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February 17th, 2007

I don’t even know how to begin this post, because it’s boring and it’s about me. (as usual) So, I guess it doesn’t matter how I begin, since it’s going to be a bore, either way.

Last week I started getting a cold. But I didn’t want to mention it, because, could I get any more colds? I mean, I bathe, I wash my hands and change my sheets, I wipe down my countertops with this stuff, almost daily. Can I catch a break? I also had a doctor’s appointment scheduled for yesterday to go over my MRI results, well, since those results came back normal (found out through the mail), I’m thinking I didn’t need to waste the seven hours I spend in the waiting room and the twenty bucks. So, on Thursday I intended to cancel my appointment. But I didn’t. I forgot. And these people, will come and get you if you don’t show up for an appointment. Like with a $25 fee. (that’s more than my co-pay!)

Well, Friday morning comes along and I feel like total dog crap. Much worse than the days prior. Essentially my throat on the left side felt like I was swallowing toothpicks, except I wasn’t, I was swallowing spit. So, I figured I’d keep my appointment. And after waiting in the properly named "WAITING ROOM" for one hour solid, I was called in. By this time, my 800 milligrams of Ibruprofen and the tylenol had both worn off and I was one miserable whore. Just when he pressed the tongue depresser thing down onto my tongue, I could have cried. He told me I have a sinus infection (again) and feels I’ve been battling the same infection since November, so he’s putting me on a 2 week antibiotic. 2 week antibiotics scare me, as soon as he said that a flashing light came into my head that read "YEAST INFECTION, YEAST INFECTION, YEAST INFECTION." But, we’ll conquer that battle when the time comes. YAY DIFLUCAN!

Oh, and to make my life more dramatic and sad. I was supposed to attend a retreat for women at my church this weekend. I signed up in December and have been very excited about attending. It began at 8am this morning and finishes around 5pm on Sunday, we sleep on the floor in sleeping bags, which means, no sleep for me. I asked my doctor yesterday about whether or not I should attend and he felt pretty strongly that it could be really bad for my body to endure such a long time, not relaxing and then not sleeping. And also, he felt my cold would be contagious for another 72 hours. So, I had to stay home. And it’s a good thing I did, girl, because, I’ve only gotten worse.

I’ve had many firsts in the past 24 hours:
1. First fever in 10 years. (100.5)
2. It’s 4:00pm and I’m still in my pjs, and I fully intend to stay in them until sometime tomorrow, at which point, I guess I’ll shower.
3. First time I wanted to cry while taking a drink of water (God, could I be more pathetic?)
4. First time both Tylenol 3 and 800 mg of Ibuprofen barely dull the pain in my throat (I guess I can be more pathetic.)
5. And the first time I’ve eaten lunch in bed. (mac n’ cheese.)

So, I’m grateful that I did go to the doctor. He felt that had I not come in, my throat would have turned into strept (and still may), I’m glad it’s Saturday and tomorrow is Sunday so Brian is home and I’m grateful for ice cold, Starbucks mocha frappuchinos. (and I’m grateful that I have a husband that will run out and get one for me.)

So, I tip my frappuchino to you, readers, for sticking with me during this long, boring, bitchy post about my illness. Maybe next time I’ll blog about knitting.

Geeze, Beth

February 15th, 2007

Warning: possible Grey’s spoiler.

I know what you’re thinking. Geeze, Beth, how is that you post 65 times in a three day period and then you don’t post for an entire day? It’s so hard to type when you’ re just lounging around watching TV, I mean, how am I supposed to concentrate when I sit around and watch TV ALL.DAY.LONG?

Well, I wish that was why. Things have been ultra busy lately, and I’m having difficulty concentrating after watching Grey’s Anatomy tonight. I mean, how can this be? Whose voice are they going to use? That’s all I keep thinking about. By the way, if you haven’t watched tonight’s episode yet, maybe you should, m’kay?

Racecar is most certainly keeping us busy. Although Racecar is doing a great job potty training, he is acting like a big turd. Big turd. I mean, he’s eating fine, sleeping good, snuggling beautifully, but in his off hours he hits, yells, screams, slaps, jumps, throws cars at his poor sister’s head–despite timeouts, naughty corners, removals from just about every situation and spankings. (oh my God, did she just say SPANK??) I mean, seriously, dude, give me a break.

Tonight, we took the children to Olive Garden and had a fine time, then we went to Kohl’s to buy me a pair of jeans because the only pair I wear, the zipper keeps falling down and is there anything worse than that? I tried to blame it on the 3 to 5 lbs I’ve gained over the past 2 weeks, but when I dropped my weight slightly, my zipper continued to drop, too. So, it was time for a new pair. OH! and we went to Kohl’s to try to find kid luggage for our trip to Florida which is barely over a week away. And Racecar cried the entire time we were at Kohl’s. And he cried almost all the way home, for no reason. (a 22 minute drive) Which really is not like him. I have tried to figure out reasons for his behavior like…maybe he’s sick, or thirsty or hungry or maybe his parents beat him, but he’s not, he’s not, he’s not and they don’t…yet. I remember blogging about Ariel when she turned turd, er, three. This too shall pass. This too shall pass.

I do have to say that Racecar did go with me to my eye appointment today and he was incredible, a very good boy. He continued to shop with me at the mall and was an angel. He does have his good moments.

Aren’t these flowers beautiful?? Our Valentine’s Day was lovely. Complete with flowers and a gift card to Starbucks, which to me, is the ULTIMATE V-day gift. Can’t afford diamonds??? Starbucks.

After our homemade V-Day dinner last night, we did venture out to buy a snow blower, but essentially the only ones left are small and puny, so we left with a shovel.

Grey’s Anatomy?

February 15th, 2007

OH MY GOD.

I can’t take it ANYMORE!

February 14th, 2007

STOP SNOWING. Please, stop snowing. Must get out of the house. Like this morning, the sun is finally shining right now, but don’t be fooled, fool, it will snow again, because lake effect snow is a sneaky bitch. I just tried to shovel our driveway. Do you hear me? I tried. Why didn’t I succeed? Because snow is soooo heavy. I couldn’t lift 15 inches of snow on my shovel. 15 inches, maybe more, definitely not less. And that wasn’t the deepest part, the deepest part is by the front of the driveway where the snowplow puts snow. (by the way, the picture on the left is a drift that was infront of our patio window–not actual snow fall.) Yesterday, at this time, Brian and I both went out side to shovel the entire driveway. His shovel broke after 10 minutes, so I came back inside. I was kinda glad because, man it was WIN-DAY! But, I did want to help.
Anyway, driveway shoveled. So, I went inside and did laundry and organized drawers. and then it continued to snow. So, at 6:30 this morning, Brian had to shovel again, except he shoveled his side of the driveway, so he could get out, not mine. Which is fine, because, well, it’s a decent size driveway and despite shoveling yesterday, there was too much snow for him to shovel AND catch his train into Chicago.

Now, I did talk to Brian this afternoon and he told me to not worry about it, that he’ll get though the driveway, he’ll just plow through the snow and I do believe he could have gotten through it, but I also hated the idea of him coming home from work and having to shovel. What a drag, you
know? Also, I couldn’t stand the thought of calling a tow truck to tow him 20 feet into the garage. embarassing, right?

You see, for those of you who are not accustomed to snow, what you must realize is that you can not wait until snow ends before shoveling, especially in my area where the sky opens up and dumps on you for days straight. Because if you wait, it’s too difficult to shovel, especially if you’re a weakling like me, in particular when you do not have hours to spend on shoveling, you are limited to naptime. So, I shoveled enough so Brian could get back into the garage tonight, which was difficult enough. PLUS, I tried to get through the thick, deep, heavy snow, as much as I could, but, WOW, I thought I may die. (because I’m a weakling.) With every shovelful of snow I threw off of the driveway, I just pictured it was one less shovelful Brian will have to do when he gets home. Now that is love.
Happy Valentine’s Day!

We do not have real plans for Valentine’s Day, because it’s snowy and restaurants are crowded. We are taking the kids to dinner tomorrow night and I have little gifts for my 3 lovies to open, it should be an exciting night. I leave you with a picture ofRacecar, after his Mom apparently thought he was a mermaid, putting two legs into one pant leg. Both of us had no idea I did that until after he fell. He let me take a picture. Damn, to have legs that skinny.

Even though I complain (alot) about snowfall, we’ve gotten nothing on New York. (I watch WAY too much of The Weather Channel.)

Works for Me Wednesday

February 13th, 2007

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