I ya'll. I'm still around. Mostly lurking about. I'm still a bit out of sorts. My blood sugar is slowly coming down. 142 this morning so I'm starting to feel much better. Hopefully by the end of the week I'll be 100%.

Zee's on her honeymoon now. Why would she be thinking about us?

he he She'll be home next week with her man in tow. She better update us right away!!

Hey Zainab !

Zainab, I pray that you feel better soon.

Yes, Zainab, I hope you feel better, too! I'm glad to see you getting back to your normal.

Hey Zainab,

It's been a long time. I'm glad that you are getting better. With all the excitement that was going on with your hubby being here, I can understand how you forgot to monitor your blood sugar level.

I'm sure Bassi is helping you get better

Take Care

I hope you feel better , Mrs. Bassi. Yes, it is hard to take care of yourself with so much going on in your life.
Thanks you everyone who has and is praying for me. I feel a it of peace now.

Glad to hear it Naggie.

When are you leaving, 0? Have you got that figured out yet ?

No, waiting for the closing of the house.

Ahhhh, ok.

See ya, got to get ready for work

Hi everyone. Zainab glad to hear you are feeling better We missed you areound here. I get Gestational Diabetes so I understand how yucky it feels when you are out of whack!!

Big excitement in my office today, there is a fire approaching the building....we have had a received a reverse 911 to standby for evacuation. Some of the other offices are evacuating already. Lots of helicopters and such!!

I am a little nervous, I only live a mile from the office and most of that is on a parallel road.

The fire was started by dry lightening. My office is located near some foothills. Lots of dry grass.

My desk has had TONS of visitors today looking at the fire, (I have a good view) the flames can be seen from my window!!

If the wind shifts and the smoke with that I am pretty sure we will be evacuated.

Please everyone, say a prayer for us.

P

I will, P.

That's scary. Be safe, P.

may God send a hedge of protection around you and your family and home.

Thanks everyone.

We are still here in the office. The wind has picked up, so far the smoke is still not coming our way. Its pretty smokey in that area, we cant really see much going on right now, just alot of white smoke. I would rather see white smoke than black, black smoke is an indicator that a structure is burning.

P

The wind has shifted and I can smell the smoke now. On the far side of the building you cant smell the smoke but on my side you can.

P

Hey "P" I'm in agreeance with the aforementioned prayer.
Mrs. Bassi, you better get yo'self in order, diabetes aint no joke. take care.
hello all, its hotter than hades outside and humidity is a biotch
UNO

They have now closed the roads...but we are still here. There was a bad flare up for hte last 20 minutes it was pretty crazy it is VERY close to some houses, actualy completely surrounded a huge multi million dollar home and did not burn it!! I cant believe it I dont know how that house is still standing.

P

P, I just got home and was reading your updates on the fire....you should really consider being a news reporter! You had me hanging on to every word!

Hope things have died down now. Be safe, mama!

Just I was was leaving the building it started to rain. I think things are under control now.

Anyway, I am safe, for now

Thats good to here, P.

Bless God! I prayed for Him to control this wind and have this fire pass over you!

thanks everyone

We love you, P and want you to be safe!

nice to know I am loved

Hey guys.

Thanks for the luv! I hadn't monitored my sugars in so long my fingers have actually gotten sensitive to the pricking. It makes typing a little unnerving. Woweee! I'll be on the ball from now on. Bassi is a flaming mess! Lord, in an emergency, I'm gonna need a back up plan. He was reduced to tears and wanted to take me directly to the hospital on Saturday. I had to calm his butt down, then take care of myself. I'll prepare him once I'm feeling better on how to deal with my diabetes. If he has instructions I'm sure he'll do better. Poor guy! I rarely get sick anymore though. I won't bother thinking about pregnancy cause that will surely complicate my management plan. I have stress induced diabetes. Isn't that funny? Stress will kill ya! Anyway, my flare ups are ALWAYS related to the level of stress in my life at a given time. I'm coming off of the wedding reception (there was some family drama about who was invited and yada yada yada), a problem with an employee at work, possible layoffs in the State (I'm a state HR administrator and the governor just shut everything down cause we're poor up here in NY), and to top it all off, my mama and my girlfriend and her two kids were visiting me!! (Did I mention my daughter invited my ex husband to the wedding reception and he accepted?) Needless to say, my stress levels are coming down and my sugar levels are coming down. It'll just take a little while. I'm still projecting by Friday, I'll be feeling better.

Heather, I'm so glad to hear you're doing okay. Natural disasters are stressful, but I especially hate being trapped at WORK!!! During 9/11 I worked in NYC and was trapped at work because the Guard closed down the city for hours and wouldn't let anyone move. I was soooo stressed out because I wanted to be HOME!! There's nothing like being in your own house. Something safe about it. (Hugs sweetie) Take a hot shower and get some rest!

I can see how this would add to your stress...very uncomfortable situation

And then the fam drama with who was invited and not? Oh gosh. Tooooooo much stress makes me

You are strong girl!

Since there were some inquiries about Zee and how she is doing, I sent her a text and let her know she is well missed by her VJ fam.

Here is Zee's response:

"Hey! We are getting ready to come home on Thursday. I have soooooo many pics to share I cannot wait! I miss my VJ peeps."

I for one am so excited for their return

Lets pray for their safe return on Thursday

g'nite peeps and charles

p.s. hey asante, how do you text internationally ?? isn't that EXPENSIVE ???

check out www.twitter.com

is it friday yet?

Nope.

When I had T-mobile, my text messaging plan charged 10 cents for international texts to Ghana and Nigeria.

I'm really excited for Zee and I'm even more excited that she'll be back soon. I know they are having so much fun.

P, I'm glad you got out of the fire situation safely and yes, you are loved, lol. You and I both dodged bullets. Even though I didn't want to come to work this morning, I'm glad the eye of the hurricane/ tropical storm missed us by a few miles. It's still pretty windy and very rainy, but I'm glad everyone is safe.

Can't wait to hear from Zee! I miss her.

Bassie's Z , that sure was stress ....geez !

Take good care of yourself please.

I remember when I was in S/L with a really bad headache, Stephen freaked out too...........he held my head in his hands and cried and prayed for me.
He was like " what am I gonna do , what am I gonna do.........

Seeeeeee, Zee DOES miss us and is thinking about us VJ peeps !!!!!

Hi Naggie................Hi 5 !



Uno, that looks like me dancing in my African dance class

5 is right and Im jittery as all get-up.

Omoba, when is your next class?

tonight, my friend can't make it and I don't know if i will drive there by myself

good afta'noon all

YEAH. Its 25 mins to send and 20 to receive i think...but whatever...don't do it everyday, u know?

my text msg. with Cingular / ATT in a package have International included.

Think you'll be a little awkward if you go alone? LOL!

wish vz had that!

Actually I was almost out the door within 3 min when the call came that they cancelled class due to the heat. I would have been ticked if I had made the long drive there tonight for nothing.

At least they called!

lucky you ((( )))
I have u.s. cellular, had iwireless, looks like I might have to change


you can always do zumba
http://www.zumba.com/

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

The wedding is in less than 3 weeks and I have received RSVP's from 150 people, But only 10 Nigerians....... How do you accomodate 125 addtional people who you expect to come but have not confirmed ......I have people still asking for invites,,,,,,,mind you every invite has a self addressed stamped envelope...so why are people calling me saying I'm coming....send in the damn envelope it is free to do so.

Well back to the people count I have to pay for every person and then I have to guess at the additional Nigerian Buffet. Guess? Should I accomodate 40 of 140.....or more? Why can't people just send the damn card in?

At $50 a head........I'm stressing over here..... .


I just had to get it out of my system......