May162013
So, over the past year, I’ve been paying $50 a month for birth control pills, because I have to be on the lowest dosage pill, and there is no generic of it. So, $600 a year. Kids are freakin’ expensive even when they don’t exist.
Anyway, I went for my yearly check up on Tuesday, and my doctor told me about this form of birth control called Nexplanon. It’s a tiny implant that goes in your arm (insertion takes less then a minute), and is the most reliable method of birth control on the market.
It also lasts for three years, and with my insurance, I can get it completely free. I’m going to go in and get it next week. I’m stupid excited. So for the three years it lasts, I will save $1800. I like this. I like this a lot.
May62013
I got all my stuff moved into the new apartment today. Jake will get the rest of his stuff on Wednesday. I LOVE the apartment. The kitchen. Oh, the kitchen. Cabinets and countertops galore. Two bedrooms, 1 3/4 baths.
And it will be OUR place. Not Jake staying at ‘my’ place, or Jake having most of his stuff at ‘his’ place. This will be simply: Home. Jake and I, and our baby kitty.
My health has been much improved over the last week, I’ve moved in with the sweetest guy I know, who I completely adore, and I am so happy I’m not sure what to do with myself.
March82013
No, I’m not pregnant.
BUT. I’ve had a craving for Taco Bell since about noon today and I haven’t the foggiest why. First off, Taco Bell is horrendous for you. And second, I don’t even LIKE Taco Bell. What the hail?
I think it’s probably because I’m finally starting to get back into the swing of eating healthy and exercising after I basically turned into a lifeless invalid over the last 3 months. So now I’m craving junk food.
I hate this part.
February212013
So much snow. I couldn’t make it into work this morning because a) my low riding sports car with high speed performance tires isn’t going anywhere and b) I feel like shit. I’ve had mostly good days since my surgery, but some days my body really likes to remind me that I’m still recovering.
Now it has started to rain, and I’m starting to get worried about making it safely to work tomorrow.
Why did I buy a sports car? Why do I live in Kansas?
February202013
Ever had a nightmare that scared the ever loving shit out of awake you? As in, don’t want to get out of bed for fear of what is going to grab hold of your ankles from under the bed?
What am I? A five year old?!
Gah. Still have the creeps. Evil demon ghosts. That’s all I’m gonna say.
February192013
Got to see my friend B today. We laughed till we couldn’t breathe. It was awesome. We are funny assholes.
February92013
I’m still a little disappointed that I had a pretty major surgery and all I have to show for it is four band aids on my stomach. Modern medicine is baffling.
Hopefully I’ll at least have some cool new scars.
Recovery has been going pretty smoothly, the second day was by far the worst. I got violently ill three times in under 90 minutes and my pain skyrocketed. I was nearly delirious with the pain, even after taking Lortab. Not a fun time.
Today has been much better, my pain is much more manageable, and I can get up and walk without help, though I can’t stand up/walk for too long still. The worst part has been all the extra CO2 in my abdomen. When they removed my gallbladder, the pumped my abdomen full of air to make space to maneuver I guess, and so most of that excess air was caught when they closed me back up. And because it wasn’t pumped into any of my actual intestines, the extra air moves around. Right after my surgery, my skin was stretched like a balloon, but now that some of the air has worked its way out of my system, I can sometimes see bubbles of it moving around my abdomen, which unfortunately is also quite painful. Burping is the only thing that helps, lol. It sucks, but is stupidly funny.
Modern medicine is also creepy. More updates later. Lunch time and Doctor Who right now!
February62013
Pre-surgery jitters. I forgot what this feels like. Time to add 2-4 more scars to my stomach.
