Los Angeles...Here I Come!

I am leaving for L.A. today...Yay!  This shift has been going SO SLOW though!  I hate when I am not busy at work, especially when I have something to do in the morning that I am excited about.  I will be flying out around noon and then will see my hubby soon afterward :)  Tomorrow we will be seeing Andrew.  I am so excited!

Late Night for Shawn

Shawn arrived in California last night...but much later than was expected.  Originally, his flight was supposed to leave from O'Hare at 7:30am on Sunday.  Since it is kind of a pain in the ass to get to O'Hare on the train, I arranged to get Saturday night off of work so I could drive him to the airport in the morning.  Well...Saturday afternoon we discovered that his flight had been cancelled and he was rescheduled on a flight at 6:30pm instead.  That was a bit of an inconvenient time for me, since we would have to leave for the airport at a time that would get me to work WAY too early but depending on traffic and the weather I wouldn't necessarily be able to stop back at home...you get the drift.  So we got him to the airport by 5:15pm and I left to stop for some food before going to work.  In the meantime, the weather in Chicago was getting pretty lasty.  His flight was delayed...and delayed again.  He ended up not leaving Chicago until 9pm so it was almost 1:30am our time when he finally got to San Francisco and then he still had to take a shuttle to the hotel for the conference (which was in Santa Cruz and I guess that's not too close to San Fran).  To end this long story...he arrived in California safe and sound, which is all that matters to me.  I never can relax when people I love are in the air!  Now I can't wait until Wednesday when I am flying out to Los Angeles and meeting him there :)

Shutter Island

Oh, how I love date night :)  Shawn and I went to the mall last night to do some shopping then we decided to see a movie while we were there.  Shawn had been planning to see Shutter Island when it came out, but I wasn't so sure.  I thought it looked kind of scary plus I typically am not a huge fan of Scorcese films, but Shawn loves them (especially when they have Leonardo DiCaprio in them).  So we decided to see the movie then get dinner afterward.  I have to admit that I loved the movie!  I was so surprised.  I didn't know anything about the movie at all (and I have since discovered that it is based on a book - my dad read it and said it is good).  It is a great movie!  There are parts that a bloody and kind of graphic but the story is really great.  I would definately recommend seeing this movie.  We were near a Steak N Shake, which Shawn loves, so we ate dinner there and got milkshakes before heading home.  We really had a nice night together...but we always do anyway when we're together!

Shawn leaves tomorrow for his work conference in Santa Cruz, California, which is right outside of San Jose.  He'll be there for 3 days, but we decided since he was going there for work anyway we might as well make a trip of it.  So...he will be done Wednesday morning and I am going to fly out to LA and we'll meet there Wednesday then we'll stay until Sunday morning.  We're going to be staying with Albert, plus we'll be able to visit Andrew finally!  Our friend Bryce lives out there also, and Shawn has another old friend who we're going to try to see as well.  We planned out today all the stuff we're going to try to do while we're there and we're getting excited.  I've been out there once before in 2003, but Shawn never has.  I'm sure we'll have a great time plus we're really looking forward to seeing Andrew!  He's doing really great in his recovery, so we're really happy about that!  We'll take lots of pictures, so check back.

Distraction

I am having a hard time staying focused on my diet.  The days I work I don't have trouble at all.  I don't snack at work at all...I just drink water and one soda then eat something at one point during the night.  My trouble is the days I am home!  I don't want to go out to stay busy because then I spend money I don't need to spend.  If I stay home and read or watch tv then all I can think about is food!  I need something else to do!  I haven't been going to the gym because my neck has been bothering me so much...so I am really lost.  Any suggestions?

On a related note, I spoke with my doctor about my neck.  The Xray doesn't show an lasting damage to the bones where the fractures were, so that is good.  However, my neck as a whole didn't heal exactly right.  The curvature of my neck is off and the muscles and tendons on the left side of my neck are weakened.  So, after we get back from California next week I will be starting physical therapy.  I really hope that will help. 

Why do I need to title this post?

I went to the doctor the other day about my neck pain.  We got an xray and make sure that the pain isn't being caused my additional damage.  I should get a call tomorrow from my doctor to let me know what the xray shows.  She said she may want me to bring in my old xray from after the neck brace came off for comparison.  A girl I work with said that the pain could be because of arthritis forming where the fracture was...I never thought of that.  I hope that isn't the case though!  If the xray looks good then I am going to start physical therapy.  I hope this all works out in a way that allows me to be pain free (or at least with a tolerable level of pain) and not using prescription pain medications.  We'll see...

A few things that have been irritating me lately:

#1 - the Tivo has skipped the recording of two of my favorite shows this week. Jerk.

#2 - My favorite old Tae Bo workout was never made on DVD, only VHS.  So.....I can't do it anymore. Boo.

#3 - When I am taking care of three babies at work, all that take bottles by mouth, and ONE of the babies is a slowpoke kinda feeder that likes to be held so he falls asleep as soon as you start trying to feed him but then wakes right up as soon as you lay him down the other babies start to notice my severe irritation and start to eat poorly too.

Ok.  I feel better now.  Time for bed.

Grey Hair

I found another grey hair today.  That makes my 4th one...I guess I should stop counting, right?

Comfort Food

Apparently, when I have killer headaches and severe neck pain all I can think about is eating.  This is bad.  All the more reason to get this neck pain taken care of.  Thank goodness I am going to the doctor tomorrow.  As for now...I guess I will eat some more?