me again

Okay, I know I haven't blogged in a long time. A really long time. Quite a few things have happened since I last logged in. Most of this you probably know, but if not, here is a quick recap.....

- I bought an SUV. The Escape makes me feel lots safer, to be in a larger vehicle (these crazy city people aren't as likely to try to run me over), even if I still do cringe when I'm coming up to a traffic light. Insurance is actually cheaper on this, than on my older car. Even the insurance company agrees that the Escape is safer!

- I'm almost finished with my chiro visits and treatment. I had my final re-exam yesterday. I had a minor head cold all last week though, so the headaches were back. The doctor gave me another week to make sure that the headaches aren't accident related.

- I sold my car from the wreck. I was paid in cash, less than 24 hours after it was listed on Craigslist! Thanks to Don. I think Don has ADD. And I really don't think the pre-car-buying starbucks stop was necessary.

- I listed my first item on ebay, my cell phone from last year. I have bids. They are fighting for it! I love it.

- I'm volunteering at the Fort Worth Pregnancy Center. I watch babies and toddlers while their mothers are taking parenting and life skills classes. The pregnancy center just moved into a newly renovated, really nice building. Childcare is actually a new service that the center offers, it's been fun to help get that started.

-that's all. for now.

hot enough to fry an egg?

I decided to conduct a little experiment when I got home from work this afternoon. Texas has been well into the triple digits for a few days now. I sort of expected the egg to sizzle on contact. It didn't exactly do that... but it did morph into this interesting fried up, dried up blob on the pavement.

just relax and take a deep breath....

I've heard that more than a few times this week. I finally went to the chiropractor, a month after my accident. Apparently my spine already has a weird curve to it. The doc said that my accident injury wasn't healing correctly because of my spine. Swell.
I'm already finishing up week #2 of treatment. 8 weeks of treatment and then 4 more weeks of therapy. This is exactly how I planned to spend my summer.
I enjoy new experiences though... and I'm thankful that I'm not in the pain that many of the patients are. There is the electro-therapy room, where we lay all stretched out, as if in a torture chamber. Makes me want to ask... so, what are you in for?

The first thing that I learned, about adjustments, is that when they say... okay, just relax and take a deep breath... they are really just waiting for the you to blow out all of the oxygen in your lungs, so you don't get the wind knocked out of you as they use all of their weight to force your spine back into place.
I also learned that, while lying down, if your feet don't line up (mine didn't), your spine is out of whack.
I think it is quite ironic that they tell me to sleep on my back, when I spend such an exorbitant amount of time on my face, while at the their office.

I am supposed to, daily...
-get 9 hours of sleep (thanks to early morning chiro visits, I don't).
-spend 30 minutes exercising
-spend 30 minutes in the sun, for my vitaminD
-eat lots of veggies, some fruit
-drink only water and green tea
I learned that attitude affects recovery. More than that, people are actually addicted to whatever mood they are usually in. It's scientific fact. We get used to our mood. It makes us comfortable and feel good. Even if our attitude is a grump-ety one.
I also learned that peanuts are not nuts. And everyone is allergic to them, to some extent. Same thing goes for soy and dairy.

Chiropracters actually get more hours of schooling than regular MDs. Personally, I think all that knowledge has gone to their heads.

rude drivers

A recent survey focused on the US cities which have the rudest drivers.

things that define "rude driving" include...
-driving too fast
-tailgaiting
-cutting over without signaling
-slamming on the brakes
-running red lights
-eating or drinking
-texting or emailing
-talking on the phone

sound familiar? guilty of any of these?

Out of the many cities in the US, Dallas/Fort Worth is second only to New York, when it comes to rude drivers. 2nd!!!! There is not a doubt in my mind. It gives new meaning to the term "defensive driving".
People deal with their frustration in many different ways, which were also listed. Road rage, anyone? The craziest reaction? 1% of people actually admit to slamming into the car in front of them, as a result of their frustration.

addiction

Cake! *happy dance* [Honestly, I never really was that partial to sugar and desserts when I was younger. I think I developed my addiction several years ago, after I went on a sugar fast along with the youth group I was working with.] This is a pic of my beauuutiful cake from last week, as I graduated from the first month of cake decorating classes. Due to schedule issues, I am taking off the week of July, and will take class #2 during the month of August. It's probably best to wait, with the way the icing slips and slides in the heat. Not as if we're expecting an ice age in August. [Speaking of which, Ice Age 3 comes out tomorrow. This is the first movie that I've been excited about in quite some time (you can see where my maturity lies).]

I had my first chiropractor visit this morning. It was the first exam, x-rays and such (to see if I need to be fixed, after the accident and all). On the forms that I filled out, there was a section on addiction. Sugar and caffeine were listed right along with cigarettes and alcohol. Thankfully, I wasn't asked to quit either one. [Sugar and caffeine, that is.] I have another appointment tomorrow, to see where we go from here. Mom is pretty sure that I'll get addicted to the adjustments, and I think she's just a little jealous.

I also just got my first insurance check for my car. Which I don't plan on using on my car. I hope to sell mine and get something newer. And higher off the ground. SUV-ish! :)

What have I learned through all of this? Get rear-ended. Get good stuff. Romans 8:28.

105

got home a little while ago. there was a house showing this afternoon, so we took Sol to the park. it is a lovely sunny day out there. it's really only 95 degrees outside. but, according to weather.com, it feels like 105. this is June. just wait until it is an actual 105 degrees out there.
we walked around the entire track. not a shade tree in sight. clues that we are nearing the fry-and-die level of heat:

-school is out and no one else is on the track around the park. no one.
-Sol looks longingly at every puddle he sees.
-when we finally sit down at the picnic area, Sol lays down and doesn't move. not a muscle.
-we have been home for quite some time and Sol is still comatose.

they say that animals are very aware of environmental dangers. in this case, I'd say that Sol is right on.

lucky charms

it is 3 in the morning. and it is storming. watching fox4news. apparently, when no one is live in studio, they replay news from earlier in the evening. so here we sit, watching weather warnings from last night. i was asleep. but my bedroom window is on the side of the house that takes the most wind/rain/hail. this is Texas. at 3 in the morning. so mom and i get up and eat cereal. this is what we do.