privateness.

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P.S. I wonder how infuriating it must be to be on the "outside" of my secret circle. I'd like to give out a resounding (and oh-so mature) "nanny-nanny-boo-boo" to the haters who read my blog nearly two years ago and tattled on me. How do you like me now?!

P.P.S. If you're a regular reader of this blog and someone I call a friend (who may not happen to have the super-secret password code), I am not referring to you in the above paragraph. If you would like the password, please email me and I will be happy to send it your way.

P.P.P.S. No, I am not pretentious enough to think I have that huge of a following. It's jokes, people.

"and how old are you again?"

I went to the doctor this morning to see about this crazy pain.

I've dealt with sciatic symptoms since the beginning of time. I've always managed to "deal" with it, but this last week has been debilitating. The pain starts in my right buttock, shoots down the back of my right leg, pulsates through my calf and ends in my foot, which has been numb and cold for eight days. Sounds fun, doesn't it?

So, to the doctor I went.

Can I tell you people how nice it was to have a doctor that actually gave a crap!? I have been NEEDING, desperately wanting, a doctor to give me a dang test to see what the heck is going on. No one would. Physical therapy, they would recommend. Phooey!

I told the doctor my symptoms, and she immediately said, "You need X-rays....no! You need a MRI!" She scribbled it on her notepad. Then she said, "Are you pregnant?" I said, "Could be, but I doubt it." She said, "We'll do a urine test....no! Blood test!" She then apologized for being overly efficient, and I said, "Are you kidding me? It's nice to see a doctor who covers all her bases."

I will be having a MRI sometime soon and bad news bears: I have to have protected sex until then (TMI? Sorry). I suppose you can't have a MRI while you're preggo. Bummer.

I am hoping the MRI won't reveal the worst. But it's better to know than not, right!? I will finally know if there is a spinal/disc problem and then we can work to fix it. If there isn't a serious problem, she said we'll do some steroid injections (among other things) to help me out.

My favorite part of the whole visit was the following exchange:

Me: ...and my foot has been numb for 8 days.

Doc: (looking up at me in total shock) Are you kidding?

Me: Nope.

Doc: And how old are you again?

Me: 27

Doc: Oh, this is no good at all. We've got to get this fixed. Have you had kids yet?

Me: Nope

Doc: Ha!

Me: I've heard it only gets worse.

Doc: Oh yeah! We've got to fix this now. You don't want to be a 35-year old mother on a walker, do you?

Me: No!

Doc: Didn't think so! I'm ordering a MRI!!

Then she walked out of the examining room :)

whilst i enjoy some rocky road ice cream.

I'm going to try to write down at least ten different things.

1. I have nothing to blog about.

2. I am very close to being done with Christmas shopping. Hallelujah!

3. Is Christmas really only ten days away?

4. Sing Off was sort of disappointing...maybe it will be better tomorrow.

5. I REALLY enjoy receiving Christmas cards in the mail.

6. I am reading My Life in France by Julia Child and it is fantastique!

7. I am going to the doctor tomorrow for severe sciatic nerve pain. So much fun, this life! I am hoping he/she gives me some good narcotics until my muscle decides to unclench itself from my sciatic nerve. Ouch!

8. We had some good friends over for dinner tonight. It was so nice! They brought their sweet baby girl and oh, how she made me want one of my own. Babies. They kill me! Oh, and I made that lasagna on your blog, Tyly. It was wow-yummy!

9. Struggling with this one...

10. This one, too.

Sorry I'm so dull these days! I really need to get back to writing on this thing, but I have to censor so much of what I say that I no longer feel free to write as I did before. I just can't get myself to do an all-private blog, though. Ya know? Uggggh.

do it!

Today's the last day to enter the "You Deserve the Best Giveaway" at Fantabulously Frugal! Click here!

private again.

Click here to read. Again, not that riveting, but whatevs!

On a different note, I am super close to being the New York Institute of Photography's latest pupil! That's right, folks. I'll be a student again (my favorite thing to be in the whole, wide world). I have registered for a class called Fundamentals of Digital Photography. I can't WAIT to learn more about my craft! Yes, this is an online course (well, they ship a whole lot of paper materials to me, too), but hey - school is school. I'm excited!

private.

Click here to read. It's not that exciting, but still.

granny cass.

I am currently sipping on Crystal Light lemon tea and sitting on a heating pad....after taking a two-hour nap in the middle of the afternoon.

God, I am getting old.

Today was bad before it even started. I knew immediately that I had slept wrong and my back was in knots before I even stepped foot on the floor. Pain. Major, major pain.

I ran some errands this morning in the pouring rain (and got soaked) and all I wanted to do when I got home was sleep. So, I did. And it was glorious.

My back/butt/legs are still killing me, so on the heating pad I remain. I suppose I should get out my knitting basket, too?