We're the blood of God's veins..

I have to say..Today I am feeling sooo much better than I was 2 days ago.
Yesterday I had a day off from work..I brought my puppy to the vet. Got all of her shots, wormed her (ew that always sounds so gross to me), got her teeth looked at and everything else you can think of. My vet said that she had a beautiful coat :) I then went to my Dr's appt..I was sent straight to X-ray. Then I waited for an eternity to see the Dr. He took one look and said, "Do you want me to remove that  ganglion cyst or just drain it today?" I told him that I couldn't take a month off of work to have it removed so we decided on draining the cyst. There is a really big chance that it will come back, but I'm praying it won't!! I told him what I did for a living and that I worked for Mike Morgan..he was like oohhhh well we can't have you out of work for very long then. He then pulled out his tape recorder to record my notes and he sounded like one of those auctioneers (is that what you call them??) It sounded like this: eeeehhhbleebleeblooblaahhMikeMorganbleeghourrthhoubleeganglioncystleftdorsumbleebloo etc..you get the point! I lol'ed. Couldn't help it. I tried to make a joke a few times and he sort of just looked at me..he drew a perfectly anatomical picture of all of the carpal bones in under 10 seconds and I was like wow that's a really good drawing! I was really impressed..but then he just stared at me. Because duuuuhh he probably draws it for every single patient he sees a day which is probably like 20+. ha! I wish I could upload the video of the cyst being removed (my sick co worker made me record it but I couldn't even watch the needles so I'm surprised it came out!) He basically just numbed my wrist (which was the super painful part) then drew the fluid out of the cyst with a bigger needle. Then he pressed on the cyst until it popped and moved the fluid around, wrapped me up, and sent me out the door! He prescribed me with no massaging until Monday. ha! So I ended up doing a lot of busy work at work today and working with people that needed one on one treatment with a therapist.
Wow, that seems like a really boring story. But really..I am so happy that my dogs are taken care of, that my wrist is taken care of..I got to go grocery shopping. I've learned over the past year to just be happy that I have what I have. I was seriously a shop-a-holic. Don't get me wrong, I still am at heart. But I think I was just going after so many material things because I was so unhappy and I could think about what I wanted to buy next instead of what was actually going on in my life. I really do love to shop, though! I think I am very materialistic..but lately I have been learning to not be so much. I think that's maybe part of why I'm going through this right now..
welllll I'm pretty sure the Ides of March blog challenge is over? But I'm kind of on a roll with blogging so I think I'll keep it up :)

Something takes a part of me..

(I really don't like Korn..but I've been reading Brian Welch's book and now this song stays in my head all of the time :''( I still remember the video on TRL and how mad I was that it made #1 all the time!!)

I think I must share something.
This past Sunday at church, most of the people there were each saying a little testimony..well not necessarily a testimony..but just something good that happened to them..something small (or something big) that was a reminder that God cares about the little things that we care and worry about. Well I was so scared that they would hand the mic to me and expect me to say something good that happened to me. Then think I was being silly or whatever when I would have to say that I had nothing. Over the past month, things have been..hard. I have been working non stop..my poor hands are killing me from massaging so much. In fact, I now have what I'm 99.9% sure is a ganglion cyst on my left hand. There really isn't like one specific cause for ganglion cysts, besides trauma, or repetitive use. At this point..well I can't not work. I have been more stressed out this year about money than I've ever been. I make really good money. More than most of my friends in the same field. I am just so horrible at budgeting! For the past month I have been scrounging up every penny (and maxing out credit cards :O !!) to live. To put gas in my car to go to work. I had a lot of bills pile up on me and I couldn't put them off any more. Also, I was trying to pay off my trip to Disney World, which don't get me wrong, I am super duper excited about..but I don't know if it was the best decision to make financially? At this point, I don't care..I need a vacation more than anyone knows and I'm gonna go even if I have to eat an apple for lunch. Back to my story..anyway, yesterday I was feeling really stressed out again because I have so many bills due, a Dr. appt tomorrow for my cyst (that I'm pretty sure I know exactly what the Dr will say/do, but it's better to be safe than sorry!), an appt for my puppy to finally get her shots that I've been putting off for far too long..I was in tears on my way home from work. I just didn't know how I would make it work.
 I checked the mail on my way in and noticed something that was to my (ex) husband from the same company that we had had our home mortgage with about 3 years ago..I opened it and it just so happened to be..a check! I couldn't believe it. We have been trying to settle with this company, tracking down phone calls, payments that we made through the company and they kept putting us off. Now, what they owe us, and what they actually payed us is really crazy. They owe us a whole lot more than the check was..but a letter that came with the check said that the company had settled and this was how much every person was going to get..honestly, I've been ready to move on from this situation since it happened. My ex kept saying he would get a lawyer and take them to court..but really..it was such a horrible time in both of our lives that I really just want to move on and forget that it ever happened. Anyway, my ex told me to just keep the check because he knew that I needed it. So there's my happy! I've so been needing something, anything good to happen. Sorry if I'm being a debbie downer..but seriously I've had a rough couple days/weeks/months/years, but who's counting?? Things are getting better..and I believe they will continue to get better.
The puppy even calmed down tonight and actually went and got in her kennel when she was ready to go to bed instead of jumping up and down like a psycho biting all of my flesh off. Say a little prayer for my ganglion cyst please! Maaaaaaybe It'll give me an excuse to let my hands rest at work. But I don't know how my patients will like that! They ask for me to give them a deep tissue massage every time they come in..sometimes they ask specifically for me. I'm not sayin I'm the best, shoot, I'm far from it. But I'm learning and gaining experience every day. I really do enjoy my job and what I do..I hope I can keep doing it for a long time.
I'm so excited to have a day off tomorrow that I might cry! It's midnight and I'm still up! I get to wake up early and clean my kitchen and fold clothes and run errands all day! Sounds pretty mundane..but it's just what I need..I love days like that.
night night.

Take control of the atmosphere...take me far away from here..

Today.
I didn't like today, much.
I have been working til 5 or later every single day of the week. My co workers either get a half day or the whole day off on Friday. Today was the only day I could have maybe tried to bypass some of the traffic to get home before 6:00. Well that didn't happen. Even though I did continuing education classes at work for almost 3 hours, when I could have been at home doing them, not sitting on my butt not working for 3 hours (but hey-I was getting paid to do it..so I guess I shant complain.) I'm just sooooo ready for a vacation. A getaway. A friend to move close to me..just ANYTHING. I need just something exciting to happen soon or I'll go crazy!
While I'm in the complaining mood..my dogs are driving me nuts today. I'm about to let them both just run wild in the woods and get their own water and their own food. Or, I am going to de claw both of them, and put muzzles on them. I promise I have scratches covering my arms and my legs. They don't mean to..For some reason Moo moo HAS to scratch with her razorblade claws (they only get worse when you clip them..) over and over and over, as if I haven't screamed enough the first 27 times she did it. And the puppy. won't. stop. biting. me. She is just playing..but I have tried so many different ways to get her to stop. And nothing. She's just a teething puppy and she has to chew on something. Like a Steve Madden platform heel that cost me a small fortune (I haven't worn them in 2 years..but still!). If she touches my furniture..I'm gonna get crazy on her!!
Okayyyy I really love my dogs. But ya know, one of those days.
Hope you guys had a better day than me!

I got one more silver dollar..

Wahhh more blogging days I missed. Guess I've been a little busy this weekend to blog.
Gotta give a Happy Birthday shout out to the moms..yesterday was her birthday! I think she had a good one..she spent the day doing what she loves to do..going to church, spending time with the fam, and working in the garden. Oh and eating blizzard cake :P which was sooo much better than Baskin Robbins ice cream cakes. js.
I don't have much else to blog about..I'm about to start a a new show! Don't know that I'll have much time..or be able to pay attention to an hour long show with the crazy puppy around..but I'm about to start Mad Men. It's been on my list for so long so I'm finally gonna watch it. The new season started last night and I recorded it so that I'll be ready when I get to it! Oh. I also finished reading The Giver. whomp whommmppp. I need to probably talk to someone else who has read it because..well idk. I felt like it kept leading up to something and then it just sort of fizzled out for me at the end. Maybe I'm crazy and maybe everyone else loves it. but watevs.
Goin watch Don Draper be awesome. Night night.

This life would kill me if I didn't have you..

I'm making oatmeal cookies! With many variations. Walnut. Chocolate chips and walnuts. Butterscotch chips and chocolate chips and walnuts. I've had 3 requests for these in the last week so I hope they come out good and everyone can freakin SHUTUP about me makin em!! geez.
And reading material for my home continuing education courses I have to take.
And spanking Chai every 5 minutes bc she's a bad*zz. She is. with 2 z's on the end for effect.
For some reason the Louisiana State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners decided that it wasn't enough for us to just do our 12 hours of continuing education in a year. We have to have 2 jurisprudence hours, 2 ethics hours, and I can't even remember how many regular hours in 2 years instead of 1 year. Big stupid frickin cluster is what it is. Thank God I work with a woman who stays on top of her stuff and tells me what to do, and when.
Oh! Da cookies is done!
Night y'alls.
Happy Hump Day.

Somewhere with you..

Oooohhh 2 days in a row.
But this one won't be long. I had a really busy day..went to work..came home for lunch to let the psycho out. Went back to work and got off at 5:20..went to Winn Dixie because I noticed at lunch that my refrigerator was BARE. All I had was a carton of eggs. Rushed home..changed clothes and let crazy aminals outside and fed them. Changed clothes whilst the animals/crazy psychos frolicked outside. Went to boot camp..came home and cooked a quiche (yay! It's been awhile..) and cleaned a little. So yeah I've been non stop all day and I can't believe I'm writing this.
But I finally paid my Disney trip off!!!!! I'm now broke and also have to save every last penny for spending $..but It's paid off and now I'm actually gonna go to there!!! I never thought I would be excited for Disney..it was never anything that I really HAD to go see..in fact, when we were (young) teenagers, my parent's gave my brothers and I the choice of going to Disneyworld, or going skiing in Colorado. It was no question! We went skiing. Guess theme parks never really were our thing. But I'm gonna go there and I'm gonna have fun.
Yah :D

I'm gonna live where the green grass grows..

I'm horrible at blogging!! I feel like I need to start each post like this because I always skip a day :-/
I was so tired yesterday and just never got around to it! After church and family all day (and then a wild puppy when I got home) I was only ready for B&B. Bath and bed!
I had the best weekend. I've been waiting for it for awhile now! My best friend in the whole universe and her husband and their puppy came over on Saturday (along with some other awesome family members!) to eat crawfish. We of course went on our crawfish tour. There were 7 of us + 2 little doggies on the golf cart aka party bus. We made it to the back where the ponds are and got a stupid flat tire. So we waited for my dad to come to the rescue and then we finished (half way..) our tour. I'm sure it gets old to some people..but this never gets old to me. It's so pretty back there. The water and the trees and the birds. Just so pretty. My friend Becca kept saying "Do you know what this is doing for my soul!?!" Such a Becca thing to say..but it's true. We then ate many pounds of crawfish and drank many strawberry beers and watched the doggies roll around in the one tiny mud puddle there was. I didn't want the day to end! I'm so glad that Becca moved closer..even though we still go too long without seeing each other..it doesn't even matter. Just knowing that she's a car ride away makes it so much better. Easter was also really great. I guess I take it for granted how close my family is..how close we live to each other, and how close we are as a family. I am very thankful for them!
I also thought about writing an Easter post..especially after watching The Bible last night on the History channel. Imean..it's a little cheesy..and I do think it's funny that they cast most of the characters according to which region they were in..but Jesus looked just like Jesus. A white man! I guess that doesn't matter so much. I just think it's funny..but overall it was good. There was a commercial on during the show that said something like "Have you been enjoying the Bible series? Well did you know you can read the bible every day on your iphone if you get this app?" And they showed all of these business type people like getting into cabs and at work reading the bible on their phones. I just thought it was kind of funny. I never made it to my Easter post..I feel like I don't have the adequate words to describe what Jesus and his blood mean to me..I've made so many mistakes in my life..some that are completely horrible and disgusting and that I can't believe that I did. But because of Jesus' blood..I can (and was!) forgiven, and can spend eternity in Heaven with Him. And all of the people I love.
I almost forgot to write about this, but I know that a few people will enjoy it. Ya see, if ya work in New Roads, and most people know your family, they are gonna ask you a billion questions. Like "Ohh, do you live in that trailer in Oscar where Charlie and his wife used to live??" Yes, everyone knows this. It's sort of comforting, but also scary at the same time. I like that everyone knows me and my family..well I have this one patient. He's from Chicago..He and his wife have been to therapy before, and they just love me. And I think they're crazy. And hilarious. They live less than a mile away from me, and me being the dumbo that I am, I told them where I live (what's wrong with me!???)  (I'm trying to get less personal with patients that creep me out..). (Another funny thing, is that they add the phrase "and that" to the end of every sentence: "OOh I went to the winn dixie and that, and I got some milk and that.." Make sure you read it in a Chicago accent so you'll understand..). Okay, enough parentheses. So today I got home from work and when I was walking in the door, this truck was passing by and they layed on the horn (95% of the people that pass by my house do this..not sure if it's for me or Charlie ha!)..I walked in and got the puppy to bring her outside and looked up and of course the truck is barreling down my driveway with my crazy patient hanging out the window and busting out laughing because he's obsessed with dogs. He leaped out of his truck, along with his son, and ran and picked her up and took 567 pictures with his phone and played with her until finally his son said "Come on dude, we got to get to Port Allen and that". I was so creeped out that they were in my yard and also embarrassed because I'm sure every person that passed by saw what was happening and by now there's a rumor about me going around in New Roads. Thank god the man's son was with him because I might have called my dad to come over if it was just him..
Sooo yeah. That happened. And now I'm about to go for a run!
Hopefully this really long post made up for yesterday and that! Serious and a funny story all in one.