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Went and did Hannukah with Cruz's Mom, her BF, and her parents on Saturday. We did the classic Jewish thing and had Chinese take out. At least according to Cruz this is a classic Jewish thing. We still have leftovers and I finally got to have some Beef Chow Fun - which is one of my most favorite dishes EVAR.
Got 99% of our Xmas shopping done - we're just getting stuff for the tons of kids in our lives, not the adults. Need to wrap and ship the out of state nephews stuff - gotta do that tomorrow and send it Priority Mail so it has a chance in hell of making it there remotely close to xmas. And I gotta figure out two more prezzies - I *think* I have it nailed but I gotta make a call.
Cruz is doing both better and worse. It's really hard to describe. His balance and walking are still hosed - but his speech is some better. Took him to see Dr. James last night who did some work on his head. Apparently he managed to majorly squish something and Jim is pretty certain he got stuff to move - hopefully we'll see some improvement in a couple of days. However Cruz tried to go to work today and got sent home - they don't want him there until he can talk straight (cause half his job is on the phone) and drive himself. They are worried that with his mobility he'll fall or something and catch hell from corporate for allowing someone they KNEW is sideways come into work. So Cruz is rather bummed about that - he's stubborn and doesn't want to let them down, and is panicking about losing his job. He can do the detailing part of his job just fine, and has a little bit of stuff here at home he can do. So now I get to try to NOT panic about money since Cruz has no paid time off yet. Luckily I have a weeks pay coming this week as a xmas gift from work - and I have a week of vacation time I can cash in if it gets ugly. Also - there is a nice chunk of stuff Cruz can submit a bill for, from the at home work he's been doing. All of that will help.
Gotta pull down crap I am gonna try and sell on ebay - that will help too.
Now I just get to figure out the mystery of who paid for an auction I won on ebay. Cause I just received the item and I never paid for it. And it was NOT cheap. It was supposed to be Cruz's solstice prezzy to me - and now someone else managed to pay for it and he's more than a little irked that his prezzy to me appears to have gotten "sniped" by someone. I DO appreciate the gifty - but if anyone reading this is the culprit PLEASE fess up. It's driving up both bonkers and actually kinda making us mad. I am not ungrateful, but I HATE surprises.
Finally got ahold of some of the "nut thins" crackers - which are nut meal and potato starch and rice flour. They're pretty good.
I have passed my 5 month post op milestone and barely noticed with all the stuff Cruz is going through right now. We missed getting pics done last week, and hopefully we'll get them done this week. I can eat just about anything if I eat slowly and chew like MAD. That's both good and bad.
I have a key to the front apartment, which my landlady is looking to rent out, for the purposes of helping to find someone saner than the last tennant to rent it. Cruz and I are half tempted to take it ourselves and sub let the upstairs of the Windmill. But then we'd have to find someone willing to sublet *just* the upstairs of the Windmill who would have access to the washer and dryer on the ground floor. Anyone got any ideas for who might want to do that? Of course with him not working we're hosed for money and it's not remotely possible that we would have enough $$ to do this... But I had to put it out there. This also means that if anyone is interested in a one bedroom apartment with a bonus room let me know, I can show it to you.
My hair has changed again - I got a couple inches trimmed off and had the color changed. It's now a dark coppery red. We didn't do highlights cause that weakens hair and I am still losing more than normal even though it's slowed down a LOT. Also, I can see where it's starting to grow back in so by PCon I should be able to do something even more with my hair.
Going to visit my sister in January for my nephews birthday - already have my tickets so YAY for accruing mileage over the last few years. My ticket only cost the $10 fee.
Lost of crazines having to do with running THREE conventions in a six month period next year. Brain is all SPLODEY and I am not panicking - yet. I am shifting around some levels of responsibility with the "free time" stuff that I do. And something not completely, but almost completely, unexpected has come up with some stuff. Now I need to figure out if I can really handle this... Every time I take on more of this? Something happens to say slow down and cut that out... Like Cruz's Post Concussive Syndrome (which is what the Neurologist is calling what he is going trough).
If we won the lottery right now? The FIRST thing we would do would be to pay off our debts, the second thing? To move FAR away where we did not have so many connections to people and things and thus would not feel we needed to volunteer for things to the point that we cannot see straight and have no time for US. Yeah, sounds harsh, but it's how I feel right now. If I honestly could? I WOULD drop everything and just walk away. But I can't.
OK - gotta go pack up the last set of cookies cause they are all cooled. And then off to bed.
Went and did Hannukah with Cruz's Mom, her BF, and her parents on Saturday. We did the classic Jewish thing and had Chinese take out. At least according to Cruz this is a classic Jewish thing. We still have leftovers and I finally got to have some Beef Chow Fun - which is one of my most favorite dishes EVAR.
Got 99% of our Xmas shopping done - we're just getting stuff for the tons of kids in our lives, not the adults. Need to wrap and ship the out of state nephews stuff - gotta do that tomorrow and send it Priority Mail so it has a chance in hell of making it there remotely close to xmas. And I gotta figure out two more prezzies - I *think* I have it nailed but I gotta make a call.
Cruz is doing both better and worse. It's really hard to describe. His balance and walking are still hosed - but his speech is some better. Took him to see Dr. James last night who did some work on his head. Apparently he managed to majorly squish something and Jim is pretty certain he got stuff to move - hopefully we'll see some improvement in a couple of days. However Cruz tried to go to work today and got sent home - they don't want him there until he can talk straight (cause half his job is on the phone) and drive himself. They are worried that with his mobility he'll fall or something and catch hell from corporate for allowing someone they KNEW is sideways come into work. So Cruz is rather bummed about that - he's stubborn and doesn't want to let them down, and is panicking about losing his job. He can do the detailing part of his job just fine, and has a little bit of stuff here at home he can do. So now I get to try to NOT panic about money since Cruz has no paid time off yet. Luckily I have a weeks pay coming this week as a xmas gift from work - and I have a week of vacation time I can cash in if it gets ugly. Also - there is a nice chunk of stuff Cruz can submit a bill for, from the at home work he's been doing. All of that will help.
Gotta pull down crap I am gonna try and sell on ebay - that will help too.
Now I just get to figure out the mystery of who paid for an auction I won on ebay. Cause I just received the item and I never paid for it. And it was NOT cheap. It was supposed to be Cruz's solstice prezzy to me - and now someone else managed to pay for it and he's more than a little irked that his prezzy to me appears to have gotten "sniped" by someone. I DO appreciate the gifty - but if anyone reading this is the culprit PLEASE fess up. It's driving up both bonkers and actually kinda making us mad. I am not ungrateful, but I HATE surprises.
Finally got ahold of some of the "nut thins" crackers - which are nut meal and potato starch and rice flour. They're pretty good.
I have passed my 5 month post op milestone and barely noticed with all the stuff Cruz is going through right now. We missed getting pics done last week, and hopefully we'll get them done this week. I can eat just about anything if I eat slowly and chew like MAD. That's both good and bad.
I have a key to the front apartment, which my landlady is looking to rent out, for the purposes of helping to find someone saner than the last tennant to rent it. Cruz and I are half tempted to take it ourselves and sub let the upstairs of the Windmill. But then we'd have to find someone willing to sublet *just* the upstairs of the Windmill who would have access to the washer and dryer on the ground floor. Anyone got any ideas for who might want to do that? Of course with him not working we're hosed for money and it's not remotely possible that we would have enough $$ to do this... But I had to put it out there. This also means that if anyone is interested in a one bedroom apartment with a bonus room let me know, I can show it to you.
My hair has changed again - I got a couple inches trimmed off and had the color changed. It's now a dark coppery red. We didn't do highlights cause that weakens hair and I am still losing more than normal even though it's slowed down a LOT. Also, I can see where it's starting to grow back in so by PCon I should be able to do something even more with my hair.
Going to visit my sister in January for my nephews birthday - already have my tickets so YAY for accruing mileage over the last few years. My ticket only cost the $10 fee.
Lost of crazines having to do with running THREE conventions in a six month period next year. Brain is all SPLODEY and I am not panicking - yet. I am shifting around some levels of responsibility with the "free time" stuff that I do. And something not completely, but almost completely, unexpected has come up with some stuff. Now I need to figure out if I can really handle this... Every time I take on more of this? Something happens to say slow down and cut that out... Like Cruz's Post Concussive Syndrome (which is what the Neurologist is calling what he is going trough).
If we won the lottery right now? The FIRST thing we would do would be to pay off our debts, the second thing? To move FAR away where we did not have so many connections to people and things and thus would not feel we needed to volunteer for things to the point that we cannot see straight and have no time for US. Yeah, sounds harsh, but it's how I feel right now. If I honestly could? I WOULD drop everything and just walk away. But I can't.
OK - gotta go pack up the last set of cookies cause they are all cooled. And then off to bed.
