Sadness

Rest in Peace--Lauren Elizabeth Brian.
May 20, 1985-June 28, 2008

Just One More Thing to Deal With...

I spent some time at home this past week due to some horrible pains. My pain was rotten enough to prompt an ER visit on Sunday morning, but after 4 hours of not being seen at OSU ER, my mom and grandma picked me up and carted me back home. After going to the ER there, an ultrasound on Monday, and a follow-up visit on Wednesday, I was told I probably have endometriosis. It's only firmly diagnosed via surgery (a laproscopy), so for now it's a waiting game to see if I have as much pain next month.

I was happy to be home in spite of the circumstances. I spent time with my sister making jewelry from a kit that I gave her for her birthday. I went a little crazy with it--4 pair of earrings, 3 necklaces, and 1 bracelet. It was fun :-) Sadly I missed out on going to Cedar Point with my work friends, which was a huge total bummer.

Everything else is going along. We're still waiting to hear about our apartment, but hopefully we'll be moving in mid-August. Work is fine, much slower than normal. I need to get out and celebrate summer--I'm thinking of heading down to the pool one morning to lay out and read. I need some sun, dood! My brother got a hamster, so now there are two of them in our apartment. His is a girl and she is pretty darn cute and fluffy! The car search is going nowhere, but I really need to get a start on it. I don't want to be a grown up!

This is my life...of course.

I'll start off with a few good things, and move onto the crappy. I'm finally completely finished with undergrad, unless something comes up in applying for Optometry school. It doesn't really feel real; I'm sure come September when I'm not taking classes, then it will finally sink in! Work is still work, except a little hotter since summer started. The A/C in our building doesn't operate too well since it's old. Luckily, the customers don't notice nearly as much as the staff does. I visited home this past week, which was fun and relaxing. I also visited my boyfriend's home which was also fun, albeit a bit less relaxing (we spent Sunday building a grill for his dad--fun times with 4 boys!).

So speaking of that trip (to Cincinnati), we drove back Sunday evening. Now, I knew that my A/C wasn't working, so we drove most of the way back with the windows open. About 20 miles from Columbus we shut the windows and turned on the A/C just to get some air flow in the van. As we got off the highway, we both realized that the van was making a horrible roaring noise. We shut off the A/C, which did nothing. We pulled into a gas station, quickly shut the van off and opened the hood (as if either of us would have SEEN anything). A passerby asked what was
wrong and I told him. He had me turn the van back on and upon hearing it, told me that the clutch on the A/C was stuck. That in turn would break the serpentine belt if allowed to continue, and then all chaos would break loose. So, I had to call AAA (thankfully we have it) and finally at 10:45pm Sunday night my van was towed to the nearest Tuffy Auto Service Center (and the tow truck guy drove us home!) Monday morning my boyfriend and I walked to Tuffy (the van is the only transportation for myself, my boyfriend and my brother) and let them know what was up. Meanwhile, my family came down and picked us up so we could still go home as planned.

So...my van needed a new compressor and the works for the A/C, a grand total of $917.50. OUCH. We're starting to think that maybe it's time to trade in the van and look at a new car for me. I'm scared of that process, because I love my little van a lot. It's only 8 years old, but it's slowly starting to go. Sam thinks the transmission will conk out next, which is uh, NOT GOOD. It's a situation I really don't want to be in :-( Especially because of looking at finances, I would be much better off with a car instead of a van or SUV. I want a bigger vehicle because that's what I've driven since I started with my temporary license. The only cars I've driven are a Ford Taurus (big) and a Buick Century (bigger). Ack. I'm not ready!!! But I also don't want to be stranded if my van finally bites a big one. Again, cars suck!

Fluff and Stuff.

Tomorrow I turn 23 (23!). Sheesh. I'm not sure how time has flown so quickly since high school!! I'm taking one last class, and the final for that is on Thursday. That will officially bring to an end my undergraduate career. Then onto the next obstacle--applying for optometry school. Fun!

In other news, I'm finally hanging out with people from work. We went bowling on Sunday evening, followed by Sunday Funday at a local bar (in celebration of one coworker's birthday). It was a lot of fun, even though I was the DD (I was sick with a stomach flu thing on Saturday, so I didn't feel like risking drinking!). I really like most of the people I work with, and that's all a girl can ask, right? Yay for new friends!


And now for studying. Then tonight, crab legs for my birthday! Yum.