So I’ve gone and done it again… I’ve neglected my blog for WAYYY to long, and one of my co workers actually started one, and it reminded me of how much I actually enjoyed blogging.
So to pick up where we left off…… The in between is… Life happened, and it happened with a vengeance. 2011 was a wonderfully, fantastic, amazing and…. A horrible nightmare! So the top 5 things of the Wonderful, Fantastic, and Amazing….
1. 1. I moved out of Mom and Dad’s house, to a townhome community less than a mile from my sister. My house backs up to the pool, and it turns out that I have amazing neighbors who I love dearly! Bella LOVES it, and I love that we’re both happy!!
2. 2. One of my best friends got married in November, and I was a bridesmaid in her wedding! She was such a BEAUTIFUL bride, and I am so excited for her to start this journey with her husband!
3. 3. I met a boy… :-) A VERY awesome guy that fixes my car, hangs my Christmas Lights for me, and makes me BEAUTIFUL work out of his talent for Welding! Did I mention that he’s awesome?!?!!? I totally met him on a random afternoon on July 3rd. I overheard he and his friends at the pool discussing going to a fast food place. I had just cooked a pork loin and I thought, “Hey, I can’t eat all of this, and I’m not doing anything except for laying out in my backyard! I’ll just slice this up and take it up there… Get to meet some new neighbors!” So I did, and Brent was there with his roommate, his co worker, and my neighbor, who.. coincidently, I went to high school with. We were in Choir together! (SMALL WORLD). So.. That’s where our story began!
4. 4. I became an aunt a second time around, to another BEAUTIFUL and AMAZING niece who I call “Lady Bug”. She was born May 9th, 2011. She is perfect and sweet, and my heart grew the day she was born. My life got brighter!
5. 5. My beautiful grandmother “Meema” turned 90 years old on October 28, 2011. She has 3 Children, 9 Grand children, and 13 great grand children. She amazes me at her energy!! She is on a Wii Bowling League within her retirement community. LOVE IT!!
Now onto why it was a horrible Nightmare….
1. 1. After White Water Rafting back at the end of June, to Celebrate my best friend’s husband’s birthday, I get a call from my best friend after I walked in the door…… Her Mom died… She took this hard, and I took it hard, just due to the fact that her Mom and I had some great conversations!
2. 2. In the beginning of August… Guess who ended up with MRSA again?!?!?! That’s right folks… I did… It was a nightmare!! None of the doctors would listen to me, when I KNEW what worked and didn’t work (because as I stated… this is the second time around for me!). It took 2 visits to my PCP and 3 visits to the ER to be taken seriously… Third time’s a charm!! Nothing like sitting in the ER with the ER Doc calling Stat on things and making people rush because you are extremely ill! The infection had spread across my abdomen and down my legs. “YAY”!! This lead to a 3 day 2 night stay in Chateau De Quarantine in hospitaldom! Yes, I was in QUARANTINE!!! I was pumped full of antibiotics, pain meds, med meds, and some other meds to kill the MRSA. This of course ate into my PTO at work, so after that hospital stay, I didn’t have any vacay days left! GRR!! (But.. I have my health!) Oh.. and did I mention that I owe a crapload of money to the hospital?!? DOUBLE GRRR!!
3. 3. So, as great as this “tool” that I’ve had with this surgery, (I am 2 years out and almost to my goal!!), it has caused some mental side effects. It’s changing habits, and changing the way you think and feel etc… Well, I look in the mirror and I still see that girl… The girl who is WAYYYY overweight and I can’t shake her. I’m also terrified because I don’t have that weight anymore to protect me, so I feel vulnerable… So… 2011.. (and I know this isn’t nightmarish, but it took a panic attack, which was nightmarish for me to realize I needed it) I started back to seeing a therapist. I’m learning that I’m a control freak… Hmmm… Interesting!
4. 4. So… the day I get out of the hospital… my sister’s ex starts texting me asking me where my sister is… and THEN HE SHOWS UP AT MY HOUSE (didn’t tell me he was doing this.) It’s 11 o’clock at night (my sister was at my house, due to me just being out of the hospital), and he attempted to open the door… freaked me out, freaked Bella out, and of course freaked my sister out!! I ended up calling the cops.. Turns out he was drunk.. He just wanted to tell my sister he missed her.. so he DROVE.. DRUNK… TO MY HOUSE!! PUNK!!!
5. 5. About 2 weeks after I get out of the hospital… I get a call from my mom… (about 5 mins after I had gotten off of the phone with she and my dad) She said that she had to rush dad to the hospital because he thought he was having a heart attack…. I have never seen him in so much pain!! I had to go pick my sister up from a work event, and then we high tailed it to the hospital. He was not having a heart attack, and they think it was stress related, and maybe some of enzyme issue. But he is okay! He is healthy and strong now… But.. yeah.. It was nightmarish!
So… Maybe I’ll start back up blogging.. Writing all of that out just made me feel about a thousand times better! Good thing is.??? I AM ALIVE!!!
