Well, that's not COMPLETELY true - we did go to NC to visit my aunt, uncle and cousins over the weekend. We left Friday morning, dropped the kitties off at my dad's, and made the loooong trip out to southwestern NC (just north of Charlotte). My new little cousin Carson is just PRECIOUS at 4 weeks, and is basically a doll most of the time (though he is a bottomless pit)! We had a VERY nice time relaxing on the couch, meeting the new little guy, catching up with my aunt and uncle and my cousin Nikki (who is 12 and towers over me!), doing a little shopping, and cruising the adorable town where they live. We stayed til Monday morning, at which point we were just DYING to get home and see our kitties (I missed them so much!). Here's the brief photo journal...
Baby Carson at 4 weeks - cutie!!!
Enjoying (or not enjoying) some tummy time on Saturday
Me and my super grown up and sophisticated *little* cousin Nikki, who is now significantly taller than me at 12 years old. You miss so much when you're 7 hours away!
The Keyser family (well, none of us are Keyers anymore, but we look like it). Nikki, Me, my aunt Suzie, and Carson
It really was a pretty ride through the Appalachian Mountains, but after 7 hours I was MORE than ready to get the heck out of the car!
So that was our weekend - lovely and relaxing (minus the drive)! Our first day of actual couch vacay was yesterday (Tuesday), which we spent watching movies and working on a few housekeeping projects here and there (scrubbing our front door, beginning to organize the loft, general cleaning, etc). I think we watched 3 or 4 movies! We also hit Target for a few important items (kitty litter, deoderant... you know, the usual) and I got a few "professional" tops and a pair of cute flats to start my new wardrobe. This is going to be a LONG process, but I have to start dressing like I take myself seriously (in hopes that some day patients might take me seriously too). We do have a dress code for clinic days, and they prefer that we dress relatively nicely for class too (we're not in Kansas... er, Gettysburg...anymore) - no more rolling out of bed and out the door in the morning. Uhg. I guess I need to get used to waking up earlier and earlier anyway! This week isn't helping though. We got up at 11 today... glorious ;) Just one more reason why I don't need to have children right now! LOL! Once we finally got up and had a little breakfast (or in my case, a Lean Shake... I have GOT to drop a few pounds), I did my Jillian Michaels DVD. Whew. I thought I'd up the ante and try level two, which was a BIG mistake. I nearly had to be resuscitated. My heart was thumping and I started getting dizzy and I just had to sit down in the middle of it! Ugh what a mess I am. I have got to get this cardio-respiratory shit under control. I feel so helpless trying to stay in shape when my lungs can't seem to handle much if ANY strenuous physical activity anymore. I'm afraid it's getting worse. And I was supposed to go to the pulmonologist yesterday but I'm between insurance providers (my previous coverage at work and coverage through ben) and it was gonna be a major PIA to sort it out if I went yesterday, so now I have to wait til SEPTEMBER 25TH for the next available appointment. Ugh. I just know that I can't control my weight by diet alone (I'm far too weak, especially when I'm sitting around the house all day!), and I want to be in good physical shape too - being thin but incapable of running a mile isn't what I'm working for. I need to talk to the pulmo about what types of exercise I can do without collapsing. Anyway, moving on, we did manage to completely unpack, organize and clean out the loft, so I do have a functional office space now (YAY!) in time for school. And we did a little more shopping today (groceries and such, nothing "fun" really) as well, and watched yet another movie :) I've had a MAJOR 'tude all day though. I've apologized to Ben multiple times, but I'm just feeling large and ridiculous-looking, all my clothes are tight... it just puts me in an awful mood. And it's "that time" of the month too, which doesn't help a thing (though I don't usually tend to be a PMS-er, but it certainly isn't helping me feel any less large and bloated!). And I had a pounding headache for most of the day, because creamer and dieting don't really mix (so coffee is sorta out of the picture for now). I've just been a mess.
Tomorrow is "the big day" for the kitties - snip snip! Poor things don't even realize it. I'm sure they wouldn't have been NEARLY as snuggly with me today had they known what I'm about to do to them tomorrow! They were actually quite uncharacteristically snuggly today - at one point or another (and once at the same time!) each of them actually laid down and slept on me... too cute :) I just love them... they're going to make a cat person out of me yet! And their incredible sweetness today got me thinking... what if something happens tomorrow? What if they don't wake up after the surgery? Now I'm all nervous :'( Poor things. I wish I could be there with them! Ugh I'm such a nerd. What am I gonna do when it's my own kids?!?! Not that I'd ever have my child neutered... you know what I mean. LOL :)
This weekend is gonna be another busy one, of course. We're going to a Housewarming for one of Ben's friends from work on Saturday, Lacy's 10th birthday party on Sunday afternoon, and the Incubus concert on Sunday night at Merriweather (HOLLERRRRRRRRRRR!!!). Next week I have to have my second PPD in two weeks (tuberculosis test... it's for school) on Monday, and orientation for school starts Thursday! Holy smokes! I got my first textbook last week - my boss at work gave it to me as a 'thank-you' gift - and I've found a few others on the school classifieds MUCH cheaper than the bookstore prices (not that I ever buy books from the bookstore anyway... AMAZON!!!). So the med school train is pretty much barreling down on me! But it's pretty exciting :)
That's all for now! I'm gonna go hit the hay early I think... we have to get the kitties out the door by about 7:15 (yuck!), and then we're going to visit Frank, my dad, Ben's mom, my mom... basically the tour de e-burg. And we're taking the snake too because we have an appointment for the vet to check him out as well when we pick up the kitties at the end of the day (we suspect he may have a respiratory infection... FABULOUS). So it's shaping up to be a long day, but a nice one :) LATER!
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