enjoying the quiet

the apartment is quiet as everyone is sleeping, except for me that is... marquis decided to wake up at 4am and not go back to sleep till 630, then my mom called at 715, ugh... i need some coffee.

the past two days have been emotionally exhausting. my grandma is dying, literally, and it's a waiting game until it happens. the last person in our family to pass was my dad 7 years ago, and now i am just sitting waiting for "the call." katie hasn't been feeling well, marquis has a cold, and it's just been a very long and emotional couple of days.

we are getting ready for the move - I CAN'T WAIT TO MOVE TO OUR NEW HOUSE!!! electric, gas, cable, movers, change of address - all done, just gotta set up the cleaning crew for this place and i can call it a day. the thing about moving is the packing, i hate it, but i usually throw a bunch of stuff away when i move, so hopefully it won't be too bad

well, i need to start some laundry, make some coffee and get my day started, i feel a nap in my future.

later pholks

minus 60!

h00t! i hit minus 60 today! it's funny how your body does things... it seemed like all of the sudden the bod said, ok enough of this plateau and got back on the wagon!!! my clothes are getting bigger and bigger every day, eventually i'm going to have to invest in a couple pair of pants...

we found a house to rent - i am so excited! we will be moving on March 4!! a bigger house, not an apartment, a fenced in yard - i can't wait!! we will be moving from the east side of el paso to the northeast, but i am so very happy and excited!!

katie has been sick, strep throat, which is no fun... she goes to the doctor today an update on my grandbaby - it's a girl!! YAY!!!

outside of a bit of a sore throat and the fact that i now have to clean and pack this apartment, all is well...

my hope is to be at minus 70 in a couple of weeks!!!

peace pholks!

need to get back on the horse

ever since my week off due to my pinched nerve, i feel like i haven't been able to lose an ounce much less a pound. i have been REALLY bad with my eating habits lately and i'm starting to feel like pooh about it to be honest.

thing that sucks the most is that i STILL have a pinched nerve and it hurts, damn it!

i think i just needed to write that down to get it out... now to finish WALL-E with marquis and get ready for bed

nite pholks

can i have a vicodin please?

so it's been a bit over a week since my last post... due to a real pain in the neck... i mean, really, a severe pain in the neck.

last week of january when my mom was sick and i was having the week from hell, i was in the shower at 530am, you know, doing what people do in the shower at that time of the morning, and go to get my shampoo and get this pain in the neck... well, i said, that sucks, i have a "cricket" (as marquis calls it) in my neck. said pain proceeds to get worse and then proceeds to start down my right arm. now, i drive a stick, so this makes driving bothersome.

i go to urgent care 3 days later and get non-narcotic (no fun! lol) pain pills and muscle relaxers... 3 days later back to the doc for more/different as after laying in bed for a week with heat, ice and meds, stil no change. so, here i sit, almost 10 days later with a pain in my neck and a pinched nerve in my arm... fun fun... i see a MRI in my future

my mom is still sick, out of the hospital, but just not good health... she will be off work for a bit while more tests are run and they figure out how to treat her.

we find out if katie is having a boy or a girl on friday, really looking forward to that and spending the day with her sans marquis

i guess i will make marquis something for dinner...

later pholks