Back issuesMy appointment's not til May 4th, so no news there, but the last several days have been progressively less painful 'cause I'm trying to be SMART about how I do things. I'm taking Tom's advice (yeah, yeah) and just doing a LITTLE bit at a time, instead of plowing through stuff that needs done, regardless of pain (hello? that's how we got ( Read more... )

So, so, so, so, SOOOOO fun to volunteer at the Humane Society! I went when they opened at 10:30 this morning and stayed for a couple of hours, then went and got Tom for lunch. It was so much fun, you guys! Like I said in a previous post, the volunteers get to do the cuddling and FUN stuff, rather than the dirty stuff, so I got to pet and cuddle ( Read more... )

I just took Abby for a walk (that's one of my new fitness goals... again). We didn't go far, and we didn't go fast, but it was respectable for one of our first outings, and it was snowing, and there is about a foot of snow everywhere (including most of the street and all of the sidewalks). We walked up the street, and saw some kids sledding down ( Read more... )

Well, I had to take an Ativan last night to get to sleep. I've had a bottle and a half left for a while and only use them if I *absolutely* have to. I took my regular nightly pills at around 10:30, but couldn't make myself go to sleep when Tom did (around 11). I was still too hyped up from the Super Bowl (wasn't that amazing?!). So, I watched ( Read more... )