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[01 Dec 2008|09:22am] |
i know i said i would ignore this thing for a bit, but i just have two things. one: looks like my chiropractor has decided we can wean me off the appointments. i'm going every other day now.
second and more importantly, it's world AIDS day.
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[30 Nov 2008|01:48pm] |
i got a creepy voicemail at 2:00 this morning from a number i don't know. i googled it and the result leads me to believe it's probably a friend of darren's "friends" in missouri.
i'm watching season four of sex & the city right now. i'm on disc one. and trey's use of the term "john thomas" is disturbing.
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[29 Nov 2008|04:31pm] |
we went to the at&t store today to get darren's phone set up finally. it's my old blue razr. he's been texting his new number to people so if you get a text from him it's because a lot of my contacts are still on the phone. i know he sent it to josh huber accidentally.
so we got the family plan and have unlimited texting. dun dun dun.
in case you didn't get the memo, we got a magic bullet yesterday. it's opened up a whole new world of blending opportunity.
after tomorrow i'm done with nablopomo and i can ignore this thing for a little while.
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[28 Nov 2008|12:13pm] |
went to pequot and back yesterday. we got there at about 1:30. dinner was me and darren, kyle and jenna, mom and dad. tyler and kristi showed up at about five and the four of us took off around six. mom got a 20 pount turkey for some reason, so we all got plenty of leftovers.
we didn't got shopping this morning for several reasons. we're meeting darren's parents at the mall for a movie (four christmases) later but other than that there's probably not going to be much shopping for a little while yet. i'm hoping to get most of my shopping done on teh interwebs anyway.
mom and dad lost another cat. mom let buster out last monday and he never returned. they're pretty sure someone is trapping/killing them or something, because it's kind of ridiculous that four cats in a row would just leave one day and never return. crazy.
tyra has some of the dudes from twilight on right now. let me tell you, i'm about as sick of effing twilight as i am of wicked. and i am damn sick of wicked.
ooh. timea play some wii.
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back from pequot. watching sex & the city. will update later.
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[26 Nov 2008|09:56am] |
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hhhhokay, so. i had to pay my chiropractor today for my first three visits. boo for spending money. but when i got out of bed today i didn't have to use the dresser to pull myself to a standing position, and the only pain i had was in my lower back as opposed to the entire lower half of my body, so i'm taking that as a good sign. still can't bend over though. but the nerve must be getting some relief too because the pain isn't shooting all the way down my leg anymore.
i guess we'll see what happens, eh?
tomorrow we're rolling out of town at about 8:30 with kyle and jenna. "dinner" is at 3. sounds like we'll have plenty of time to chill before we have to head back. not sure what's happening for the rest of the weekend but i know we'll be spending a little time in farmington. other than that, well, who knows. there's a potential date is the works for me and darren, depending on what the financial outlook is for the next couple weeks. he got screwed out of a bonus that he was expecting (long story), so that sucks. maybe next month. and rent is due and all that nonsense. whatevs.
aaand this entry is about to become a bunch of rambling, so i'll just stop.
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[25 Nov 2008|09:27am] |
so i guess i'm going to be going to the chiropractor every day for a little while (probably just a week or two) because i am BROKEN. then i'll start going less often, yadda yadda. it's a three step process, starting with routine adjustments and ending with.. well, checkups, basically. maintenance. that kind of thing. and since i'm still in-between insurance right now, i'm gettin' it done on the cheap. okay, not really. cheapER, but it's still a little spendy. see a previous entry for a comment i made about not caring if i have to pay out my ass, because i just want to be able to move.
yesterday was adjustment number one. i have another today. he cracked my neck because the left side is stiff. it is SUPER CREEPY to know that the guy with your head in his hands probably knows exactly how he could kill you with just the right move...
but what he did to my hip was ridiculous. i was laying on my left side and he turned my torso to the right, pulled my pelvis to the left, and used his knee to push my leg and pop the shit out of my hip. he asked how it felt and i was like "kind of awesome!" because it was.
apparently what seems to be going on is a nerve issue. he showed me with his nifty spinal cord model. two discs in my lower back are doing something to the nerves - it's an area near where all the nerves in your spine come together to form the sciatic nerve, which is why the pain sometimes shoots down my leg. i used the word "nerve" a lot in this paragraph.
doesn't that sound totally lame?! i know. it IS.
( eddie izzard under the cut )
yeah, so. i'm excited for my impending four day weekend and eating a bunch of food without feeling bad about it. ooh! ooh! and a pilgrimage party. we should set that up.
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[24 Nov 2008|08:22pm] |
guess what arrived today?
who wants to come over and play pilgrimage??
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[24 Nov 2008|04:05pm] |
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now my throat hurts. i can't catch a break these days.
finally got to sleep in my bed last night and it was a-mah-zing. it's so soft and warm and my back feels so supported. love.
still waiting for pilgrimage to arrive. it's being shipped via good ol' usps and their package tracking is not very detailed. all i know it it left milwaukee on friday. i want it now.
seeing the chiropractor in t-minus one hour and fifteen minutes. i don't like doing this without health insurance. makes me nervous about money. i feel okay right now but i haven't been able to properly bend over all month, regardless of the pain level. so i figure i should just get it fixed because i don't like dealing with it. try shaving your legs sometime when you can't reach past your knee. it's rough.
anyhoodle. the plan for this week involves work through wednesday then a day trip to pequot and back on thursday. darren's dad is coming home for thanksgiving so we'll be in farmington again, at least a little bit. the impending four day weekend (for me. three days for darren) is making me not want to do anything at all. you know how it is.
( and now, a quick meme )
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[23 Nov 2008|02:26pm] |
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it was a farmington weekend. friday night i went out with brenna and nicole and ended up crashing at the deegan residence. yesterday we took dani and cati to the burnsville mall with two of their friends (not four as originally planned, fortunately) and it was ridiculous. but the girls got shirts like they were supposed to and darren and i got shoes. he needed them. i just have an addiction. i went against everything i believe and bought wedge heels. these ones.
as noted in my previous postlet, i nursed my pain with drugs and on demand, and used the awesome deep fryer to make chicken strips. all in all it was a fairly successful weekend. i was a little sad that i didn't have a chance to sleep on my newly improved bed. tonight, though. oh man.
did i mention i'm going back to the chiropractor tomorrow? i hope i get all my insurance stuff before the holiday so i can get that shiz set up and, you know, be able to afford to get myself fixed. because let me tell you- this guy is tired of not being able to move.
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[22 Nov 2008|11:18pm] |
not gonna lie... i took some vicodin.
in farmington. cable. on demand. mhmm.
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[21 Nov 2008|09:32am] |
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i hope the chiropractor can tell me something today. something like "here's what's wrong with you, and here's how i'll fix it."
sue, darren's mom, is going to north carolina this weekend to help lee with all the diasterous stuff that's been going on (did i mention they found his motorcycle? it's in rough shape, i guess, and impounded). we get her car for the weekend in exchange for watching his sisters. i gues we're taking them and four of their friends to the mall tomorrow? i don't know how we're going to fit 8 people in one car.
but we get to do free laundry, so i think it'll be worth it.
i'm excited for next week. three days of work and a four day weekend. we need to figure out how to make black friday work... darren is supposed to be getting a big ol' bonus with his check next week and he wants a fancy new tv.
end of the day, please come quickly.
**update: the chiropractor basically said "what's wrong with you is pretty common and yes, i can fix it. come back on monday." so i'm going back monday after work, even though it's goig to be at least two more weeks before i get my benefits package. ah, well. also, i already understand why people say they're addicted to the chiropractor. and it made me want a real massage like woah.
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[20 Nov 2008|10:28am] |
i'm going to the chiropractor tomorrow for a consult. my back/hip/leg pain came back with a vengance so i figured i should probably have somebody see if something can be done.
went swing dancing at lee's last night. those of us who were there by 8 participated in the lesson. the man to woman ratio was very unbalanced (there were actually way more men than women) so they decided to teach us something non-swing - the madison. and it is good times. i did that and danced one actual dance (and then did the madison again when the band was taking a break), but couldn't do any more than that. stupid back, i don't understand you.
i didn't go home after work because i would've just had to leave right away, so rachel and i went to happy hour at manhattan's, which was delicious.
i came to work early today so i could run upstairs and set up the appointment. then i learned that i do in fact have the dsay after thanksgiving off. htt employees have to work that day so i just figured htg employees do, too. iwas wrong, and it is awesome. plus they only get a half day for christmas eve and we get the whole day. i also learned that i have one personal day that i have to use before the end of the year. hello, day after christmas!
i had to email texas to see when corporate is going to mail the info for my benefits package. i hope the email goes through; i know some people have been having issues with it.
last but not least, the mattress pad i bought on ebay on friday finally shipped and is scheduled to arrive today. i hope they don't need someone to sign for it. i always worry about that when i order a large package and have it sent to my home. ooh! and pilgrimage is shipping today, so it'll probably be here early next week. i can't wait to play.
*edit: dhl changed the arrival date of my mattress to tomorrow. boo. ah well, darren will at least be home to sign for it. probably.
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[19 Nov 2008|03:13pm] |
under the cut is the thing stephanie stole from kelsey's facebook group (which i totally joined, because kelsey and her friends crack me up).
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my back is being weird again. whatever, i'm still going dancing at lee's tonight. it'll be great. probably. maybe painful. but that's why i drink.
(that's not why i drink).
*edit: right after i posted this, i went into the kitchen/break room to post some mail and rosanne asked what i was doing for thanksgiving. scott was behind us making copies. i said "me, my brother, his girlfriend, and my boyfriend are going to my parents' house." of course she asked where they live. i told her.
both of them have been to pequot. craziness!
also, in case you were wondering what i'm doing for thanksgiving, there it is. jenna and i both have to work the day after, so it'll be a one day thing.mom is making dinner at grandpa's house. she said she has no idea if anyone besides the five of us will be there. grandpa, steve, and teri are going to wyoming to see vicki, dad may or may not be home, nobody ever know what cody's up to, and tyler also may or may not be around. oh, family.
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