early mornings

Having to awake at 4:00am to call in to ensure a no call no show issue with the job is not so bad, but when I got a call for schedule change. It made me think - what's going on over there. Now no weekends are available, are there so many calls coming in on the weekends that they need people. How about the new class, shouldn't they be the support?
So no longer is the week end available I now will be getting Thursday and Friday off, no Saturday or Sunday combinations.
So while I await the outcome of FMLA, and the pain in my neck. I am seeking to get a scan or MRI from the doctor. Something has to done, either an operation or some more intense therapy.
I did get a phone set up for my dad while he is in a assisted living facility. ATT wants $230 + cost of a wall jack. Where as Charter, my Internet provider is doing the installation free with 3 months at $29. Now just to get him a phone to use.
They ice storm in the mid-west is really bad and being with out power for weeks can be trouble for all these people. Texas has this kind of weather and you wonder why people can't under stand the danger, but yet they still drive fast and tailgate and it makes you wonder what people are thinking.
Some of things I keep doing to keep from going bonkers while going thru this time of waiting is working Photoshop, which I am wanting to know more about. In order to use it with Bryce, Vue, Blender and other 3d programs which I am working on. Although I am still in the beginning. I sometimes want to short cut the immense bulk of information on how tos, but am finding that this maybe the best way since I do want to produce quality listings here and on other blogs I am using.
The Blogger sites are more prolific than ever, but that is good and hopefully as I progress I too will get more people to my site. Now just read the book on how to.
So while reading more about the blogging life, I am now trying Technorati, that I may learn even more about blogs and postings. Here is a link to Technorati under the links list.