Part 2: It's the end of the world!...oh wait it's ok now.

Sorry things have been delayed here. We have been busy getting me back to normal movement. I went to the doctor she gave me muscle relaxers and now I feel so much better. I can move a whole lot better, but I still need some time to heal. Who knows what I did.
Anyway, part 2 of my story.
Well, Abbey hadn't been feeling well so David and I took her to the vet to get some medicine. (her problem was just a bathroom thing) Well, they did some pretty violating tests and took some blood to run some tests and we went on about our day. All we knew was she didn't have a parasite. Oh how I would later just WISH it were a parasite.

A few hours later we were out and the vet calls and says that they found something they didn't expect- she tested positive for FIV which is the kitty AIDS. We were in a store and I just had to run out crying. He also said it was highly contagious and we needed to bring Rigby in to test him. I am thinking I am going to lose both of my babies. And so soon after losing Juni.

Then I started really freaking out because I remembered that Abbey had been tested when I got her a year ago and in my mind the only place she could have gotten it was my sweet little baby kitten Rigby. Oh no! So I am balling. And David called the vet to see if we couldn't bring in Ribgy right away, but they were closing. These nice vet people let us come in while they were closing to test him. And he came back negative! So I had these horribly mixed feelings. Thank God the little guy was ok, but my sweet poor Abbey. We went ahead and got Rigby vaccinated so that he couldn't get FIV from Abbey.

This is where things turned around. The vet then said to get Rigby microchiped because if he ever got out and turned in to a shelter he would test positive for the virus now that he is vaccinated. Well on the way home all I could think of is where Abbey got it. I was positive she was tested, but maybe she was only tested for Feline leukemia. When we got home I checked my records and she was tested for both. But my eye caught something else on the page:
SHE WAS VACCINATED FOR FIV!!!!!!!

Abbey was never infected only vaccinated. And we just went from two healthy cats, to one sick cat, to one dying cat, to two dying cats, back to one dying cat, and full circle to two healthy cats. What a horribly emotional day. So 12 hours and $300 later we were finally able to fall asleep with both of our cats on the bed with us. It is funny though, the $300 hurts now, but at the time no amount of money was too big to save my babies.

That is my end of the world story!

If you have an outdoor kitty make sure he/she is tested for FIV/FeL. They are treatments available but if you catch it soon enough they have a much better chance. Here are some helpful links for more information about FIV/FeL
http://www.animalhealthchannel.com/fiv/
http://www.vetinfo.com/cfiv.html
http://www.bemikitties.com/felvring.html

P.S.- Abbey just has a bacterial infection and we have to give her antibiotics by mouth everyday. ugh it is not easy nor fun.

Enough Said...

Enough said.

It's the end of the world! but now it is all better

Well I have had a tumultuous weekend. So much so it will take 2 posts. So lets get on with it.

Part 1:This is kinda out of order but still I leave the super exciting stuff till later. So when David left two weeks ago my back started to ache. It was just a minor nuisance, you know kinda sore when bending over or lifting my Abbey. I thought maybe I am just sleeping funny and tried sleeping on the couch or in David's spot. I started to notice that I was needing more and more ibuprophen.

About a week ago it was the end of the world! I was in so much pain, still am, that I can't sit up, drive, sleep or move really. I am in a bad situation. I really don't like to go to the doctor, and why would I have gone, it was just a little backache. But David did convince me that it was a little on the unbearable side for it to just "go away," what I had been hoping it would just do.

Here is the catch. Because I waited till it got really bad to make an appointment, now I have to wait a week to see the doctor, unless there are cancelations. Just one of the downsides to military healthcare. So now I must wiggle and grunt and hate my life until next Tuesday. So I am an invalid.

Stay tuned for Part 2 of "It's the end of the World! oh, it's ok now"

I scream, You scream, We all scream for...

ICECREAM!!!!

Ok you guessed it. But this is super sad. I just took an early morning nap after taking David to work. From 6-8am and I dreamed of nothing but icecream.

I was at Marble Slab (not Cold Stone that icecream is yucky!) and I couldn't decide what to get. But in the end I got a scoop of chocolate cherry with chocolate chips as a mix in and also a scoop of their double dark chocolate with nuts and marshmallows mixed in. And I ate it, and it was yummy. And that is how pathetic I am.

Also, I went on wednesday to Walgreens for the after Valentine's Day candy sale. All of the candy was half off. Well I spent $11 and can you imagine the mass of candy I got? It is mildly embarassing. I got two huge bags of sweethearts Sweet tarts, two chocolate hearts; one was a Whitman Sampler the other was filled with Snickers, also a bag of Kisses with almonds, two boxes of Nerds, a Nerd Rope (for david), heart shaped Reese's and two little bags of the Cadburry mini eggs because they just put out Easter candy. I am ashamed. BUT anyone who knows me knows how long that will last, possibly till I am 30. You see I am a candy hoarder. Once I ate a box of Nerds 6 at a time, seriously it lasted forever. But it was a good deal right?

Ok, so I admit it, I like sweet and chocolate things. I can dream of only icecream, I can spend $11 on 50% off candy. I know it is sad, at least I admit it.

I've got a Valentine!

This came to my email with this simple question:

"Will you be my Valentine?"

Well Happy Valentine's Day people. Surround yourself with the people you love, no matter what your feelings are about this "holiday," any excuse to tell people you love them is a good one.

Get Ready to Rumble

Oh yeah baby, the Winter Olympics are here at last. I am so excited. You may not know but the winter Olympics are my favorite sporting event. Nothing is better. I mean the summer ones are neat, but I am not big on the whole track and field stuff. Oh but winter sports, yippie!

I spent my entire Saturday watching, or at least with the tv on, the Olympics. I don't want to knock the Italians, I mean I married into em', but the opening ceremony... not fabulous. But I did watch faithfully, even when the cows were dancing- that I don't understand. My love for the Olympics runs deep, I watch everything. Of course my favorites are the downhill skiing, the moguls, speed skating, the luge to name a few. But I watch it ALL. From bobsledding, figure skating, cross country skiing even curling. Oh yes I am that big of an Olympic dork. I even watch the emotional pieces that NBC puts together on the athletes. I love this stuff.

In Utah I was totally excited that snowboarding had made it into the Olympics. Way cool. So tonight is the halfpipe, of course it has already taken place but will be shown tonight. My only issue is how much I love all of my other tv. I mean what do I watch, White on the halfpipe (they call him "the flying tomato" he he) or the conclusion to Gray's Anatomy?!? And wed. Project Runway or Olympics- women's downhill, the short track, and my favorite men's moguls???? This is such a big dilemma.

Is it sad that my big dilemma is what to watch on tv at night? Even more sad is that David is coming home on Tuesday and I am blogging about the Olympics and not how much I miss him and love him and can not wait for him to come home. Oh well. Enjoy the Olympics while you can people!

Who am I?

Ok. So maybe this is something dumb to complain about but it really does bother me. I don't look like I am. Yeah this is the english major, writer, communicator blogging this rediculously flawed sentence. But seriously I hate that I don't look like who I am, what I am, what I am about. I think my image is boring and not me.

In high school I didn't want to stand out because my freshman year someone made fun of how I dressed; like to my face asked me why I dressed like I did. So after that I just wanted to fade into the back ground, and so I didn't do anything realted to "fashion." In college I just would never dress like the people I went to school with. Nothing against them, but I am not the kind of person to wear a skirt and high heels to class at 8 in the morning. I am way more edgy than trendy Dallas. I struggled trying to find my image.

Ok side note here. I am not saying that I want to become all consumed with what I look like. But it bothers me that I look young, and stupid and inexperienced, boring, plain and well everything that I am not. I just want people to look at me and know who I am, or have a better idea of who I am.

Now I am stuck in this jeans and t-shirts kind of trend that just sucks. I want to be so much. I want to be Greenwich Village, geek-chic, writer- sophistocated, a little bit rock, but not trendy. I want people to see the real me. I want people to see the intelectual, creative, fun, spontaneous, beautiful and complicated woman I am. Right now I think people see boring, disinterested, closed off, stuffy and the list could go on. I want to change my hair, and glasses, and make-up and shoes. I want to wear accessories, and get a tattoo... ok maybe I am taking it too far.

I am really just bored and want a change. I want to feel good about my self for a change.

Bizzaro

Ok, so we have been out of power for 24 or so because of what you ask? A windstorm. Yup so dinky little windstorm made me lose power. So when I woke up the sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. And I had no power. This resulted in convulsions as I went through withdrawl from Bob, the tv, and the internet. I called the electric company and they say- SEVERAL DAYS! Ok, so my only communication with my husband is through email, several days of dead silence and no word from David? Um no, it sounded like a slow painful death. But the power has come back on. Thank God.
Yet, I sit and wonder what is going on?!? Ok, first hail, then earthquake and then crazy windstorm. This has just been an absolutly bizzare week. Also I have been breaking out on my forehead like crazy. grrrr. And people have been going NUTS with superbowl crap up here. Yeah I get it, but it is so annoying. I am ready for all of the newscasts to go back to normal. What a week. Lets hope this next one is much better.
How was yours?

It gets weirder

Ok I thought that since David was gone that my posts would be boring, as they usually are. Nope, first hail now EARTHQUAKE.

Yes you read correctly, I lived through my first earthquake. It was only a 3.3 and I didn't know it was an earthquake till they said so on the news. It was just a little shake for a few seconds and living in an apartment complex you never know what is going on. But I do feel like I am in an alternate universe. Hail in the Northwest then an earthquake. It has been an exciting week I'd say.

Also, I must say that it is midly annoying when people blog with just random pictures. They never are terribly interesting. But to show off my mother's scanning abilities I am going to post the other pictures of me and Leah when we were little. I think they are kinda cute, if I say so my self. However not related to the min-earthquake story, have fun looking at the beginning of this interesting life... (that's me by the way)






*I must also say what was up with the hair? Why did I look so much like a Beatle? Was that the style back then or did my mom refuse to brush my hair? Well I got her back with the horrible tangles, and thanks to Brandi Peacock the endless lice. Sorry about that mom.

What the hail?

I haven't lived in the Northwest for very long but I had some initial ideas about what the weather would be like. Everyone said it rained alot but it would be misty rain. But when natives are saying that it is raining alot uhhh I think my presence in Washington is affecting the weather patterns.

It used to be that it just rained, real rain, everyday all day but I have just experienced hail in the P.O. ! It doesn't hail here normally, but what is normal with the weather anymore? If anyone has any ideas on how to stay sane without sunlight? Since New Years there has been maybe 4 days without rain at the most. If we start to float away I will call for help.