I just can't turn off my brain!

M.E. tells me all the time to just "Turn it off, turn off that brain." But I can't!! Maybe that's why I like lists so much, because they help me organize my thoughts and make me feel a little more productive... So Tuesdays will be my list days, I hope you're as excited as I am.

Five things I'll be doing over the next week:
One. Going to the Dollar Store to find things to craft with – its Fall ya’ll and I need to decorate the house/my office.

Two. Saturday’s FSU football game is on TV, which means air conditioning and a comfy couch. Don’t get me wrong, I will tailgate in all kinds of conditions, because I am a real fan. But a big screen tv and a bowl of chips and dips in your lap is pretty sweet.

Three. Getting our passport pictures taken! Or we will not be going on our honeymoon.

Four. I will be attending my first Barre class ever on Friday. This is what a barre class is. I’m very curious to see if I’ll be bad as I think I will.

Five. Making Enchilada Soup in the crockpot. Because its crockpot season!

Four things I can’t stop obsessing over:

Boot socks.

Halloween decorations.

 These candles.

 Something pink for our Paint the Town Pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month! (October)

Three wedding updates: 

1. Why are choosing a way to display table numbers so hard?

2. Why did I decide to put my poor fingers through the process of making a brooch bouquet? 

3. Kegs or bottles?

Two things I am beyond pumped for:
Uno. Payday. This last paycheck has been streeeeetched to its limits what with the dentist and the car accident!

Dos. To get my hair did, maybe next week? Maybe darker? Maybe not? We will see!

One thing that's currently bothering me:
My sinuses. My poor poor sinuses. We have been getting awful weather for the past couple of days and its brought on my bi-annual sinus infection. Ugh!

Feeling Handicapped and Very Loved

Can you tell I got a little work done on the page?
 New banner! New signature! Even created my first grab button!

All thanks to Boyfriend, being such a strict doctor this weekend and insisting I lay down and rest. Yup, Dr. Boyfriend in the house. Because remember on Friday when I wrote a letter to the pinched nerve in my back? Well, Friday evening it was driving me batty. That night was horrible, every time I tried to rollover it was like a knife digging under my left shoulder blade. So Saturday morning, because I could barely sit up to get out of bed - off to urgent care we went.

And I was diagnosed with a sprained shoudler blade.
You read right. A sprained shoulder blade.
Who does that?? How do you do that?? Beats me!
 The doc said I must have been doing something repetitively and my left side (my weaker side) said "To heck with it!" and officially gave out. So he gave me lots of meds and told me not to move it as best I can.

Well.... Saturday afternoon, a partner of the firm was throwing a Celebration of Life for his mother who recently passed. It was such a beautiful day and I had been looking forward to it all week so I convinced Boyfriend that I would be ok if we went for only an hour or so.
 I threw on a party dress and off to the Celebration at the park we went. We got there as the speeches were beginning and I was feelin' good with my drugs...

But about 15 minutes later things got weird. Everything got blurry, I got all clamy, and I just had to sit down immediately. I found a chair and it was a total of 5 seconds before I had a panicky feeling and had to get away from the crowd. I asked Boyfriend to take me to the truck because something was wrong. I didn't think I was going to make it though so we found a bench in a garden behind the house and the out of sight of the crowd before I lost it and got sick.
Maybe a little TMI? Maybe. But lesson learned, if the drugs say "will make you drowsy" and "take with food", do it.

After that little incident Boyfriend's gotten bossy and has been taking very good care of me. Forcing food at me and letting me watch all the TLC I want. The roles were really reversed since 2 weeks ago when he was the invalid sick one. And I'm loving it. We've really learned a lot about each other and it makes me so happy. In sickness and in health right?
Tonight, while we're watching the Discovery Channel special on the giant squid, he's grilling me steak and we've got oreo pie for dessert. That's love people, that makes me a Happy Bean.
 

My Old Man

Everyone’s got their aches and pains. Some have bad knees, some get migranes. Well Boyfriend’s got a bad back.

He’s hurt it a couple times over the years (being such a studly athletic and all) but nothing some rest and ice couldn’t fix.

Not this time though!

Friday night something got yanked/pulled during his basketball game and it was all shot from there. After work Saturday morning he was useless. And Sunday morning he was in so much pain I was done with watching him suffer! So I dragged slowly to the ER for a fun day of waiting and sitting and slowly moving around the waiting room for meds and doctors with his parents. My heart hurt to see him wobble around and tell the nurses he was in "8 out of 10" pain!! Finally he got an IV with the good stuff and a prescription for some more relief.

So he’s on the mend, able to sit down and get up without too much assistance.

Now he’s just bored and frustrated about being basically couch and bedridden except for the multiple trips to the chiropractor. Let’s all keep our fingers and toes crossed that Mr. Chiro will fix up Boyfriend quick!!

In the meantime, anyone have any good date ideas that I can use to keep Boyfriend’s spirits up? We’ve rented just about every movie at the redbox… and watching regular ol’ tv is just getting old… Help!!

Friday Letters

Dear Friday: Welcome. I’ve missed you dearly. Tonight we will celebrate your return with homemade pizza & a bottle of wine.

Dear NYC: We will see you in 28 days!

Dear weather: 81 degrees? Its February! Weather, you’re drunk!

Dear Seminoles: Scalp ‘em! Basketball game tomorrow!

Dear boss: You were very funny yesterday when I picked you up from your dental surgery – and I am jealous that you have an excuse to drink milkshakes all day.

Dear GlamGrab: LOVE my bracelet! You are the only reason Mondays will now be semi bearable!

Dear tanning bed: Its been a long time since I’ve seen you, and as bad as you are for me, you were amazing this week. If I closed my eyes and concentrated hard enough, I truly felt like I was on the beach, knee deep in the water somewhere… and it was glorious.

Dear sinuses: Thank you for finally getting your game together. That was not a pleasant way to start off the new year and I am happy to be feeling like myself again!

Dear coffee & sudafed,

Thank you for helping me suffer through this sinus infection, even if you make me feel a little cracked out.

What do you use when your sinuses are aching because of the cold Autumn fronts that are sneaking in? I also use a NediPot but I hate water dripping from my nose for an hour later… Gross.

Ouches.

Very truly yours, A. Bean