getting a haircut..

i'm getting a haircut tonight. i am kind of excited. although i wonder if the little old lady that is doing it will do a good job straightening it, i kind of think not, so i think i will go to the other place. it'll cost more, but at least i will be satisfied with the straightening... i should call her back and tell her that i won't be coming though, she hemmed and hawed about being open at 630. :( i wouldn't want her to stay open and me not show up.

LK suggested i do another dry month like i did two years and a month ago (wow its been that long) shiiiiit. so i think in april i will be on the wagon, and i will wear my hair in braids. that was a fun part of that whole thing.

LOST was sooo good last night. that henry gayle is an other. he was shady... i was hoping with all the locke flashbacks they would show how he became crippled. i am thinking those 2 men beat him paralyzed... also. i was reading on some sites that in the training video there was mention of 6 hatches on the island... so, we have seen 3. i bet the others live in one.. the next two weeks of LOST are new, then 2 weeks of repeats, then the season finale the first wed in may. woo who.

i had a horrible nightmare last night. i wonder if its my body rebelling against only sleeping in 2 hour intervals... but anyway, i dreamt that KT either killed BD, or just buried his body after he killed himself, and then she went ahead with her move to the UK and moved into his house and everything. she called me though when she was disposing of the body and i started to get paranoid that i would be interrogated and accused when the police finally realize he's missing/dead and it would be on record that she had called me.. etc. very unsettling... maybe i should lay off the true crime for a while. or maybe i should tip my bed back up level so i do more sleeping ad less dreaming...

next thursday is the day!

so. i heard from the hospital..i have my endoscopy next thursday at 730am. LK and JB have volunteered to take me.. it'll be a regular little field trip.. :) i'm glad i don't have to take a cab there and back. :) i will be sure to ask about take-aways. i wonder if it would be too much to bring my camera with me in there and ask the dr's to take periodic pictures...

tonight i am going to brancas with some work colleagues one last time before KT leaves. brancas is in the slums of the 'ville, but the food is damned good and cheap.

yes, i am going to have to tape LOST.. :(

i am also signing up to be on my parents Y membership. i look like someone who was born in 1982 right?

sleeping at a 45 degree angle is proving to be kind of difficult. i swear i only sleep for an hour or 2 at a time. i need to change my sheets to be less silky, more rough. i need some friction so i don't end up sliding down off the bed each night.. i am charging my camera as we speak, so maybe tonight i will take a picture of this ridiculousness.

so i had the appointment....

so i went to see the dr today. he took blood to test for anemia and infection and is scheduling an endoscopy for me at the faulkner..

in the meantime he told me to get some prilosec otc, take one a day, and do the following things...

1. elevate the head of my bed by 6 inches. more pillows will not do it, i have to sleep with my bed looking somewhat like a torture table. <-- i already sleep on my couch in a somewhat upright position at least once a week.

2. avoid foods if they cause symptoms. sample foods are spicy and fatty foods, tomato and citrus juices (grapefruit and orange) chocolate, mints, coffee, tea, colas, and alcoholic beverages. <-- most of these things i already avoid..

3. do not lie down for 2 hours after eating. allow gravity to work, avoid bending over to pick things up. bend at the knees. <-- this is probably the one thing i am most guilty of doing...

4. stop smoking. <-- phew. never started!

5. limit coffee. <-- limit coffee to 2-3 cups per day. <-- good thing i don't drink coffee either.

6. avoid tight clothing. tight belts, pants or girdle can increase the pressure on the abdomen. <-- hmm. almost unavoidable. :) i wonder if i can send receipts for a new wardrobe into my insurance company.

7. antacids.. antacids can be taken at bedtime and 30-60 minutes after each meal. <-- uhm, i gave up on antacids years ago!!

8. eat smaller meals. don't overfill your stomach. <-- hmm. easier said then done.. i think i am broken, or like one of those dogs that just eats till the food is gone.

9. maintain your ideal weight. excess weight increases the amount of pressure constantly placed on your stomach. even small amounts of weight loss may help. <-- the cure all! i can't help but think that if i was at my *ideal weight* (which the last time that was true was probably the day i was born) that i wouldn't be vomiting up blood on a regular basis.

so i am waiting for the "no more drinking" shoe to drop. i would imagine that its coming when/after the endoscopy. the hospital should be calling me to schedule one soon.

i am going to ask if i can have a copy of the video they are going to take. my cube mate says his g-f had an endoscopy and they gave her some pictures. it'll be just like i am pregnant and i can show off my alien baby! whatever i can score from this procedure i will surely post. they are going to have to sedate me and i am not allowed to drive afterwards, so i will need a volunteer to take me and drop me off at home when they are done.. too bad i am eternally single. i believe something like this is a boyfriend duty... :(

sopranos=soooo good.

sopranos was pretty great episode.. thank god tony came out of his coma! i really can't stand that vito, i hope he dies soon. one thing i laid awake thinking about last night was why no one went to see silvio in the hospital? very odd. also, the woman who plays his wife on the show is really his wife in real life. i had no idea. she's really pretty, for an old woman..

brian made fettuchini alfredo with broccoli and chicken... it was very good, he's a good cook..

pep has gotten me hooked on this show called intervention. its about drug addicts and people that need an intervention. last nights episode was about a heroin addict. soooo good. addicting! i highly recommend it.

i have a dr appointment today at 245. its not with my regular doctor because she is not in today, its with a man. :(. we'll see what happens.

i am in 1st place so far (preseason numbers) in the fantasy baseball league. hahahaha. i really had no idea what i was/am doing. LOL

so.. i think i have stomach ulcers...

or maybe some other affliction that makes my insides bleed and me vomit up blood.

in just about the last 10 times i've drunk alcohol i've thrown up in the middle of the night. its not even due to my level of intoxication. its because an hour or so after i lay down i start to feel like my stomach has turned into an aquarium, and there are millions of air bubble that start to make their way out of my body. this causes me to burp, and then gag/cough leading to really coughing, which turns into eventual puking. its so not pleasant. and lately its usually 3-4 pints worth of dark purple liquid mixed with the contents of what had been in my stomach. friday night though, after 3-4 outpourings of dark purple matter, there was a really red one... i used to think that it wasn't really blood and that it was red wine or something else that i had eaten that was red. but i have not drank red wine in months..

the thing that is throwing me off if the ulcer path though is i am not experiencing any pain in my stomach. i am under the impression that ulcers are painful. so maybe its my esophagus that is afflicted... :( i'm calling the dr on monday. might as well take advantage of my health insurance.

last night was the surprise going away party for katie. it was truly a surprise. i am so glad it worked out. we took her out to dinner and ended up waiting for 1+ hours at the cheesecake factory to just turn around and leave so we would make it to the surprise in time. then there was the biggest turnout of work colleagues ever. great times... KT got up on stage at the burren and sang with the band to sweet caroline.. it was very humorous!

today i was strong armed into joining a fantasy baseball league. it was the kind where you have a live auction draft. it was fun. there are 10 of us in the league, it took us 7 hours. but it was fun, and its a really great group of people. i had no strategy what so ever. i hope that it pays off. :) lol.

i just heard that UCONN was knocked out, so i am totally screwed in the pool i'm in.

tonight is sopranos. i am crossing my fingers that it gets better.

the dress, the dress.

here is the picture i was promising.. god i look fat.. woo who. HUGE body, little tiny legs.. jens wedding party pictures are going to be sooo good!!





survivor is not on tonight, neither is CSI. :( last night was southpark though, they killed off chef after making fun of scientologists yet again. very funny.

tomorrow is KTs last work day, her department is throwing her a party at the end of the day. :) i love work parties! i'm sad that KT is leaving, but i figure that i might be able to save money (ie pay off some of my credit card debt) soon, so maybe i will have a little extra cash to use to traipse around europe with.

here is a video taken the night of n&k's party.. this is a test..

teen girl squad and balls deep are triumphant!

most of the original members showed up last night. we were too many people so we had to split into two teams. :) anyway, we took 2nd and 3rd places. the final question of the night was which animal accounts for at least 150 deaths in humans per year for the last 10 years?

anyone? anyone? i'll give you a hint. its not beavers. that was my guess..