Woe is me

Last night I had the worse case of what I ruled out as appendicitis so assumed was really bad gas. I've been feeling off since Friday evening so haven't been eating a heck of a lot and have been sticking mostly to salad and bread. After having a small piece of pizza for dinner last night my right side under my ribs really started to hurt. It was incredibly uncomfortable, my back was killing me, I couldn't sleep and by 2:30am I was in tears.

A. decided that he was taking me to the hospital and after a fairly short wait and a painful examination the doctor determined that it was most likely gall stones (apparently greasy food can set off an attack.) They took some blood, hooked me up to an IV and gave me some morphine. That was only the second time in my life I'd had morphine but man is it ever good stuff. My scalp was instantly tingling and within a minute or two I was feeling better. The doctor let me lie there for about an hour and at 5am sent me home with some Tylenol 3 and a requisition for an out-patient ultrasound. I'm really hoping it's NOT gall stones but I'll keep you posted.

Snow Day #2

The college is closed for a second day in a row which means I get to stay home. Yesterday was Wonderfalls and baking my Amma's chocolate chip cookies, today will probably be Pride & Prejudice and banana bread. Frankly, I'm starting to get bored and antsy - especially since I know there is a lot to be done at work.

But first, I WILL finish the book that I have been reading for the past three months - this is madness.

The end of an adventure

I've been told that I was remiss in not posting photos of the completed renovation so I give those to you now. Everything looks pretty much the same as it did before except the carpet is slightly darker. I want to thank everyone for their kind words during this ordeal - it has helped immensely.






The complete set of Flood '06 pictures can be found here.

Snowflakes

Today at work a few of us decided to make the place a little more festive so we made some paper snowflakes - took me right back to Kindergarden.

Check out my handy work.

Sexiest Man Living

People magazine has chosen George Clooney as this year's Sexiest Man Alive but is he really? The folks over at Salon seem to think otherwise and, while I do think George Clooney is attractive, I tend to agree with their choices.

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In other news, we moved back in last week and everything is back to normal. The walls are freshly repainted, the carpet is lovely and soft and it feels so good to be back home.

And we've got progress

Things are finally coming along and it looks like we'll be able to move back in sooner than expected. The paint is dry, the vinyl is in and the carpet is supposed to be installed tomorrow. I can't even say how much I'm looking forward to being back in my own condo. All this for a new washer and dryer...