So I was thinking about it....

and even though I have the photos of the "Alien Baby", I am not sure it is a good idea to post them here. I have shown them to a few people and if you haven't seen them and you are curious, let me know and I will email you the photos. They aren't really gross, but to think that they were inside of them is kind of gross, haha.

In other news, I am feeling so much better than I was last week. Almost two weeks down and I am excited that an end is in sight for feeling like myself again. I know that I won't feel 100% for a few months, but I am so happy that I am seeing that feeling better is a possibility.

It is strange to be able to stick in my stomach and I actually feel a bit empty. I know that is strange, but if having a large ball in you stomach for so long and then all of a sudden having it not be there is great, but really odd. Once the swelling goes down, hopefully I will even feel thinner than I was before, even if it doesn't show on the scales....

I have learned a few things being off of work for the last few weeks though:
-Ellen is a great show. I wish that it was on demand so I could watch it when I am working (I don't have tivo).
-The food network is totally addictive.
-So far the days have been flying by and I am scared for next week, because once I start to feel better I think the days will be dragging (especially since I can't drive until at least May 6th:(
-It was either work or the surgery that were giving me high blood pressure. Because no work and surgery over and my blood pressure is magically fine, hmmm?
-Not driving is wicked annoying, especially if you want a DD coffee...haha

So anyway, an end is in sight. Hope all is well with everyone else out there.

I never thought I would say this...

But I think I would rather be at work. I know that is sick and twisted, but the past week is not what I thought it would be. I thought that I would be in pain (of course) and that I would be tired, but I did not sign up for the hot flashes, the nausea, the feeling like I want to die?! I know, I haven't wanted to watch T.V., sleep late, or even play online. I have been up each morning at 4:45, wishes that this pain and nausea would go away.

Well....starting at about 4PM today, I started to feel a little better and decided to pop online and crawl out from under the blanket.

I am crossing my fingers that tomorrow is a good a day. Maybe I will be able to return some calls and emails and maybe try to be somewhat normal for a day..hahah

Home at Last

So as many of you probably heard, I made it through my surgery and I am officially Alien Baby free! My two main fears were not waking up from the general anesthesia and getting nauseous after the surgery. Well, I did wake, thank god. I also happened to know the nurse anthesisit that was helping in the OR, so that was good. I told him I was afraid of throwing up and he put a patch behind my ear that was meant to cure nauseous and it totally worked.

So, the hospital stay was very strange, but I got to leave on Wednesday so only two nights there. I was NOT letting them keep me longer than that!!

Now that I am home I feel OK. I know I said that as long as I woke up the pain wouldn't bother me. HAHA. Well, it is really painful, I have to walk like an 200 year old woman all hunched over. The worst part is getting up for laying down or a sitting position. And of course riding in the car, laughing, blowing my nose or coughing..haha..fun times!

It took me a good 4 days to even look at the incision. My tummy is so swollen and numb that I was scared to find out what it looked like. It actually isn't that bad. It still has steri strips all over it so I can't even see the stitches, which is great.

So right now, I am just praying that the pain and swelling will go down so I actually wear jeans again and be able to walk normal. I am tired a lot and I am still running a small fever, which I guess is totally normal after a surgery like this one. At least I am on the road to recovery.

I am still waiting for the picture of the HUGE fibroid that they took out. I guess they got it out in one piece which is awesome. The pathologist took a pic of it with a ruler in front so I could see how big it is. They actually removed 6 smaller ones too...but since I didn't know they were there I really don't care if I get those photos or not.

So ya, I popped my 5 pills this morning, I am drinking coffe and watching Ellen. The next step for me is getting back to my own house which will be good. I just need to be able to walk up stairs. Hopefully I will be there by next weekend.!!

So that's the update. If I ever get that picture, I will totally post it!

Car Update 39408402398420384203

I know you were all holding your breathe waiting for the new car update. Well, because of the annoyance my car has given me I did go out looking at cars last weekend. I wasn't too excited about any of the cars I looked and I really am not that excited about a car payment again, so I decided to have the mechanic look at the care ONE MORE TIME.

So, the called in the BIG guns, Volkswagen that is. And it turns out that the diagnostic machine that they were using to check my "check engine" light was not resetting the light in my car and was also showing the same errors each time.

So it turns out that nothing was wrong with my car, it was the shop. Good thing that the last 4 times I brought my car in they didn't charge me.

I am not going to jinx it, but hopefully my car will be OK for a while.

10 years ago....

While over a good friend's house last week, she busted out a box of old letters, postcards, pictures etc. Inside the box was a letter that I wrote to her dated Sept. 1998. I was a freshman in college and I actually sat down and wrote a letter. I honestly can't believe that just 10 years ago, I actually took the time, to bust out paper, a pen, an envelope and a stamp, no spell check, no second chances, and wrote a letter.....

This actually made me think that I honestly am not sure I could do that today. I have gotten used to being able to delete words, re-write sentences and SPELL CHECK.

The letter was pretty hilarious, I forgot what an awesome (not) time I had the first few days of college. It was great blast from the past. But it was also a very eye opening experience about how much I rely on technology now. Back in college, I didn't use email very often, I didn't have a cell phone and I obviously communicated by letter..haha.

Freshman year would have been so awesome if Myspace, Blogs and cell phones were in my life!!!

For those non believers.........

Well as many of you recall back in 2007, December 27th to be exact, I posted some Quick Random Gossip that I had heard from a good friend. The gossip was that NKOTB would be back and you heard it, they totally are!

As I was riding home from work yesterday "Hanging Tough" was playing on the radio. I texted messaged the friend who told me about this gossip back in December and I think she summed it up quite well. The text message that I got back said, "AMEN!!!"