterday night...

YES Yes yes... We were watching Miss universe last night and obvious the household is divided between Mexicans and El Salvadorians. All fun and games up to a point but instead of using keywords such as "pretty" and "nice", I was using words such as "hot" and she "could be my sex slave". Now these are words that guys usually use to signify that the girl is way out of our reach, that not even in our wildest dreams would we be able to approach this sort of chick. Well I guess I should have taken in consideration the mathematical equation that exists at my house: four girls and one guy living in the premises, I'm just saying this should have been a hint and I shouldn't have used that type of wording. I would say that I was called a selfish pig, a sexual predator and infantile person of whom words hadn't been invented yet to described him within 5 minutes. I of course, jokingly, said that I was going to post something nasty about the Mexican people on Facebook... I did! It was something silly, I think it's still up there and it said something like "Mexico is ugly..." I was referring to the girl in Miss universe, not about the country, not about the people, not about anything of Mexico... Well ladies and gentlemen, that magical mathematical equation?!... Suddenly changed and I had my wife's cousin and her sister-in-law posting comments on my status about how Mexico is still beautiful and it was only a handful of people ruining the country. What gives? I expected comments from my wife, from my sister-in-law, from people that know me real well, but instead I had the Mexican masses posting "hate related comments" on my Facebook! Okay, they were not hate related but I'm pretty sure that some of those ladies out there must have prayed that my soul goes to hell as soon as possible for insulting their country...

Mexican people out there, I really love your country but the lady that was representing you yesterday at the pageant was real ugly.. Not hot..guacala (yuck).. I know, the girl from El Salvador wasn't exactly a 10 but we have never won Miss universe and to be honest I really don't care. But you guys send a gorgeous girl last year and this year it was a let down, this is what I was making fun of yesterday not your country.


Take care people!


PS now they are going to call my mother something or other, I don't care...

I gotta buy a minivan

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Yes I am here people!


Believe it or not I just got in from outside. I had my bath, then I went to my CMR visit and now I am finally in the house... Just to find out that my crazy daughter wants to have a boyfriend!! She's only freaking 10! I'd don't know what bug bit her but this is the first news I get when I came in! Now I'll have to speak with her mother and find out what will be our plan of action, I hear that the nun school are taking candidates for their classes next year.


Having said that, how was my CMR visit?

Good question... I'm a bit pissed off, when I have an appointment I usually ask how long should I book my bus for. Like always the lady called me for the appointment and I asked her how long should I book my bus for, she told me that I should reserve it for at least two hours. Okay, so I told the company that I was going to be finished by 3 PM, that should be enough... A half an hour more... Well guess what? The whole brace thing and the fixing of the chair took a whole 30 minutes... 30 freaking minutes!! I had to sit on my ass from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM, then the bus I came in had six people to drop, four of them for me... And they were not all there... They were loopy! It was like the magical bus and they were singing out loud, saying fruity things... And calling me fatso (in French)... WTF?! This is when the driver finally said that if they kept on going he was going to tell the administration of the place where they lived, they finally shut up. This isn't what I signed for when I got sick! There should be two types of bus, the bus for normal/sane people like myself and the sound proof cubicle with wheels for people that sing and are a hazard to other people. I mean I tolerated the calling fatso part because there isn't really anything I could have done! What am I gonna do?! I was strapped to the bus, I wasn't going to go and beat the crap out of some crazy lunatic?! I took it like a man and prayed to God that the lady, because she was a woman, was strapped properly to her chair...


Really really nuts!

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Got a sec?

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Well folks, it was a terrific weekend: had fun at my brother's place yesterday and I went outside today to catch a nap! Embarrassing! When I sit outside on my patio I have a tendency to doze off into dream world and my patio is right besides the main entrance so everybody that goes in or out can see me in sleep mode. They must be really envious of the fat guy sleeping on the wheelchair, sucks to be them.

So tomorrow besides going to the CMR, I have to speak with my occupational therapist about the plans I got for my place and I need to contact the landlord so I can get the ball rolling. I can taste the outdoors already...

Take care!

PS the freaking dog is barking at this hour, WTF is her problem?!

Sunday chilling down

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Are you ready for some football?!


Yeah, now that the strike is over I get to see my beloved Redskins again!


With that out of my system, I know today is the commemorations for the 9/11 incident that happened 10 years ago, you know I was "forced" to watch it then, I lived the moment when it was happening, now in the history channel I get to see the more in-depth analysis of it, it still sucks! I'm not going to touch that point again except that I wish to extend my condolences to everybody that was touched by that incident.

On a more happy note...

My girls decided to stay at their uncle's yesterday and so did the other nephews, results?! Well, 1...2...3.... ah shit, a whole bunch of kids were at my brother's house yesterday! They had leftover food for supper and this afternoon my brother went out and got them pizza! Good uncle, good... In my case I had McDonald's and since they sent this special coupons, I had McDonald's at a great price!

Tomorrow is my CMR visit, it's about time that the fix my foot rest and that they finally measure my leg so I can have a brace for it.


Take care people!

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Back from the boonies

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So did you miss me?

Well I had lots of fun today over at the Kirkland house! I had 2 burgers, 1 large hotdog and corn on the cob...with beer to wash it down!

I had a blast telling stories to my nephews/nieces about my crazy days as a young punk and seeing them laugh their head so hard. They all came and sat around me as I told them memory after memory of their parents.... And it was such a gorgeous day today that I didn't see time fly by me and before I noticed, my driver was there to pick me up....I had a great time, thanks universe!

Just like mine, the plans suck

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Good Saturday to you folks!

Well I'm still in bed right now blogging my head off while I wait for the people to get up and suit me with my wheelchair on! Today is an outing for me, remember?

But this is not why I'm blogging now, I am blogging because yesterday night they went to check the mail and....drum roll... I got the plans for the modification of my place so it becomes accessible to me!!! Rather simple, almost child like and I am able to determine that the guy forgot a couple of things on the plans: the drainage outside and, oh, the ELECTRIC DOORS!! I will have to speak with my ergo lady to talk over the plans, perhaps have a powwow with her this week.....

Take care!

Talking about my life

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Well everything is set for tomorrow, my bus has been reserved, the weather is going to cooperate, even Olivia is gonna go with us as the birthday party is being held in the patio of my older brother's house. I think this will be the last time I will see his house this year as winter is coming and it's getting a bit nippy out there, then again this weather is crazy people! My daughter just walked in and let me know that is very hot out there right now. Let's see how it goes tomorrow, so if you don't hear from me it's because I'm going to Vegas baby... Okay Kirkland, but it's closer than Brossard to Vegas... About 40 km closer!

I talked to the landlord this morning, apparently they're replacing the windows and the patio doors of all the apartments out there. The only patio door they're not going to touch will be mine since I will be modifying the patio door so that I can go out on my own. I think this will be done soon enough and perhaps next summer/fall I will be able to go on my own outside, yay me!

Hey, I didn't update you regarding my oldest daughter and her short cross-country career, apparently she changed her mind at the last minute and decided to play badminton. Let's hope she's as good as her dad was, I used to wreck the gym when it came time to hit the birdie...aaahhh the memories!


Take care folks, happy weekend!

Where was I during 9/11

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You know 10 years ago our lives were changed for the worst, a sense of insecurity fell upon us and vengeance was our only hope. I've been seeing a lot of news where reporters tell stories of what happened on this day 10 years ago, I guess is one of those things that years from then you ask the question "where were you during the 9/11 era?"

In my case I can say that 10 years ago I was still walking and being part of the technical sports staff, and the early response team for Europe for a speech recognition application, I was at work already. As luck would have it, I like to read the news from different sources on the net and one of them happened to be CNN.com. I couldn't believe what was going on at our neighbors just hours from us, it was a sad occasion. I started the ball rolling in my department and when one of our receptionist came in all happy, I suddenly changed her mood from one spectrum to the other. Even though we were not Americans nor did we lived in New York, what was happening there and then was affecting us and the whole world.

I am not defending the American government but I am one who believes that if they have a beef against the government, then they should act accordingly; why should innocent people die? This goes for both sides of the equation, the difference here is that 9/11 happened at my doorstep and my sense of security had disappeared in the space of 20 minutes. I think the world lost its innocence at that specific time.


Remember, never forget!

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Time flies when you don't wake up

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Good day to you all!


Well it's Friday and we are all looking forward to the weekend now, at least I am. This weekend I will be going out to the birthday party of one of my nieces, I get to go for a long taxi ride and enjoy the weather. Apparently this weekend is going to be a nice weekend and people who don't enjoy the weather are going to miss out on it because as of Tuesday the are expecting rain, yet again! Monday my CMR appointment has been extended, the receptionist called me back and told me they had received pieces for my wheelchair so the one-hour meeting I had has been extended to two. Looking forward to it...

This morning was the first morning where apparently I didn't have to do anything to get the ball rolling. Well everybody was late for my taste! My youngest one had breakfast 15 minutes before she had to go and take the bus and the oldest one, who starts school at nine o'clock, took off... At nine o'clock!! WTF?! Then "we" ask questions why she's going to get reprimanded?! I understand that her mother, my wife, is doing this all on her own but if she would just wake up, and I mean out of bed by this, things would run smoothly. Well all I can say is that I've been there, I've done that... I don't need a high school diploma, I already got it! Maybe I'm not getting them, maybe I'm the one at fault...


Take care people!

Rounding up my day

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Well I'm in bed already, my leg was killing me too much so I asked my oldest to put me in bed.

Hey I forgot to tell you about my bath guy, apparently he is interested on a girl that probably is divorced and is pretty....I cannot confirm this, his words not mine.... But I was wondering, do you loose track of love as you get older? My bath guy has, he told me that a relationship would mean sex and sharing expenses!!!?? Where's the love? Well I wish him well....

Take care!

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Notes from Alcatraz, my velvet prison

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Happy day to you people!

Well it's a tragic story the one in the news this morning, a whole sporting team dies in an airplane accident. What a sad event, a group of people that distracted persons from every day life hassles wipedout! Well my condolences to their families and to Russia.

So this post is going to be in two parts, the one I'm writing right now is being done at 8:55 AM before my bath guy gets here. Olivia is in her cage taking a nap, she doesn't use the caged anymore but my bath guy claims that there's a ruling that the dog needs to be in the cage while I'm getting my bath. If you ask me he's just afraid of my dog, I'm not making fun of him everybody got his or hers phobias, look at me I don't like snakes they seem to be slimy so if he wants me to put the dog in the cage while he's here, I will gladly do it. Okay now I'll break and wait for him to come here and give me my bath, Olivia is asleep already...

Okay it's 11:45 AM and I had my bath as well as my lunch. So let's get on with the show...

Well my bath guy came, the one that's all depressed about not having a sex partner who can share the expenses of his life! Yeah, all the talks I have with the guy are related to the lack of sex and how expensive everything is now that he's alone. Apparently he's having problems with the kids, yet again, they are acting very irresponsible towards him and their mother... I wonder why? Oh yeah! There freaking kids people! Everybody has problems with kids, look at me and my fruitcake daughter who wants to do cross-country as a fun activity! Seriously, I think they need to open more their minds him and his ex-. The old girlfriend left the kids and note explaining why she had left their father, she blamed them and their constant bickering as a main excuse why she took off from their dad -yeah right-!! You don't say that to a kid!? He's never going to understand that! Plus it's a one-way ticket to the shrink... Weirdos!

Oh yeah I'm going to be getting operated on 20 September so if you don't hear from me after that is because I kicked the bucket!

Take care folks!

CTV Montreal - Russians searching for crashed plane's recorders - CTV News

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Cross country fruitcake

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I was thinking what was I going to be blogging about now that my picture scanning had been completed and I got my answer late today when my oldest daughter came back from school. Let me put you in context first.

When school started I told her that this year I wanted her to join an activity in school, I told her I wanted her to join swimming because she's a strong swimmer. She started putting a fuzz about how she didn't like it and she didn't want to do anything but I insisted. Well I'll make it short, today she came back with a grin on her face telling me she had joined the cross country activity ????? I asked her if she knew what it was and she told me that it had to do something with running....SOMETHING???? baby you're going to run long distances, very long distances!! I asked her why she didn't take something easier, she told me that this activity seem easy and fun.....I smell a boy!!

Take care!