Thanksgiving

Wow, i've never been so tired in my life! Since Grandmom just had a hysterectomy i had to cook a bunch. Then i stayed for *hours* afterward cleaning all her special dishes. It took forever! Then i came home and started cooking again for Dad's Thanksgiving. It was good food but so, so exhausting. Anyway, Grandmom got sick (of course). Probably from trying to do too much stuff. She had a really bad stomach flu and had to go the hospital and get IV fluids and couldn't eat anything but broth and jello for 4 days. That was the day after Thanksgiving and she's still not completely better. In the meantime she found out that her liver biopsy showed some cirrhosis. So now she's gonna get an MRI of her liver to see what's what. I hope it's not too bad...

In the meantime i had the honor of dog-sitting. Teddy needed a haircut something awful so i took him to the Muddy Mutt and got him groomed. He was sooooo cute! He came out with a little bandanna and all fluffy. He really did look like a little teddy bear. Grandmom got to come home from the hospital that day and he just went absolutely nuts when he first saw her. He came with me to the hospital to pick her up and when he saw her out the window his tail started wagging 90 miles an hour. Then he jumped allllll over her when i opened the door. It was so cute! Grandmom kept saying she wishes she'd told me to bring my camera so i could have taken pictures of Teddy with his spiffy new cut. I'm trying to decide if she'd be ok using a digital camera if i got her one for Christmas. Would that be too advanced? She can use a cell phone fine but not so much with the computer.

Car Accidents Are No Bueno

On the way home from Grandmom's i got in a car accident. It totally wasn't my fault! I was completely stopped and got rear-ended by two other cars. The one that hit me was a little dented and scratched but it was driveable. The car in the back, however, was completely totalled. We had to wait an hour before the cop showed up. It was dark and rainy and i didn't have my coat or umbrella with me. Plus i had to pee! The girl who totalled her car had called her mom. Her mom's suggestion? "I have some toilet paper in my car if you want to run into the woods. You can pretend you're camping." Somehow i managed to hold it.

At one point i texted Jake "The cops still aren't here!!" His response? "Call them and say the accident was with a donut truck"

Kristie was on the phone with me when it happened. She said she heard the screeching brakes and the collision. She said it sounded bad but my response was a calm and confused "What the hell?" That's probably because i had just watched the car in front of me take a fast left turn and i thought it was that car that i heard screeching. Until i got hit of course.

This is the THIRD time my Civic's bumper has needed replacing. The first time was when i took it to Brake-O. The attendant guy backed it out of the workshop without re-engaging the brakes and slammed it into my brother's car in the parking lot. The second time i was in the dentist's office and when i came out there was a "my bad" note on my windshield. And this wreck would be the third time. And this is on top of how my Mazda 626 got totalled. I was parked in my dad's cul-de-sac and a truck with a cherry-picker bucket backed into it and smashed the driver's side to pieces. How can my poor cars have so many accidents without it being my fault??

Week in Pictures

How you know your cats are spoiled.

Dala's thoughts on her special allergy food.

She just lay down in the leaves like it was a comfy blanket.

And then she discovered my new quilt.
Of which she approves.

The bat that lives in my attic. His name is Fangs.

Yellow-eyed demon. Or my cat?

Frustrations

1. So sick of cycle stuff.
2. Jake is helping his sister move to California so i may not get to try for a baby this month. Plus i'm scared of planes and nervous about him flying back.
3. My hairdresser moved back to Chicago. I've tried using other people at the salon before when she wasn't there a time or two and it was a big mistake.
4. Ally and i are trying to volunteer at a charity but they won't email us back!

Birthday Presents So Far

1) A letter from the court:
"Our records indicate that you are currently eligible for jury duty...review information. Again, Happy Birthday!"

2) A letter from the DMV:
You get to pay money for you car for your birthday!!

3)An email from Kroger:
"On behalf of the YourKrogerBenefits team, we'd like to wish you a very happy birthday month. We also want to remind you about the importance of Pap smears, a recommended preventive screening for women in your age group."

All this, PLUS i get a year older? What exactly is there to celebrate?