So exciting - - -NOT

I've been waiting for something exciting to happen so I could blog about it.  As you can tell, nothing too exciting is going on in my life right now.  It a lot of hurry up and wait.  At least the waiting part is over for one thing.  I had an ultrasound done last Friday because my doc found a lump.  Turns out it's nothing.  The ultrasound came back negative.  Woot!

I have a 4 day weekend starting tomorrow.  I don't have much planned.  Some spring cleaning, I think.  I will make the list of things to do and check them off as I complete them.  That way I'll feel like I did something.  I also have a dentist appointment on Friday.  Should be fun.  As far as I know I'm having the 3 in the front yanked.  I'll have to wait and see.  I'll also have to wait and see if I'll even be able to eat Easter dinner at my mom's house.  It's going to be an odd adventure, walking around without any front teeth.

I think I've decided on wedding invitations.  I'm getting the basic send~n~seals.  I've decided I'm not doing anything super fancy.  I haven't yet decided on flowers or colors and I haven't looked at a wedding dress in person yet.  I still have something like 9 months to get everything in order.  And I've been secretly trying to talk the boyfriend into just going to the courthouse.  My latest argument: We can afford a PS3 if we go to the courthouse. =)  He hasn't gone for it yet.  Oh well.

A Wonderment of Wonders

I wonder if I'll be able to see the inside of my breast during the ultrasound tomorrow.  I've never had an ultrasound before.  At least it's not a mammogram.  I imagine that would be less fun than an ultrasound.  Guess I just need to wait until tomorrow to find out about this ultrasound business.  I think it sucks that they can't tell me right then and there if they think it's a bad lump or a good lump.  I'll find out in 2 weeks.

I'm also wondering how much Easter dinner I'll actually be able to eat on Easter at my mom's house next week.  I'm having my 3 front, top teeth pulled on the 2nd, Good Friday, so I don't know if I'll even be able to chew.  It'll be an adventure I'm sure.  Maybe I'll bring my blender, you know, just in case.

And I'm wondering if my car battery is about to stop working completely.  We needed a jump for it yesterday but today it was fine.  I don't know what's wrong with 'Franken-car' these days.  I guess it likes to surprise us, keep us guessing.  It's a good car when it wants to be.

Plus I'm wondering what the boyfriend and I will be doing this weekend.  We only have one day off together and it looks like it might be raining.  I've been wanting to go horseback riding for forever now but every weekend we have a day off together it's been nasty.  I figure life will happen and we'll just go with it.

The power of positive thinking

I'm nervous.  I'm not quite scared.  Just nervous, really.  Why?  Because of a doctor's appointment that I have to go to this Friday.  It's for an ultrasound.  It would have been exciting if it was because I was pregnant.  I'm not pregnant though.  This ultrasound was scheduled because my doctor found a lump in my left breast 2 weeks ago.  So, instead of having a pregnancy scare, I am having a breast cancer scare.  Doesn't seem all that fair really.


I'm nervous but I'm worried.  At least, I'm trying not to be worried but that is rather difficult.  Everyone keeps telling me that it is probably nothing.  That it IS nothing.  I keep telling myself that too and I'm trying to believe it.  I'm trying out positive thinking:  ~~They will tell me that it's nothing.  That I'm fine.  That I have nothing to worry about...for now.~~  It runs in my family.  My grandmother had breast cancer and had her right breast removed.  My mother just had a breast cancer scare but the lump that they found was determined non-cancerous.  This will probably not be my last visit to the hospital because of this.  I hope it is though.


When I get the results, which I think will be on the 12th of April, I will let everyone know.  Until then, just think positive thoughts. =)


In other news, my Gaara bag [the messenger bag I've been talking about] arrived today.  I grabbed it from the post office today during my lunch break.  I left it at home but I'm excited about it.  I'm looking forward to seeing if and how everything will fit inside of it.  I thought it was silly, at first, that this one bag came in such a large box but now I see why.  Obviously the people working at Amazon knew that I had a big fat cat named Malik who likes to sleep inside of boxes.  This box is the perfect size for Malik.  It took him less than 2 minutes to claim it as his own.  That was, of course, until my 7 pound cat, Mimzy, kicked Malik (who has to be close to 13 pounds) right out of the box.  It made for a funny lunch break. 


Now that I'm being made full time at work I have the option of getting insurance through the company I work for.  Of course I am going to.  Too bad I don't actually understand any of this paperwork that they've given me to read about the different insurance choices and everything.  I have a few days to a week to understand it and fill out the paperwork so it can be sent in.  Wish me luck with that.  It's very confusing.


Speaking of confusing.  I'm in the process of learning another test at work.  Days like this make me wish I had stuck with my original plan of going to college to major in Chemistry.  It would come in really handy these days.  Or at least help me fully understand what the test is for and everything it involves.  Compared to some of the tests I've learned to do so far, this new one seems fairly easy.  It's in no way simple, though.  I guess it'll seem simple once I get the hang of it though.


One more thing before I say farewell: My dentist appointment is fast approaching [April 2nd].  For those who don't know, my teeth suck.  I'm in the process of having them all yanked and then getting dentures.  I'm very much looking forward to the days when I won't have any pain coming from my mouth.  The first group of teeth to be pulled will be 3 front teeth on the top.  These are going first because they hurt the most.  Plus, if I'm missing my front teeth I know I won't put off having the rest of them done and getting to the end result faster.  


That's all for today.  Thanks for joining me here. Toodles! =)

A Slow Saturday

My weekends tend to be very unexciting.  I don't really plan them that way, it's just the way life seems to work out for me.  Right now, for example, I'm sitting in the living room quietly because my boyfriend is napping on the couch.  The cats are napping in here too.  I'm the only one who isn't napping.  In fact, I don't know how to nap really.  Never could.  That used to get me into trouble when I was in Kindergarten.

Today we rearranged the furniture in the living room.  Switched some stuff around and dragged in the love seat to provide more sitting spots for people if people decide to come over.  I like it.  It feels more open in here now.  I've been wanting to do that for weeks and now that we've finally done it I feel like I don't have anything else to do this weekend.

My big plans for this weekend now include watching a couple of discs of NCIS I rented from Netflix, maybe watching a few episodes of 'Bleach' on Hulu, and folding laundry.  What a glamorous life I lead!  Oh well.  I guess I should enjoy the slow days while they last.  Like I mentioned before, my boyfriend and I are hoping to start a family soon and I know that will bring an end to the slow days and boring weekends.  I'm almost looking forward to it.

I got an email yesterday saying that my messenger bag was shipped from Amazon and that it should arrive on Monday.  A big thank you to everyone who crossed there fingers and got it shipped early.  You guys are awesome.  I think it's about time to wake the boyfriend up.  Besides, I'm getting bored just sitting here all quiet like.  It's time to go and enjoy my slow Saturday. =P

Naruto Vs. Ichigo!

Thanks to a suggestion from my sister's boyfriend I started watching 'Bleach' on Hulu.com.  I decided to watch this instead of 'Naruto: Shippuden' because I promised MY boyfriend that I'd wait for him and for the DVDs to get released.  [He likes the dubbed version.  I prefer the Japanese version with English subtitles.]  But here is my plan:  I will finish 'Bleach' [there is only 117 episodes] and then switch back over to 'Naruto: Shippuden' and watch that.  And when my boyfriend and I get finally get to watch it on DVD I'll act like it's the first time I've seen it.  Who knows?  By the time they actually get released I'll probably have forgotten most of it anyway...so I guess it won't be much of an act.  Now that I've seen both leads of these shows in action I am curious to see who would win if they battled each other. I haven't watched it enough to figure out if Ichigo [from 'Bleach'] would be able to attack Naruto [from, you guessed it, 'Naruto'] while in Soul Reaper form.  It would be fun to see though.

  Naruto Vs. Ichigo

I have decided that I play 'Farmville' on Facebook way too much.  My Wall and homepage is constantly covered with 'Farmville' updates and links and special give-aways from friends.  Some days I think I should just stop playing all together but that thought kind of makes me sad.

I've been made a full-time employee where I work now which is pretty awesome.  The one thing I look forward to the most is PAID HOLIDAYS.  To be fair, my bosses allowed me and my fellow 'non-full-timers' to come in on Fridays to make up for hours that were lost due to holidays that fall on a Monday.  It'll just be nice to not have to come in on a day off to make up hours.  The one think I look forward to the lest is ONE CHECK A MONTH.  Oooh, that's going to be so hard to get used to.  It all goes into play on April 1st [which I don't have to work now because it's a holiday!].  I also get insurance [which will come in handy since I have all these doctors visits and dentist visits planned..but more on that later].  I'm also getting a raise!  Turns out that falling into this job was probably one of the luckiest things I've ever done.  [That and meet my boyfriend, of course.]

They have yet to ship out my Gaara messenger bag that I mentioned yesterday.  Estimated shipping date is for next Monday.  I hope it gets here soon.  I want to switch up the way I carry my laptop to work.  Keep your fingers crossed so that maybe it won't take a full 9 days to get here. X X

Abnormal is normal for me

Yesterday I mentioned some of the things I'm addicted to. If you missed that one, just scroll down a bit. Today I thought I'd introduce you to what my boyfriend is addicted to.  Here they are.  Chrysalis and Bellala.  They are his characters in Final Fantasy XI.  His main character is Chrys.  I created Bellala but I don't play much at all so he took it over.  [The character sitting down is Chrys.  The little thing in the back with the pigtails is Bellala.  The blue thing is a summon.  Not sure what they're called.]

He plays way too often.  But to be fair, I'd rather him be addicted to a video game that to anything else.  Besides, who am I to judge?  I ordered a messenger bag with Gaara on it.  [Gaara is my favorite character from Naruto, btw.]

Last night I watched "District 9".  Now let me explain something quickly.  I dislike aliens.  They are one of the main things I'm actually afraid of.   This movies is not intended for those with alien phobia or those who have weak stomachs.  Some of the scenes were almost too gross for me and I'm the kind of person who can watch medical shows on Discovery.  I enjoyed it more towards then end than the beginning.  It was good but I don't think it'll be one of those that I'll watch over and over again.

Turns out that being abnormal is normal for me.  My body temperature is just low and that's ok.  It does make me think back to those days where I would go to the school nurse because I didn't feel good and she'd take my temperature and send me back to class because it was 'normal'.  I might have actually had a fever all those times.  Oh well.  I know now.  And what was it that was said on 'G.I. Joe' all those years ago?  "Knowing is half the battle". 

Thanks for tuning in! 

I'm so addicted to...

I'm amazed at myself. I never thought it would happen but it did. I'm addicted. To what? To a little anime known as 'Naruto' and of course the second series 'Naruto Shippuden'. I guess I shouldn't be surprised. I get addicted to tv shows and the like very often actually. But right now Naruto and his friends of ninjas are pretty much all I want to think about these days. I even ordered a messenger bag with my favorite character on it. My plan is to use it as a laptop carrier. I will make it work. Oh, and I just designed a laptop skin that also ties into the show. See! I told you! Addiction, plain and simple. At least it's a healthy addiction....or about as healthy as an addiction can be, I guess. One day I may grow tired of the show and then will have to retire the bag and the skin. I hope that day is a long time from now though. Besides, the dvds are still getting released...so it may take some time.

Another thing I have to force myself to become addicted to is monitoring my BBT every day. [That's Basal Body Temperature for those not in the know]. Why? That's an easy question. My soon-to-be-hubby and I want to have babies but so far, none. We're not 'officially' trying as of yet. I've got some things I planning for first, like a wedding [this December], a trip to Jamaica [happening this August], multiple trips to the dentist [starting April 2nd], and a trip or 2 to the docs at the hospital [whenever they finally schedule the stupid appointment]....but more on that later.

Toodles, my friends. Tune in tomorrow. Same bat channel.....though probably not the same bat time. =P