Ang’s Rants and Raves

I went back to the doctor today, my new one in Saline.  It’s amazing the difference in care.  This doctore reminds me of how my old doctur USE to be–takes your time with you, answers all your questions, even draws things out for you… my other doctor use to be like that than in the last few years started making me feel rushed and come in and out fast…

anyway, she got my records from my old doctor.. and wants me to go to a gastro doctor for my ulcer due to the “severity” of the test results… wow.  I had no idea my ulcer was THAT bad, my old one just blew it off and sent me on my way… i’ve been back on the prevacid again and noticed in the last 3 days that my hair is thinning AGAIN…that bald spot on my right side is back….i asked her about that and she said “oh yeah, that can happen in a small % of people.”.. well!! wtf??? ther’es nothing i can do about it?? i just get to be bald for the wedding??? Ugh

So i made my appointment with the GI doctor and can’t wait to get this over with… just when I felt like my hair was starting to come back to life (even steve noticed a month ago) and now i’m back where I was… now i’m starting to think it wasn’t the BC after all and it was this crap… *sigh*

anyway, i’m just sad today now.  I feel like I’m just treading water and want this thing to go away.  I’ve become obsessed again with my hair and it sucks… i feel like everyone can see my bald spots again and that was no fun this summer..

effffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff.

I can’t believe that they cancelled school last night!  I can get a ton of stuff done today which is awesome, but then there’s the little part of me that says “crap, now the next check will only be 4 days of work”.  It really sucks trying to slide through the holidays when car insurance is also due in January.  UGH!  But I’m up early this morning to do my workout tapes, go to the dry cleaners, allergist, and go to meijer to get all the stuff I Need to bake with to make my cupcake snowmen. 

I was one of the crazy drivers who went out last night to get pizza.  Jimmy Johns wouldn’t deliver and Tios was closed.  I’ve been sick of pizza (been getting a lot of it for free lately). Anyway, needless to say, my awesome car sliced through one of the side streets here.  I’m really impressed. As I got to the main roads, cars were stuck ALL over the place!  Every side street for about a mile had at least one car stuck in the snow!  I honestly can’t believe my car just got right through it, but I also spent a lot more on snow tires which last night had paid off.  Everything looks so pretty.  I”m not a big fan of “winter” but I do like the “snow storms”.  The xmas lights looked awesome with a white layer over it!  Maybe I need to live in Colorado, cuz I’d much prefer snow than just “cold”.

Steve shoveled the driveway yesterday.  We got 9 inches over here.  The problem with our driveway is that there is just nowhere to put the snow.  We have the side of the house on one side and our next door neighbors on the other (with nothing in between).  So its either shovel to the back yard and then scoop up and put it in the front yard–a lot more “carrying” than it should be.. luckily we went to Justin’s party in Lansing so my car didn’t have as much snow as his was barried!!

So its been a nice longggg weekend.  I am looking forward to two weeks off as work has realllly slowed down. There’s only so much majong solitaire I can play really before I want to give up!

I hate hearing sirens and two big fire trucks speed by this time of year….. i hope everything is OK….

I’ve been rooting for a snow day this week and have been disappointed… even tho I get two weeks off after next friday, i just dont’ feel like its really “two weekS”…you know, between running errands, going to familys and then its new years and then your back to work! 

Nothing new has been going on besides my face has decided to break out to make me feel like I’m in 8th grade all over again.. I woke up thursday with 6 zits in a circle on my chin.  Go figure since my skin and hair has been so dry with the weather… looks like I’ll try Proactive again!

I can’t believe I have been off the pill now for a year starting in January. It doesn’t feel like that long.  My body is completely different now too.  The only interesting thing that has happened since I”ve gone off of it is the anxiety/panic attacks I use to get.  It’s been fewer and fewer the more that I’m off it.  I truly feel that the pill had caused 3/4 of my depression and enhanced anxiety now more than ever…..

Anyway, I was at the allergist and read up on People.  Turns out in order to lose weight like the “stars” they all listed that they had a “personal trainer” helping them work out.  Gheeze, that really sheds some hope.  Who can afford that? 

I’ve been waching Brothers and Sisters Season 1 on DVD.  I’m finally to Disc 4.  The show is really boring.  Has anyone watched it?? I thought I’d give it a shot and finish the season out because the office didn’t get good until Season 2.  So far nothing… there aren’t even cliffhangers..and if you call them that you pretty much can predict what will happen next… anyone disagree?

yup, my job is still fun… :)  I’m now Vanna White for Quiz Bowl on Fridays–as well as half lunch lady (which is the reason for my smock).  The kids get questions asked and I have to referee it….more pics below!

and me and my friend Tre’Vivon….

Don’t you hate it when you literally have no money and you find a bunch of cute stuff thats super cheap at the mall?? Steve and Barry’s now carry Sara Jessica Parker line… $9.98 for jeans!!!! I could seriously go nuts in there if I had the cash… you prob. could get a crapload of stuff at $100.00 everything is so cheap! some of it is very summery, but then some of the sweaters are super cute… ahhh!!!

Well I got my car fixed and now have no more automatic car started.  My uncle thinks they ripped me off since no parts were ordered and they charged me $350.00 of labor.. yah… wonderful.  so i’m going to try and wait it out another month to get the gas tank replaced. i don’t get paid during the two weeks off I have at  xmas time, and so thats going to be another ouch in my wallet.

I went home last night to today.  I beat the snow storm and was able to snow shovel mom’s driveway since she really shouldn’t be doing anything right now.  If I had the money, I’d buy her a snowblower for xmas.  I got a good workout at least!

I was driving home and back and grabbed an old burned CD of a bunch of mp3’s.  It made me laugh the songs that were on them.  Half of them I probably got off napster, and the other half from brad and char.  I forgot how much I Love George Michael’s “Too Funky” song, and TONS of songs I use to listen to with Charma.  Boy did that bring me back to the days of college.  I even had a Hanson (gasp) song on there (If Only), and a crapload of 80’s hits that amy and I use to listen to (Robert Palmer-Simply Irresistible) while cruising down the streets of Saginaw!!!  I think if George Michael were to make a comeback he’d rock it out!!

25 more minutes until the Amazing Race is on.  I”ve been doing my workout video and been super sore… but guess what?? I still have time even after I blogged to do it–so i guess I”ll start up those weights now!!!