Yesterday was full of food. We bought the Rival Crock Pot BBQ-Pit at Filene's for only $50 (regularly $130) and made baby back ribs. Yumm-mmy. So, so good. We couldn't even remove the ribs intact, because the bones literally fell out of the meat. We also made potato salad, macaroni and cheese in the regular crock pot, and vanilla and ( Read more... )

Update on my mystery illness: My NP thinks I have an ear infection, evidenced by my right ear being red. In theory, an ear infection could cause dizziness, since the inner ear is the balance center of the body, but I find it hard to believe that an ear infection would cause absolutely no ear symptoms but cause dizziness, shaking, and queasiness ( Read more... )

This has been a really weird week. On Sunday afternoon, Adam went outside to switch over the laundry (our basement is only accessible from outside), and came back in telling me that someone had stolen his cigarettes out of his truck. (Yes, he smokes, but not in the house, and not all that often, as evidenced by his cigarettes residing in his ( Read more... )

Oh, by the way, I updated my webpage last night, so take a look!

Oh, and I'm drained because I just gave blood for the first time. Interesting experience.

I'm tired. I feel like crap. Life can bite me in the ass.

So today I took my ethology final. Ow. That's all I have to say. Well, actually that's not all. I was in pain after this exam. A LOT of pain. My thumb hurt, my wrist hurt, my elbow hurt.........even my knees hurt. Whoever thought that an essay exam for a 300-level bio class was a good idea was nuts ( Read more... )

Ow, ow, ow. My. Ankles. Hurt. I've discovered that having "loose joints" (yes a technical term from my doctor) and trying to stay in the two-point position on the back of a horse for an extended period of time means my ankles will no longer support me. Thank god we started cantering after that so I could actually sit down without needing my ( Read more... )

I feel like poop. Why, oh why, did I have to get the worst cold in the history of the world during the busiest week of my life??? (And please don't tell me I'm being overdramatic :P )