Yard Beautiful?

Mmmmm, some really good, kick butt BBQ sounds delish right now!  I just don't think my tummy could handle it today. :(    Maybe by this weekend ... YUM.

I don't know about the rest of you, but my plants are not blooming much this year, except for Dad's rosebush.  I suppose after the drought last year, I should be happy that I still have plants that are alive.  The magnolia trees in my neighborhood are in full bloom.  The look and smell beautiful.

I love spring and coming home to a freshly mowed yard ... love the smell of fresh cut grass.  Our grass and weeds are growing so fast this year because of all the rain, that the yard has to be mowed every two weeks.  That my son does not like as he is our current mower of the yard.

Last year we made some new flower beds around the trees in the front yard; but never planted anything.  I need to get on that pretty soon.  There are just so many things to get done.  My first priority though is getting everything together for my yard sale in 1-1/2 weeks.

Thank goodness my sister is coming to help.

Really?!

I have probably made every one of these faces more than once ... more than twice ... hell who's kidding a LOT in the last couple of months.  The company I work for was purchased by a larger company and while I think the benefits to this will be many, getting everything moved over is a complicated PIB!

It just seems like everything from Payroll changes to choosing our new Medical benefits etc is way more complicated than it needs to be.  It's difficult to locate the information you need.  Data is on two or three different websites.  It takes multiple tries to get anything set up.  Just a PAIN.

I've finally just about finished most of that and now we are changing over to their software programs over the next three months.  I'm dreading to see how complicated this is going to be.

{big sigh}

OK, I'll quite griping now about work, because actually I like my job and I like the people I work with.  I just wish this change would have happened with fewer complications.

So, I hope that everyone had a great Christmas and a peaceful New Year.  I didn't push myself or stress out this year and I can tell the difference ... Big Time.  I had four days off for Christmas and another four days off for New Years. 

It was FABULOUS!

I could soooo get used to that.  But no rest for the wicked, gotta make the dough to pay those bills ... LOL!

Hugs to everyone and may laughter bowl you over.

Fly-By

Christmas was great.  We had fun, visited, ate to much and caught up on sleep.  I've been extremely busy with "end of month" stuff here at work, so there's not been much time to post.  I'll post details later.

I'm a Grinch

I don't know about you, but I thought I was doing good with the Christmas spirit this year.  But it seems that Grinchness has swallowed me whole.  I've been a gripey, grumpy, mean ole heifer this week and I can't see to claw my way clear of this funk.

We have had big changes this year at my job, that will be culminating the first quarter of next year and anxiety is getting to me.  There are some family financial issues that I need to stop procrastinating on and just find the time to do it.  I also have been having some medical issues that I keep pushing aside to take care of everyone else.

It's time to try and destress this coming weekend, get my thoughts together, make a plan of action and then DO IT.

If I survive my Grinchness.

Or my co-workers and family do.

I need a Nap

Tired, I'm just so tired. 

This is the first year in quite a few years that I am in the "Holiday Spirit."  But the Holiday season is busy and cram packed full of things to do.  Of course, I always try to do too much.  Last week I just kept going and going, like I thought I was the Energizer bunny or something; until my body finally slammed me to a HALT and said no more.

Yep it caught up to me and I stayed horizontal most of Saturday, Sunday and Monday.  Then Tuesday night I had to keep Dad up til midnight, then wake him back up at 3 a.m.  Dad needed to be sleep deprived for his EEG test on Wednesday morning, so guess who else was sleep deprived. 

Uh Huh, that would be ME. 

So after running myself to the point of exhaustion shutdown and then participating in the sleep deprivation, I'm in a "flare" revival. 

Everything and I do mean everything has flared. 

Digestive system,
fibro,
sjorgrens ...

it ain't pretty people. 

I still have a few gifts to get for Christmas and I'm trying to spread it out over the next week to conserve energy.  I don't think I'm going to get everything done, especially the decorating, because...

while my house is not decorated, my work cubicle is.

Stones

The urologist says that I have to have an ultrasound done of my kidney, urethra (sp?) and bladder.  He also said that I need to pass the stone soon as the kidney can only be blocked from the bladder for so long without causing damage.  O_O  Really ... really, really?  DUH!

So I'm at work, with the kidney stone setting in my urethra tube causing chaos.  I'm drinking enough water to sail a ship and it's still not moving.

Kidney Stone

Need I say more?  Really?  Well ok...

Friday, Oct 7th I woke up with a radiating pain in my abdomen.  With all the digestive and other medical issues I have, I didn't think much of it.  I took some pain meds, got ready and D and I headed into work.  I was driving that morning and on the hour drive in, it was getting worse and worse.  As we got close to my job, D suggested that I just pull into the ER.  I said no, it will get better, you go on to school and if it keeps hurting I'll let you know and you can pick me up early when you get out of school.

Two hours later D told me "I told you so Mom."  As the pain steadily increased I became nauseous and then became a permanent fixture in the restroom.  A friend and co-worker agreed to take me to the local ER and off we went.  As I was triaged and waiting to go in the back I told her to go on back to work I was fine.  Uh huh, right.

When they called me into the back and started poking and prodding on my abdomen, it got worse.  It steadily increased until I wasn't sure if I could hold still and be quiet any longer.  I've seen those ER shows on TV where the person in pain is sort of thrashing around, crying and begging ... that was almost me ... SERIOUSLY.  I was that close and then my blessed nurse injected pain meds into my IV.  It didn't knock me out or make the pain completely go away but it was bearable.

Honestly peeps, I have NEVER had anything hurt this bad besides labor ... NEVER.

Anyway, I was admitted and they kept an eye on me til late afternoon Sunday, when they released me to go home.  I saw a urologist and because I do not have any infection (no fever), I'm having no nausea and the pain has never reached that intensity again they want me to wait ... wait and see if it will pass. O_o

I was out all last week because I don't do well with strong pain meds and mine were fairly strong.  There is no way I could concentrate on work, not even to do anything from home.  Friday, I started halving the meds and was able to do some work.  I was planning on going in this morning, but all last night I alternated between freezing cold and sweating.  No fever though, how strange.  It finally eased up and I was able to rest.  

So now I'm aiming for tomorrow.  I hope to be at work at least for most of the day.  I have followup visits and a cardiology visit this week.  I hate it when I'm feeling pretty good, weather is beautiful, life is good ... and then WHAM upside the head!

I hope and pray that you are all doing well and I hope that I will be soon.

Update

I don't have much time today as I am swamped at work, but wanted to post a couple of updates.

1.  First of all we finally received all the paperwork on the 5 hour neurological testing that Dad had taken almost a month ago.  My Aunt L is coming tomorrow to take Dad into his regular doctor.  The visit is to go over the results and to start the referral process with his insurance company.  The referral will be to go see a geriatric neurologist to verify and treat the Parkinson's.  I hope that the doctor will be able to help some with the symptoms.

2.  Myrtle (my truck) only needed new battery cables and a new battery.  Not too awfully much money and WoooHooo, she's back on the road.  However my car now needs to have the plugs and cables changed out on it.  :(

3.  I'm feeling pretty good this week and the weather is wonderful.  This past weekend was beautiful, it makes me wish I had a large table outside on the porch to sit and eat supper.

I hope you are all have a good week.
Blessings.

On The List

Yesterday is fairly high on my list of worst day ever.

I think everything I have flared up in about a 6 hour window of time.  I awoke in the wee hours of the morning Thursday hurting no matter how a lay in the bed.  A hour or so later the gastric paresis crap set in and then a short time later this sparked the IBS.

I spent half of the day laying in the bed crying and the other half knocked out as a side affect of the combined meds.  J has never seen it this bad and really wanted me to go to the ER.  I've been here before and know I can just ride it out. 

Our ER's around here are so busy that it's hours and hours before you are seen.  I'd much rather be miserable, crying and in pain laying in my own bed, then in a hard plastic chair in a cold ass waiting room.  There's really not that much the doctors could do that I don't have meds for myself ... so I stayed home.

J?  He went outside to fiddle around with different projects because he can't stand to see me cry.  He asked me to text him or send my son out to get him if I changed my mind about going in.  Sweet Man, I love you.

Every time I was awake I was worrying about my job.  I'm in accounting and the end of the month is massive deadlines for us.  My wonderful boss got me a short reprieve for my 5 p.m. deadline that evening, until noon today. 

Yes I'm at work today.

Tired, foggy brained, still in some pain ... but here.

I really hope I feel much better this weekend.  The weekend here is supposed to be absolutely beautiful and I would like to be able to enjoy it as much as possible.

I hope you all have a wonderfully blessed weekend!