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2 weeks ago I ended up in Urgent Care for chest pain and they diagnosed me with GERD and did 2 hours worth of tests to make sure I didn’t have anything else. They gave me medication that I have to take every morning a half hour before I eat anything and sent me home with a note not to work for the next couple days (which I didn’t mind).

The next day I get a call from the doctor saying I have hypothyroidism. I was too sleepy at the time to really look into it and went back to sleep after she sent my prescription to my Walgreen’s. 2 days later, I picked up my medication for my 2 new diagnoses and after coming home and trying out the Kinect Marshall had bought, I get another call from the doctor. She tells me I don’t have hypothyroidism, I have a brain tumor and that I need to see a specialist.

Panic sets in for the next 6 days while I wait for the appointment. Am I going to die? Is it malignant? Is it benign? Even if it is benign I still have to deal with brain surgery and THAT could go wrong. How do I tell my mom if it is a tumor? (I didn’t tell her for fear of making her stress out even more than I was) Everything I was worried about dropped down to the bottom of my priority list. I didn’t care about the house, my job, money. I started treating myself, thinking I might have a limited time left, and I actually started changing for the better, too. I became a lot more accepting of everyone and just wanted the whole world to be happy. I felt a lot less stressed about things that would normally bother me, and I was more patient. (I’d like to say that this all has stayed with me, but it’s my PMS week, so I’ll find out next week.)

Anyways, fast forward to the appointment (today), and at this point I am expecting a brain tumor, and just crossing my fingers that it’s benign. I can deal with benign, I can’t wrap my mind around malignant. The first thing she asks about is my stomach, and the whole GERD situation. I had completely forgotten about the GERD, besides taking my meds every morning. I said I didn’t notice anything and told her I was too focused on what the previous doctor had said about me probably having a brain tumor. After about 20 minutes of going back and forth with symptoms and questions, she finally got the bloodwork faxed over from the urgent care clinic (I had called them already a week before to fax them over, dangit), and said after a glance at it that I don’t have a brain tumor. I nearly cried with happiness right then, but I waited until after the appointment.

The doctor started pinpointing my symptoms and connected them back to the second diagnosis: hypothyroidism. I could DEFINITELY handle that. Marshall and I were both relieved, and so was my mom (called her after the appointment and filled her in on the brain tumor scare) and Amanda D(who I had confided in). Now I just get to take some meds for it and get an ultrasound to confirm my thyroid is enlarged and to take a look at my gallbladder.

Lesson learned: Don’t go to the doctor with only one or two things going wrong abnormally. They’ll tell you it’s normal (mentioned to multiple doctors that I have a weak stomach in the morning and have chest pain every now and then). Go in with multiple things wrong and they’ll start looking at it more seriously. (Severe chest pain, dry skin, a bit of depression, abdominal pain, severe headaches, indigestion, nausea all led them to finally start looking at me more closely.)

I’ll be taking 2 kinds of medication for the rest of my life, but I don’t care! I don’t have a brain tumor! Yippee!!

Now that I’m back to normal, what was it I worried about again before this whole thing? I don’t even know haha.

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Fall is finally here, wither I like it or not. Summer could have been longer (it always can be, but this year particularly it should have been), but alas I can’t ignore the days now ending at 7pm and the trees changing color around the neighborhood. That is, the trees that aren’t ‘evergreen’. So to make fall a bit more fun I’ve been looking up some decorating projects and also some neat food ideas as well for Halloween/fall. Here’s a bit of my compilation so far:

-Pumpkin/Gourd Votives for my thousands of IKEA tealights
-Halloween wreath (I like the orange feather one the best, but maybe with some black instead) … Although I love this wreath as well!…. and this one hehe
-Sock Skeleton (may be too complicated for me)
-Bat mobile for the deck
-”Dotty” table runner
-Vase of candy corn with flowers
-Pumpkins on sticks
-Crow’s pumpkin hideaway centerpiece
-Flowered pumpkins (very creative, and depending on if the flowers are fake or not, expensive or temporary)
-Jack’o'lantern Doorman
-Pumpkin tree (I’ll bet this is expensive unless you get fake pumpkins) … Although there’s also this one, which is more minimal

And this one was just ridiculous and made me laugh

Foodwise:
-Bacon and eggs as a skull and crossbones
-Ribs and a heart stabbed (though I don’t know who Adam is)
-Slithering snake sandwich/sub
-Tombstone taco dip

And these were just adorable!

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I cannot WAIT until Saturday! I’ve been working evening shift the past few days straight and Marshall has been getting up early and we’ve barely been able to see each other =/ Most time we spent together the past few days was this morning over breakfast, which was about 20 minutes. Seafair Saturday, even though it’ll be rainy (poo), I’ll have all day to relax and hang out with him, Amanda D, Frank +his new girlfriend (!!!), and Hannah! I’m super stoked. Also stoked to be done with this dumb Identity Journal that’s taking forever and a half + many hours of procrastination to finish. Almost done with classes until nursing school, wooo!

BTW, True Blood >>>> Twilight ever was. While the books of Twilight were good (and the movies speak for themselves), True Blood is a seriously intense vampire story. The show has brilliant acting and damn good storyline, with some fucked up shit happening that keeps you on the fence of WTF/That’s pretty sweet. It’s the True Blood for adults, and I am hella diggin it.

Also definitely thought Dexter started last Sunday, so was disappointed when I couldn’t find it, and realized I was looking at last year’s episode guide. D’oh! It starts around Sep. 19th. Darn.

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I finally got a CNA job! I interviewed at Providence in Issaquah last Monday and they accepted me yesterday. So by late March I should start working there. :) I’m very excited. Finally a foot in the door, and more points for my applications for other nursing schools! Speaking of that, I didn’t get into UW’s nursing school. I wasn’t expecting to, and I was actually quite happy that they said no instead of allowing me to come to the essay session and waiting another month or two for a response while killing my sanity over volunteer jobs and an unecessary class. No thanks! Now I’m down to 2 classes and will probably be quitting at least my nursing home volunteer job and finishing out the school year for Bryant. I am very content actually at this point. And the best part? I can quit my lab job. Ahhh. That’s so nice to say.

The kittens are becoming more adorable each day. They’re developing their own personalities. Pretzel is the cuddly loveable water-cat who joins me in the shower every morning and snuggles up next to me in the afternoon while I turn on my HGTV and at night when I go to bed. Any attention you give her, she is a purring delight. Waffles has become the fun rambunctious cat who runs around and pounces on Pretzel and provides tons of laughter for me. In the morning he sleeps on my pillow until I wake up and then purrs and pushes up against me. Once I do roll out of bed, he rubs against me while I put in my contacts and get ready for the shower and when I get dressed. He has also become the chatterbox of the house. He talks whenever we’re in the kitchen, when he’s bored, when he wants food, when he wants the litterbox changed, and when he wants attention.

Spring break is going to be bomb. I’m planning a living room make-over. Hello bright green and white! :D I’m so ecstatic.

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Thank goodness Thanksgiving is over. It was a stressful ordeal. Trying to mix two very different families together without anything going wrong is nail-biting. And even after what seemed like a pretty good dinner, I can’t help but feel there were bad judgements made. I know my mom was hurt on at least one occasion, not that I could blame her in that instance. Well, next year Marshall and I just might be eating at our own families’ residences.

It’s times like this where I wish I lived in the U-district still and could walk over to a friend’s house and spend some time away for a while.

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Today = unpacking, relaxing, and NOT working. <3

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Nearly the longest day ever. Mostly everything is over here though (2 10′ truckloads, 1 trunk, and 4 full car rides later), except for stuff in the storage unit and also some various things at the apartment. It’s really weird… Sucks too that we can’t put up a lot of the stuff since half of the apartment’s carpet is getting ripped up in the next week and replaced with laminate (though it will be amazingly b-e-a-utiful!). It was also my dad’s birthday today. Family came over and helped us move (along with Skylar) and the girls were cute, trying to help carry stuff (but anything too big and they would let you know right away!). Afterward we had dinner at wild ginger (yum!).

I’m exhausted now. Hello sleep, I’ve missed you so much.

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Last night when Marshall and I were making a trip to the condo to deliver boxes, we were driving down I-90 in Bellevue, about 2 exits away from ours, and all of a sudden the car in the lane next to us who was ahead of us swerved into our lane chaotically and as we drove by we saw a woman screaming horrifically and clutching her side and almost crawling to the side of the road. I watched in the side-view mirror and there was a truck coming in that lane and he might have swerved too late, or maybe he swerved just in time, but it was a close call. Marshall was honking and put on his flashers, but cars didn’t notice in enough time, so we had to peel away. He immediately said call 911 and we did. Apparently there had been reports of a woman running across the freeway screaming bloody murder. Kind of shakes you up seeing someone that vulnerable (though it was her fault). Ugh, but her screams sounded agonizing. It was like the whole thing was something out of a nightmare. M couldn’t go back easily, it would have taken like 10 minutes, so we’re checking police blotters to see if she comes up.

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WOW! What a game.. Emotions were running high and it was kind of a rollercoaster throughout the game. Our defense definitely could have done better, but with one of the top O lines in the country, we’re of course going to struggle. I had never stormed the field or any court and to do that with the players running by with happy tears and everyone slapping their backs and helmets… it was amazing. I have never been so emotional over a game and I wanted to cry once we were on the field! Elric was there too which was awesome. I’m glad it was him and not Adam who was there, since Elric is a Husky and he is passionate about it, too. Being on the field was a world of its own with everyone jumping and celebrating around us. Thank you Huskies for an amazing game!!!

Btw, USC band is really annoying. After every play they played a song… Arghhh. Yet they didn’t play after we scored a field goal.. What’s that sound? OH IT’S STUNNED SILENCE!!!!! Awesome game and awesome victory.

Got the keys yesterday on our 15 month anniversary and had dinner and celebrated in our new dining room :) Also went to the rally (my first time! so much fun) and then to Zach and Elena’s for an inflatable party. Marshall and I blew up condoms and stuck them in our zippers. Jose and I were beer pong partners and were “Team Dicks”. I love you Elena!!!

Tonight we pack. Tomorrow we move. (That is if we can get the truck hopefully.)

One of the best days ever. I <3 our team.

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I had forgotten that a violation hurt so much. It’s astounding that just a few things can really fuck up someone’s ego and well-being.

I hate men.

(Excluding Marshall and the nice guys that is)