Happy Thanksgiving to Flu

Here's a dirty little love note I'd like to share with you...

I will seek and find you . . . I shall take you to bed and have my way with you . I will make you ache, shake & sweat until you moan & groan. I will make you beg for mercy, beg for me to stop. I will exhaust you to the point that you will be relieved when I'm finished with you. And, when I am finished, you will be weak for days.

All my love, The Flu


It was a long T-Day. I cooked with Milks Dad after breakfast. Potatoes, deviled eggs, stuffing...a very tedious task. The key was to make enough food to feed 20 people, all Milks family. Gram, Gramp, Mom, Dad, Oldest sister, husband, two boys, second oldest sister, husband, two girls, Milks, me, little sister, and boyfriends. There ended up being enough food for everyone to basically take seconds of their first meal home. Ridiculous. I was lucky enough to get intestinal flu, unknown at this point, so I laid on the couch for about 3 hours. The a visit to the dogs I was watching, and back home to be met by Milks send oldest sisters family and younger sister with boyfriend. My home is quaint so having 8 people over is like riding in a Pinto. You can do it, but it's not very comfortable.

Well, we started to play Cranium Turbo, the youngest sister got upset and flew into the bathroom where she sobbed in the fetal position. Hilarity ensued as people attempted to coax her out of the bathroom. Who was successful? The 4 year old. She had to pee.

After the meltdown we regrouped and Milks and I dominated the game. Jealousy quickly appeared and tried to attack us. It was unsuccessful.

Friday I slept until 11:00, took some AD medicine, and was off to the bank. An easy day when no one banks with you! I was able to log 13 trips to the restroom. After my 6th or 7th I decided to take the evening off from work.

Saturday, slept almost all day. Played some Mario Party 5, went to the bathroom a whole lot. Tried to eat and was successful at getting food down and up that day! I felt like the Power Tower, the one where it blasts up.

Sunday I thought I was better so I got Milks and we started for church. We stopped, got her a coffee and I a Snickers Ice Cream and Frozen Mt. Dew. We made it to church just before the sermon. I had to leave about halfway. I heard some of the sermon. I'll be listening to it again soon. I'm getting the cd.

SO I got sick, and then we were invited out to lunch as thanks for watching the dogs. We went, and I ate three things and kept them all down. They were fried shrimp, mashed potatoes, and macaroni and cheese. Then it was back home, where Montazeuma had his revenge. I didn't do anything to him or his empire, why was he picking on me?!?! Needless to say, after a few more trips, I called off work again.

So there was my T-Day, in a ceramic bowl. How was yours?

I'm N gaged...I'm N gaged

Haha! It finally happened. After six years and nine days of time spent with the woman more affectionately known as Milks, I decided to ask for her hand in marriage. It was the sweetest spot of a very lenghty week.

It started Sunday when we found out Megan had leukemia. She's a 3 yr old at nursery school.
This is an intro to Megan, as written by her father.

"On Saturday November 5, 2005 Megan went to the family doctor because she was running a fever after having tubes put in her ears. She had been on a few antibiotics for the last month so it really was no surprise to have her running a fever again. At the doctor's office they decided to do a blood test, as a precaution because she had been sick off and on for a time. They drew the blood gave her a shot and sent her on her way.
A little while after she returned home the doctor called and told us that her counts were way off, and that there could only be two things that could cause that. She said it was either a severe blood infection or leukemia. When we arrived at Toledo Hospital, Dr. Stein and one of her nurses(The Lovely Laura), took us right into a room and told us that she definately had Leukemia. I guess if there can be any good news in this, it is that she has ALL which is the supposed to be the best of the types to have. More good news came after the spinal tap found no cancer cells in her spinal fluid, they tell us that that is very good because it means that there is none in the brain either.
Overall she seems to be doing very well and is responding very well to the chemo, we owe a lot to Dr. Stein and all of the nurses here, they are all amazing people, and one of them looks like Donny Osmond."

Megan is back in today after her bout with a sore throat. More chemo and another spinal tap to come. If you'd like to check in on her, here is the website that you can look to for updates.



Monday night I had a small get together with friends to watch the football game. I left at 11:30 pm to go to Lansing so I could sleep and then go to class. When I arrived my room was not covered as it should have been, and I was asked to leave. It was very difficult to handle, but I ended up driving to my mothers house and staying there for a 5 hour nap. Then I left at 7:00am and drove to class. It was a very long day, but the instructor did a great job of keeping our attention. I ended up getting back home at 9:00pm. Extreme exhaustion overcame me as I went home and slept for 1 hour. Then Wed. and Thrus were both blurs, except for spending money for the ring on Weds. and the engagement on Thurs. It was really fun!

Then my car died on Sunday after it drove 1000 miles in three days, fuel pump died, but the check engine light isn't on anymore!

More to come soon...

Question of the Day?!

Hey.

It's been a busy little day. I need to get cracking on my Parent/Teacher Conference papers, we have conferences tomorrow. I've got the best class, although the three year old class on MWF also is really good. Maybe I'll get the majority of them next year. That would be awesome.

Working Thursdays all day at the bank is probably the most boring of all the inclusive days. I thought Wednesdays were bad, but all day today has been drawn out. We were busy, but there was no real conversation, not a lot of communication. I was privilaged enough to bag and wrap popcorn up to give away with our credit card promotion. If you apply for one of our cards you get a mail in voucher for a movie. It seems like a good deal if you're in the market for a credit card. If not, that's fine too!

I also took an extended lunch this afternoon with Mgmt. Approval. I went to the radio station and collected my prize from the trivia question I was picked for on Tuesday. I won movie tickets and lottery tickets. When I scratched off the tickets, I won $2.00!

That was awesome!

Until I realized that I spend that equal amount on gas to get to the station to claim the tickets. I still need to redeem the lottery tickets. That means more driving.

Doh!