Spring 2011

Wow, forgot I had a blog!  Been a long time since I last posted.

Scott is retiring from the Army.  His official date is not until Aug 1, but his leave starts middle if this month, so he is actually starting to clear now.  We are still not exactly sure what that holds for us... but looks like we will be moving to Alabama for a great job opportunity down there.

My work has changed quite bit. The doctor I assist, has left our practice, so now there is a new doctor starting on Monday.  We got to meet him the other day and he seems pretty cool.  We soon shall see how it will really work out.  On an up note, I passed my expanded functions dental assistant exam, so now I can do more procedures on my own.  I look forward start doing this!

Katherine is doing good.... she is still making great grades in school. She is okay with us moving, was not at first, but after some discussions, she is on board and looking forward to a new adventure!

okay, will try to keep up better with this blog thing!

December

so, ended up in the ER yesterday with a migraine that lasted me 11 days!  It got so bad, I was nauseous, dizzy, and just plain out miserable!  Scott took me yesterday morning.  Luckily, the ER was slow when we got there, so I got right in.  They got me some meds and let me just lay and rest.  Also, they did a CT scan to rule out anything severe.  All things are normal there, yay!  The headache is gone and I am back to normal, still a little sleepy, but normal. I have an appt. on Thurs. to see my neurologist that I have been seeing for my sleep apnea, but now will go see for migraine maintenance. 

Christmas was good!  Scott got me a Color Nook!  I wanted one so bad!  He also got me a g/c to Victoria's Secret, as I had mentioned I needed some new stuff!  A g/c to Outback Steakhouse, along with one he gave to Katherine also, so she and I are looking forward to going there soon!  Scott got me some owl pajamas that are so cute!  They are flannel, so I will use them to lounge in, not to sleep in, as they are too warm for that!  A crockpot cookbook, since we finally broke down and bought one!  Katherine got me a pair of earrings that are really cute.   Katherine liked all that she got..a new flatscreen TV for her room, a Sonic wii game and the new Udraw for the Wii.  Some shirts, socks, fake nails, nail polish, lipgloss, eyemasj for when she sleeps. I bought her and Scott new Oral B electronic toothbrushes that I got an awesome deal on from work..also got one for Kat's friend Sabrina who got her braces off a few months back, so she really likes it! 

New Years, we are going to a friends house to have a white elephant gift exchange and of course to have fun and ring in the new year!

Hope all is well with you out there!!

Autumn

Love this time of year!  The colors, the smells, the scenery! 
Finally got an appointment to get my headaches looked into, but the day before.. full blown migraine!  I was at wwork assisting with a patient, I could not keep my eyes open as it seemed too bright, when I could keep them open I could not focus...and I got all shaky.  Once we got to a stopping point, I went to the office manager and told her I think I needed to go home, she said to go sit down and rest, she would call Scott.  Once I did that, I started feeling sick, and then stabbing pains in the back of my head made me cry!  It was a rough few hours!  Scott did make it up there to get me and drove me home, I crawled into bed and stayed there from like 2pm-8:30pm.  Only got up for food, and back to bed.  Called out the next morning, so I could go to my scheduled appt.  It was here at the clinic on base.  They put me in a room that could have the ight dimmed, my blood pressure was sky high!   They ended up giving me a shot of toradol in my butt!  Made me stay for abother hour, and it did nothing for the pain.  They suggested I go to the ER.
   I was suppose to have an appt. this day at 2:45 for my sleep apnea results at my neurologist.  It was about 1pm the time the clinic suggested I go to the ER.  I called to cancel my results appt. and we went to the ER.  We got there and they were so packed and 3 ambulances just pulled up.  I called back to my neurologist to see if I could still him.  So we decided to go there and come back.  So I walk in, and they take one look at me and knew I was miserable.  The doctor asked me about my history with migraines so I told him and he hooked me up!  He ended up giving me 2 shot in my head!!  One of lidocaine and one of fiornal.  Gave me prescriptions for fiornal with codeine, migranal, and topamax  Also gave me my results for my sleep apnea, which I do have mild sleep apnea.

Been a long week!! 

Sundays

I love Sundays!  We go to church, then for the fall, we go to sports bars to watch football!!  Sometimes it is just Scott and I, or Kat goes with us.  It is just a fun day!  Today the Chiefs lost, but they are 4-1 so we are still happy with that.  They lost to the Colts, who, if they are going to lose to anyone, that would be the team I would say they would. 

On another note, as you can see from my new pic, I got my hair cut!  I decided I had the long hair for long enough!  It was time for a drastic change.  It is actually like 3 shades, some dark blonde, some red and and caramel.  It looks awesome an I love it!  It will be so great for work, and for exercising!  So far, everyone loves it, and even hubby says it is okay!  That is something, coming from him!

HUGS

House Hunting

Well, this should normally be a fun time, to house hunt!   After we got notice we pre-qualified for an amount we could deal with....we went house hunting. Found a house we love and put in an offer....come to find out the pre-qualification was not accurate.  The bank uses a computer program to determine the pre-qual.....once an underwriter started looking into our credit history, we were done for.   We had a rough time a few years back, and still trying to catch up.  The bank denied us....so bye bye house.  Guess we need to find a house for rent and even better with option to buy!

Other than that, life is pretty good!  Work is a little slow, but good.  Katherine is doing great in middle school.  Scott is so ready to retire....less then 10 months now!  We just need to find a house!

Ok, bye for now

love days off

so the Dr. I work for is taking a 4 day weekend to go see his mom in Idaho.   So I have a 4 day weekend!  Miss out out some pay, but the time off is nice.  I got so much stuff done this morning before 10am, than I have in a very long time! 

I had my own Dr. appt.  Follow up for my IUD, talked about getting tested for sleep apnea, talked about my thyroid and blood pressure.  I have my consult for my sleep apnea Sept. 17th....so will keep ya informed on that.  I get new blood work in about 3 weeks, to see how my thyroid is doing.

On a good note...I will start seeing a personal trainer at the gym in a couple of weeks.  I will have to go at 6am, but it will be worth it.  Hoping with her help, getting my thyroid and sleep apnea under control...maybe finally I can get some results!

Ok...enough to bore you with now!

HUGS

Wow...storms today

woke up this morning to the sound of some loud thunder...massive storm came through around 5am.  Scott had already left for work, so Kat came in my room to cuddle up in bed...then of course Cody(dog) felt left out, so he joined us also!  It was lightening and thundering like crazy!  It cleared up before I had to go to work.  Then this afternoon, more storms moved in..even with a tornado warning!  When I got off work, it start pelting down as soon as I got in my car.  So, rain rain rain on my way home.  It was so fierce, that the wind was blowing the rain and puddles I drove through, sideways across the car including the windshield, so had to drive like 10mph.  Made it home safe and sound, and within minutes it was over.  They may have been short storms,  but they were torrential!

Work was good...we al took the doctor out to lunch for his birthday.  One of Scott's co-workers is staying with us tonight due to having to work here in town super early!  They were suppose to go play softball up in Hagerstown tonight, but that got cancelled.  I had no plans for dinner, so had to throw something together .  Garlic shrimp in pasta, garlic bread, and some veggies.

Short day of work tomorrow...then I have a candle party here at the house tomorrow night!