Cars

Well, I have officially decided on a show for the elementary winter guard I am directing. Not going to do a big reveal online... but it does have to do with cars! :) I am very excited to begin this journey as my first job as a director of a winter guard, it will be lots of fun and very educational, I'm sure!

Speaking of cars, I'm starting to think about a new car. My car lease is up in August, and, yes, since I am incredibly impatient, I am beginning to think about my next car! Any suggestions?

Happy Thanksgiving!

I just wanted to take a minute to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! I hope everyone had a fun, safe holiday. I spent my Thanksgiving at the Michigan Seyfried's, and then today we had our real Thanksgiving dinner with our family (Mom, Dad, Amy, Nate, Ian, Mandi, and myself).

Unfortunately, Michigan lost again to OSU, but things happen! It was all about who showed up to the game, and we sure as hell didn't show up. :( Oh well, I still stand by the team! GO BLUE!

And so it is...

Things are going great! I got another call to substitute on Friday, so I was in a high school english classroom all day! It was awesome! The kids were fun to talk to, because they were high school and I could talk to them on a real level instead of talking disney... :) We talked Harry Potter, instead! It was fun... a lot of them went to the midnight premiere, and I was going Friday night, so they told me what to expect of the movie and whatnot. It was great!

We went to visit Gram today at Elizabeth Scott. She is doing great! She was happy (and surprised) to see us, which is always a good sign. Mom did her hair and we watched a little bit of The Cat in the Hat, then we walked her to lunch and left. It was nice to see her in a good mood, and her capability of talking is getting much better, perhaps because she is around people whom she can understand? I think sometimes around here we got to talking and she just "followed along". At least in ES she can participate in the conversations, because they make sense to her. We went through her apartment this afternoon and started separating things to keep vs. things she was hoarding (napkins, broken jewelry, toilet covers, the basics... LOL) and we ran across some notes from Grandpa. It was interesting to read letters from him while they were dating and when they were first married and having kids. So cute! My favorite was the little note he wrote to her at work asking her to "have the honor of escorting her home this evening"... doesn't that just melt your heart? I can't wait to have my own love story!

Well I am entirely exhausted from the day... very draining. So I am going to end this here. Think of me at 5:30 tomorrow morning... hopefully I get a call to substitute!

When at first you don't succeed...

I am again considering auditioning for The Biggest Loser. I wasn't too happy with my last tape once I sent it in. I felt like I didn't show enough of my personality, or enough of my lifestyle. This is a possibility that I am definitely considering, because I feel like no matter what I do, something happens to give me an excuse to give up, and I give up WAY too easily.

I really feel like with my recent health issues, I have an emotional tag now. I want this, and I want it bad! I think I should give it a solid attempt.

As Bob Harper says: Believe in yourself, trust the process, change forever!

Rough Patch

Well, everything has just hit. The past few weeks I have been sick on and off. Not quite sure what was going on, I just assumed it was the flu because I had the nausea, fever, stomach aches, etc.

Everything came to a head on Saturday. I was lucky enough to get a ticket to the University of Michigan vs. Purdue University football game! It was a long trip (5 hours there and back), but I was totally up for it to get to see my boys play. After tailgating I wasn't feeling very well, I actually had a fear that I was going to get physically sick. I didn't even eat that much, which really worried me! We went out to dinner after the game, and again I wasn't feeling well, so I ordered a kid's meal at the restaurant and ate about half of it before feeling incredibly sick again.

2 hours into the car ride we stopped at a gas station to use the restroom and take a break from sitting. When I got back in the car, I got to where I really felt like I was going to throw up. I got back in the car, and slept for an hour in the car. When I woke up, we had to pull over so that I could throw up. Then the stomach ache started, and I felt like someone was pulling at my insides. Literally. By the time I got home and changed, it had started to feel even worse. By 3 AM I couldn't sleep, so I asked my dad to take me to the ER. Through blood tests and ultrasounds, the doctors narrowed it down to one thing - my gall bladder. Beautiful. Now I have 2 appointments to go to tomorrow. Again, I say beautiful. The one good thing is that I am on some serious pain killers for when the attacks come on, and I am on antacids to control my stomach a bit.

I hate that this is my first post and it's about being sick, but I know a lot of people were concerned when they saw I was in the ER... so that's the update!