I Tried!!!

I really did try to be constructive today, I swear! I got up and did some "organizing" in my bathroom. I even tried to hang up a picture on one of my walls, but the Hercules Hook I was using wouldn't cooperate. Okay, maybe it wasn't the hook Maybe it was the wall! It sure as Hell wasn't me. I had only the bestest of intentions. *blinks angelically*

Today was the first day I've felt like actually doing anything since the weekend. I've been pretty pooped out since all the excitement with the Lupus walk and the party Andrea and I went to on Saturday night (which was great, by the way)

My HP scarf is still coming along, just not with any speed whatsoever. I'm not too worried about it though...I know i'll get it done eventually. It's just too bad that the movies don't come out in the winter. Phooey!

I have lots o' stuff going on this month with all the birthdays, awareness days, and random other events thrown in.

Speaking of which...HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ADRIAN!!! Give him a great big birthday hug from me tomorrow, will you please, Andrea? Thanks!!!

Hokie Healing

I'm sure y'all have already read about this, but just in case...I thought I'd mention it. Basically the deal is that this yarn shop in Blacksburg, VA is collecting 8x8 squares to assemble blankets for the families of the Virginia Tech victims. Since the only thing I'm even close to proficient at is a whole mess of garter stitch, I figured it's be a good way to practice and do something nice all at the same time. I can practice cables or attempt to do non-retarded ribbing. Woohoo! The full details can be found here. They specifically requested the school's colors of course which include maroon, burnt orange, white, black or any combination of these. I guess that means I have to buy more yarn...gee...DARN!

Jackassery Abounds

Hi, my name is Katy and I'm antisocial.

Yep, that's me. A great, big, antisocial, hide-in-my-apartment-and-ignore-the-poor-maintenance-guy kinda gal! Mind you, I called maintenance. I asked if they could please come as soon as possible. Amazingly, they showed up within the week and what did I do? I hid. I pretended I wasn't home when obviously I was. You see, I just really didn't feel like answering the door in my pajamas to the guy who came to fix my garbage disposal. That's understandable right?

So, this poor guy knocks on my door several times, announces that it's maintenance, tries the key to get in (I'm assuming) and I just lay in bed, not breathing and hoping that he would go away. Ingenious! Occasionally, they'll come by and if you don't answer the door, they go get the key, so I got out of bed long enough to undo the deadbolt just in case. But he never returned. He did, however leave a note that was dated yesterday (poor guy must be really overworked) and reads:

"Came by to complete work order but night lock was on."

Above that it says

"Sorry I missed you today" but that has been thoroughly scratched out. I guess he decided he wasn't sorry. I can't say I blame him.

So, anyway...my knee and wrist have been hurting and I didn't want to get out of bed. I thought about getting my lazy ass up to let him in if/when he came back but then I had a brilliant idea! I know, I can undo the deadbolt and if he comes by again, I'll just hide in my room. He doesn't even need to know I'm here!

Yes, this is how heinously antisocial I was feeling. Of course then it occurred to me If either of my phones were to ring, he might hear it. OH NO! He might hear me talking on it! Then he'd know I was here and I might have some 'splainin' to do! EEEKKK!!! Time for yet another brilliant idea. I'll turn the ringers off on my phones!

So, thoroughly pleased with my ingenuity, I disconnected from the world at large and went back to sleep. The only problem with that became apparent when I awoke at about 5:30 (yes, I slept in today - what? I was tired!) to my dad knocking on my door and yelling my name. I bet my neighbors enjoyed that...anyway, by now I had unlocked the deadbolt so dad used his key to get in, at which point I, in a sleepy daze called his cell phone. Cause he wasn't directly outside or anything. I don't use a whole Hell of a lot of logic immediately upon waking, okay?!

As it turned out, he and my mom had been trying to call me and couldn't get through - what with the ringers on both of my phones silenced and all. No doubt they were having fantasies about my demise. Just think...it'd save them all that nasty inadvertent murder business! Anywho, it all turned out well and there shouldn't be any indescribable odors coming from my apartment any time soon. I hope.

I'm thinking I may just call the apartment's office tomorrow, apologize and claim that I was in the shower and didn't think to unlock the deadbolt. What do y'all think? Should I just say I'm a REALLY heavy sleeper and wasn't feeling well? I think the shower thing might go over better with Mr. Maintenance Man.

OH! In other exciting news, I got my digital camera today! Of course I didn't check my mail until after 5:30, so I couldn't get the package from the office, but I'm looking forward to fiddling with it tomorrow. Also, Sanjaya FINALLY got the boot on American Idol. There is a merciful God!!! Hooray!

Why are People So Stupid/Am I a BAD Person?!

Okay, can you tell I'm bored out of my mind? (As if I had one to begin with! HA!) But yeah, none of my (2) best friends are online. I'm afraid one of them has a son who's sick and the other is at this weird thing referred to in certain cultures as "School".

So, I figured I'd be a loser and write 2 blogs in one evening! Hooray! So, I've been stalking this digital camera on eBay cause - well - I want it! My personal method of getting things I want from eBay (especially really popular things like digital cameras) is to wait until there's like 1 minute left on the sale and bid $1 higher than the last person. Maybe this makes me a bad person...I don't know. I just think it makes me a Hell of a lot smarter than most of the other bidders, but of course I would think that about myself. It just seems to me like it's dumb to drive up the price with a bidding war when you can just wait till the last minute (literally!) and get what you want. Once again...this could mean I'm a jackass, I don't know. Right at this very moment there are 17 minutes left on one of the cameras I have been stalking. This one guy has bid several times on the damned thing and successfully driven the price up much higher than I would like, but oh well. If I were a REALLY nice person, I'd just let it go and let him have it, but I don't have much sympathy for someone who has OUTBID HIMSELF 4 times! Did he fear that he might get it rather than himself? Again...I don't know. People are stupid and I can't figure out why! I drives me crazy!!! Like people who can't spell, but we won't go into that. It's too extensive and makes my head all hurty.

Oh! I know what I can blab about for 11 minutes! (the time remaining before I plan to swipe the camera I want - teeheehee) The inadvertent murder attempts made by my parents! Actually, they've been made by my dad mostly, but I consider my parents to be one entity, so yeah. Okay, so my dad has been sick for 3 weeks now (poor my daddy!) and being that he is really sweet and is always taking care of me, he has still be delivering food to me on a damn near daily basis. Sounds like he's actually contributing to my being alive, right? Partially, yes - but also no! With my compromised immune system it's pretty much impossible for me to get over even a little cold in under 2 months. So while my dad has been bringing me sustenance, he's also been coughing, sneezing, hacking (which is like coughing but more for those of you who are never sick), wheezing and just generally breathing "sickness" all over it. I also asked my mom to please just come herself, but she keeps sending daddy, so I think she's in on the evil, inadvertent murder scheme! See what I mean??

Anyway, dingleberry over on eBay just outbid himself again like a retard. *sigh* Too bad that people can't be disqualified from bidding for being a dipshit. It wouldn't be so bad except that other people keep coming and bidding higher than what his outbid himself on...if that makes any sense. I'm sure it doesn't, but oh well. Now I'm contemplating how badly I really want a digital camera...

*~*UPDATE*~*

Idiot boy didn't win the camera...some other jackass (besides me I mean) came and took it out from under him. Darn! I wish I had been that jackass...

*~*NEW UPDATE*~*

ZOMG! I'm so excited! I just won this really awesome frickin' digital camera!!! IT ended up being (altogether) $113.90 Not bad for a 12 megapixel digital camera. Anywho, I'm all excited and happy! HOORAY!!! Oh and mine's way cool cause it's red...teeheehee I still can't believe I bid on that and that I WON!!! I'm disturbingly exhilarated...*SQUEEEEE* *insanely huge smile on my face right now*

Survival of the Laziest

What in God's name would I do without my parents? Okay, so maybe they inadvertantly try to murder me occasionally...but they really do mean well! If you don't have any idea what I'm talking about regarding the "murder" thing, you're obviously not Cassi or Andrea and I'll fill you in later.

So back to "what would I do without my parents?" I think I'd probably end up

A. Starving to death out of sheer laziness/stupidity
B. Ordering pizza every night and going totally broke or
C. Actually, magically growing up and taking care of myself (YEAH RIGHT! LMAO)

Basically my parents still take care of me. Case in point: today. I managed to get breakfast for myself (only because my dad went out and bought me milk yesterday) but then what did I do? I took a nap and only bothered to wake up because Dad called and said he was bringing food over. Being the annoying, spoiled brat that I am I didn't want what they were going to have so my sweet daddy went to a second place to get lunch for me. As of right now I am still sitting in my jammies too lazy to get my fat arse ready and go out into the "real world" (SCARY!!!) but I need my weekly medications (which I normally prepare, but my mommy and daddy did this week) So, being the annoying, spoiled brat that I am, I called my mom and asked her to bring them to me! LOL

In my defense, I did hang a mirror today (those HERCULES HOOK thingamajigs work pretty freakin' well!) I also -*thought*- about hanging a picture and that in itself was taxing. Plus, I would've had to move/clean up some stuff to get to where I wanted to hang it and that's just asking FAR too much of me! The only other thing i've done today is collect pee in a jug. I think it's gone beyond lazy and into perverted when you ask your parents to collect pee for you...pretty much everything else not fun is okay though. LOL

Yes, I am not only annoying, and spoiled, but lazy as well! Hooray for me! I think this condition probably requires some sort of counselling, but I'm too much of a bum to look into it. I should call mom and see if she knows...

Idiocy and Irony - An Epic

Forget Sense and Sensibility (even though it's a cute movie). Forget Pride and Prejudice too (never seen that one). It's time now for IDIOCY AND IRONY!!! The third and final chapter in the Alliteration Series. For those of you who are O.C.D .(like me) I do realize that these came out in reverse alphabetical order, but bear with me. It WILL be okay.

In honor of the reverse order of things (and in spite of my inclination to do exactly the opposite) I will explain the reasoning for the title of Idiocy and Irony backwards as well. No, I'm not going to type backwards. I'm far too stupid and already have a headache so, therefore cannot do that, but I WILL tell you all about the "irony" part of the post first.

I recently, because I'm down and jiggy with all the new gadgetry and whatnot, purchased a set of those HERCULES HOOK thingies. I bought them specifically so I wouldn't have to search for a stud (the kind in the wall, not the hot guy kind. I'm still more than happy to search for hot guys! But I digress, as usual...) So, I marked where I wanted the dealy I'm hanging to be (which in this particular case is a metal CD rack) and made marks indicating where I needed to put the HERCULES HOOK thingies. If this language is too technical for you to understand...well, you probably need some sort of medical attention because the infamous -"they"- don't make 'em much less technical than me. Anyway, back to the irony...so I make these marks and shove a HERCULES HOOK thingy in the wall. I am pleased with my amazing mechanical skills! I can shove a big hook in the wall! Yay me! Hooray! Etc! Etc! and so forth! and so on! Time now to shove HERCULES HOOK thingy number 2 into the wall.Piece of cake, right? Of course not! Why not, you ask? Well, I'm trying to tell you! Stop interrupting me! It's because I managed to find a stud! A stud into which a HERCULES HOOK thingy will not penetrate. Great job, Katy...just brilliant! It's really quite ironical if you ask me. And yes, you did ask me (in my head). Also, "ironical" is now a word - for I hath used it and thus it is so! Yeah...so, I only have 18 of these babies left...who wants to guess at how many I will manage to try to shove into a stud? (Once again, NOT the hot guy variety - or the horsey variety, for that matter.) I'm betting on at least 6...

So, onward and upward (technically it's downward, but that doesn't sound as nifty) to the idiocy! I realized that towards the end of 2006/beginning of 2007 I mentioned my mom having a lot of health problems and the possible need for a pacemaker. As it turned out (and as usual) health profesionals are almost entirely composed of retards who want nothing more than to perform a "really cool" surgery. At least that's my personal interpretation of them. She did not need a pacemaker at all. They switched around some medications and she is still having what I refer to in my rather politically correct way as "intestinal difficulties" because it sounds so much nicer than - well, you know.......

Anyway, she's really fatigued a lot and afraid to go out much because of the "intestinal difficulties". She is supposed to go see her doctor sometime soon but wants to cancel because she knows that he'll say she's stupid and has Celiac and that she should have listened to him, blah, blah, blah. I swear to GOD I have half a mind. That's it...I just have half a mind. haha...Seriously though, I'm REALLY considering e-mailing/calling the boss man (who is a doctor's boss anyway?) and complaining. I think he works for Scott & White so he's basically ruled by public relations. Any evil ideas on how to make his life Hell?

There are so many idiotic things I've done recently, I can't even begin to remember them all. I was so tired of knotted yarn last night that I decided a couple of wee, li'l knots in the yarn I was using weren't noticeable and just knitted them right on in! I'm a rebel like that...I also discovered that, though it's significantly more whoppy jawed (again, I apologize for the uber technical language, but it really is necessary) I prefer cutting and then joining where my color changes are; rather than running the yarn up the backside of my work because the 'cutless' method has a tendency to leave small, but annoying (to me anyway) holes. Y'all were DYING to know that right? Right! Alrighty then...

UPDATE:
I figured out that if I were to move my CD rack over and inch or two, i could avoid the stud and still hang it using my HERCULES HOOK thingies! Hooray for my brain! It worked for once! Now I just have to Spackle the holes I made previously while engaging in idiotic behavior...one more thing to add to my grocery list. Even though I've put off going to the store for at least a month. I'll do it someday, I swear!

P.S. Because it wasn't included in the post NEARLY enough...........................




HERCULES HOOK thingies!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Attack of the Evil, Killer Knotted Yarn Vomit!!!

Yeah, the subject pretty much says it all...this friggin' knotted yarn vomit is thwarting my attempts to make a pretty! And screwing with the damn stuff makes my hands start hurting..damned arthritis! Anywho, just thought it necessary to whine.

Progress

After 2 days of work, progress is slow, but existant! YAY! I thought I'd be a pain in the arse and post pics of my progress so far...





This is my scarf as a baby...only 10 rows old! LOL Yes, I'm an idiot, but you gotta admit, it's kind of funny...come on - ADMIT IT!!!





This is of course the toddler phase. My little baby is growing up so fast! (to me anyway) It's a whole 40 rows now! *tear*





This is still at 40 rows...just a different view. Ain't it cuuuuuuute?! Teehee...it looks like a hat!



Okay, that's getting a little old now, huh? I haven't even decided if it's a girl or a boy yet. Obviously, I included that second pic so y'all could see the inside. I'm pathetically enamored with the damn thing since it's pretty much the farthest I've ever gotten with a knitting project. This by no means indicates that I'm content and won't finish it. I have every intention of finishing the little guy (I guess I decided it was a boy) I do have one question for you, my knitting professors: Is it normal for the stripes where I switch colors to go a little woppy-jawed? I'm assuming so, since Andrea told me to always switch at the beginning of a round and the atypicallyknit site says to "Be sure to align all the color changes along one crease (they're less noticable that way)". Can't hurt to double/triple check though! I gotsta go get a new row counter or figure out where the frig I packed my bag o' yarn and implements. And I need to get a tapestry needle so I can weave in the ends at the color changes. Anywho, it's almost 1 a.m. and for some deranged reason, there's an inch of snow on the ground...in Texas....in April. Yeah, I don't know

Oooooh!

I must hurry and finish this awesome Harry Potter PoA scarf, for I need to learn new stuff! I just found these kick ass patterns in another blog and I really want to learn how to make them. Hooray!! I think I might need some guidance on doing the 2 colors on circulars though. I looked on KnittingHelp.com and got the impression that it might be difficult and that intarsia was practically impossible so...

Anyway, I was looking at patterns online and came across this groovy pattern for ankle socks!!! I think it's an omen cause I was just saying the other day how I like those kind of socks. And on the plus side, I could probably actually WEAR those to see the movie. Oooooh, spooky! Obviously, I'm a dorkazoid and want them with these colors. So you see why I desperately need to get this stuff down like 5 minutes ago! Not to mention this nifty Weasley Sweater Sweet right? Maybe it would be more Texas-appropriate with short sleeves. Yes, I know I'm getting carried away with all these things I can't really even think of doing yet - but someday I will make them, darnit! Speaking of things I haven't done, I think the first thing I'm going to do when I DO finish my PoA scarf is try a swatch of cable knitting. I just have to learn to concentrate. Anyway, I'm going to stop typing and do more knitting for the time being.

Luvs ya'! Laters!

I'm in Love!

Yeah, I'm really feelin' this house scarf pattern! It's SO easy and is turning out beautifully if I do say so myself! I'd post a picture, but I only have 7 rows done. I'm just so amazed at how nice it looks. Hahaha...kinda sad, huh? Ah, well ces't la vie, right? (yes, I'm mixing languages - leaave me alone!) I think a lot of how good it's looking is the yarn I'm using. This very nice, worsted weight, Acrylic/Wool blend. Even though I'm technically allergic to wool this stuff has yet to bother me. Hooray! I'm really happy with the colors I chose too. They look really nice together and I am really lookind forward to rows 28-31 so I can see how nicely they look knitted together. You can get this stuff at Plymouth Yarn Online Even though I can't afford any more, I still need 2 more skeins of 9601, I think...if one must go into debt, yarn is the most blissful way to do so, right? =P

I Was Right! Yay!

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So I got the right colors for my house scarf! Huzzah!

I Want My Mommy...

Hey peoples...I'm in kind of a poopy mood right at the moment because my mommy's in the hospital yet again and she's being told again that she will most likely need a pace maker. I realize that a pace maker is not a death sentence - that it's actually a life-saving device, but I still don't like it. (THAT's the understatement of the millenium...) Mom just called me (on her cell phone...how very ironic) to ask me to look up what kind of pace maker is used to treat cardioneurogenic syncope (a.k.a. vasovagal syncope) I have no idea what I'm looking at and it's making me feel like crap. I really hate this whole other people being sick thing. It's so much easier when I was the one who was sick and I didn't have to worry and fret and feel stupid and insufficient because I had no idea what to do. This sucks ass. She asked me to print off pertinent information, but I don't know what qualifies as "pertinent". I will probably end up printing every article ever written on vasosvagal/cardioneurogenic syncope and come up with nothing useful. *sigh* Bleh, I feel incredibly useless right now and the worse I feel, the tireder I get. Logically, I know I need to stop - take a break from looking at all this crap. But as a concerned daughter, I don't want to stop looking at everything on the internet until I find something that says "Oh, nevermind! Your mom is fine. We're just going to *insert medical jargon type procedure-y thing here* and she'll be good to go!" And yet I sit here, pissing and moaning about it in my blog. Productive, right? I guess I'll just have to do the best I can and hope and pray that I can help my mommy. I've noticed some support group thingies that might be useful. Somehow, talking to people who have experienced a certain problem is always much more enlightening than discussing it with those who merely treat and analyze said condition. Perhaps I shall peruse the support group area for information that may be helpful...

Okay, I took a much needed break to look at slightly less disturbing subject matter. Specifically y'all's blogs and stuff! I also took a trip to a couple of crafty-type knitting, etc sites. Since of the three of us who actually read this blog, I'm the least likely to have finded this thingy, I felt the desperate need to point it out. I think this would be fun to cross-stitch, though I don't know wtf I'd put it on...I also like this because quite frankly, I HAVE often thought that my toiletries would look MUCH more attractive were they ensconced within a scary robot. Doesn't every girl feel that way? I really like a lot of the stuff on the Anticraft website...thanks Andrea!!! In fact, while looking at this little project (which I fully intend to attempt in the future - just to forewarn you) I discovered Miss Monster, of whom I am now quite fond! I'm pretty sure that this is the best picture ever. Though I also think that this one is really pretty. Is it weird that I think that's "pretty"? Eh, probably, but oh fucking well - I do! So, HA! In addition to looking at pretties online, I also took some time to finish my first Merry Gentry book. It was quite fun and seemed an impossibly quick read. Those were some of the fastest 435 pages I ever devoured.

I'm still not sure what the Hell I'm looking for as far as my mommy's condition goes, but at least I got a little break. I guess looking for I-don't-know-what for 4 hours straight would make anyone feel a little inadequate. Or maybe it's just me. I don't know, but I do feel a bit better now. Yarn and venting have that effect on me...

Sweet Sweater Lovin'

So what's going on with y'all's KnitBlue KAL? I was just looking a some of the posts and I am in heart with that Stitch Diva sweater pattern. Don't you guys LOVE it?! I'm not sure if you can tell, but I'm bored right now. Maybe I'll go read my book or take a nap. Or a bath...or take a nap in the bath...preferably without drowning. haha...I'll let you know how things turn out!

Merry the-day-after Christmas!

I had so much fun shopping and finding the "perfect" gift for each of my friends. Of whom there are a grand total of 5 (including my sister and mom) Don't get this confused with organization. Dear me, no! "Organized" is not a word well known by this slob! Granted, I did make a list (and I even checked it more than once) but in no way was I prepared in a timely manner. Hence the reason all your Christmas gifts are late in coming. I do indeed have them. Heck, I even wrapped them before Christmas Eve (I know, freaky)...but no way in Hell was I foresighted enough to actually mail them in time for the holiday! That would just be too weird. In fact, true to my usual holiday timing my sister, mother and I exchanged gifts on the 23rd and Beth and I didn't exchange presents until today (the 26th) The only thing I did true to Christmas tradition was eat. First Christmas Eve "dinner" at the Grand Buffet (Chinese) in Logan and then turkey, etc on Christmas Day. I especially loved the sign in the window at the Grand Buffet that read "We open for Holozay. Coming in!"

The only other thing I did was go to midnight mass with my Grandma and Sara. I've reached the conclusion yet again that so called "organized religion" is not for me. Don't get me wrong...I know that many people like the monotony and security of it, but I felt very inadequate. I couldn't remember all the correct responses and I accidently said "Thank you" instead of "Thanks be to God" a couple of times. Plus, I don't like the Catholic viewpoint that insists we must love God out of fear. Fire and brimstone aren't my thing. I don't think there's anything wrong with thanking a higher power for watching out for us, but the whole "Thank you, Lord!I love you, so don't torture me for eternity, okay?" thing kinda creeps me out. I don't like being scared. I personally prefer and believe in a more benevolent God than a malevolent one. Okay, enough religion...just had to point that out.

Anyway, back to the presents...I apologize for the long time in coming. I actually haven't been able to pick yours up yet, Andrea but rest assured that it WAS purchased prior to Christmas. I'm not sure why that's so important, but I think it is so...yeah. I actually have yours packed and ready to mail, Cassi but being the 'tard that I am, I forgot to put one thing in so I'll probably end up unpacking and re-packing it. Plus, I addressed it to your NC address so even if I HAD sent it on time, you wouldn't have it yet. If you'd like to give me the address you're at in TX I can mail it there, but with my luck you'll be back home by then. Honestly, it's not entirely unlikely that both of y'all's Christmas gifts will arrive closer to St. Valentine's Day.

As it turned out, I wasn't able to finish that scarf for Sara. I only have about 4 inches done of it. LOL Yes, I knit VERY slowly! I got this cool new thing the other day (when I picked up some Christmas pressies...hehehe) that is meant to help when you're knitting two yarns together, but the woman working in the shop said many people also find it helpful when trying to control tension. I've yet to use it, but it sure is neato looking! I plan to go back to said knitting shop and get some more yarn and stuff (cause it's required) so I'll pick up a couple for y'all if you'd like. Anyway, so I ended up getting Sara 3 CDs that she seems happy with and I'm thinking about casting off on the scarf and redoing it later...like for next year. Maybe I can use the spaztic swatch I produced this time as part of a patchwork thingy if y'all ever want to do that. Other than that, the only news I really have to report is that Mom isn't doing too well the last week or so. I'm onestly not sure what's going on, but I wish that these doctors could help her. If only House were a real person. *sigh* I've also started reading the Merry Gentry series by Laurell K. Hamilton and have been somewhat surprised by the immediate sexual content. I told Beth that Sara and I were teasing Grandma about liking smut (she reads those books with Fabio on the cover) and I started reading that and immediately felt like a hypocrite. HAHAHA Not badly enough to stop reading though (of course) When I discussed the subject matter with Beth (not too loudly since her sons were here), we pondered over why the men always seem to have "glistening members". Do they all have glitter on them? Or do they suddenly become wet when aroused? All this time I thought that we women had more to do with the "wet" part than the men did. I'VE BEEN MISLEAD!!! Oh well. LMAO Well, this blog is getting rather long and all that talk about glistening members is making me yearn for my book. HAHAHA Hope y'all had a wonderful Christmas and are looking forward to a magical New Year!!

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Baby, It's Cold Outside!

I'm staying with Sara again this week and therefore have *gasp* internet access! We went to a scrapbooking class last night , which was delightful. I got to make half a dozen pretties. YAY!

I don't know what it is about her living room, but I am REALLY COLD! The heat is set to 75 and I'm shivering. Maybe it has something to do with my excessive inactivity.....nah!

My mom had an appointment with a cardiologist yesterday. A guy named Dr. Liu. Once you figured out his accent, he was surprisingly easy to understand. I think a lot of it was inferred from watching him, though. I wouldn't want to have a lengthy phone conversation with the guy. Then again, I don't particularly want to have a lengthy phone conversation with ANY cardiologist. Unless I meet a really hot one who wants to marry me. Then we'll talk.

As usual, I digress - now back to why I brought this up. It seems that my mommy's heart is all fuckered up. That's apparently why she keeps collapsing. They're trying another configuration of medications for now, but he said that her only option may be a pacemaker. A PACEMAKER!!! My mom was, understandably, upset. Hell, so was I! My mommy can't have a pacemaker! That's crazy talk. I don't even recognize her without her cell phone and the handsfree head set stuck in her ear. Maybe that's what's wrong with her heart. She worries too much about - well - everyone. I know I've accused her of hypochodriasis in the past, but I'm pretty certain that autonomic functions are difficult to consciously mess with. That's why they're autonomic...HELLO?!? Either way, it is a very upsetting turn of events. (I know I've already mentioned this, but oh well...Hurray for redundancy!)

Come to think of it, it's much more upsetting now that I'm listening to Evanescence. This morning when I was chit-chatting with Cassi and listening to Carrie Underwood, it wasn't nearly so distressing. I am music's puppet, as usual. Anyway, that's completely beside the point. More on point - I'll keep y'all updated on her progress as well as I can.

In other news, it's friggin' freezing outside! Which is having (surprisingly) little to no effect on my Lupus symptoms. I read somewhere recently that people living in cool weather climates tend to live longer than those in warm weather. Strange since so many retirees head for Florida/etc...Speaking of cold weather, they're showing the Harry Potter movies on TV as a Christmas thing right? I think it only appropriate then, that the new Harry Potter movie come out, like NOW! Or at least the new book...I need my HP fix! What's up with them coming out during the Summer?! Okay, I know that the li'l kids can go during Summer break, but they can do that during Christmas break too! Not to mention, who cares?! I, personally, would prefer to avoid rugrats when I see it. The subject matter is getting too adult for them anyway, right? Right. Oh, well...I can bitch and moan all I want and it still won't come out until next Summer. No one ever listens to me. The point though, is that "I can bitch and moan all I want" and that's what's important!

Anywho, I hope all is well with y'all. I think I'm going to go lie down or watch TV or something equally constructive. Being really, really cold makes me sleepy... Please keep my mommy in your thoughts, okay? I love you!!!

This Is How Exceptionally Lazy I Am

I was just thinking to myself Wow, I have a lot to write about! I wish there were some way I could just record myself saying what I want to write and then post it.

Yeah, I am too lazy to type out a blog. Hell, one of these days there probably WILL be a way to just say what you want typed. Aside from secretaries and whatever other programs may already exist outside of my income bracket, of course. In any case since those are just pipe dreams (to me) for the moment, I might as well stop wasting time and energy typing bullshit and get down to business.

First of all, I had a really great time staying with my sister last week even though my mom ended up imposing herself upon us and stayed the entire week. Of course Fri-Sun was wonderful because I went up to Tiffin to Ria & Steve's house for Cookie Making Weekend. An annual get together in which Steve prepares insanely wonderful feasts, we make various forms of cookies, and just generally enjoy one another's company for 3 days. Even in spite of the fact that there were 9 people sharing 3 bathrooms, only 2 of which had showers. We somehow managed to avoid any brawls. Freakish right? Cookie making weekend always seems to be scheduled (conveniently or inconveniently depending upon your own personal views) during the OSU vs. Michigan game. The reason this is potentially inconvenient is because Maria and Steve have forgone the luxury of television. They have a TV but it is used primarily to listen to music on those TV Radio stations and watch DVDs. So you can see where the lack of cable might be a problem in viewing what amounts to the biggest football game of the year for many, many, many Ohioans, myself included. Yes, I consider myself an Ohioan and a Texan. So I'm mixed... Wanna fight about it? You can imagine the dilemma this causes when OSU plays UT. Actually, to be honest, I think it's kind of a nifty game because really no matter whom comes out the victor, I'm a pretty happy camper. I also go around looking like a 'tard all day in my Buckeye tshirt and Longhorn hoodie/pants/some other article of clothing so that's always fun. You just ave to be careful about going out in public is all. HAHAHA Anyway, I digress (as usual) so moving right along...

In case you didn't know, the OSU Buckeyes did, indeed beat the Michigan Wolverines. WAHOO! Much to my dissatisfaction it was a VERY close game, but we won in the end and that's what really matters is it not? At least from a football fanatic point of view. I personally wouldn't have been bordering suicidal. Had we lost I would have probably been a little sad and declared the loss to be "too bad" before proceeding to play a raucous game of Yahtzee! with my family (which I lost by a pathetic margin) and eating cookies. So, now we get to wait until January or some other far off month until OSU takes on whomever they happen to be playing against at the Tostitos Bowl (I think) in AZ. So, since I'll still be up here, that will undoubtedly be a big to-do as well.

I am looking forward to this Thursday (HAPPY THANKSGIVING Y'ALL!!!) because that is the day on which we celebrate Thanksgiving (fancy that!) by getting everyone, their mother, their uncle, their wife, and their dog together at The Olde Dutch Resauraunt in Logan. Every year, my Grandma has someone do something creative for her to use as personalized placemarkers. This year (since I'm here) the honor fell to moi. I enlisted the help of my sister and now we are 2 days away from Thanksgiving with our project about halfway done. Ain't procrastination grand?! We're making personalized magnets for each guest and as of now we have the magnets painted and magnetized, but we still have to decoupage and personalize them. I'm just hoping that Sara's right and the decoupage glue doesn't require too long to set up...We DO have an excuse for being so far behind, I swear! It's a shitty excuse, but an excuse nonetheless.

We didn't feel like it. LOL

Honestly, we would've worked more on them the past couple of days if recent events hadn't transpired, but alas - life goes on (I never did care for that show) Want to hear all about it? Probably not, but I'm typing it in here just in case and cause I feel like it.

So, my sweet sissy was working at this shitass company called EarthTones. Basically what they did, was sell clothing products (shirts, hats, etc) to companies such as John Deere and JCPenney. Well, here's the thing...they took the orders and the money, but then the boss man (we'll call him Larry, since that's his name) instructed them not to ship the products. Brilliant business strategy, right? Needless to say, the company didn't do so well. So, after months of bullshitting and telling Sara that they were going to find her another position at one of Larry's other crappy companies, she was "let go". Doesn't that term just make you want to smack someone? I could be wrong, but I don't know a whole lot of people who WANT to lose their job. I know plenty of people who don't like their jobs - even hate them- but I'm pretty sure they like that whole getting paid thing. On the plus side, Sara HATED her job with a passion and was quite relieved when they "let her go". On the plus+ side, she has already found a new temp agency and a promising potential new job! YAY! (She's so industrious) Unfortunately, she's been having some trouble getting the application completed, also because of the recent events that have transpired. Okay, on the the transpired event now...

Yesterday (Monday) morning Sara awoke bright and early to go to the temp agency for what I assume was a placement interview. Mom and I both got up with her. I think I have a sinus/ear infection or a cold, but it's not bad yet so I'm still feeling basically okay *knock on wood* Mom made breakfast for Sara and me which consisted of toast with butter and cinnamon sugar and hot drinks. Sara had tea, I had hot chocolate...that's not important to the story, but whatever. The point is that Mom was doing well. After eating, I sat up for a bit to avoid acid reflux or something equally unpleasant and then headed back to bed. I vaguely remember my mom coming in and checking on me while she got dressed and stuff. Sara returned home at around 10:30, I think and I went ahead and got up at that point. Aren't vacations the greatest? Oh wait, I do that every day - nevermind! Haha!

So, yea...anyway, mom wasn't at the apartment anymore which prompted me to ask Sara where she'd gone. Iwas told that she went to return some things to various stores so I decided to give her a call and ask if she would pick up some Coke for me since when I'm sick, I like to drink Coke. I think because that's just what I always had. She said sure and everything was hunky dorey until about an hour later. That was when we received a call from mom. She couldn't talk too well so Jim from Wal-Mart got on the line to tell us that she'd fainted in the checkout line. This has been happeneing a lot lately and she doesn't exactly faint so much as she just gets very, very weak and can't stand up any longer. So, we thanked Jim and rushed to Wal-Mart to collect mom. When we got there, there was an ambulance out front and mom was inside it. Jim had called 9-1-1 apparently, and rightly so. The ambulance techicians couldn't however get a line started on her since my mom's veins are small and tend to roll. So, they took her over to the E.R. where Sara and I finally caught up with her (after searching for 30 minutes to find a parking space, that is). As far as I know right now, they still don't know why she is having these dizzy/weak spells. There are several theories. One doctor thought it was her heart as her heartbeat was only 46 and suggested a pacemaker before learning that she takes Nadolol and that could be affecting her. A nurse thought that maybe it's because the dosages on her medications haven't been change since her weight loss (she's lost about 45 pounds and isn't it sad that none of the other doctors she's seen thought of that?) and of course, as is often the case with weakness/dizziness/numbness it could be neurological. So, many tests are being performed. She also found out that she is an excellent candidate for a surgury she recently discovered she needed (you REALLY don't want to hear about it, trust me) so that was good news, but now I don't know if that's a plausible option. Especially since she'd have to undergo general anesthesia and with her heartrate so low....I just don't know, but it worries me.

If you've read this far, I applaud, congratulate, and thank you and if you happen to have any insights as to what is going on, I'd love to hear your thoughts. As for me, I'm just medicating myself as usual and adding DayQuil, NyQuil, Amoxicillan, and various Zinc remedies to help me get over this whatever-the-hell-it-is and hoping that I will be well enough to go to Thanksgiving dinner. I'd like for mom to be able to go too, but I don't know how I'd feel about her travelling. I haven't been to see her since she got admitted to the hospital from the E.R. since I'm already sick. I feel badly about that, but I understand where people are comimg from when they ask me to stay home. Sara's visiting her right now and the poor thing has to come home and be up tomorrow in time to finish the application process at the temp agency at 7:30 a.m. To top things off, our friend Beth came over tonight to hitch a ride to see mom and while she was here she got a call telling her that she was being "let go" as well! Her pussy of a boss e-mailed the V.P. of the company she works for, who e-mailed the temp agency where they found her, who called her at 7 p.m. 2 days before Thanksgiving to tell her that they no longer needed her services. Don't you just want to hurt people sometimes?! The temp agency assured her that they'd have her place in a new job by Monday, but it's a pisser, you know? She actually liked her job too and she has two young boys to support. Obviously neither of their fathers pays child support. That would be far too mature of them. Anyway, now I'm feeling angry and just really disliking a lot of people. I've got that Thanksgiving spirit!!! Hahaha...So this is pretty much how I feel about people in general right now -

Seriosuly though...I do sincerely hope that y'all have a wonderful Thanksgiving and to Andrea:

Wishing you a HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

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Boredomness

Well, I think I have like 30 minutes left to use this computer, but I am too damn lazy to do anything so I just thought I'd say Hi!!! I love yous guys and I am still working on your care packages. teehee Brutus. Okay, I'm going to go find a book to read now. Love y'all! *hugs*

Update???

Hey cool, it worked this time....and no one is sitting reading over my shoulder...or from my left. Anyway, Grandma's waiting in the car, so I'm just going to post this really quickly and run. Love y'all! *hugs*

How long have I been gone now? It seems like a really long time. I guess it's reall only been a couple of weeks though. I'm already a little homesick...I miss Callie, my dad, my friends, and my unlimited internet access. Phooey! I tried to knit some today, but I just found myself getting tired and wanting to talk to Cassi and Andrea. I was ecstatic to get the news that my best friend (one of several) Bryn is pregnant! WooHoo!!! I'm so happy for her!!! I know she was trying to preggers, so the fact that it happened relatively easily is a blessing for her. I had a really good time up at my sister's in Columbus (well, actually Gahanna but who really knows the difference?) I like hanging out with my sis and I got to try a bunch of new, yummy restaraunts. Plus, I got to go along to a scrapbooking class with her. Being the loser I am, I ran late and we stayed like 30-45 minutes after everyone else had left, but I made some cute things (which I'm am considering sending to a couple of my friends). My Grandma got me a nice, warm Ohio State sweatshirt that I love and of course OSU's been kicking major ass all season. I'm spending the rest of this week here at my Grandma's house in Logan and next week, I'm going to spend at my Aunt Maria and Uncle Steve's house. I can't wait to see all the kitties and sneeze up a(nother) storm! LOL I'll undoubtedly take 20,000,000 pictures which I'll post one place or another once I get home. I'm also really looking forward to seeing Chrisonna's little ones, Kensi and Cade. They are SO adorable!!! And I[m very interested to see what their Halloween costumes will look like. I'm sure they'll be nauseatingly cute. I'll take pictures so that you can experience the nausea as well. I think I'm going to have to get more single use cameras, come to think of it. I also have to take pics of my mom's birthday dinner party (which may or may not be a surprise) and, of course there will be lots of picture taking at Christmas cookie making day at Steve and Ria's, our family reunion style Thanksgiving get together. Not to mention Christmas Eve and Christmas! Plus Sara, Beth and I are planning to make a trip to Cleveland (yes, Cleveland!) to go out on the town. The three of us went to a little bar/club thing in Lancaster, which was fun. Sara and Beth got pretty much shit faced and I was the DD. Cause I rock like that. We didn't take any pictures that night, but I must take some the next time we go out. I already used up 27 exposures (1 disposable camera) at the Li'l Hover Dam. I'll tell y'all more about that when I get around to developing/posting the pics from said excursion. You'd probably think that the last thing I need is more pictures, but NO! In fact, I've already raided my Grandma's photo albums for pictures I want to make copies of. Technically, I did it for mom, but I had ulterior motives. hehehe Newswise from here, there are quite a few things going on...I'm fairly sure no one gives a rat's ass, but I can't really think of anything else right now so y'all get to hear about all my cousins and stuff. Lucky you.Adam and Ian both have girlfriends and have inherited kiddos. Adam's new family includes Summer and Connor (not sure about spelling) and Ian's girlfriend is named Nikki. She has two sons: Taylor and Justin, I believe. I'm not certain of the spelling of Nikki's name either, and I haven't met Summer, Nikki, Taylor, or Justin. I DID however get to meet Connor and he is an absolute doll. Bryce seems to be single, but I imagine he'll bring Misty or someone to Thanksgiving dinner. Of course Chrisonna's married to Scott and Scott (her brother, not her husband) is married to Andrea. Erick has a girlfriend whose name is Allison, I think (he apparently only dates girls named) Allison and Gregg is still dating Jenna, if I'm correctly informed. Kate is of course, married to John and Haley's doing well playing in the Logan High Marching band and I went out to the Logan High School football game on Friday to see her play. It was actually quite fun, but I have a bit of a scratchy throat now. Oh well, I'll live(on a side note, I think I'm going to frog her scarf and start over, just doing a garter stitch). Last I heard Blake was sick. Poor Blakey...hopefully he's feeling better by now. Sara's best friend Beth has a couple of her own as well. They are both precious and are named Matthew and Alex. Matthew goes by Matt or Matt-Matt despite his pleas to be referred to as "li'l bitch". Yeah, I don' t know. I do know however that he seems to think that I am a jungle gym. He does a lot of "interesting" things as I would assume do most 4 year olds. Sara refers to him as Creaton or the Hellion fairly regularly, but he's really a cool little kid. I think that he and Adrian would probably have a good time together although I might worry about some of the words he may try to teach Adrian. As for Alex, he's 11 years old and very well behaved (esp compared with Matt-Matt) he can be quite hyper (which is exaccerbated by my mom giving him candy in disturbingly large amounts) but overall and in general, he is just a little sweetie. And of course, both of them are absolutely gorgeous.
The other day, I went out and got the new Evanescence CD and it's really awesome imhop. Yesterday, my mom and I drove up to Gahanna to see Sara. We went to On the Border (which was really yummy!) and then Sara headed out to a Halloween party with a friend of hers while mom and I headed to Columbus with much confusion. Impossible as it is to believe we got a bit lost. I know...it's unbelievable! I'll give you a minute to recuperate from the shock of it.......
Okay time's up. So yeah...Columbus - High Street to be precise. It was remeniscent of Austin, especially since we (the OSU Bucks, that is) had just kicked ass in our/their/whatever home game. Yayness! We ended up going to a small-ish tattoo shop that REALLY reminded me of something on 6th Street (though it was on 5th Avenue - close enough, right?) and my mom actually got a tattoo. NOW THAT'S A SURPRISE!!! I'll take a picture of it and post it ASAP. I was actually quite proud of her. She (and this is the TRULY amazing part) didn't whine the WHOLE time! It is pretty small, but still...tattoos do hurt. She got a butterfly that she insists is "gothic". I just think it's pretty. Actually, it's a simplified version of the one in my pics on MySpace. Anyway, I'll post a picture soon. Isn't reundancy fun?! After her tattoo, mom and I headed home and got all turned around again when we missed our exit (which, I feel the need to say, I pointed out to her and she freaked out for some reason and went the wrong way) In the process of turning around, mom spotted a Mejer's (sort of like a WalFart thought they have those too) so obviously we had to go inside. Duh! Plus it was time for her to tend to the new tat, and she needed soap and lotion, etc. I found this spiffy Halloween costume that I really liked and was going to get it, but then discovered that it had been fucked with and was messed up. Poopy! Oh well, it's not like I'm going to go anywhere anyway. *shrugs* Anyway, after that, we stopped at an Arby's for "dinner" at midnight. Then we managed to find the right highway and headed home, listening to Evanescence all the way.I was amazed that I actually had quite a fun time with my mom. She cna be really cool, when she's not having a freak attack every two seconds. In any case, I enjoyed myself and we learned some interesting homeopathic remedies from the tattoo artist at Sweet Baby Octane.
Good times, good times. Hope everything's well back home...I know that my Dad and Callie are doing wonderfully. Everyone else needs to update me! I'll try to check back as soon as I can. I'm headed up to Tiffin to see my aunt Maria and uncle Steve tomorrow, and staying for a week, so it's likely that I won't check e-mail or anything for the next week or so. I'd love to have some info when I get back though. *hint, hint* Oh, and I don't know if my cell will work up there, since it's kind of in the boondocks, but if it does, I'll call people. Y'all know who ya' are. Take care everyone!!!!