Sorry for the delay in posting my friends, but it has been a rough week. I just can't seem to catch a break!
First, after posting such a chipper blog last week, I went home, fixed some dinner and ended up almost in the morgue. Grim I know, but I'm here to detail the shit that happens to me.
Somehow I ingested cashews. While some of you may be wondering why that is such a big deal, a lot of you understand (and some have been witness to it). I am allergic to most Tree Nuts, cashews being one of the worst offenders. By the time I realized there was a problem, it was really too late for me to do anything effective. 20 minutes and 2 injections later (epi-pens, for those of you in the know), I was still not improving and had to be rushed to the hospital. Fun, I know.
Next came the IVs and the loading up of the drugs. This is never fun for me and I dread it so much, you practically have to drag me (no kicking and screaming, though, as usually I cannot get any oxygen). After a couple of hours and 4 or 5 different medications, I was finally back in the land of the human. Again, luckily they let me go home (or to my parents' home, anyway).
So here I am at work, trying to will my body into a normal life once again and I am exhausted. I have battle scars and am weary, but I will bounce back once again!
My new gig is going relatively well; just trying to get my feet wet without falling in and drowning completely. My old responsibilities are in the care and protection of great people who have worked for me for quite some time...which really makes it easy to "let it go." In the hands of just about anyone else, I would have a hard time not being involved, but this has been smooth sailing so far.
But today, in my somewhat blasé state, I have been looking around to see what my friends are up to - and let me tell you, some weird things are happening on some friends' profiles. I'm not sure when I became the "Normal One," but suddenly I am feeling a bit boring. Some of you are taking some bizarre turns in your personal lives (and preferences) that are someone foreign to me. One day, you guys can explain it to me. So to my other friends, beware which of my friends you click on...enter at your own risk (and maybe not while in a work environment).
And to continue the theme, I have to say how much I miss my friends who have moved away. I am thankful for email and this crazy place to help keep me tied to those I care about (you know who you are) and am also thankful for those I still have around me. I am sticking to my resolutions and am spending more time with them all!
Tonight, I am taking a page from my past and spending the evening playing Team Trivia with Shannon (OMG, seriously). It is like it is the year 2000 again. And I cannot wait! I also have some tentative plans for hanging out with other friends, and it is the count down begins to the big 3 - 4. (sigh)
Currently reading :
Dark Tort: A Novel of Suspense (Goldy Bear Culinary Mysteries)
By Diane Mott Davidson
Release date: By April, 2006
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Tuesday, January 23, 2007
MIA I Have Been
Current mood: chipper
SO...to all my friends who have come up to me in the last 2 weeks...I hear you - I am back to blogging! You can all do a little dance now.
I have been told that my last couple of attempts were sorta of down and depressing, so this will be better! It is a happy new year for me and my plan is to stay chipper and upbeat through it all!
First, let's start with the crappy stuff first. Yes, my back is still a serious problem. The docs have no clue what to try next that isn't a complete crap-shoot. Let's not spend all my money in the first 4 weeks of the year, ok? I will suffer - fine. I have done it before, I can do it again.
So what's new with me? Well, there is a laundry list of things, but I will spare you some of the boring things.
1) I have a new job - sort of. I am still at The Link and am still in Strategy, but I have left behind the shackles of Customer Service. Instead, I have been given the entire gambit of Customer Support (believe me, it is something different). To explain, I am managing budget and development for everything that goes through Customer Support. Fun, I know. It actually puts me behind the 8-ball for once and I need to learn how to do something new. The Oracle is not gone, but just laying low for now.
2) New Year's Resolution for 2007: Better Health. So far in 2+ weeks I have actually dropped almost 20 pounds. I feel better, have more energy, and am a lot happier person.
3) Spend more time with friends. I have missed so much the last 10+ years and I have decided NO MORE. It is time to appreciate what I have and enjoy it more. I have some wonderful friends who I just don't spend enough time with and that just is not acceptable. More friends are moving 3000 miles away and I think back on time wasted trying to make schedules meet.
4) Travel more. As you all know, my travel schedule is tied to my family and work. This year, I plan to exercise my new Platinum status on Delta and go visit some of those friends who have moved (or are moving) away. Especially, if I can do this without spending too much money. Simple weekend getaways with friends to the next state would be okay. I miss the road trip. My road trip buddy moved away and I have not yet found a new one.
5) See more movies. 2006 was a bad year for me - I didn't see much of anything in the theatres. It was for a lack of movie screening passes either, but with travel and my back, my heart just wasn't in it. I won't cause widespread shock and awe by telling you how few I saw this year (I used to see 100+); let's just say it was a very small number.
6) Brush the dust of the Xbox 360. I have finally started playing again and had forgotten how much of an escape it was. I am glad I did not waste my hard-earned money on something that would just be another dust-collector in my home.
7) Blog more. 'Nuff said.
I'm about to be 34 and I have decided that this is my year to make some great changes. Spending Saturday night at The Highlander (kickin' it old school) with lots of friends (both old and new), even with the bittersweet theme of friends moving away hanging over my head, was a blessing. I had missed that and did not realize by how much until then.
I have missed you all and I hope this will be a fabulous year for all of you too. Drop me a note - let's hang out soon!
Currently playing :
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Xbox 360)
Release date: By 12 September, 2006
SO...to all my friends who have come up to me in the last 2 weeks...I hear you - I am back to blogging! You can all do a little dance now.
I have been told that my last couple of attempts were sorta of down and depressing, so this will be better! It is a happy new year for me and my plan is to stay chipper and upbeat through it all!
First, let's start with the crappy stuff first. Yes, my back is still a serious problem. The docs have no clue what to try next that isn't a complete crap-shoot. Let's not spend all my money in the first 4 weeks of the year, ok? I will suffer - fine. I have done it before, I can do it again.
So what's new with me? Well, there is a laundry list of things, but I will spare you some of the boring things.
1) I have a new job - sort of. I am still at The Link and am still in Strategy, but I have left behind the shackles of Customer Service. Instead, I have been given the entire gambit of Customer Support (believe me, it is something different). To explain, I am managing budget and development for everything that goes through Customer Support. Fun, I know. It actually puts me behind the 8-ball for once and I need to learn how to do something new. The Oracle is not gone, but just laying low for now.
2) New Year's Resolution for 2007: Better Health. So far in 2+ weeks I have actually dropped almost 20 pounds. I feel better, have more energy, and am a lot happier person.
3) Spend more time with friends. I have missed so much the last 10+ years and I have decided NO MORE. It is time to appreciate what I have and enjoy it more. I have some wonderful friends who I just don't spend enough time with and that just is not acceptable. More friends are moving 3000 miles away and I think back on time wasted trying to make schedules meet.
4) Travel more. As you all know, my travel schedule is tied to my family and work. This year, I plan to exercise my new Platinum status on Delta and go visit some of those friends who have moved (or are moving) away. Especially, if I can do this without spending too much money. Simple weekend getaways with friends to the next state would be okay. I miss the road trip. My road trip buddy moved away and I have not yet found a new one.
5) See more movies. 2006 was a bad year for me - I didn't see much of anything in the theatres. It was for a lack of movie screening passes either, but with travel and my back, my heart just wasn't in it. I won't cause widespread shock and awe by telling you how few I saw this year (I used to see 100+); let's just say it was a very small number.
6) Brush the dust of the Xbox 360. I have finally started playing again and had forgotten how much of an escape it was. I am glad I did not waste my hard-earned money on something that would just be another dust-collector in my home.
7) Blog more. 'Nuff said.
I'm about to be 34 and I have decided that this is my year to make some great changes. Spending Saturday night at The Highlander (kickin' it old school) with lots of friends (both old and new), even with the bittersweet theme of friends moving away hanging over my head, was a blessing. I had missed that and did not realize by how much until then.
I have missed you all and I hope this will be a fabulous year for all of you too. Drop me a note - let's hang out soon!
Currently playing :
Lego Star Wars II: The Original Trilogy (Xbox 360)
Release date: By 12 September, 2006
Wednesday, January 03, 2007
A Sad Day for The Link
Current mood: depressed
Well folks, this is really quite sad for me to be posting this today. Honestly, I wish I was back blogging for a good reason.
I have been working at my company for 8 years now and in that time I have met and become friends with a lot of people. And the people I have become friends with are all over the company - it never mattered their title or position; my company has always been like that and as long as it remains so, I think I will probably stick around.
This morning, I came into work to a very sad announcement. Our CEO, who has been battling cancer recently, had passed away last night. While he wasn't a close friend, he was a positive influence on me and was always good for a laugh. He will be missed.
In other news, I have friends going through very tough times. One is about to have surgery on her back and is scared it won't help while another is going through a tough time with his family and needs all the love and support he can get.
Meanwhile, I remain in bad shape with my own back and the doctors can't seem to figure it out. However, they don't mind spending all my money to find out what it isn't. Nice, huh?
Anyway, this is a bad back day and a sad emotional day that just seems to get worse and worse as the day goes on. C'est la vie, I guess.
Well folks, this is really quite sad for me to be posting this today. Honestly, I wish I was back blogging for a good reason.
I have been working at my company for 8 years now and in that time I have met and become friends with a lot of people. And the people I have become friends with are all over the company - it never mattered their title or position; my company has always been like that and as long as it remains so, I think I will probably stick around.
This morning, I came into work to a very sad announcement. Our CEO, who has been battling cancer recently, had passed away last night. While he wasn't a close friend, he was a positive influence on me and was always good for a laugh. He will be missed.
In other news, I have friends going through very tough times. One is about to have surgery on her back and is scared it won't help while another is going through a tough time with his family and needs all the love and support he can get.
Meanwhile, I remain in bad shape with my own back and the doctors can't seem to figure it out. However, they don't mind spending all my money to find out what it isn't. Nice, huh?
Anyway, this is a bad back day and a sad emotional day that just seems to get worse and worse as the day goes on. C'est la vie, I guess.
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