Appointments, Buffy, and Cat food

I had a tough time sleeping last night. My left lower back/hip was hit with sharp, stabbing pain for awhile. I think I slept on a couch for a bit before heading upstairs. Luckily when I woke there was no sign of pain. I have a rheumotology appointment tomorrow so I'm hoping he does something about my joint pain. Also I'll have my blood taken so we'll know what is going on.
I found a recipe for Pumpkin Lasagna after learning we needed another main dish for the Halloween party. Last year while preparing for the Halloween party I had a seizure. When I got back from the ER I went straight to sleep on the pull out couch in the guest room. So here's hoping it goes better this year!
I spent most of the day today watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer. This week has been all about resting as I have Thursday and Friday in Boston.
I received some potential good news about my computer. It seems it might be a software problem so hopefully I'll have it back working soon.
We've been out of Io's fat cat food for a few days so we've been feeding her Porkchop's food. Tonight I split a can of salmon and shrimp fancy feast between the two of them. Io couldn't believe it. She was one happy kitty and completely snubbed the dry food, which she used to be gaga over. Now they're both passed out on the couch. Porkchop's been showing signs of a UTI again so I've been using the wet food to get more water into his system. If he doesn't improve by Monday we'll make him am appointment.

Short

This morning we suddenly lost power when I was watching TV and surfin' da web. Followed by a loud BOOM. I guess whatever happened wasn't terrible because we had power again in 2 hours or so. I used the electricity-free time to go through my mail and file paperwork. It was nice.

And of course as soon as the electricity came on I started to feel terrible again ;P I watched some Cake Boss and Buffy. I also put the heating pad on my lower back and took half a percocet. It's still painful now and I'm hoping it goes away.

Cooking ideas and wheeling wonders

This year the Halloween Party theme is Iron Chef: Gourds. Yes, all gourds. It was decided after much mumbling (and probably some hissing) that gourd edible decorations counted. After watching episodes of Cake Boss's second season I had an idea. It might not work, but I figure I might as well try it out. The worst that can happen? I'll just make something else ;P

We went to IKEA today and bought a few things. My mobility hasn't been the best lately so I opted to get a wheelchair. I've gotten one at IKEA before. Not walking for all that time really makes a HUGE difference. The only wheelchairs they had left were large ones. Big difference from the regular ones. I kept having to scoot back and readjust my body. It did come in handy when we started to accumulate items. I fit a rolled up blanket, two plastic containers, and a toilet paper holder in my sides.

People are generally much nicer to me when I'm in the chair. They seem to have no patience for a young, white, healthy-looking male walking slowly or having trouble getting with his wallet or even having trouble with a pen. Add the wheelchair and BAM, even when I wasn't paying attention and cut off someone they apologized to me. It's always interesting to put in perspective what having an invisible illness vs. a visable illness means as far as courtesy.

Marathon runners and maniac temperatures

This morning we headed out to watch the marathon. Luckily we brought our camping chairs, because even though we were just across the street it was still cold. It was really exciting when we saw Michelle in the distance and the excitement only mounted as she got closer. I had never seen someone I knew run in a marathon before. It was worth it to see the look on her face when she saw us with the sign. Later in the day someone posted a picture of her crossing the finish line in 5hr 50min. In that moment I felt so proud of her. We have only seen each other 3 times (two of which she was running by our townhouse complex) but I feel almost a deep kindred spirit with her.

I haven't felt well today. My temperature has been fluctuating, well, everything but my feet. Lately my feet feel like they just came out of the freezer. I also ate a lot of apple pie today.

We started watching the movie MacGruber because I'm a fan of the SNL skits. Unfortunately the movie is terrible. We got 21min into it and Amy was basically begging me to shut it off. Normally I'll stick with a terrible movie, but this time I turned it off right away. Which made me start wondering if I had a better tolerance for movies like that when I was younger. Probably.

Tomorrow we're off to Ikea to scope out some livingroom side tables and a bathroom mirror.

My Saturday by me

Today was a good day! I woke up at 9a to chop vegetables for our 8 hour in the crockpot stew. After that we went to McDonalds for breakfast in pajamas. Yes, the black fleece pants with skull and crossbones. I ran into CVS to grab some alcohol pads and was called a "Smart Shopper" by the cashier. I'm not sure if it's because I used extrabucks and only paid $0.39 out of pocket, or because one of the extrabucks had expired. ;)

The rest of the day we spent watching episodes of Hoarders, Cake Boss, and the wedding episodes of The Office. We also laid down the floor/tub caulk. And we baked a pie that came out..well, interesting. It took a little longer than expected. But it tastes fantastic! And I did laundry. Oh, and I shaved. I'm now watching last weeks episode of SNL on netflix. Tomorrow we're going to watch the Bay State Marathon and hopefully see Michelle. We have a sign and everything!

Sleepy time, kiddies.

I'm really tired and hoping I can get some sleep tonight. Last night my body ached from the rain storm. I took half a percocet in order to sleep. I thought I forgot to take my day meds today but I didn't. Because of the wind we had three empty trash barrells that weren't ours strayed in front of the garage. I went outside barefoot and stood them upside down next to the house. Hopefully they didn't go far so whomever lost them can locate them. My feet were kind of bluish-purple, but I didn't care because they didn't feel any different. They're always cold. I must be tired, my sentances are never this short. Nor am I this boring. Well, normally.

Winterizing has begun

I just got sucked into looking at one of the blogs of note. It is called Cat Chat. That's all you need to know.

Today Rick, our house repair man, came to install the bathroom ventilation light. It looks and sounds fantastic. And the light works as well. ;) Of course now that the major work is done, it seems the people in the unit next to ours have a water leak. Why does this matter to me? It's leaking into our basement and creating a puddle. Oh, did I mention it's leaking UNDER our stairs and pooling next to them? The person we called at the condo association seems to think that if our stairs need to be replaced it is our responcibility to pay for it. I could understand if WE had a leak. Or if our basement flooded due to the WEATHER. But come on! Don't worry, we'll be thoroughly going through our paperwork and doing whatever homework is necessary.

In other news, I put in the downstairs storm windows and rearranged the livingroom to be more winter-friendly. The problem is the heaters are in the worst possible places. And I'll never understand why heaters are directly under windows. Doesn't that defeat the purpose?