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So, I haven't mentioned my latest health 'experience' because I'm sick of even thinking about my health, and I can't imagine you're getting much pleasure from reading about it. Alas, this is just too stupid to not blog about it.

Soooooooooooooo...

About six weeks or so ago, my left jaw started hurting. I chalked it up to teeth grinding and ignored it. Every time I opened my mouth, I could hear an unnerving grinding noise and it hurt. I kept thinking that it'll go away eventually because everything always does, right?

Not to mention that I'm SICK.OF.DOCTORS.

It continually got worse to the point where I started to take my 'cocktail' of night time drugs (*enough to put down an elephant, I'm sure) at about 6pm just so I'd go to sleep and not feel it anymore. This was about a week ago. Two days ago, I went to clean my ears with a q-tip and you would have thought I'd shot a bullet in my ear because, well, just WOW. It hurt like hell. Not to mention that I had an unpleasant knot in front of my ear.

Oh, and I kept dreaming that people were either punching me in the head, my jaw was falling off, and other assorted 'it's apparent that even though I was asleep, I was still feeling it' dreams.

I decided then, that it was time to go see the doctor. I went to see her today and the nurse was checking my vitals.

Low blood pressure- CHECK
Low pulse- CHECK (I was 58 today!)
When she took my temp she had a surprised look on her face and so I said, "I know, I have a low temp too- let me guess, it's 96.7"

She said that no, it wasn't low, that I had a fever of 101.2.

Hmmmm- in 'normal' humans, that would equate to a fever of almost 103.

As soon as the doctor came in and checked my ears she said that I have a nasty ear infection (hence the fever). She said that I also have a case of TMJ (that was what the lump was- it's fluid and the grinding sound is inflammation) and she gave me exercises to do- complete with pictures of a lady with an 80's doo (mall bangs, dontcha know).

I told her that I was flying tomorrow and the idea that I have an ear infection FREAKS ME OUT. Can you even imagine how that would feel? I flew with a sinus infection once and I was pretty sure that my brains would blow out of my head.

So, she hooked me up with some Vicoden (yippee!) and antibiotics and told me to take Sudafed about an hour before the flight takes off.

I'm taking all my camera gear, so plan to have some great pictures when I get back. I'll probably upload pictures while I'm there because I'm bringing my tablet computer (something I *STILL* need to blog about).

Wish me luck that I'm not crying with the rest of the babies when the plane takes off.

*Cocktail of 100mg seroquel + 1mg klonipin + 1mg requip. Any one of the three would probably knock a normal person on their butt.

Cameron wanted to come down and visit us yesterday, but as I talked to him about the plans, I noticed a very stuffed up sounding nose.

Me: Cam, do you have a cold?
Cameron: I think I'm getting one, yeah
Me: Well honey, I don't want to be anywhere NEAR you
Cameron: But it's Mother's day..
Me: (thinking) Yeah- but you have a gift that I don't want.

So, Cameron agreed to stay home and sleep. Poor baby. I should have offered to bring him chicken soup or something, but I'm leaving for New York in three days and the last thing I need is a cold virus churning around in my body.

Since Mo' Nature decided that it was NOT going to be sunny, what's a girl (and her husband) to do?

We went Cadillac shopping! BJ might need to give up his company car for reasons I'll explain in a post after 'the event' happens, so he needs a new car. Now, he doesn't NEED a Cadillac, but I also don't need a gazillion pair of really great black shoes, so who am I to judge?

This was my favorite part. Push button start. It was so Batmobile-like.


He found the one he wants and told the salesperson to write up the figures and call him today (Monday). He said that we needed lunch and he wasn't in a position to purchase today, but does plan to purchase the STS with the V6. Interestingly enough- he found that there wasn't enough difference in the V6 vs. V8 to make it worth paying the extra $$$. Yay for that.

The sales guy let us drive it to our house to make sure it fit in the garage. That would have been a deal breaker. I'll tell you what- it sure looked perty sitting in the spot where his company car (a Taurus) currently resides.

I'm not sure I'm a Cadillac person, but I have to admit that it sure is a very VERY smooooooooooooooooooooth ride. It's like buttuh....

Happy Mother's day to all my friends; whether they're mothers of the two legged or four legged variety, or simply a mother-figure to people in their lives.

We were going to go to the Mo's Day buffet at the local horse races track. I know it sounds tacky, but they have a really nice setup. We did it one year before and it was really fun, but "we" waited too long to make the reservations this year. So, we've decided to wait to celebrate Mother's day until we can make reservation at a nice table at the track sometime in the near future. I think Riley will *LOVE* it.

Yesterday it rained most of the day, and today it's sunny. Go figure.

Oh wait- weather update- now it's overcast. Hmm....

I just got a call from Jessica, Casey and Riley to wish me a Happy Mother's day. How cute is that? You know your son has a great woman in his life when you get calls on the important days.

Since the phone call, the weather has turned to sunny.

Just after the call from the first team, Cameron called and said he wants to come down to spend the day with us- so we're going to hook him up with some nice steaks and all that goes with it. Gotta give the kids a reason for coming back, ya know....

Oops, it's overcast again.

I slept for 13 hours SOLID last night and do not feel even a bit groggy. I do believe that means that I needed the sleep, right? Happy Mother's day to me with my 13 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Woo!

I guess I'd better hop in the shower and gussy up for the kid.

Weather update! It's sunny again.

I just signed up for a MySpace account for the sole purpose of being able to comment on my friend's blog.

Linda? I hope you're happy. You're responsible for me lowering my standards. This just proves how much I luvs ya.



PS- no offense to the MySpacers... I just feel kinda old to have skin in that game. You won't be seeing me there AT ALL.

PSS- have I made enough disclaimers yet?

PSSS- Oh, I hope nobody finds me.

I've mentioned it before, so it's no surprise when I write that I really REALLY like my co-workers. This is, without a doubt, the most cohesive group that I've ever worked in. It's an interesting cohesive though. It's almost family like. I think they've all been together for quite a while before I came along, and it shows. The cool thing is that I feel 100% accepted by all of them and it's a great feeling.

This week I've had some awesome conversations with a few of them. I think many of them see me as someone they can trust with whatever they tell me (which is true), so they share a lot of their feelings about things with me and they ask me for advice. I also have several 'playmates' in the group.

One group LOVES to make me paranoid. They're always poking at me about things that make me think I'm going to get in trouble for something or another. They have me pegged for sure.

My manager? She's awesome. I told her the other day that she is one of the best managers I've ever had when it comes to communication. She has great communication skills and she's been very kind to me during my bad brain days. She tells me it's because even though I was having difficult times, I was still performing. I don't think she realizes that the 'performance' wasn't even close to what used to be able to do. Still not quite there, but she makes me feel appreciated and that's worth a lot, especially with what I've been through over the past few months.

There's another gal who is just about the cutest thing on the planet. She dresses to the nines and is smart. She's the whole package. If I were a guy I'd stalk her....(oops, too much info?). I was intimidated by her in the beginning too, just because she's so gorgeous- but man, she's fun! She calls me "Miss Thang".

Then there's Top Dog's assistant. Geez, she's such a sweetheart and just darling. She used to sit across the aisle from me and we had so much fun. Now she's moved with Top Dog to another floor and I miss her. When she pops down to my floor and visits, it just brightens my day.

Of course there's my goofy co-worker that makes me laugh all day long. Most of our co-workers don't know he's funny. He kind of keeps to himself and doesn't talk much to other people unless he needs something from them. I can see why people haven't figured him out yet. I'm glad that I have. He's made things that would be boring really fun. We both are stupid at math and Excel and we're muddling through it together. I don't think I would have thought math would be fun. OK, it's still not fun. I take that back.

I think the icing on the cake for this week was the last email of the day today that I received from the project manager in our department after I helped him with something. It simply read, "Lori, you're a good person".

Knowing him, I know that he didn't just throw that out there as a thank you. He truly meant it and that meant more to me than he'll ever know. Especially after that nightmare.

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