Friday, December 26, 2008

Merry Christmas

I just realized I didn't finish my last blog about the sonogram. Oh well, I really don't like to blog

Christmas was yesterday. It was nice. Unfortunately, my dad is back in the hospital. He had another stroke sometime last week. They put him in Jeannette Hospital on Saturday and just recently moved him to a nursing facility in Mt. Pleasant Hospital. He looks pretty bad and is quite confused but you know that man. I am sure he will bounce back from this as he does all his illnesses. You can't quite keep that old bird down.

Christmas Eve we went to my in-laws and got way too many presents as usual. Christmas Day we spent at home for the morning and went to my mom's in the afternoon, the hospital in the evening and over to Mike and Nicole's at night. When Sophia woke up yesterday, I heard her yell, "PRESENTS" and came running into our room. She ran downstairs and was so excited. All we heard was "mommy, he left me presents in red wrapping paper with snowmen!!!". She tore them open and then made a comment how he didn't leave a mess with his boots when he came down the chimney. When we looked at the cookies that were gone, I said "wow, he ate them all" and she said "yeah, fat men gotta eat momma". I about died!!

Thursday, December 18, 2008

It's a BOY

Wow, what an experience my sonogram was!!!

Sophia came with us. We went to Medical Imaging Associates in Greensburg. It is a fabulous facility. Our tech's name was Karen and i couldn't have had a better tech. Much better than the nasty woman at the hospital that did Sophias.

She told us that she will do the anatamy at the very end. However, my little guy had his leg's spread from the time she put the thing on my belly. She got a total turtle shot. She is completely sure he is a boy. I choked up. I had tears running down my face as she was scanning the rest. I was so nervous. I don't remember being that nervous with Sophia.

All looks great!! She just

Friday, December 12, 2008

Light Switch

I seriously feel like someone just flipped a switch because I feel 100% better today.
Actually, I started feeling better last evening. I went home, was hungry.. Chad ran out and got Chinese food. I sat with Sophia on the floor playing high ho cherry o with our fireplace on. It was rainy out and I felt cozy. For the first time in weeks, I had no anxiety.

I actually ate all my food and still felt good.

I slept all night long without a disturbance.

I feel great today. Woke up feeling great... Ate lunch... baby is moving like crazy today and I feel back to my old self again.

I really think my thyroid was out of whack and leveled out just like it did with Sophia.

I really hope this lasts because I can handle pregnancy like this!!

Thursday, December 11, 2008

My 4 1/2 month routine appointment

I went to see Dr. Jacobson yesterday. I have to say, I didn't want to meet her because I love Dr. Clark and Dr. Philapkosky so much but I ended up REALLY liking her. She was super cool.

She told me all my tests came back normal. I didn't know what she was talking about. Apparently it was my pap and that other swab they did for some kindof bacteria that can cause pre-term labor. That was all fine.

I explained to her about my anxiety. I told her how horrible it is in the evening. I am agitated so easily and I cannot relax. I am having heart palpatations that are really severe. She told me she could put me on Zoloft. I told her I did not want to go on an antidepressent. I asked her if it could be my thyroid and she said probably not since I just had it checked a month ago.

She checked for the hearbeat and had a hard time finding it. She asked me if I am feeling movements and I told her not nearly like I did with Sophia. She said it seems the baby implanted further back this time. That's probably why the movements aren't as clear. She finally found the heartbeat and he/she kicked me while she was listening. We heard it but I didn't feel it.

I asked her if it was ok that I was losing weight. She looked at my chart and said "hmmm" She definately wants to check my thyroid now. With my weight loss, anxiety and heart palpatations she is thinking I may possibly be hyperthyroid again. She ordered the bloodwork and I am going today.

I really had a rough evening. I am just so horribly anxious at night. Thank God for Ambien or I doubt I would ever sleep.

I swear, the minute i push this baby out, while they are stitching me up, I want Chad to go get snipped :)

Monday, December 8, 2008

Week 17

Here I am, week 17. I feel miserable.

I can't sleep. I have anxiety. I hate being pregnant and I am just going to whine about it.

To boot, my darling little angel has turned into a demon child. She doesn't listen to me. At all.

When I was pregnant with Sophia, I got so annoyed by people saying "just wait until the baby comes". Now I get irritated because people say "just wait until you have 2 running around". Why can't people just shut the hell up?

I did something nice for someone recently. I thought it was nice. Chad thought it was nice, yet when I did it, I got no thank you... NONE, whatever. I didn't do it for gratitude but a simple thank you would have been nice. Nothing.

Monday, December 1, 2008

Sophie's Birthday

Well my baby girl's birthday came and went. It's so crazy since it is around our hectic holiday.

I had to work on Wednesday which was her official birthday. Chad was home with her so I was happy about that. We didn't do much on Wednesday. Thursday was Thanksgiving and we went to my in-laws to eat dinner and then went to my moms to eat again. My brother was on good behavior and is not drinking (for now). Friday, my mother and I battled the mall for Black Friday. We always to do so good and get so lucky. We didn't hit any lines at any register (although it seemed that we always started the lines). We got a cart (which we always end up getting a stray one out of no where) and we didn't have to wait more than 20 minutes to eat lunch. I got a TON of shopping done.

Saturday was Sophia's b-day party. I was so busy all day getting everything ready. I was completely exhausted. She had a good time so it was worth it. Sunday, we skipped church and stayed home. We put up Christmas decorations. I was very crampy and tired yesterday so spent alot of time laying down. Sophie has been acting up a lot lately and I don't know if it's her age or if she is acting out because I have not been feeling well lately. Either way, it's making me nuts.

As far as baby #2, I am officially 16 weeks prego. Not really feeling much movements yet. My belly has grown slightly and i am barely filling out my maternity clothes. I look like a slob. My hair is falling out again and I am zitty. The baby is very low and makes me uncomfortable. I seem to be going wide with this one. Maybe it's a boy. We will know on December 17th. I can't wait to find out

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Our first parent/teacher conference

I seriously hate blogging. I typed a huge thing and of course, it zapped. WTF???

Here is the short of it. We met with Ms. Karen last evening. She said Sophia is doing wonderful. She is a very "bright little girl". She was super impressed by her letters, shapes, colors and words. She said she does very well. She is a bit backwards socially but they are working on it. She is very shy. I told her you should see her at home... she is far from shy. I was shy too when I was little so she gets it honestly.

As far as the pregnancy goes, I am feeling good. Pregnancy wise, great. I have another freaking sinus infection and my head is killing me. I have been taking alot of tylenol which I don't want to do but have no other choice. If I don't take it, I can't function. When I do take it, it dulls the pain enough to work. I have a dr. appointment with Fetchero on Thursday so hopefully they will give me something. I talked to Clark's office and they said most antibiotics are safe. We will see

Friday, November 14, 2008

My Appointment at Magee

Since I had pre-term labor with Sophie, Dr. Clark wanted me to go see a specialist at the Maternal-Fetal Medicine High Risk Pregnancy Group in Pittsburgh. I took the day off yesterday and Chad went with me. We dropped Sophie at school, went to breaksfast and headed down for my 11:00 appointment. That place is amazing. There are so many specialists in that department. The doctor couldn't of been nicer. We explained that my level of stress when I was pregnant with Sophia was so high. He asked us a million questions and when all was said and done, he said he didn't want to do anything about it. He feels since I had pre-term contractions but didn't deliver pre-term that my body will know exactly what to do with this one. Wherein, most people who actually dialate and deliver early, their chance eis 30% of it happening again, with me, my chance is 5%.

I was pretty happy with that. He also said that in 24 weeks, he wants me to have another internal ultrasound to check the length of my cervix. If the problem is actually with my cervix (because of the conization I had done 10 years ago), then we will have to discuss some medication options. Probably the same meds I was on with Sophie (procardia). If my cervix seems fine, he feels I should carry to term with no problem.

On another note. I had my second appointment on Wednesday with Dr. P. We opted out of the downs testing. I didn't gain any weight this month. She gave me my slip to schedule my ultrasound for after December 13th... YEAH

Friday, October 31, 2008

Belly


Ok, so here is my belly at 11 weeks. Much bigger than it was with Sophia at 11 weeks. I guess that's just how it goes. Nothing really to report. I had my first real craving yesterday. Happened around 8:00 p.m. and I just had to have BBQ chips. Of course Chad wouldn't run out for me so I drug my little Sophie out and we went to Open Pantry. I ate pretty much the whole bag of the biggest bag I could buy.




All I want to do is eat. We just ordered pizza at work today. For 3 of us, I insisted we get an extra large. I can't wait til that sucker gets here.


Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Trick or Treat







Sophia went Trick or Treating for the first time ever. I am such a bad mother. Where we live, there is no trick or treating. The houses are too far away. Marsha convinced me to take her into Mt. Pleasant so we drove, parked and walked all over Mt. Pleasant. Sophia was pretty crabby. The little princess isn't use to working for her candy. She got annoyed because the girls were walking too fast and she couldn't keep up because she was trying to eat the candy as she got it. It was funny. She was exhausted by the end and Sarah ended up carrying her on her back on the way back to the car.

My pregnancy is going well. I was a little hormonal yesterday and poor Chad had to listen to me cry about how I feel he doesn't find me attractive anymore. I was nuts and it's done. My belly grows every day. It starts out relatively flat in the morning and as the day goes on gets bigger.
I am officially 11 weeks.






Friday, October 17, 2008

My First Dr. Appointment

I figure it would be really good for me to blog about my appointments so that can keep track of everything so it may be boring to read but good for me.

Anyway, I met with Dr. Clark today 10/17/08 at 1:00 p.m. in North Huntingdon. Let me first start by saying, I adore this man. He is such a wonderful doctor. I wish I could see him for every appointment but instead, I have to meet with all 4 of them. I obviously know Dr. P. because she delivered Sophie but the other 2, I have never met and have no desire to.

Anyway, he said my due date is officially May 16th. He said it is absolute because they did a sonogram so they will never change it. There is definately only 1 baby in there. He didn't do a pap or an exam. He didn't do the pap because my insurance won't pick it up until next month and no need for an exam since I had one at 5 weeks with Dr. P. for the bleeding.

He went over my history and informed me that because I had pre-term labor with Sophie, i have a 30% chance of having it with this baby. Not exactly something I wanted to hear. I have to go to McGee hospital in Pgh soon to talk with some docs there. Apparently, they need to evaluate me and there is a possibility that I will need progesterone injections 1x per week. He told me I am considered "high risk" so i need to take it easy. Easier said than done with an active 4 year old at home.

Anyway, that's that. Everything went well. They ordered a shitload of blood work. I need to get that done before my next appointment. I will hear the heartbeat next time!!

Til later

Monday, October 13, 2008

Week #9

Here I am at the beginning of week 9 and I feel great. I really can't complain. With the exception of having a crazy sense of smell, everything is fine. There is something in the kitchen here at work that really stinks. It has been making me nuts all day. It smells dead. It is very possible that it is simply just the stagnet air mixed with this stupid island breeze airfreshner in there but YUCK. Everyone thinks I am nuts because no one else can smell it. Ahh, the joy of pregnancy. I remember when I was very early with Sophia, Chad cleaned the floor with bleach and I about ripped his head off. It smelled so bad I wanted to kill him. Another time, he wore cologne to go to Walmart and I flipped. Ahhh, hormones.

Sophia has rolled straight into terrible 4s!!! She is making me nuts. She fights me on everything. Her clothes, her hair, her shoes... ahhhhhhhhhh. I thought this all started later in life. She is in a phase right now where she refuses to wear underwear. No, I am not kidding. She only wears about 3 pairs of her 5 million pairs of pants. They can't be too tight, too short, too long, too baggy. She has a complete meltdown over it. If her hair is even slightly in her eyes, she freaks. She is neurotic like her father.

I have my first dr. appointment with Dr. Clark on Friday. I am excited. I love him.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Life is getting better

Sophia was actually excited about going to school this morning!!! I almost fell over. I am so over the top thrilled with this. She loves her teachers and she told me she has 2 friends. One has long hair and another has hair like hers!! LOL. She doesn't know their names. When we walked in this morning, she ran over to this little girl and said "mommy, this is my friend". The teacher told mer her name is Celia. I am happy.

It's funny. Sophia loves school but never wants to talk about it. The only time she ever tells me anything about school is when we are in the car on our way there. I guess that is our new special time. it's nice.

The pregnancy is going well. I am a little over 7 weeks. My back no longer hurts but now my neck hurts. It's like the pain travelled up. I am thinking I am not sleeping right. Who knows

Til later

Monday, September 29, 2008

Week 7

Anyone who knows me, knows I completely dislike being pregnant. I more than dislike it. If i could have someone else carry my baby for 9 months, I would be content. Sounds terrible, i know. I am just being honest. Some people love it. NOPE. Never....

I am trying to enjoy it because it is my last but I am just not!!! Not at all. Last week, I spent worrying because I was bleeding. This week, I cannot even stand up. My back hurts so bad. I can't, for the life of me figure it out. I am not carrying extra weight yet. I have been reading that your hormones can cause back pain. WTF, it is absolutely horrible. I look completely crippled.

AHHHHHHHHHHHH. On a good note, my sonogram came back "normal" and my hcg levels are 46,273 which is great.

Thursday, September 25, 2008

Stress

Ok, so this baby is starting to give me trouble earlier than Sophia. It must be a boy

Tuesday, was having some more bleeding. I figured I better give them a call. I did and they scheduled me to come into the office. I saw Dr. Philapkosky on Wednesday. She immediately told me bleeding for 2 weeks was definately not normal. She said it could either be an ectopic pregnancy or it is possible that my body formed antibodies due to being A- when I delivered Sophia. She said regardless, I need another dose of rhogam. She scheduled me for an emergency sonogram and some bloodwork. I got the sonogram. Everything, according to the tech, looked fine. There was a heartbeat although they couldn't judge how fast. I got to see the little bean and even got his/her first picture.

I am still waiting for a phone call about the labs. Keeping my fingers crossed.

On another note, Sophia did great in pre-school today. She walked in like a champ. She wanted to cry but held off.

Thursday, September 18, 2008

Sophie's day in her new class

Well, it started out rocky. Not a good morning for mommy either. She started crying from the minute she got up. I kept explaining to her that she was in a big girl class now and that she does not have to see mean Miss Phyllis anymore. We got there and she was hysterical. Charlene (the owner) met me at the door and we went into her new room. Miss Evelyn (one of her teachers) tried to get her to sit down but she clung to me. I sat down with her in a little seat and stayed with her for a good 1/2 hour. Those women are so nice. We couldn't get her to stop crying so I figured I just had to walk out. They took her from me and she was SCREAMING at the top of her lungs. She was grabbing for me. I lost it and ran out. I called when I got to work. Charlene told me that I wasn't even to my car and she stopped. She was doing great. I called around 11:00 and Evelynn told me that she wishes I could see her now. It was not the image I have in my head of my screaming little girl. She said she was playing and interacting with the kids.
Chad picked her up today. I just got off the phone with him. He said when he picked her up, she ran over, gave him a hug and went back to what she was doing. He talked to her teachers and they said she did great. Wheew... Well, she doesn't have to go back until Tuesday and I am sure she will cry all over again. Guess it will take a while.
On another note, i am still having some cramping with a little bit of bleeding. I also have a dull ache in my left side. I called the doc and one of the docs are supposed to call me back. We will see

Wednesday, September 17, 2008

What a day










I have had one of the worst days today. I took Sophia to school this morning. From the time she woke up and learned she was going to school, she cried. She was hysterical by the time I got her there. I asked her what was wrong and she said her teacher yells at her. When we got there, I asked the teacher if she is ok. She told me that she is fine after I leave. She told me alot of kids go through this at first and the best thing I can do is just drop her off and leave. Whatever... I left.




I cried literally the whole way to work. This was really working on me so I called and asked to speak to Charlene (the owner). I talked with Cindy first and explained my situation. I told her that I felt that Sophia should not be in the 3 year old class. I noticed that there are alot of kids way younger than her and that the teacher yelled at these kids probably 10 times in the 5 short minutes I was there. Cindy explained that some of the kids are pretty bad and that the teacher needs to yell at them. I understand that, but I explained that Sophia is pretty smart and i don't feel she is benefiting being with 1. younger kids 2. kids that need so much discipline. Sophie is very sensitive and when the teacher yells, she thinks she is yelling at her.




Charlene got on the phone and agreed with me that she should be moved. I agreed to switch around my schedule so that she can be there on Tuesdays and Thursdays which is their less busy day.. All was good.




Charlene called me back at 10:30. She had Sophia in her office and she was hysterical. She said she came back from the playground in tears. She said she keeps hugging her and trying to show her around her new room. She was bawling. I talked to her on the phone and it was horrible. I told Charlene I would send Charlotte to pick her up now. As we talked, Sophie seemed to calm down a bit. I told her I would leave her there until 1:00. We hung up




At 11:45, Charlene called me back again. I could have cried when I saw the caller ID. She wanted to assure me that Sophia was completely fine. She was playing with the other kids, actually ate lunch and is doing great. She feels this is really going to work out better for her.




Charlotte called me at 1:30 after she picked her up. She said she is great. When she picked her up this time, she ran to her, gave her a hug, but DIDN'T cry. She went back to what she was doing and then was ready to leave. I spoke with her on the phone and she was in a silly mood.




Now, if I can just get her back there tomorrow!!




On another note, I took her to Living Treasures yesterday for a mother-daughter day. We had a really nice time, that is, until I got spit on by a llama. Not cool. It smelled like rotten cow shit. It was the worst smell ever and he spit it all over my face!!!




Remind me to never touch a Llama again, especially one with an attitude




Monday, September 15, 2008

Week 5

Here, I guess this is the start of week 5 of my pregnancy. Not sure how to judge it because I know EXACTLY when I got pregnant (August 23rd) but they judge it from your last period (August 11th) so I will just go with that.

I had some mild cramping yesterday with a little bit of a pink discharge. I was a little worried but the more I read, the more this seems normal.

My dad is still in the hospital. He is in a different unit where he is receiving PT. He is mad at my mom. He thinks she is keeping him there. He is a little out of his mind and driving everyone crazy

Friday, September 12, 2008

Sophie's First Day of Pre-School




Her first day of Pre-School was Wednesday, September 10, 2008. I, of course, had to take the day off so I could drop her off and pick her up. I was way more nervous than she was. We walked in, hung up her bookbag and she stepped into the lunchroom. The teacher sat her by another little girl and asked her if she wanted juice. She shook her head yes and I lost it. I walked out and cried. They made me leave because they didn't want her to see me cry.
I cried for an hour. I couldn't wait for 1:00. When i picked her up, she was sitting in a little circle reading with the kids. When she saw me, she came running, jumped into my arms crying. It was heartwrenching. The teacher said she had a good day so she didn't know why she was crying.
Today, Friday the 12th was her second day. She didn't seem quite as excited to go and when we walked in and I bent down to kiss her goodbye, she started crying and clung to me. It took me 5 minutes to calm her down. I finally left and cried the whole way to work.
I think this is going to be a little harder than we thought

The best surprises in life



















This blogging crap makes me nuts.

I typed out a huge blog and it zapped on me.

Basically, I talked about my vacation. It was wonderful. We went to OC MD. We rented a condo at the Sea Watch (Room 205) Mike, Nicole, Colton and Riley went with us. It was a blast. We had a great week. The weather was perfect.

During the week, I was a little sick to my stomach. I had been on an antibiotic because of a nasty sinus infection I had all summer. I just figured it was the antibiotic. Then, while on the boardwalk, I had a bit of a nervous breakdown when Riley and Sophia wouldn’t listen to me. I pulled Sophia aside and screamed at her while a ton of people eyeballed me like I was the worst mother in the world. I lost it. I started crying and cried the whole way back to the condo.
The whole time, Mike kept telling me I was pregnant. I told him he was nuts. Quite a few times through the vacation, he kept saying “Karen’s pregnant”.

Back on August 23rd, my cousin Michael got married. After the wedding, we had some fun and we were not exactly careful. We actually discussed it and I told him that if we did it and I got pregnant, then it was meant to be. I didn’t think I was ovulating at the time so thought it was a moot point. Needless to say, we did.

When we got back from the beach, on September 6th, my period was due on Sunday… Sunday came and went.. Nothing. Monday, nothing. Nicole kept telling me to take a test.

Tuesday, the curiosity got the best of me. I bought a test at lunch time. Annoyed that I probably just wasted $10.00, I took it. I figured I would just watch it because I figured it was negative. I watched the negative line go across to the results window, then I saw a faint line coming down to the middle to make a perfect little plus sign!!

I was floored. I called Chad in total shock. He was shocked but happy.

So here we are. I know for a fact our baby was conceived on August 23rd and I am apx. 4 weeks pregnant!! YIPPY . Looks like we are adding on to the Gonofsky Family!! Let’s just pray there is only one in there LOL




Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Tennessee






I forgot to post about my trip to TN. Really, there is nothing much to blog about. We went, we came home. We went with my MIL, FIL and niece Krista. We rented a mini-van. We left Friday (June 13th) drove for 5 hours, got a room, drove 5 more hours and arrived at Uncle Charles' on Saturday, did nothing that day, went to eat on Sunday, went hiking in a forest that scared the living shit out of me (height) and Monday attempted to go boating, however Charles boat didn't work so we just swam in the lake all day and left to return home on Tuesday. It was uneventful and a total waste of a week's vacation but it made my in-laws happy that we went so that's all that matters. I got a Coach bag out of the deal so that made me happy.


Yesterday i was off (Tuesday). I got sunburnt and stung by a bee. Dawn came over with the kids around 10:30. We swam until 4:30, I went next door, swam some more, realized I was burnt, went over to my house to get another glass of wine and stepped on a bee. My whole entire leg swelled. It sucked.


Now I am at work. I should be working but I don't want to.


Here are some pics from TN

Monday, July 7, 2008

4th of July

We had a very nice 4th. I, of course, drank too many Sam Adams and had a pretty bad hangover on Saturday. Really sucky considering Chad had to work on Saturday so I was stuck cleaning up. I got lucky because Nicole and Lori really helped clean up that night. They put all the food and stuff away so at least I didn't have that to do.

Sophie is turning into a little girl. I didn't see her all day. She had all her little friends there. They played all day long. We had so much fun. Jen and John came with Jayli. She is so tiny. I think Jen is having a hard time adjusting to motherhood. It's tough. You never really know how much a child can change your life until you have one of your own. They are amazing but it really does change everything. She will adjust, I am sure. Mike and Gina came with Josephine and Wes. Boy are they cute kids. Josephine is so pretty. She has beautiful skin and gorgeous hair. Wes is adorable too!! He is getting so big. Dawn came with Carsyn and Luke. Luke wasn't feeling well so they couldn't stay long but Sophie got to play with her BF Carsyn. Lori and Scott came with Abigail and Jacob. I can't believe how big Abby has gotten. Boy is she a miracle baby. Born 3 months premature and in the hospital for 3 months at birth, she has really overcome some obstacles. She seems very healthy and happy. Marsha and Rich and their girls came, along with my mom, dad, Dave, Bonnie & Tiny, my in-laws and Joe, Jenny & Krista.

It was a good time. We played polish horseshoes (my fingers still hurt). At least I didn't take any shin shots this years. Everyone was pretty gentile. The only thing that sucks is I totally forgot to take pics. Oh well. I have been pretty bad at that lately. I am hoping to get a new video camera for my birthday. We will see.

I think I will go searching the internet for prices. TTYL

Thursday, March 6, 2008

What goes around comes around

hmmm, so the other night, we were over Mike and Nicoles and I noticed that it was unusually warm when we left (we left their house around 9:00). Sophia falls asleep in her playroom and around 9:30, we hear this aweful noise. Wind and rain are beating on our livingroom window so bad. Chad runs into the breezeway and yells for me to come. The rain was blowing in a circle. It was crazy. It was raining SO hard and the wind was SO bad. I immediately freaked remembering the tornado I was in last December where a microburst ripped up our street and down Main. It tore roofs off, windows... It was the craziest 2 minutes of my life that day. All I could think of was, "oh shit, it's happening again". The weather was very warm and erie that day too.. Well, as fast as this one came, it quit. It knocked our power out but we had no major damage.

Yesterday, I was at my neighbors again for dinner and they told us that the one neighbor (we do not get along with this man for anything), his barn blew down. Apparently, there was a microburst and leveled his barn.

This man makes life miserable for us. He is a miserable human being.

I guess what goes around, comes around.

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Give blood!

I bother to blog. No one is going to want to read my ramblings but that's ok. Wow, I wish we had blogging when I was in my early 20s and going out all the time. My life was like a huge soap opera. My life is so calm now, it's crazy. Most people who knew me in my early 20s probably wouldn't recognize me now.

Lets see, i donated blood today. I donate every 56 days. Everyone should. It's a great thing to do and makes me feel really good about myself for doing so. I am A negative so my blood type is somewhat rare. 7 years ago, I had my gall bladder removed and the quack who took it out knicked my colon. I was in ICU for a week and was given 2 units of blood. I am thankful someone donated.

My brother died in 2001. They gave him ALOT of blood while he was in the hospital. I feel I owe it back so that is another reason I donate.

Friday, February 29, 2008

Just trying to figure out how to blog



Ok, so I am just trying to see how to add pics.

This is me, Chad and my daddy

Headache

I have had a headache now for 7 days. I am ready to rip my head off.

We had an incident with my brother last night. He slipped and drank. He got into it with Melissa and she filed a PFA against him. Chad had to pick him up at the police station and take him to my moms.

My poor mother. Not sure how much more of this she can take.

It annoys me how women use the system. I am certainly not saying he isn't at fault. But he threw the f bomb around a few times and she had him removed from the house. WTF? She isn't afraid of him. If she were, she would not have gone back to that house every freaking time. I think she likes the drama of the Court system. Working in a lawfirm, I know many people like that.

Anyway, another day

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Sure... why not

Ok, so everyone else blogs, I guess I will start too. Not that anyone is really going to want to read it. My life is pretty normal, nothing crazy or fun happens anymore. You know, I am married, in my 30s with a toddler at home.

With that, I couldn't be happier that my life isn't crazy anymore. I have had so many wild years. I hope my body is forgiving as I age. Lord knows, I haven't been all that great to it over the years.

Oh well, I guess what you do in your past, makes you what you are today.

I really need to get back to work. I am looking for a diversion and found it. arg