Shopping & Food

The day started out excellently because Mrs. Green brought by one of her heavenly pound cakes, which made for an amazing breakfast. After breakfast, Father had a meeting in Charlotte, so Mother and I shopped at Carolina Place Mall while he was being all important and whatnot. We were looking for a dress for me for Justin's wedding, but we didn't find anything good that would cover my scar completely. We walked away completely empty-handed, but we did discover a transvestite who works in Dillard's. That was pretty funny. We then met Aunt Susan and Deefle at Olive Garden for a scrumptious lunch. Unfortunately, our waiter was really annoying because he kept trying to tell us stories about his family. His stories were not funny, but he thought they were. It's like he was a stand-up comedian on the side or something, and he was practicing his jokes with us. I had a wonderful pizza with olives and tomatoes on it, as well as the salad, breadsticks, and obligatory sweet tea. We also enjoyed some excellent conversation, filled with lots of laughter and craziness. I'm sure the waiters were glad to be rid of us when we left. I was so tired, too. I napped on the way to Charlotte and on the way home, watched some Arrested Development, and then Mumphy and I watched Twilight while Deefle restored another world in Magic Carpet. I love Twilight far too much, and I'm dying for New Moon to come out already! Now I'm going to take a shower to prepare for my visit with Dr. Hey tomorrow. My back hurts so much from all the walking today, but I had a good time overall!

An Eventful Day

I had been hoping for some excitement, and I actually got some today. The morning started off as usual, which means that it was insanely boring. I watched some more Arrested Development and then the usual soaps with Mumphy. After that, Mumphy and I went on a walk around the block and a little farther because the humidity wasn't too bad. I handled the walk really well, and I would've handled it better had I not still been able to feel Sunday's church pew digging into my back. I chatted with Mary a little bit when I got back from the walk, and then Mumphy and I went to the basement to weed through some old books. We've accumulated so many books from library used book sales over the years, but we got rid of a lot of them today. Some of them had water damage from the basement flooding, and others were just worthless. I was pretty tired by that point, so I took a nap from 6:00 until 6:45. When I woke up, I got in the car and headed over to Catherine's house for her summer book club. Unfortunately, the books she ordered hadn't come in yet, so our group of girls just sat around and talked, baked chocolate chip cookies, and then delivered the cookies to various workers at the hospital. We had an awesome time, and I met several really nice girls! I think that the book club is going to be a great success! I got home at about 9:45 and hopped on the computer. Marty popped up on AIM and asked if I wanted to go to Sonic. At about 10:10, I met him at Sonic for an ocean water, also known as the suntan lotion beverage. It was delicious. We stayed there on the patio and talked until they started to shut off the lights at 11:00. Now I'm back home and planning to watch a little more Arrested Development before I go to sleep. I doubt it'll be long before I head to bed, though, because today has been pretty eventful for me!

Relaxing Weekend

I woke up yesterday at 7:30 because Deefle told me that he had made coffee. We all hung out in the den for a while, and then Mumphy and I decided to cook. I helped her make some cowboy stew in the crock pot, and I baked some spice cupcakes with cream cheese icing. I then took a nap for 4 hours. It was wonderful. We enjoyed our dinner and dessert very much. Honestly, nothing else happened whatsoever. I stayed up last night until about 2:00, and then I crashed. I finished The Night Lives On again, too. Now I have to find another book to read. It's probably going to be the Twilight saga all over again. I'm not complaining.

Oh, another funny thing that happened last night was that Sarah passed out. It may not sound funny, but it happens to her so often that even she is able to laugh about it. I was chatting with her on AIM, and she had had to leave dinner early with one of her residents who had gotten sick at the restaurant. Some of her friends were bringing Sarah's food to her later, but they didn't show up until about 11:45. All of a sudden, Sarah disappeared on AIM, and when she returned, she told me that she had passed out. Apparently, her friends knocked on her door with her dinner, so she jumped up to get it and stubbed her toe on the door. It started bleeding, which she could not handle. She told the girls that she didn't deal well with blood, so they started bandaging her toe up for her. She passed out anyway, but she was only out for a few seconds. The irony is that when she had to share something about herself with her fellow group advisors in an icebreaker activity, she had told them that she doesn't deal well with blood and that her younger sister makes up words for medical terms that she can't deal with. For instance, blood is bishkin in our household. One of the girls who brought her food actually remembered this. Sarah was fine after she ate her dinner, and she's apparently fine today, but it was hilarious. Typical Sarah.

Mumphy woke me up at 9:45 this morning to get ready for church. I was pretty tired, but I hopped out of bed before Moses jumped up and pinned me down for another 15 minutes or so. It was Clyde's last Sunday, so it was pretty emotional. A nice service though. I spent a good amount of it watching little Natalie imitate Carmella's conducting. She's so precious. Natalie, that is. Afterwards, everyone said goodbye to Clyde and Wanda at the door and signed a quilt that some of the church members had made for him. I wrote "Go Duke!" and signed my name. When we got in the car, I suggested that we go out to eat, and Deefle agreed. Harmanco's was the restaurant of choice, and we all ordered clubs, chips, and sweet tea, of course. The best thing about getting a club is that you always have half left over for another meal. We got home, and I took a nap for about 3 hours. Dinner was almost as delicious as lunch since we all had our leftovers, but we were missing the sweet tea and chips. Now, we're all just sitting in the den watching TV and doing nothing. I've restarted Arrested Development, and even Sarah has promised to begin watching it when she has time. Well, that's about all for tonight. Is it just me, or is my life getting much more boring? I'm pretty sure that my writing is going downhill, too, due to the lack of interesting activities. Sorry about that. Maybe something big will happen soon.

No New Developments

Today was great except for one thing. I finished all the episodes ever made of Arrested Development. The last episode leads right into the possibility of a movie, and the project has been rumored for 2010, according to IMDB. They had better make the Arrested Development movie! I guess I'll just be watching all the episodes again until The Office starts back, Glee begins, and the movie comes out, which must happen.

I got to bed at about 3:00 this morning and woke up at 8:15 because I just couldn't fall back asleep. Deefle went into work today, so when Mumphy got up at about 9:30, she drove to McDonald's and got us some sausage biscuits and coffees. I love being able to relax and enjoy my breakfast in the summer instead of skipping it in order to sleep a little bit longer during the school year. After that, we just lay around doing nothing. I watched Arrested Development, of course, and I also chatted with Mary sporadically throughout the day. I eventually decided to get up, take a shower, and get dressed. Mother shaved me and curled my hair, and Father came home wanting to go out to eat. We ended up going to Sagebrush. The meal was mediocre, in my parents' opinion. In my opinion, it was yucky. I ordered steak and mashed potatoes, and it honestly tasted like a Lean Cuisine frozen meal. I promise you that I've had that exact entree at home before, and Stouffer's made it better than Sagebrush did. The sweet tea was good, at least.

When we got home, Deefle went to play Magic Carpet in the basement, and he's been down there ever since. He's obsessed. It reminds me of my obsession with The Sims several years back. In his words, "It's a Friday night. I have Magic Carpet. I'm retired. Life is good." Okay, Gene. Just wanted to let you know that your family upstairs just loves hearing that exotic Arabian music, the sound of fireballs hitting your enemies, and the heavenly noise of you claiming your manna. You're 52 years old, man. Eh, whatever. I am honestly really glad that he enjoys it. It keeps him from pestering me, too!

Well, I suppose that I'll be doing nothing until I go to sleep. I had to take 2 Tylenol earlier for an excruciating headache, but not for my back. The last little bit of scab came off of the scar last night as well, so it's looking great, and I'll be seeing Dr. Hey on Wednesday. Oh, everything that I write in this blog is just so pathetic. I need to get a life. Truthfully, though, I love this time off. When the school year starts, I'm pretty sure that Scoliotastic will die. Sorry, Mary. I might be able to update every now and then just for your sake.

Six Weeks Ago...

Six weeks ago, I had my surgery. Unbelievable. My scar looks great now, and I'm getting around fabulously. Today marks my fourth day without any medication whatsoever. I feel great. Even about 2 weeks ago, I still wouldn't have recommended this surgery to anyone, but now, I definitely would. It's one of the best things I've ever done, and I'm so glad I went through with it when I did. I love being taller, too. I realized a couple days ago that if I walk a lot, I can actually breathe now. Before the surgery, I had to gasp for several minutes after walking to class, so I'd have to leave my room early to allow for this breathless time. Now, I can breathe through my nostrils. Apparently, my lung capacity was greatly reduced by the pressure from my spine. Not anymore!

So, the last two days have been worthless except for Arrested Development, an absolutely hilarious show that Matt recommended to me. I'm hooked on it now. It's not as good as The Office because nothing is, but it's still really funny. I finished the whole first season yesterday, and I'm over halfway into the second season today. It's really depressing that the show was canceled after only 3 seasons. I just don't know what I'll do when it ends. Other than that, I've done nothing. Absolutely nothing. Deefle just got over a rotten cold, and Mumphy just caught it yesterday. I do have a project to look forward to, though. Mary has enlisted me to help her with a fabric animal project for her baby's nursery wall. I'm so excited, and it's gonna be super cute! I'm referring to the project, but the baby will obviously be super cute as well!

I see Dr. Hey this coming Wednesday, and I'm guessing he's going to be really happy about my progress. I've still got numbness in a rectangular area across the top of my back, but I think that's normal. It used to be all over my back, but that gradually went away, so I think this will, too. Eventually. I only have a tiny scab left on the bottom of the scar, and it's on there pretty securely. Part of it loosened up and was hanging off for a while, so Deefle tried to pull it off, but it wouldn't budge. He ended up cutting just that loose part off with scissors, but the rest of it is still there. No big deal, of course. That's all that's left! I'm going to continue watching Arrested Development now while celebrating the fact that the past 6 weeks are now over!

No Tylenol

I've made it two days without any medication now, not even Tylenol. I've not had too much happen in that time either. Yesterday, I walked a half a mile on the treadmill while Mumphy and I watched our soaps. I took a shower, fixed my hair, and then Mumphy and I went to Harris Teeter to buy some ingredients for cooking in my old Ronco Showtime Rotisserie and BBQ. I love that machine. I had to text Matt and tell him that I was about to cook in it because we both used to be addicted to the infomercials. I must confess that I still watch them every once in awhile. He texted back and reminded me not to forget to use the flavor injector! I was going to make salmon steaks, but Harris Teeter was out of them, so honey mustard chicken had to suffice. It was good, but I was disappointed about not getting to cook the salmon. The most important part of the evening was being able to say, "Just set it... And forget it!" I can't say it enough: I love that machine.

We came into the den after supper and watched some pretty good Lifetime movies. Since about Christmas break, I've been making a list of all the Lifetime movies I can remember seeing. It's not even halfway complete because I don't know the names of a lot of them, and I have to rely on commercials for upcoming showings to jog my memory, but I have 75 so far. Sad? I wouldn't call it that. I would call it glorious. I stayed up until about 3:00 and read some of The Night Lives On, since I finished A Night to Remember last week. I've read both books a billion times, but they're so good. I woke up at about 8:30 this morning, but then I fell back asleep and didn't get up until 1:00. I watched Lifetime movies and just messed around on the computer, and then I took a nap at about 7:00. When I got up, I watched America's Got Talent with the family, and now I'm watching Will and Grace, one of my favorite shows. Once you have a gay best friend, that show makes so much sense. It's so scarily accurate. Well, maybe tomorrow will be more eventful. Today was lame.

A Day Of Firsts

Apparently, the Oxycontin is pretty much out of my system now. Two nights ago, I slept all night long and even later into the afternoon. Then yesterday, Mumphy and I went to Wal-Mart to pick up some Father's Day gifts for Deefle. We got a little backyard pool, some UNC shirts, and tried to find a watch but were unsuccessful. He gets a watch when he can find the right one for him. I had also ordered a used CD of Magic Carpet, his old favorite computer game, off eBay in February. He was ecstatic and spent the rest of the night figuring out how to set it up on Windows XP since it is supposed to run on MS-DOS. Deefle has had a cold, so he went to bed early, and then the rest of us went to bed later. I had taken no medicine the entire day. Nothing at all. The pain wasn't too bad either, honestly. I fell asleep at about 3:00, and Sarah woke me up at 6:55 to say goodbye. Deefle was driving her to the airport, and she was off to NYC. I tried to go back to sleep but couldn't, and neither could Mumphy, so we both got up, had breakfast, and got ready for church. I actually wore a bra for the first time since the surgery, too! Deefle got home a bit later, and I had to take two Tylenol since I hadn't taken a thing yesterday. This was my first time going to church since the surgery, and although I was really glad to be there, the pew killed my back. Mumphy and I headed out of there pretty quickly, and the first thing I heard when we got home was the Magic Carpet theme song playing in the basement. Deefle was having a ball. We all had lunch at home, and then I took a nap. There was a tiny Father's Day celebration at Goggy and Granddaddy's house, so I went there when I woke up, and I drove for the first time since the surgery! It felt really weird, and I actually bumped my head on the doorframe when I first got in. My torso has definitely grown. Driving is something you don't forget how to do, though. Thank goodness, because I'm ready to just go on some drives to get a McDonald's sweet tea during the week and stuff like that. Only Goggy, Granddaddy, Mary, and Mumphy were at the celebration, and I had a delicious hot fudge cake sundae. Mary then had to go pick up her dog Stella from a friend's house at the river, so I rode with her out there. We got a tour of the house and everything. It was interesting. She drove me back to my car at the grandparents' house, we said our goodbyes, and I just drove home a few minutes ago. Basically, the past two days have been great. Sarah's in NYC having a great time now, and the rest of us are at home doing nothing, which means that I've got to figure out some kind of craft or project to work on. I'll be pondering my options over the next few days.