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What a week! I'm glad it's almost over. I'll try to make this short & sweet!

Rental Car~ I found out that I can take the car back to our hometown enterprise for a $35 fee. At first I thought 'screw you, I ain't paying that', yup I just said ain't, but after little thought we realized that $35 is a bargain. We'd end up putting in $20 worth of gas in just the rental car to get to Tucson. Add the gas for the G6 & the 2 1/2 hours of just driving there & back. Of course we'd not come straight home, we'd have lunch & maybe watch a movie. Shoot, if we're driving over an hour then we might as well do something there. So anywho, I'm taking it back to our local branch & hopefully not paying anything out of pocket. It might not work that way but maybe, hopefully. USAA is covering a certain amount & I plan to take it back today instead of the Sunday due date so 2 days less of rental should cover the "shipping"(or whatever it's called) fee. YAY!

Flowers!~ It's been a blah/down week & I mentioned to Mike yesterday that it was a blah day when we were texting (cause he was bored). He offered to take me out to dinner to cheer me up but I decided to be a good girl & not go eat wonderfully greasy fast (or sit down) food. We had chicken, fish, brown rice, & fresh broccoli. Yum, except my chicken tasted like fish, yuck. :) So, instead of taking me out Mike brought me roses. Not just the normal one dozen, 2 of them. A dozen red roses & a dozen pink. :) I figured he was getting me flowers because he took FOREVER to get home. Then he ran inside & told me to go get his "stuff" out of the car because he had to throw clothes into the washer RIGHT NOW! Ok, really? Nothing is that important. To race clothes to the laundry or needing stuff out of the car immediately. :) His mess up was I was cooking dinner & right when he got home was when everything was finished. I'm not exaggerating. He runs in the door, tells me that schpel, & my oven beeps. :) Silly boy, Trix's are for kids! Haha! They're beautiful & there's 2 dozen of them! Well nearly, one of each was a goner. Poor roses fell off their stems. :)

Medical~ Mike's doctor changed/he got a new one & the last 3 months are down the drain. He refuses to just pick up where the last doctor ended and refuses to start the process of a permanent profile. He tells Mike he has to do a bunch of tests which who knows how long will take. The high man in the office is being an ass too. He told Mike that he has to write up a eval. since he's coming into the office & since he's currently flagged it has to go on there. It'll take 5 great eval's to null this bad one & eval's are only once a year. So, if Mike wanted to be promoted it'd take 5 years to just be considered. So I don't know if he IS writing it up yet or if he's going to wait a little bit to be nice. Mike says his attitude is that of someone who retires next month, he just plain doesn't give a shit. BTW this guy, the ass, has a permanent profile himself. *rolling eyes*

I tell ya, when are we going to get our great week? We hear good news & it's ripped away. We get our hopes up & smash. I guess that's life. It's just some people have more luck than others & we aren't one of those lucky ones. Then again, those who are super lucky seem to freak out when something bad happens & if there are a few in a row then shoot, the world is ending. Ay yi yi! I think I'd rather be not as lucky anyways cause nothing is ever THAT BAD. FML is used WAY too often, WAY WAY WAY too often. There is always sun in the future, somewhere. :) Sun please come out. It won't this weekend though, literally, all rain on the forecast! :) We need it, our grass is looking AWESOME!!!! And I have Gorgeous roses! & We're having spicy (enchilada) NACHOS for dinner! YUM UM UM UM UUUUMMM!!!
*yup, I've lost my mind. I like this club! :)*

Suck It Week!

This week is too much, I tell ya. This week hasn't really been that bad but there's been this overall suck feeling. Today, it's major suckage! Mike had figured USAA had the rental paid for 31-33 days which would've taken us to the middle of next week & we would've covered the next few days. Welp, apparently our rental coverage ends Sunday, not Wednesday/Thursday. We got the car on the 2nd, how does it end on the 31st?! I don't know but it sucks! I know it's going to be another 2-3 weeks til the mustang is finally finished. The *bleep*ers are taking FOREVER to do it. I'm pretty sure since Mike has that exercise (army school thing, not physical exercise) for 3 weeks starting Monday that he'll have to go watch them do PT which means I can't go to Curves! I know have to go pay rent & yell at him to fix all the schiesse he's ignoring(that needs fixing) on Friday now, which isn't a big deal because I was thinking about doing that anyways but I was going to be lazy & not pay til it's due (1st). I have a doctor appt next week too so I get to do that fun taking & picking up the spouse from work thing. I'm mostly pissed about the Curves thing. I guess I'm going to have to get a DVD or something to do in the morning. I'm also mad that we have to take a trip to Tucson this weekend when we planned not too. Gas isn't cheap & it's not close! ARGH! This situation is frustrating but it is what it is ya know. Oh well. My day got a whole lot better (sarcasm).

I went to do another fun BP check today. I've been feeling very self conscious this week & I really would rather sit on nails than go out but I have to do these checks. So I go & I notice this chick (whose with her soldier man) staring at me. Whatever, I go check in on the other side of the area & come back. As I'm sitting down she comments to her man, in a normal talking level, that he better not let himself go(like that). Wow, really! She really felt it necessary to be a bitch & tell her husband he better not become a fat ass like the woman in front of them. Wow, awesome! I hope that made her feel better about her imperfect body. She doesn't know my medical history, she doesn't know me or my efforts. Our house literally has NO junk food in it right now & I've been trying to lose weight for years. She doesn't know whether I have medical issues which make it harder to lose weight. But she doesn't care. I'm big & I'm disgusting. It's like all those people who think medical weight loss surgery is "the easy way out". How do you know? From what I've heard, it's FAR from easy. It may be the only way someone is able to do it. There are many medical issues that hinder weight loss. I'm not saying that I didn't do this to myself, I know I did. Food was my comfort, my "feel better" cure. I did this to myself & I've been trying to fix it for years. Literally YEARS! So, am I just lazy or are there other factors that are causing me to fail? Think what you want, I don't care. Talk as much shit as you want but keep it to yourself. Because no one knows what I've been through or what I deal with daily.

Wha What?!?!

We got some really good news yesterday, well Mike did & since I'm married to him it's mine too!!!! :) Apparently Mike wasn't moved over to the other office as a punishment for being flagged, there was a purpose behind it & it's good! Yesterday was his first day there & I guess the higher ups brought him in to talk to him about his medical stuff/PT test. I thought, "oh no, this is going to be bad!" because Mike had said that now he'll be around all the higher ups so he won't be able to just hide out(about the pt test/flag). Nope, they want to know seriously what was up & what steps were ahead of him. They did tell him what to do (cause legally or army-ly or whatever they can't) but they SUGGESTED that he go get a permanent profile so that his flag can be lifted. I guess when permanent profiles are evaluated every year so if things were better in a year he could get off of it & also it won't affect his career to have a permanent profile. They want him to get that p.profile because THEY HAVE BIGGER PLANS FOR HIM!!! They brought him over because they want to make him more than what he is! Wha Wha What?!?! They even said 'team lead' which is a huge thing. Mike works his butt off & it's going to pay off. They'll probably make him team lead which I guess means in charge of all everyday stuff or something. Anyways, it's a really good thing! This whole thing is a REALLY good thing. This is so awesome & he so deserves it!!! He also found out that his company/unit has it's own doctor so if the doctor(which is changing soon) at the clinic doesn't put in for the permanent profile the company doctor probably will. Basically it's just a waiting game. Wait for his pulm. appt, wait for the permanent profile & then watch him get picked for higher/more important things! So Awesome!!! Things are finally starting to go right for him, it's finally paying off!!! :)

New Week!

Shello All! How was your weekend? Our was pretty good I suppose. I shall give a short summary of our weekend. Friday we went to see the car & we still don't know when the stupid thing will be done. We ate at 5 Guys Burgers which is suppose to be legendary but I found to be boring & blah. No taste & no texture, disgusting! Then we went to see Captain America & all I can say is Yum Yum Yummmmmm a-yum! That man is deliciously sexy! It was a pretty good movie too & actually decent in 3D. (we happened to get to the theatre too late for one regular showing & way too early for the next one so 3D it was) On the way home we got invited to go hang out at B's house (mike's co-worker) & even though we'd spent almost all day in Tucson it sounded fun. Mike was the DD because the time he decided he was going to drink he had one drink & stopped. That butthead made me stay sober even though he didn't want to drink the alcohol so No More! I will kick his butt if he ever makes me be the DD & then doesn't get at least nicely buzzed! Anywho, I drank & we were there til 2 am.

Saturday! Saturday was a boring day. I remember waking up at 8:30 (went to bed at 3) & I remember falling asleep for like 2 hours in the middle of the day. I know Mike scanned all his military info into the computer. I have NO idea what else we did that day.

Sunday we went to see 'Friends With Benefits' & IT WAS AWESOME! Seriously the best movie of the year so far in my book! It was really really good & their chemistry was great. J.T.-Freaking Yum! Mike liked it too so you know it's pretty good if a guy will say it was good. We also did some grocery shopping (or maybe that was saturday) & our total was nicely low.

Eating/Healthy/Weight Loss- Well, I have a visitor so I skipped Curves this morning & because of my visitor I ate horrible this weekend. Well, we both did. Mike kicked butt last week though & lost 5 lbs! Awesome him! Last night he made a mango onion sauce & a gravy to be used this week. He's really on the eating right thing & I'm surprised. He got dried fruit & almonds to take for snacks too. Wowza, he's kicking butt on this. I wish I were too. I blame it on my visitor though, she's the reason I craved EVERYTHING last week. I am back to the food makes me nauseous crap and my taste buds seem to be off. So food taste nasty & then I feel like I'm going to get sick after I eat. Totally awesome!

Welp, because of Mike's flaggedness (flagged because of failed PT tests) he's being moved off instructing for at least a few months. Someone who moved over there a few months ago is deploying for a few months so Mike is taking his spot. Apparently this is great news for Mike. I guess there is NOTHING to do over there & they do regular PT (instead of Mike having to wake up just to watch all the students do PT) so he'll actually be doing PT &&& he'll be able to go to the gym at lunch too. They may think they're punishing him by moving him but it's actually just what he needs right now. Time to focus on exercising & getting back into shape. BUT! Mike might end up getting a permanent profile. Mike was put on profile because of breathing problems & they saw scar tissue on this X-ray. Next month Mike will get to see a pulmonologist here in town & while at B's Friday night G&B brought up an article in the Army Times. Apparently they've found that multiple deployments can cause a rare lung condition/disease called Constrictive Bronchiolitis.

“I think the whole situation was kind of surprising because this constrictive bronchiolitis is a very uncommon disease in people who are otherwise healthy,” said King, the lead author of the study. “It is common in people who have had lung or bone marrow transplants. It is common in people who have lupus. It is common in people who have autoimmune disease. But it is not at all common in fit, young military personnel or other healthy people.”

How crazy is that?! And how awesome that this article came out now. Mike started going to his doctor because of his breathing problems in May & now we may know why he's having problems. There was no reason for him to be having problems, they couldn't find anything. He's completely healthy except for the breathing problems. I don't know if he does in fact have this or not. He's been over there 3 times so it's very possible but we won't know til they do tests, if this area is even able to diagnose it. So we'll see. He'll probably get mad at me for even putting this out there. You know, getting people worried before there is a reason. I'm not trying to scare people at all & I'm not worked up or worried myself. I'm concerned but I'm calm & patiently waiting for answers. He's healthy & getting healthier, that's all that matters. :)

Thursday

but it feels like Friday!!! Why? Because Mike doesn't work tomorrow & I did Curves today so I won't have too tomorrow! 5 hours til the WEEKEND! We're going to Tucson again. To see Penelope of course! Mike wants to see where she is in the repair/repainting department. Did I tell you that the repair coverage was upped to $10,000 by USAA! Meaning USAA is paying the repair shop nearly $10,000 to repaint the car! At first it was only $3800! Yikes, Gikes! Anyways, we're heading up there tomorrow.

So apparently Mike is doing awesome with eating better. He took his lunch yesterday & he took it today. Not the salad like he should but sandwiches which is fine by me. He's taking & eating lunch & that's what matters! Last night we were suppose to have stir-fry but the frozen veg mix wasn't good anymore & neither were the skrimps (yes, skrimps). We didn't really have the fresh veggies (we probably could've improvised) but we both weren't in good moods so we switched. I suggested quesadillas since we had chicken out & we had 3 leftover tortillas & a little bit of shredded cheese. We also had black beans(which I added cumin too) & I added the tiny bit of leftover mexican rice to them. Mike was going to make 3 half quesadillas, silly boy, but I suggested just making a 3 layer quesdilla which turned out to be genius! We shredded some mozzarella & pepperjack snack sticks (btw, precious pepperjack snack sticks are GROSS by themselves. both mike & I agree on that. 2 women recommended them at the store but they were soooooo wrong!). Dinner ended up being awesomely amazing! Yum Yum! Back to boring chicken & salmon tonight. Hmm, chicken salad sounds good for me. Yums!

Well....my health took a minor turn for not good but I got to experience my first EKG! My doctor put me on bp pills because she didn't like my high bp (which it's always been) so I was on pill D for a month, didn't work, so she doubled the dose last week. Apparently it worked too well & it caused problems with my heart when I worked out. I knew when I went in today for my bp check that me telling them this fact would lead to a change in medicine. I did not expect to have to have an EKG. They kept saying "shortness of breath", which I didn't have! Geesh! I could breathe fine, oxygen just wasn't getting to my heart(or it felt like it, oxygen was getting to it or else I'd be dead right now). So anyways, I got sent for an EKG which is kinda scary to hear & know but it was a piece of cake. Everything was fine which I knew it would be. I knew it was the meds causing the problems. So I got squeezed in between 2 of my doc's appts because shocker, she had no openings! Dose lowered & new pill, let's hope this works.

Welp, that's all folks! Tschuess!