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The Thursday Thirteen That Almost Never Was

Ahhhhhhh! So I'm in the shower today, when suddenly I realize, IT'S THURSDAY!!! AND I DON'T HAVE MY THURSDAY THIRTEEN READY!!!! In fact I was only up to like 6 or something on the list and still need....7 more things!! *GASP* What to do?! What to do?! SO blog readers, I decided to do the most logical thing and make a NEW Thursday Thirteen list! I give you:

Thirteen Reasons I Didn't Have my Thursday Thirteen Post Ready

1. I almost died. (Almost.) Last Thursday, around the time it was time for me to go to bed I started having stomach pain. It was one of those, "Wow, this is very uncomfortable. Not severely painful, but definitely uncomfortable. My body is unhappy about something." So. I lay down and tried to fall asleep. Which didn't help. My body quickly went from unhappy to pissed off. Therefore it became more than just uncomfortable, it became painful. By 3 am, I couldn't move without grunting or groaning in pain. I really wanted to see a Dr. like RIGHT THEN. But it was 3 am. And I did NOT want to drive to the ER. So, I lay awake all night until exhaustion took control and I finally fell asleep. I woke up an hour and a half'ish later hurting even MORE. So I told Mel what was going on and that I'd be going to the Dr., got the boy off to school, dropped the girls off with my mom, and headed on over to our family doctor. Dr. sent me straight away for a cat scan, and blood work. Both came back normal. So he did what I'm assuming most other Dr.'s would do, and called me in a prescription for pain pills so that I could sleep Friday night. Saturday I woke up and sometime during the night, things went from painful to 1,000% sure I'm dying. My body was enraged, and was not being shy abot it. I tried to push through because Hai's birthday party was Saturday and we had to get the house clean. All I was able to do before giving up was dust the mantel. It friggin' hurt! Okay, to make a long story not as long, I puked on Mel, and threw up blood, freaked out and had my sister take me to the ER. They gave me what they call a "GI Cocktail", and whalla, I'm cured! They saved my life! They were like 99% it was gastritis AGAIN. They also thought it could have possibly been a bleeding ulcer. (Turns out it wasn't.) Anyway, so that took up a few days of my life right there.

2. Hai's Birthday Party. As mentioned above, we had Hailey's 5th Birthday Party scheduled for this weekend. Because my body is an a$$hole and turned against me, we had to reschedule it for Sunday afternoon. Which was nice, because I totally needed Sunday morning to rest up. Luckily the meds that the ER Dr. gave me worked very well, and by the time the party time rolled around I was able to be up off the couch taking photo's and what not. The part was fab, and totally worth a blog post, as all my kiddo's parties are. So that post will be coming up eventually.

3. Cleaning Up After Hailey's Birthday Party. Monday was spent cleaning up after Hailey's birthday party. I know most normal family's do that after the party, but we're not normal. And we were tired, and I was EXHAUSTED, and just getting over a close brush with death. So I cleaned the next day instead.

4. Playing with Hailey's Birthday Presents. Okay, so now that Hailey is five she's starting to get really fab toys. So naturally, after cleaning Monday, and after school Tuesday, and pretty much every day since, we have been playing with her new stuff! Zhu-Zhu pets, and a DS, and DS games, and what not! They're fun!

5. A Sick Day for the Boy. Joshua stayed home sick Tuesday. He woke me up around 4am with a tummy ache, and then spent about 1/2 the day on the pot. Poor kiddo. :( Luckily he woke up Wednesday just fine! And was off to school again!

6.. A Yucky, Yet Short-Lived Tummy Bug. I caught what Joshua had and was stuck on the pot half the day yesterday. :( It was awful. Just awful.

7. A New Table! Oh yea, we got a new table that we found on Craigs List! That took away my time because we had to go get it and what not. And move our old table. And move in the new table. And clean it really good.

8. Daylight Savings Time. Is a WRETCHED SHREW! I completely loath DST. LOATHE IT I SAY!! It completely messes with me all of Spring, and I really don't ever recover from it! I am pretty much tired, and cranky through Spring and Summer.

9. Laziness. Pretty much sums it up eh?

10. VERY SERIOUS forum. I joined this forum. There is entirely too many funny things to look at and read! And from this forum I found new funny blogs to read also, therefore taking up even more time.

11. A Doctor's Appointment. To follow up with the whole gastritis thing. That took up pretty much my whole morning, so that by the time I got home all I had time to do was clean before getting the kiddo's from school.

12. Taking Sister to Airport. I had to load up my sister and her family and her friend and take them to the airport. Since they were going on a month load trip the van was literally full as full can be! That took up lot's of valuable list making time.

13. Lunch with My Best Good Friend. Okay, so I can't remember the last time we hung, and did lunch, AND she still owed me a birthday lunch! Therefore there was NO way I was going to reschedule! We were well overdue for friend time, and it was much needed, and sooooo lovely!! Way more important then list making. Sorry.

So those are my 13 reasons why I didn't already have my Thursday Thirteen ready in advance. But technically there's still a Thursday Thirteen, so I really did get the list done now didn't I? This is all so very confusing.

5 ? Friday

1. How much time do you spend on the computer a day?

Entirely too much. Usually I get on around 8pm and stay on until I go to bed around 10. Sometimes I'll be on off and on through out the day though. 

2. Will you pay for your children's college or raise them to pay for their own way?

If we were able to we would totally pay for their college, but unless we hit the lottery that's not going to happen. So we'll raise them to pay their own way. That makes me sad.

3. Have you ever been in a car accident?

Just a fender a bender once while sitting at a red light. (Someone else hit me.)

4. What is your favorite book?

I have way too many. I love, love, love The Giving Tree though. It makes me want to cry. Which is weird, why would I like something that makes me cry? But I do!

5. Do you make your bed everyday?

Haha! No.