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September 29, 2005
Episode # 11 "Sleep Study" Of:
AS THE TONSIL FALLS
I was scheduled to arrive at the sleep lab at 8pm. I worked until about 6pm, ate dinner, bummed around Las Colinas waiting until closer until the time I was supposed to report. Of course, about the time I finally went over to the hospital the storm ahead of the cold front blew in and managed to blow down trees, limbs, and ME.
As I was walking into the hospital, in the pouring sideways rain and blowing wind I fell in the parking lot. I twisted my right ankle, landed on my left knee and somehow caught the rest of my weight with my right hand. I arrived at the sleep lab, soaking wet and cold.
The nurse told me to dry off and put on my pajamas. I filled out a few more sets of paperwork and we discussed timing. Since on my normal schedule I am awake until at least midnight, we decided that I would bum around the room and watch movies until about 10:30 and then she would hook up all the monitors and stuff, and then I could return to the room and resume watching movies until I felt like I was able to go to sleep.
My DVD at home has decided to die on me and I had two movies from Netflix that I hadn't been able to watch, so I brought them to keep me occupied during the time I was awake. I watched two without a doubt, teeny-bopper chick-flicks: Legally Blonde 2: Red, White & Blonde, and 13 going on 30.
My knee was hurting the entire evening. Every time I rolled over and my knee even came near touching the bed pain just shot up through my body and I cringed. About 10:30 the nurse came in to put the monitors on me... all over me... including in my hair...eeewww.
I slept awful! I didn't feel like I had slept at all when the morning nurse came in to wake me up the next morning about 7:30ish. I told her I didn't have to be at work until 11am and to let me go back to sleep. I don't know if they turned off the computers or not, but I actually slept the next two hours. I took a shower and went to work.
Once at work, the internet was being a pain in the butt and my knee was still hurting me like crazy. It's now 8pm and my arm & shoulder have started to hurt also. I'm sure its from the fall last night. I'm having trouble taking off my own bra, my arm just doesn't want to rotate backwards like that. I'm going to take an extra one of my muscle relaxers and go to bed.
***OFF THE AIR, TUNE IN NEXT WEEK FOR ANOTHER EPISODE OF***
AS THE TONSIL FALLS
STARING:
#1.2e Tuesday, October 4th 2:30pm Electromyogram and Nerve Conduction Study with "TheDrugDealer's HomeBoy"
#1.2v2 Wednesday, October 12th 8:30am Rescheduled FollowUp Appointment with "TheDrugDealer"
#0 Sending MRI Films to The Chiari Institute for a third opinion by Chiari Specialist. (Waiting on the idiots at MRI place in Houston to send old MRI films from previous scan done in October 2004).
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ColorQuiz
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Withdrawal
I stayed at work until about 6 pm last night. The internet had gone down at about 5:25. I drove around Irving, wasting time, for about two hours until it was time for me to report to the Sleep Study lab. This wasting time included, filling up with gas, eating dinner at Mi Cocina, shopping at Bath & Body Works, getting a cup of ice cream at Marble Slab, and attempting to get my car inspected (but the inspectors had left early). The storm before the cold-front got there about 10 minutes before I did. It was raining sideways and the wind was blowing like crazy. I pulled under the covered breezeway and unloaded my suitcase into the lobby and then went to go park my car.
I twisted my ankle in the parking lot walking in the wind and rain into the hospital and fell and landed on my left knee. It hurt pretty bad but it didn't bleed so I got up and went on in to the Sleep Lab. I changed into my pajamas and got comfortable and got out my handheld computer and desperately searched for a wireless internet connection. W?T?H? NO INTERNET? ALL NIGHT LONG? You're KIDDING RIGHT?
So, instead of spending a normal night on the internet I watched two movies and then went to sleep. More later about the sleep test in another post.
I didn't get to work until about 11:10am. Our internet was up and running but that only lasted until about 1:25 when it decided to go down for about an hour. This internet going up and down thing is driving me literally insane and is seriously not helping my severe case of Withdrawal from last night At All.
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Archives Make Me Hungry.
Kami over at The Dallas K's tagged me to play this game with archives.
Here are the rules:
1. Go into your archive.
2. Find your 23rd post.
3. Find the fifth sentence (or closest to).
4. Post the text of the sentence in your blog along with these instructions.
5. Tag five other people to do the same.
Here it is;
It was Feburary 11th and I was giving the menu of everything we had cooked that night in class.
"Tonight we made Brussel Sprouts with Pecan Butter, Baked Butternut Squash which we then turned into a Butternut Squash Soup, Ratatouille, Braised Red Cabbage with Apples, Creamed Corn with Basil, Sauteed Spinach, Glazed Beets and Beer Battered Onion Rings."
Anyone hungry?
I tag JM, SoozieQ, MissZoot, JeffVachon, and RSG.
*Let me know when you played*
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September 28, 2005
Indecision
Tonight I won't be going home. I will be spending the night at the hospital hooked up to all kinds of wires and equipment while they monitor every thing my body does while I sleep. Or, more correctly they are going to see how my mind keeps running in circles while my body stays in one position until it goes numb, and then I have to wake up and turn over, wait for whichever body part was numb to calm down and then attempt to get my entire body back into a comfortable position while my Obsessive Complusive Disorder frantically tries to remember which circle it was running around when it was so rudely interrupted by the numb body part.
With gasoline back up to $3.00 a gallon, I packed my suitcase and decided to just stay at work until time to go get dinner and then to the hospital at 8pm. Since I will be at work pretty much all day, I did something I almost never do. Just before 1pm, I left for lunch, and I took an ENTIRE hour break. I decided I wanted something "different" for lunch today. And let me tell you... Different is what I got.
I ended up at Tabla Indian Bistro in Irving. I have had Indian food before, but I didn't recognize anything on this buffet spread. I moved the serving utensils around in a few of the dishes before deciding which to try. There were a few things I put on my plate and don't get me wrong... it wasn't horrible by any means. It was just different. I ate enough to stop the signals being sent from my stomach to my brain signalling hunger, which is supposed to be the purpose in the first place, right?
But, here it is... 2:54pm. I've been back at my desk for exactly an hour. And I still can't decide... if I liked it or not. I wanted something different for lunch. Mission Accomplished.
I'm thinking I'll stick to something I know for dinner.
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September 27, 2005
The Funniest Show On TV - YALL AREN'T WATCHING
http://www.cbs.com/primetime/two_and_a_half_men/Ok. I read all of your blogs. You watch Lost, Gilmore Girls, Desperate Housewives, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Big Brother... all those shows I don't know anything about. You devote three page long blog posts to what happened last night on these shows, who slept with who, who got kicked off, etc.
Well. I watch TV for a completely different reason. I watch TV to laugh. And laugh is what I did last night. Deep down, rolling on the floor, started seeing floaty little paisley things in my vision and my arms went numb LAUGHTER. My next door neighbor came home from eating dinner with his daughter and said he could hear me laughing in the parking lot. And it wasn't just last night's show.. it is every single episode.
So, what is this 30-minutes of solid hillarity that apparently I am the only one watching (since they didn't get nominated for anything at the Emmy's)?
TWO AND A HALF MEN
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In Need One Of These
Our internet has been on the flaky side lately and it has severely cut into my social hours of Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 5:30pm. It is so annoying.
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Global Warming
Notice Anything?
Monday, September 26, 2005
Central Texas
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September 23, 2005
Everything is Backwards....
FINALLY FINISHED FINALS. NOW ITS TIME TO BEGIN BACKBLOGGING.
JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE IN MY LIFE, MY BLOG STARTS GOING BACKWARDS TOO.
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SPF - Pictures, Calls & Mistakes
Well, over there at Random and Odd, where they pass out our weekly assignments for Stuff Portrait Fridays, I think I'm fixing to fail because I always turn in my posts at least a day or two late... and sometimes even a week or two late.
This week (as in, yesterday)... we were supposed to post pictures of our camera, our cell phone and something that we purchased that ended up not being the *prize* we thought it was going to be when we were shelling out the money for it.
First, my Camera. It's a Kodak EasyShare LS443 and Dock. I got it for Christmas 2002. It takes pretty good pictures, I'm just not that good of a photographer. Luckily, I taught Photoshop for one year and learned some neat tricks to cover up my inadequacies.
Next, my cellphone. Its an LG VX 3200 and I didn't know it until I just googled it but this model has since been discontinued by Verizon Wireless. Man, that's comforting. Anyway. I like my phone, I just wish it took pictures so that I could offer you some more colorful commentary on some of the most complacent and annoying drivers in the world... those known as Dallas Drivers.
And lastly, that purchase that bombed. This steamer I ordered thru Fingerhut back before they declared bankruptcy and quit mailing out catalogs. My aunt had a steamer and used it all the time. I hate to iron and I thought it would be a great thing to have. Once I got it home I realized that I had made a mistake. It takes forever to get hot and it really doesn't get the wrinkles out of clothes.
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September 20, 2005
Migraine-Induced Cyclops Syndrome
Tuesday I had a serious case of MICS. I woke up, called in sick, called and rescheduled my neuromuscular exam (doctors appointment #1.2b)and went straight back to sleep. I slept until about 10:45 and then I took another nap from about 1:30 - 4:30pm.
Then I got up, took a shower and got ready to go to school. My next door neighbor drove me to my final exam at 6pm for my computer class. I didn't feel like I should be driving as many drugs as I had taken and I still couldn't see out of my left eye.
As soon as my exam was over, we came back to my apartment and then I went back to sleep and then next thing I knew... it was Wednesday.
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September 19, 2005
My Birthday Shopping Trip - A Month Late
Ok. I haven't been grocery shopping since the last week of July. I am officially out of everything. And I had decided what I wanted for my birthday.
I found the bedspread that I wanted to replace the Teddybear Stuff and I wanted to look and see if I could find anything at SuperTarget to replace all of the stuff in the bathroom too.
I ordered the new bedspread but it is on backorder until the end of October or early November. So, instead I'll just show you the picture of it from off of the website.
So, while at SuperTarget today, while stocking up on everything in the world because I was out of everything, and I mean EVERYTHING... I found my new bathroom set and here it is.
So, there is my birthday present to myself. If only the bedspread would hurry up and come in. Next I just need to find new couch covers and I will be on my way on my redecorating mission.
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 09:37 PM | Comments (3)
Down Down Down Under
After the majority of my beverage class took our grades from down to Down Down Under.. we had one last (and not originally scheduled) tasting of Austailan Wine, Beer & Vodka.
I wasn't in the mood to drink and I used all of the Drugs I am on as an excuse not to participate in the tasting.
After watching the faces of most of my classmates... I'm glad I wasn't pouring this stuff down the hatch.
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 09:34 PM | Comments (0)
Staying Alive
Yes, I'm still here. I know I haven't posted since last Wednesday and I have a lot to catch up on because I haven't even really been reading what you all have been posting since then either. I had to get caught up on all my homework and school projects and Finals start TODAY.
The only final exam that I really felt like I had to study for and the BIG project are both due this evening, so I should be back, free & clear to catch on my posting and reading blog world tomorrow.
Until then... I'll be... Staying Alive.
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September 17, 2005
Life Continues To Be Weird
Life continues to be weird down by all the Red Brick Buildings in the middle of a Central Texas cotton patch near the Brazos River. 3 - 0 for the first time and 2 wins on the road for the first time in NINE years. Hopefully, this will be a Football Season to Remember.
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September 16, 2005
SPF - Random, Odd & Odder
Hosted by Kristine
Ok... It was time for Stuff Portrait Friday again... about a week ago... and it was Random Week over there at Random and Odd, how appropriate.
For this installment, our assignment was to show our kitchen, a picture of something random & a sample of our handwriting.
My Handwriting
My Kitchen
Something Random (A Picture of me Parasailing over Lake Tahoe in July 2002)
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September 15, 2005
Baking Final - Practical Part
Oatmeal Raisin Cookies and Soft Yeast Rolls
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Pictures From The Other Baking Class - Advanced Pastry
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September 14, 2005
Dumb People
There is a lovely piece of software on my computer at work that I have never had the opportunity to use because they wont give you a login and password until you complete a training course. I have been working at my glorious place of employment for close to five months and today was the first time they had offered a training class. I was told by the guy who hired me to register for this class when they announced it back in June.
The class was from 1pm - 4pm and it was upstairs in one of the meeting rooms. After about 50 minutes, the other people enrolled in the class asked for a break to go get coffee and snacks. Apparently they couldn't stay awake with the lights off (so that the powerpoint was easier to see.) The person teaching the class gave us a twenty minute break so I returned to my desk. I think I have mentioned that the way my desk is situated in the office, that I could literally die at my desk and no one would know until my decomposing body started stinking.
Apparently I must have been really quiet returning to my desk because the aforementioned and nicknamed "ExcelLady" who exhibits about the same personality as Katrina & Rita was down the side hallway running her mouth to just about anyone who would listen. And guess who she was talking about? You guessed it! ME! What was she saying?
"I don't know why she's taking that class, it's not like she is ever going to use that software. And when you don't use the software, they take it away from you. She must have had to BEG him to let her enroll in the class, she has no business wasting the company's time and money in there. She's too dumb to learn that software in the first place."
****NEWSFLASH****
In case those of you in the blog world didn't realize this:
- I have a degree in computer science.
- I taught high school computer science for three years.
- I taught Microsoft Office in high schools for three years.
- I taught Microsoft Office in industry for a year and a half.
- I have passed (with flying colors) the Microsoft Office User Suite Exams.
So what did I do? I sat there. Quietly at my desk until I was sure that the "ExcelLady" was back in her office. Then I walked back upstairs to the training class. The way the office is designed I can not go anywhere without passing her office. As I walked past her office she was on her way back out again. I didn't look at her (cause if I had I probably would have gone off), I just kept on walking. But I did see her out of the corner of my eye. She looked startled and almost jumped back... like she didn't know I was down there...
Apparently, while I was upstairs learning how to use this amazingly "hard" software with ease, she also took out some frustrations on another employee that works in our building. This time someone in the higher-up offices heard about it and I'm told called the "ExcelLady" into their office for a little chat. She has pretty much ignored me since then and I hope it stays that way.
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Happy Birthday Daddy!
Happy Birthday Daddy!
Thank you for always being there for me. Thank you for being the best dad in the world. I love you more than you will ever know.
*Edited to Add*
P.S. Happy Birthday to your Nephew, My Cousin, Rocky... Too!
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September 13, 2005
Episode # 10 "Blood Work Results" Of:
AS THE TONSIL FALLS
Well, if you recall back in Episode #8 (09/06/05) I went to visit "TheDrugDealer" and they drew six things of blood out of my right arm. They called me today with the results. They said that I had Anaemia due to a Folic Acid (B9)and B12 Deficiency. I looked up both of those vitamins and what I needed to eat to fix the deficiency.
The list for B12 consisted of :
- Fish
- Liver
- Pork
- Milk
- Cheese
YUM, YUM, YUM, YUM, & YUM.
The list for B9 consisted of :
- Carrots
- Yeast
- Liver
- Egg Yolks
- Melons
- Apricots
- Pumpkin
- Avacado
- Beans
- Rye & Whole Weat
- Green Leafy Vegetables
YUCK, EH, YUM, BLECH, YUM, YUM, NOT IN SEASON, FOODGASUM, YUM, EH, EH.
So, I left work, went to class, went home, changed clothes and then went and had a Prime Rib, Baked Sweet Potato, Ceasar Salad, Rye Bread & Coconut Shrimp at Outback Steakhouse.
That at least took care of the Fish, Beef, Cheese, Yeast, Egg Yolks, Rye Green Leafy Vegetables off of that list. I can't afford to eat like that every night so I guess I'm going to have to go buy some B12 and Folic Acid pills to swallow.
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September 12, 2005
Episode # 9b "Scheduling" Of:
AS THE TONSIL FALLS
The e-stem treatments are just those little electrode sticky things they put on you and you sit there and be "shocked" for about an hour. I'm supposed to go twice a week. Until the next school quarter starts I'm going to go at noon on Mondays and Fridays and then I will move it to Wednesdays and Fridays.
The first day was a complete and total waste of time. The person who hooked me up was under the impression that I was there for migraines, not for the true reason of this angle of my treatment which is to combat the stiff neck, muscle spasms, numbness and tingling in my extremities.
Apparently they dont turn the electrodes up very high for migraine patients. The next time I went I mentioned what a waste of time the first hour was sitting there and they cranked me up a few notches where I could feel it. These treatments are much better now.
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Want Some Wine With Dessert?
Well, we have made it to the last week of the quarter.. that is until final exams next week. This week we covered Sherry, Port & Dessert Wines.
We tasted a 2003 Sandeman Don Fino Superior Fino Sherry, Fonseca Porto Bin No 27, Taylor Fladgate 10 Year Old Tawny Porto & last but not least, Marco Negri Moscato d'Asti 2003 DOCG, by far the absolute best thing we have tasted in the entire 10 weeks of this class.
Next week is final exams and then I have a week off. I'm ready for a break. Gotta go work on homework. Night All.
Posted by FutureFoodTVStar at 09:12 PM | Comments (3)
September 11, 2005
What A Day For A Bad Breaker Box
Hightower Hurricanes. A Category 5 Storm.
