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Another Year Something

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Thanks for the birthday wishes! This was actually one of the more enjoyable birthdays of recent years. I got my early gifts from Ben and Jesse, super-cool post from Ben on LJ, socks and Borders gift card from Scott and Jamie, and a cool diecast metal AT-AT from Cage. Mrs. Bush (the other counselor at work) got me a caramel pound cake and Mom made my candle cake. The family ate out and had a pleasant time. Hobbit and Istar held a rowdy party last night, and Istar must have hit the hooch a little too much because he kept wanting to get in the fireplace. He’s a little nutty, that one!

I was going to see the MVHS production of Steel Magnolias, but since we have several inches of snow, it’s been postponed. Now I can do that work I had planned on doing yesterday. Ooh, and I still have to finish my assignment for class.

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ER Fun

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I started my workday yesterday as normally as any. Around 8:30am, I got a call from Mom asking me how many pressing tasks I had for the day, to which I answered, “None.” Turns out, Scott was incredibly worried about himself since he had been nauseated for a couple of hours and couldn’t stop vomiting and Mom wanted someone to check on him. So I signed out of work and rushed to his house to see if he was alright. He was resting so I watched TV for a couple of hours and checked on him periodically. After he awoke, we watched The Island and he was feeling decent for a change. After almost two hours, he began vomiting again–violently. Now I’d never seen bile and had no idea it looked like radioactive sludge, but that’s what he had coming up.

I rushed him to the ER and they took him in immediately, which was rather odd, I thought. Normally, non-life threatening conditions are made to wait hours to be seen. I even had to register him while they began treatment. He received an injection to stop the vomiting, and after four attempts to start an IV (he was too dehydrated for them to get a good vein), they gave him two huge bags of fluid via IV drip. Fortunately, the injection allowed him to sleep a bit and the vomiting stopped.

I’m no doctor, but since his bloodwork came back showing no infection, not even a cold, I think his nerves are the reason for all of this. The doctor actually asked him if he’d felt anxious lately. It’s amazing to think that we can worry about things to the point of making ourselves just this sick. Seriously, to anyone still reading this post: Take care of yourself and don’t let your worries spiral out of control, you may just end up in the ER feeling like death.

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The New Family

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I *did* say life-changing events, eh? Well, here are a couple of pictures of my brother’s wedding. The first is of Scott, Jamie, and Cage (my new nephew!), and the second is obviously of Scott and Jamie. The ceremony was held on the beach and thankfully, the rain held off until we were trying to take pictures. Luckily, my brother is superstitious and the old saying about rain on your wedding day being good luck brought him some comfort.

Have a great weekend, all!

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Home Again

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Wow, I’ve been back for awhile, but I just didn’t feel like posting, I guess. NYC was unbelievable. should kick me in the head for not enjoying it more and being downright rude to her for much of the trip. Our students were amazing- taking in the culture and excitement of the city. Our other chaperones were hellish- petty, bitter, condescending, biased, you name it.

“Chicago” put me to sleep. Literally. The theatre it played in was so small that it *has* to be the lower limit of Broadway, but we had orchestra seats, so that was nice. It’s just b.o.r.i.n.g. “Lestat” was by far the more enjoyable production. We saw it in the Palace Theatre and although we were in the nosebleed section, we (students and cool people) loved it. After hearing several tepid reviews, our expectations were lowered, which may be a contributing factor to our appreciation of the play. The sets and costumes were stunning and really inspired our theatre department. I was thrilled to see the kids enjoying it. Damn near moved to tears, even.

I spent some time in The Village, Chinatown, Times Square, Ellis Island, and Liberty Island, and like the kids, I was amazed at just how easily we all integrated into each segment. This trip really opened the eyes of all of us and if we can do it again (without parents and self-righteous adults), I’m all for it. I have a few pics on my site for anyone interested in boring stuff.

Oh, I almost forgot! When I came home, I learned that my brother is engaged! Her name is Jamie, though I call her James just because it sounds cooler, she teaches school with him, and she has a little boy named Cage. I’m going to be an aunt! In August! Yippee!!