DMB!!

Last night was my 4th time seeing the Dave Matthews Band. It was great! There was a jackass sitting behind us that was screaming and acting a fool...to the point that halfway through I decided to give up my seat and stand somewhere else to watch the show. What a show though! They are fantastic musicians....always a pleasure to see perform. Here's a like to a video of Carter- the drummer. He's AWESOME!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=C4AzJVbBL8k

Life Comes At You Fast

Well, my sinuses are doing well. I got all sucked out the other day at the Dr.'s office...that hurt like hell, but helped open me up a lot.
Work has been very disappointing lately....I don't even want to go into it. I wish I had more control over what/when/how and why I work.
Kids are in school and doing well so far. JD has her first job- that seems to be going well also.
I've been worried about both of my parents lately- they are not in good health. Dad has COPD; still smokes tons, still drinks tons. Mom has Congestive Heart Failure- a pacemaker- high blood pressure...you name it.
And I need to lose 10 lbs!!! Arggggggggg..........
The good news is...I get to go see Dave Matthews Band on Tuesday! Yippe!

I've learned something

I've learned that just when I think I've had the "worst" of something....I'm wrong. I thought I've had headaches before.....even really bad ones. I have now had what I consider to be the WORST headache I've ever had for 3 days straight. My Dr. says it's because of the "gunk" still in my sinuses....and the pressure in the atmosphere. I have a sinus headache ....to the extreme. The most relief I feel is when I'm at home laying down with a cold rag over my eyes. I'll be there in a few hours. I'm going to work another half day today. Anyway, I'm still in recovery....

Sinus Surgery ....ug

I had my surgery yesterday. It's not bad really. I went in at 7am. They were fast getting me back there, doing my IV and such...then they went to get Jeff to tell me goodbye...said "give him a kiss, it's time to go". That's the last thing I remember. I think they sneaked me the medicine to put me to sleep, because I don't remember anything past them telling me to say goodbye to Jeff. I woke up fully packed in the nose....mild pain. The most pain was the burning in the back of my nose and throat. I felt a lot of pressure in my face. I had gause taped to the outside of my nose ....and pretty much all day yesterday it bled through just about every hour. I slept OK last night. I am feeling a lot better today...the blood draining is very minimal..I quit wearing the gause today...the tape was tearing up my face (I'm allergic to adhesive). NO BLACK EYES! I have very minimal swelling....I have 2 small cuts on the outside of my nose. I'm leaving in about 2 hours to have the packing removed...I'm a bit nervous about it. My Dr. told me that it's very painful..in fact, "you're not going to like me very much" were his exact words. Oh well, I've survived much worse! I'll be fine to go back to work Monday...and if things continue to go as well as they have so far, this will be my easiest surgery so far!

What a weekend!

Well, it's all over and done with. We had a great time. My little sister came into town from N. Carolina, that was a blast....I was so happy to have her here with us. My ex-mother in law came too from Vegas, and it was great having her see the way we live....and our family too. My daughters Sweet 16 party was very nice. I think it was a huge success. We had a lot of people, a ton of food and she absolutely made out like a bandit! She received about $1,000 in gifts, gift cards and cash. My younger daughter is a bit jealous, but I told her "don't worry.....you'll be Sweet 16 someday".

I got a nasty bug that lasted about 48 hrs. the last day of the weekend. That was terrible, but I got through it.....and gave it to my husband at the same time. I think he's better today though.

My poor kitty had to go see the vet again today. The injury he had to his tail (a cat bite) abscessed...and then exploded. I'm sure it was a huge releif to Tiger, but it was a mess to clean up. He has a hole in his tail now about the size of a dime. It's an open wound....and it has to heal from the inside out (something I can relate to). The worst part is I'm going to make him stay inside from now on. This is the 4th vet trip in 3 months. I cant afford for him to get beat up so often outside! So- I'm going to attempt to make him some sort of a cat condo or something.