2009
2009 was very unremarkable. I didn’t accomplish much of anything. Joe and I visited his family in Missouri in the summer. I reread the Wheel of Time series and the Harry Potter series, along with many other books. I found a stray cat by the road who passed away a week later and left me pretty devestated.
We got a new kitten in August: a grey female who we named Luna. She’s turning into a gorgeous long hair car.
I didn’t do a whole lot of cross-stitching this past year. I was in a lot of pain over the summer. I finally started getting back into it last month. I’ve watched a lot of TV this past year.
This year I want to:
- eat healthier (lose weight)
- exercise
- keep the house clean
- start writing a novel
- spend more time working on my websites
I hope to enjoy life more and not live in a daze so much. I always feel like I’m floating outside this world, in my own bubble.
30 Years Old
Today I turned 30. Joe and I are off work today and tomorrow, which makes a nice 4-day weekend. I spent the afternoon playing WoW. We went to eat at Red Lobster with my parents, brother, sister-in-law, and niece. We ordered the lobster nachos for an appetizer. I had snow crab legs, salad with ranch, and a baked potato. Afterwards we went to my parents house for cake and ice cream and looked at some old photos. Now I’m going to play WoW again.
Tomorrow Joe and I are going to Red Robin to use my free burger coupon.
Two Months
It’s been almost two months since I last posted. Nothing too exciting has been happening. I’ve been playing a lot of World of Warcraft, reading, and watching TV. I’m still getting over bronchitis. I started back on Prozac several weeks ago. I just finished the newest Wheel of Time book today, which was awesome even with a different author. I’m about to start reading 6 Robin Cook books I bought but never actually read (they were mostly from the Book Market).
Work is depressing. I don’t want to work with clients anymore, but there’s not really any internal work for me to do at the moment. We’re no longer getting yearly raises since the company is losing money. We didn’t get a holiday bonus last year and I really doubt we will this year.
I’ve been off my gluten-free diet for awhile. I don’t think I should be off of it, but it’s expensive and pasta is cheaper than salads. Plus, I wanted to eat bread products. Gluteny-bread. I don’t think gluten-free bread and dessert products are for me either. Carbs in general make me feel bad. If we can get our money under control, I’d like to go back on a low-carb diet. Winter is always tough in terms of money, with the propane and all that. We can’t get on one of those monthly payment plans and we have to pre-pay for any since we were late once paying. It costs about $320 for three months’ worth. Both these past two years we’ve run out before spring and had to suffer through several cold weeks before the weather warmed up. At least this year we were able to buy some before the end of October.
In good news, Luna is still adorable. She’s getting bigger, of course, but is still full of energy and plays all the time. She comes up to me wanting attention several times a day.
World of Warcraft
I started playing World of Warcraft again yesterday. Joe and I had gone back to Everquest II at the beginning of July, although we haven’t really played it at all the past month.
I had been working towards the Violet Proto-drake achievement, but I stopped playing right when the Midsummer Festival started, so I have to wait till next July to get my drake, which is pretty dissapointing, but it was my choice. I just did not feel like going around lighting all those fires.
Tomorrow Brewfest begins and I was excited to see that they’re having a new pet this year: the Pint-Sized Pink Elekk. I was suprised to find out yesterday that I was still able to do the Northend Children’s Week quest and I got my little Oracle Hatchling.
I don’t want to devote too much time to playing WoW again. I had enjoyed this last month of not really playing online games. I read, I cross-stitched, I crafted…it was nice.
New Med
(by the way, we named the kitten Luna).
I saw the rheumy Friday. He said I’ve tried most of the medications there are supposed to help fibro and that I need to try and push through the pain and fatigue and exercise. I really feel like some of the pain isn’t the fibro (although he said it is), like in my knee, hip, and foot. Well, I know the foot is plantar fascilitis pain still. But he said a year or so ago that I had arthritis in my knee and in the last visit said it was fibro pain…so I don’t know. Normally he’s the best doctor I see. I told him when I try to exercise (even just stretch) it’s hard to walk for a week or so. He just said I have to try and keep exercising. That’s all well and good, but is he going to be the one to carry me up the stairs at work when I can’t walk up them?
He prescribed me Zanaflex. He said to start at one pill at first, but I took that last night and it didn’t really do much so I’ll try two pills tonight.
I’m tired of not being able to do anything physical. Even walking around the grocery store is very hard. Painful and exhausting.
