A Day in the Life of Susan

Clumbsy Lately?

So today, I took out an entire shelf of hair products while waiting for a haircut and knocked over the entire bottom shelf of Jelly at Winn Dixie. The first event was significantly more embarrassing as I was in the waiting area with roughly 20 other people. The entire shelf of hair products was swiftly wiped onto the floor by my purse as I turned. The Winn Dixie Jelly incident only resulted in 2 people witnessing my grace. 

But at least I got a great hair cut! 

*sigh*

Still can't stop watching the corpse flower. Are y'all watching it too?

http://www.hmnsmedia.org/CorpseFlower/

Playing with the kid friendly little snap pop fireworks that you throw onto the ground.

Had a great weekend! Took Mikey to Fort Morgan for the 4th then we did our fireworks in the evening. To end it all, we got to see the city fireworks from our balcony without fighting any traffic :)

Spring has Sprung. Every year, I complain about how much I hate spring. But this year, I will not. With a full prescription of Alavert and a new bathing suit, I am welcoming the warmth. I miss lying on the beach. Its seems like ages since Michael and I made a sand castle. So bring it on, Spring! If I have to wade thru ankle deep pine pollen just to get to the beach, I will gladly oblige.

What a Deal!

So... I sorta LOVE to go to Yard Sales. I figure it is due to all the Saturdays I spent at the Flea Market with my father as a kid. I just love finding a neat item or a super deal. Hence, this post!

Yesterday, I found a neat lighting fixture. They hold large candles and hang from the ceiling. I hung them from twine from my ceiling and I am SO proud of them! And for only $2 :)

Michael and I wrote his letter to Santa tonight. Well, I took dictation and he colored it. If you look closely, there is a "big fishing pole" on the right hand side. He had me read it back at least 3 times to make sure it was correct.

Found some neat looking squash lately.

Great Autumn decorations :)

Success!

I feel like I have won the Olympics.

Michael is officially, 3 weeks with no accidents, potty trained.

He has been potty trained in the #1 department for probably 6 months now. In the #2 department, not so much. He would run and hide behind the couch, in his closet, even in the shower when he had to go. I was frustrated. Then, a few weeks ago, he and I went to the fair with some friends. I mentioned to Michael that none of the kids there wore pull ups and that they were all big kids in big kids underwear. That little bit of peer pressure did it. From then on, he only wanted to wear his Spider Man boxer briefs.

 

I know I am biased but he is super cute running around in these things.

Rant and Rave

Times are tough everywhere.

Last week, I had the need to cut back on my budget until my next paycheck. After much debating, I decided to not refill my Paxil medication until next week. Yall know that I have been on anti-anxiety medicine since shortly after I gave birth. Any who, I decided to wait to pick up the refill til next week. AKA, this was a BAD idea. Here is why:

About 2 days after not picking up my refill, I started to feel just blah. I figured this was expected and went on about my days.

Then on Monday, I had the strangest, STRANGEST occurrence start to happen. The only way I could describe it, is that in my head, it felt like I had a short, mild electrical burst. Sounds fun, huh? Well, it continued. On Tuesday, it spread to having this electrical sensation throughout my body. And more frequently. Then today. The electrical burst if you will call them that, were so frequent that they occurred about every 2 mins. And some were more uncomfortable than others. My friend Toni said it looked like I had Torrets Syndrome. It was a less than desired side effect from coming off the Paxil. I hated it. It was more than just bothersome. It was uncomfortable. And hell, I kept twitching every few minutes. Who likes that?! So I went ahead and got my prescription. Immediately after paying for it, I broke the bottle open and dry swallowed a pill. In the line. The pharmacist must have thought I was a crack head.

So then I started wondering, why didn't I know about this withdrawal side effect? Its a crazy one and I am obviously going to go INSANE when ever I do come off this stuff. I did a little internet research and discovered it is the most troubling withdrawal symptom from this medicine. It keeps most people from quitting it. So while I appreciate the effects of the medicine itself, I really hate the idea of having to go thru the electrical burst phase again.

Here is a link to some of the info I found on this side effect. Page 41 talks about the "zaps".

Just. Plain. Weird.