Vox Hunt: Last Day of November

Fall is coming to an end... Show us a sign of the last days of fall.

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QotD: Thanksgiving Traditions

What are your favorite Thanksgiving traditions? Anything you're not so fond of?

I am trying to think of my favorite thing... all I can think of is being little and spending it at my Grandma's house with my whole family there and having football or something on the tv in the backround... and walking into her house for the first time that day and how it smells amazing. Everyone would be laughing and having fun and she decorates it so cute so it feels like something more than just a normal get together at her house. She makes the magic for the holidays!!

What am I not so fond of? I will just keep this one in my head, but if you know me...you probably know what I am thinking.

Come out, come out, wherever you are...

Where is everyone?? I sign on here once and while hoping to hear whats going on with everyone - and lately no ones been posintg!!! So, hello.... I am waiting to hear whats going on with everyone!!

As for me... I might be getting a new cell phone soon. The one I have is simple...and thats probably a good thing. I dont text, I dont surf the web on my phone...I probably make 1-3 calls a month on my phone. I am afraid if I had a nicer one that I'd always be texting or addicted to the internet on it. But...I think I am going to give in and get a modern one. Time to get with the times and not be an old fuddy duddy any more!! The thing is...then I'd have to change the plan- and I dont want to pay more... blah blah blah

 

Now I am off to either clean the kitchen or try to finish my book so I can write a paper on it. Decision decisioons...

Creative writing it is-

I just signed up for my next class. This feels like it is taking forever, basically because it is. I only want to take one class a semester for now, so by the time Ryan is in Kindergarten, I should be ready to go all out in the dental hygiene program and not have these dingy little generals to deal with. It is also a nice way for me to use my brain for other things right now too :)

So I waited too long after registration started and the classes I wanted to register for were full (Duh, right??). So I went with an online creative writing class. I have never done an onlineclass and I am afraid that if I dont HAVe to get up and go to a class, I will havea  hard time fiding time for this...but it is definately worth a try...especailly while the roads are crappy for winter.

I feel kind of dumb for talking about classes that I am taking right now since I am so past the normal age of the normal college student...but oh well.  It is what worked out and nothing is going to change it :) If only being a tavel agent was my calling...then I wouldnt be doing this. Haha. I am actaully really excited for this class...so now I am ready to move on from my drug use and abuse class to creative writing...but I still have to go till mid. December. How do I stay motivated in there now??

Still not sure...

So heres a quick little update on what I know. I had the surgery and they put the stent in yesterday. The urologist ran some dye through my kidney before he did that though, and he said that he couldn't see any obstruction with his eyes, but the dye didn't go where it should have. And seriously...that is all I know. So what is it...I have like this black hole in my kidney?? Kidding. I go back in 4 weeks to see him and to tell him if I have had the pain since getting the stent and that will tell a lot more about this whole thing. The vicotin wasn't working all that great and it was making me itch like crazy- so my sweet hubby is out now getting me some percocet from the Dr. since they can't just call them into Target. So...that is it for now. Hopefully I will know more in 4 weeks. Thanks for listening to me whine like a baby!

Still not sure...

QotD: The Season of Giving

The holidays are right around the corner, which means gift-giving (and buying) season is upon us. When do you usually purchase your gifts? What are the benefits/disadvantages of buying when you do?
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We are almost all done right now!!! Now the wrapping part- for some reason we are always up really late the night before doing that!

(I love this time of the year :)

Tuesday=big day for me...

How much do I say on here without going into too much detail on the past 8 years?? After being blown off by doctors who "tried" to help me find answers to pain that I have had in my side/back every couple of weeks, for a week or two at a time...I finally have someone who isnt taking "I dont know" as the final answer. After having some tests that are perfectly normal, and some that show things that arent quite right with my kidney...someone is finally doing something to figure out what could be causing it. There has not been a definite reason to ever show up, but he can tell  there is something making it hurt and get weird and not do exactly what the other one is doing...

So Tuesday, I am going in to get a stent in the the little tube that drains your kidney.  This way, if the pain is still there- we will know that there is something else causing the pain. If it stops hurting...then we will know it is kidney related and he will try to figure out what it is then.

I dont even know why I am saying this to whoever reads this thing...but after 8 years of dealing with this- you have no idea how relieved I am to have someone help FIX it and make it go away forever. I guess it takes a doctor who has gone through the same thing to actually understand what it feels like. I got lucky when they set me up with him. So...here's hoping!

My two new favorites...

Tweak: Growing Up on Methamphetamines

Nic Sheff

 

Beautiful Boy: A Father's Journey Through His Son's Addiction

David Sheff

I read Beautiful Boy for my class, and I really liked it. So when I was done reading it, I went out and bought Tweak. Beautiful Boy is the story of father dealing with his son's meth addiction, and Tweak is that same story, but the son's side of it. I seriously have never done a drug in my life (if you dont count caffiene, tylenol, and the percocet they gave me after having c-sections)...and for some reason these books have totally gotten into my head. I was up reading until 1:30 last night because I didnt want to stop. Saturday night, I read it for about 45 minutes while I was taking a bath, and once I realized my water was cold...I looked up and realized I was in my own bathroom and not on the streets in California watching Nic relapse like I felt like I was.

So, if you are wondering why I havent been on here much, it's because I spend all my free time reading these books... I am really pulling for Nic...the thing that really gets to me is that the story is right now...this isn't a story from 10, or 20 years ago. He has a blog (or he did, but closed it down just yesterday). He wasn't on it for a while and I thought he relapsed again and It made me sick. I can't believe some of the things Nic did to get his drugs. And it is really intersting because I read David Sheff's book first, and he would talk about Nic being gone for weeks etc... I would wonder what Nic was doing and where he was. Then I read Nic's book and I am finding out all of those answers and what was going through his head. I am really kind of bummed that he closed the blog because when I am done with his book...it's just going to be over. I wont be able to find out how he's doing from his blog. 

I dont even know them, and I dont understand why I am so interested...but I hope for them that everything works out!