What a Day

First off, it's Monday.  Second, I only got about 4 or so hours of sleep.  My own fault...well, no...it's Catching Fire's fault.  Ya that's a better blame :).  The Hunger Games books are awesome.  I got to work and had waaay too much to do due to the holiday and my not logging in on Friday, but that's okay, I got mostly caught up.  I ended up crying a bit in front of people when I told them how bad the weekend was and I don't like to do that.  My boss did let me have Wednesday off for the funeral, so that is good, but then I realized that is also my birthday.  I was wishing I could have my birthday off, but what a crappy reason to get it off.  I don't want to spend my day at a funeral, but on the other hand it is honoring a great man.  Today has been a downer day.  I got excited for a bit when I decided to look on KSL for a snow blower so Andy wouldn't have to shovel.  I talked to the guy and he said he had had a couple no shows and that I was the first to call since.  He then told me his address and said to be there about 7:00.  We both were excited about it now.  We got off work and went home for a bit, then went to an ATM and headed out.  When we got there, the guy's wife said they had just sold it and didn't her husband call us?  No, he didn't, cause he's a jerk!  I was pissed. What could we do tho?
We headed over to Lowes to at least see what the prices looked like on new ones and maybe get a super cheap one, but guess what?  They were sold out.  We bought some salt and a new shovel (old one is broke) and headed home.

Andy did the bare minimum and came in, I would have to.  What a rotten day.  I hate Mondays....

Crappy Week

Mitchell started chemo on Monday.  My uncle died Wednesday.  Thanksgiving with Andy's family was canceled.  Andy's uncle died Saturday and Mitch had a seizure and was put back in the hospital that day too.

Bad news needs to stop and good news needs to start.  2010 needs to be done.

Mitch seems to be doing better but is still in the hospital.  Not exactly sure what caused the seizure but they are thinking maybe it was dehydration.

Poor Puppy

So we've had this bush growing under our deck all summer and about half way thru the summer I realized it was a cockle burr bush.  I have been meaning to tear it out ever since.  Well now that there is snow on the ground Lily decided going potty under the deck was a great idea.  She has been coming in with burrs all over her now.  She came in with almost a dozen on her the other day and Andy went out and ripped the thing out after getting the burrs off the dog.  When I got home from work Lily took forever to go do her business when she has been super quick about it since it got cold and I thought that was strange until later on.  I had her on lap, but when i picked her up to put her down I felt a burr near her back end.  I got down on the floor and found two burrs right next to her who-who.  Poor thing.  I went and grabbed some rubber gloves and some scissors and put her on the ottoman to carefully remove them when I found another, far worse one.  The poor thing had gotten a burr trapped and tangled right in front of her poop chute.  She was plugged!  No wonder she took so long, she couldn't relive herself!  Oh I felt so bad getting that one removed and got pooped on in the process.  What a bad place to have burrs.  Oh the joys of having pets LOL.

Weird Thanksgiving

Mitchell started Chemo on Monday, I had on argument with my boss on Wednesday, and my uncle Wayne passed away Wednesday Night. We got our computer parts on Tuesday and got them put together and loaded with everything.  Got ours monitors Wednesday.  Thanksgiving dinner was canceled even tho we offered to cook it and had bought a turkey.  It has been a very roller coaster week emotionally.  We went to the hospital Thursday afternoon and it turned out to be very frustrating.  We then took off for American fork to have dinner with my family.  Thankfully it was very enjoyable and stress free.  It was wonderful food and good conversation and it was fun to watch the kids play together.  We'll be having a second Thanksgiving dinner Saturday with Dan and Denise and their bunch and then we'll make dinner for Andy's family on Sunday so we can still gives thanks with them too.  Three turkey dinners in a row, oh my!

I was going to log in and get some work done and bank some hours Friday morning but decided not to since this was the last holiday of the year where I will have a choice in the matter.  Our busy time starts Monday and it will be nothing but over time and banked hours for the next month or two.  We aren't allowed time off, but I sure hope I can get my boss to let me have some time on Tuesday so I can go to the funeral.

I think we got our computers just in time.  My mouse died just before we got them, then we get them and Andy's old machine dies flat out, then My speakers blow and his keyboard died.  Wild.  Now we have almost brand new everything, but I think I'm done with buying computer stuff.

Earning Looks at the Sev

So on the way home from visiting Mitch in the hospital last night, we were both decidedly thirsty and decided to stop at the Sev and pick up some water bottles.  Andy stayed in the car and I went in.  I cannot for the life of me remember what song was playing and it's driving me nuts!  It was catchy and one I know all the words to and one that I enjoy.  I started singing to it without really even realizing it.  That is, until I got to the register.  The cashier looked at me funny.  I turned around and there was a cop or two behind me, looking at me funny.  I thought it was funny.  I did a little dance to the music as I left and Andy giggled at me from the car.  LOL

We put our new computers together tonight and got everything installed and up and running.  I love it!!!  Downloading WoW as we speak and hopefully it will be done by morning so we can get the patches started downloading before we head to work.  Love the new PC!

Oh and by the way, some storm, I would hardly call it a blizzard...but it did put down a lot of snow. :)

Lots of Things Happening.

Boy I have really gotten bad about posting lately and now I have to catch up.  Unfortunately, I have one of the most swiss-cheesed brains out there and can't remember all that happened during the week, but here is what sticks out in my head.

Tons, and tons, and tons of drama at work which really sucks and makes it hard to be there, then my best friend at work quit because of the drama and I don't blame her (I think I would have too), but she quit at the worst time possible.  Our busiest time of the year starts next week and her work gets split between only two of us on top of our other duties.  My boss also continues to expect me to work another line of business that I told her from the beginning I didn't think I could keep up with and now with the extra load, I have no clue how I'm going to juggle it all.  Then to add insult to injury my boss came right out and said she doesn't think I do my job, that I don't work when I am clocked in from home and when I told her I was insulted she said we should have a meeting, but she has never set one up.  Still trying to cool off from that one.  I know why she thinks this tho, but that just makes me more mad.  She can't see my production numbers!  But they're there, I have them, I keep track.  Does she bother to ask to see them?  or just simply trust me like a boss should that I have given no reason not to?  No.  Grrr

Anyway, enough of that.  The past weekend has been fun.  We went out with some old friends that we haven't hung out with, in way too long, on Friday and had a blast.  I really can't remember what else we did over the weekend, but it was enjoyable except for Sunday.  I woke up with a nasty throbbing, can't-open-my-eyes, fibro-induced headache.  It was horrid.  Thank heavens for ibuprofen and bio freeze.  Oh on Saturday night we had decided to go out to sushi but once we got on the road we realized the storm that was starting was worse than we thought.  We turned around, stopped at a place close to home for a quick meal (they did happen to have sushi tho hehe) and then went and settled in at home.  We woke up to over 11 inches of snow!  Crazy.  It's all almost melted now tho.

Monday we got to work and were surprised by a lovely voicemail stating we would get our Christmas bonuses, and when, and then we were naughty and got Christmas presents for ourselves (and birthday for me) early.  We ordered parts for two brand new, kick ass - 3.5ghz quad core, 8gigs of ram, terabyte harddrives, sweet, sweet video cards (can't think of the model right now but they're sweet), big black, full of fans cases - computers.  Sweet! I'm so excited!  I am a gamer and all I have had to work and play on for almost a year is my laptop.  Now don't get me wrong, I love my laptop, but it just isn't cut out for handling hardware intensive games.  My beautiful, cool running lappy now runs hot and that makes me worry, so switching back to a pc for games will be awesome!  We also gave in and ordered a new monitor for each of us, so now instead of a 20" and 19" we'll both have a 20" and a (drum roll) 24" monitor (they were on sale for a really great price).  It's gonna be HUGE! Oh and I have to get a new mouse.  They don't like being dropped.  Haven't decided just yet what to do with our two 19 inchers yet.  Maybe we'll surprise some peeps.

I can't believe it's Thanksgiving week either!  Where'd November go?  We may not get to celebrate the feast this year tho, Andy's youngest brother has had a cancer lump on his skull, they removed it but it's such a rare and aggressive cancer that they are going to put him thru chemo anyway.  He was admitted last night to have the port put in and they are setting him up with a PICC line as we speak.  He'll start his chemo this evening.  He's scarred to death and I don't blame him.  My mother-in-law is beside herself.  Andy and I were going to cook for everyone Thursday but it sounds like Mitch will still be in the hospital and no one may want to eat.  I don't know if we'll end up at my mom's or not or just bag the whole thing.  Who knows.  It makes the holidays tough and unfortunately, the doctor's were worried about holding off for even one more week to get him started.  I feel so bad for him.  We'll just have to play it by ear.

We have been getting blizzard warnings all day.  The news is stating it'll be the worst storm we've had in years, possibly even as bad as the storms we got that flooded us in the spring of '83.  They may send us all home early so we can try and be home before it hits.  Andy is up at the hospital tho and it's against the mountains.  I hope they don't get stuck up there.  I wanted to swing by the store on the way home too, but maybe I should change my mind.

I don't think I have been processing my sugars right lately.  I either get severe heart burn, an upset stomach, or both and then just feel weird.  I have been doing my best just to stay away from sweets and stuff, but I gave in and just ate a huge sugar cookie a little bit ago.  I hate heartburn.  I should know better.  Oh well.

Great Weekend

Laughing is a great drug.  My drug of choice for sure.  I had the girls over Friday night and it was a blast!  We laughed almost the entire evening.  I love girls night.  We get together roughly once a month to just chat and relax and have fun and we are always up way late, but it's worth it.

Saturday morning I played some WoW and then Lily and I jumped in the shower.  I know, it's weird to get in the shower with your dog, but if I wash her first then have Andy come and get her then wash myself, it works out really well and gets two birds with one stone. She was smelling like dirty socks that got wet and it just had to be done and I didn't want to mess with giving her a bath LOL. Then we decided to go to Sushi and Jason and Elizabeth went with us.  We went to Tsunami this time and it was really good!  We went and wondered around Toys R Us afterword then stopped for some frozen yogurt and went home.  We watched an episode of Coupling (the British one) which was hilarious, and then they had to go. Elizabeth made us this gorgeous wreath to go on our door and had brought it over.  I love it and can't wait to put it up, but not until after Thanksgiving.  I'm a firm believer in one holiday at a time.

Sunday was spent reading, playing WoW, watching TV, and doing laundry.  Andy was wonderful and made homemade bread as well.  I haven't had homemade yeast bread in a long time and it was wonderful.  I had two fillings done earlier in the week and I had had some sensitivity, but as the weekend went on it turned into pain and I was having a hard time eating.  Even eating the soft warm bread hurt.  I could also feel a bit of jaggedness between the two teeth.  I decided that a piece maybe had come off.  No matter what tho, I had no choice but to go back.  I texted my boss and let her know I would be in late Monday.  Andy already had an appointment Monday morning for some fillings of his own so instead of having him drop me off at work first, I just went with him.  He called them this morning and let them know the situation and they got us both sat down as soon as we got there and he just went back and forth between us.  I wasn't missing a piece but apparently one of the fillings had cracked.  He ended up just replacing both of them and he had to deaden my mouth again.  It didn't work quite right this time tho and he had to give me two shots.  We were quite a pair walking out of there, me with the left side dead and him with the right side dead.  We giggled at each other on the way to work.  Now it's all worn off and I am having some residual pain that I'm not too pleased about but I can live with.  My friends at work found it quite funny to talk to me but they all sympathized with me too. 

Tonight I hope to just go home and relax.  Hopefully we won't find any more cat sick anywhere either.  Our cat does not normally puke, but she sure has done a lot of it this weekend, I have no idea what she got into if anything.  I didn't give her dinner last night and only half her breakfast this morning, hopefully that will help cause we can't afford another vet visit right now.

Better

We are finally, finally feeling better at our house.  I've got a touch of draining and sinus pressure still, but it's backlash after I was done with the antibiotics.  I finally went to the dentist after nearly eight years and was lucky and only had two small cavities.  I really like my new dentist, that was the most enjoyable (if you can call a dental visit enjoyable) or maybe I should say easiest...ya that sounds better, dentist visit I have ever had.  Two fillings, done quick and easy with no pain involved at all.  Awesome.

Andy and I also finally got our butts in gear and have been cleaning.  I think all that's left really are the floors and our bedroom.  The house feels much better.  I'm glad about this too because I am hosting girls night tonight and even though they are my closest friends, I still would have been embarrassed to have them all over a few days ago.

I've also been getting my craft on a bit and working on my cross-stitch that is about a three year so far on going project and I have been drawing some again as well.  Let me tell you tho, doing a cross-stitch with a string worshipping cat in the house is a trial.  It's amusing for me and frustrating and a lesson in patience for both of us.  It doesn't matter where in the house Baggs is, she can hear me pick up the cloth I swear cause she is right at my feet before I can get truly started.  She ends up on the foot stool in front of me with her eyes wide and her pupils huge just watching for all she's worth for an opportunity.  Her and I have had many discussions concerning this, so for the most part she is a good girl and just sits and watches, but every once in a while the needle and thread get yanked out of my hand or the back of the cloth gets pounced on if I'm not vigilant. LOL

When we got off work yesterday we were both super tired.  Andy went in the bedroom and I sat down on the couch.  I turned my laptop on intending to do the budget but I was having a hard time focusing my eyes and decided to lay back for a minute and shut my eyes.  I fell hard asleep.  I have an alarm that goes off on my phone at 6:00 pm everyday and I vaguely remember that going off, but I stayed asleep.  Well, a little after 7:00 I sat bolt upright and freaked out thinking we were late to work.  The house was totally dark which didn't help.  I jumped up and rushed to the bedroom and scared Andy half to death yelling that we were late (he had fallen asleep too).  Then I realized, I had been on the couch not the bed.  I said, "It's nighttime isn't it?" Andy groaned and laughed.  Oops.  I think the combo of the alarm going off and the house being dark and the fact that I had some dream about work did it.  I hate it when that happens.  We had both been out cold for over three hours. 

Anyway, after work today I need to swing by the store for a few things, make a chicken cabbage salad and hopefully get the carpets vacuumed before everyone gets there.  Andy said he will finish the dishes and mop before heading over to hang out with Dan.  Busy fun night ahead.

Nothing done.

I am finally feeling better and my voice, if not back to normal, has mostly stopped being squeaky although I did go back and forth between squeaky and hoarse today.  Still an improvement.  Andy and I have been trading off being sick all month long and nothing has gotten done.  I managed to get the front hose wound up and unhooked, but no fall yard work has been done, no grass seed sewn, the deck chairs haven't been put away, and the front fence hasn't been mended.  I hope to get the chairs put away and the back hose unhooked, but I highly doubt anything else is getting done, not even the fence.  Then I take a look around inside and am embarrassed.  I am not the world's best house keeper by any means, but wow, we've really let things go.  Time to pull up the boot straps and do what I can until I give out.  Not tonight tho, it's Monday.  It's been a long day.  Tomorrow tho.  We did manage to get some of the trash around the house picked up yesterday and out to the can this morning, but there is still more to pick up.  It really builds up when you are both sick.  At least the living room is tidy again.

Tetris!

Ooh it's been a while since I posted, which, kinda makes me a hypocrite, but I have a really good excuse.  Last week was just plain horrible.  Mix together a continued fight with my sinuses, being a girl, weather changes which aggravate my fibro, and being overly tired and you have one unhappy me.  I stayed home from work Wednesday and tried to work from home Thursday, but didn't make it the whole day.  I did make it to work on Friday and had a good day due to it being Halloween at work and a group of us were Tetris and we entered the costume contest (and I just realized I still don't know who won).

 It was fun but super exhausting, by the end of the day I was done for.  I got a second wind after work and we made it over to my sister's to carve pumpkins.  I had no energy to do a fancy one tho and just did a basic
Jack-O-Lantern and was really done for after that.

Saturday I actually felt really good most of the day.  We were lazy all day and then, because we hadn't had any trick-or-treaters by 5:00 and it was pouring rain, we headed down to my mom's.  It was a bit of a crazy ride down, it was raining so bad visibility and grip on the road was bad.  We made it down safe and had a really good visit.  They actually had quite a few ToT's despite the weather.  Just before we left to go home my throat started hurting, but I had gotten a bit of seasoning from some breadsticks stuck in my throat and I figured it was from that.  We had a nice ride home as the weather had stopped.

When I woke up Sunday morning, my throat was on fire.  We went to the instacare and I got put on some antibiotics for a very serious sinus infection and was given a note for two days rest from work.  Great.  I have already missed too much.  Oh well.  Needless to say I am on the second day off and am still miserable.  My throat is still swollen and sore and my gagbag keeps sticking to my tongue making me gag.  Ugh.  Talking makes it all worse. I have to go in tomorrow no matter what tho, so I better feel better tomorrow.  Ugh

We did get some ToT's Sunday night which made me happy since Sunday was the real Halloween.

So tired of being sick.  Been fighting this crud for more than three weeks.  If my doc had just given me some antibiotics when I went in for ear pain a month ago, I probably wouldn't be in this position.  grrr

EDIT:  Guess what?  Our costume ensemble won 1st place!  Saweet!  Tetris will live forever!!!