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!

Year In Review....

I was reading through some of my old posts, and I didn't realize that I started blogger last December! It feels like much less time than that.

So what has happened to me this year? I found a great place to live with some seemingly great roommates, only to find out that sometimes living with friends is a bad idea, even when they're good friends. I packed up and moved my belongings without much help from my mommy (I'm a grown-up!). I also realized just how much of my grandmother is instilled in me. I firmly decided on the optometry career path, and thought I'd be done with school by now, but as it turns out, I'll still be taking a class in Spring (though I'll be graduating in March). I've alternately enjoyed school (Women in Film, Psychology) and loathed in (Electronic Properties of Ceramic Materials). I survived my 14th quarter at OSU. I attended graduation for the first time, for my roommate. I embarked on some culinary adventures--some failures, some successes. My family has had to deal with some hard times, both within my small 6-person family unit, and my extended family. My mommy lost her job, and got it "back" in a different capacity. My boyfriend's mom thanked me for being part of her family which was a great moment. I got a job for the first time in years and it only took the better part of a month and a half. More importantly, I enjoy my job, and am very excited to work again once I'm back for school. And to top off the year, I'm going to the Florida Keys with my second family (my almost in-laws, really) and I couldn't ask for a better Christmas gift.

Overall, I think this has been a good year. There have been some hairy times more recently, but overall it was good.

How has your 2007 been?