Ramblings

I accidentally started watching Last Comic Standing last week. This week I found myself voting. That's not as bad as when I accidentally started watching baby borrowers. And watching the ENTIRE series.

Today I took the bus to wal-mart for vacuum bags. Yes, you heard me correctly. Yesterday I checked at walgreens, market basket, and cvs but no vacuum bags. Last week I brought a couch down from the third floor. I had to take half of it apart and it took me 2 hours. Other than being an extremely physical ordeal, I think it went well. I made it out with only a small scratch on my finger. However, it left quite a lot of debris on the stairs. When I went to use the vacuum attachment all this crap started coming out of it. So I checked the bag....which had never been changed. The vacuum is two years old. My bad.

So I went to wal-mart and was overjoyed when they had the correct bags. I also got a can of spaggetios, a can of tomato soup, a can of cat food (for the cat, not me), and a composition notebook because a) I heart composition notebooks and b) it was only 50 cents. Score.

I came home and vacuumed (after trying to figure out how the bag went in) and shampooed the rug. I'm still not convinced I'm using the machine correctly, but at least the rug is cleaner than it was. After it dries I can move all the furniture back. I'm not a fan of having a couch in the kitchen, although the cat likes sleeping on the TV stand in the kitchen.

I think my allergies have finally started to bother me. The large amount of prednisone kept my symptoms at bay all summer, but now I'm down to 5 mg. I've been getting bad sinus-like headaches and I couldn't find the advil, so I popped one of my final oxy pills. My headache has gone away and I'm feeling pretty good. I'm also hoping I can get some sleep tonight. I was given pills for sleeping but they haven't been working well. I'll fianlly fall asleep early in the morning nad not wake up until noon. And I'll be groggy for quite sometime. I've gotten the nickname "Droopy." I'll give it another week and then call the doctor.

July and it's update

Here it is as promised. One (1) blog update! I'm at my mom's house for the weekend. Yesterday she took the day off and we stained part of the deck. The illegal-no-permit deck she's had for 4 years without treating it with primer or stain. A lot of the wood is splitting, and when I brought this up to her (how you can't leave wood untreated for this long,) she told me she thought the wood was splintering from the high powered wash it was given. The whole structure is rickety. If I knew more about wood structures I'd estimate when it will collapse. While staining I started drinking 1 pint of Smirnoff Ice Strawberry. To offset this (so i thought) I was also drinking water. After awhile it's too hot so I head inside. I finish the drink and have a mikes hard cran-lemonade. Also constantly drinking water. Now I'm not sure if it was the alcohol or the sun or both, but i woke up in the middle of the night with a piercing headache, my face as burning, and I was cold. Drank some water, went back to sleep. In the morning I was fine. Odd.

I just washed my binder and hung it outside to dry. Considering it's the only one I brought with me I'm hoping it dries quickly.

I got my haircut Thursday night. I think it looks good. Unfortunately my sideburns also got chopped off. I'm sure they will grow back....eventually.

June 29th I was one year on T. It's almost like a birthday in that I didn't feel any different. It was just like any other Sunday. I'm happy with the results of the T. I keep getting hairier. The funny part is I have one giant black hair on my arm. Just one. I think it's a precursor of what is to come. My acne is getting much better. I'm only on 5 mg of prednisone (I started at 80mg.)

My doctor mentioned that the only health-related obstacle I could have re:chest surgery would be the prednisone. So once I'm off it and have $5,000, I'll go for it ;P

I went for my disability screening re:adhd. The gentleman was very nice and told me I should hear in 2 to 3 weeks.

On July 1st I had my last dose of cyclophosphamide. YAHOO!! I have a doctors appointment next week in which I believe they are going to start me on Cellcept. Last week my doctor called to tell me my white blood cells were low. We'll see if that is better.

I've been keeping myself busy. Last weekend I visited Abbie and Elisa in NYC. We went bird watching and even ate at a vegetarian fast food restaurant. My thoughts exactly. We met up with Eric and had a grand ole time catching up with a few beers on his roof in Manhattan. I must say I was sad to leave, but I hope to visit again soon.

Tomorrow is Conor's baptism, hooray! Almost 3 months old and I haven't met him yet so I'm extra excited. I'm taking the train from Worcester in the morning so I'm packing my baptism duds to change later. I mentioned wearing shorts but was shot a death look. Pants it is! I'm going to do my best to be less awkward than the christmas party. I'm getting used to walking into places by myself, not having someone to hide behind. Plus I find that the deeper I get into my transition the more confident I'm becoming.

This month I recommend The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch and Diary by Chuck Palahniuk. Both of them I couldn't put down. The Last Lecture made me tear up more than once.

For music I recommend Viva la Vida or Death and all His Friends by Coldplay. As a new Coldplay convert, I'm now racing to catch up with their old stuff.

Comments are always appreciated. Suggestions are always processed. Chocolate is always eaten.

Consider this a promise ring

The bad blogger hath returneth. I will be visiting my mother in Worcester this weekend. I will have plenty of time to cliff note the past month. Yes, that means I'm promising an update in the next few days. Tar and feather me if I'm lying.