I Guess I Won't Be Going There

I have been thinking about getting LASIK eye surgery for awhile. I have never been very serious about it. There is one doctor I have heard about that does an awesome job. I actually went to his office last summer to ask about the consultation, but I didn't have the time and I can't wear my contacts for two weeks prior to the consultation. I didn't go back and I sure am glad I didn't. Read the article below about the "awesome" doctor I was going to trust my sight with.

Eye doctor pleads guilty to fake prescriptions
A Charleston eye doctor has pleaded guilty to writing fake prescriptions.
Dr. R. David Allara, 52, admitted in federal court Monday to writing the prescriptions to several women in exchange for information about a woman he was dating.
He pleaded guilty via information to one count of aiding and abetting another person in getting hydrocodone by fraud or deception.
An information, which cannot be filed without a defendant's permission, generally indicates that a defendant is cooperating with prosecutors.
Allara surrendered his medical license in August and attended a substance abuse treatment program in Williamsburg, Va. Last month, the state Board of Medicine, which had suspended his license, restored his ability to practice medicine and placed him on three years probation.
The former captain of the West Virginia University basketball team told Chief U.S. District Judge Joseph R. Goodwin that he was once addicted to cocaine, and that he hasn't used cocaine for 11 months or consumed alcohol in nine months.
Allara said he knew that the prescriptions he wrote to Danielle Lewis, Charity Grisanti, Julie Shoup, Cindy Merrill and Michelle Merrill between August 2005 and April 2006 served no medical purpose. He helped the women obtain the drugs so that Lewis, who was friends with Brandace Kinder, whom he was dating at the time, would provide him with information about the woman.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Monica Schwartz said that the amount of drugs he prescribed was not typical for his practice as an eye surgeon.
In December, a former patient sued Allara in Kanawha Circuit Court, alleging he performed LASIK eye surgery on her without recognizing that she had a relatively rare condition that made the surgery too risky.
In addition, the suit alleges Allara treated the patient while high.
"Upon information and belief, Dr. Allara examined and/or treated Sherry Dew while he was impaired and under the influence of cocaine and/or other illicit drugs," the suit reads.
According to the Board of Medicine's Web site, Allara has faced five malpractice allegations. The first was dismissed in 1994, and the following four settled for $40,000, $30,000, $75,000 and $900,000.
The last settlement, for surgery performed in 2003, was finalized in December 2007, according to the site.
Goodwin released Allara on a $10,000 personal recognizance bond. Allara faces up to four years in prison and fines of up to $250,000 when he is sentenced on July 17.

What To Do?

So I got my economic stimulus rebate put into my account on Friday. I didn't know it was coming that soon or that I had it in my account until a few minutes ago. I guess I got mine early because I used direct deposit for my regular taxes and the last two digits of my SSN are 11 (apparently that's how they determine who gets them first). Since money burns a hole in my pocket I am dieing to spend it. I think that I should purchase Rock Band for the PS3 that we never play. We almost bought it on Saturday, but we decided to get the cornhole boards out. Well, the bags are locked up in the camper so we never did either one. I knew we should've bought Rock Band. PC thinks I should pay my Lerner credit card off. It's the only credit card I have left and the balance is only about $500.

My dilemma is that I want to do something fun with this extra money. I don't want to pay bills, that's not fun. Besides, I have already paid all of my bills until June. Sure, I can pay off my credit card with my next paycheck, but I hate to do that. I like to pay it off slowly rather than give them a bunch of money up front.

As soon as I told PC about it, he asked immediately if I was going to pay off my Lerner bill. I don't know why he even cares. It's not like he has to pay for it and it's not like it's a huge balance. I wish all of my past credit cards had a balance like that. If so, I wouldn't be paying $500/month to the debt agency for what seems like eternity. PC actually comments on a regular basis that, "I need to get my money right and then we'll talk about it". Well, as far as I am concerned my money is right. I don't use credit cards nor do I have them anymore. I use my debit card for everything. I don't ask him for money. I always pay half of the bills, groceries and other stuff. We take turns when we go out so he doesn't always pay for everything. I guess my money will never be right until I have an insane amount of money in my checking account, just like he does. Until then I will probably have to hear, "you need to get your money right and then we'll talk about it."

So I guess there will be no harm in going and buying something for $150. I am going to hear it no matter how much money I have or what I spend it on, so I might as well get something fun and rock it out!

FYI...I will probably be buying it today if I get a chance to get out of the office!

Why I Love Pork Chop (Part 1)...

Pork Chop, Amber and I have this things for gnomes. We actually call them gnomies. It all started when we were Christmas shopping one day. Amber and I were still a little drunk from the night before. We saw a shirt at Steve and Barry's that had three gnomes on it and it said, "Chillin' with my gnomies!" Ever since then we have been obsessed with them. Pork Chop came home Tuesday night with this gnome and a card. Inside that card he wrote some sweet stuff about loving me and appreciating me. At the bottom of the card it said, "you should nomie better than that." It was even cuter that he spelled it wrong.

By the way Amber, have you found your UK gnomie yet???

Something Funny...

Every morning I listen to the Coach Kidd and Libby Jo show on my way to work. This morning they played a clip that keeps cracking me up...

The clip was about people being able to vote early. They had interviewed one of our fine WV citizens and he said something along the lines of this, "I think it is a good thing for people to be able to get out and vote early. It's is especially good for those people who can't stand in lines for a long time, like those in a wheelchair."

If you aren't laughing your ass off by now, think about it. It's still cracking me up...

Yes, I am Still Alive!!!

Well, it has been 6 months since my last post. I was looking at a few previous posts today and realized that I need to start blogging again. I miss being part of the blog world. I miss sharing my funny stories with everyone. I miss taking out my frustration with stupid people. I miss posting pictures of my friends and family.

After running through some old posts, I realized that I really miss Peanut the most! Although I have Emmy Lou, she can never replace Peanut. I know she was crazy and she was a little mean sometimes, but her and I had this special bond that will never be replaced. She was just a mutt, but she was my mutt. Maybe I am the reason she was so crazy. Maybe it was the people who abused her before I brought her home. Maybe it was in her genes. Who knows? The only thing I know is that everything happens for a reason and something bad was probably going to happen.

For those of you who do not know what happened to Peanut, I will share the story. She had a bad food aggression problem with other dogs. She had attacked my dad's dog a couple of times. The last time was right before we went out of town for my sister's wedding. She got him so bad that we had to take him to the vet and they kept him all weekend. When we got home, he had tubes coming out of his neck. My dad told me that I needed to take her to the shelter before anything else happened. About 7 months before that he had told me that I needed to get rid of her so I tried to find someone (See "Peanut Wins"). Nobody wanted to take her then so she was allowed to stay. I didn't try the second time and took her to the shelter. At the time I was living with my parents that's why she had to go. A couple of days after I took her there and after many calls to make sure she was still alive I decided that I was going to go back and get her and move out. When I called back to check on her, they told me she was put to sleep. I finally got the courage to tell my mom without the fear of crying and my mom said that Peanut had been adopted. She has a friend that volunteers at the shelter that apparently told her this (I still think she was lying to me). Either way this was really messing with my emotions. I called the shelter and told them I needed the truth. She put me on hold and came back on to break the news to me...She had been put to sleep on the third day that she was there!

Anyway, that's what happened to Peanut. I miss her so much and I still get choked up thinking about her. It was so bad that I couldn't even drink without crying because I would think about her too much. It was so bad that every time I saw someone at the campground with a dog I felt guilty for never taking Peanut. It got so bad that I finally got another dog, which brings me to introduce Emmy Lou! She is an 8 month old pug and she is also crazy! She's a sweet dog when she's tired, but usually she is wired and she loves to bite me!

She's all geared up because she has to wear a diaper right now. She went into heat the night that I made an appointment to get her fixed so we have to wait another month to get her fixed. The harness is Pork Chop's attempt to pin the diaper up, but now I use it to pull her out of the trash can! Pork Chop also bought her a $90 bark collar, which does not phase her one bit. My dad said she looks like she's getting ready to go mountain climbing with all of her gear on.

In other news, Pork Chop and I are still going strong. I have never been happier in my life. We live together and are looking to buy a house. I am against it until we are at least engaged, but I don't want to live in Elkview anymore so I will probably budge very easily if we find something we like.

Camping season is coming soon! I'm so excited I can hardly stand it! I'm not sure when the first trip will be, but we have plans to go to Piney Creek, NC for 6 days over Memorial Day weekend. I'm not sure how much entertainment is in that town because the median age is like 75. At least we will have each other and the dog to entertain us for a little bit.

So there it is, an update for Jana Land. I promise to post more in the future and to keep everyone updated. So many things have happened in the past year and a half that I wish I could have blogged about all of them, but I slacked off (blame it on Pork Chop)! Looking back now I wish I would have blogged about so many things, but I haven't and from this day forward I will be posting on a regular basis.

It's great to be back!