Alice hates ...

So, long time, no content-filled post goodness. This I shall try to fix.

I guess the biggest thing on my mind has been my back. I hurt it about three weeks ago, and ever since, bending forward or backward hurts. A lot. And sneezing makes me scream. It sucks. So there's me, who hates the doctor anyway, trying to put up with it as long as I could. I even got those bengay patches! When I got frustrated with the nearly constant pain and having to get help and moving around like an old lady, I made an appointment for Wednesday this week with the doctor and took an extra day off work for it.

So I limped through Monday, and spent Tuesday running errands with mom. She's looking for new clothes for her upcoming cruise. I don't mind helping, except mom is really very picky. And she's a lot like me in that she doesn't really like people clothes shopping with her. But I made the best out of it, and we had a good time. I got a new purse, a stuffed dino for my car, some flip flops... It was fun. I don't get a whole lot of quality time with my mom, for two reasons: our schedules don't blend perfectly, and if there's a choice between me and my dad, she'd mostly rather hang out with him. I'm okay with that.

So on the way home, about 4:30, I get a call from the doctor's office, saying they can't find records of my insurance. They end up calling Cigna, my dad's insurer, and find out that I got kicked of the insurance last month because I didn't submit a school schedule showing I'm a full-time student.

That sucked, especially noting that I'm not a full time student, and there's really no way to fix this problem until next semester. So I better stay healthy, damnit! Meanwhile, all my pills are going to be more expensive...

I tried to get out of going, but mom insisted I go to the doctor anyway and just pay the difference. Apparently she was tried of hearing my sneeze-screams. Which sound something like, "aach-AAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"

I spent Tuesday night doing laundry and watching a few episodes of The Office.

Wednesday morning, bright and early, went to the doctor for my back. He perscribed me some muscle relaxers for bedtime, so I can sleep without pain (lies, btw) and some anti-inflammatory. I like those much better.

So, the muscle relaxers just tranquilize me. The first time I took one, I slept ridiculously hard and it took Matt a while to get me out of bed and off to school. It feels like I took a lot of sleeping pills, really. That same sort of breathing-is-special feeling I've mentioned before. So they knock me out pretty well, but it still hurts in the middle of the night.

The anti-inflammatory do make me feel better, though. Course, I'm supposed to be taking them with food, and taking them at morning and night, and what two meals does Alice normally love to skip? That's right, breakfast and dinner. Lame.

I've been taking my pills and it comes and it goes. Sometimes I wake up and it's still excruciating, and sometimes I feel mostly okay, except when I sneeze (like this morning.)

That's that. What's next?

My friend Amanda moved away, about a month ago. I miss her. :(

Oh, we're having a tailgating party Saturday at the ASU-CAL game, if anyone wants to come. Email me. I guess I need to send invites today, I'll see if I can do that.

Oh, oh. I went to The Nest, the haunted attraction at Schnepf's Farm in Queen Creek. It's kinda like a smaller Fear Farm. We went with F the intern and her brother and friends. But there was fireworks! Really nice... and I saw my first shooting star. Which was weird. I wanted someone else to see it to confirm I'm not crazy, but no one else did. Anyway, I spent a lot of time comparing it to Fear Farm in my head and telling stories about the stuff Rachel pulls when she goes. Like licking the severed foot. And the rave dance party. :D

And, que mas... I'm so psyched for the Fair. I can't wait to go. I'm going on Halloween, right after work, it's going to be epic. The fair still has petting zoos, right? I'll have to do that part first so I don't miss out on goat-fun. I<3goats.

ASU football had a bye week this week (didn't play) so Matt and I went to Jilly's in Ahwatukee to watch the Mizzou game. Mizzou won, go tigers. ASU this week moves to #8 in the USA Today poll, but that's the only one out so far this morning. Go devils, go devils.

That's all I've got, mostly. I need to try harder at work and school, fix my back, plan the tailgating party, do some laundry and clean tonight, say hi to Dad who's been hunting all this week.

Oh, and next week at some point we're having/going to dinner for David's birthday. I'm going to go. And be nice. But I'm taking Matt with me, too, damnit. He'll be a positive influence on my niceness.

OH, gosh, I should blog about my cousin. Whattawhore. OMG, lol.

My 18 year old cousin, just out of high school, is seven months pregnant, and now happily shotgun married to her idiotic impregnanting boyfriend, and the happy couple lives with his parents in a trailer park. Oh, and did I mention that Ashley has no job, neither does her husband, and neither are going to college?

That's the fast-track to the American Dream, people.

Okay, that's all I got. Leave some comments, people.