More About Me

I saw these on Ann and Tammi's blog...

1. Hi, my name is... Heidi

2. Never in my life have I....

3. The one person who can drive me nuts is.. oh, right now, almost anybody

4. High school... bored me to tears, sucked all creative life out me, changed my after high school experience.. kept me from college, right away.

5. When I'm nervous... I make chomomile tea and wish I had another one of those funny pills LOL

6. The last time I cried was.... yesterday

7. If I were to get married right now my best man would be.. Probably the best friend or brother of the groom! The odder part would be figuring out a man as my maid/matron of honor because that suits me better.

8. My hair is... nutmeg

9. When I was 5... I lived with my grandparents in a tiny cabin off Old Hwy 80, near El Cajon (Cali)

10. Last Christmas..... I didn't get any inventory on eBay and I'm still dealing with it

11. I should be.. planning the reorganizing of the patio garden

12. When I look down I see.. my toe nails could use some new polish, maybe to match the anklet?

13. The happiest recent event was.. reconnecting with Rebecca, from high school, in yahoo messenger

15. By this time next year.. I hope my house will be back to "almost perfect"
16. My current gripe is.. that others think I can read their minds and then when they are at fault for a mistake I make because I'm not a mind reader, they say "oh so this is my fault?" Umm, why is it mine?

17. I have a hard time understanding.. people who refuse to communicate

18. There’s this man I know that.. really needs to keep his distance from me.

19. You know I like you when.. I compliment you with tons of hugs.

20. If I won an award, the first person I would tell would be.. my children because they'd support me and appreciate it, too.
21. Take my advice.. never stop learning!

22. Something that I really want to buy is.. a new sofa

23. If you visited the place I was born.. you'd be in La Mesa

24. I plan to visit.. Egypt
25. If you spend the night at my house you'll.. be just like the rest of us and take care of yourself if you need something.. our home is your home for your stay.

26. I'd stop my wedding if.. ??
27. The world could do without.. cockroaches
29. Most recent thing I've bought myself.. Flowers to plant

30. Most recent thing someone else bought me.. dinner for my birthday

31 .My favorite color is.. pink (its my new purple)

32. My favorite baseball team is... San Diego Padres because Marcus is here now. I'm secretly always going to be Dodger Blue, though.

33. My favorite redhead is.. who is really red?

34. My middle name is.. Janeen
35. This morning I.. slept late then headed to a couple of garden centers. The day was grand.

36. The animals I would like to see flying besides birds are.. I'm not sure that more flying animals are my idea of great to stand under.

37. Once at a bar.. I kept sneaking ice into some guys beer

38. last night I.. went to bed somewhat early

39. There's this guy I know who.. calls me every day just to see what I'm doing. He's a great friend and I over appreciate him. Thanks!
40. I don't know why.. I must share this world with complete idiots

41. The one thing I want in the next five years is.. to be better organized

42. Tomorrow I am.. going to organize the new flowers and plant them. Then I'll redo the patio set up and hope to find something that pleases me

43. Tonight I am.. stewing at a stupid fight

44. My birthday is.. 15 April 1969, income tax day

45. What I really wanted for Valentine's Day was.. a surprise

46. Last time I was scared was.. ??
47. Everyday I use.. Yahoo
48. The closest thing I see to me that is blue is.. my denim dress

49. The last person I talked to.. Matthew
50. Today for lunch, I am having.. tuna salad with balsamic vinaigrette

My Love Hate Relationship

In true blogger fashion, I steal this idea from Cory, I love/hate

I Love:

• Baseball
• Lemonade
• Tulips
• Books by LaVyrle Spencer
• Sunflowers
• Pine Nuts
• Taquitos
• Snickerdoodles
• Fresh Bread or Yeast Steak Rolls
• Pizza
• Corn Dogs
• Lemon Bars
• Cranberry Juice with Fresh Lime
• Music
• Movies
• Dirty Dancing
• Tea
• Fruit Punch Gatorade

I Always Hate:

• Black Olives
• Dentists
• Headaches
• Pain
• Demanding People
• Chain Text Mail
• Non Personal Private Messages
• People who don’t listen
• Wearing Shoes
  
• Fake People / Liars

Quiz

I stole this from Silly's blog!

Since I so enjoy getting to my Y!360 Friends with this fun survey's, I'll kill myself and try to share with you, too. *hug*

All about yourself...
First name?:: Heidi
Middle name?:: Janeen
Like your name?:: Yes, it was supposed to be Dylan, after Bob!
Named after anyone?:: No
Any nicknames?:: None (Tess?)
Age?:: 38, in 4 days?
Birthdate?:: 15 April 1969
Birthplace?:: La Mesa, California
Time you were born?:: 22:58
Current location?:: South Carolina
Height?:: 5'4"
Like your height?:: Yes
Eye color?:: Hazel
Contacts/glasses?:: Yes
Hair color?:: Nutmeg
Natural hair color?:: Yes
Dye your hair often?:: Not anymore
Righty or lefty?:: Righty
Your favorite...
Type of music?:: Almost everything
Band or singer?:: Rascal Flatts, Blessid Union of Souls, Nickelback, Martika, and many more
TV show?::
Movie?:: No Way Out (Kevin Costner)
TV channel?:: Discovery or National Geographic
Radio station?:: iTunes, Imeem, Youtube?
Place to be?:: in nature
Thing to do?:: Genealogy
Food?:: Yeast Bread and cheese
Non alcoholic drink?:: Cranberry Juice and lime
Alcoholic drink?:: Mud Slides, oh I wish still! I don't drink
Animal?:: Cats
Holiday?:: Mother's Day
Season?:: Spring
Sport?:: Baseball
Place to shop?:: eBay
Clothing brand?:: don't care
Scent?:: English Rose
Restaurant?:: Carrabas
Fruit?:: Melon
Vegetable?:: Asparagus
Fast food restaurant?:: Jack in the box (none here)
Pizza topping?:: Cheese
Ice cream flavor?:: Chocolate with cinnamon
Magazine?:: Better Homes and Garden
City?:: Gatlinburg or Lake Arrowhead
Color?:: Pink
Number?:: ?
This or that...
Chocolate or vanilla?:: Chocolate
Pepsi or coke?:: Pepsi
Hot or cold?:: Cold
Black or white?:: White
Dog or cat?:: Cat
French toast or pancakes?:: French Toast
French fries or onion rings?:: Onion Rings
Hamburger or hot dog?:: Corn Dog?
Pepperoni or sausage?:: Neither
Britney or Christina?:: Neither
McDonalds or Burger King?:: Neither
50 Cent or Eminem?:: Neither
Canada or Mexico?:: Never been to Canada
Hug or kiss?:: Both
Movies or TV?:: Movies
Truth or dare?:: Truth
Do you...
Shower daily?:: Yes
Sing in the shower?:: Yes, everywhere
Like to sing?:: Yes
Like to dance?:: Yes
Smoke?:: No
Drink?:: Rarely
Cuss?:: Yes
Talk to yourself?:: Yes
Believe in yourself?:: Yes
Play an instrument?:: No
Go to school?:: I did
Go to college?:: I did
Have a job?:: I own my business
Like your job?:: Yes
Want to get married?:: Hmm.
Want to have kids?:: Have 3
Get along with your parents?::
Get along with your siblings?:: Yes (can't go back up, so yes there)
Drive?:: Yes
Random...
Do you think you're trustworthy?:: Yes
Think you're funny?:: Yes, amuse myself, too! LOL
Ever toilet papered someone's house?:: No
Gone garbage can tipping?:: No
What are your parents' names?:: Mom and Dad
Siblings' names?:: Gabe, Cory, David
Do you wash your hands frequently?:: Yes
How many times a day do you brush your teeth?:: 2
Collect anything?:: Mortar and Pestles
Ever been in love?:: Yes
In love right now?:: Yes
What color pants are you wearing right now?:: Umm, ha ha
How does your hair look?:: Long
Ever had your heart broken?:: Yes
Ever broken the law?:: Yes
Been arrested?:: No
Been out of the country?:: Yes, Mexico
Can you stick your fist in your mouth?:: Ouch, NO
When was the last time you got drunk?:: ?
Do you do drugs?:: No
When was the last time you were high on anything?:: Life?.
Do you prefer the lights on or off?:: off
Would you ever get plastic surgery?:: Yes, but not for vanity
Do you prefer boxers or briefs?:: Boxer Briefs?
Do you like to laugh?:: Yes
Ever had a bloody nose?:: Yes - Bioflavinoids are the key!
Have you ever caught a fish?:: No
What was the last thing you ate?:: Mac n Cheese
What time do you go to bed?:: midnight if I sleep at night
What's your favorite color?:: Pink
Do you like to give or receive?:: Both
Are you obsessed with anything/anyone?:: Define obsessed?
Do you live alone?:: No
Do you own a blender?:: Yes
Do you like the snow?:: Yes, I've never shovelled it
Ever been up a mountain?:: Yes
Ever been rootin'?:: What is this?...
Do you like surprises?:: Yes and No

Tess Spills Some Beans

After much contemplation and outright stewing over this issue, I decided to bring it to blog and let it all hang out. Its not "slander" if its true, right? Okay, so maybe I can be a little anonymous about this.. but I won't lie to anyone who out right asks me the right questions, either. Fair enough?

Okay.. so where do I start?

About ten years ago, give or take whatever, I had a chat "friend" named Kathleen, who lived near Bremmerton, Washington. Kathleen was divorced with 2 or 3 young boys, in an apartment on social security disability. She dabbled with graphic design and she hosted a free site, probably at Geocities, if I remember right, with free personal web graphic sets.

I have and had no problem with the above statistical information of this "friend". Life hands us all different cards and we do what we can, in most circumstances.

Kathleen quickly became one of those friend's who would offer to help you with something, or give you something she could design or had knowledge about, "for a fee". On the other hand, she also seemed to breathe to drill me with questions to fill her own empty knowledge bank. The scales were very uneven in this arena, but I felt that it was tiny, in the grand perspective of life, and I could push through this and just try to open up to her.

Fast forward slightly..

Kathleen decides that she wants to venture into web design and sell her graphic sets, keeping her sets related to "kids" free for personal use. Her domain was something with kats or katz and kids or kidz in it, if I recall correctly. I'm big on using "z" for "s" so I'm not sure if she did or not, now. It doesn't really matter for this story.

Kathleen and I shared each other's dreams of our businesses that we were building, among the hustle and bustle of being young, single mom's. My dream was a little wider than hers, but she had the skills of graphic design on her side and that was much more than I could say for my own designing that I was doing.

My business plan had some web design, with hired graphic designer's, as a side note to a much larger picture that included everything that the small or home-based business could/would need to function in everyday, virtual becoming America.

As time passed, Kathleen started web designing. I don't remember on what scale that she did this. She seemed to never need to sleep and had a brain that could absorb orange juice fed in very large quantities. My brain fog life just could not keep up with the knowledge base that she was acquiring. At the same time, we still were on a give/take relationship, at this point. I gave. She took and offered a joking "for a fee" response to anything I asked about.

My frustrations and worries for Kathleen and her boys only grew larger, as she would talk about eviction notices for her apartment, then her mother bailing her out, with rent money, or taking her to a local food bank. Let me not forget to inform you that her money was leaving her pocket's, left and right to domain name registration and web hosting fees. Every day she had either a new discovery or a huge dilemma. She exhausted me and I became very busy planning a wedding.. my own.

In a rather short period of time, we drifted apart, got caught up into our own "new" lives and found each other, again, about two years, or so, later.

Kathleen was doing very well, for herself and her little family. She had stopped playing with graphics, staying up all night, and was also not designing web pages anymore.

Her business focused on domain name registrations and web hosting. Sound familiar to anyone that knows me? *smile*

Kathleen had moved out of her little apartment, had a house built for her family and her business, and had several employees that came to her home business, each day, who pretty much ran the show for her, while she was very busy with being a mom to busy and challenging children. I'm not sure how her mother fit into all of this, but she was an every day part of conversation, as well.

At the time, I was still living in Jacksonville, Florida. She hooked me up to chat with her ex-husband and well, he was a really nice guy. I'm not quite sure how to put the puzzle together for each of them, because I knew them well enough to wonder why they had divorced, not much unlike my circumstance, then, with my ex-husband.

He even had a hosting account for his personal domain, with her business, too!

Okay, so here I was, two year's later, in pretty much the same financial boat I was in before, as I shared my dreams of what I wanted my business to become.. and here she was, someone I couldn't quite communicate with.. someone above me and out of my social league, so to speak.

I looked into Kathleen's business because she had set up a very simple, easy to modify and personalize, knowledge base of files, forms, legalities, etc for the base business model I desired. I could feed off some of her knowledge and accomplishments, the way she wanted it done.. "for a fee". I never really considered that I was paying her to be my friend, and for the most part, I adapted her models to help my own business start where I wanted it to go.

I was adding web hosting and internet resources to my virtual assisting business, to further some income models for me, while I could increase what I could offer to my established and growing business circle. It seemed win/win and I was very pleased that she was willing to help me, too.

For about two years, I registered all my domains through Kathleen's business. I paid her monthly for web hosting and suffered tremendously with a huge lack of customer service or care on the part of her tech support. I had too much knowledge for them, and when I had finally given up trying to help myself, I was insulted with their lack of listening skills and the constant merry-g0-round of emails that really didn't help me, at all, and only seemed to really waste my time.

So, one day I emailed Kathleen directly and explained to her my serious issues. She was very kind and fixed my problems right away. I felt as if her tech support wanted to teach me how to double-click when my problems were about broken links in a system that was their side supported! She also told me to only contact her, in the future and that she would take care of me. I felt this great sense of relief. I finally felt that I could take back some that I had spent year's giving. Not that I want any friendship equally balanced.. but there is a point where fair needs to play ball, too.

In October 2001, I finally found my niche. I registered my domain name: FromMyOwnOffice.com. It was my central nervous system to my home and business life. My children and I all had our web based email at that domain and it was quite a catchy phrase that fit well on my business cards, too. Life was good.

About a year, or so, later, Kathleen's business had expanded to some different arena's. She was quite secretive about her changes and I wasn't quite sure where her business was based and what she actually did anymore.. but she was doing well and I was proud of how far she had come.

As part of her expansion, she contracted with a different company for better virtual dedicated server's. She offered her current client's the option to move to the new server's or to wait it out for the complete transition.. that I don't think ever fully happened, the way we thought it was going to happen. I moved to the new server's immediately and expanded my business avenue greatly.

Before the complete transfer to the new system.. something happened that devastated her business, or so it appeared, over night. From what I could understand, whichever group of server's that I was not hosting on, were "spammed" or hit in some fashion, and the domains she had (for herself and her clients) on those servers were frozen. This would not have been an overwhelming damaging situation for her, because she was split on two different companies and could move them over, if time was in her favor.. which its not in a virtual demanding world.

At the same time that her clients were pulling out, because their domains were frozen and inaccessible, her own automated billing domains were also hosted on the frozen server's. She quickly went into litigation and fell into a growing tornado of nightmares. She couldn't bill her clients, so she couldn't pay her own bills. Her client files were just as inaccessible on the server's, too. Overnight, we were given "bankruptcy" notices and a final closing date to move our domains to our own new hosting server's.

I had a little cushion, because my domains were transferable and not part of the litigation with the other parent company. My credit cards weren't being billed for the hosting that I was receiving, but I was immediately threatened.

Two days before the final date, I emailed notices of name server changes. I had moved my domains, temporarily to a horrible hosting option, that later came back to bite me, but not as hard as what Kathleen did to me and my business.

None of my domains were transferred. NONE! I had my client base on paper and my own hard drive's, so I didn't lose that, but all my client's lost their domains, too. My children and I immediately had no email, too.

Kathleen's business vanished, or so it appeared. Within a few weeks, my domain name registrations had a new admin business name contact on them. I contacted her, briefly, and was pitched sales info for how to register with the new business. I had already paid to renew them and host them for a year somewhere else!

What I didn't know, was that she had continued her endless idea's of future domain names and had set up a new niche, for herself, and as is part of the American dream, not a whole lot changed for her business model, it just got a face lift and a new name. She had learned some hard lessons. Or so I thought.

For the last 3-4 years, after I had moved away from Florida, moving my business and home addresses.. I waited for the anniversary dates of the domain name registrations.. or rather their expiration dates. Every year, she renewed my domain names.

The whois database showed the two I needed the most, registered with two different registrars. They still showed my name as the registered owner. One had my previous address and the other had my address prior to that, on it. They were only being renewed for one year, at a time, so I just "kept keepin' on" as my step-momma would say.

I had contacted one of the registrar's for information about the legalities of this issue. It is technically "hijacking" in the modern of times we live in. The registrar told me that I had to prove I was the information on the registrations. I couldn't do that. My phone and address were no longer in Florida. Neither was she, for that matter.

So, last week, as I'm on hold with tech support for some domain issues, I plug in those old domains into the whois database that I'm staring at. "And what to my wandering eyes should appear?"

A new registrar name!

About this time, the blasting music stops and on the line is a tech, and I had to refocus.

The next day, I get back and do a more thorough whois "investigation" and I simply can't believe what I found. First, to my surprise, all of my domains have been released, now, except frommyownoffice.com!

In February, it was placed under private registration. Now, this is where I must tell all of you that this could easily happen to you, extremely differently than it happened to me, too. Let me continue explaining what appears to be "known" now, first.

When a domain name is registered "private", the name, address, and phone number of the person registering it, is hidden from public view. So it appears that I'm not on the registration information anymore.

At the bottom of the page there is a link to report false data connected to the whois report. I thought long and hard about this. Basically, what this means, is that if I can prove that an address is invalid, because postal mail was returned, or an email is invalid because email has bounced, then I can report false information. However, none of this information is available in a private registration.

There was ONLY one minor clue that I'm still connected to this site in the registration. There is a "last updated" date, an expiration date, and a creation date. The creation date is 11 October 2001. I registered that domain on that date.

Now, it appears that she has changed her business name on the registration, which I forgot to mention earlier, in my prior whois database research. And I also had seen a different registrar name, so she was able to change that, too. She was my admin. contact, as part of her previous business, for the domain name registrations. She has an open door to them.

So, here's my serious quandary right now. I have no problem, and I fully support private domain name registrations. I think the world is crazy and I don't think addresses and phone numbers should be available in public databases, like this. Its rather inexpensive to register them private.

But, do you think, that we, as citizen's and human beings with rights, should be able to also safeguard against our own information being erroneously used in these same private databases? So, don't let me search for the owner of a domain, but let me search your database for my own NAME!

I want to know when someone is doing something illegally, on the internet, and my name, address, and phone number are attached to the domain name registrations, but are not public knowledge, so I'm unaware of it!

What is wrong with this picture?

To make my matter worse. Some crap is being built on the domain name now. Its basically not so much "operational", but "there". It appears to be organized affiliate, or fed links. There is no contact information, no email addresses, nothing.. no service name of who is hosting the account, who is building the site, etc.

So, what did I do? Well, I registered frommyownoffice.net and I'm going to find a legal way to tell my story!

I know Kathleen's name. I know her business mailing address and phone number. I know one of the registrar's that she is affiliated with. I know her business name. I know her current domain. I don't have to disclose those things to tell my story. But I own the registration of that domain name, so am I wrong to exploit its story?

Her name is not associated on her "new" domain/website, but IS connected to her own registered domain, in a whois directory. I have not disclosed any specific information here that would link anyone to know who she is, unless they KNOW her.

Ironically, you might find it a great chuckle to know that her old domain and her current domain are both still registered to HER and are not privately registered. One was updated last month and one is expiring next month. There are two addresses and the same phone number.

MY domain is privately registered but her domain's are not?? Yeah, it seems legit to me, too! NOT!

Blame JoAnna!! More questions about ME! updated Mon. night

As much as I've been answering a lot of Q and A blogs, lately, JoAnna had some fun questions that make my life a lot more boring than hers, so I stole it.. here ya go.. (JoAnna B is niece to Douggie B.. you should check out her blog.. won't take her long to notice all Douggie's "followers" or "worshippers" LOL) I cracked up at her "Only in America" Blog and its so true.. I used to work for an ATM company.. its on them all because its cheaper than making another mold and to stock and organize one machine is so much more efficient (even though you'd be surprised how many options that are available to banks!)

Trudy has a great "Don't Close the Blinds" story to explain to a child why we are at war. I really started way back with the Iranian crisis and hostages when I had to teach my children what all this middle east "attention" was when it started up again. Schooling at home allowed us the days and days of research and questions and answers to give a different perspective than just one text book's representation.

I do support our troops and have many opinions of whether we should be anywhere or not.. but its a good representation of why its so so too late and why just ignoring it doesn't work, either. I'd apply it as a lesson for everyday life.

We have to know when to stay out of the den of a sleeping bear, too, though. Or is it more to not let the bear hibernate???

(yahoo spacing is all out of control again I've noticed.. sorry everyone!)
1. Have you ever been searched by the cops? No
2. Do you close your eyes on roller coaster? Yes, but the last one I was on, was what I would refer to as a "baby coaster" and I smacked my head on the side bar in the last jerking turn, and well, that big bruise and headache really ruined the whole idea of doing anymore for me!

3. When's the last time you've been sledding? *frown* Never, just like snow angels...
4. Would you rather sleep with someone else, or alone? Both, but mostly with someone most of the time, would be nice.


5. Do you believe in ghosts? Yes
6. Do you consider yourself creative? Yes

7. Do you think O.J. killed his wife? You mean with his own hands? Better question, would the LAPD let YOU or I parade around in a 30 mph police chase? I think I blogged how much they've helped me.

8. Jennifer Aniston or Angelina Jolie? Probably Jennifer, but I'm not sure I care.
9. Can you honestly say you know ANYTHING about politics? Much more than I'd rather think about or admit.


10. Do you know how to play poker? Yes

11. Have you ever been awake for 48 hours straight? Yes, even not in child birth, too.

12. What's your favorite commercial? The Pepsi commercial where the rapper gets a ride in a Pepsi truck and everyone thinks its the new "IN" thing and they start buying and driving Pepsi delivery trucks around. Did they pimp them out? See how much tv I watch? (from the super bowl!)

13. Who was your first love? Eddie Echeverria and I wonder if he knows? I wonder if he'd find this if he Googled himself? *grin*

14. If you're driving in the middle of the night, and no one is around you, do you run a red light? Only once and I still don't know why, I was just "somewhere else" in thought and my friend actually told me I ran it. I was in a residential neighborhood and even honked at the car that "cut me off" that had the green! Oh, to be 16-17 and non defensively driving.. ugh!
15. Do you have a secret that no one knows but you? Of Course

16. Boston Red Sox or New York Yankees? Well, The Dodgers or the Braves, actually. Go Marcus Giles! But for the sake of the question, I go with the Yanks, for sure.

17. Have you ever been Ice Skating? Well, yes, as a mom, who sat and watched her children learning. I really think that ice will hurt when I hit it and I know I will. So being an intelligent being and being able to add, its not going to happen in this lifetime.

18. How often do you remember your dreams? Not often. I have many journals but if I had a dream journal it would be blank, I think.

19. What's the one thing on your mind? Concern about the health of a dear friend.

20. Do you always wear your seat belt? Yes

21. What talent do you wish you had? I wish I could play the piano or paint even the "one stroke" method!

22. Do you like Sushi? Yes, if its cooked. I love eel, but avoid it (migraine trigger). I don't eat much cucumber anymore, unless its European (except in sushi). I don't like fake crab, either. My favorites are at sushi bars.. fried fantail with cream cheese, The Jax roll in Jacksonville, Florida, and Dynamite are some favorites.. I'll try any of it, if its not raw. I don't eat pickled ginger or wasabi. I prefer the rice on the outside, or "inside out" but I don't know why it matters to me. I even like it with brown rice. I prefer small rolls so you don't have to take a bite out of it.

23. What do you wear to bed? Well. Pajamas are my favorite clothing. I love them in cotton or satin. I love them with shorts or pants. I love pajama long shirts. I also love tanks and panties. I need someone else to "help" in the middle of the night with pets or children/family to get me in the buff all night long. Its also why I rarely sleep in just a tank and panties, too. I even love my plaid pajama pants that I wear in public that no one knows are jammies!! Men's cotton pajama pants are awesome too!

24. Do you truly hate anyone? I don't know anymore. I don't think so. There is such a fine line, though.

25. If you could sleep with one famous person, who would it be? No one, I would always want "more", so forget it.


26. Do you know anyone in jail? Sadly, yes!
27. What food do you find disgusting? Hmmm.. raw tuna or sushi, brussel sprouts, bad cole slaw,coconut grit (but love the flavor) orange carbonated soda, and olives. Is Beer a food?

28. Have you ever made fun of your friends behind their back? Yes, but I also agree, nothing that I would not tell them, say in front of them, or have already said to them. I'm with Carlos Mencia on this.

29. Have you ever been punched in the face? Well, I did get my jaw dislocated swing dancing one time with my ex-husband. I did not know it was dislocated for a few days, though. I just knew my mouth would not open and I couldn't do much more than stick a straw between my clenched teeth. Never trust your friends who are corpsman. I finally dug out a pain pill and when it started working, I laughed about something I had heard earlier that day, and it popped into place and was "all better" just like that!
30. Do you believe in angels and demons? Not in a way you'd think.