last post of the decade. next episode; the twenty-tens
kicked ass at most o my finals. yay. did proceed to loose my fucking mind on my algebra final, for 3.5 hours. jesus that was rough. but as long as i got a %47 or better i passed the class- oh & checking presently, it looks like i passed with a B, meaning i did pretty good on the maddening final.
i really dislike the last month or so of any semester, usually life gets the way o school, weather its illness, or job crap, or pain-issues or depression, or just the desire to be fucking done with that semester, it gets hard to go to class, study, ect.
ok i attempted to do a cut to save space & wat not & itl only put a few sentences behind the cut. i tried. i failed.
next semester ive got another math class, another welding class (actually the same class, for about 2 months post-operative i thought id lost my fine motor control & had to relearn what i know how to do with a stinger. but thats cool, almost everyone retakes the 70B class at least 3 times) , another swimming class, pilates & sewing. should be super fun :)
yesterday i bought 4 new tires for my happy orange box car, the weather reports from new mexico as of late make me nervous about my old, 90% bald tires. boyfriend's mum bought him a tomtom (gps navigator) which will be awesome on the 1200 mile + trip, each way. again this time josh wants to go to carlsbad & do some caving- but this time since im not nearly as gimpy & in fact pretty functional, as a biped we signed up for a tour requiring hard hats. yay! even though thats another 4 + hours in the car, each way itl be fun... and maybe we'l swing by corrizozo & get some o that crack-like cherry cider they make.
i am 4 months & just a few weeks post-op. the bone pain has reduced in frequency & severity greatly. when i do get the bone pain its not but once a week or so & usually doesnt make me want to rip my own leg off. pre-operative it was almost everyday, and the intensity drove me mad. now i dont even take drugs for it but once a week or so- sitting for long periods and sudden twists or direction changes still hurt me though. due to atrophy and all the drugs after the surgery i lost another 18lbs, got down to my highschool weight. in highschool i did a lot, a whole fucking lot of powdered drugs, didnt eat much & was pretty active. i weighed 125lbs. since surgery ive put on just a few pounds, this is good & healthy. now im around 128lbs. the several months pre-surgery i did some pretty intensive yoga & pilates classes, lost around 12 pounds from those two classes & built my body up, as much as possible, to be in the best shape to get surgery.
so this time last year i weighed around 155lbs, now im under 130. pretty cool.
last night i got to spend some time with brother joshua. good things. he came over, hung out, then i proceeded to drag him to ritas, the neighborhood karaoke bar. we danced, sang, drank... im pretty sore today.. and extremely hungover. when i come back from the xmas new mex trip im going to make sure i see my brothers more often, havent seen a lot of them lately. theyre both really great, i need to spend more time with them.
soooo, josh & i are still doing very well! it seems like a lot longer, but weve been seeing each other for about 1.5 years now. he continues to give me so much love, support, encouragement. im very happy with him. i picked a good one this time & would very much like to continue on this path & stay with him for a very long time
of course his roommate is still a very stupid, selfish asshole. he really is a bad person. one of those people that since ive known him hasnt done anything decent for anyone else, that he couldnt use as leverage or his own benefit.
-but josh & i were able to move into the 2 rooms at the back of the house... as opposed to our one giant room in the front, sharing a wall with the fucked up, loud as hell front door. this is a nice change, as the fat idiot has overthrown the living room; the living room noise is amplified and transfered directly into the front room.
it sucked. but now we have our own bathroom (yes! i cannot express how disgusting the other bathroom gets, even if i clean it a few times a week. yuck. also, if i wanna stay up late & sew, or josh needs to get up early & make business calls theres a whole other room to do it in. very cool.
and! this time next week we'll be in new mexico! we'l be in albquerque for xmas eve, in carlsbad the 28th, back to alb the next day & are leaving most likely the 2nd o jan. ok, runs off to pack