Rev. Erudite Redneck, B.S., B.S., M.A., M.Div.

It all does come at once, doesn't it.
The picnic in the mountains sounds nice,
and the season of SG will probably appear soon on video -
the roof's a bit trickier.
Sorry you didn't bring more luck to your team!
 

Now this is a post I can get behind! Yawp!
 

You have really got to stop taking the diet pills...on the days you're on them, you're yawping. On the days you're not, you're damn near homicidal. Your personality has changed SO much!!! Besides, I think you look just fine. So, stop taking them!!! They are preventing you from being able to studiously handle surprises and think through solutions. Hell, no one likes surprises...especially the ones that cost money. And by the way, why is it stressful to fly up and do a picnic in the RM National Park? Sounds pretty keen to me!
 

This is a snippet of a running disagreement betwixt Dr. ER and I.

She wrong: The diet pills change my MOOD, which is temporary, not my PERSONALITY, which is less so. Of course they change my mood: They're fricking UPPERS.

And I am not homicidal on days when I'm not taking 'em. I'm hungry and more impatient with people that usual.

And I am occassionally a jerk, with or without a diet pill.

Oh. Flying is always stressful, but those last YAWPS were happy ones. Dork.
 

If my personality has changed, I'd say it has more to do with me losing my mama one month and Dr. ER going to Colorado to chase her dream, me facing the prospect of giving up my OWN dream to follow her, Bird revealing that she and her YankeeBeautrothed are moving to Houston when they graduate OSU in December, and, well -- let's just say if it wasn't for the uppers, I might very well BE homicidal.

The only left is for one of my damn dogs to die -- and Riker IS about 90 in people years.

I got plenty to YAWP about.

YAWP!
 

Poor Baby!
No, I really mean it , Poor Baby!
And Dr. ER, do you know anyone else who WILL NOT FLY except under extreme duress?
Oh, and ER, calling Dr. ER a Dork....well I would feed a portion of that picnic food to the chipmonks before you eat it.
Yawp. Huzzah!
 

I, for one, might echo the good Doctor's sentiments. My wife once took diet pills on the sly (I told her I did not want her to, so she just bought some and hid them until I found them one day when she asked me to find something in a drawer in our house) and I realized why she was acting funny - and by "funny" I mean not sleeping, irritable, huge mood swings, with the occasional near-violent rage. After I watched her flush the pills down the commode, I nursed her through a day of violent mood swings, sweating, etc., and then she was her old self again.

ER, they DO affect your personality, not just your mood. It might just be that by heightening pretty much everything in your body, they are affecting you ability to put your various stresses in perspective.

Have you tried praying?
 

YAWP! Starbucks incident in the truck just now! Lid popped! Coffee everywhere! Am infused with eau de hazelnut! YAWP!

YAWP! Prayer time! Could use improvement! YAWP! YAWP!
 

I'll bet you smell good, at least.
 

A redneck drinking Starbucks? Hazelnut, no less?? The erudite side must be taking over! ;)
 

Such are the depth and breadth of Starbucks' influence on our culture. :-)

I gotta tell ya. The mix of Starbucks hazelnut, pork rinds and "whore juice" (that's what Dr. ER calls the smell of my current can of air freshener under the seat!) -- is an eau to behold.
 

I'll bet! LOL
 

My dear friend, you have every right to be YAWPING. Your life has changed. Not a little but ALL that is important to you.

As for the diet pills. I can't tell you not to take them. I can't because my heart won't take it. As for your mood swings. I have taken diet pills before. Yes they change my mood. Yes, I was less likely to put up with crap that came my way. (had I known all this I would not have sent you my pages. to many emotions in them for you right now) :-(

What everyone is missing. It does not change that your Sweet momma went to Heaven. BIG BIG BIG. Your wife choose to move to Colorado. BIG BIG. Your baby bird moved outta the nest and is now moving outta state. BIG BIG BIG.

Each of these things are one of the biggest stress givers in a life. Put all of them a short period, you have every right to YAWP!

My heavely Father, please comfort my friend right now. Where ever he is. Let him feel your sweet spirit bring peace, wisdom, comfort, refresh his weary body and soul. I ask because you said we have the authority. In JESUE HOLY NAME. amen. :-)
Jeannie Diane
 

Yawp. Thank you, old friend. Yawp ... (notice I lost the allcaps) ...
 

Sniff. :-) Jeanie D., thank you for reminding me that you truly are one of my best friends.