April 9 - Damn! I was doing so well!

The thrush is back. I think I only made it 2 weeks since I took the medicine!! Yesterday I woke up and my tongue was all swollen and I did nothing but spit blood the entire time I brushed my teeth. My speech was back to being awful with the thickened tongue and eating, even non-spicy foods, is once again painful. ARRGHHH! I meant to call in the second prescription today but it blew out of my mind. I'll have to call it in tomorrow morning and see if I can pick it up after work.

I was way excited because I ran 3.14 miles on Sunday! Alas, I've been limping ever since. I had to call Suzanne and bail out of yoga tonight because there's no way my knee was going to be able to hold any standing postures let alone allow me to do pigeon, backbends, dog, or cobra. She told me to go to the India House store and pick up some cold pressed castor oil. Tonight, when I'm getting ready for bed, I need to heat some of it in a water bath and massage it in. She swears it will fix whatever ails me. We'll see. I already know what ails me because I had a doctor look at it a decade or so ago. I have a bone spur in my left knee that every once in a while shifts, and starts rubbing things that it shouldn't. If the castor oil fixes THAT, I will switch over my beliefs to whatever it is that Suzanne believes in!

I was feeling extra guilty about bailing on her tonight because I think next week is class 6 of 6 and I'm going to tell her that I'm not signing up for the next set of 6. Peg told me that Suzanne stops classes in the summer anyway but I guess not until the end of June, I need a break sooner than that. Especially since I signed up for a golf league for Thursday nights which starts on May 2nd. There's only so much stuff you can fit into a week, people!

So, Friday saw Scott and I at Shadow Lake for 9 holes. By hole 7 I couldn't feel my fingers. Still a little nippy for golf but it felt fantastic to be outside! On Saturday I saw Sandi and she handed off her old set of golf clubs to me. Which, please note, are still 3,000 times better than what I'm playing with now! So, now I need to go get some practice with these babies. I signed up for a four session 'golf academy'. Unfortunately it doesn't start until 5/13, which is 2 weeks AFTER the league starts, but hey, that's okay, maybe the girls can let me know if they see a noticeable improvement after I get some lessons!!

After popping in to see Sandi, I headed out to Chili's in Clay, NY to meet up with T and Vic. Unfortunately, during dinner a piece of steak got wedged in my throat because of the swelling. I tried washing it down with water, it wouldn't budge, I ended up spitting up in my lap, and had to make a dash to the bathroom. How freakin' embarrassing! I haven't had a choking incident since the end of January. Was kind of hoping I was over those. Guess not.

We then headed over to the movie theatre and T and I stopped in the bathroom. It was at that point that I realized we must have been eating something that was really salty because my neck had ballooned up again. <sigh> Some days it just never seems to end.........

So, The Host was pretty good. They did a good job in staying true to the book but T and I agreed that the while the story made for a good read, it played kind of slow on the big screen.

I got the second quote on the hardwoods. The guy came in at $4700 and he seriously pissed me off in any number of ways. Between being late, talking down to me, not having a clue.....I was unimpressed all the way around. So, Donna will be here tomorrow to drop off the wood and installation happens next Wednesday and Thursday.

This past Sunday I worked on laying out my new office from 10:30 am until 5:00 pm. I taped sheets of newspaper together and cut them into the dimensions of the furniture I was thinking about buying and laid them out in the front bedroom to see where everything would fit. I researched like a crazy woman on the internet to get the best prices around. At the end of the day, I spent $2400. This got me: A desk, office chair, bookshelf, book/object shelf, filing cabinet, floating wall shelves, end table, new doorknobs, new light fixture, 40" flat screen, blu-ray player, reading lamp, floor protector, and a chaise lounge. I didn't think that was a bad price tag for outfitting an entire room. Scott says it's going to look really sweet and I'll probably never want to leave the room once I've put it together. I think he's right!

So, big upcoming plans this week. Tomorrow night is a caving class. Joe is going to teach some newbies about the origins of Speleology and talk about gear. I'm in major need of a refresher course so I'll be there with bells on! Thursday morning Scott and I are off to Cleveland to see a Yankees game, check out a zoo, and take a tour of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame! Back home late on Friday night, exhausted but happy, I'm sure! Sunday I'm heading back to Liverpool because Sam and I have big plans to hit the Destiny Mall and do it up! We're definitely doing the rope course and I'm hoping to convince her to do the indoor go-karts and WonderWorks. We'll also be checking out all the stores that we've never heard of. Hello summer wardrobe!