After the day I've had

A welcome reprieve.


Thank you world of medicine for not only understanding my pain but also letting these miracle workers include chemicals to knock me out right quick. A good night's sleep is just a locked phone away.
Things are already starting to look up. And a little psychedelic.

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You can't come back from that

I had great plans of flowering this blog with the details of how great my back feels or how doped up I am on the great drugs my doctor called in for me. I was told at 11 that I'd hear back from the ol' MD around 1 with the beautiful details of the magic meds that would be waiting for me at the Walgreens on Airline and Clearview. At 4:30 I got a call that the doctor wants me to come in tomorrow. Ugh! Another night of horrible, painful sleep. Oh yeah - I didn't go to work today on account of the fact that I didn't sleep last night.
Here's another bummer. When all the shows are on rerun, then you have to be home sick from work, then your DVR is empty, and you end up watching a few episodes of Top Chef that you've already seen. Not near as fun as playing hooky when you aren't actually sick. Not that I would know.
On the upside, Baby Mama was on tonight. There is too much about this movie that actually makes me laugh out loud. It's easy to overlook the plot that hits a little too close to home after having that WT con my sister and Sean. But! Tina Fey and Deni Fay both ended up with their own babies in their bellies!!
Hooray!

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Dimanche

As much as I convinced myself that this back thing would be gone when I woke up this morning, it wasn't. I've spent most of the day with a zoo themed lunch box ice pack on my back. I'm pretty sure they were a Target dollar bin purchase a couple of years ago. Finally putting that buck to good use. This ailment had me couched most of the day. Save for my time at Sam's and Walmart with the rest of Metairie/Harahan. I felt like everyone was preparing for a hurricane or something. Too. Many. People.
In my laid-upness Matt and I watched The Green Mile. Wow. How is it possible that there are so many amazing movies out there that I still haven't seen. This one had me weeping like a baby. I sure hope the writer of that movie has made millions. He/she deserves it.
Speaking of deserving - If you have very healthy food all day and save up your points, you can have sugar free, non-fat vanilla frozen yogurt with Elmer's Gold Brick Topping for dessert. 6 points for two tablespoons of this stuff is more than worth it.
Riddle me this. I woke up at 9:15, which was actually 10:15 due to daylight savings time. And now it's 9:30, but technically 8:30. And I'm tired. I haven't even been awake 12 hours! Where's the sense in that?

Crazy Heart

Somehow I've hurt my back. It got worse throughout the day, and now I'm a little miserable. It's painful to move.
Before I was so pitiful I ran a few errands. Hit up the fabric store as promised and picked up some yellow chenille. I have big plans. Stopped by the mall as well and fell in love with something I never knew I wanted.



I have big dreams.

Blow

Today was a nice continuation of yesterday. A bunch of suck to be exact. But I made it through. I might have had a few jelly beans under pressure, but those points were logged. 4:30 came and went. And I finally made it home. It was an easy day to flop on the couch and ignore my Active 2 workout. But I didn't. And I'm glad for that.
The last bummer thing of the day (I hope) was after a nice dinner of leftovers and salad. Matt and I sat down to watch Blow. I've never seen it, which I now believe to be quite a shame. The first hour and 5 minutes were great. Johnny Depp kept my eyes happy. Rachel Griffiths showed up years before Brothers and Sisters. And I was able to place the girl who played George's fiancee (she was Bourne's girl in the first movie who was killed in the second). 1 hour and 5 minutes - enter Penelope Cruz. Cue the dvd freeze. I have still not seen Blow. And it is still a shame.
I'm looking forward to a trip to Hancock Fabrics tomorrow to use a 40% off coupon.

A month

It's crazy when you think about a month. I can look back on a month and think "It's already been a month?" I can look back on the exact same month and think "It has only been a month?" A month ago (yesterday) my niece, Elise, was born.


It's hard to believe that she's already been here a whole month! We didn't go see her until a week after she was born, and that seems like ages ago. Same month, different points of view. Or is it point of views?

I find it interesting that Matt and I seem to have corresponding good/bad days. Around 3:00 today I received a text "I still haven't eaten lunch. Today sucked." I couldn't even reply I was so busy. It happens at least once a week that our days leave us in similar moods heading home.

I received another text today that I guess I deserved after a comment I made about my sister spending $53 on king cake for her dogs... "Don't be jealous of me sitting outside the airport waiting on a shuttle to an island resort eating a caramel pecan cinnabon!!! ;)" I am jealous.

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Lent 2011

I deliberated kind of long and a little hard about what I wanted to give up for Lent. I always give up some unhealthy food for Lent. I think my main motive is always to lose weight. It's not about understanding Christ's sacrifice. My New Year's Resolutions this year included things to help me live a more healthy life all around. I'm doing pretty well with my resolutions thus far.
But now I need to do something more. Something different. Something that will remind me every day to thank God for sending his son to live with us. So I commit to blogging every day until Easter.
And so...
The past few days brought Carnival season to a close. Thursday night Chris and Matt met me and Emily at the office after work. We hung around a couple of
hours and caught a few parades - Babylon, Chaos, and Muses. Those Muses ladies are a bunch of teases! We didn't see a single shoe leave a float.
I will admit to eating a LOT of King Cake since 12th night and enjoying every bit of it. I even made on Saturday thanks to a recipe posted by an old friend. It turned out awesome! The Beaubouefs and McPeters were supposed to go to Caitlin's mom's house on Orleans Avenue to watch Endymion Saturday. Bad weather moved the parade to Sunday and away from Orleans Avenue... So we improvised. I made a pork roast. Emily brought the dips she made and we had our own little party. The boys played Madden 2011 while we danced to Justin Timberlake. Then Emily and Matt beat me and Chris in spades. We ended the night with Mario Kart wii and some TV show with barely dressed criminals. I will go so far as to say the night was a success.
Did you know there is a city in Mississippi called Petal? Well my friend Caitlin moved there on New Year's Eve. And Sunday, we visited. We took a break out of the Mardi Gras festivities to celebrate Noah Oldenburg's 1st birthday. I was so happy to see Caitlin - I've missed her like crazy. The Dr. Seuss theme was very cute with green deviled eggs and ham sandwiches. And the cake was cute and very tasty. I would say the 4 hour round trip was well worth it! We will definitely be going back to spend a whole weekend with our friends soon.
Monday was work as usual and heading to bed as early as possible. Because Tuesday would bring a 4:30 wake up to head the CBD to catch the Zulu parade. It was early, but I am so happy that we went. It was probably a once in a lifetime experience because I'm sure that I won't be able to talk Matt into that again. Near the front of the parade one of the walkers approached the cop the was keeping order in our area. Apparently he needed her to move the railing so that he could get through the crowd for a much needed potty break. He walked right by us to head to the port-a-potties. We got ready for his return in order to snap a quick pic. Much to my surprise as he passed he handed me treasure! A highly coveted Zulu coconut!! You would have thought I just won the lottery by my excitement and racing heart! I'm sure I overreacted, but I was pumped! And now I will show you, in detail, my Zulu coconut...

Happy Mardi Gras, everyone! I look forward to sharing the next 40 days with you!