Catching up...again

I feel like most of the time when I post these days I'm catching up on the last few weeks. I need to get in more of a habit of writing!

Let's see. In the past month I:

• Threw my friend Sharon a baby shower, and then exactly 1 week later (almost to the hour!) she had baby Ryker Slade
  

• Turned 25 and proceeded to have a quarter-life existential crisis/meltdown for about a week. I'm still not sure I'm totally over it. 25? Really?

• Learned that some of the people in my company got laid off. Normally it wouldn't mean a whole lot, I work for a pretty big company, but these were people in my building and close to my team. They tell us our job is still safe, but I'm being very cautious.

• Went with some friends to Destin over Labor Day weekend and had a great time. I swear, that Goddaughter of mine, if her mom doesn't watch it I'm going to totally steal her one of these days.
  

• Realized that if I want to keep this "hobby" of photography, it's going to be an expensive one to support. We rented a lens for Destin and fell in love with it, so all it did was torture us to send it back!
  

• Picked up an informational packet for Graduate School, and looked up information (but haven't registered quite yet) about the pre-tests I'll have to take before I can apply.
  

• Finally got DSL at the apartment, so now I'm actually able to communicate with the outside world away from the computers and internet at work.

• Thought and prayed very hard (and very long) about quitting my current job and trying to get a job in the field I'm thinking about for Graduate School. Money is the only factor, and it's a big one

• Tomorrow my friend Suzie and I are going to Shreveport for a concert. We planned this months ago, and it kind of crept up on us this month.

That about sums up the last month or so. I stay pretty busy and while I do like having pajama days, I wouldn't have it any other way!

Ever seen a pink tube at the bank before?

Catchup

My friend Heather from work got married Saturday. After a few days of stressing about the decorations, the dress fitting or not fitting (mine, not hers!), and getting everything organized, they are married. That's all that matters right?


The photographer hasn't posted pictures on his website yet, so I'm waiting to see what those look like.

I haven't given these little guys much face time here lately, so here's a small dose of Tanner and Cameron for you.

Food for thought

When I'm quiet and reserved like I normally am, people have called me stuck up, isolated, and extremely introverted. They tell me I'm too quiet and I don't talk enough.

Yet the times when I am talkative, when I defend myself, speak up about something, or voice my opinion, then I'm automatically labeled as "sassy" or rude or annoying.

I can't win!

I was a lot more bored than I imagined...

Which do you prefer - shower or bath? And why?
showers, I get cold in baths

What do you swear you'll never do?
cheat on a significant other

What's the most embarrassing thing you ever done?
I’d have to think about that for a while…

What was your favorite holiday?
our first balloon race trip last year, going to NY this past May, Seattle last year... I’m sure I’ll have more in the years to come!

What's your favorite thing to do?
anything as long as I’m with people I love

Favorite Sound?
babies laughing, friends laughing, the ocean, thunderstorms

Favorite Smell?
clean babies, newly mowed grass, rain

Favorite place to be?
with people I love

Happiest moment in your life?
there are a few of them…constantly changing..

Saddest moment in your life so far?
losing grandparents, major fights with friends/family members, etc..

What is your dream job?
to not have to work at all!

What religion are you?
I’ve decided I’m not a big fan of the word religion. It’s more about a relationship than an organized group

Have you every been in hospital? If so, why?
when I was born, when I was 5 for dehydration, and then I’ve been in medical centers several times for outpatient things

Have you ever broken a bone or had stitches?
nope! Thought I broke my foot once, never went to the dr for it though

Do you believe in Angels/Ghosts/Demons?
yes

What colour eyes do you have?
used to think they were hazel, but after my lasik surgery they’ve been really bright green lately

If you could change 1 thing about your appearance, what would it be?
I’d have my teeth whitened, and my hips narrowed! And butt implants. I have a flat (but wide) butt. Sorry, that’s 3. I can’t count.

If you could change 1 thing about your personality, what would it be?
that I wasn’t so stinkin shy in groups of people. That I had more confidence in myself

What is your biggest fear?
spiders, losing my friends/family, not having kids, not finding someone

Have you ever been in love?
not yet

What's the most important thing to you in the world?
That my friends and family know how much I love and appreciate them even though I’m pretty crappy at showing it.

What your most treasured possession?
oh I have all KINDS of things saved from growing up. There’s no way I could pick just one

What's your job?
internet tech support specialist

What's the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you?
asked me to be their daughter’s godmother :)

What's the worst thing anyone has done to you?
people can truly be unkind.

Where do you hang out?
my apartment, work (since I’m there 40+ hours a week), lauramac’s house,

What School did you go to?
Let’s see, Jack In the Box for preschool, Weaver Elem until 2^nd grade, Cloutierville Elem til 8^th grade, West Monroe High School for, wait for it, high school, and ULM for my 5 year stint in college.

What/ Who annoys you?
people who think they are better than everyone else, people that don’t respect other people

Name 3 places you have been on vacation:-
Seattle, NYC and Hot Springs

Where do you see yourself in 10 years time?
hopefully married with at least 2 kids.

Favorite Season?
whenever it’s pretty outside

What's your favorite website?
pioneerwoman.com, all the blogs in my google reader

What's your worst habit?
I doubt myself and my abilities too much, and I can be too trusting at times.

What is your ultimate fantasy?
to be debt free, to meet someone that completely sweeps me off my feet, have a gorgeous wedding, gorgeous children, and be able to stay home with them. Hey—a girl can dream right?

What is the last lie you told?
Well I told my boss I had pink eye today and couldn’t come into work. In my defense I thought it was pink eye until the dr told me it wasn’t…but that was after I’d already called into work.

Favorite flavour ice-cream?
chocolate chip cookie dough

What do you hate doing the most?
Exercising

What do you like doing the most?
Spending time with my friends

What was/is your nickname?
mom called me Doobers when I was little but I don’t know where it came from…and then there’s Mamie Net which is how I said my name when I was little, Mamie Net Jones (Amie Janette Jones), umm, Ames and Ahmee are the ones used most recently by friends and kids

Have you been to college?
been there, done that, got a few tshirts…I’ll go back at some point when I figure out what I want to go back for…

What is the wildest thing you've ever done?
I’m a good girl…;)

Can you play an instrument?
I took piano lessons for 5 years in elementary school. I deeply regret the fact that I quit. I can still read music and pick tunes out, but I was pretty good at it back then and know I could’ve been great at it now

Name one thing that most people don't know about you?
I was diagnosed with abdominal migraines when I was younger. I’d get sick every few months with what we thought was a 12 hour stomach bug and they finally diagnosed me, put me on blood pressure medicine. When I hit puberty I weaned myself off the medicine and I was fine. They said I could have regular migraines now, and I do sometimes get killer headaches, but I don’t know if they’d classify as migraines.

When was the last time you cried?
Oh I usually tear up daily about something or another

If you could have 3 wishes, What would they be?
debt free, good health for friends and family, lifelong happiness

Would you ever have plastic surgery? If so, where?
good question

What do you find sexy?
when a guy smiles with just his eyes, men that are good with kids, a good sense of humor can go a long way too.

Did you enjoy doing this quiz?
sure

being cute is hard work....

Recovering!

Tomorrow is the 7 day mark from my experience with LASIK. I have to say, I'm very surprised at the results! I never thought I'd be able to see this well. The day after, I went to Walmart and got me a new pair of sunglasses. I was able to see clear across the store, it was amazing!!

The actual procedure was a little more uncomfortable than I thought it'd be. They have to position a suction ring around the eye so it won't move quite as much. After they position that, the chair is swung under the laser that cuts the flap. The suction itself feels like someone squeezing the eye, and then once the laser is "docked" onto your eye, it feels like it's pushing it into the back of your head. It's not painful, just TONS of pressure, and I wasn't expecting it. And also, for the first 3 attempts on my right eye, every time the laser would dock, the suction would break and they would have to redo it. Therefore, my right eye is SO much more red and bloodshot than the left. Here's a picture of that eye the next day. I'll link it for the squeamish. It's like a bruise though, it's getting better every day, but it's changing colors. This one is from Sunday, it's still really red, but getting better. I would upload quality pictures from my camera (those are from my phone), but they're super clear and make it look worse than it actually is/was.

I got a Valium when I got there and went home afterwards and slept for a good 4 hours. They gave me a sleeping pill for the first night, so about 9 I took that The first 2 nights I had to wear what the doctors call a bubble mask, so I didn't rub my eyes in my sleep. I slept okay but kept waking up with the mask up above my forehead. I was scared to death I was going to rub the flaps out of place!!

The next morning I was well enough to drive myself back to the doctor for a post-op check. He said it all looked great and everything was exactly the way it should be. Yay! That night, I ventured out after dark for the first time. Lights have halos around them, but it's not to terribly bad. I did have an experience at Walmart that next night, losing my car in the parking lot. Lights had halos, I had a buggy full of groceries, and could NOT find my car. I finally went to the security guard and he found it right about the same time I did--on the other side of the parking lot. Whew! I was panicked for a minute...

Today my friend Suzie got hers done too! I dropped her off and they were able to see me real quick so I wouldn't have to go back in the morning. I didn't see my dr, he was out of town, but I saw another one and he said everything looks great and is healing nicely. I got the okay to go swimming and layout, but no tanning beds until I talk to my doctor next week. And I can't get any water in my eyes either, so I have to be careful.

My eyes are still super dry and itchy. They way they explained it to me is that the nerves from my eye to my brain were cut, so my brain doesn't know when my eyes are dry and to produce tears. When I start to notice things going blurry I need to use the drops and it makes a world of a difference.

Enough medical talk. What's everyone's plans for the 4th?