Dreaming.In.Reality

I don’t have the energy to really type it all out right now, but my mom came at the end of April to visit… she’s still here due to health issues.
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• Pythagoreans called it the perfect number, 3 and 4, the triangle and the square, the perfect figures.
• Number of stellar objects in the solar system visible to the naked eye from Earth— the Sun, the Moon and the five classical naked eye planets: Mars, Mercury, Jupiter, Venus, and Saturn.
  seven colors in a rainbow: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple.
• The diatonic scale is made up of 7 pitches. There are five whole-tone and two half-tone steps in the scale.
• With very few exceptions, all mammals’ necks have seven bones.
• The traditional number of Wonders of the Ancient World. There were seven, though only the Great Pyramid of Egypt still stands today.
• The original diameter in inches of the 45rpm format gramophone record.
• “Tall ships and tall kings/Three times three/What brought they from the foundered land/Over the flowing sea?/Seven stars and seven stones/And one white tree.”
• Destiny, Death, Dream, Destruction, Despair, Desire and Delirium.

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is brought to you by the phrase, “ugh.. srsly?”

Ok so not a total fail, there were some high points.

I’ve started back at the gym, I really love it there because people are actually there to get in shape and healthy versus trying to out bench press the next person while attempting to look hot and pick up. I’ve been tracking my eats and exercise on sparkpeople. I’m still trying to figure out the easiest way to do it. I think using the create your own workout has been the best for the “strength training and stretching” portion. I just add that and remove the crap i didn’t do that day. I’m sore, but feeling better.

I had submitted photos for a photography contest here in town for display/sole exhibitor priveledges in a store. I didn’t make the cut, I’m guessing mostly for lack of baby with mother shots… I have other feelings about the photos selected for the finalists but I will keep those amongst private conversations. I need to take a page from Miss J’s book and start better promotion/marketing/advertising. I also need a serious redesign of my website to go with those marketing tools. And make a plan of what equipment is 100% needed for the next year. A new lens is a must, and maybe some sort of I have no idea -lol- Hence the plan. Behind in editing some photos, hope to have them done by the end of the weekend. Been planning some marathon sessions being made avail. first to my mom groups and then outside of my social circle. One is going to be a portfolio builder of several mini-sessions, one will be a boudoir shoot, and hopefully third an engagement photo blitz.

Been keeping busy for Lucien and I with visiting friends, doing activities outside of the house. On one hand I feel we still spend too much time here but at the same time, Februrary has EXHAUSTED me with all that I have had going on between playdates and mommy night outs. I dunno maybe I’m trying too hard to stave off the S.A.D.

joined a gym, set up a home exercise/stretching routine, tracking calories eaten/expended and all of the other getting fit/diet crap on my fatblog. Been going to lots of playdates and nights out with my friends this month. Next month thankfully is slower.

Been battling the winter blues pretty badly this season, it’s taken quite a lot out of me in the past few weeks. My weight is all over the place, I’ve joined a gym, I just need now to get my orientation scheduled so i can get in there and start doing some good for myself. I’m hoping that getting up early and exercising to start my day will help balance out my body and emotional state. Plus it will allow me to sleep better at night which is something I desperately need. Not to mention losing the pesky pounds that have been plaguing me for years. 1 pound of fat = 4 pounds of pressure on yoru bones and I feel it pretty horribly these days. I have serious muscular issues that will only be resolved with strengthening them and losing the extra weight. Being sick and depressed however has only intesified my lack of motivation and desire to do anything.

One foot after another, one day at a time.

This weekend I was able to pull off the “cunning plan” of the century, well at least in my books it was. I think Juli may think so too.
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I hear that every time I crack open a can of Cream of Mushroom soup.

Back in 1998 I was sitting at the kitchen table of my at the time’s boyfriend’s parents house. His grandmother was visiting, she was already known to be a bit of a you know what, and I was already ready for a battle that day. I’m just sitting down to eat my soup when she arrived and saw that we were eating lunch, got huffy that we were eating without her. Well excuse us, next time we’ll sit around starving waiting for you to show up at your non-determined time. She asks what we’re having and I mumble out “cream of mushroom” around my spoon. She actually looked offended as she stammered out “You’re eating that just on it’s own?!”. I stopped my spoon mid-way to my mouth and just stared at her, and said “Yes, why wouldn’t I be?” and she replies, “You just don’t eat Cream of Mushroom soup on it’s own!”

“Why not?”
“Because you just don’t!”
“Why not?”
“It’s for casseroles and baking!”
“Well, last time I looked at a can of Campbell’s it didn’t say Cream of Mushroom Casserole mix”

I finished my soup in peace.

Big change coming up in the world in the next 72 hours give or take some. New president, data recovery, eyebrow waxing…

I’ve been incredibly high strung and irritable since mucking my back up last Sunday. Were now a full week and I still have pain; I woke up incredibly stiff and pained this morning, but it subsided to a dull stabbing by noon after doing some walking around. So I need to call the dr and see what she wants to do. I have an appointment on the 11th for a physical, but I’d rather not have to wait that long if I don’t have to in hopes of making sure things can be seen on X-Rays to get some sort of yes or no on what’s going on.

I have some cute things to get pictures of today as well as a couple of videos. Then I have to go find me a costume.

day 6 of zee back pain. I slept pretty good last night sans pain killers, woke up feeling good but now that I’m moving around and sitting, the cutting pain is back again. Not as sharp as it’s been, but still there. I definately had the tingly toe issue about 5 minutes ago too, so I’ll be calling the dr. this afternoon to hopefully see her next week sometime.

chili… and lots of it!

Making a pot of chili today, was going to do it over the weekend but found myself without the ability to move. I noticed it somewhat Saturday afternoon that my right hip and leg were REALLY achey. I chalked it up to sitting for so long(was participating in an all day scrapbooking event) as well as the incredibly wet weather we were having. I woke up Sunday stiff but nothing more than normal, while washing dishes I started to feel more and more sore, like gravity was doing overtime on my spine – by 11 I was near in tears. This happens every month or so, where my back gets tweaky, hurts a lot, I gimp around, then I’m ok for the next while. This time however was much much worse, there were moments Sunday that were way worse than labour. Got to the dr. yesterday afternoon after spending 2 days in excruciating pain on the couch and chair with the heating pad. Got my legs twisted in all sorts of horrid positions, did a walk test, and was told that the pain was not in my hips (which I thought it was due to the fact my back feels fine), but is a disc problem. Now, the million dollar question is: Is it a bulging disc? or a herniated disc?

Day 3, I have more mobility due to pain relievers but I’m hurting pretty bad still. It’s still a deep cutting pain but more focused on the areas that hurt. While I was more comfortable last night when sleeping, I didn’t sleep well, upon investigation it looks like there is a small percentage that the drug I’m taking for anti-inflammation can cause sleep disturbance. I was up every hour almost to the exact minute. I have to check in with my GP in a week to see how I’m doing and get on the list to get a CT or MRI done. For all that I’ve heard, the waiting list for those things is miles long, so it’ll be a while. Hopefully I can get some xrays or something in the mean time to get at least a general assessment of what is going on in the old spine.

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