Hi y'all! I got back today from another awesome weekend up in Blacksburg with Adam. It definitely sucks to not get to see him every day like we used to be able to do during the school year.
But only getting to see him on the weekends does have some advantages... like making me appreciate the time we DO get to spend together, and giving me something to look forward to all week, and giving him time to concentrate on his schoolwork during the week.
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The weekend was really fun cuz Adam bought me a wheelchair off the internet since I can't walk for long periods of time, like around the mall, and to the football games, etc. 
Poor Adam got a heck of a workout pushing me around all weekend, but he took it like a champ and actually enjoyed it, cuz we were able to do some things that my medical situation had been limiting, like taking our time around town window shopping without me getting dizzy or tired or passing out, etc. Adam and I also learned how few stores are truly wheelchair accessible. I can only imagine how frustrating it must be for people who are permanently confined to a wheelchair. 
<--- This is how it made me feel. ---> 
------------------------------------The only bad part of the weekend was Virginia Tech's AWFUL performance at the football game on Saturday. 
We had no offensive line, a QB that kept getting sacked for losses instead of just chucking the ball out of bounds, a punter who kept whiffing the kicks, and a defense that let Georgia Tech score THREE touchdowns in the FIRST QUARTER!!! Argh!! If you deduct those 21 points from the final score, we woulda won! My theory is that the team thought it was a night game and that's why they didn't show up for the first 3/4 of the game. 
We had awesome seats though cuz I got to sit in the handicap section that's on the 40 yard line, about 25 rows back from the field. See? There's some silver lining to the whole "being crippled" thing. Adam's HILARIOUSLY fun cousins were in town for the game, so we got to hang out with them before and after the game. I love his family. They treat me like I'm already part of the Cowling clan, and I LOVE it. 
------------------------------------Unfortunate lesson learned from this weekend: If you are fair skinned, then you easily get sunburned at football games where it is constantly sunny despite a weather forecast of cloudy/rainy. I realize that's just an obvious fact. Here's the lesson part: If you decide to show your school spirit by putting a fake tattoo on your left cheek (face cheek for those of you who easily stray to the gutter), then when you remove the tattoo (painfully) later that night, you have a "VT" logo sunburned into your cheek. And yes, with my albino complexion, it's blatantly obvious. 
<--- This is the reaction of everyone who has seen it so far. I can't blame 'em. I'd laugh at me too.------------------------------------
Switching gears to the medical front, I went to the doctor this past week (my regular doc, not one of the specialists) and he's decided that it's definitely time for me to be referred to Duke's medical center, basically because I've stumped all the docs up here in Virginia. So he said he's going to be getting the ball rolling on that. Figures it would be Duke though since I'm a HUGE Tarheels fan. If Duke can cure me of whatever it is that I have, then I will agree to stop knocking Duke's academics. But I'm still rooting against their athletics. 
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Top 10 Signs Your Doctors Have You On Too Many Prescriptions:
10. Every doctor sites some of your problems being that you're on too many prescriptions, then proceeds to give you a few more prescriptions before you leave their office.
9. Y'know how doctors always prefer for you to bring all your prescription bottles with you to each appointment? Well, they barely fit into a large Kroger plastic bag.
8. Due to the embarrassment of having to carry a large Kroger plastic bag into each doctor's office, you decide to write each prescription down on notecards to take, instead of the Kroger bag.
7. After doing #8, you realize it takes 2 entire notecards to list all of your medications.
6. You're on 10 prescriptions to directly help with some of your illnesses, and 10 more prescriptions to counter all the side affects of the first 10 prescriptions.
5. You stop using one of those countainers where you can load up each day of meds into a compartment, because they don't make any that are large enough for all of the daily meds.
4. You tell the time of day based on which prescriptions you've had to take/will be taking. I'll include a real life example from earlier today:
-- Gene': I've gotta leave to go pick up J.D. at 10pm. What time is it now?
-- Me: We've got another hour to talk cuz I take more Lortab and Librium at 10pm.
3. When packing for a weekend visit, your pills for 3 days take up an entire compartment in your suitcase.
2. You talk to the pharmacist at Walgreens so often that not only does he know you by name, but he also knows enough about you to make conversation with you whenever you call in refills or pick up prescriptions.
1. It's like playing a game of tetris to get all the prescription bottles to fit in your lockbox where you keep your medications.
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Here are a couple of random smilies that don't apply to anything in this post, but they made me chuckle so I thought I'd share 'em with y'all...
<----- this one reminds me of that scene in "A Christmas Story".
<----- this one's just randomly silly, and how I feel sometimes.------------------------------------Ooooh, cute kitty picture time!! (Yeah yeah, so I'm a lil biased cuz they're my babies. What can I say, I'm a proud mama.)
Emmie's hiding place in the cabinet.
Saph proving she CAN fit into an empty Dr. Pepper box.
Emmie hogging the entire bed.
For some reason, Saph LOVED laying in the bathroom sink in my old apt.
Both kitties chillin in the bottom part of my hutch.
Double decker kitties!
I LOVE my babies.
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Well, my pain killers are starting to kick pretty hard so I'ma sign off and see if my body will let me sleep tonight. I hope everybody has a good Monday... and just think, even though it's Monday, getting through today will get you one day closer to the weekend.
I love y'all and appreciate all the support you continue to give me on a regular basis. It's so amazing that it gives me goosebumps. You guys are so good to me.
G'mornin y'all.
<--- (Wouldn't it be fun if this could be us?)
<--- How's this for a cute smiley?
