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Conversations With My Family

My older Brother (to me): “Why is your hair so big?”

Me (quickly): “Because it’s full of secrets.”

Older brother (stares blankly): “Huh? Seriously? Your hair is all huge and poofy.”

Me: “It’s from ‘Mean Girls’ Geez”

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Sister-In-Law (to her 3 kids): “We’re going to mommy’s friend’s wedding.”

My 4 year old nephew: “Grown-ups have friends?”

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My Older Brother (to his family): “Today is daddy’s birthday!”

My 4 year old nephew: “I didn’t know grow-ups have birthdays!”

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4 Year old Nephew drew me a picture

Me: “What’s That?”

Him: “It’s a Spider-Snake.”

Me (Shudders): “That sounds awful. No thanks.”

Him: “No Emmie! It’s very cool. It crawls and has 8 legs.”

Me: “Gross.  No”

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I love my family. I have missed seeing my 3 nephews (ages 1, 4 and 7) for several weeks (I’ve been so busy at Corky I haven’t had time to go home!) 

Five Five!

  1. Hey guys, Miss my face? 🙂 I’m still alive! I honestly don’t know how people OD on prescription drugs! I had to have Hydrocodone and when that wouldn’t take away my pain, they gave me Percocet. I felt nauseous, seasick, tired and kind of foggy on those drugs. The Percocet was way worse. But! The pain is gone and I’m currently only on Tylenol and my antibiotic. I spent most of Wednesday and Thursday on the couch, “resting my eyes.”
  2. I don’t like feeling foggy and out of it. I like feeling in control and on top of my game. I like feeling clear and awake and energized. I’ve not felt that way for the past few days. That’s the drugs talking. They get rid of the pain, but at a cost. My arms and legs and even chest felt funny. So did my ears! So freakin’ weird.
  3. I’m off from Corky and The station this weekend! Hooray! Yesterday was my brother’s 35th Birthday and so tonight is a family dinner. I miss my 3 nephews. I haven’t seen them in nearly 2 months. That’s waaaayyy too long.
  4. The 2nd picture is the photo collage I made for Facebook for his birthday yesterday. He and his wife ran the Lincoln Half last year. They’re doing it again this year with me. I’m so proud of my family!
  5. I don’t think I’m taking in enough calories. I don’t know exactly how many I’m doing, but seeing as I’ve gained a few pounds, and I’m eating healthy AND running 20+ miles a week, I think THAT’S the problem. Advice?
  6. Bonus one: I’ve only run 2 miles this week. This tooth infection has made me so tired. I could have ran this morning, but I needed sleep. And I’ve slept a lot the past few days. Clearly, being sick and fighting infection takes a lot out of a person. 

Happy Friday Friends!

Hydrocodone Haze

  • I got sent home from work today. Too drugged to function. The Hydrocodone made me feel nauseous, slow, and a little seasick. My arms and legs even feel a little funny. I thought I could make it, but it wasn’t happening. I can’t do without the drugs yet. The pain is intense. One co-worker said I was slurring my words. So that’s fun. My co-worker brought me home due to the whole “hydro-high”.
  • I had a trippy dream last night: I dreamt I was part of the Spice Girls reunion Tour, (I was Sporty Spice) and we performed this song called “Move, Move, Move” (I should totally write that someday!). After our performance, John Tesh made fun of me because I’m a bad dancer. Huh. Wonder what I’ll dream about tonight? Narcotics-fueled dreams FTW!
  • I took a pain pill at 10:45pm last night. I woke up at 4:30 with pain, but didn’t want to take another and not be able to get up and run or work, so I took Tylenol. That worked. I ran 2 miles (they sucked) and I felt ok.
  • Fast-forward to my shower after the run where INTENSE pain in my jaw hit like lightning. It was bad. I nearly cried. My mother the nurse told me its easier to stay on top of the pain than to overcome it. She’s totally right. 2.5 hours into my pill I’m still in some pain. I took 1 Tylenol to help it. Finally, some relief.
  • My mom said I was kind of an idiot for running when my body is using everything it has to fight this infection. Whoops. It’s hard NOT to run, you know?
  • I’m in my jammies and about to take a nap. I feel so woozy. My roomie is producing my shows for me today. Also, my car is still at work. Not sure how I’ll get there tomorrow. Currently, I don’t care.

These drugs rock!

“Give Me The Drugs!”

I thought my teeth were better. It didn’t hurt much yesterday. So I didn’t bother to call the dentist.

Big mistake.

Fast-forward to 3am this morning, when excruciating pain woke me from a dead sleep. I managed to put more numbing stuff on it, and took some Tylenol and went back to bed. 2 hours later I still couldn’t sleep and could feel every single heart beat in 2 of my teeth. I prayed for the pain to go away. I tried making deals with God. I made tearful promises and finally fell asleep as the pain lessened.

I called the Dentist’s office at 8:01am. Minutes later they called back to say that it could be an abscess with referred pain. I’m currently on Amoxicillan AND Hydrocodone! Sweet, sweet relief is mine! Hopefully that will take care of the problem.

I’m at work, doped up, and feeling a little trippy. Like my arms and legs aren’t attached to my body. And feeling pretty groovy, I’m not gonna lie. The news will be interesting today! 

Fingers crossed this helps and I don’t need a root canal. 

I’m not going to run tonight. Running while doped up seems like a bad idea, just sayin’.  Eating is also a problem. Mushy food only as biting down on that side makes me want to cry. Wah. 

Happy Tuesday!

The mind and body are pretty freaking amazing.

I was not in a good frame of mind to run today. I think I have a weird infection or something causing pain in a few of my teeth. Like the kind of pain that nearly has me in tears. I’ve dosed with meds and I’m rubbing numbing stuff on it every time the feeling starts to come back. I’m going to call the Dentist in the morning. I also did not get enough sleep Friday night and didn’t catch up on enough last night. So I’m exhausted. Not a good combo to run long with.

Add to that, it’s cold outside, windy, and this run had to be completed on the treadmill. Things did not bode well for my 9 miles.

But ya know what? Once I pushed past the first 2 miles, where I nearly cried from tooth pain, and my legs felt like pieces of wood, this run was pretty great!

My mind wandered to so many places during the run, my body relaxed and I enjoyed it. 

Things of note: my treadmill resets at 99:59 so I had to start it up again to finish the run. It also resets calories after 999. So that’s awesome.

9 miles//1:38:06//10:54 pace.

Boom.

Sunday Funday indeed.

Friday Five! The smiling Face edition!

  1. Another busy weekend ahead! Corky tonight and tomorrow night. I’m heading to Omaha tomorrow morning to go wedding dress shopping with my friend. I’m in her wedding this fall. At least I think it’s this fall. They haven’t set the date yet! 9 miles is on tap for Sunday.
  2. I’ve been a little MIA lately. Not much to say, nothing of substance really. Life is….eh. Just when I think I’m doing better, something hits me from somewhere and I get seriously bummed out. This too shall pass, right? I sure hope so.
  3. BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! I have 13 months of student loan payments left!!!! This is huge! I will pay them off 2 months early. I’m super pumped.
  4. Tonight is karaoke with my co-workers for my friend Keith’s birthday. Should be a good time. I want to sing the song “Hold the Line” By Toto. Love it. Currently, I’m loving this song. You can thank the ABC promo team for that one. Also I’m digging this song. So good. I danced it out to that song the other night. Felt great.
  5. Good News! Spring is only 27 days away! And the time change is a little over 2 weeks away. I need sunlight. And warmth. And flowers.

Happy Friday Friends!