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Rachael

About Me

I dream of one day working in a gas station with no customers. I've thought about it for a while, and have decided that it's time I actually set some goals. I've never been a very goal-oriented person and have been sort of walking in a maze for most of my life.I'm not ready to actually start working towards my goals, per se, but ready to start establishing them. Here are some: 1) As previously mentioned, working in a gas station with no customers. There would be a treadmill and exercise bike, flat screen TV, and personal chef available to me all day at work. Possibly a jacuzzi, but not sure about that one. 2) Retiring at the age of 45. This may mean retiring from my current job and enjoying life as a gas station employee, or retiring from my job as a gas station employee. I'll figure out the details at a later date. 3) Traveling to more foreign countries so that my percentage of countries visited will be higher than 5 or 6% or whatever it is now. 4) Starting to read again, because I used to really enjoy it. 5) Learning how to effectively train dogs to be obedient, not attack each other or me, and how to do funny tricks. 6) Having a room full of cushions, and no one is allowed inside it unless they are wearing clean socks and comfortable clothes. The lighting will be dim, the music will be comforting, and there may even be a nice little theater in this room, so I can lay around and watch all the Harry Potter movies. 7) Someday, I'd like to have a nice kitchen big enough to fit a dishwasher, so that I can cook. I'd even like to have a table that seats more than two, so that I can invite people over to eat dinner, and hopefully it will be good. 8) I wouldn't mind learning massage therapy. It seems necessary, since both my sisters are massage therapists. We all have curly hair, are vegetarians, are too nice to people to the point we get walked all over, have twisted senses of humor that annoy and offend others, and enjoy humiliating ourselves and each other. I am also the oldest and therefore superior to them. I don't much appreciate that they have a skill I don't possess. 9)Create short term goals and stick to them, such as: make every effort possible to get over my back injury, find exercises I can actually do that won't cause me more pain, spend more time with my doggies and help make them happy little corgis, eat my five a day and drink my eight a day, and finally, stop blowing so much money on diet coke.Layout made by fairytraceyI love to travel but don't have the money or time to go where I want when I want.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

The movers and the shakers, the dreamers and the losers, and anyone else who may be a future inhabitant in my halfway house.

My Blog

Cancer free again.

Aidan finished chemo again and his one month scans were clear. Doctors have not changed his prognosis, and still they say that all treatment is for the purpose of prolonging. Boo reports she thinks th...
Posted by on Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:26:00 GMT

Asprin Overdose.

Upon the advice of my supervisor who suffers from arthritis, I decided to start taking 8 asprin at a time. Well apparently this is not wise. I took 8 last night, then 8 or 16 this morning, and was soo...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 16:10:00 GMT

Spring update on Aidan

For those of you wondering, the bone marrow drive went pretty good. They signed up over 120 people for the National Registry!!Aidan may not need a match, but I'm still glad so many showed.After his ca...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:30:00 GMT

Me, pee, and phones

I got my verizon phone Oct 2007 and have basically despised the piece of shit ever since. It shuts itself off, doesn't register all the calls, and it's probably my fault. After all, I tend to drop it ...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:01:00 GMT

Be a Hero! Bone Marrow Drive in 2 weeks!

My sister Emily has set up a bone marrow drive in southern Illinois and it's only two weeks away. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE go to the bone marrow drive and get tested, pain and needle-free testing!! This d...
Posted by on Thu, 05 Feb 2009 20:05:00 GMT

Latest Nephew News

Here is the latest about my nephew, posted tonight on caringbridge.org/aidanking.   ..TR> THURSDAY, JANUARY 01, 2009 08:25 PM, CST Sorry I am just now updating; I really do not like ta...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Jan 2009 23:04:00 GMT

New tumor

Aidan has a new tumor, this time close to his spine. He's been having strange symptoms. Dr. Navid told my sister and Bill that they can only do treatments to prolong his life right now, and they are t...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:03:00 GMT

Aidan Updates

Hola my dear myspace friends. I haven't mentioned Aidan in a while...that's because no news is good news. He finished half of a school year and is ready for Christmas break! This is the longest run he...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Dec 2008 01:36:00 GMT

How to be a successful business woman by Danny, Rachael, Becca, and Jason

I want to let you all in on my secrets to success. Want to have a Four to Five Digit Income in one year????? Then read on, and follow the advice closely. This pertains mainly to massage therapists, bu...
Posted by on Sat, 29 Nov 2008 07:18:00 GMT

Black Friday

I loathe needing to go to the store to buy anything on the day after Thanksgiving. People run off to start fights over toys that will break after three days, and people like me can't even buy a bicycl...
Posted by on Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:28:00 GMT