I know I've said it before but I love the feeling you get from going to the gym. I just got home and feel great. The past couple of days I've been overly tired and crappy. I came home early from work today because of this. I force myself to go to the gym and it worked. Although I still won't be able to stay up for the hockey game tonight. Stupid west coast and your late ass games.

This past weekend was busy busy. Friday Kat came over for the game. She sounded so cute. Her voice was going. I miss seeing her everyday.

Saturday the family went up to Frankenmuth for our grandparents 60th wedding anniversary. The entire family was there except my cousin Derek and Theresa (she had to work). Family pictures were taken, poems were read and chicken was devoured. We had to leave pretty quickly after dinner to catch the home opener of Griffin's hockey. Such a good game for it too. Less than 5 minutes into the game we score 3 goals. I think I'm going to like this team.

Sunday was dinner party and Shannon finally made it!!!!! I was very happy she could make it. It was a fantastic dinner. Two of the recipes were new and I'll make again.

I can't wait for next Monday. I took a random day off to use my left over time. If I was thinking I should have used it for Tuesday so I could go vote in the middle of the day.

feeling good

Petunia is finally fixed! Her brakes were going. Eric, Megan and my dad fixed her for me. Now I don't have to worry about my wheels exploding on me. Or being embarrassed at the squeaking when I pull up next to someone. It was bad.

I started back at the gym last night. I didn't get sick!!!!!

Trying something new

Rob and I tried 3 new recipes this week and I'd like to share them here in case anyone would like to try them.

Oven Fried Fish. Awesomeness. The breading was light, not too thick. This one is very simple and doesn't require too many ingredients.

Cube steak skillet stew. Pretty good, more up Rob's alley than mine. But I enjoyed it just the same. The meal is hearty and tasty. You make a gravy in the pan while the steaks are cooking. The only veggie it called for was peas. The next time we make it we'll put mushrooms in it and maybe some potatoes. They may be a couple things you'll have to shop for in this recipe. Worcestershire sauce and beef broth among them.

And the simplest of the week. Crock pot Italian Chicken. A few chicken breast, Italian dressing and mix, carrots and potatoes. Cook all day. The chicken was falling apart it was so tender.

I'll report anything new we try with my options. And seriously if you want any of these let me know. Or if you want to try any of them for Dinner Party we can do that too.

Fake flowers everywhere

Thank you to everyone that came out for my birthday party. It ended up being a really small group. A few people bailed. It turned out to be okay though. Instead of going to the club we all came back here and played games. There are some pictures on Facebook that I'm "tagged" in. I'll have some up soon. I just need to get them from Rob's computer. In case you're wondering,because I wouldn't tell anyone what we were, Rob and I were Thing 1 and Thing 2.

The new meds I'm on are working for the acid reflux, but I'm still having the pains all over my body. October 24th can't get here soon enough.

Work was interesting today. The automated system went down. We went from having 20 calls in queue to over 420!!! It was great for me. My computer went down for most of it.

It doesn't happen often

But I'm in a funk.

I finished out this two week pay period at 61 hours. Which is the highest in a long time. I'm still not feeling well and have forced myself to stay. It also helps that it's been busy to keep me occupied. I've started to get sharp pains in my body from time to time. The ones that worry me are the chest pains.

I had a doctors appointment today for my shot. The nurse that was helping me was the kind of creepy guy one. It seems like he's never sure of what he's doing. I started to ask him about this situation. He told me flat out I couldn't get help today with it. My appointment was for the shot only. Another nurse (one that I like) came over and said I could see the triage nurse. I talk to her, or rather cry to her. I lost it. I couldn't imagine having to wait two more weeks for anything to be done. I had a list of the next prescription for me to try in order for insurance to cover it. The triage nurse went to go see if the doctor could do anything. I ended up getting trial pills for 15 days, which will hold me over. Oh and when I told the nurse about my pains she said it could be a stomach ulcer. Nice.

I was still losing it when I got home. Once the dam is broken it's all over. I just feel like crap about everything right now. I'm not getting any better. I haven't been working very much. Money's been tight for me personally. I was told a comment about the financial state of my wedding that made me very upset and rethinking things. (not the marrying Rob part!) I don't want to be a burden on anyone. If it comes down to me having some money for the wedding or money going for things needed, I want the money to go for the other things. But then how could we afford to have a nice wedding? What would we have to go without? Could we even afford to have a wedding? That one comment has me thinking all of this.

My birthday party is tomorrow. I hope I'm out of this funk by then. I don't want to be like this. Right now what I want is Maggie Moo's to make me feel better, but I can't afford it!

It's not even 9:00 yet and I'm tired. So tired.

Quickie

Quick blog before I go to work.

I'm not feeling quite right. I went to bed last night feeling pretty low. (Reasons of my own doing... kind of) My legs were restless for a few hours and it kept waking me up. And I swear when I feel kind of bad going to bed my dreams are more vivid and real. When I wake up I wonder if I really did what I remember. What I remember from last night is once Rob got to bed. I woke up and was whining Loud. I threw my Pooh bear at him. I was kicking around because of my legs.

I have no idea if this is true or not, but if it is. Baby I'm sorry.